Pirates advance with win against Lawrenceburg

Greensburg and Lawrenceburg opened the action at Sectional 29 at South Dearborn. Greensburg jumped out to a 14-5 lead after the first quarter and led 33-18 at the half en route to the 63-45 victory against the Tigers.

The Pirates improve to 12-13 on the season and will take on Batesville (18-4) in the 6 p.m. sectional semifinal Friday. Lawrenceburg ends the season 7-18.

A 3-pointer by Lawrenceburg’s Trevor Fricke opened the scoring in the game. Greensburg answered with a layup by Ethan Smith. A rebound bucket by Zayden Miller had the Pirates in front 4-3.

With the game knotted at 5-5, Jacoby Miller hit a 3-pointer for the Pirates. Max Buening followed with a 3-pointer and Hayden Ramsey’s 3-pointer closed the first eight minutes with the Pirates leading 14-5.

A pair of Jonah Hellmich for the Pirates opened the second quarter. Kaleb Cole’s bucket got Lawrenceburg on the board. Logan Simpson hit a 3-pointer and Hellmich followed with a bucket to push Greensburg’s lead to 21-7.

After a Cole 3-pointer for Lawrenceburg, Greensburg’s Hellmich slammed a dunk to push the lead to 23-10. Lawrenceburg cut the deficit to 10 points on a traditional three-point play by Evan Lewis.

With Greensburg leading 27-15, the Tigers scored three points to get the deficit below double digits. The Pirates closed the second quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers by Buening and Jacoby Miller to lead 33-18 at the half.

A layup by Lawrenceburg’s Fricke opened the third quarter. Buening connected on a 3-pointer to get the Pirates going. After a bucket by Lewis for the Tigers, Greensburg went on a 9-0 run.

A layup by Smith started the run and a dunk by Buening capped it with the Pirates leading 45-22. A 3-pointer by Lawrenceburg’s Landen Nagele stopped the run. A Hellmich rebound put back closed the third quarter with the Pirates on top 47-25.

A steal and layup by Greensburg’s Zayden Miller opened the fourth quarter. After five points from the Tigers, Hellmich scored for the Pirates. Cole followed with a pair of free throws. After two free throws by Smith for Greensburg, Buening found Hellmich for another dunk and a 55-32 lead.

Lawrenceburg put together a 10-2 run with a bucket by Lewis cutting the deficit to 57-42. In the final two minutes, Greensburg outscored the Tigers 6-3 with four coming from Adam Powers as the Pirates closed the 63-45 victory.

For the Pirates, Buening finished with 16 points, six rebounds and two assists. Hellmich added 12 points and six rebounds. Jacoby Miller tallied 10 points and five rebounds. Smith had nine points, two rebounds and four assists. Ramsey finished with five points, one rebound and two assists. Zayden Miller had four points, four rebounds and four assists. Adam Powers scored four points. Simpson added three points, one rebound and three assists.

Lawrenceburg was led in scoring by Cole with 18 points and Fricke with 10 points.

Jennings County (11-13) defeated Franklin County 54-46 in the opening round Tuesday. The Panthers will face host South Dearborn (17-5) in the second semifinal Friday.

Class 3A sectional scores

GARY WEST

East Chicago Central 67, Highland 38

Gary West 81, Calumet 41

HANOVER CENTRAL

Hanover Central 39, Illiana Christian 30

NEW PRAIRIE

Culver Academy 56, Plymouth 31

South Bend Washington 75, John Glenn 46

COLUMBIA CITY

Columbia City 75, West Noble 33

Wawasee 49, Tippecanoe Valley 38

DEKALB

Fort Wayne Blackhawk 61, Angola 48

DeKalb 48, Garrett 41

BELLMONT

Heritage 51, Norwell 48, OT

New Haven 69, Mississinewa 51

LOGANSPORT

Northwestern 74, Twin Lakes 52

NEW CASTLE

Yorktown 52, Jay County 46

Hamilton Heights 59, New Castle 42

FRANKFORT

Brebeuf Jesuit 59, Tri-West 35

INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS

Cathedral 100, Shortridge 51

Chatard 72, Purdue Englewood 57

SPEEDWAY

Edgewood 47, Owen Valley 30

Ind. Washington 54, Speedway 39

GREENWOOD

Greenwood 77, Rushville 42

SOUTH DEARBORN

Greensburg 63, Lawrenceburg 45

Jennings County 54, Franklin County 46

MADISON

Charlestown 69, Corydon Central 64, OT

Brownstown Central 71, North Harrison 46

WASHINGTON

Washington 38, Vincennes Lincoln 33

Jasper 53, Gibson Southern 45

BOONVILLE

Evansville Bosse 76, Evansville Central 54

Boonville 39, Mount Vernon (Posey) 36, OT