According to the IHSAA s website, Mantis career high is the highest scoring output of any boys basketball player in the state this season. That zone is something that you can t really describe. You re blocking out everything and you re just focused on one thing: winning, Mantis said. When the ball was in my hands, I felt like no one could guard me. Every time I shot it, it felt like it was going in.
The 6-foot-7 guard shot 19 of 30 from the field, 8 of 11 on 3-pointers and 7 of 7 at the free-throw line to surpass Lowell s previous single-game scoring record of 50 points by 2011 grad Austin Richie.
UNION MILLS â Wes Bucher felt the internal battle that all coaches feel.
The fourth-year South Central coach would finish a long day of teaching and practice and heâd get home to his family, knowing that he was shortchanging his wife and children. If he took the time to spend with his family, the basketball work would suffer. If he dove into film study when he got home, his family would be left waiting.
Family won out in the end as Bucher announced earlier this week that he was stepping down from the Satellites after going 66-36 over the last four seasons.
LAPORTE â The clock was winding down in the first quarter Saturday, and Jessica Carrothers had the ball.
Crown Point s star guard could ve been conservative, but this was the Class 4A LaPorte Semistate, and she wasn t leaving any chances on the table against Fort Wayne Carroll.
So, what did Carrothers do? I looked at the clock really fast and I think there was like 1.2 seconds left, so I just launched it, Carrothers said.
Carrothers prayer was answered as she drained a heave from beyond half court to give the Bulldogs their first lead of the game. When the ball went through the net, she screamed in excitement as her dad, Mark, jumped for joy on the sidelines.