Huge win for Brownsburg

The Brownsburg girls basketball team defeated 8th ranked Plainfield to win the Hendricks County Tourney last night, 59-52. The coaching strategy by Coach Amy Brauman was one of the keys to victory. The Dogs ran a box-and-one defense on Plainfield's leading scorer Julia Henson and held her scoreless. Ryne Carr and Allison DeVaney defended Henson and kept her in check. Henson did not play in the 4th quarter. Also, The Bulldogs started 4 guards to nullify the full court press of Plainfield and it really seemed to work. Junior Morgan Miller ran the point flawlessly all night. She also hit a huge three-pointer in the 4th quarter that put the game out of reach. Freshman Stephanie Mavunga led the team with 14 points while Miller had 12. The Bulldogs won the game from the foul line in the 4th quarter. Coming into the game, the Bulldogs were shooting 37% from the line. On Saturday, they were 12 of 16 in the fourth quarter and 15 for 23 in the game. Even though, the Dogs are 17-30 over the last three seasons, they do have 2 county tourneys to their name.

In MAC football, Ohio beat Northern Illinois 38-31 in a game that came down to the last few minutes. NIU was down 31-28 and had the ball with 2 minutes left, but QB Chandler Harnisch threw a pick-6 and Ohio went on to victory. Next week, Ohio plays Temple for the MAC East title. The winner of that game will play Central Michigan in the MAC Championship Game on December 4th.

The Redskins play the Cowboys today at 1pm. The game is at Dallas and the Cowboys are a 11-point favorite. I think that may be too many points. The Dallas offense was exposed last weekend against Green Bay and I think the Redskins D may do more of the same. The problem with the Redskins, of course, is the offense. Will we get the O that put up 27 points against the Broncos or the offense that couldn't score more than 17 points in the 8 games before the Denver game? A win would keep us two games out of the division lead with three division games remaining. GO SKINS!!!!