Indians test Panthers; fall in OT

Four quarters of South Central Ohio League basketball weren't enough for the Hillsboro Indians and Miami Trace Panthers to settle for a winner. It took one extra overtime period, where the Indians came up just a couple points short of topping the visiting Panthers.

Miami Trace (3-2, 7-2) outscored the host Indians, 10-8 in the four-minute overtime to defeat Hillsboro, 59-57 Friday night at Hillsboro High School.

For HHS (1-4, 5-5), they had four players score points in the game, led by Zach Young with a game-high 19 points, including four 3-pointers. Alex Van Zant followed with 17 points, making seven two-point field goals and one 3-pointer in the OT loss.

D.J. Brown scored 12 points for the Indians, and Latrell Haithcock finished with nine points, with five of his points coming in OT.

The Indians led 14-10 after the first quarter with Young, Van Zant, Haithcock and Brown all contributing to the scoring in the opening frame.

HHS also scored 14 points in the second frame, but MT responded with a 17-point frame for a 28-27 HHS lead at halftime. In the second, Van Zant scored seven of the 14 points, while Brown had five and Haithcock scored two.

The Indians had just seven points in the third, but they did hold MT to nine points in the same quarter. In the fourth, HHS outscored the Panthers, 14-13.

For MT, they had a total of seven players reach the scoring column. Leading their team was Cedric Pettiford with 18 points, with all of his points coming off two-point baskets.

Tyrae Pettiford finished with 10 points, and DeAndre Pettiford followed with nine points. Also with nine points was Derrick Marcum.

Other players in the scoring column for MT were Brad Warnock with three points and Blake Pittser and Darby Tyree each with five points.