Michael Roberson scored a career-high 38 points to lead Knightstown to a 59-53 victory Saturday at Waldron.
The first half ended in a 25-all tie but the Panthers earned nine free throw attempts in the third quarter, converting eight, to outscore the Mohawks, 20-15, and take a 5-point lead into the final quarter.
Waldron was able to tie the game once again in the fourth quarter but Roberson was a problem. The senior made seven free throws in the final eight minutes and scored nine points to secure the road win and spoil new Waldron head coach David Corder’s debut.
Lucas Shaw led the Mohawks with a career-high 24 points. Keith Settles finished with eight points and Jacob Lindsey had seven points.
Knightstown won the junior varsity game, 36-34. Charlie Fischer led the Mohawks with nine points. Clayton Randolph added eight points.
Knightstown (2-0) travels to Union County (0-1) Friday.
Waldron is at Triton Central (1-1) Thursday.
In other prep events Saturday:
Girls basketball
Trinity Lutheran 61, Southwestern 32
At Southwestern, three different Cougars scored in double figures to capture the road win.
Liza Froedge had a game-high 16 points. Madison Keith finished with 14 and Laura Roeder had 10 points.
After a slow start and a 3-point first quarter, the Spartans put together three consecutive solid quarters scoring 10, 9 and 10 points but could not overcome Trinity Lutheran (2-2).
Claire Utley led Southwestern (0-6) with nine points. Emma Isgrigg had eight points and Riley Engel, Ellie Gosser and Emma Estes each scored five points.
Trinity Lutheran won the JV game, 14-7. Utley had five points to lead Southwestern.
The Spartans host Henryville (5-0) Tuesday.
Wrestling
Southport Gobbler Tournament
Shelbyville had eight wrestlers produce top-three performances Saturday at the Gobbler Tournament hosted by Southport.
Six boys – Carson Nance, Kamden Turner, Tripp Garner, Brady Bryant, Jacob Harker and Reuben Martins-Thomas – and two girls – Pacey Virden and Ella Holmes – finished in the top three in their respective brackets.
The Golden Bears travel to Lawrence Central Tuesday for its first dual meet of the season.
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