BB: TH South And North Central Remain Undefeated With Weekend Victories

Mike McGraw

Hoosier Authority

Terre Haute South and North Central remained perfect, Ben
Davis suffered some heartbreak, and Carmel put a small school power back in
their place. That and much more came to pass on the hardwood for MIC teams this
past weekend.

Terre Haute South moved to 5-0 Friday night with a
relatively easy 56-40 verdict over Vigo County rival West Vigo. Meanwhile, the
conference’s other unbeaten, North Central, waited until Saturday to take the
court and came away with a hard fought 61-57 verdict over Hamilton
Southeastern. Terone Johnson led the Panthers in what was by far the closest
battle they have seen with 22 points. North Central trailed at the half, and
was still down by one at the end of three periods before pulling out the win.
The Panthers are now 6-0 on the campaign.

Carmel had a solid weekend, picking up two victories. The Greyhounds
spanked Fishers Friday night, 72-55. On Saturday, they brought the high flying Lafayette Central
Catholic Knights back to earth, downing the 1A power 74-56. That came less than
24 hours after LCC upset 4A #2 Cathedral. Carmel used a big third quarter to
sew up the verdict. They outscored LCC in that Period by a 20-10 margin. Morgan
Newton continued to show his skills go past the football field. He led Carmel
with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Lawrence North picked up a victory in their
only contest of the weekend. The Wildcats downed Chicago Simeon 63=61.

For the rest of the league, the weekend was not nearly as
successful. Warren Central split a pair of tough games, downing Ben Davis on
Friday 70-57, but falling to high powered Franklin Central Saturday night,
52-46. Ben Davis dropped a second game,
losing to Brownsburg in a close affair Saturday evening, 52-49. The Giants, who
are now 0-5, have lost one game by one point, one by three, and two by six. That
is some serious heartbreak.

Terre Haute North dropped a pair of decisions as well. The
Patriots fell to Mooresville 71-59 Friday night and then lost a thriller to Evansville’s
Harrison 66-65 the next night. Center
Grove suffered a little bit of a southside ego blow Friday evening when the
Trojans fell to Whiteland 62-55. Their road to redemption won’t be an easy one.
Center Grove faces 4A #1 Bloomington South Tuesday night.