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Greyhounds Top Ben Davis for Fourth State Championship Late Andrean Rally Secures School’s First Boys Basketball State Title

A year after falling short, this time Carmel left the Bankers Life Andrean finished the Class 2A championship game
Fieldhouse floor a winner. with an 11-0 run to help it pull out a 59-54 win over
Linton-Stockton, capturing the school’s first state title.
Freshman guard Pete Suder led four Greyhounds in double Trailing, 54-48, after a basket by Linton-Stockton’s
figures with 14 points (on 7-of-11 shooting) to lead Carmel to a Sammy Robbins with 2:05 remaining, the 59ers
60-55 victory over Ben Davis in the Class 4A title game. began their rally on a basket by Kyle Ross, who tied
for game-high scoring honors with 16 points.
Carmel, guided by second-year coach Ryan Osborn, lost in
the title game in 2018 to Warren Central, but never trailed this After a John Carrothers basket, Nicholas Flesher
time in beating its Metropolitan Interscholatic Conference rival stepped to the free throw line for two shots with 1:24
left. He made the first to pull Andrean within 54-53,
for the second time this season. but missed the second. Carrothers rebounded the
John Michael Mulloy added 13 points for the winners (26-1), miss and was fouled on the ensuing shot. He made
the two free throws to give the 59ers (21-8) the lead
while Karsten Windlan netted 11 and Andrew Owens 10 points. for good.
Suder also had a game-high seven rebounds.
Flesher added four free throws in the final :24 to
Though never leading in the game, Ben Davis (20-8) hung clinch the victory for coach Brad Stangel’s club.
tough throughout and trailed only 44-43 after a Dawand Jones Carrothers also had 16 points for the winners, while
lay-up with 4:02 left. Flesher added 12.
The next time down, however, Owens canned a 3-pointer and Tucker Hayes led the Miners with 15 points, while Kip
the Giants never got closer than three points the rest of the Fougerousse and Lincoln Hale netted 11 each.
way.
Coach Joey Hart’s Miners finished the season at
Jalen Windham led coach Don Carlisle’s Giants with 22 points 27-4.
and Jones added 16.

Silver Creek Tops Defending Champion Culver Academies Davidson, Furst lead Blackhawk Christian to First
for School’s First State Crown Boys Basketball State Championship
After a stagnant first half, offensively, by both teams, Silver Thanks to a pair of double-double
Creek warmed up first in the second half and went on to a 52- performances by senior Frank Davidson
49 victory over Culver Academy in the Class 3A championship and sophomore Caleb Furst, Fort Wayne
game. Blackhawk Christian captured its first-ever
The Dragons held only a 16-12 lead at halftime as they shot state championship with a 60-43 victory over
only 6-of-21 (29 percent) from the floor, while the Eagles were Barr-Reeve in the Class A championship
worse, hitting 3-of-17 (18 percent). game.
In the third quarter, however, Silver Creek (25-3) shot a torrid Davidson, the son of head coach Marc
8-of-9 from the field to lead it to a 22-point quarter, then fol-
lowed that up with a 5-of-8 showing in the final eight minutes Davidson, scored 20 points and grabbed
to finish at 50 percent (19-38) 12 rebounds, while the 6-10 Furst netted 16
Culver Academy trailed by as many as nine points in the points and 10 boards as the Braves finished
28-2 this season.
fourth quarter, but fought gamely down the stretch. The Eagles
closed within 51-49 in the final minute and had two posses-
sions to tie or take a lead, but failed both times. Barr-Reeve led, 2-0, before Blackhawk
Christian scored the next eight points and
Silver Creek’s Kooper Jacobi canned the first of two free never trailed again. Blackhawk Christian took
throws with 7.2 seconds left and a desperation 3-pointer by the a 30-17 lead into halftime before the Vikings
Eagles at the buzzer missed. Zane Gross led the Dragons with cut the lead to 30-21 early in the third quar-
15 points and Jacobi netted 11. ter. The Braves, however, closed the third
The victory for coach Brandon Hoffman’s squad marks the first quarter on an 18-2 run and eventually led by
state championship in any sport for the school and denies Cul- as many as 25 points (50-25) before settling
ver Academy a repeat opportunity. The Eagles beat Evansville for the final margin.
Bosse to win the title in 2018.
Ethan Brittain-Watts led Culver Academy with 23 points, while Zane Burke added 10 points for the winners.
Trey Galloway had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Junior Deontae
Craig netted 11 points. Gabe Gladish led coach Josh Thompson’s
Vikings (26-3) with 12 points, while Isaac
Coach Mark Galloway’s Eagles, who will move up to Class 4A Wagler and Brycen Graber each netted 10.
next season, finished 24-4.
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