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The Paper photo by Lori Poteet
Southmont senior Cody VanScoyoc (center) tied for team-high scoring honors with 10 points. |
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The Paper photo by Lori Poteet
Southmont sophomore Trent Murray goes up for two of his co-team high 10 points Tuesday night. |
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| Boys basketball
Tuesday
IHSAA Crawfordsville Sectional
At Crawfordsville HS
Game 2
Western Boone 45, Southmont 42
Southmont 10 8 16 8 – 42
Western Boone 8 14 8 15 – 45
Scoring:
Southmont – Cody VanScoyoc 5-8 0-2 10, Trent Murray 1-6 8-8 10, Jordan
Burkett 4-8 0-1 8, Austin Burton 3-6 0-0 6, Nick Truncone 2-3 0-1 4,
Scott Paris 1-4 0-0 2, Curtis Rose 1-1 0-0 2, Lucas Long 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals: 17-36 8-12 42. Western Boone – Aaron Vaughn 6-10 3-6 16, Trevin
Poole 1-12 8-15 10, Brandon Burtner 3-3 0-0 7, Todd Morton 1-3 3-4 5,
Matt Grissom 2-3 0-1 4, Eric Biesecker 1-1 0-0 2, Aaron Hiller 0-0 1-2
1, Austin Hildebrandt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 14-32 15-28 45.
Three-point
shooting: Southmont 0-7 (Murray 0-3, Burton 0-3, Truncone 0-1), Western
Boone 2-8 (Vaughn 1-4, Burtner 1-1, Poole 0-3)
Rebounds: Southmont 24 (VanScoyoc 7), Western Boone 24 (Poole 6)
Turnovers: Southmont 13, Western Boone 7
Fouls: Southmont 20, Western Boone 12
Records: Southmont 6-15, Western Boone 7-14
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Reprinted courtesy of:
The Paper of Montgomery County
www.thepaper24-7.com
By Cale Stephens
For The Paper
Southmont
and Western Boone have met three straight times to open their Indiana
High School Athletic Association sectional boys basketball tournaments.
It looks like the Stars have the Mounties’ number – at least in the postseason.
Western
Boone capitalized on getting to the line in the fourth quarter,
attempting 20 free throws to Southmont’s four, and rallied for a 45-42
victory in Tuesday’s first-round IHSAA Crawfordsville Sectional game.
It’s the third straight time the Mounties have lost to the Stars in sectional play.
“It’s
deja-vu,” Southmont coach Dan Chadd said, referring to last season’s
overtime IHSAA sectional tournament loss to Western Boone. “I don’t
know what to say. I’m very frustrated. We made a great run in the third
quarter. Western Boone did a good job of playing our guards really
physical and really aggressive. We tried to adjust and put the pressure
back on them. It didn’t turn out in our favor.”
Western Boone
(7-14) will play Sagamore Athletic Conference rival Lebanon (8-12) in
Friday’s second sectional semifinal. Class 3A No. 5 Danville (17-4)
will meet conference foe North Montgomery (15-5) in the opening
semifinal.
Southmont (6-15) used its aggressiveness to take the lead 40-35 with 4:18 to play.
But that idea backfired as the Mounties were called for 13 fouls in the fourth quarter.
Western
Boone tried to take advantage but shot poorly from the foul line,
hitting on only four of its first eight free-throw attempts in the
quarter.
The average shooting kept the Mounties within striking distance.
However,
Western Boone’s pressure defense amplified as the quarter wore on,
limiting Southmont to just 3-for-11 shooting in the fourth quarter.
The Mounties went scoreless for the final 4:18 of the game, until senior Cody VanScoyoc beat the buzzer with a lay-up.
Western Boone hit on seven of its last eight free-throws to seal the deal.
VanScoyoc finished his last game in a Mounties’ uniform with 10 points.
Sophomore Trent Murray shot 8-for-8 from the free-throw line and added 10 points.
Junior Jordan Burkett and senior Nick Truncone finished with eight and six points, respectively.
Senior Scott Paris didn’t get many touches and finished with just two points.
“When
they went zone, it was hard to get Scott the ball,” Chadd said. “They
knew we struggled from the perimeter so they packed it in on him. They
didn’t allow us to get a good touch in there. We had our chances. We
just didn’t turn the corner and win the game.”
Vaughn led Western Boone with 16 points, while Poole added 10.
Southmont started out both halves shooting well from the floor.
Southmont hit 3-of-6 shots and went 4-of-4 from the free-throw lint to hold a 10-8 edge after the first quarter.
In
the third, the Mounties shot 8-for-9 from the floor, all from inside
the paint. The hot streak led to a 14-3 run and a four-point lead going
into the fourth quarter.
“We’re losing four seniors that made a
huge difference,” Chadd said. “These guys have set a great example for
the underclassmen. They showed great work ethic and how to do it
first-class and the right way. We’re just so proud of them. They’ll
leave their mark at Southmont, that’s for sure.” |
