Stories from Saturday, February 29, 2020

Third-ranked DePauw held Ohio Wesleyan to 10 second-half points and advanced to the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship game with a 62-38 semifinal win over the Battling Bishops. The Tigers, 26-1 and winners of 22 straight, face Denison in today’s 4 p.m. title game after the Big Red topped Ohio Wesleyan 60-52 in the evening’s other semifinal contest...

Alexandria 73, Wes-Del 42 Angola 51, Lakeland 38 Avon 89, Danville 73 Barr-Reeve 63, Bloomfield 42 Batesville 52, Union Co. 23 Bedford N. Lawrence 72, Corydon 62 Bethany Christian 55, Fremont 51 Blackford 82, Anderson Prep Academy 50 Bloomington North 73, New Albany 60...

TRAFALGAR — The North Putnam Cougars finished their regular season on Friday night at Indian Creek. The Braves are one of the top teams in the area and they showed why as they pulled away in the second half to defeat the Cougars 80-51 in high school basketball...

LINDEN — Playing defense in the game of basketball is considerably easier when the participants are allowed to bump, push and grab opponents without retribution from the officials. North Montgomery found playing defense easy on Friday night, and the bigger and stronger Chargers muscled their way to a 62-54 win over Greencastle in the regular-season finale for both teams...