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Central Falls in 4OT to Bishop Dwenger in State Championship
Central Falls in 4OT to Bishop Dwenger in State Championship
NOVEMBER 23RD, 2018 
NICK RUFFOLO 44BLITZ, CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, SPORTS
The Central Bears came up short on their quest for a state title, losing to Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 16-10.
Scoreless at the end of regulation, both teams were not able to convert on field goal attempts in the first overtime.
After trading field goals in the second overtime, both teams traded touchdowns in the third to set up a historic fourth overtime.
In that extra period, Central quarterback Brennon Harper threw an interception on third down to set up the Saints to win the game.
Bishop Dwenger responded with a touchdown to take the 4A State Championship.
Memorial Falls in State Championship Shootout 47-42
Memorial Falls in State Championship Shootout 47-42
NOVEMBER 24TH, 2018 NICK RUFFOLO44BLITZ, EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, MEMORIAL, SPORTS
The Memorial Tigers bid for back-to-back IHSAA 3A state championships came to an end Saturday after losing a close game to West Lafayette.
The Red Devils took an early 14-0 lead, but the Tigers responded with two touchdowns to bring it within 14-12 in the first quarter.
Both teams went back and forth the rest of the game, which led to West Lafayette holding a slim 47-42 lead with under a minute to play.
Memorial drove down the field to set up one play on fourth down to potentially win the game with six seconds left.
Tigers quarterback Michael Lindauer scrambled to his left, created several seconds of extra time to throw, but the coverage was too tight on the Memorial receivers and the pass fell incomplete.
The 47-42 loss is the first for the Tigers in over 13 months.
Memorial’s season ends with a 14-1 record and a state runner-up ribbon.
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Stein, MBB Eagles power by LSSU
 University of Southern Indiana senior guard Alex Stein (Evansville, Indiana) exploded for 48 points in leading the Screaming Eagles to a 110-88 victory over Lake Superior State University Friday afternoon in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Eagles go to 3-1 to begin 2018-19, while LSSU is 2-2.
The 110 points is the first time that USI has reached the century mark since the Eagles scored 122 points in the triple-overtime win at Saint Joseph’s College.
USI, which led from start to finish, built a commanding lead behind Stein’s 25 first-half points. Stein was a blistering eight-of-11 from the field, four-of-five from long range, and a perfect five-of-five from the stripe.
The Eagles flew out to an early seven point lead, 9-2, on a 7-0 run to put some space between them and the Lakers. Midway through the first half, the Eagles caught fire and boosted their advantage to 18 points, 45-27, on a 22-10 run. Stein led USI with 15 points during the run.
USI and LSSU would trade buckets in the final minutes of the opening half before the Eagles took at 46-29 lead in the intermission.
The Eagles continued to hit the offensively gas pedal in the second half, scoring 64 points in the final half and posting game-high leads of 36 points twice (94-58 and 96-60) with nearly seven minutes to play in the game. LSSU had a 14-4 run in the final three minutes to cut the USI advantage to 22 points as the Eagles closed out the 110-88 victory.
USI was a blistering 62.9 percent from the field in the second half (22-35), 60 percent from downtown (9-15) and a perfect 11-of-11 from the stripe as a team. The advantage on the glass also went to the Eagles, 39-29, for the game.
Stein continued to lead USI in the second half with 23 more points on seven-of-eight from the field, two-of-three from beyond the arc, and seven-of-seven from the stripe.
For the game, Stein would finish the contest with 48 points, six rebounds, four assists, and two steals. He was game-high 15-of-19 from the outside, six-of-eight from three-point land, and 12-of-12 from the line. In addition to Stein setting a career-high for points, he becomes just the third player in USI history to reach 45-or-more points (Chris Bowles, 45 points 1990-91; Stein 48 points 2018-19; Jeril Taylor 50 points 2016-17) and moves into the fourth all-time at USI with 1,580 career points, passing Cris Brunson (1562 points, 2001-05).
USI’s senior guard also needs 39 more points to catch Stan Gouard (1,619; 1993-96) for third all-time.
Junior guard/forward Kobe Caldwell (Bowling Green, Kentucky) caught fire offensively in the second half to bolster the Eagles’ offensive attack. Caldwell scored 16 of his 17 points in the final half on five-of-seven from the field, four-of-six from behind the arc, and two-of-two from the line. He also grabbed a team-high and season-high eight rebounds.
The double-digit scorers for the Eagles were rounded out by sophomore forward Josh Price (Indianapolis, Indiana), who had a season-high 14 points, 10 coming in the first half. Price was five-of-seven from outside for the game and four-of-four from the line.
The Eagles return to the friendly surroundings of the Physical Activities Center November 27 when they host Oakland City University to start a three-game homestand. Tipoff for the USI-OCU matchup is 7 p.m. Game coverage can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.
The three-game USI homestand includes the 2018-19 GLVC opener versus top-ranked Bellarmine University December 1.
Men’s Basketball travels to Ball State on Saturday
For just the third time since 1979, the University of Evansville men’s basketball team will take on Ball State in a road game on Saturday at Worthen Arena. Tip is at 1 p.m. CT and will be carried live on ESPN3.
“Ball State is a tough team who has good guard play and legitimate bigs who can hurt you on the glass,†Aces head coach Walter McCarty said. “We are looking forward to it; they are in improved basketball team and we have to go up there and play really well.â€
A late first-half run saw the Aces take a 35-26 halftime lead before defeating Texas Southern by a final of 85-63. UE led by as many as 24 points in the final minutes. Shea Feehan led the squad with 20 points; he was 7-of-12 from the floor. Noah Frederking added 16 points while John Hall finished with 9 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. The Aces finished with a 47-43 edge on the boards. After shooting 37.5% in the first half, UE rebounded to go 18-of-32 in the final 20 minutes (56.3%).
Evansville scored 85+ points for the third game in a row. Feehan led the Aces with 20 points; he is the top scorer through four games with 15 PPG. Frederking scored 16 points; he has averaged 21 points in the last two contests. The win marked the 31st home non-conference win in a row for the Aces. Evansville hit 10 triples for the third-straight game.
Through four games, UE is averaging 80.5 points per game. That is the highest tally since the 1988-89 season when UE finished with 82.6 PPG. Five players are averaging double figures; the last time the program saw five players do so came in 1990-91. The 2006-07 season marked the last time the program had four in double digits.
UE has scored 85 or more points in each of the last three games. It is the first time in five years that UE has scored 85 or more in three-consecutive outings. In 2013, the Aces had 98, 100 and 91 in wins over Mercer, Valparaiso and Anderson. Should the Aces score 85 on Saturday at Ball State, it would mark the first 4-game streak of 85+ points since 1993-94 when the team hit the mark in six consecutive games.
The Aces and Cardinals rivalry has a long history, dating back to 1930. The teams have met on 52 occasions, but this marks just the third meeting since 1979; the teams met 40 times between 1952 and 1971. UE assistant coach Todd Lickliter was 0-3 vs. BSU as a player but was 5-1 against them as the head coach at Butler; included in that was a 75-66 win over BSU in 2002; the Cardinals were ranked 21st at the time. As an assistant at Eastern Michigan, Lickliter led the Eagles to three wins over the Cardinals in 1997-98 on their way to the NCAA Tournament. Matthew Graves was 1-3 versus the Cardinals in his playing career, but was 8-2 as an assistant at Butler.
Ball State enters Saturday’s game with a 2-3 record with victories coming over Indiana State and Appalachian State. Their losses have come against Purdue, Virginia Tech and Alabama.  Tayler Persons leads the Cardinals with 19 points per game; he is the #3 scorer in the Mid-American Conference. K.J. Walton is next with 13.8 PPG while Tahjai Teague is averaging 11 points. Persons led BSU with 29 points while going 12/12 from the line against ASU.
