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just confirming what everyone knows
just confirming what everyone knows
Thursday, December 8th.
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Old Spice High School Showcase: Dunbar (OH) vs Lawrence North (IN)
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Season opener:
Lawrence North 62, Lawrence Central 33
"Lawrence North came out sluggish and led by only 10 at half. In the second half, the Cats showed why they are the best in the state. Oden got the ball, Conley was great all night and LN's defense was stellar against LC. Lawrence North will stay #1 because of their awesome defense. Darin Granger and the rest of the Bears couldn't score and I think that any LN opponent that wants to make it to 60 better play spectacular. LN=3Peat"
No stats yet, but the score is a good sign.
Lawrence North 62, Lawrence Central 33
"Lawrence North came out sluggish and led by only 10 at half. In the second half, the Cats showed why they are the best in the state. Oden got the ball, Conley was great all night and LN's defense was stellar against LC. Lawrence North will stay #1 because of their awesome defense. Darin Granger and the rest of the Bears couldn't score and I think that any LN opponent that wants to make it to 60 better play spectacular. LN=3Peat"
No stats yet, but the score is a good sign.
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Lawrence North stingy at Conseco
No. 1 Wildcats shut down Lawrence Central in opener
By Jeff Rabjohns
[email protected]
The past two years, Lawrence North High School's boys basketball season has ended at Conseco Fieldhouse with state championships.
What the Wildcats hope is a march to a historic third consecutive title began at the same place Wednesday with a 62-33 demolition of Lawrence Central.
THE OPENER: Lawrence North's Greg Oden (50) scored 19 points against Lawrence Central.
In the marquee game of the KeyBank Tipoff Classic, senior center Greg Oden and point guard Mike Conley spearheaded a tenacious defense that carried the Wildcats.
Oden, the reigning national Player of the Year, opened his final high school season with 19 points and 15 rebounds and a defensive presence that helped hold Lawrence Central to 22 percent shooting.
Conley made Lawrence Central pay for collapsing around the 7-foot Oden. Conley scored a game-high 20 points, shooting 5-for-8 from 3-point range, and had a game-high four assists to go with three steals.
In the other games of the tripleheader, which drew 7,353 fans, Anderson beat short-handed Hamilton Southeastern 68-63, and defending Class A champion Lapel handled Wapahani 67-52.
In the final game, Lawrence North overcame a slow start to turn a battle between two township rivals into a rout.
"Mostly it's the season opener for the team," Oden said. "We had a lot of seniors step up and produce and show people we've got a lot of weapons other than me and Mike."
The Ohio State-bound duo showed why Lawrence North opened the year ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 5 in the nation by USA Today.
Oden shot 7-for-9 from the field and 5-for-6 from the line in 27 minutes. Conley shot 4-for-6 from 3-point range in the first half, scoring 13 points as Lawrence North took a 27-17 halftime lead.
"I knew with as much as people would double down on Greg, it would leave the guards open," Conley said. "I worked on my jump shot all summer, day in and day out."
The Wildcats are attempting to join Franklin (1920-22) and Marion (1985-87) as the only schools to win three consecutive state titles.
Lawrence North is looking to replace four players from last year's 24-2 team who went on to Division I programs -- Donald Cloutier (Western Michigan), Brandon McPherson (Valparaiso), Tyler Morris (Boston University) and Warren Wallace (IPFW).
The Wildcats looked like a work in progress at times on offense. Lawrence North, which trailed 15-14 at one point, sometimes couldn't get the ball to Oden, and other times simply didn't.
Lawrence Central, with no starter taller than 6-4, tried to surround Oden on defense and stay away from the paint on offense. Oden didn't have a blocked shot, although he altered several as the Bears shot 11-for-49.
Oden went 3-for-4 from the field in the first half, getting only two shots in the offense, one a free throw line jumper and another an alley-oop from Conley.
"I didn't think Greg was as assertive as he could be in the beginning," Lawrence North coach Jack Keefer said. "He was a gentleman out there. We talked to him about it. He started moving and was more assertive in the second half."
Oden scored 13 of his points in the second half.
After falling behind 15-14, the Wildcats held the Bears to six points over a span of 17 minutes, 4 seconds to take a 53-21 lead early in the fourth quarter. Lawrence Central made just seven baskets after its first possession of the second quarter.
"We think we can really play defense if the guys take pride in it and play like they did there," Keefer said.
Evansville-bound guard Darin Granger was the only Lawrence Central player to reach double figures, scoring 11 points on 5-for-17 shooting.
In the opener, DeJovaun Sawyer-Davis had 23 points, despite shooting 9-for-26 from the field, and 16 rebounds to lead Anderson, coming off a 19-3 season.
Anderson led by 11 points with three minutes to play, but Hamilton Southeastern got within 66-63 before turning the ball over with eight seconds remaining.
The Royals, without two players still on the football team that will play for the Class 5A state title, got 24 points from Anthony Furlin and 13 from Nick Deschepper.
In the second game, senior guard J.R. Howell scored 24 points and junior forward Jordan Wiseman added 18 for Lapel.
No. 1 Wildcats shut down Lawrence Central in opener
By Jeff Rabjohns
[email protected]
The past two years, Lawrence North High School's boys basketball season has ended at Conseco Fieldhouse with state championships.
What the Wildcats hope is a march to a historic third consecutive title began at the same place Wednesday with a 62-33 demolition of Lawrence Central.
THE OPENER: Lawrence North's Greg Oden (50) scored 19 points against Lawrence Central.
In the marquee game of the KeyBank Tipoff Classic, senior center Greg Oden and point guard Mike Conley spearheaded a tenacious defense that carried the Wildcats.
Oden, the reigning national Player of the Year, opened his final high school season with 19 points and 15 rebounds and a defensive presence that helped hold Lawrence Central to 22 percent shooting.
Conley made Lawrence Central pay for collapsing around the 7-foot Oden. Conley scored a game-high 20 points, shooting 5-for-8 from 3-point range, and had a game-high four assists to go with three steals.
In the other games of the tripleheader, which drew 7,353 fans, Anderson beat short-handed Hamilton Southeastern 68-63, and defending Class A champion Lapel handled Wapahani 67-52.
In the final game, Lawrence North overcame a slow start to turn a battle between two township rivals into a rout.
"Mostly it's the season opener for the team," Oden said. "We had a lot of seniors step up and produce and show people we've got a lot of weapons other than me and Mike."
The Ohio State-bound duo showed why Lawrence North opened the year ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 5 in the nation by USA Today.
Oden shot 7-for-9 from the field and 5-for-6 from the line in 27 minutes. Conley shot 4-for-6 from 3-point range in the first half, scoring 13 points as Lawrence North took a 27-17 halftime lead.
"I knew with as much as people would double down on Greg, it would leave the guards open," Conley said. "I worked on my jump shot all summer, day in and day out."
The Wildcats are attempting to join Franklin (1920-22) and Marion (1985-87) as the only schools to win three consecutive state titles.
Lawrence North is looking to replace four players from last year's 24-2 team who went on to Division I programs -- Donald Cloutier (Western Michigan), Brandon McPherson (Valparaiso), Tyler Morris (Boston University) and Warren Wallace (IPFW).
The Wildcats looked like a work in progress at times on offense. Lawrence North, which trailed 15-14 at one point, sometimes couldn't get the ball to Oden, and other times simply didn't.
Lawrence Central, with no starter taller than 6-4, tried to surround Oden on defense and stay away from the paint on offense. Oden didn't have a blocked shot, although he altered several as the Bears shot 11-for-49.
Oden went 3-for-4 from the field in the first half, getting only two shots in the offense, one a free throw line jumper and another an alley-oop from Conley.
"I didn't think Greg was as assertive as he could be in the beginning," Lawrence North coach Jack Keefer said. "He was a gentleman out there. We talked to him about it. He started moving and was more assertive in the second half."
Oden scored 13 of his points in the second half.
After falling behind 15-14, the Wildcats held the Bears to six points over a span of 17 minutes, 4 seconds to take a 53-21 lead early in the fourth quarter. Lawrence Central made just seven baskets after its first possession of the second quarter.
"We think we can really play defense if the guys take pride in it and play like they did there," Keefer said.
Evansville-bound guard Darin Granger was the only Lawrence Central player to reach double figures, scoring 11 points on 5-for-17 shooting.
In the opener, DeJovaun Sawyer-Davis had 23 points, despite shooting 9-for-26 from the field, and 16 rebounds to lead Anderson, coming off a 19-3 season.
Anderson led by 11 points with three minutes to play, but Hamilton Southeastern got within 66-63 before turning the ball over with eight seconds remaining.
The Royals, without two players still on the football team that will play for the Class 5A state title, got 24 points from Anthony Furlin and 13 from Nick Deschepper.
In the second game, senior guard J.R. Howell scored 24 points and junior forward Jordan Wiseman added 18 for Lapel.
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11/27/05
Lawrence North 72, Brebeuf JEsuit 49
Lawrence North runs wild over smaller Brebeuf
Wildcats center Oden scores 22 points, has 11 rebounds in fast-paced game
Lawrence North senior center Greg Oden wanted to establish a fast break early.
"Coach (Jack Keefer) had been getting on us about running hard," Oden said. "The first game (against Lawrence Central) we really didn't run that hard. This game we just tried to come out running and keep the tempo up."
The result was that Class 4A No. 1 Lawrence North scored the game's first 16 points en route to a 72-49 rout of visiting Brebeuf Jesuit on Saturday night.
Oden had eight of those 16 points for the two-time defending 4A state champion Wildcats (2-0). He finished with 22 points on 11-of-15 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds in 20 minutes.
"I think Greg is more offensive-conscious," Keefer said. "We're asking him to shoot it more, and he's running the floor wonderfully."
The 7-footer said he concentrated on his offense during the summer.
"So I'm hoping it comes natural for me trying to score more," Oden said.
Oden scored at will early over the smaller Braves.
Keefer said he was surprised Brebeuf started the game with its tallest player, 6-7 Ty Adams, on the bench.
"He started five guards. I couldn't figure if he was going to press or slow it down," Keefer said of Brebeuf coach Leo Klemm. "We started pressing immediately just to get the tempo going. I think our kids did a good job of making the tempo fast. I think the bench is in favor of us when you're playing that high-speed game."
The Wildcats kept a comfortable margin throughout the game, leading 40-16 at halftime. Brebeuf outscored the Wildcats by one point in the second half.
Thirteen Wildcats played four or more minutes. Freshmen Chris Read (6-6) and Stephan VanTreese (6-8) each had eight points.
"I'm really tickled to death with them," Keefer said. "They've really been good for us. Usually freshmen come on a little slower than that, but they're carrying their load."
Oden said it's nice to have two more big guys in the mix.
"They're big and they're skilled and that's a good thing," he said.
Wildcats senior point guard Michael Conley was slowed by two fouls early but finished with 10 points and six assists.
Senior guard Brandon McDonald said the Wildcats might even be deeper than last season's squad.
"We have a lot more speed," McDonald said. "Our defense is better, so our goal is to press more and run more. That's going to cause us to use more players off the bench. We're probably going to go real deep, 10 people if possible."
Overall, Keefer is pleased with the team's play after two games.
"They're very unselfish," Keefer said. "We sometimes over-pass. I feel like we give up layups to give Greg dunks sometimes."
Andrew Warren led Brebeuf with 19 points, hitting 7-of-18 shots.
Brebeuf5111617--49Law. North20201517--72
Brebeuf -- Comparato 2-8 0-0 4, Maul 2-8 1-2 6, Pappas 1-11 0-0 2, Warren 7-18 4-5 19, McDaniel 3-11 2-2 8, Adam 3-5 2-2 8, Russell 0-1 0-0 0, Donaldson 1-4 0-0 2. Totals: 19-66 9-12 49.
Lawrence North -- Owen 1-4 0-0 2, McDonald 2-6 2-2 7, Conley 4-10 22-2 10, Windham 2-4 1-2 5, Oden 11-15 0-2 22, Bibbs 0-0 0-0 0, L. Smith 0-1 1-2 1, Jones 0-1 3-4 3, Weigel 0-1 4-4 4, W. Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 0-0 2-2 2, Read 4-5 0-0 8, VanTreese 4-7 0-0 8. Totals: 28-54 15-20 72.
3-point shooting -- Brebeuf Jesuit (Warren 1-4, Maul 1-3, Pappas, 0-1, Russell 0-1, Donaldson 0-2, Comparato 0-5, McDaniel 0-5); Lawrence North (McDonald 1-3, Owen 0-1, Weigel 0-1, Conley 0-5). Rebounds -- Brebeuf 32 (Maul 8, Warren 4, McDaniel 5); Lawrence North 46 (Oden 11, Read 5, Owen 5). Turnovers -- Brebeuf Jesuit 19; Lawrence North 21. Total fouls -- Brebeuf 17; Lawrence North 15. Fouled out -- Comparato. Officials -- Dennis Jacks, Dave Raabe, Mike Bohan.
Call Star reporter Mark Ambrogi at (317) 444-2806.
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