Already leading 29-14 at halftime, the Marauders made all nine shots from the field in the third quarter, including five three-pointers, and connected on all seven free-throw attempts to put together a 30-point quarter. They also did not commit a turnover.
“That’s a very good Mt. Vernon team. They have a lot of weapons to score,” said Shelbyville head coach John Hartnett. “And they will be scary when they get (Luke) Ertel back to add to that. That is a very good team.”
Elijah Parra scored nine of his game-high 17 points in the third quarter while Julien Smith sank a trio of 3s as the Marauders (3-2, 2-0 Hoosier Heritage Conference) started the second half with a 17-3 run.
Shelbyville scored the first two points of the game when Damon Badgley (photo) got in the lane and converted but Mt. Vernon followed with a 14-0 run to take control early. The Golden Bears’ offense never got in gear from there.
Shelbyville finished the game shooting 31% from the field and was outrebounded 22-11.
Badgley led the Golden Bears with 14 points and two rebounds. Caden Claxton and Mar Nicholson each scored six points.
Mt. Vernon also won the junior varsity game, 48-34. Brody Runnebohm led Shelbyville (5-2) with 13 points. Carter Dunagan had eight points.
The Golden Bears finished off a busy week with a road trip Saturday to Yorktown for another HHC contest.
Shelbyville’s offense scored just 13 first-half points and the program suffered its first back-to-back losses of the season, 49-37.
Kieran Tewari and Mason Moulton each scored 12 points to lead Yorktown (2-4, 1-2 HHC). Moulton also had eight rebounds and two assists. Jabin Barnes finished with 11 points and four rebounds.
Claxton led Shelbyville (5-3, 1-2 HHC) with 10 points. Nicholson and Luke Brinkman (photo above) each scored nine points. Badgley had seven points.
Yorktown won the JV game, 44-27.
Shelbyville will try to get back in the win column on Friday at Franklin County (1-5).
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