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Prep Report: Waldron overcomes slow start to defeat Oldenburg Academy

The Mohawks trailed 20-7 at halftime and 29-20 after three quarters before rallying in the fourth and limiting the Twisters (3-4) to just four points for a 38-33 victory.

Jacob Bennett led Waldron (5-3) with 11 points. Lucas Mitchell finished with 10 and Lucas Shaw had nine.

Connor Miles led Oldenburg Academy with 15 points.

Waldron won the junior varsity game, 54-17. Matthew Thomas led the Mohawks with 12 points. Jack Fischer finished with 11.

Waldron is part of the four-team Batesville Invitational Thursday. The Mohawks open the event against the host Bulldogs (5-2) at 10 a.m.

The other semifinal pits Jennings County (8-0) against North Harrison (1-4).

In other basketball games Tuesday:

Boys basketball

Alexandria Tournament

Alexandria 55, Southwestern 35

Owen Harpe had a game-high 18 points and Gabe McGuire finished with 10 points to lead the host Tigers (5-4) to a 20-point win over the Spartans (0-9).

Ben Kahler hit three 3-pointers on the way to a team-high 15 points for Southwestern.

Sheridan 60, Southwestern 36

In the third-place game, nine different Blackhawks scored to secure the win. Caleb Wright led all scorers with 15 points. Tyler Garner had 11 as Sheridan improved to 5-5.

Matt Clements led Southwestern (0-10) with 14 points. Jacob DeArmitt finished with 12.

Southwestern is off until Jan. 6 when it will travel to Morristown High School to face Waldron (5-3) in one semifinal game of the Shelby County Tournament.

Girls basketball

Triton Central Holiday Tournament

Triton Central 50, Northeastern 40

Lizzie Graham had 15 points and Hallie Schweitzer and Maryrose Felling each scored 11 to push the Class 2A, No. 16 Tigers into tonight’s championship game.

Triton Central started slow, trailing the Knights 17-5 after one quarter. The Tigers limited Northeastern to four second-quarter points and cut the lead to 21-20 by halftime.

Triton Central led 33-31 after three quarters and hit 9 of 10 free throws over the final eight minutes to seal the win.

Addisen Mastriano led Northeastern (10-5) with 12 points. Adyssen Kircher had 11 points.

Triton Central will face Bloomington North (10-4) at 7:30 p.m. tonight. The Cougars reached the championship game with wins over Lawrenceburg (66-59) and Heritage Christian (58-48).

Waldron Holiday Tournament

Batesville 48, Waldron 21

The host Mohawks never got their offense on track in a semifinal loss to the Bulldogs (7-8).

Sophie Gesell led Batesville into the championship game with 13 points.

Alivia Fischer topped Waldron with eight points.

Switzerland County 58, Waldron 45

In the third-place game, Halle Archer scored a team-high 16 points to lead the Pacers (9-5) over the Mohawks (3-11).

Alyssa Benson tallied a game-high 17 points for Waldron. Jackie Corlett and Emerson Lindsey each scored eight.

Waldron travels to Oldenburg Academy (6-5) Thursday.

Shelbyville 44, Franklin Central 41

At Franklin Central, Ava Wilson led the visiting Golden Bears (11-5) with 25 points.

Franklin Central dropped to 3-12.

Shelbyville is back in action Jan. 7 at Yorktown (5-8).

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