Published: November 21, 2008 08:31 pm         

Sullivan girls take season opener at South Vermillion

TERRE HAUTE — The Sullivan girls high school basketball team opened its season Thursday with a 58-47 road victory against Western Indiana Conference rival South Vermillion.

Kelsey Burr paced the Golden Arrows with 14 points, and Lane Bond added 12. Annie Clark and Lara Benningfield added 11 points each.

Allie Milam and Jalen Brower paced South Vermillion with 11 points.



SULLIVAN (58) — Burr 7 0-0 14, Clark 4 2-5 11, Jones 0 0-0 0, Benningfield 4 3-6 11, Lamb 2 0-0 4, Gadbury 2 2-6 6, Walters 0 0-0 0, Bond 6 0-0 12. Totals 25 FG, 7-17 FT, 58 TP.

SOUTH VERMILLION (47) — Cink 0 0-0 0, Kelly 1 0-2 2, Brower 5 0-0 11, Evans 3 0-0 7, Samuelson 3 2-2 10, Kirby 1 0-2 2, Milam 3 5-7 11, Thomas 2 0-2 4. Totals 18 FG, 7-15 FT, 47 TP.

Sullivan 12 19 14 13 — 58

South Vermillion 7 15 12 13 — 47

3-point goals — Clark, Samuelson 2, Evans, Brower. Total fouls — S 16, SV 16. Fouled out — none.

JV — Sullivan won 42-10.

Next — Sullivan (1-0, 1-0 WIC) plays tonight at home against Washington. South Vermillion (0-4, 0-1 WIC) plays Wednesday against North Putnam.



In other girls basketball action:

• Mooresville 74, Northview 40 — At Brazil, Mooresville sophomore Jama Sharp had a career-high 36 points as the visiting Pioneers won in a battle of potential sectional opponents.

Spring Raines had 26 for the Knights.



MOORESVILLE (74) — Chabra 1-3 1-2 3, C.Sharp 3-7 2-2 9, Wellspring 0-1 3-4 3, J.Sharp 14-24 6-10 36, Callaway 5-13 4-7 14, Antick 0-3 0-0 0, Perry 0-1 0-0 0, Clark 2-7 2-5 7, Gott 1-1 0-0 2, Nelson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-60 FG, 18-29 FT, 74 TP.

NORTHVIEW (40) — Phillips 0-0 0-0 0, Kimball 0-2 0-0 0, Sp.Raines 8-16 7-7 26, St.Raines 3-8 0-2 8, Colson 1-4 1-3 3, Bell 0-1 0-0 0, Searing 0-2 1-5 1, Sampson 0-4 2-4 2, Sharton 0-2 0-0 0, Lee 0-1 0-0 0, Webster 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 12-41 FG, 11-21 FT, 40 TP.



Mooresville 15 18 17 24 — 74

Northview 7 8 6 19 — 40

3-point shooting — Mooresville 4-11 (J.Sharp 2-6, C.Sharp 1-2, Clark 1-2, Chabra 0-1), Northview 5-8 (Sp.Raines 3-5, St. Raines 2-3). Rebounds — Mooresville 43 (Callaway 10, J.Sharp 8), Northview 32 (Sp.Raines 8, Colson 6). Turnovers — Mooresville 11, Northview 24. Total fouls — Mooresville 18, Northview 20. Fouled out — none.

Next — Northview (2-2) plays Saturday night at Terre Haute South. Mooresville (3-0) plays Wednesday at Martinsville.



• Union 52, Eminence 47, OT — At Eminence, Makaylee Pirtle scored six of Union’s eight points in overtime, and the Bulldogs won their Tri-River Conference opener.

Pirtle had 19 points to put her career total at 998, and Megan Gambill added 16 for Union.

Indiana University recruit Aulani Sinclair had 30 points for Eminence.



UNION (52) — Scott 0 1-2 1, Pirtle 4 11-15 19, Gambill 7 0-0 16, Smith 0 2-2 2, Nicol 1 0-0 2, Goodman 4 0-0 12, Parr 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 FG, 14-19 FT, 52 TP.

EMINENCE (47) — Haymond 1 2-2 4, Decker 2 0-0 4, Sinclair 10 8-9 30, Campbell 1 0-0 2, Greene 1 5-10 7, Waller 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 FG, 15-21 FT, 47 TP.

Union 12 13 11 8 8 — 52

Eminence 11 13 6 14 3 — 47

3-point goals — Gambill 2, Goodman 4, Sinclair 2. Total fouls — U 16, E 16. Fouled out — Parr, Greene.

Next — Union (2-1, 1-0 Tri-River Conference) plays Dec. 1 against South Knox at home.



• North Daviess 33, Linton 25 — At Elnora, the visiting Linton Miners lost its SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference opener.



LINTON (25) — Beard 1 1-2 3, Alsman 0 0-0 0, Mason 1 2-4 5, Riggleman 0 0-0 0, Overton 0 0-0 0, Daluga 2 0-0 4, Carpenter 3 0-0 6, Wells 0 0-2 0, Barnes 2 3-3 7. Totals 9 FG, 6-11 FT, 25 TP.

NORTH DAVIESS (33) — Wilson 3 6-6 12, Doades 3 1-2 7, Dove 4 2-4 11, Summers 1 1-2 3, Perry 0 0-2 0, Wagler 0 0-0 0, Lengacher 0 0-0 0, Holder 0 0-0 0, Clark 0 0-0 0, Meyer 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 FG, 10-16 FT, 33 TP.

Linton 6 2 5 12 — 25

North Daviess 11 7 5 10 — 33

3-point goals — Dove, Mason. Total fouls — Linton 13, ND 14. Fouled out — none.

JV — North Daviess won 15-12.

Next — Linton (1-2, 0-1 SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference) plays host to South Knox on Tuesday.

Tuesday

• Bloomington North 61, Terre Haute North 41 — At Bloomington, point guard Kelly Meggs suffered a separated shoulder near the end of the second quarter.

The Patriots committed 11 turnovers in the decisive third quarter.

Meggs will miss the Patriots’ next two games.



TERRE HAUTE NORTH (41) — Burkins 1 0-4 2, Meggs 0 4-4 4, Jones 1 2-2 4, Etling 0 0-2 0, Ketner 5 2-3 13, McCarthy 5 4-4 14, Eilbracht 0 2-2 2, Adams 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 FG, 14-21 FT, 41 TP.

BLOOMINGTON NORTH (61) — Huck 1 1-2 3, Hoy 7 0-0 14, Lukemeyer 0 0-0 0, Druding 0 1-0 1, Hirt 4 0-0 10, Jallow 1 1-1 3, Kinser 2 1-3 5, Winningham 6 2-5 14, Dunbar 3 2-3 10, Mullins 0 1-2 1, DeMoss 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 FG, 9-18 FT, 61 TP.

Terre Haute North 10 17 5 9 — 41

Bloomington North 12 17 20 12 — 61

3-point goals — Ketner. Total fouls — THN 18, BN 18. Fouled out — Adams.

JV — Bloomington North won.

Next — Terre Haute North (1-3) plays Saturday at Carmel.