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B-2 Sports Wednesday, December 26, 2018 The Press-Dispatch SLOW Continued from page 1 Thank you so much for a greaT year! 804 E. Illinois St, Petersburg (812) 354-2277 Hours Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday: 11am - 9pm Friday & Saturday: 11am - 10pm See Ya at the House! HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL Pocket Athletic Conference Standings PAC Overall Team W-L W-L Tecumseh ........................................ 4-0 .......... 12-1 Gibson Southern ............................. 3-0 .......... 10 -3 Southridge ........................................3-2 ............ 3-9 Heritage Hills ...................................2-2 .......... 10 -3 Tell City .............................................2-3 ............ 9 -7 Forest Park .......................................2-3 ............ 6 -7 South Spencer ..................................1-2 ............ 6 -7 North Posey .....................................0 -1 ...........1-12 Pike Central .................................... 0 -4 ............ 4-9 Results of December 18 Jasper 63, Pike Central 41 Crawford County 68, Forest Park 56 Toyota Teamwork Classic Gibson Southern 77, Mount Carmel (Ill.) 34 Result of December 19 South Spencer at Cannelton, ppd. Results of December 20 Forest Park 50, Northeast Dubois 29 Tecumseh 57, Loogootee 51 Tell City 45, Lanesville 37 Toyota Teamwork Classic Mount Vernon (Posey) 46, North Posey 41 Results of December 21 Toyota Teamwork Classic Gibson Southern 69, Princeton 56 Wood Memorial 58, North Posey 36 Games of December 22 Toyota Teamwork Classic Mount Carmel (Ill.) vs. North Posey at Wood Me- morial Gibson Southern at Wood Memorial Game of December 27 Washington at Heritage Hills Games of December 28 Toby Yoho Classic at Eastern Greene Forest Park vs. Brownstown Central Forest Park vs. Cloverdale Games of December 29 South Spencer at Hancock County (Ky.) Southridge at Washington Forest Park in Toby Yoho Classic at Eastern Greene Games of January 3 Pike Central at Washington: Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. Boonville at Gibson Southern Forest Park at Jasper North Knox at Southridge South Spencer at Heritage Hills Tecumseh at North Posey Games of January 5 Forest Park at Pike Central: Junior Varsity, 1 p.m.; Varsity, 2:30 p.m. Gibson Southern at Tell City North Posey at Perry Central Tecumseh at Springs Valley UPCOMING SCHEDULE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27 High School Boys' Basketball: Old National Bank Tournament at North Daviess – Pike Central vs. Clay City, 3 p.m. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28 High School Boys' Basketball: Pike Central in Old National Bank Tournament at North Daviess, TBD. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29 High School Boys' Basketball: Pike Central in Old National Bank Tournament at North Daviess, TBD. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2 Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Boys' Basket- ball: Pike Central at Vincennes Clark, 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Girls' Basket- ball: Pike Central at Boonville, 6:30 p.m. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3 High School Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Washington – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. High School Boys' C Team Basketball: Pike Cen- tral at Loogootee, 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Boys' Basket- ball: Pike Central at North Knox, 6 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Girls' Basketball: Boonville vs. Pike Central at Old Petersburg Gym, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 High School Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Wood Memorial – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5 High School Girls' Basketball: Forest Park at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 1 p.m.; Varsity, 2:30 p.m. High School Wrestling: Pike Central in Forest Park Invitational, 9 a.m. Middle School 6th Grade Boys' Basketball: Southridge vs. Pike Central at Old Petersburg Gym, 9:30 a.m. Middle School 6th Grade Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Loogootee, 9:30 a.m. play better than the way we've played lately." Facing an 11-0 deficit midway through the first period, Pike Central scored six straight points – on a basket and a free throw by junior Jayln Nel- son and a three-pointer by senior Hailey Marchino – to pull to within 11-6 with 1:37 left in the opening quarter. However, following an exchange of baskets, Lady Wildcats junior Brooke Nottingham hit a three-pointer – her third of the first period – to extend Jas- per's lead to 16 -8. "We made some bad turnovers that led to good shots and (Nottingham) hit a few early three's that put us behind the eight ball," McCutchan said. A fter a basket by Nelson cut the defi- cit to 16 -10 at the start of the second quarter, the Lady Wildcats went on an 9 -1 scoring run – with junior Rea- gan Egbert netting five points and ju- nior Claire Knies adding four more – to open up a 25 -11 lead with 4:24 left in the first half. A three-point play by junior Jenna Horrall pulled Pike Central to within 25 -14 before four straight points by Jas- per – on a basket by junior Meredith Hilgefort and one free throw each by Nottingham and senior Rachel Gress – to stretch its lead to 29 -14 with 2:06 left in the second period. Jasper extended its lead to 39 -22 ear- ly in the second half before the Lady Chargers went on a 10 -4 scoring run – on three points each by Marchino and Nelson and two each by Horrall and ju- nior Lauren Vaughn – to slash the defi- cit to 43-32 with 2:28 left in the third quarter. However, the Lady Wildcats an- swered by scoring five straight points – on a free throw by Egbert and back- to-back baskets by senior Kortney Ruhe – to extend their lead to 48 -32 with one minute remaining in the third period. A fter Vaughn scored to pull Pike Central to within 48 -34, Ruhe hit a three-point shot at the buzzer to give Jasper a 51-34 lead heading into the fi- nal quarter. The Lady Chargers would get no closer than 14 points during the fourth period. "We just could never get back close in the game," McCutchan said. "We nev- er got to where we were almost really in striking distance. But the effort was better. And they battled." "We played more confident tonight," McCutchan added. "You could tell our confidence had been a little bit down af- ter Gibson Southern put it on us pret- ty good. You could tell it carried over to North Knox. So I'm proud that we showed more confidence tonight." Nelson came off the bench to lead the Lady Chargers with 13 points – hitting five of 11 field goal attempts and three of seven tries from the free throw line – and grabbed a team-high six rebounds. Nelson, who averaged 10 points per game during the Lady Chargers' first six contests of the season, had averaged only 3.5 points over the next six. "I told Jayln she played great to- night; she gave a really good effort," McCutchan said. "That's the Jayln I was expecting her to be all year. She has the ability to be a really good play- er, but she's got to be aggressive. She was aggressive tonight getting to the basket. She finished some shots around the paint, and got to the free throw line. So she did a lot of good things." Marchino added nine points while Horrall and Vaughn tossed in six points each. For the game, Pike Central made 14 of 37 field goal attempts – a 37.8 percent average – and hit 11 of 20 tries from the free throw line while turning the ball over 18 times. "I tell them we can't come out intim- idated, or scared, of another ball club, and we didn't," McCutchan said. "We got off to a bad start, but I think that was just us mak- ing mistakes. We weren't intimidated or anything like that. We've got to clean it up. We've got to quit turning the ball over. That's really hurt us all year long." "Tonight, we ex- ecuted some good things on both ends of the floor, but, com- pared to ( Jasper), they're a nice team, and they made more plays than we did," McCutchan added. Egbert led Jasper with a game-high 15 points while Ruhe added 13 points and Knies and Nottingham tossed in 12 points each. Knies also grabbed a game-high seven rebounds and dished out four assists. For the game, the Lady Wildcats made 24 of 45 field goal attempts – a 53.3 percent average – and hit 11 of 22 tries from the free throw line while turning the ball over 12 times. In the junior varsity contest, sopho- more Jaycie Hooten scored a game-high 17 points to lead Jasper to a 59 -25 vic- tory over Pike Central. Sophomore Ka- ra Krueger and Ava Noblitt added nine points each. Krueger also grabbed six rebounds and dished out a game-high eight assists. Freshman Mallory Hunt paced the Lady Chargers with nine points while freshman Kya Leighty added six points and a game-high eight rebounds. Pike Central will return to action on Thursday, Jan. 3, when the Lady Char- gers will travel to Washington. On Sat- urday, Jan. 5, they will host Forest Park. Pike Central High School sophomore Kailee Mann (41) goes up for a shot over Jas- per sophomore Kylee Vaal (45) during junior varsity girls' bas- ketball action at Jasper on Tues- day, Dec. 18. Ed Cahill photo Above: Pike Central High School senior Al- lesha Sisk (with ball) prepares to go up for a shot as Jasper soph- omore Emma Shelton (right) closes in during varsity girls' basket- ball action on Tuesday, Dec. 18. Sisk scored two points in the visit- ing Lady Chargers' 63- 41 loss. Ed Cahill photo Upper right: Pike Central High School ju- nior Jenna Horrall (15) goes up for a shot during varsity girls' basketball action at Jasper on Tues- day, Dec. 18. Horrall scored six points in the Lady Chargers' 63-41 loss. Ed Cahill photo Lower right: Pike Central High School se- nior Becca Crow drib- bles toward the basket during varsity girls' bas- ketball action at Jasper on Tuesday, Dec. 18. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School freshman Kya Leighty (30) starts to drive toward the basket during ju- nior varsity girls' basketball action at Jasper on Tuesday, Dec. 18. Ed Cahill photo