Indians fall to Miami Trace, Eastern Brown to wrap up regular-season slate
The Hillsboro Indians dropped two games over the weekend to end the regular season, as they lost to the Miami Trace Panthers on Friday night and the Eastern Brown Warriors on Saturday afternoon.
As for the game on Friday night, the Indians took MT to the limit. Even though they trailed by a 16-13 score once the first frame came to a close, they battled back for a 22-point second frame while holding the Panthers to 15 points in the quarter for a halftime lead of 35-31.
HHS was held to just eight points in the third, while MT doubled that output with a 16-point third frame, regaining the lead at 47-43. In the fourth, the Panthers scored 21 points, and the Indians added 16 to their totals in the nine-point loss.
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The Indians did have three players reach double figures in scoring, with Logan Kibler leading the way with 19 points, with the senior making five 3-pointers, one two-point bucket and going 2-of-2 from the free-throw line.
Phillip Mycroft finished with 13 points, and D.J. Brown ended the game with 10 points.
Also for HHS, Cameron Reed totaled nine points off three 3-pointers, Marshall Ward totaled six points, and Matthew Ryan added two points to the Indians’ final scoring.
HHS was 7-of-11 from the free-throw line, and they made eight 3-pointers as a team.
On Saturday, the HHS Indians hosted the Eastern Brown Warriors but fell by a 66-61 score.
For HHS, maybe the biggest moment of the game was when senior manager Josh Ford got to make a start for the Indians against the Warriors. Not only did he get the start, he sank a 3-pointer in his varsity debut.
More stats to be added.