Saturday night

No shattered backboards tonight, just a couple of games where Hancock County teams scored a season-high in points, but only one won.

Greenfield-Central won its first game of the year by beating Shelbyville 66-55. The Cougars scored a season-high 66 points -- matter of fact, it was 23 points more than their high that had been set last week when they totaled 43 against Triton Central. The Cougars were led by Mason Irbe's 24 points -- a career high for the G-C junior.

Tyler Batton had 15 points and Jordan Keener 14 for G-C. Grant Wolfe added seven points. 

G-C jumped up to a fifth-place tie in the HHC with the victory, as the Cougars are now 1-11 (1-3). The Cougars next play Friday at Pendleton Heights, then host Eastern Hancock Saturday in a game we'll broadcast at HancockCountySports.com.

Whiteland 88, New Palestine 81: The Dragons scored a season-high 81 points -- including 38 in a fourth quarter that saw the two teams combine for 70 points -- but fell on the road to Whiteland.

NP fell behind quickly -- Whiteland roared out to a 21-11 lead after a quarter -- and kept chipping back into the game. Whiteland led 33-25 at the half, but scored 23 in the third to take a 56-43 lead going into the wild final quarter. 

Josh Penley scored a season-high 23 points for the Dragons. He hit 8-of-14 from the floorMichael Morris added 20 points, including 4-of-8 from 3-point range. The Dragons hit eight 3-pointers in the game, and shot 49 percent from the floor (30-61). Brandon Collins tied his career high with 18 points, hitting 7-of-10 shots. Reid Clark and Solomon Haynes scored nine each. Clark also had a game-high seven rebounds. Penley had four assists and four steals, while Haynes had three assists.

Meanwhile, Whiteland shot a blistering 65 percent from the floor (25-38) and hit 75 percent from the 3-point arc (12-16). The Warriors also shot 26-of-33 from the line.

The Dragons are now 10-3. Their next game out will be Friday at Yorktown. You can listen to the game at HancockCountySports.com.