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Last Year’s State Finals in Review

WHEELER FREE THROWS OVERCOME PARK TUDOR IN CLASS 2A
Wheeler used timely success at Bearcats, who finished the season
the free throw line to compensate for with 23 straight victories and a 27-1
zero field goals in the fourth quarter record. It marked the first state
and held off Park Tudor 41-38 in the championship for Wheeler in any
Class 2A state championship game. sport.
Coach Mike Jones’ second- Park Tudor struggled from the
ranked Bearcats hit 12-of-14 free field, too, hitting just 26.5 percent
throws in the fourth quarter. Petar (13-of-49). Sophomore Yogi Ferrell,
Todorovic made all four of his who averaged 23 points on the year
attempts in the period, and Donnie and scored 163 in seven tournament
Ketchum was 5-of-6. Four-year starter games, led the Panthers with 20
Andrew Rudakas hit a pair of free points against Wheeler.
throws with 24.7 seconds remaining Park Tudor, playing in its first
for the final margin. state championship game, fell short
For the game, coach Ed in its attempt to become the first
Schilling’s Park Tudor team held champion with double-digit losses.
Wheeler to 25.7 percent shooting from The Panthers, who won 10 of their last
the field (9-of-35), but the Bearcats 12 games, finished at 15-11. Follow-
totaled 76.9 percent from the line ing the game, members of the IHSAA
(20-of-26).The 38 points allowed by Executive Committee named Reggie
Wheeler represented the fewest in a Nesbit of Park Tudor School as the
Class 2A title game. winner of the Arthur L. Trester Mental
Todorovic led Wheeler with Attitude Award in Class 2A Boys
13 points. Aleksa Kojcinovic had Basketball.
10 points and 13 rebounds for the
BOWMAN ACADEMY WEARS DOWN BARR-REEVE FOR CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIP

Bowman Academy ratcheted up the full-court pressure,
made a record 18 steals and forced 24 turnovers in its 74-52
victory over Barr-Reeve in the Class A state championship
game.
Coach Marvin Rea’s top-ranked Eagles broke open a close
game by outscoring coach Bryan Hughes’ No. 2-rated Vikings
44-26 in the final 17-plus minutes. A pair of Barr-Reeve turnovers
helped the Eagles build a 6-0 run to end the half and take a
36-26 lead. Bowman surged to a 20-point edge, 65-45, when
DeJuan Marrero scored on a fast break with 5 ½ minutes left in
the game.
Marrero led the Eagles with a game-high 17 points and also
grabbed 11 rebounds. Christopher Bond contributed 15 points
and nine rebounds, and Tyrae Robinson had 11 points.
Christian Duncheon scored 14 points for Barr-Reeve while
Trey Hughes added 10.
Bowman’s 18 steals were a record for all classes in the State
Finals. The previous high was 17 by Harding against Forest Park
in the 2006 Class 2A title game.
Bowman won the school’s first state title in any sport, finish-
ing at 24-1. Barr-Reeve, which also was runner-up in Class A in
2002 and 2007, was 24-4 on the year.
Rea also distinguished himself by becoming just the
second individual in state tournament history to win the Trester
Award as a player (1987) and go on to coach a team to a state
championship. Jim Myers won the mental attitude award in 1939
as an Evansville Bosse player and then coached the Bulldogs
to the 1962 state championship. Following the game, members
of the IHSAA Executive Committee named Christian Duncheon
of Barr-Reeve High School as the winner of the Arthur L. Trester
Mental Attitude Award in Class A Boys Basketball.
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