Hines scores 20, seals win over NM with 4th quarter FTs

Potthoff adds 17 as Winamac improved to 3-1 in Hoosier North

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Winamac 56, North Miami 52 (Friday): Brendan Hines made nine of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter and scored 20 points, and Justin Potthoff added 17 as Winamac earned a Hoosier North home win Friday.

Jaybin Hines added eight points and Will Malchow had six for Winamac, who improved to 6-5 overall and 3-1 in the Hoosier North.

Jake Riley led North Miami with 20 points. Lake Musall added 12, and Kale Deardorff had 10, all in the fourth quarter.

North Miami (4-6, 2-2) hit five 3-pointers and scored 28 points in the fourth quarter but could not overcome a 13-point deficit heading into the fourth.

Winamac led 19-11 at halftime and extended the lead to 37-24 after three quarters.

This was the teams’ first meeting since Winamac’s 55-50 win in last year’s sectional quarterfinals.

NORTH MIAMI (52) (4-6, 2-2)

Deardorff 3 1-2 10, Riley 8 4-4 20, Lake Musall 3 4-4 12, Wright 3 0-1 8, Meredith 0 0-2 0, Clingaman 0 0-0 0, Pickett 0 0-0 0, Norman 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 18 9-11 52

WINAMAC (56) (6-5, 3-1)

Brendan Hines 5 9-10 20, Justin Potthoff 7 1-3 17, Jaybin Hines 3 2-2 8, Will Malchow 3 0-2 6, Ethan Burgess 1 1-2 3, Parker Zeider 1 0-0 2, Alex Hague 0 0-0 0, Brayden Mathias 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 20 13-19 56

Three-point field goals:

North Miami 7 (Deardorff 3, Musall 2, Wright 2),

Winamac 3 (Potthoff 2, B. Hines)

Total fouls: North Miami 20, Winamac 9

Fouled out: Meredith (NM)

Score by quarters

North Miami 3 8 13 28 – 52

Winamac 7 12 18 19 – 56