Basketball Results: Feb. 12
Mishawaka 61, Northwood 51
Mishawaka captured its half of the Northern Lakes Conference title by knocking off the Panthers Friday night in The Cave.
The Cavemen finished 6-1 in its inaugural season in the NLC, matching Warsaw to share the conference title. In its quest, the Cavemen (13-2) led by as many as 19 in the fourth quarter. NorthWood would get within nine on two occasions, but got no closer.
Trent Johnson led all scorers by going 7-12 from the field en route to 21 points. Maddux Yohe added 17 points for the Cavemen.
Cade Brenner led NorthWood (9-7, 3-4 NLC) with 16 points, five rebounds and three steals. Jamarr Jackson had 12 points and seven offensive rebounds and Ian Raasch added nine points and seven boards.
NorthWood won the JV game 48-44. Ethan Evers led Wood with 15 points, eight steals and six rebounds. Nitro Tuggle had nine points, eight rebounds and five assists.
Tippecanoe Valley 53, North Miami 17
After a sluggish first half, Valley turned on the jets in the second half to punctuate its final Three Rivers Conference matchup.
With just a 16-11 lead at the half on the road, Valley outscored the Warriors 16-3 in the third quarter and outscored the shots by 18 in the fourth quarter.
Valley (6-12, 2-7 TRC) made nine more threes than North Miami, with both Paul Leasure and Riley Shepherd both making three of them. Leasure finished with 11 points, Shepherd 10 points and Brendyn Stump also had 11 points.
Parker Johnson had six points to lead North Miami (4-14, 0-8 TRC).
Dom Welk had 10 points to lead Valley in a 52-7 JV win.
Goshen 57, Wawasee 43
Drew Hogan was a one-man wrecking crew for the host RedHawks Friday night.
Hogan scored 18 of his game-high 23 points in the second half and put together a 14-point run on his own, to where he outscored Wawasee on his own 14-4. In that stretch, Goshen went from losing 29-27 to leading 41-33. Hogan added seven rebounds, five assists and a steal in the win.
Blak Weiss added 12 points and five rebounds for the RedHawks (7-12, 3-4 NLC).
Wawasee (8-10, 1-6 NLC) had three players reach double figures in scoring, led by 16 from Keaton Dukes, and 11 each from Collin Roberson and Caden Welty. The remainder of the Warriors, however, went 2-9 from the floor in their five combined points.
Jay Finlinson scored 19 points, but Wawasee lost the JV contest to Goshen 39-31.