ROUNDUP: ISU volleyball loses season finale against Evansville

Nov. 16—Indiana State's volleyball season came to a close Wednesday evening as the Sycamores fell in four sets to Evansville (28-26, 21-25, 25-15, 25-17) inside ISU Arena.

Ella Scott paced the Sycamores with 11 kills, while Kira Holland had 10 kills and 17 digs. Karinna Gall finished one kill shy of a double-double with nine kills and a career-high 24 digs in her final match as a Sycamore.

Storm Suhre, Avery Hales and Scott got things started with early kills, while a block from Suhre and Holland gave the Sycamores a 9-7 lead. Indiana State increased its lead to 16-10 thanks in part to aces from Holland and Cadence Gilley, but Evansville rallied back to cut the Sycamores' lead to two. The Sycamores led by as many as three late in the set, but Evansville came back to tie things up. Gall helped the Trees fend off a set point with a kill, but Evansville took the first set 28-26.

Evansville scored four of the first five points in the second, but kills from Hall and Kaitlyn Hamilton helped the Sycamores go on a five-point run to even the score at seven. Kills from Holland and Scott helped the Trees take the lead midway through the set, and Suhre and Hales tacked on to that advantage later in the set with kills. Evansville cut the Sycamore advantage to 22-21, but kills from Scott and Hamilton pushed the Sycamore lead back up to three. Hales gave the Trees a 25-21 second set win with an ace.

The visitors scored the first four points of the third set and never looked back. Kills from Hales and Scott got the Sycamores on the scoreboard in the set, but a lengthy run for Evansville saw the Purple Aces toa a double-digit lead. Indiana State never got in a rhythm until late in the set, at which point the Sycamores were already down by 15. Kills from Holland and Emma Kaelin came as part of a run that helped the Trees fend off six straight set points. Evansville ended the run, though, and took the third set 25-15.

Scott and Hales started the scoring for the Sycamores in the fourth with kills, with the former responsible for three early in the set. Gall kept the set tied early on, but a four-point run saw Evansville take a 9-5 lead. Three straight kills from Holland got the Trees within a point, but a six-point Evansville run followed to give the Purple Aces a 15-8 lead. Scott and Gall helped the Trees inch closer with kills, and Kaelin added a service ace late, but Indiana State was ultimately unable to generate the rally it needed. Evansville clinched the match by taking the fourth set 25-17.

Indiana State closed its season at 5-23 overall and 3-15 in conference play. Both the overall and conference win totals were improvements from the 2022 season.

Girls basketball

—Patriots, Tigers win — At Paris, Ill., Terre Haute North and the host Tigers notched convincing wins in the first night of the North American Lighting tournament Monday and the Tigers picked up their second victory Tuesday.

Graci Watson had a game-high 16 points as the Tigers beat Charleston 56-24. Freshmen Kailey Young and Morgan Coombes added 11 and 10 points, respectively.

North topped Charleston 51-35. Forward Charlie Walker dropped 17 points. Guard Emma Martin added nine points for the Patriots, while Aubrey Ervin scored eight.

North bolted to a 21-6 lead and expanded it to 33-14 at halftime. Ally Logsdon led Charleston with 13 points.

Paris started strong too. In its 53-26 victory over Danville, the Tigers led 16-2 and 32-11 at the break.

Taylor Clark scored 15 points for Paris. Nine Tigers scored in the game. Kailey Young had six rebounds, four steals and six assists. Jacie Young grabbed seven rebounds and Bella Moreschi nabbed five rebounds.

The Tigers (2-0) played North on Thursday.

In other girls high school basketball Tuesday:

—Owen Valley 46, West Vigo 18 — At West Vigo, the Vikings were close for a quarter, but were outscored 22-2 in the second quarter of the Western Indiana Conference opener.

Delaney Marrs had five points and Jaycee Elkins four for West Vigo. now 0-5 and 0-1. The Vikings will play

West Vigo (0-5, 0-1) played Thursday at Clay City, while the Patriots (3-2, 1-1) hosted Eminence.

—Sullivan 64, White River Valley 38 — At Sullivan, Jacie Wilson had a game-high 22 points, Averi Kelley added 11 and Ally McKinney has 10 as the Golden Arrows remained unbeaten. Brynna Walton had 16 points for White River Valley.

Sullivan (5-0) plays Friday at Washington, White River Valley (1-3) hosts Shakamak on Saturday.

—Louisville 46, OPH 28 — At Louisville, Ill., Genna Kidwell's 15 points for Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville weren't enough to overcome the host Cardinals, who had three double-figure scorers and built a 29-15 halftime lead.

Monday

—OPH 51, Dugger 35 — At Palestine, Ill., the host Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville team jumped to a 13-8 first-quarter lead and held on for the Little Okaw Valley Conference victory.

OPH got 20 points from Genna Kidwell, 11 from Maggie Bailey and 10 from Ginna Russell. Jordyn Smith led Dugger with 12 points.

—Tuscola 44, Marshall 35 — At Tuscola, Ill., Zara Engledow totaled 12 points, four rebounds, three assists and a steal for Marshall.

Sophie Robinson added nine points, two rebounds, two assists and a steal for Marshall, while teammate Lynn Welborn had eight points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals.

Marshall plays next Monday at Neoga.

Wom

en's basketball

—Indianapolis 98, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 87 — At Saint Mary of the Woods, the host Pomeroys outscored the Greyhounds 59-42 in the second half Tuesday but couldn't overcome a 28-point halftime deficit.

Madison Fueger had a double-double, 20 points and 10 rebounds. Brooklynn Jones scored 19 points, adding six rebounds and four assists to lead the Pomeroys. Abby Worley chipped in 14 points and six assists. Allyson Hardiek blocked six shots.

Indianapolis was the first NCAA Division II opponent the Pomeroy women had ever faced.

The Pomeroys (3-2) will host Judson at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Prep swimming

—Wolves third, Falcons fourth — At Cayuga, the girls teams from Parke Heritage and North Vermillion finished third and fourth, respectively, as Fountain Central won a five-way meet with 172 points, well ahead of second-place Attica's 59 Tuesday.

Parke Heritage's Cassie Miller notched an individual win, placing first in the 100-yard freestyle in 1 minute and 6.85 seconds.