(Union Mills, IN) - The South Central High School girls’ basketball team fell short in their bid for the Class 2A regional championship. The Lady Satellites were defeated by Central Noble 64-52 at Winamac on Saturday.
Central Noble (25-2) was ranked in the top 5 in Class 2A while South Central (23-4) was unranked, but the Lady Satellites stayed within striking distance pretty much the entire game.
Head Coach Ben Anderson said his squad trailing by 11 points at halftime was down five points in the fourth quarter but missed some opportunities to pull even closer.
“It was a pretty competitive game throughout. We just couldn’t quite get over that hump,” he said.
Anderson said he felt the biggest factor in the game was his team’s poor three point shooting. The team hit a couple of three point shots in the fourth quarter but nailed just one shot out of of more than a dozen attempts from beyond the three point line during the first half.
“That’s pretty uncharacteristic of us,” he said.
South Central has brought home three sectional titles in the last four years.
The team is losing three senior starters, but Anderson said there will be enough talented players left from this year's squad and coming up from the ranks to definitely have a chance at another sectional title next season.
