GBB tonight: Cougars, Marauders win big

Greenfield-Central beat Shelbyville 53-39 in girls hoops tonight, evening the Cougars' record at 3-3.

LaRae Cruz scored 16 points for G-C, including 14 in the opening 8:30 of the game. She hit four 3-pointers in that stretch, the last three of which helped spur a 17-2 Cougar run that turned a 9-7 deficit into a 24-11 lead midway through the second. G-C outscored Shelbyville 16-5 in the second to take a 34-14 lead at the half, pushed it to 40-16 early in the third and led by as many as 25 before Shelbyville made a bit of a run late in the game.

Cruz led the way for the Cougars. Freshman Shelby Oldham scored 10. Katie Peters added nine points for the Cougars. Emily Koers & Sara Jones both scored seven.

Shelby's Chelsey Skipton scored 21 points to lead all scorers.

G-C is now 3-3 and 1-1 in HHC play. Shelby is 2-3 and 0-2 in the HHC. G-C next plays Saturday at Rushville, with a 1:30 p.m. varsity start.

An archive of tonight's broadcast is available at HancockCountySports.com

Mt. Vernon 62, Muncie Central 20: All 10 Marauders played extensively in a big victory over Muncie Central. MV led 36-6 at halftime to improve to 4-1 on the year.

The Marauders next play Saturday against Pendleton Heights. Join Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins for the call at 2:10 p.m. Saturday, live on HancockCountySports.com.

Of note: 
Mt. Vernon is still No. 1 in the ICGSA Class 3A poll, despite dropping a game since the last poll. Also, fellow HHC foe Delta is receiving votes in the 3A poll. Delta will meet New Palestine Saturday afternoon.

Eastern Hancock, for the first time in nearly a decade, is receiving votes in the 2A poll with a 4-0 mark. The Royals have two games this week -- traveling to Frankton Wednesday night before hosting Union County on Saturday.

Another HHC team is getting votes: Pendleton Heights in the 4A poll.

In the boys AP poll, Mt. Vernon is the first team outside the top 10 in Class 3A, and faces No. 2 Hamilton Southeastern Friday. Join our crew live at 7:10 p.m. for the live broadcast on HancockCountySports.com.