Page 20 - 2014-15 Boys Basketball State Finals Program

Last Year’s State Finals in Review

Indianapolis Tech holds off Lake Central in 4A State Championship
After four runner-up finishes in state championship since Indianapolis
state boys basketball, the Indianapolis Broad Ripple did it in 1980.
Arsenal Technical Titans had their Jeremie Tyler led Tech with 19
photo taken this time with the champi- points. Lyles had 16 points and 12
onship trophy in hand. rebounds. Mikey Jones scored 15
Tech captured a frenetic 63-59 points.
victory over the Lake Central Indians Coach Jason Delaney’s Titans,
in the Class 4A title game. The Titans, ranked second in the Associated
after leading by as many as 23 points Press poll, finished at 27-2. Delaney
in the third quarter, had to hold off a became the seventh coach to win
furious Lake Central rally that saw the a state title at two different schools.
Indians pull within three, 62-59, with He led Waldron to the 2004 Class A
11 seconds left in the game. But a free crown.
throw by Tech’s Trey Lyles then gave Tye Wilburn topped Lake Central
the Titans the breathing room they with 20 points, including 14 in the
needed. second half. Tyler Wideman collected
The fourth quarter proved 19 points and 12 rebounds.
dramatic with various runs by both Coach Dave Milausnic’s Indians,
teams. First, an 8-0 push by Lake ranked eighth in the AP poll, complet-
Central sliced Tech’s lead to nine. ed their season at 22-4. Lake Central
Then the Titans mounted a 7-0 run to its first state crown and the Titans’ was making its second appearance in
re-establish the lead at 16. followers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse the state finals and first in 30 years..
Then came the one final surge erupted with cheers.
by the Indians before Tech put away Tech becomes the first Indianapo-
lis Public Schools team to win a boys
Greensburg overcomes Bowman’s pressure in Class 3A

The Greensburg Pirates probed deficit to nine (81-72) with about 2
Bowman Academy’s full-court defense, minutes remaining, but the Pirates
found the openings and set a Class held on.
3A championship game scoring record Sean Sellers led the Pirates
with an 89-76 victory over the Eagles. with 27 points and 16 rebounds.
The outcome meant a second Rigney hit 23 points. Ryan Welage
consecutive state championship had 21 points. Bryant McIntosh had
for the Pirates. Bowman, the 2013 11 assists, tying a 3A title-game
champion in 2A and the 2010 champ record.
in Class A, was denied in its bid to Coach Stacy Meyer’s
become the first boys basketball team Greensburg team, ranked first in
to win a state title in three different the Associated Press poll, finished
classifications. the season with a 15-game winning
Greenburg turned the ball over streak and a 28-1 record.
22 times against Bowman’s withering For Bowman Academy,
pressure. But when the Pirates broke Davon Dillard led the way with 21
the press, they generally located good points. Austin Daniels added 14,
shots on the way to 56.4 percent and Anthony Cole had 12. Justin
shooting (31-of-55) from the field. King and Arthur Haggard III each
They hit 57.1 percent (12-of-21) on contributed 11 points. King grabbed
3-pointers. 11 rebounds.
An 18-3 run from the late third Coach Marvin Rea’s Eagles,
quarter into the fourth opened a ranked third by the AP, finished
19-point lead for Greensburg. Collin 22-5.
Rigney connected on four 3-pointers
during the surge.
Bowman battled back, slicing its

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