For three quarters Saturday night, Waldron pushed Class A, No. 5 Edinburgh to the brink.
The Lancers took control in the fourth quarter and pulled away to secure a 75-61 victory and improve to 4-0 this season.
Caleb Dewey scored eight of his team-high 21 points over the final eight minutes when Edinburgh outscored Waldron 16-9.
Travis Jones scored 13 of his 20 points in the second half while Landen Burton had 15 of his 19 in the first half.
Edinburgh led 24-17 after one quarter, 45-40 at halftime and 59-52 after three quarters.
Waldron (2-2, 0-1 Mid-Hoosier Conference) got 21 points from Bryce Yarling and 18 points from Lucas Mitchell but no other Mohawk reached double digits and the high-scoring duo totaled just four points in the fourth quarter.
Mitchell also had 14 rebounds, four assists and three steals. Yarling had three assists and four steals.
Bryant Becker finished with nine points, four rebounds, three assists, five steals and two blocked shots.
Caden Sheaffer added eight points and four assists.
Edinburgh won the junior varsity game, 59-35.
Matthew Thomas led Waldron (0-4) with eight points.
Waldron will host Morristown Friday in a girls/boys varsity-only doubleheader.
In other prep events Saturday:
Boys basketball
Hauser 61, Morristown 36
At Morristown, the Jets (2-2, 1-0 MHC) raced out to a 19-5 lead after one quarter and controlled the game from there for their first conference win of the season.
The host Yellow Jackets (0-3, 0-2 MHC) played an even second quarter but were outscored 15-8 in the third quarter to trail 46-25 going into the fourth quarter.
Morristown will host Union County (0-1) Tuesday at the Bee Hive.
Girls basketball
Batesville 41, Shelbyville 32
At Batesville, the Golden Bears’ offense struggled to get in gear.
Kylee Edwards finished with a game-high 16 points and Ava Wilson had nine but only two other Golden Bears scored in the loss.
Shelbyville dropped to 5-4 this season.
Six different Batesville players scored at least five points.
Emma Weiler led the Bulldogs (2-7) with 10 points. Carley Pride had eight.
Sophie Gesell finished with six and Sarah Ripperger, Bre Wells and Alyson Peters each scored five.
After suffering its first loss of the season Friday night at Franklin County, Shelbyville’s junior varsity rebounded with a win at Batesville to improve to 7-1 this season.
Shelbyville travels to New Palestine (6-3, 1-1 HHC) Tuesday night.
Wrestling
New Castle Invitational
Shelbyville finished 2-3 at New Castle to set its 2021 dual match record at 7-4.
At 113 pounds, Isaiah Havens went 4-1 to lead the Golden Bears.
Cael Lux (132), Dylan Garvin (182), Ryan Bradley (195) and Jacob Harker (220) each finished 3-2.
Angel Kreider (120), Bodan Rollo (160) and Elias Jones (285) went 2-3.
Benny Cazarez (138), Andrew Burton 152) and Brayden Schultz (170) finished 1-4.
Shelbyville is at Whiteland Tuesday.
