Tuesday hoops: Successful night for county teams

Three girls basketball games on the Hancock County calendar tonight as we get back to action.

Class 3A No. 3 Mt. Vernon kept its winning ways going, beating Southport 61-42.

Makenzi Reasor scored 25 points to lead the Marauders in scoring. Jessica Brown added 14 points. Junior Rachel Houck had seven and sophomore Erica Moore added six.

 The Marauders built a 33-17 lead at halftime and then finished the game on a 16-4 run after Southport cut into the lead in the fourth quarter.

 MV is now 12-3, and the Marauders' next game is Saturday afternoon at Noblesville. Listen to the game LIVE with Chris Lambert at 1:10 p.m. Saturday at HancockCountySports.com.

Eastern Hancock 43, Southwestern (Shelby) 38: The Royals had great balance, as four different players scored at least eight points for EH in a victory over Southwestern.

Hannah Best led the Royals in scoring with 10 points and six rebounds. Kristen Eischen had eight points and 11 boards. Kiersten Schrope added nine points, six rebounds and six assists. Kaytlin Eastes had eight points,. Alora Marshall added six points and seven rebounds.

The victory gave the Royals a 9-4 record on the season heading into the Thursday 1/12 game against Morristown.

Greenfield-Central 58, Delta 44: The Cougars improved to 9-5 on the season with the victory. G-C is also 4-1 in Hoosier Heritage Conference play, setting a showdown the weekend of Jan. 20 that could be for the HHC title.

The Cougars were led by LaRae Cruz's 20 points. Katie Peters added 17 and Regan Lewis 9 for the Cougars. G-C outscored Delta 17-12 in the second quarter to take a 24-20 halftime lead, and pulled away in the fourth, outscoring the Eagles 19-9 in the last eight minutes to turn a four-point edge into a double-digit victory.

G-C next plays Thursday 1/12 against Knightstown in the Cougars' annual Pink Game.

New Palestine is idle until 1/10, when the Dragons visit Greenwood in the first of two NP GBB games we'll have on HancockCountySports.com next week. Also log on to listen as the Dragons face Triton Central on Thursday 1/12.