MIDDLETOWN, Ind. —
Too many turnovers cost the Shenandoah boys basketball team as a furious comeback attempt fell just short Saturday, and Eastern Hancock captured a 56-49 road win.
In the first quarter, it looked like Eastern Hancock (3-11) was going to be the one to lose the turnover battle after committing six miscues, which led to the Raiders taking a narrow 13-11 lead.
The Royals committed just eight more the rest of the game while Shenandoah (6-7) threw the ball away 20 times and essentially forfeited its chance for a win.
Raiders coach Aaron Cain said the bevy of turnovers by his team was uncharacteristic.
“Tonight I really think all of the little things added up to the big thing,” he said. “The end result was the addition of all the little things. Everybody on the team had some ‘my bads’, had some things out of character that we don’t do, and those are the things we are working on diligently to try to eliminate.”
Shenandoah won the first- and fourth-quarter battle, but there was a 10-point swing in the middle quarters that the Raiders wish they could have back.
They were outscored 28-18 and committed 11 turnovers to the Royals’ four in the third and fourth periods.
The Raiders faced another rival in Knightstown on Friday night in a road loss, but Cain said he doesn’t worry about the psyche of his team after back-to-back losses.
“I really think these are a bunch of hard-nosed, tough-minded kids,” he said. “They’re going to be fine. We’re going to be fine. I don’t think Eastern’s record is indicative of their team. I think they played some really quality teams. They’re a good basketball team, and they got us tonight.”
Cain said his team can’t afford to hang its heads after the tough weekend. He said he’s encouraged because, despite the fact the Raiders dropped the two games, he is still seeing progress.
“We can’t afford to, we’ve got to move on,” said Cain of whether he worries about a letdown. “That’s what we’re trying to do is move on. Our kids are coming together. As long as the kids are making progress, even though we lost tonight, we did some nice things. We just had a stretch and too many times where we did some bad things, and we’ve just got to keep on working to try to eliminate those bad things.”
Some of the good things the Raiders did came after falling behind by 13 points with 2:07 left in the third quarter. They went on an 18-6 run to the 2:33 mark of the fourth quarter to get within one point.
The Royals finished the game on an 11-5 run to walk off of Shenandoah’s court with their third win of the year.
Terick Warner led Shenandoah with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Austin Cain was the only other double-figure scorer for the Raiders, with 11 points.
Eastern Hancock put three kids in double figures. Shane McCormick paced them with 15 points. Victor Vincz and Cody Wallace followed with 14 and 11 points, respectively. Wallace paced his team with 10 boards.
Local Sports
Related Photos
-
Shenandoah's Terick Warner looks to shoot from the low post during a game earlier this season. Don Knight
Discussion
Raiders fall short against Eastern Hancock
- Local Sports
-
-
The Duer did it
Going into the 20th running of the Dan Patch Invitational Pace at Hoosier Park Saturday night, there were many reasons not to wager on Bolt The Duer.
-
Liberty Christian eliminated in softball sectional
Liberty Christian School and Cowan had to wait 48 hours to resume play in the second semifinal of the IHSAA softball sectional 55, but once they did it was over in a minute.
-
Dan Patch features Hall of Famers
A Hall of Fame driver, a Hall of Fame trainer and the defending champ highlight the 10-horse field for tonight’s 20th running of the Dan Patch Invitational.
The race carries a purse of $200,000 and will be the 11th race on the card. First post is 5:30 p.m. and the Dan Patch will have an approximate post of 9:30. -
Sheets bumps his way into Little 500
All the drama on “bump day” came down to the final minutes as Anderson driver Jim Sheets made the starting field on Friday at Anderson Speedway as the last car on the track.
Sheets was bumped from the 33rd and final spot in the field for the 65th running of the Pay Less Little 500 tonight with less than 15 minutes remaining in qualifying. -
Helberg nabs Little 500 pole
Following a rain shower and cooler than normal May temperatures, drivers were having problems finding grip around Anderson Speedway on pole day qualifying Thursday for the Pay Less Little 500.
California driver JoJo Helberg went out early in the qualifying session and captured the first Little 500 pole of his career with a four-lap average speed of 80.56 mph and the quick lap of the day at 81.17 mph. -
Family affair in Lapel sectional
It will be like a new episode of “All in the Family” when the Lapel baseball sectional championship game is held on Monday.
In Thursday’s semifinals, Frankton rolled past Shenandoah 10-4 and then Lapel scored seven runs in the sixth inning on its way to a 10-3 thrashing of Wapahani. -
Trio leads area at boys regional
The Ben Davis boys track regional is one of the toughest in the state.
“THE toughest,” according to Anderson coach Cary House.
It’s proven on the track year after year as runners from Brebuf Jesuit, Lawrence Central and the host Giants torch the competition.
But Madison County made its presence known in the field events this year. -
Wilson drives Tribe into semifinals
There was some debate overnight about whether Curtis Wilson would return to the mound Thursday when Anderson’s Class 4A sectional game resumed against Richmond.
But the Indians senior never had a doubt. -
Arabians roll to softball sectional title
Pendleton Heights leadoff hitter Sarah Dixon set the table, and Arabians starting pitcher Bailey Benefiel made sure the visitors got none of the food.
The Arabians stopped Greenfield 7-1 Wednesday night to claim the sectional title. -
Raiders repeat at Eagles’ expense
For only the fourth time in school history and second year in a row, the Wapahani Lady Raiders are softball sectional 40 champions after a 9-4 win Wednesday over the host Frankton Lady Eagles. As with all championships, it did not come easy.
- More Local Sports Headlines
-
