GIRLS BB ROUNDUP: Lewis Cass, Winamac reach sectional final
Feb. 2—The Lewis Cass girls basketball team will play for the Class 2A North Miami Sectional title tonight.
The No. 12-ranked Kings beat North Miami 35-34 in overtime in the sectional's opening semifinal on Friday night.
Tied 34-all in the final minute of OT, the Kings came up with a steal. Anna Hedrick split a pair of free throws for the winning margin.
Mylie Sipe led the Kings with nine points. Heta Kosunen scored eight points and Aftin Griffin and Kinsey Mennen scored seven apiece.
Cass (20-3) is matched against Winamac (14-9) in the final tonight. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Winamac beat Pioneer 41-27 in the second semifinal.
The Kings are looking for their first sectional title since 2005.
WINAMAC 41, PIONEER 27
Winamac won a defensive battle with Pioneer to reach the final at North Miami.
The Warriors utilized a triangle-and-two to slow down Pioneer's two leading scorers, Makenna Strycker and Mia McKaig. Freshman Lois Layer stepped up with 15 points to lead the Panthers (6-16).
Marissa Iverson led the Warriors (14-9) with 12 points. Maggie Smith had nine, Sadie Popejoy eight, Kandace Kroft seven and Piper Link five.
Winamac is seeking its first sectional title since 2014.
CASTON 58, SOUTH NEWTON 17
Caston (20-3) advanced to the sectional championship with a convincing 58 — 17 win over South Newton.
The Comets will play defending champ Tri-County (17-6) at 7 p.m. tonight. The Cavaliers defeated North White 39-19 in the early game Friday.
Caston will try to avenge a 47-42 loss to the Cavaliers three weeks ago in Fulton.
Caston jumped out to a 25 — 2 lead after the first quarter and extended the lead to 41-2 at the half against South Newton. The Comets forced 27 first half turnovers by the Rebels.
Caston was led by Addison Zimpleman with 24 points. Macee Hinderlider and Madisyn Douglas followed with 12 points each.
Addison Standish led South Newton with 11. The Rebels end their season at 1-17.
LCC 43, CARROLL 39
Lafayette Central Catholic caught and passed No. 4-ranked Carroll in the fourth quarter to beat the Cougars 43-39 in the Class 2A Delphi Sectional's semifinal round.
Carroll outscored LCC 16-8 in the third quarter to build a 35-31 lead. But the Knights turned the tables in the final quarter by outscoring the Cougars 12-4.
Carroll finished 15 of 45 (33%) from the field, including 3 of 15 (20%) from 3-land.
Indiana All-Star candidate Alli Harness led Carroll with 13 points, 10 rebounds and three assists. Laney Johnson had 12 points, Jillian Salts had 10 points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots and Madison Wagner had 11 rebounds, four assists and three blocks.
The Cougars finished 20-4. Harness, Johnson, Wagner and the rest of the team's seniors closed their high school run with a 78-21 record. Harness scored 2,134 career points and Wagner scored 1,466.
