Prep Report: Jones leads Golden Bears to road win at Whiteland

Shelbyville built a 10-8 lead after one quarter Wednesday at Whiteland then slowly pulled away for a 43-30 victory.

Maddy Jones led the Golden Bears with 15 points. Jayla Ash finished with nine and Hannah Baker had eight.

Whiteland lost its fifth straight to fall to 5-14.

The Golden Bears improved to 11-9 and travel to Delta (13-4) Saturday for a Hoosier Heritage Conference contest.

Shelbyville won the junior varsity game Wednesday, 35-14.

In other girls basketball games Wednesday:

Triton Central 73, Greenwood 37

At Triton Central, Maryrose Felling hit six three-pointers in the first half to help the Tigers build a 44-17 lead and cruise to its second win over Greenwood this season.

Felling finished with a game-high 31 points. The junior’s flurry of 3s pushed her past Audra Blackford’s program record for made 3s in a season (62).

Quinn King and Kate Collier each had 10 points to improve the Tigers to 12-7.

Emma Gardner topped Greenwood (3-16) with 14 points.

Triton Central won the junior varsity game, 45-22. Eliana Joy led the Tigers with 12 points. Rylee Pruitt finished with 11.

On Friday, Triton Central hosts Indianapolis Roncalli (12-8) for its 17^th Annual “Pink Out” game.

Southwestern 39, Union (Modoc) 37

At Southwestern, Tanna Tatlock scored 17 points and six more Spartans got into the scoring column to help the Spartans snap a 13-game losing streak.

Maci Murray finished with seven points and Maddie Barlow contributed five to improve Southwestern to 3-16.

Glory Ellis led the Rockets (4-12) with 20 points.

The Spartans host Edinburgh (8-12) Friday for a Mid-Hoosier Conference contest.

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