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South Putnam girls top Eminence at Hoosier Gym
KNIGHTSTOWN – South Putnam’s girls traveled to the Hickory Gym in Knightstown to battle Eminence as part of a day-long series of games played in the historic gymnasium used as the homecourt for the Hickory Huskers in the 1986 movie “Hoosiers.”
The Eagles improved their record to 14-4 on the season with a 92-23 win over the Eels, who are coached by former South Putnam coach Tim Garver.
South Putnam jumped out to a 22-0 lead after one quarter, expanding that advantage to 44-4 at halftime and 68-9 after three periods.
“It was a great experience for the girls to play in the historic gym,” South Putnam coach Brian Gardner said. “The girls were able to play really well all day. We started off the first quarter and played well, causing some turnovers that allowed us to get out to an early lead. Holding them to zero points in the first quarter was great.”
Gardner was pleased that his team shot the ball well during the game, and that all of his junior varsity players were able to get some good playing time.
“We did a great job of finding open girls with moving the ball and running our offense,” Gardner said. “Every girl was able to play during the game, as in the second half our JV played a lot of minutes which was good for them to experience playing in the gym.
“Overall it was a very good experience for our girls and we were able to play really well to get ourselves ready for the upcoming week.”
Lillie Stein led five players in double figures with 19 points, followed by Caitlin Capps, Miranda Bieghler and Lexi Vanihel with 14 each and Chloe Custis with 10.
Twelve different Eagles reached the scoring column.
South Putnam is scheduled to play at Northview on Wednesday night in its final Western Indiana Conference divisional game of the year,
SOUTH PUTNAM (92) – Custis 5 0-0 10, Burdge 0 0-0 0, Nichols 1 0-0 2, Bieghler 6 0-0 14, Egold 0 0-0 0, Bratcher 1 1-2 3, Vanihel 6 1-2 14, M.McHugh 0 0-0 0, A.Steffy 0 0-0 0, Proctor 1 0-0 2, Capps 7 0-0 14, Stein 9 0-0 19, D.Steffy 2 1-2 6, Bumgardner 0 0-0 0, A.McHugh 0 0-0 0, Garner 2 0-0 4, Gilliland 0 2-2 2, Mahoney-Sutherland 1 0-0 2. Totals 41 FG, 5-8 FT, 92 TP
EMINENCE (23) – Davis 1 1-2 6, V.Riffel 2 5-11 9, Manion 3 2-3 8, J.Riffel 0 0-0 0, Hart 0 0-0 0, Owens 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 FG, 8-16 FT, 23 TP
South Putnam 22 22 24 24 – 92
Eminence 0 4 5 14 – 23
3-point goals – Bieghler 2, Vanihel, Stein, D.Steffy, Davis.
Several high school basketball games have been postponed over the past few days due to weather.
Here is a list of the games affected, and their rescheduled date (if appropriate):
• Cascade girls/boys at Cloverdale – These doubleheader games were canceled both Friday and Monday, and will now be played on different nights.
The Cascade girls will play at Cloverdale at 6:30 p.m. on Friday in the final Western Indiana Conference divisional game (no junior varsity game). Cascade will host its WIC crossover game on Monday. The Cascade boys team will play at Cloverdale at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 23 (no JV game) in a WIC divisional game.
• South Putnam girls/boys at Northview – The final WIC divisional games for all four teams were not played on Friday, but will be played on Wednesday.
• Greencastle girls/boys at North Putnam – The final WIC divisional games for all four teams were not played on Friday, but will be played on Wednesday.
• Edgewood boys at Greencastle – Game was not played on Saturday, and no rescheduled date has been set.
• South Putnam girls at North Central – Game was not played on Monday, and no rescheduled date has been set.
In college basketball:
• DePauw 82, Oberlin 50 (men) – The Tigers have not lost since the calendar year turned to 2018, and they continued that streak Saturday. It was DePauw’s fourth straight win and third in North Coast Athletic Conference. They are now 7-8 overall and 3-5 in the NCAC. Oberlin sits at 7-8 and 1-7 in the conference.
Ken Decker scored a career-high 16 points. Andrew Kus scored 12, scoring seven of DePauw’s first 13 points.
Josh Hall finished with 12 points and seven rebounds. Riley Doodyscored all 10 of his in the first half, and he also contributed three assists.
Elsewhere, Mason Hankins scored nine, and Cris Burrough and David Vogel each contributed six points.
An early 8-0 run broke a 7-7 tie and gave DePauw a 15-7 lead. DePauw then responded from a 3-pointer from Oberlin with a 9-0 run, which ended with a pair of 3-pointers from Vogel.
By halftime, the Tigers led 46-28. They led by as many as 34 with just over three minutes remaining in the game.
DePauw shot 44 percent (30-of-68) from the floor and 42 percent (11-of-26) from 3-point range. They also were 79 percent (11-of-14) from the foul line.
Their counterparts shot 35 percent (18-of-52) from the floor, 21 percent (3-of-14) from 3 and 55 percent (11-of-20) from the charity stripe.
DePauw outrebounded Oberlin 42-38. The Tigers committed just four turnovers and scored 22 points off Oberlin’s 14 turnovers. They outscored the Yeomen in the paint 34-24, on second chance opportunities 13-8 and off the bench 42-19.
DePauw returns home 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to host Wabash (7-8, 3-5).
• No. 9 DePauw 53, Oberlin 40 (women) – The Tigers extended their win streak to 12 and improved to 16-1 overall and 8-0 in North Coast Athletic Conference play on Saturday.
The Yeowomen dropped to 8-6 overall and 6-2 in the NCAC.
The Tigers never trailed in the game and outscored Oberlin 11-3 over the final four minutes of the opening frame to take a 19-9 lead after the first quarter. The hosts trailed by nine in the second, but DePauw held them scoreless over the final five minutes of the half and took a 30-15 advantage into the intermission.
The teams played a fairly even third quarter with DePauw expanding its lead to 17 at 44-27 after three before the Yeowomen opened the final quarter with a 5-0 run and eventually trimmed the lead to nine at 49-40.
The Tigers wrapped up the win with Sydney Kopp’s layup and two free throws by Claire Keefe in the final minute.
Keefe paced DePauw with 18 points, while Kopp posted her first collegiate double-double with 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. Tyler Parlor led Oberlin with 11 points and Maggie Gross followed with 10.
The Tigers shot a season-low 29.8 percent from the field to Oberlin’s 28.8 percent, but DePauw held a commanding 53-29 lead on the boards and grabbed 16 on the offensive glass to the Yeowomen’s three. In addition to Kopp’s 13 rebounds, Melinda Franke hauled down 10.
DePauw returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Ohio Wesleyan at 3 p.m.