Kouts, making its first state final appearance, had its chances against Barr-Reeve in the Class A state championship Saturday morning at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. After the Mustangs missed all six of their 3-point attempts in the first half, senior twins Cale and Cole Wireman jump-started the team in the third quarter.
Cale opened the period with a corner 3 in front of Kouts' bench, and a few moments later Cole drained back-to-back 3-pointers to keep the Mustangs within striking distance.
"It just came to the fact that we had to just start shooting the ball and not think about it," Cale said. "Once we hit two or three (shots) I thought, 'Well, we just need to keep shooting and keep in rhythm and we could easily win this game.'"