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Last Year’s State Finals in Review

Bluiett’s heroics push Park Tudor to 2A championship
Four-year starter Trevon Bluiett and the Park Bryce Moore contributed 18 points for Park Tudor while Austin
Tudor Panthers applied the finishing touches Shelton had 10. Coach Kyle Cox’s Panthers, ranked first by the
to an impressive triple in Class 2A. Three boys Associated Press, finished 24-4.
basketball state championships in four seasons is For Westview, making its first appearance in the state finals
no small accomplishment. in 14 years, Chandler Aspy led the way with 19 points. Jordyn
In the 2014 finale, Bluiett totaled 38 points Bontrager totaled 10 points. Judah Zickafoose led the Warriors
and 12 rebounds as the Panthers captured an with nine rebounds.
84-57 victory over the Westview Warriors. Bluiett Coach Rob Yoder’s Westview team, which was unrated,
led a Park Tudor attack that set a 2A record with finished 23-5.
56.4 percent shooting from the floor, including a
record 14 3-pointers in 27 attempts. Park Tudor’s
27-point margin of victory also set a 2A mark.
Bluiett averaged a state-leading 35.6 points
for this season’s Panthers, who topped the state
with an 82.0 ppg mark. Bluiett’s 38 points in the
final represented a 2A record. He totaled 84
points -- an average of 28 per game -- in his state
final appearances as a freshman, sophomore and
senior.
The Panthers blew open a relatively close
game when they went on a 17-5 run to start the
third quarter. The Panthers held Westview to 31
percent shooting (9-of-29) in the second half and
35.1 percent (20-of-57) for the game.

Fazekas powers Marquette Catholic to Class A title

The Marquette Catholic Blazers, in their first appearance
in the boys basketball state finals, made it memorable with a
3-point barrage and a stirring 70-66 overtime victory over the
Barr-Reeve Vikings in the Class A title game.
Ryan Fazekas, a 6-foot-8 junior, provided most of the
fireworks for Marquette. He scored 34 points on 13-of-22
shooting from the field. He hit a Class A championship game
record 7-of-11 3-pointers. He also grabbed 10 rebounds.
With 2:11 left in overtime, Fazekas connected on a deep
two-pointer that pushed Marquette ahead by a 66-62 count.
Then, in the final 15 seconds, with Marquette clinging to
a two-point edge, Fazekas made a steal that resulted in a
fast-break bucket by Braxton Miller. Richie Mitchell, with 10
points, was the only other Blazer in double digits.
The two teams combined to hit 18 3-pointers for a finals
record, and 11 for Marquette in 22 attempts also set a title-
game mark.
For Barr-Reeve, Addison Wagler led the way with 25
points and eight rebounds. Micah Bullock totaled 23 points
and six rebounds.
Coach Donovan Garletts’ Marquette team, ranked third
in the Associated Press poll, finished 20-6. The Blazers were
the first Michigan City school to advance to the state finals
since Elston won the 1966 state championship.
Coach Bryan Hughes’ Barr-Reeve team, ranked first by
the AP, was playing in the state finals for the second time in
five years but was seeking its first boys basketball title. The
Vikings finished 26-2..
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