Page 20 - 2015-16 Girls Basketball State Finals Program

Last Year’s State Finals in Review

Patberg Fuels Columbus North to Class 4A title over Homestead
The Columbus North
Bull Dogs started slowly Coach Pat McKee’s Co-
but warmed to their lumbus North team made
task in the Class 4A its second state finals ap-
girls state final. Senior pearance in four seasons,
Ali Patberg helped the but the Bull Dogs won their
heating-up process first girls basketball state
considerably. title. Ranked second in the
ICGSA poll, the Bull Dogs
Patberg scored 31 finished the season with 25
points, tying the 4A consecutive victories for a
final record, to boost 28-1 record. McKee is 118-
the Bull Dogs past the 16 in five seasons as the
Homestead Spartans, head coach.
62-56. Patberg hit
12-of-28 shots from the Maliah Howard-
field, grabbed nine rebounds and totaled five assists Bass contributed 13 points for Columbus North, in-
in leading her team to the come-from-behind victory. cluding seven to help her team close out the victory
in the final 3 ½ minutes. Sheyanne Street chipped in
Columbus North trailed by six at the half after 12 points.
shooting just 29.4 percent on its fielders in the first
two quarters. The Bull Dogs fell behind by 11 after Coach Rod Parker’s Homestead team, ranked
Homestead scored the first five points of the second fourth, finished 26-3 after being held to its lowest
half. scoring output of the season. The Spartans had
been leading the state in scoring at 76.9 ppg enter-
But Patberg’s play sparked a Columbus North ing the game. Josie Fisher led the Spartans with
rally. The Bull Dogs took their first lead on a Patberg 13 points. Karissa McLaughlin scored 11. Grace
3-pointer with three seconds remaining in the third German led Homestead rebounders with eight.
quarter. When Columbus North put the finishing
touches on a 16-3 run, it led by seven at 51-44 with
6:40 left in the game.

Young Powers Princeton past Tippecanoe Valley in Class 3A
The Princeton Tigers captured the Class 3A girls
state championship on the strength of junior Jackie
Young’s formidable talents.

Young scored a record 36 points on 15-of-22
shooting from the field and grabbed 12 rebounds to
boost the Tigers to a 72-44 victory over the Tippeca-
noe Valley Vikings. Young’s 36 points represented
a new standard for Class 3A -- and for all classes
since the advent of the multiple-class system in
1997-98.
Young, the state’s second-leading scorer last
season with a 31.9 average, also surpassed the
1,000 mark last season, totaling 1,003 points to
become the first girl to reach that milestone and the
fifth player in Indiana high school basketball history.
Brooke James was the only other Princeton player
in double-digit scoring in the state final, totaling 15.
James scored the final 13 points of the first half and
Coach Chris Kindig’s Tippecanoe Valley team,
pushed the Tigers to a 38-22 halftime lead. ranked ninth, was making its first appearance in the
Coach Charles Mair’s Tigers, ranked fourth by girls state finals. The Vikings, who won their first
regional and semi-state crowns last season, finished
the ICGSA, finished the season at 30-1. The triumph 25-3.
was the first state championship for the Princeton
girls basketball team and the second in school his- Anne Secrest led the Vikings with 18 points and
tory joining the 2009 3A boys basketball state title nine rebounds. Taylor Trippiedi had 11 points and
team. five rebounds.
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