Haley Seibert took care of the heavy lifting early in girls high school basketball Saturday afternoon, and her less experienced Terre Haute South teammates were quick to fall in line.
It’s a formula that’s working beautifully for the Braves so far this season and it did once again, paying off for a 52-36 win over visiting Indianapolis Arlington.
The big tests for the Braves are coming up, starting next Saturday with the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference opener at home against Indianapolis North Central. And although the strong, athletic Golden Knights did everything well but make baskets on Saturday against the Braves, they also have a 50-point loss this year against potential MIC powerhouse Warren Central.
“We faced the same kind of athletes we’ll see in our conference,” coach Dave Cassell of the Braves said after Saturday’s game. “We learned a lot from the Bloomington South game [a 39-21 loss on Wednesday] and today we made good, quick decisions when we were trapped … we paid more attention to some of the little things, and we really executed better.
“And although our offense may sputter at times,” Cassell added, “[the Braves] still have the wherewithal to come back and get stops on the defensive end. That keeps the game close and gives us a chance to win at the end.”
The Braves led all the way Saturday after a 3-pointer by Seibert broke a 2-2 tie, and the junior guard accounted for all her team’s points by scoring them or getting assists until nearly three minutes into the second quarter.
She followed up a spinning, twisting drive down the lane for a basket by stealing the ball and driving for another layup late in the first quarter, expanding South’s lead to 15-6.
Arlington crept to within 16-13 early in the second quarter, shortly after Seibert took an elbow and was staggered temporarily, but Mikayla Metheny assisted on a 3-pointer by Emily Bell — the first non-Seibert points for the Braves — and South led 25-19 at intermission.
Hannah Lee came to the forefront in the third quarter for South, hitting three straight baskets as the home team stretched its lead to 31-21, then finding Metheny for a layup after Arlington had cut that lead to 31-27. Lee followed with a fourth straight basket and Seibert hit her only shot of the third quarter, a 3-pointer, to put South back up by 11. Seibert’s 10 fourth-quarter points, including six straight free throws, kept the Golden Knights at bay.
“It really looked like [Seibert] had her spin move that she’s been working on down to a T today,” Cassell said. “She was able to break the defense down for us.”
Seibert finished with a game-high 25 points plus five steals and four assists for the Braves. Lee scored 12, Bell 10 and Metheny led with five assists.
Mareisha Harris had 11 points, eight rebounds and five assists for Arlington before fouling out, while little Ivory Pimpton hit a trio of 3-pointers and Dominique Hudson had eight points and seven rebounds.
“It’s been a struggle for us to get in the paint and hit shots,” said coach Stephanie Keller of the Golden Knights, who were 19-5 last season but who shot 30 percent against the Braves. “[The Braves] spread us out and did a good job penetrating.”
Arlington would have had three returning starters from its 2008-2009 team, but one of them is still unavailable because of an offseason knee injury, Keller said. South is also without a regular because Kayla Ennen re-injured her knee against Sullivan last week and is hoping not to have to join fellow sophomore Dallas Butts on the sideline the rest of the season.
Indianapolis Arlington 36
Player fg 3pt ft r s pf tp
Hudson 3-14 0-0 2-2 7 0 1 8
Golightly 2-7 0-3 0-2 3 1 3 4
Yateman 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0
Robinson 2-5 0-1 0-0 3 4 3 4
Pimpton 3-6 3-5 0-0 0 3 2 9
Thomas 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0
Harris 4-10 0-1 3-4 8 1 5 11
Minor 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0
Davie 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0
Warren 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Lawyer 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Haney 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Totals 14-46 3-11 5-8 *32 9 18 36
Terre Haute South 52
Player fg 3pt ft r s pf tp
Bailey 1-6 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 2
Bell 4-8 2-5 0-0 6 2 1 10
H.Lee 5-8 0-0 2-4 7 0 4 12
Seibert 7-9 2-3 9-10 1 5 0 25
Metheny 1-4 0-3 0-0 4 0 2 2
Brewer 0-2 0-2 0-2 0 0 1 0
Dietz 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0
Eller 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 0 1
Totals 18-37 4-13 12-18 *28 8 9 52
Indianapolis Arlington 8 11 8 9 — 36
Terre Haute South 15 10 13 14 — 52
FG Pct. — IA .304, THS .486. 3-pt FG Pct. — IA .273, THS .308. FT Pct. — IA .625, THS .667. (*) Includes team rebounds — IA 7, THS 5. Turnovers — IA 17, THS 12. Assists — IA 11 (Harris 5), THS 14 (Metheny 5). Blocks — IA 3 (Robinson, Hudson, Thomas), THS 4 (H.Lee 3).
JV — Terre Haute South 35 (Abby Shanks 12, Keli Buchanan 10, LaBrea Joyner 9), Indianapolis Arlington 34 (Jade Warren 13, Natasha Ware 11).
Next — South (7-1) has a home game Saturday against Indianapolis North Central. Indianapolis Arlington (2-3) has a home game Tuesday against Indianapolis Howe.
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South girls basketball takes care of business as tough tests near
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South’s Lough to wrestle for state title
The day didn’t start in a promising fashion for Wabash Valley high school wrestlers at the Evansville Semistate in Ford Center on Saturday — but it got better as it went along.
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TERRE HAUTE NORTH SECTIONAL: Mooresville tops South for fourth straight title
For Terre Haute South High School girls basketball fans, it might sound good that the Braves did not miss a shot in the first four minutes of their Class 4A Terre Haute North Sectional championship game Saturday.
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BLOOMFIELD SECTIONAL: Sullivan rebounds from tough start for title
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.
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CLAY CITY SECTIONAL: Eels take third straight sectional crown
Clay City stood up to the pressure and to the Shakamak Lakers on Saturday night to win a third straight Class A sectional championship in the Eel Dome.
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NORTH VERMILLION SECTIONAL: Twenty years in the waiting
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PREP ROUNDUP: Rox clinch WRC
Class A No. 8-ranked Rockville knocked off Attica 50-35 in boys high school basketball Saturday afternoon, clinching the Wabash River Conference championship in the process.
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THN SECTIONAL: Braves to play Mooresville for sectional title tonight
Terre Haute South continued to show what’s new and Terre Haute North unfortunately reverted back to what’s old in Class 4A high school girls basketball sectional action Friday night at North.
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OWEN VALLEY SECTIONAL: Eagles bring Vikes down to earth
Baby steps. A baby takes that first step and grins, then attempts the second step and tumbles. The West Vigo High School girls took their first step with a victory Tuesday night in the Class 3A basketball sectional at Owen Valley.
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BLOOMFIELD SECTIONAL: Sullivan jumps to early lead in sectional victory
Sullivan jumped out to a 9-0 lead and were never threatened in a dominant 48-25 win over Eastern Greene in a semifinal game of the Class 2A Bloomfield girls basketball sectional inside Glover Gymnasium on Friday.
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North Vermillion Sectional: Panthers, Falcons to meet for NV title
Outstanding defense and quality passing landed Riverton Parke in the championship game of the Class A North Vermillion Sectional. The Panthers will have to get through the host school tonight in order to secure the program’s first sectional crown since 1992.
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South swimmers don’t advance at Finals
Terre Haute South’s trip to the IHSAA girls swimming state finals at the Indiana University Natatorium was a short one Friday night.
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South runs into talented North Central team
Terre Haute South players and coaches knew when they got off the bus Saturday afternoon that they couldn’t run with the Class 4A No. 3-ranked Indianapolis North Central Panthers.
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Jacob Duncan hit four free throws in overtime Friday night as visiting Marshall defeated Hutsonville-Palestine 51-49 in Little Illini Conference action.
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O'Leary pours in career-high 34 for Terre Haute North
Matt O’Leary poured in a career-high 34 points, 17 in each half, to lead Terre Haute North to a dominant 69-46 home victory over Center Grove in Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference boys high school basketball Saturday afternoon.
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Davis hits layup in double overtime to lift Terre Haute North at Bloomington North
Playing without their two leading scorers against a team that — most of the time — seemed more determined to win than they did, Terre Haute North's Patriots got a driving layup from Steven Davis with 2.8 seconds left in the second overtime to escape Bloomington North with a 54-52 win in high school basketball Thursday night.
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Sullivan stays on top of WIC for third straight year
Western Indiana Conference boys basketball teams have been trying to storm the Sullivan castle for three years now. The Golden Arrows have endured nearly every kind of strategy in the effort to breech their wall. West Vigo tried a few more on Thursday in a showdown for the WIC championship.
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South girls looking for solid performances at swimming state finals
One individual and one relay team, which includes that same individual, will represent Terre Haute South in the IHSAA girls swimming state finals today and possibly Saturday at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Cesinger, Jones each score 24 in Clay City win
Blake Cesinger and Brylan Jones poured in 24 points apiece to lead visiting Clay City over North Central 67-53 in SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference boys high school basketball Thursday night.
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Teutopolis knocks off record-setting Marshall girls in regional championship
Marshall jumped ahead 4-0 only to watch Teutopolis score the next 11 points Thursday in the championship game of the Class 2A Teutopolis Regional.
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Sullivan wins battle in low post
Sullivan dominated the low block at both ends of the court Wednesday to defeat South Knox 43-30.
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State wrestling berths won't come easily
If high school wrestlers thought regional competition was tough last weekend, they can expect the competition, as Keegan Michael Key used to say on MADtv, taken to “a whole notha level” on Saturday.
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South pulls upset
Plainfield’s 16-5 record made the Quakers the team to beat in the Class 4A Terre Haute North Sectional.
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Vikings break long sectional drought
You’ll have to forgive West Vigo for celebrating just a wee bit prior to the postgame handshake with South Vermillion, but its first victory in a sectional game in 11 years was worthy of celebrating.
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PREP ROUNDUP: RP rolls past Attica
Riverton Parke jumped to a 20-point halftime lead and easily defeated Attica 59-34 in the Class A North Vermillion girls basketball sectional on Tuesday.
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They’re the pride of Marshall
With a 24-1 record, coach Kathy Miller’s Marshall team earned the top seed in the Class 2A Teutopolis Regional.
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Union season more fun with Talpas around
The Union boys basketball team has had its share of fun moments in the past, arguably the most fun being its Class A state runner-up in 2000.
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Injury bug follows girls into postseason
Who’s healthy is the question at least three of the four teams will be asking tonight when Class 4A girls high school basketball sectional play begins at Terre Haute North.
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Rockville needs late run to stop West Vigo
It was a game of fits and starts, but host Rockville finally overcame a stiff challenge from visiting West Vigo in a 53-46 victory in boys high basketball action on Saturday.
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Northview holds off Plainfield
Northview got its sixth victory in boys high school basketball action Saturday night, defeating Plainfield 59-56.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Cloverdale helps Rady to career win No. 714
Brandon Dorman and Joe Fidler combined for 37 points and six 3-pointers Saturday night as visiting Cloverdale defeated Turkey Run 63-45 in boys high school basketball.
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