Winamac boys basketball roundup: Potthoff, Malchow score 14 each in rout of N. White

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Winamac 64, North White 34 (Tuesday): Justin Potthoff and Will Malchow scored 14 points each, and Jaybin Hines added 10 for the host Warriors in a rout of North White Tuesday.

Potthoff hit three of Winamac’s five 3-pointers.

Winamac led 30-12 at halftime and extended the lead to 50-21 after three quarters.

Winamac snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 12-8. North White lost their fourth straight and fell to 2-16.

Winamac beat North White for the third straight year.

NORTH WHITE (34) (2-16)

Annis 1 4-4 7, Denton 0 5-5 5, Sipkema 1 0-0 2, Applegate 0 0-0 0, Gomez 5 1-1 11, Kneadler 2 0-0 5, Brown 1 2-2 4, Williams 0 0-2 0, Phelps 0 0-0 0, Ayala 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 10 12-14 34

WINAMAC (64) (12-8)

Brendan Hines 3 0-0 6, Justin Potthoff 5 1-2 14, Jaybin Hines 3 4-4 10, Will Malchow 6 1-2 14, Ethan Burgess 2 1-2 5, Sean Stark 1 0-0 2, Parker Zeider 0 2-2 2, Brayden Mathias 1 0-0 3, Evan Burgess 3 0-2 6, Hunter Haschel 0 0-0 0, Alex Hague 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 25 9-14 64

Three-point field goals:

North White 2 (Annis, Kneadler),

Winamac 5 (Potthoff 3, Malchow, Mathias)

Total fouls: North White 14, Winamac 13

Score by quarters

North White 7 5 9 13 – 34

Winamac 13 17 20 14 – 64

Logansport 76, Winamac 58 (Feb. 11):

Will Malchow scored 26 points, and Brendan Hines made three 3-pointers and scored 14 points for Winamac in a loss to visiting Logansport Feb. 11.

Cayden Walker led Logansport with 24 points, Carson Dubes had 13, and Logan Lange had 11.

Logansport led 35-23 at halftime and extended the lead to 57-37 after three quarters.

Winamac has lost the last 15 meetings to the Berries. They have not beaten Logansport since February 2009.

LOGANSPORT (76) (7-12)

D. Kitchell 0 0-0 0, Dubes 5 0-0 13, Walker 9 3-4 24, Lange 3 2-2 11, DelValle 3 3-4 9, Baldwin 3 2-2 8, Strong 1 0-0 3, Clem 3 2-2 8, M. Kitchell 0 0-0 0, Swank 0 0-0 0, Jones 0 0-0 0, Jackson 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 27 12-14 76

WINAMAC (58) (11-8)

Brendan Hines 5 1-1 14, Justin Potthoff 0 0-0 0, Jaybin Hines 2 0-0 4, Will Malchow 12 2-2 26, Ethan Burgess 4 0-0 8, Sean Stark 0 0-0 0, Parker Zeider 1 0-0 2, Alex Hague 0 0-0 0, Brayden Mathias 1 0-0 2, Evan Burgess 1 0-0 2, Hunter Haschel 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 26 3-3 58

Three-point field goals:

Logansport 10 (Dubes 3, Walker 3, Lange 3, Strong),

Winamac 3 (B. Hines 3)

Total fouls: Logansport 10, Winamac 10

Score by quarters

Logansport 21 14 22 19 – 76

Winamac 13 10 14 21 – 58

Winamac 70, Rensselaer 47 (Feb. 6):

Brendan Hines knocked down six 3-pointers and scored 24 points to lead three Warriors in double figures in a road win over Rensselaer Feb. 6.

Parker Zeider added 12 points, and Ethan Burgess had 11.

Winamac won despite attempting only one free throw. They made nine 3-pointers.

The 70 points scored are the most in coach Mike Springer’s two years as coach.

Winamac led 33-27 at halftime but extended the lead to 52-36 after three quarters.

WINAMAC (70) (11-6)

Brendan Hines 9 0-0 24, Jaybin Hines 4 1-1 9, Will Malchow 3 0-0 6, Ethan Burgess 5 0-0 11, Brayden Mathias 1 0-0 2, Sean Stark 0 0-0 0, Parker Zeider 5 0-0 12, Alex Hague 0 0-0 0, Evan Burgess 3 0-0 6

TEAM: 30 1-1 70

RENSSELAER (47) (4-14)

Belden 0 3-4 3, Mathew 7 1-1 17, Westfall 3 0-0 9, Lapsley 1 0-0 2, Clouse 0 0-0 0, Drone 3 0-0 7, Camarena 1 0-0 2, Green 3 0-0 7, Day 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 18 4-5 47

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 9 (B. Hines 6, Zeider 2, Burgess),

Rensselaer 7 (Westfall 3, Mathew 2, Green, Drone)

Total fouls: Winamac 9, Rensselaer 4

Score by quarters

Winamac 15 18 19 18 – 70

Rensselaer 12 15 9 11 – 47

Winamac 58, West Central 53 (Jan. 31):

Will Malchow led four Winamac players in double figures with 17 points as the Warriors knocked off visiting county rival West Central Jan. 31.

Jaybin Hines added 13, Brendan Hines had 12, and Ethan Burgess had 11.

Christian Hughes had 18, Bryce Nannenga had 13, and Brendan Grindstaff had 10 for the Trojans.

Winamac led 27-18 at halftime and extended the lead to 42-26 after three quarters.

Winamac has won 17 straight meetings against West Central.

WEST CENTRAL (53) (9-5)

Miller 1 0-0 3, Grindstaff 4 0-0 10, Bishop 3 0-0 9, Nannenga 4 5-6 13, C. Hughes 8 2-4 18, St. Clair 0 0-0 0, Leman 0 0-0 0, L. Hughes 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 20 7-10 53

WINAMAC (58) (10-6)

Brendan Hines 3 5-9 12, Jaybin Hines 6 1-4 13, Will Malchow 7 3-4 17, Parker Zeider 1 0-0 2, Ethan Burgess 5 0-0 11, Alex Hague 0 1-2 1, Brayden Mathias 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 23 10-19 58

Three-point field goals:

West Central 6 (Bishop 3, Grindstaff 2, Miller),

Winamac 2 (B. Hines, Burgess)

Total fouls: West Central 20, Winamac 15

Technical foul: Nannenga (WC)

Fouled out: Nannenga (WC)

Score by quarters

West Central 6 12 8 27 – 53

Winamac 18 9 15 16 – 58

Delphi 50, Winamac 48 (Jan. 25):

Brendan Hines hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 20 points for Winamac in a home loss to Delphi Jan. 25. Ethan Burgess added 14, and Will Malchow had nine.

Winamac made just five of 11 free throws.

Kaydn McAtee led Delphi with 17 points.

Winamac led 26-22 at halftime. Delphi got within 41-38 after three quarters.

Delphi also beat Winamac 51-45 at Delphi in the Indiana Kitchen Classic third-place game Jan. 4.

DELPHI (50) (9-6)

Hartley 1 2-2 4, Jones 4 2-2 11, Tessier 1 2-2 4, Watts 1 1-1 3, Gleason 1 0-0 2, McAtee 7 0-0 17, Smith 0 0-0 0, Coghill 1 0-0 3, Brown 2 0-1 4, Pulver 1 0-2 2

TEAM: 19 7-10 50

WINAMAC (48) (9-6)

Brendan Hines 8 0-0 20, Justin Potthoff 0 0-0 0, Jaybin Hines 0 0-4 0, Will Malchow 3 3-4 9, Ethan Burgess 6 2-3 14, Parker Zeider 0 0-0 0, Alex Hague 0 0-0 0, Brayden Mathias 2 0-0 5

TEAM: 19 5-11 48

Three-point field goals:

Delphi 5 (McAtee 3, Jones, Coghill),

Winamac 5 (B. Hines 4, Mathias)

Total fouls: Delphi 15, Winamac 14

Fouled out: Pulver (DEL)

Score by quarters

Delphi 14 8 16 12 – 50

Winamac 14 12 15 7 – 48

Winamac 55, Caston 42 (Jan. 24):

Jaybin Hines scored a game-high 22 points to lead Winamac to a Hoosier North road win over Caston Jan. 24.

Winamac trailed 21-15 at halftime and 38-34 after three quarters before outsourcing the Comets 21-4 in the fourth quarter.

Justin Potthoff added nine points, Ethan Burgess had eight, and Will Malchow and Brendan Hines had seven each.

Winamac made more free throws (10) than Caston attempted (9).

Logan Mollenkopf had 20, and Reed Sommers had 11 for Caston.

Winamac beat Caston for the third straight year.

WINAMAC (55) (9-5, 6-1)

Brendan Hines 2 2-2 7, Justin Potthoff 3 3-6 9, Jaybin Hines 8 4-4 22, Will Malchow 3 1-2 7, Ethan Burgess 4 0-0 8, Alex Hague 0 0-0 0, Brayden Mathias 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 21 10-14 55

CASTON (42) (5-7, 1-1)

Drew McGrew 0 0-0 0, Reed Sommers 4 0-0 11, Logan Mollenkopf 8 4-6 20, Gavin Mollenkopf 2 2-3 6, Lane Hook 1 0-0 2, Jan Aguilar-Mendez 0 0-0 0, Carson Harness 1 0-0 3

TEAM: 16 6-9 42

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 3 (J. Hines 2, B. Hines),

Caston 4 (R. Sommers 3, Harness)

Total fouls: Winamac 9, Caston 11

Fouled out: G. Mollenkopf (CAS)

Technical foul: G. Mollenkopf (CAS)

Score by quarters

Winamac 10 5 19 21 – 55

Caston 11 10 17 4 – 42

Triton 61, Winamac 38 (Dec. 20):

Justin Potthoff scored 12 points, but Winamac suffered their first Hoosier North loss to host Triton Dec. 20. Brendan Hines contributed eight points, six rebounds and two assists.

Gage Riffle hit five 3-pointers and led Triton with 22 points. Julian Swanson added 10.

Triton led 19-15 at halftime but built the lead to 40-21 after three quarters.

WINAMAC (38) (4-3, 2-1)

Brendan Hines 3 1-3 8, Justin Potthoff 4 2-2 12, Jaybin Hines 2 1-2 6, Will Malchow 2 1-1 5, Ethan Burgess 1 0-0 2, Parker Zeider 2 0-0 5, Alex Hague 0 0-0 0, Brayden Mathias 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 14 5-8 38

TRITON (61) (6-1, 3-0)

Patrick 3 0-0 6, Workman 1 1-2 4, Swanson 2 4-4 10, Riffle 6 5-5 22, Witt-Hoyo 4 1-1 9, Overmyer 1 1-4 3, Large 2 1-2 5, Reichert 0 0-0 0, McFarland 0 0-0 0, Quintana 0 0-0 0, Vaca 0 2-2 2

TEAM: 19 15-20 61

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 5 (Potthoff 2, J. Hines, B. Hines, Zeider),

Triton 8 (Riffle 5, Swanson 2, Workman)

Total fouls: Winamac 19, Triton 15

Turnovers: Winamac 18, Triton 9

Score by quarters

Winamac 3 12 6 17 – 38

Triton 9 10 21 21 – 61

Winamac 54, Culver 26 (Dec. 17):

Will Malchow scored 13 points to lead three players in double figures for the host Warriors in a Hoosier North win over Culver Dec. 17.

Jaybin Hines added 12, including 10 in the first half as Winamac built a 28-11 lead. Brendan Hines made two 3-pointers and scored 10.

Malchow outscored the entire Culver team 7-5 in the first quarter.

Caleb McCuen led Culver with 11 points.

CULVER (26) (1-4, 0-1)

Braylon Jackson 0 0-0 0, Adam Peterson 0 0-0 0, Jonas McCuen 3 1-4 7, Caleb McCuen 4 1-2 11, Logan Caudill 2 1-2 5, John Carr 1 0-0 3, Jordan Green 0 0-0 0, Eli Woodward 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 10 3-8 26

WINAMAC (54) (4-2, 2-0)

Brendan Hines 4 0-0 10, Justin Potthoff 2 0-0 5, Jaybin Hines 4 3-4 12, Will Malchow 5 3-7 13, Ethan Burgess 0 0-0 0, Sean Stark 2 0-0 4, Parker Zeider 0 0-0 0, Alex Hague 2 0-0 5, Brayden Mathias 1 0-0 3, Evan Burgess 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 21 6-11 54

Three-point field goals:

Culver 3 (C. McCuen 2, Carr),

Winamac 6 (B. Hines 2, J. Hines, Potthoff, Hague, Mathias)

Total fouls: Culver 9, Winamac 10

Score by quarters

Culver 5 6 6 9 – 26

Winamac 13 15 15 11 – 54

Winamac 61, Argos 34 (Dec. 13):

Brendan Hines scored 11 of his game-high 16 points in the first quarter, and Will Malchow added 14 for Winamac in a Hoosier North home win over Argos Dec. 13.

Parker Zeider added eight off the bench, all in the second half. Ethan Burgess and Justin Potthoff had six each.

Zhayne Hellums led Argos with 12 points on four 3-pointers. Argos senior Luke Stults did not play due to illness.

Winamac led 34-12 at halftime and extended the lead to 46-17 after three quarters.

ARGOS (34) (0-4, 0-1)

Kenyan Beldon 1 1-2 3, Mekhi Austin 0 6-8 6, Zhayne Hellums 4 0-0 12, Mack Calhoun 2 1-4 5, Preston Mollette 1 0-0 3, Obe Salary 2 1-1 5, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0, Angelo McMillen 0 0-0 0, Gabe Ockerman 0 0-0 0, Kyle Penn 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 10 9-15 34

WINAMAC (61) (3-2, 1-0)

Brendan Hines 5 5-7 16, Justin Potthoff 2 2-2 6, Jaybin Hines 2 0-0 4, Will Malchow 5 4-5 14, Ethan Burgess 3 0-2 6, Sean Stark 0 0-0 0, Parker Zeider 3 0-0 8, Alex Hague 1 0-0 2, Brayden Mathias 1 2-2 5, Evan Burgess 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 22 13-18 61

Three-point field goals:

Argos 5 (Hellums 4, Mollette),

Winamac 4 (Zeider 2, Mathias, B. Hines)

Total fouls: Argos 17, Winamac 14

Technical foul: Potthoff (WIN)

Score by quarters

Argos 8 4 5 17 – 34

Winamac 19 15 12 15 – 61

Winamac 56, Knox 35 (Dec. 10):

Will Malchow scored a game-high 22 points, and the Winamac defense held sectional rival Knox to one point in the second quarter en route to a road win Dec. 10.

Justin Potthoff added 12 points, and Ethan Burgess had 10 for the Warriors.

Dirk Huff led Knox with 10 points in the loss.

Winamac led 25-9 at halftime. Knox cut the margin to 39-25 after three quarters.

Winamac ended a five-year losing streak against Knox.

WINAMAC (56) (2-2)

Brendan Hines 2 0-0 5, Justin Potthoff 5 2-3 12, Jaybin Hines 1 0-0 3, Will Mlachow 10 2-2 22, Ethan Burgess 5 0-0 10, Sean Stark 0 1-4 1, Parker Zeider 0 0-0 0, Alex Hague 0 0-0 0, Brayden Mathias 1 0-0 2, Evanb Burgess 0 1-2 1

TEAM: 24 6-11 56

KNOX (35) (0-2)

Boyd 2 0-0 5, Huff 4 0-2 10, Jordan 1 0-0 3, Downs 0 0-0 0, Venice 1 0-0 3, Leonhardt 0 6-8 6, Weber 2 2-2 6, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Carbine 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 11 8-12 35

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 2 (B. Hines, J. Hines),

Knox 5 (Huff 2, Boyd, Jordan, Venice)

Total fouls: Winamac 11, Knox 14

Fouled out: Weber (KNOX)

Score by quarters

Winamac 16 9 14 17 – 56

Knox 8 1 16 10 – 35

Winamac 61, North Newton 27 (Nov. 30):

Justin Potthoff scored 17 points, Will Malchow had 16, and Jaybin Hines added 12 for the visiting Warriors (1-1) in a win over North Newton Nov. 30.

Brendan Hines hit two of Winamac’s six 3-pointers and added eight points.

Already leading 30-16 at halftime, Winamac extended their lead to 55-24 after three quarters.

WINAMAC (61) (1-1)

Brendan Hines 3 0-0 8, Justin Potthoff 5 5-7 17, Jaybin Hines 6 0-0 12, Will Malchow 6 2-2 16, Ethan Burgess 1 1-1 3, Sean Stark 1 0-0 2, Alex Hague 0 0-0 0, Brayden Mathias 0 1-4 1, Evan Burgess 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 23 9-14 61

NORTH NEWTON (27) (0-2)

Kutsch 1 0-0 2, LaCosse 0 0-0 0, Stalewski 2 0-3 4, Alexander 2 0-0 4, Levy 0 2-2 2, Haberlin 0 0-0 0, Boezema 0 0-0 0, Castleberry 2 1-2 7, DeYoung 0 2-2 2, Mark 1 0-0 2, Bartrom 2 0-0 4

TEAM: 10 5-9 27

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 6 (Malchow 2, B. Hines 2, Potthoff 2),

North Newton 2 (Castleberry 2)

Total fouls: Winamac 11, North Newton 11

Turnovers: Winamac 6, North Newton 22

Score by quarters

Winamac 17 13 25 6 – 61

North Newton 8 8 8 3 – 27

Twin Lakes 60, Winamac 45 (Nov. 26):

Will Malchow and Brendan Hines had 13 points each, and Justin Potthoff added 10, but the Warriors lost their season opener to host Twin Lakes Nov. 26.

Bryce Wilhite dropped in five 3-pointers and scored 23 points, and Jack Kauffman added 11 for Twin Lakes.

Twin Lakes outscored Winamac 18-4 in the second quarter to build a 30-18 halftime lead.

Winamac has lost six of their last seven meetings with the Indians.

Twin Lakes made more free throws (13) than Winamac attempted (11).

WINAMAC (45) (0-1)

Brendan Hines 4 3-3 13, Justin Potthoff 4 1-2 10, Jaybin Hines 1 1-2 3, Will Malchow 6 1-2 13, Ethan Burgess 2 2-2 6, Sean Stark 0 0-0 0, Parker Zeider 0 0-0 0, Alex Hague 0 0-0 0, Brayden Mathias 0 0-0 0, Evan Burgess 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 17 8-11 45

TWIN LAKES (60) (1-0)

Wilhite 6 6-6 23, Dellinger 2 3-4 7, Need 3 0-0 6, Kyser 1 0-2 2, Miller 2 0-0 4, Amaya 1 2-3 4, Kauffman 4 1-2 11, Robertson 0 0-0 0, Goyer 1 1-2 3, Holle 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 20 13-19 60

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 3 (B. Hines 2, Potthoff),

Twin Lakes 7 (Wilhite 5, Kauffman 2)

Total fouls: Winamac 17, Twin Lakes 13

Fouled out: J. Hines (WIN)

Score by quarters

Winamac 14 4 15 12 – 45

Twin Lakes 12 18 17 13 – 60