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NAPPANEE - NorthWood's varsity boys basketball team advanced to Saturday's championship game of the NorthWood 3A Sectional against 17-4 Northridge at 7:30 p.m.
The Panthers advanced to tonight's game by topping Angola 64-50. Northridge advanced by defeating West Noble 65-46.
The win improves NorthWood's overall season record to 16-6. The Hornets finish their season at 11-10.
The Panthers were led in the scoring column by seniors Charlie Roeder and Brock Doty, who scored 19 points each. Senior Ian Reed chipped in with 13 points. Roeder led the team in rebounding with seven. Juniors Rory Clouse and Willy Will rounded out the NorthWood scoring attack with seven and six points, respectively.
The Hornets were led in the scoring column by Dan Grill and Chase Verba, who tallied 13 points each.
The two teams were knotted at 40 at the end of three quarters before NorthWood outscored Angola 24-10 in the final frame, accounting for the 14-point win.
NORTHWOOD 64, ANGOLA 50
Angola (11-9) 10 19 11 10 - 50
NorthWood (16-6) 19 10 11 24 - 64
Angola - Martin 3-10 4-5 10, Grill 4-8 2-2 13, Hack 0-1 0-0 0, Dygert 2-4 0-0 5, Crooks 3-4 0-0 6, Verba 6-9 1-1 13, Gessaman 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 19-40 7-8 50.
NorthWood - Will 3-6 0-2 6, Reed 5-9 3-4 13, Doty 5-12 5-5 19, Bradley 0-0 0-0 0, Roeder 8-12 3-4 19, Clouse 2-5 2-2 7, Blosser 0-0 0-0 0, Shepard 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-44 13-17 64.
Three-point goals - Angola 5 (Grill 3, Dygert 1, Gessaman 1), NorthWood 5 (Doty 4, Clouse 1). Rebounds - Angola 20 (Verba 5), NorthWood 20 (Roeder 7, Will 6). Turnovers - Angola 18, NorthWood 14. Fouls - Angola 19, NorthWood 16. Fouled out - none.
