Mt. Vernon emphatically forged a tie for second place in the Hoosier Heritage Conference tonight, knocking off the Yorktown Tigers 61-34 on the road tonight.
MV never trailed, jumping out to leads of 7-0, 13-8 and 28-18 in the first half, before using a 21-4 second-half run to pull ahead 54-26.
As a result, Mt. Vernon, New Palestine and Yorktown all tied for 2nd in the HHC at 5-2.
On Yorktown's senior night, youth reigned for MV. Sophomore guard C.J. Coleman scored 24 points for the Marauders -- 17 in the middle quarters as MV pulled away. Freshman guard Dan Werner hit three 3-pointers -- MV hit seven as a team -- and scored 13 points. Stephen Turner added seven to go along with strong play on the glass and on defense.
MV began to push the game out of reach in the final 20 seconds of the second quarter. Trailing by six, Yorktown missed an open 3-pointer, Coleman rebounded, drew a foul and hit two free throws. On the ensuing possession, Anthony Burnett turned a midcourt steal into a breakaway layup at the buzzer to push MV's lead to 28-18. It never was cut below eight the rest of the way.
Hogan Crenshaw scored nine for Yorktown. The Tigers finished 14-7, the Marauders 13-7. MV opens sectional play at home Tuesday against Guerin Catholic (17-5) in a game that will be broadcast by HancockCountySports.com
New Palestine 53, Greenwood 37: Michael Morris scored 20 points and Brandon Collins added 14 points and seven boards to lead the Dragons to their 14th victory of the season.
NP jumped ahead 19-7 after a quarter and led 35-21 at the half. They pushed it to 47-33 after three before holding Greenwood to four fourth-quarter points
Reid Clark had nine points for NP. Josh Penley added six points and six boards. Solomon Haynes added four assists.
By virtue of MV's win tonight, the Dragons finished in a three-way tie for second in the HHC with Mt. Vernon and Yorktown. NP is 14-6 overall and opens sectional play at Center Grove at 6 p.m. Tuesday against Franklin.
Hagerstown 53, Eastern Hancock 50: The Royals and Tigers met in the first half of their doubleheader, and Hagerstown took this one in a back-and-forth tussle.
Victor Vincz had 19 points, while Jared Pyle had a double-double with 10 points and 15 boards. Isaiah McCormick (7 points) and Cody Clark (6 points) also had strong games for the Royals, who finish the regular season 10-10.
The scene shifts to Hagerstown on Tuesday for the sectional matchup between the same two teams. Tipoff is 7 p.m.
Greenfield-Central (3-17) was idle tonight. The Cougars open sectional play Tuesday against Connersville
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