Tuesday night's Hamilton county rivalry continued at Carmel's Eric Clark Activity Center between Noblesville and Carmel's girls basketball teams. It was anticipated to be a game of speed and a survival of the fittest and that's exactly what it turned out to be.
Games like this tend to be that slight wrinkle in the schedule or where we find the kinks in the armor. That wasn't the case at all as the Millers kept up an energetic pace throughout to outpace and out finesse the host Greyhounds. In the process, Noblesville once again broke the 100-point mark and pulled away with a 102-85 road win for their second straight win against Carmel.
4A #7 Noblesville 102, Carmel 85 - (Tuesday at Eric Clark Activity Center, Carmel)
Millers 22 22 27 31 - 102
Greyhounds 17 20 13 35 - 85
The Millers prepared themselves mentally and didn't give way to anything that the Greyhounds threw at them. Getting out to a 10-2 lead, Carmel first-year head coach Tod Windlan called a timeout to calm down his team.
From that point on in the first, Carmel outscored the Millers 15-12, but Noblesville still clung to a five point lead after one, 22-17.
Carmel had that fight in them that they didn't want to give up so quickly in their home opener. That was pretty apparent throughout the game, no matter what kind of deficit the Noblesville faced them with.
Shooting just 8-for-19 (42%) at the free throw line in the first half, it was obvious that the Carmel coaching staff was looking for answers.
There sure weren't many answers to Noblesville's constant full court pressure and tenacious defense, and not to mention, the Millers' great rotation that kept fresh legs on the floor.
The Greyhounds didn't come out of the locker room at half like they were down just 7 at half (44-37) and found themselves down 71-50 through three and it looked as if things would spin out of control if their offense didn't do something in the fourth.
Noblesville made a statement to their county rivals by jetting out to take the third quarter 37-13, which didn't settle well with Carmel.
With a 21 point lead entering the fourth, Keck and her staff were ok with mixing up the lineup for the remainder of the game. As much as the Greyhounds kept finding ways to score in the final minutes of the game, they never really got remotely close to making a comeback. Every time Carmel looked to be making a dent in the Miller lead with free throws or a basket in transition, Noblesville always had something to come right back at them. The biggest daggers were a pair of threes that Becca Bergman spread out during the 4th to keep the Greyhounds at a distance and help the pull away for a 102-85 victory at Carmel.
Bergman's offensive confidence is fully back. The 5'4 senior point guard has been in the zone lately, dishing out assists (17 last weekend) and stealing every ball that is within reach of her on defense. Last night at Carmel, the Roosevelt commit handed out another 11 assists and added 7 more steals to her young season total.
Alexis Shannon keeps showing up on both ends of the court and produces. She scored 10 of her game-high 33 points in the second quarter and 9 of those in the fourth.
Carmel (2-2) was led in scoring off the bench by senior Amanda Shaw with a team-high 19, knocking down 8-for-11 from the foul line. Emily Kmec was key in the Greyhounds' big second half with 15. Freshman guard Amy Dilk and Andi Kwasniewski each had 11. Another freshman Blake Smith (9), Abby Abel (8) and Carrie Larson (8) were all big contributors.
Noblesville (6-0) was led by Alexis Shannon's 33-point, 7 rebound output. Becca Bergman pretty much stole the show last night with her play all over the court to score 24 points on nine field goals (4 treys), had another double-digit assist night for a double-double with 11, picked the pocket of Carmel 7 times and also grabbed a few rebounds.
Katelyn O'Reilly also filled out her part of the stat sheet with her 3rd double-double in the first six games of the season with 19 points and 16 rebounds. KO also had 4 assists and a couple blocked shots.
Brooke Herron made the best of her time on the floor before picking up her 4th personal foul to score 7 and 4 assists. Audrey DeFoe found herself to the basket for three layups off of turnovers for her 6 points. Emily Kiser chipped in 5 points and 9 rebounds, along with a pair of assists and 2 blocks. Kayleigh Herron's 4 points and 4 assists, Erin Wood (2) and Cori Cain (2) rounded out the scoring for Noblesville.
The Millers get a little bit of a Thanksgiving break and then it'll be back to practice Friday to prepare for a midday tilt with Hoosier Crossroads Conference foe Avon (1-2). That game will by around 12:45 on Saturday, November 29 with the JV starting at 11 a.m. Prior to Saturday's game, Avon plays Coach Keck's former Greenfield-Central (2-1) tonight on Thanksgiving Eve.
GO MILLERS!
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