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McLaughlin leads Whiteland over Shelbyville at Garrett Gymnasium

Wiatt McLaughlin put on a show Saturday night at William L. Garrett Gymnasium but his Whiteland team’s less-than-stellar free-throw shooting nearly cost the Warriors a win.

McLaughlin doubled his season-scoring average of 14 ppg with a 29-point performance to lead Whiteland to a 72-65 win at Shelbyville. The junior guard scored 25 points in the first and third quarters to keep his team in the game.

“He’s a very nice player. He has a nice pull-up jumper and for his height he gets to the basket really well and finishes really well,” said Shelbyville coach John Hartnett. “He is a hard player to stop and we couldn’t get it done tonight.”

The Golden Bears (2-3) trailed 51-42 entering the fourth quarter and waited too long to start sending the Warriors (2-3) to the charity stripe.

Whiteland entered the game shooting 62% as a team but lowered that with a 14-for-28 performance against Shelbyville.

The Golden Bears got as close as 67-63 inside the final minute but Jazz Banwait, McLaughlin and Gavin Stubbe made five of Whiteland’s final six free-throw attempts to seal the win.

Ollie Sandman, who finished with 28 points to lead Shelbyville, scored seven points in less than 30 seconds to slash Whiteland’s lead to 66-61. The senior was fouled shooting a 3-pointer and hit all three free throws with 1:12 to go. He then hit a contested 3 and was fouled with 48 seconds left to add another free throw.

McLaughlin hit one of two free throws and Jackson Parker added two more free throws to Shelbyville’s push to cut the lead to 67-63.

“We know we are making progress with our guys,” said Hartnett. “We just need to learn to finish games. We have to find ways to win. These guys know what they are capable of doing. We have to be mentally tougher and physically tougher and find ways to get it done.”

McLaughlin got hot early, scoring 14 of his team’s 21 first-quarter points to build an 8-point lead.

Shelbyville held McLaughlin scoreless in the second quarter and cut Whiteland’s lead to 29-27 by halftime.

McLaughlin’s 11 third-quarter points helped the Warriors get a 51-42 lead going into the fourth.

Austin Willoughby finished with 12 points and Brayden Roy had nine points and 12 rebounds.

Damon Badgley scored 14 points off the bench for Shelbyville. Luke Brinkman finished with eight points and nine rebounds. Ethan Lambert had six points and six rebounds.

Shelbyville travels to Greenwood (1-4) Tuesday.

 

Whiteland 72, Shelbyville 65

WH – Helm 2-3 0-0 4, Banwait 2-5 3-6 8, McLaughlin 12-22 4-7 29, Roy 4-5 1-4 9, Willoughby 5-7 2-7 12, Edwards 0-5 2-2 2, Scifres 0-0 0-0 0, Stubbe 1-2 2-2 5, Perkins 1-1 0-0 3. Totals: 27-51 14-28 72.

SH – Sandman 6-16 11-13 28, Brinkman 4-11 0-0 8, Parker 0-2 4-4 4, Claxton 1-8 0-0 3, Lambert 3-4 0-0 6, Badgley 5-10 2-2 14, Asher 1-3 0-0 2. Totals: 20-54 17-19 65.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

WH (2-3)  21    8  22  21  --  72

SH (2-3)    13  14  15  23  --  65

Three-point field goals: WH 4-14 (Helm 0-1, Banwait 1-2, McLaughlin 1-3, Willoughby 0-1, Edwards 0-4, Stubbe 1-2, Perkins 1-1), SH 8-27 (Sandman 5-13, Brinkman 0-3, Claxton 1-5, Badgley 2-4, Asher 0-2). Rebounds: WH 30 (Helm 4, Banwait 5, McLaughlin 5, Roy 12, Edwards 3, Perkins 1), SH 30 (Sandman 4, Brinkman 9, Parker 4, Claxton 1, Lambert 6, Badgley 4, Asher 2). Assists: WH 8 (Banwait 3, McLaughlin 1, Willoughby 2, Scifres 2), SH 7 (Sandman 2, Brinkman 2, Parker 1, Claxton 2). Steals: WH 3 (Banwait 2, Willoughby 1), SH 1 (Badgley 1). Blocks: WH 3 (Roy 1, Willoughby 1, Scifres 1). Total fouls: WH 17, SH 21. Fouled out: Helm (WH), Brinkman (SH), Badgley (SH).

JV

Whiteland 49, Shelbyville 45

SHS record: 4-1.

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