The Southsider Voice
Visit us at these places!
  • Home
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • Sports
    • Car Nutz
    • Stilley Goes Trackside
    • Southside Deaths
    • Personal Recollections
    • Reminiscing
  • About the Voice
  • Advertising
  • Contact
  • Newspaper Archive
  • Classifieds

Trojans win; Marion County tourney starts 

1/4/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTOS BY NATHAN PACE Center Grove sophomore Trayce Jackson-Davis scored a game-high 16 points in the Trojans’ 58-52 win over Greenwood.
PicturePurdue coach Matt Painter (left) watched Center Grove edge Greenwood.
By Al Stilley
Senior staff writer

When Greenwood visited Center Grove Friday, the Woodmen sought their first win against a 4A foe this season, while the Trojans wanted to extend their win streak to 15 against their rival.

Center Grove’s boys’ basketball team prevailed 58-52 by holding off Greenwood in the fourth quarter after the Woodmen cut the lead to two points three times. The last time Greenwood defeated Center Grove was Feb. 8, 2003. 

Third-year Center Grove coach Zach Hahn is 2-1 against Johnson County teams this season; Bruce Hensley’s Woodmen are 0-4 against 4A teams.

“After playing Whiteland, Franklin and Greenwood, there aren’t many teams in the stat that are tougher, more physical and dive on the floor, and that presents a whole new challenge,” Hahn said. “Everybody talks about the MIC (Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference), but there’s no letdown in our schedule.

“In the MIC some of the kids are ultra-talented and are more athletic at times. Every team is out there trying to beat us every night. We have to be sharp (because) there’s no room for error against any team we play.”

The Trojans, winners of only one MIC game the last two seasons, face visiting league foe Carmel at 7:30 p.m. Friday, while Whiteland travels to Greenwood in a Mid-State encounter.

Center Grove enjoyed a 33-24 halftime lead, but the Woodmen used an 11-2 run in the second half to cut the lead to 40-37.

“Give Greenwood credit; they attacked, attacked and attacked,” Hahn said. “I’m just glad we found a way to win.”

Greenwood closed to 51-49 on senior Adam Rapp’s driving layup with three minutes left.

About 85 seconds later, Center Grove’s Travis Roehling drove, scored and was fouled. He missed the free throw, but 6-8 sophomore Trayce Jackson-Davis came up with the loose ball for a put-back and a 54-49 lead.

Greenwood 6-6 junior Jeffrey Reynolds dunked his third alley-oop on Max Raker’s pass, but Trojans junior Mike McLain iced it with two free throws for a 57-51 count with 20 seconds left.

The Woodmen committed three turnovers in the last two minutes but ultimately were doomed by hitting an uncharacteristic 6-of-20 free throws (30 percent). Trojans hit 16-of-25 (64 percent).

 The game may have turned at the end of the third quarter when CG sophomore guard Spencer Piercefield hit three straight free throws for a seven-point cushion (44-37), which came in handy in the fourth quarter.

With Purdue coach Matt Painter looking on, Jackson-Davis led the Trojans with 16 points and 13 rebounds; Piercefield and Joey Klaasen each chipped in 10 points. 

Reynolds led Greenwood with 14 points and three blocked shots. Eric Moenkhaus scored nine points in the third quarter en route to a 13-point night. Raker and Rapp had nine and eight points, respectively. 

“All county (Johnson) teams are scrappy, hard-nosed and tough,” Hahn said. “Overall we were pretty good, but we have to be more solid defensively.”
​
Center Grove hit 19-of-44 from the field, Greenwood 21-of-49. CG won the boards 27-22. The Trojans committed 15 turnovers, Greenwood 12.

Picture
Greenwood’s bench celebrates a strong effort from the Woodmen.
Picture
A preppy theme was the order of the evening as Greenwood students cheered on the Woodmen.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    August 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    February 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    February 2021
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014

    RSS Feed

 DROP OFF: The Toy Drop 6025 Madison Ave., Suite D
Indianapolis, IN  46227  |  317-781-0023
MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 17187, Indianapolis, IN 46217

ads@southsidervoice.com | news@southsidervoice.com
Website by IndyTeleData, Inc.