The New Palestine girls basketball team dropped a 52-50 decision to 4A No. 8 Columbus East at home Friday night.
The Dragons led throughout much of the second and third quarters, but a 9-2 run for Columbus East to start the fourth allowed the Olympians to take the lead and they held on from there.
Bethany Murrell scored a game-high 16 points for the Dragons -- all in the opening half, allowing NP to open up a 29-27 lead at the break. Lauren Tieman scored a career-high 14 points, and also grabbed seven rebounds. The Dragons' Abby Seifert grabbed 11 rebounds.
Columbus East was led by 15 points by sophomore center Allyson Bunch and 12 from guard Courtney Hunter. Division I recruit Courtney Ogle had eight points, seven rebounds and four assists.
East led 52-48 in the closing minutes, thanks to a basket by Kailey Smith and two free throws by Courtney Hunter. Tieman scored with 13 seconds left on a beautiful under-the-basket feed from Murrell to cut it to 52-50. NP had a shot when the Olympians missed the front end of a one-and-one, but Ogle forced a steal and dribbled out the clock.
The Dragons are now 1-4 and open conference play Saturday, Dec. 2 against Delta, with a 1 p.m. JV tipoff. Columbus East is now 3-0. East head coach Danny Brown won his 200th career game.
Columbus East won the JV game 59-21. Ivey Spreen led the Dragons with seven points.
Boys basketball
Whiteland 66, Greenfield-Central 25: The Cougars fell to 0-2 after a tough home loss. Whiteland used a 26-1 third quarter to pull away.
Jordan Keener scored nine points to lead the Cougars. Drew Dougherty, Cole Olesky and Grant Wolfe scored four each.
G-C plays at Fishers Saturday.
G-C fell 34-24 in the JV game.
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