Indiana High School Basketball - Plainfield topples Mooresville
January 19, 2018: Mooresville, IN 46158 In Friday's league outing, the Plainfield Quakers (Plainfield, IN) basketball squad beat the host Mooresville Pioneers (Mooresville, IN), by a margin of 63-49.
The Quakers (8-5) will now prepare for their outing against Monrovia (Monrovia, IN). The Bulldogs go into the non-league outing with a 10-5 record. In their last outing, Monrovia defeated South Putnam (Greencastle, IN), 57-36, in a non-league outing.
The Pioneers now own a 5-7 record. They play next when they travel to Avon for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 20. Mooresville will clash with a Orioles squad coming off a 64-39 league loss to Fishers (Fishers, IN). The Orioles record now stands at 2-11.
First Quarter
Mooresville hit on 5-12 fgs (including 2-4 from behind the arc). Plainfield hit on just 6-18 fgs (including 2-9 from behind the arc). Jordan Hovious led the Pioneer scoring with 6 pts (both 3s) and Jon Eineman added 4 pts. The Quakers were led by Sam Siegried with 10 pts and Gavin Bizeau with 4 pts. Mooresville turned the ball over 3 times and Plainfield had just 1. Plainfield led 14-12 at the end of one quarter of play.
Second Quarter
Mooresville hit on 4-9 fgs (including 2-3 from behind the arc). Plainfield hit on 4-8 fgs (including 1-3 from behind the arc). Jon Eineman led the Pioneer scoring with 5 pts. Gavin Bizeau led the Quakers with 10 pts. Mooresville committed 4 turnovers and Plainfield had 3. Plainfield took a 27-22 lead into halftime.
Third Quarter
Mooresville hit on just 5-13 fgs (including 2-4 from behind the arc). Plainfield hit on 4-11 fgs (including 3-5 from behind the arc). Noah Woodson led the Pioneers with 7 pts. and Brayton Strohmeyer added 4 pts. The Quakers were led by Aidan Booher with 6 pts (both 3s) and Sam Siegfried with 5 pts. Mooresville did not turn the ball over in this period. Plainfield had 3 turnovers. Plainfield held onto a 39-35 lead heading into the final quarter of play.
Fourth Quarter
The final quarter was all Plainfield as Mooresville hit on just 6-15 fgs (including 2-7 from behind the arc) Plainfield hit on 7-8 fgs (including 2-2 from behind the arc and 8-8 from the line). Jon Eineman led the Pioneer scoring with 6 pts. (finishing with a team-high of 15 pts). Gavin Bizeau led the Quakers with 8 pts (for a game-high of 22 pts). Sam Siegfried added 5 pts (for a game total of 20 pts). Aidan Booher added 5 pts also (game total of 11 pts). Both teams turned the ball over 4 times and finished with 11 turnovers each on the game. Plainfield won 63-49 for the conference win on the road.
