Indians start fast; fall at Wilmington
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
WILMINGTON — For the first quarter, things went pretty well for the Hillsboro Indians as they faced the Division I state-ranked Wilmington Hurricane on the road at Fred Summers Court, Tuesday.
That first quarter saw the Indians battle the one-loss Hurricane team to a three-point deficit at 15-12. That was as close as the visiting Indians would get as they eventually lost by a 90-43 score in their South Central Ohio League matchup.
The loss moves the Indians to 3-6 in the SCOL and 7-9 overall, while Wilmington moves to 9-0 in the league and 16-1 overall.
As for that first quarter by the Indians, it was D.J. Brown who scored the first two points of the game, but from there Wilmington's Jarron Cumberland (who led all scorers with 24 points) and Jaevin Cumberland combined for the next five points to put WHS ahead 5-2.
The Indians were able to answer with four free throws from Zach Young to push HHS in front at 6-5 with 5:17 left in the first. Young finished the game with 11 points.
"Early we are down three midway through the second quarter, and we did a great job rebounding in the first half," HHS head coach Bruce Miles said. "The second half, they hurt us on the boards. We didn't box out, had some missed assignments and some miscommunication.
"We gave up some wide-open layups, and I thought the effort was there. We knew coming in they had played four games in five nights, and for us to have success, we had to get out to a quick start."
[[In-content Ad]]From there, though, the game belonged to the host Hurricane, as they came back with points from Alex Miller and Jaevin Cumberland for a 9-6 Hurricane lead. Jaevin Cumberland finished with 21 points.
WHS added two more points from Chris Wolary (who totaled 13 points), and after four points by HHS made it an 11-10 game.
The Hurricane came back to take a 15-10 lead with four consecutive points by Jaevin Cumberland. The quarter ended with points by Hillsboro's Alex Van Zant for a three-point HHS deficit for a 15-12 score.
"I thought we shared the basketball and made some good shots in the first," Miles said. "We moved the basketball well, had some good drives to the basket. Latrell (Haithcock) did some good things getting into the paint and getting the ball to open shooters.
"Attacking their pressure was really good for us."
Then came the next three quarters where the Indians in the second were outscored 31-10, followed by a third frame of 22-15. In the fourth, HHS was outscored 22-6.
Brown led the Indians with 12 points.
"D.J. (Brown) did a heck of a job for us," Miles said. "For four quarters, he was fighting. We had to keep him in the game, and he did a great job for us."
For the Indians, Van Zant finished with nine points, including a 3-pointer in the second frame, and Jacob Aber totaled five points. Aber sank a jumper in each of the final two quarters for HHS and a free throw in the fourth.
Aber's fourth-quarter points came via a three-point play with 3:40 left in regulation.
Also for HHS, Latrell Haithcock finished with four points, and Logan Kibler totaled four.
The Indians were a perfect 10-of-10 from the free-throw line, while the Hurricane were 12-of-14.
In JV play, HHS won by a 39-33 score with Matthew Ryan finishing with 10 points, followed by Tyrelle Captain and Phillip Mycroft with eight points each.
The freshman game saw Mycroft lead the Indians with eight points, as the Indians won by a 30-23 score.
That first quarter saw the Indians battle the one-loss Hurricane team to a three-point deficit at 15-12. That was as close as the visiting Indians would get as they eventually lost by a 90-43 score in their South Central Ohio League matchup.
The loss moves the Indians to 3-6 in the SCOL and 7-9 overall, while Wilmington moves to 9-0 in the league and 16-1 overall.
As for that first quarter by the Indians, it was D.J. Brown who scored the first two points of the game, but from there Wilmington's Jarron Cumberland (who led all scorers with 24 points) and Jaevin Cumberland combined for the next five points to put WHS ahead 5-2.
The Indians were able to answer with four free throws from Zach Young to push HHS in front at 6-5 with 5:17 left in the first. Young finished the game with 11 points.
"Early we are down three midway through the second quarter, and we did a great job rebounding in the first half," HHS head coach Bruce Miles said. "The second half, they hurt us on the boards. We didn't box out, had some missed assignments and some miscommunication.
"We gave up some wide-open layups, and I thought the effort was there. We knew coming in they had played four games in five nights, and for us to have success, we had to get out to a quick start."
[[In-content Ad]]From there, though, the game belonged to the host Hurricane, as they came back with points from Alex Miller and Jaevin Cumberland for a 9-6 Hurricane lead. Jaevin Cumberland finished with 21 points.
WHS added two more points from Chris Wolary (who totaled 13 points), and after four points by HHS made it an 11-10 game.
The Hurricane came back to take a 15-10 lead with four consecutive points by Jaevin Cumberland. The quarter ended with points by Hillsboro's Alex Van Zant for a three-point HHS deficit for a 15-12 score.
"I thought we shared the basketball and made some good shots in the first," Miles said. "We moved the basketball well, had some good drives to the basket. Latrell (Haithcock) did some good things getting into the paint and getting the ball to open shooters.
"Attacking their pressure was really good for us."
Then came the next three quarters where the Indians in the second were outscored 31-10, followed by a third frame of 22-15. In the fourth, HHS was outscored 22-6.
Brown led the Indians with 12 points.
"D.J. (Brown) did a heck of a job for us," Miles said. "For four quarters, he was fighting. We had to keep him in the game, and he did a great job for us."
For the Indians, Van Zant finished with nine points, including a 3-pointer in the second frame, and Jacob Aber totaled five points. Aber sank a jumper in each of the final two quarters for HHS and a free throw in the fourth.
Aber's fourth-quarter points came via a three-point play with 3:40 left in regulation.
Also for HHS, Latrell Haithcock finished with four points, and Logan Kibler totaled four.
The Indians were a perfect 10-of-10 from the free-throw line, while the Hurricane were 12-of-14.
In JV play, HHS won by a 39-33 score with Matthew Ryan finishing with 10 points, followed by Tyrelle Captain and Phillip Mycroft with eight points each.
The freshman game saw Mycroft lead the Indians with eight points, as the Indians won by a 30-23 score.