Basketball Roundup: Boys: Shakamak, WRV, Union, Girls: Eastern

Patriots squeak by visiting Shakamak 37-33

Vincennes Rivet edged visiting Shakamak 37-33 Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.

Rylee Landry led Shakamak with 16 points and Lane Gilbert scored nine. The Lakers shot only 3-17 (17.65 percent) from three-point range.

Shakamak will host Bloomfield at 6:00 p.m. Friday.

SHAKAMAK (33)

Landry 7-12 0-0 16, Steinstra 1-2 0-0 3, Dicus 0-2 0-0 0, Gilbert 4-14 1-4 9, Gould 1-2 2-2 4, Pilant 0-1 0-0 0, Crane 0-2 1-2 1, TEAM 13-35 .371 4-8 .500 33. Three-Point Shooting: 3-17 .176 (Landry 2-5, Steinstra 1-2, Dicus 0-1, Crane 0-2, Gilbert 0-7). Rebounds: 24 (Steinstra 5, Gilbert 5, Dicus 4, Crane 4, Landry 2, Gould 2, Pilant 2). Assists: 10 (Gilbert 4, Steinstra 2, Crane 2, Landry 1, Dicus 1). Steals: 4 (Steinstra 1, Dicus 1, Gilbert 1, Crane 1). Blocked Shots: 1 (Gilbert 1). Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 16. Fouled Out: Gould.

WRV splits two

White River Valley’s boys basketball team split two games Saturday afternoon in the Riverton Parke Classic.

Providence Cristo Rey (3-0) thumped the Wolverines 62-38 in the first game. PCR led 20-10 after one quarter and 39-22 at the break.

However, White River Valley beat Eminence (0-3) 53-43 in the second game. The split gives WRV a 2-1 record in the season.

The Wolverines will host South Knox at 6:00 p.m. Friday.

Braves scalp Dawgs

Tecumseh proved to be merciless guests Saturday night at Union.

The Braves won their season opener by massacring Union (0-2) 67-22.

Union will travel to Martinsville (IL) at 7:00 p.m. Friday.

Clovers mulch Eastern

The Lady Clovers rolled over Eastern Saturday afternoon, posting a 74-17 victory over their hosts.

Cloverdale (6-1) jumped out to a 27-3 lead in the first quarter, Michelle Hatfield scoring all of Eastern’s points, and never looked back. Hatfield led Eastern (1-4) with eight points in the Lady Thunderbirds’ fourth straight loss.

Eastern will travel to Pike Central at 6:00 p.m. tonight.

Cloverdale 27 12 23 12 -- 74

Eastern 3 4 5 5 -- 17

CLOVERDALE (74)

McCracken 0 0-2 0, Shrum 6 5-6 17, Wade 0 0-0 0, Walker 5 0-0 13, Coush 0 0-0 0, Combs 8 3-4 19, Thomas 4 3-3 12, Shoemaker 2 1-2 5, Price 2 2-3 6, Sheedon 1 0-1 2, TEAM 28 14-21 74.

EASTERN (17)

Luallen 0 0-0 0, Rollins 0 0-0 0, White 0 0-0 0, Deckard 2 0-0 4, Hatfield 3 1-4 8, Tarr 0 0-0 0, Burris 0 0-0 0, Fuller 0 0-0 0, Padgett 0 0-0 0, Edwards 0 0-0 0, Prince 1 0-0 2, Young 1 1-2 3, Logston 0 0-0 0, TEAM 7 2-6 17.

Three-Point Shooting: Cloverdale 4 (Walker 3, Thomas 1), Eastern 1 (Hatfield 1). Fouls: Cloverdale 7, Eastern 17.