By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor
CARMEL – On a wacky night that saw visiting Brebeuf shoot 30 percent and get seven shots blocked in the first half yet still lead 19-17 at the break, it stands to reason that host Carmel would roar back on 26-percent shooting in the second half and get a last-second 3-pointer to win.
Right?
Well, that’s how it happened Feb. 26 in both teams’ regular-season finale. The host Greyhounds (15-5) went a stretch of 9:12 in the first half without scoring, going 0 for 9 from the field and watching the Braves (12-8) go on a 14-0 run.
But a 9-0 run of their own negated a 10-point Brebeuf lead, and this nip-tuck affair wasn’t decided until senior guard John-Michael Polley drilled a three from the top of the key at :07.3 for a 38-37 victory.
Was this rematch – the much-closer follow-up to Carmel’s 74-39 win of a year ago – between the state’s 10th-rated Class 4A school (Carmel) in the power ratings and Indiana’s No. 9-rated 3A school (Brebeuf) underwhelming statistically? Yes. Exciting?
Remarkably so.
Just one more night of “Hoosier Hysteria.”
MORE TO COME!!
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