LAKEVILLE, IN. – LaVille shot 53-percent from the 3-point line and outscored South Central 29-17 during the middle quarters en route to a 45-29 victory over Class 1A, No. 24-ranked South Central Saturday.

“This game was a good test for us,” said coach Corey Duncan. “South Central was full of long armed aggressive guards and at times made it hard to get done what we wanted to do offensively.”

The Lancers jumped off to a 10-5 lead at the end of one quarter before hitting six 3-pointers in the middle 16 minutes to pull away from the Satellites.  Haley Berger canned three second quarter 3-point shots, while Aryn Eash added three more third period treys to give LaVille a 39-22 lead.

“Our 3 point shooting game was on,” said Duncan.  “Haley Berger and Aryn Eash hit 3 apiece and Lindsey Aschenbrenner hit 2.
“The neat thing about this team is we have so many people that can step up and score on any given night.”

Eash led the offense with 15 points, including 13 in the second half. Lindsey Aschenbrenner added 10 and Berger chipped in with nine.  Julia Hall led with five rebounds, while Lindsey Aschenbrenner added four board, and Eash three steals.

“I thought defensively we played really well,” said Duncan, who has the Lancers at 2-0 for the first time since 2003-04.  “They didn’t get many uncontested shots. The biggest struggle I saw was that we got beat on the boards. We just need to make sure to box out and not give teams second and third chance opportunities.”

LaVille (2-0) will hit the road for three straight games – at Bremen Nov. 7 (6:30 Varsity Only), at Class 1A, No.5-ranked Oregon-Davis Nov. 10 (6:30pm JV), at Washington Township Nov. 14 (6:30pm JV)

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LAVILLE 45, SOUTH CENTRAL 29

South Central 5 14 22 29

LaVille 10 27 39 45

 

South Central – Williams 0, Anthony 2, Mueller 5, Smoker 3, Hadspeth 0, Biggs 6, Wolf 7, Wilfong 4, Rudolph 0,  Kidwell 2. Totals: 11 4-11 29

LaVille – Berger 9, Zeiger 7, K. Aschenbrenner 0, L. Aschenbrenner 10, Talaga 0, Sajdak 0, Eash 15, Hall 4, Cox 0. Totals: 14 9-13 45

3-point field goals: South Central 3 (Mueller, Smoker, Biggs), LaVille 8 (Berger 3, Eash 3, L. Aschenbrenner 2).

Total fouls (fouled out): South Central 13 (Anthony), LaVille 1 (none)

JV Score: South Central 40, LaVille 23