BOYS BASKETBALL
Greencastle-Antrim 60, Big Spring 53: The Blue Devils avenged an earlier loss in overtime to the Bulldogs by picking up a huge road win Friday night and climbed into first place in the Mid Penn Colonial Division.
Conner Wright
Greencastle (14-3, 10-1 MPC) now leads Gettysburg (9-2), Big Spring (8-3) and Waynesboro (7-4), which upset Gettysburg on Friday. And the Blue Devils play Gettysburg and ‘Boro next week.
“I’m not worrying about any of that,” G-A coach Todd Stephens said. “All I know is we have Gettysburg on Tuesday. We have a tough stretch coming up.”
The Blue Devils made 7 of their 8 threes in the first half and raced out to a 34-23 lead at the break. Big Spring could only claw back 4 points in the second half.
Stephens said, “We shot the ball well in the first half and when you see the ball going in, it helps your confidence. The guys did a nice job.”
Conner Wright scored a season-high 24 points to lead Greencastle, Surzano Solomon tallied 12 and Eli Sterling totaled 9.
For Big Spring, Aidan Salle poured in 34 points, and he reached the 1,000th-point mark for his career, but no teammate had more than 6 points.
“I think we have a nice team with a lot of weapons,” Stephens said. “We were prepared for the things they did to us before and we executed better. We shared the ball and made good passes.”
Greencastle 60, Big Spring 53
GREENCASTLE
Eli Sterling 3 3-4 9, Surzano Solomon 4 1-2 12, Carter McCauley 0 2-2 2, Logan Alvey 2 0-0 6, Jordan Hunt 2 0-0 6, Conner Wright 11 2-4 25. Totals 22 8-12 60.
BIG SPRING
Ayden Martinez 3 0-0 6, Aidan Salle 13 4-7 34, Tavon Hidge 0 1-2 1, Jake Knouse 2 1-2 6, Alan Walker 0 1-2 1, Brexton Heckendorn 2 0-0 5. Totals 20 7-13 53.
Greencastle 18 16 14 12 — 60
Big Spring 10 13 15 15 — 53
3-point shots — GA 8 (Solomon 3, Alvey 2, Hunt 2, Wright); BS 6 (Salle 4, Knouse, Heckendorn).
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Greencastle-Antrim 43, Big Spring 36, OT: It took an extra period, but the Blue Devils prevailed over the Bulldogs in a Mid Penn Colonial matchup on Senior Night on Friday night in Greencastle.
Kylie Kerns
Kylie Kern played a huge role for Greencastle (12-5, 8-3 MPC), scoring 8 points in the fourth quarter and hitting another 3-pointer to open the overtime session. Eva Martin and Haley Noblit both hit a pair of free throws to put G-A in charge.
The teams were tied 15-15 at halftime, with Greencastle’s man defense matching Big Spring’s 3-2 zone, which held G-A to 5-for-27 shooting in the first half (3-19 from 3-point range).
At the end of regulation, the Blue Devils led by 2 and had fouls to give. They tried to foul, but the Bulldogs came out of a scramble and got a shot off that found the basket to tie the game as the clock wound down.
Kerns scored a career-high 17 points and added 6 rebounds. Noblit had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals, Ainsley Swindell had 4 points, 9 boards and 4 steals, and Martin had 4 points, 3 assists and 4 steals.
Greencastle celebrated its four seniors — Noblit, Swindell, Aubrey Smith and Mary Murray.