Brownsburg wins, but other top teams not so lucky

Brownsburg got balanced scoring from it's top 6 players to beat Avon 54-43 in girls basketball sectional action last night. Morgan Miller scored a season-high 13 points to lead the team. Stephanie Mavunga scored 11 and had 8 rebounds. Erica Lesch scored 11 points, including 3 3-pointers. Lindsey Dall scored 8, Ryne Carr 6, Leah Freestone 4 and Alaura McKemie one, to round out the scoring. The Dogs only led by 4 at the end of three quarters, but Mavunga scored 7 points in the quarter to lead to Bulldogs to victory. BBurg plays Decatur Central on Saturday afternoon at 10am. The two teams played in the first game of the season with DC beating the Dogs 69-53, although it was a 5 to 9 point game until late in the 4th quarter.

After Center Grove's defeat on Tuesday, the MIC received another defeat when Carmel was defeated by Hamilton SE last night. HSE took a 47-42 lead with 3 minutes left, and did not score the rest of the game. Carmel hit 3 free throws, but missed two front ends of 1-and-1's and Torrie Thornton missed a shot that would have tied the game with a few seconds left. HSE will play Fishers on Friday night, 30 minutes after the Noblesville/Westifeld game.

HCC champ Lafayette Jeff was defeated by McCuctcheon last night, 47-42. That leaves 7 teams from the conference as Zionsville was beaten by Westfield on Wednesday night.

The Brownsburg boys travel to Harrison tonight. BBurg is a 8 point underdog according the the Sagarin ratings. Massey predicts a 53-48 victory for the Raiders.

In baseball news, the Braves have reportedly offered Johnny Damon a 1-year $4 million dollar deal. The deal would give Damon $2 million now and $2 million deferred. Damon could be useful as a veteran leader and a solid outfielder. Plus, it would also give uber-prospect Jason Heyward another year to hone his skills in the minor leagues before he unleashes his fury onto the world.

Sectionals start today, hopefully

Most of the 4A sectionals were postponed until today, however there was a minor upset in the Franklin Central sectional as the host Flashes beat Center Grove 52-48 in OT. Center Grove was the favorite in that sectional, but now it looks like 5 other teams may have a shot at the title, including the Flashes. Perry Meridian could give the host school a run for the title.

Brownsburg and Avon are scheduled to play tonight at Manual in the first round of the sectional. Both Brownsburg and Avon are closed today due to the weather conditions, but IPS schools are open (including Manual), so it seems that the games will go on as scheduled.

Sectionals start today.....maybe

The girls basketball tournament starts today with sectional play at most sites. However, snow has canceled most schools in the central Indiana area and may postpone the games. If they do play, Brownsburg plays Avon at Manual at 7pm. I will not be going to that game because I do not want to travel to Manual. Instead, I will be going to Fishers to watch Westfield/Zionsville and Carmel/HSE. I imagine that the games at Fishers will be moved to Wednesday, but I'm not sure how the BBurg game at Manual will be moved because there are two games already scheduled for Wednesday in the 7-team sectional. We will find out more as the day goes on...

Brownsburg wins! Brownsburg wins!

Brownsburg beat Crawfordsville last night 51-42 to bring their record to 4-12. They play on Thursday at Harrison and on Saturday afternoon at home against Westfield. The games are not on their normal days due to the girls sectionals starting this week.

Speaking of the girls sectional, the Brownsburg girls teams starts tourney play on Tuesday against Avon at Manual. They have defeated Avon earlier in the year 61-44. The Dogs have struggled over the last week, getting crushed by Fishers 62-45 and barely beating a 10-11 Lebanon team. Hopefully, they will get back on track and defeat Avon. After that, they will run into Decatur Central, who just beat Fishers last night and defeated BBurg 69-53 to start the season. If, by chance, we do get past Decatur then we run into Ben Davis, one of the top teams in the nation.

The Ball State basketball teams played some good basketball but could not get the win as both teams lost by 5 points or less. The men were down 11 at one point and led 58-57 with 2 minutes left, but Akron came through in OT to win 75-50. The women had a chance to pull off a huge upset of a 18-5 Bowling Green squad, but could not hold on to the win. The Cards led 44-33 early in the second half, then went through a 10 minute stretch where they were outscored 28-7 to fall behind 61-51. BSU came back to cut the lead to 2 with 1:34 left, but BGSU hit 6 of 8 free throws to ice the game. BGSU won 80-76.