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Slicers Fall 70-55 to #3 Ranked Fishers

(Fishers, IN) - Slicer coach Jordan Heckard wanted his players to see how they matched up with one of the top teams in Indiana when he scheduled Friday’s game at Fishers.  The answer turned out to be very well.   The Slicers hung with the uber talented Fishers team and actually led by three points late in the 3rd quarter.  La Porte ran out of gas in the final period falling 70-55.

 

Fisher’s starting lineup went 6’10, 6’7, 6’6, 6’5 and 6’2. They are led by 6’7 sophomore point guard Jalen Harrelson who is ranked in the top ten nationally in his class.  All of the top college programs in the country are recruiting him.  IU coach Mike Woodson was in attendance.

 

The tone was set for La Porte’s gutsy performance just seconds in the game.  Fishers controlled the opening tip.  Harrelson brought the ball across the time line, Kyle Kirkham poked it away from him, chased it into the back court, dove on the ball, somehow got it to Rylin Kieszkowski who made the layup and was fouled.  The first quarter was a back and forth affair and ended in an 18-18 tie. Kieszkowski scored 9 and Kirkham 7 in the opening stanza. 

 

Nic Spence came off the bench to hit a pair of three pointers in the 2nd quarter.  La Porte outscored the Tigers 14-13 in the 2nd to lead 33-32 at the half.

 

In the 3rd the Slicers led by as many 6 points. La Porte led 46-43 in the final minute of the quarter when Fishers came to life.  Fishers scored the final 4 points of the quarter, including a corner 3 by Marion transfer Tanden Metzger at the buzzer, putting the Tigers ahead 47-46 after the 3rd quarter.   

 

Fishers then scored the first 9 points of the 4th quarter to take a ten point lead. The Tigers hit 9-10 free throws in the 4th and Harrelson scored 14 of his game high 31 points to ice the game.

 

La Porte was led in scoring by Kirkham with 16, Kieszkowski with 14, and point guard Malik Corley with 9. The Slicers handled Fishers pressure throughout the game committing only 10 turnovers after having 20 in their opening game win over South Bend Riley.  Ja’Meryion Cross, along with Corley and Kirkham, were the primary ball handers. Tommy Samuelson score 5 points and was great on the boards the entire game.  Brennan Balka had a basket and 6’6’ senior Dominic Thomson had 3 points in the game.

 

In the Junior Varsity game, Sawyer Tonagel hit a 3 pointer to open the game. Fishers then scored the next 16 points and never looked back. The final was Fishers 51 and LaPorte 25.  Eli Taylor had 10 points for the Slicers. Tonagel, Javelle Broome and Jose Duarte had 5 each.

 

La Porte will stay on the road, travelling to Plymouth on Friday and New Prairie on Saturday.  Both games will be broadcast on the radio home for the La Porte Slicers, 96.7 The Eagle.

 

Photos provided by Susan Anglin

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