Carmel — Visiting Terre Haute North, playing without injured point guard Kelly Meggs, jumped out to a first-quarter lead against third-ranked Carmel in Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference girls basketball Saturday but eventually lost 67-37.
Francesca McCarthy led the Patriots with 15 points and Danielle Ketner scored nine, but after taking an 18-16 lead at the first stop the visitors were held to 19 points the rest of the way.
“We came out and shot the ball well,” coach Mike Allen said. “We might have surprised them a little … but they picked up their defense at the start of the second quarter.”
Krissy Steffin had 23 points to lead the Greyhounds.
TERRE HAUTE NORTH (37) — Burkins 2 0-0 4, Jones 1 5-8 7, Etling 0 0-1 0, Ketner 3 2-2 9, McCarthy 7 1-1 15, Eilbracht 0 0-0 0, Adams 1 0-0 2, Barnhill 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 FG, 8-12 FT, 37 TP.
CARMEL (67) — Steffin 8 2-2 23, McRoberts 3 3-3 9, Byrne 0 0-0 0, Rubendurst 1 2-4 4, Langlois 4 0-0 11, Larson 1 1-2 3, DeFruccio 5 0-0 10, Dean 0 1-2 1, Jones 2 2-4 6. Totals 24 FG, 11-17 FT, 67 TP.
Terre Haute North 18 5 8 6 — 37
Carmel 16 16 20 15 — 67
3-point goals — Ketner, Steffin 5, Langlois 3. Total fouls — THN 14, Carmel 13. Fouled out — Adams.
JV — Carmel won.
Next — North (1-4, 0-1 in MIC) plays Tuesday at Bloomington South.
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In other girls basketball action:
• North Vermillion 49, West Vigo 42 — At West Vigo, Marianne Umphries scored 10 to lead the Vikings, but the Falcons made 26 of 50 at the line to get past West Vigo. Both teams combined to go 40 of 83 at the line.
NORTH VERMILLION (49) — Yoho 0 2-2 2, Kunkle 0 0-0 0, Lively 2 7-10 11, C.West 1 0-2 2, K.West 2 5-6 10, Chew 2 8-12 12, Axtell 2 2-8 6, Poynter 2 2-10 6. Totals 11 FG, 26-50 FT, 49 TP.
WEST VIGO (42) — Waters 0 1-2 1, Hall 0 0-0 0, Umphries 3 4-5 10, Klotz 1 2-7 4, Bria.Marrs 2 3-6 9, Beal 1 1-3 3, Brit.Marrs 3 0-2 8, Barton 2 1-4 5, Edmondson 0 2-4 2, Brown 0 0-0 0, Carlson 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 FG, 14-33 FT, 42 TP.
North Vermillion 8 11 12 18 — 49
West Vigo 6 12 15 9 — 42
3-point goals — K.West, Bria.Marrs, Brit.Marrs 2. Total fouls — NV 22, WV 32. Fouled out — Lively, C.West, Axtell, Waters, Umphries, Bria.Marrs, Brit.Marrs.
JV — West Vigo 33, North Vermillion 24
Next — West Vigo (0-4) plays at South Putnam on Tuesday. North Vermillion (4-1) plays at Turkey Run on Tuesday.
• North Central 57, Eminence 41 — At Farmersburg, the host Thunderbirds had four double-figure scorers and got a near quadruple-double from Megan Stone in a Tri-River Conference win.
Hannah Randolph led the winners with 16 points, while Amber Kemp had 12, Jocelynn Boyll 11 and Katie Brown 10. Stone scored just eight points but had 10 rebounds, nine steals and nine assists.
Aulani Sinclair had 33 of the Eminence points.
EMINENCE (41) — Sinclair 12 5-6 33, Haymond 1 0-0 2, Decker 2 0-0 4, Greene 1 0-0 2, Campbell 0 0-0 0, Brock 0 0-0 0, Jobes 0 0-0 0, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Hager 0 0-0 0, George 0 0-0 0, Rhea 0 0-0 0, Feutz 0 0-0 0, Waller 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 FG, 5-6 FT, 41 TP.
NORTH CENTRAL (57) — Brown 4 2-3 10, Kemp 5 2-3 12, Randolph 6 2-5 16, Stone 3 2-5 8, Boyll 4 3-4 11, Hester 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 FG, 11-20 FT, 57 TP.
3-point goals — Sinclair 4, Randolph 2. Total fouls — Eminence 18, NC 11. Fouled out — Haymond, Greene.
JV — North Central 21, Eminence 2.
Next — North Central (3-2, 1-0 in TRC) plays Dec. 4 at Shakamak.
• White River Valley 45, Shakamak 37 — At Jasonville, Taylor Kail and Stephanie Fougerousse each had 11 points to pace White River Valley past Shakamak.
Marki Collins had 15 points for the Lakers.
WHITE RIVER VALLEY (45) — Kail 2 6-9 11, Goodman 3 2-2 8, Tally 2 2-4 8, Anderson 2 2-2 6, Graves 0 1-3 1, S.Fougerousse 5 1-2 11, Hamilton 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 FG, 14-22 FT, 45 TP.
SHAKAMAK (37) — Collins 6 3-6 15, C.Fougerousse 3 0-1 7, Crane 3 5-8 11, Stanifer 0 2-4 2, Gambill 1 0-0 2, Martin 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 FG, 10-19 FT, 37 TP.
WRV 8 7 8 22 — 45
Shakamak 8 7 6 16 — 37
3-point goals — Kail, Tally 2, C.Fougerousse. Total fouls — WRV 14, S 17.
Next — Shakamak (0-3) plays Tuesday at Bloomfield.
• Robinson Thanksgiving Invitational — At Robinson, Host Robinson, Mt. Carmel and Charleston all won games in the morning session of the invitational. Results from the evening session games were not available by press time.
ROBINSON (62) — Akande 9 4-5 22, Connelly 5 2-4 12, Dirks 4 3-4 11, Murray 3 0-0 6, Conrad 2 0-1 4, Marqua 1 1-3 4, Smith 1 0-0 2, Baker 0 1-2 1, Phillippe 0 0-0 0, Lowrance 0 0-0 0, Watts 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 FG, 11-21 FT, 62 TP.
LAWRENCEVILLE (36) — Lynch 5 2-3 12, Andrews 2 2-5 6, Spencer 3 0-0 6, Decker 2 1-4 5, Pargin 2 0-0 4, Metheny 1 1-2 3, Potts 0 0-0 0, Sapp 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 FG, 6-14 FT, 36 TP.
Robinson 26 12 17 7 — 62
Lawrenceville 6 7 8 15 — 36
3-point goals — Marqua. Total fouls — R 11, L 16.
MARSHALL (32) — Lycan 1 1-2 3, English 3 3-4 9, Sweitzer 3 0-0 8, Strohm 3 0-0 9, Hamilton 1 0-0 2, Bishop 0 1-2 1 Totals 11 FG, 5-6 FT, 32 TP.
MT. CARMEL (35) — Dunkel 2 3-6 8, Brown 4 1-1 9, Williams 3 0-0 6, Neltleton 1 2-2 4, Stoltz 2 0-0 5, Seaton 1 1-3 3. Totals 13 FG, 7-12 FT, 35 TP.
Marshall 5 7 9 11 — 32
Mt. Carmel 9 7 10 9 — 35
3-point goals — Strohm 3, Sweitzer 2; Stoltz, Dunkel 1.
CASEY (41) — Thompson 1 0-0 2, Nichols 1 0-0 2, Ni.Lewis 2 0-0 4, Na.Lewis 2 0-0 4, Tiffin 7 0-0 17, Montgomery 2 0-0 4, Oatman 1 0-0 2, Schultz 3 0-0 6.
CHARLESTON (71) — Maxey 0 0-0 0, Spence 1 0-2 2, Young 2 0-0 4, Sparks 5 0-0 11, Wohltman 9 0-0 19, B.O’Dell 5 3-6 13, Harper 10 0-0 20, M.O’Dell 1 0-0 2. Totals 33 FG, 3-8 FT, 71 TP.
Casey 10 6 10 15 — 41
Charleston 25 18 20 8 — 71
3-point goals — Tiffin 3, Sparks, Wohltman.
• Greencastle wins county title — At Putnamville, Greencastle ran its record to 4-0 and captured the Putnam County Tournament with a 52-40 victory over host South Putnam on Saturday night.
Hannah Spencer led Greencastle with 18 points, while Oceaia Boetjer paced South Putnam with 10.
In the third-place game, North Putnam shook off a scoreless first quarter to defeat Cloverdale.
GREENCASTLE (52) — Grivas 2-8 0-0 5, M.Miller 3-8 5-6 11, Samuels 3-6 0-0 6, Nobles 2-5 0-0 6, Alspaugh 2-6 0-1 4, Spencer 7-12 4-9 18, Burgeson 0-1 0-0 0, J. Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Wainman 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 20-49 FG, 10-20 FT, 52 TP.
SOUTH PUTNAM (40) – B. Boetjer 1-9 2-6 4, O.Boetjer 4-11 0-2 10, Butts 4-5 0-0 8, Dabowski 1-5 2-2 4, Jes.Thompson 0-3 0-0 0, Burnham 1-2 0-0 2, Jen.Thompson 2-5 0-0 5, Searles 0-1 7-10 7, Minor 0-0 0-0 0, Douglas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-41 FG, 11-20 FT, 40 TP.
Greencastle 11 16 12 13 — 52
South Putnam 6 5 16 13 — 40
3-point goals — Nobles 2, O.Boetjer 2, Jen.Thompson. Total fouls — G 18, SP 18. Fouled out — none.
Next — South Putnam (1-3) will play Tuesday at West Vigo and Greencastle (4-0) will be at home against Crawfordsville on the same night.
CLOVERDALE (26) — Shepherd 1-6 0-0 3, McCallie 1-5 2-2 4, McCammon 2-6 3-8 7, Rightmyer 3-10 0-2 6, Anderson 1-1 0-2 2, Byrd 2-2 0-1 4. Totals 10-30 FG, 5-15 FT, 26 TP.
NORTH PUTNAM (32) – McGaughey 3-10 1-2 9, L. Crosby 1-6 1-2 3, Malayer 2-7 0-0 4, Alles 2-6 0-2 4, E. Crosby 2-11 1-2 5, Robinson 1-3 2-2 4, Frye 0-2 0-0 0, Kumaran 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 12-49 FG, 5-10 FT, 32 TP.
Cloverdale 3 8 6 9 — 26
North Putnam 0 10 8 14 — 32
3-point goals — Shepherd, McGaughey 2, Kumaran. Total fouls — C 17. NP 16. Fouled out — Malayer.
Next — North Putnam (1-4) plays at South Vermillion on Tuesday. Cloverdale (1-4) is at Riverton Parke on Dec. 2.
Friday
• Marshall 38, Tri-County 37 — At Kansas, Ill., Jordan English scored a basket with 24 seconds left to lift Marshall to a dramatic victory.
Keisha Sweitzer had 11 points and 11 rebounds, and Jordan English chipped in 10 points to lead the Lions.
Melanie Clapp led Tri-County with 17, and Chelsee Blair added 12.
MARSHALL (38) — Lycan 3 0-0 6, Kuhn 2 0-0 4, English 4 2-2 10, Sweitzer 4 3-4 11, Strohm 1 1-3 3, Hamilton 2 0-2 4, Bishop 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 FG, 6-11 FT, 38 TP.
TRI-COUNTY (37) — Blair 5 0-0 12, Shaffer 0 0-0 0, Catrell 3 0-0 6, Clapp 7 0-0 17, Goatley 0 0-0 0, Strader 0 2-4 2, Streder 0 0-0 0, White 0 0-0 0, Cash 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 FG, 2-4 FT, 37 TP.
Marshall 13 6 8 11 — 38
Tri-County 9 12 10 6 — 37
3-point field goals — Blair 2, Clapp 3. Total fouls — M 13, T-C 11. Fouled out — Sweitzer.
JV — Marshall won in overtime 44-37 (Kassy Hemmen had 9 points).
Next — Marshall (1-1) travels to Robinson today to face Mount Carmel at 10:30 a.m. CST and Casey at 5 p.m. CST in Robinson's Thanksgiving Invitational.
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