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February 11, 2012

BLOOMFIELD SECTIONAL: Sullivan jumps to early lead in sectional victory

Dennis Clark The Tribune-Star

BLOOMFIELD — 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.

Sullivan shot at a torrid 60 percent pace in the first half in building a commanding 34-11 advantage. Overall, the Arrows outshot Eastern 52 to 28 percent, and dominated the rebounding 32-12.

Sullivan’s 6-foot-2 junior Rhagen Smith, an Indiana State University recruit, drew a lot of attention defensively. She was limited to just three field goal attempts this time out, but the Arrows did not miss a beat.

Sydney Chapman and Sierra Walters picked up the slack, pacing the Arrows with 12 and 10 points, respectively.

“We jumped on [Eastern Greene] good because of Sydney Chapman,” Sullivan coach Julie Meeks pointed out. “She’s our leading scorer tonight and I was so glad to see that. It gives her a little more confidence. She’s really been coming on strong. She’s got to be prepared to take that shot and that’s what she did tonight.

“She’s such a great defensive player, sometimes she thinks that’s just her role on this team. It’s not. I like to see her take her outside shot and score for us.”

Smith scored seven points, making 2 of 3 shots, but did share team-high honors with seven rebounds and had a pair of blocks — the Arrows blocking five shots, by four different players.

Because of the blowout and a much different substitute pattern, another strange stat emerging was the seven boards from Sullivan’s smallest starter on the floor, 5-3 point guard Jaleigh Gilham.

“Our shot selection [was good], we were patient, reading the defense,” Meeks added.” I told them tonight not to force anything, let’s not force the ball to Rhagen [Smith]. Rhagen draws a lot of attention, so I it was nice they got it inside to the other players. Let them double down [on Smith], we have other scorers.”

After a quick turnover, the Arrows scored on their next five possessions for that 9-0 lead with 4:16 left in the first quarter.

Sullivan followed up that initial burst with a 15-2 run crossing over into the second quarter, then an 8-0 run ballooned its lead to 34-9 with about 47 seconds left to intermission.

Sullivan (20-3) will face North Knox (14-10) in tonight’s 7:30 p.m. championship game.

In the opener, North Knox trailed throughout until late in the fourth quarter, slipping past host Bloomfield 41-38. NK’s 6-1 sophomore Maria Gugliotta led all scorers with 24 points, including the game-winning shot with about 17 seconds left.

SULLIVAN (48) — Smith 2-3 3-4 7, Walters 5-8 0-0 6-9 0-0 12, 10, Chapman 6-9 0-0 12, Jones 3-6 0-0 7, Gilham 1-4 0-0 2, Harrison 2-3 0-0 4, Whitlock 0-2 0-0 0, Bennett 1-1 0-0 2, Wilkes 2-4 0-0 4, Judson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 22-42 FG, 3-4 FT, 48 TP.

EASTERN GREENE (25) — Wagner 2-8 0-0 5, Igel 3-10 3-4 9, New 0-7 0-0 0, Martin 2-3 0-2 5, Butler 1-2 0-0 2, Todd 2-3 0-0 4, Dubois 0-0 0-0 0, Spice 0-1 0-0 0, Resler 0-1 0-0 0, Osborn 0-0 0-0 0, Harper 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 10-35 FG, 3-6 FT, 25 TP.

Sullivan    17    17    8    6    —    48

Eastern Greene    7    4    7    7    —    25

3-point shooting — Sul 1-10 (Chapman 0-2, Jones 1-4, Gilham 0-3, Judson 0-1), EG 2-9 (Wagner 1-4, New 0-3, Martin 1-2) Rebounds — Sul 32 (Gilham and Smith 7), EG 12 (Martin 5). Steals — Sul 10 (Walters 4, Jones 3), EG 13 (Todd, New and Igel 3). Blocks — Sul 5 (Smith 2, Walters, Chapman, Jones), EG 0. Turnovers — Sul 18, EG 18. Total fouls — Sul 9, EG 7. Fouled out — none.

 

NORTH KNOX (41) — Gugliotta 10 4-6 24, Grove 0 3-6 3, Charlton 0 3-5 3, Primus 2 3-6 9, Buckthal 1 0-1 2, Moreland 0 0-0 0, Mackey 0 0-0 0, Doades 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 FG, 13-24 FT, 41 TP.

BLOOMFIELD (38) — Weddle 1 0-2 2, Walker 5 3-3 15, Pinnick 1 1-2 3, Riggins 6 2-3 14, Gilmore 0 2-2 2, Hasler 0 2-2 2, Schulte 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 FG, 8-12 FT, 38 TP.

North Knox    14    8    8    11    —    41

Bloomfield    17    9    7    5    —    38

3-point goals — Primus 2, Walker 2. Total fouls — NK 16, B 18. Fouled out — Pinnick.

Next — Sullivan (20-3) will face North Knox (14-10) in the Class 2A Bloomfield sectional championship game at 7:30 p.m. today. Eastern Greene (9-15) and Bloomfield (9-12) concluded their seasons.

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