Lots of basketball today: seven of the eight Hancock County basketball teams in action today, and six came away successful, including Hoosier Heritage Conference victories for the G-C, NP and MV girls and the NP boys. Eastern Hancock had a sweep of the day, too.
First, let's look at the evening boys games:
New Palestine 63, Rushville 51: The Dragons get a big victory in one of the HHC's toughest road venues. NP jumped ahead 20-3 after a quarter and never trailed from there, leading 34-21 at half and 51-40 after three.
Michael Morris scored 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting for the Dragons and added eight rebounds. Reid Clark had a double-double with 10 points and 12 boards. Josh Penley had 14 points, four rebounds and three assists. Justin Ikerd added nine points. Brandon Collins grabbed seven rebounds for the Dragons.
NP is now 2-1 on the season and 1-0 in the Hoosier Heritage Conference. The Dragons next play Friday against Greenfield-Central in the second half of a boy/girl doubleheader. Our LIVE HancockCountySports.com broadcast will begin at 5:40 p.m.
Eastern Hancock 61, Southwestern (Shelby) 49: The Royals won their second straight game with a road victory against the Spartans -- a team in EH's future conference, the Mid-Hoosier. Now 2-1, the Royals will next play at home Friday against Northeastern.
Southport 55, Greenfield-Central 29: The Cardinals, led by ex-Cougar Wes Peek, won in Cougar Gymnasium. Mason Irbe and Travis Dougherty each scored seven points to lead G-C. Zach Batton added five. Listen to the Cougar boys and girls next Friday at New Palestine, live on HancockCountySports.com!
Mt. Vernon was idle and will next play Friday at Pendleton Heights.
The four girls teams were all perfect
Mt. Vernon 44, Pendleton Heights 39: In the game we broadcast on HancockCountySports.com, the Marauders won a nip-and-tuck battle to improve to 5-1 on the season and 2-0 in HHC play.
Jessica Brown scored 18 points and Makenzi Reasor added 13 points to lead the Marauders. Kenzie Gustin had 21 for PH.
MV's next game will be Tuesday against Anderson.
Greenfield-Central 58, Rushville 54: The Cougars won their fourth straight game with a big road victory at Rushville. G-C outscored the Lions 16-6 in the third quarter to take a 44-36 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Senior LaRae Cruz scored 17 points to lead G-C. Shelby Oldham added 15 points and Sara Jones scored nine.
The Cougars are now 4-3 on the season and 2-1 in HHC play. They will meet New Palestine at 6 p.m. Friday. Listen to the broadcast on HancockCountySports.com.
New Palestine 60, Delta 48: The Dragons dominated the glass to win their HHC opener against a previously-unbeaten Eagles team. NP outrebounded Delta 55-21 and grabbed 28 offensive rebounds in the victory.
Bethany Murrell scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Dragons with a double-double. Lauren Tieman had 12 rebounds and Abby Seifert 11 boards. Emily Curry added nine of her 11 points in the first half.
NP held a hot-shooting Delta team that had been averaging 70 points per game to below 40 percent shooting on the day.
The Dragons are now 2-4 and 1-0 in HHC play. They will host Greenfield-Central at 6 p.m. Friday. Listen to the broadcast on HancockCountySports.com.
Eastern Hancock 48, Union County 44: The Royals improved to 5-1 on the season with the close victory. EH led 25-21 at half, saw Union County close it to 37-36 at the end of three before EH pulled away.
Kristen Eischen led the Royals with 21 points, nine rebounds, two blocked shots and four steals. Alora Marshall had eight points and seven boards. Hannah Boaz hit a couple of big shots down the stretch to score seven. Kaytlin Eastes added six points.
EH next plays Tuesday at Lapel.
Wrestling
Dragons go 4-1 at New Castle 6-way: New Palestine went 4-1 at the New Castle 6-way, with only a narrow loss to Pendleton Heights a blemish on the perfect record. NP is now 10-1 on the season. Included in the Dragons' victories were wins over perennial powers New Castle and Bellmont.
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