Sunday, January 15, 2017

BOYS’ HOOPS: Highlanders rally to prevail at Jeff 55-49

By KEVIN HARRIS
JEFFERSONVILLE – On Friday night at Johnson Arena, Jeffersonville suffered its second home loss in its series with archrival Floyd Central since 1989 as the Highlanders won 55-49.
The Red Devils (8-5, 2-2 Hoosier Hills Conference) gained control of the game early, pulling out to a 13-2 lead around the 4-minute mark of the first quarter.
But after that, Jeff’s offense went on a major dry spell. The Highlanders (8-3, 1-1) outscored the Devils 38-19 to lead 40-32 at the end of the third quarter. Floyd won the middle two quarters 28-15. Jeff outscored the Highlanders 17-15 in the fourth.
Two Red Devil juniors scored in double figures. Six-foot-three guard Bailey Falkenstein wound up with a game-high 18 points, and 6-6 forward Gerrin Moore scored 12.
Sophomore forward Cobie Barnes paced the Highlanders with 13 points and eight rebounds. Teammate Luke Gohmann registered 11 points and six boards and Floyd senior Tyler Kimm ended up with nine points.

FLOYD CENTRAL 55, JEFFERSONVILLE 49
Floyd Central            12 12 16 15-55
Jeff                             17   6   9 17-49
Floyd Central (8-3, 1-1 Hoosier Hills Conference): Cobie Barnes 13, Luke Gohmann 11, Tyler Kimm 9, Evan Nichols 6, Matt Weimer 6, Trevor Apple 4, Brendan Hobson 4, Gabe Shireman 2.
Jeff (8-5, 2-2): Bailey Falkenstein 18, Gerrin Moore 12, Jacob Jones 5, Joe LaGrange 5, Mike Minton 5, Tre Coleman 2, Gabe Gallahar 2.

3-point field goals: Floyd Central 3 (Barnes 2, Gohmann 1); Jeff 3 (Falkenstein 1, LaGrange 1, Minton 1).

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