Class 2A

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THE HERALD ■ MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015

SECTIONAL ■ PAGE 17

Class 2A

@ Huntingburg Memorial Gym Forest Park Rangers Record: 14-8 Coach: Jeff Litherland (30-24 in third season) Opponent: vs. Tell City (4-18), 8 p.m. Tuesday Postseason history: 10 sectionals, 5 regionals, 3 semistates, 2 state titles (2005, ’06) Probable starters: G David Lusk (6-0 Jr.); G Ben Englert (6-0 Sr.); G Austin Bromm (5-9 Sr.); G Damon Wilmes (6-2 Sr.); F Ben Wendholt (6-3 Jr.) Team tidbits: The Rangers have won their last eight games entering the sectional, and nine in a row would give them their longest

Perry Central Commodores Record: 9-13 Coach: Matt Carter (10677 in eight seasons, all at Perry Central) Opponent: vs. Evansville Mater Dei (16-6), 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Postseason history: 4 sectionals Probable starters: G Michael Schwartz (5-9 Sr.); G Trey Mullis (5-9 Jr.); G Luke Hubert (5-9 Soph.); G Lane Lynch (6-1 Jr.); F Aaron Pierrard (6-0 Sr.) Team tidbits: After a three-year run with a 57-16 record and a pair of sectional titles, the Commodores have a brand-new starting

North Posey Vikings Record: 14-10 Coach: Heath Howington (31-39 in third season) Opponent: vs. Evansville Mater Dei (16-6) or Perry Central (9-13), 6:30 p.m. Friday Postseason history: 1 sectional Probable starters: G Bryce Martin (6-2 Sr.); G James Marshall (6-2 Sr.); G Austin Graves (5-10 Jr.); F Grant Scheller (6-6 Jr.); F Damon Cardin (6-3 Sr.) Team tidbits: In this year’s hectic Pocket Athletic Conference race, the Vikings finished fourth despite beating two of the

streak since the 2010-11 team started 250. ... The Rangers have lost their sectional opener each of their last two seasons, falling to Mater Dei by 11 points each time. Over the prior 10 seasons, they racked up a 40-8 record in state tournament play. Keep an eye on: Everyone. In their last seven games, the Rangers have had five different leading scorers. Englert (11.2 ppg), Lusk (10.9) and Wilmes (10.8) have swapped the team scoring lead all season, and in six February wins, freshman Trever Zink scored 12 ppg and Wendholt averaged 11.3. Moment to remember: The Rangers announced their late-season revival by knocking off Mater Dei 53-44 in early February after falling behind 12-2 to open the game.

Tell City Marksmen

five this season. Schwartz has emerged as the scoring catalyst and pumped in 22 and 24 points in Perry Central’s final two wins of the season over Northeast Dubois and Heritage Hills. ... The sectional clash with Mater Dei comes early this year after Perry Central edged the Wildcats in the sectional championship each of the last two seasons (67-64 and 56-54). Keep an eye on: Offensive oomph. Against first-round sectional opponent Mater Dei during the regular season, the Commodores managed just 29 points in a 16-point loss. Moment to remember: Behind 35 points from Schwartz and 24 by Mullis, Perry Central nearly hit the century mark in a 99-94 double-OT win over Boonville on Dec. 27.

Ev. Mater Dei Wildcats

three teams that shared the title (Forest Park and South Spencer). ... North Posey’s lone sectional title came in 1966. Keep an eye on: Shooting streaks. North Posey beat Forest Park in January by hitting 24-of-28 shots for the game. Graves shoots 42 percent on 3-pointers, hitting 68 for the season. Last week against Tell City, Marshall nailed six 3s in the second quarter alone. A potential semifinal matchup with Mater Dei could be a shootout against a Wildcat team similarly loaded with shooters. Moment to remember: After losing to largerschool county rival Mount Vernon four times over the past two seasons, North Posey swept this year’s series with wins by eight and seven points.

South Spencer Rebels

Record: 4-18 Coach: Greg Arnold (4-18 in first season) Opponent: vs. Forest Park (14-8), 8 p.m. Tuesday Postseason history: 34 sectionals, 5 regionals, 1 semistate Probable starters: G Hunter Rowe (5-11 Jr.); G Reed Goffinet (6-0 Jr.); F Spenser Beard (6-0 Sr.); F Blake Haller (6-4 Sr); C Zach Ziegelgruber (6-7 Sr.) Team tidbits: After winning at Cannelton to open the season, Tell City is 0-9 away from home since then. ... Arnold, a Tell

Record: 16-6 Coach: Kurt Wildeman (100-84 in eighth season) Opponent: vs. Perry Central (9-13), 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Postseason history: 9 sectionals, 5 regionals, 2 semistates, 1 state title (2004) Probable starters: G Devan Straub (6-1 Jr.); G Josh Price (6-2 Sr.); G Jacob Stauber (6-3 Sr.); F Brandon Heuck (6-4 Jr.); F Ben Sellers (6-4 Sr.) Team tidbits: Stauber, Price and Straub fuse to score nearly 40 ppg and have sank more than 125 3-pointers on the season.

Record: 14-8 Coach: Tyler Phillips (14-8 in first season) Opponent: vs. Forest Park (14-8) or Tell City (4-18), 8 p.m. Tuesday Postseason history: 8 sectionals, 3 regionals Probable starters: G Trevor Lehr (5-10 Sr.); G Kody Lopez (5-10 Sr.); G Kobe Stephens (5-10 Jr.); F Jon Stallings (6-3 Sr.); F Jesse Stallings (6-5 Jr.) Team tidbits: The Stallings brothers have combined to block nearly 60 shots this season, and Jesse scores 15 ppg while Jon

City graduate, is the fourth coach of the program in the last five years. ... Tell City’s 34 sectional titles are two more than the other five sectional teams have won combined, though the Marksmen have won just one sectional crown since 1975 (coming in 1993). Keep an eye on: Tell City guard Gant Miller. The two-year starter has been out recently with a back injury. He’s Tell City’s point guard and third-leading scorer behind Rowe and Beard, who combine to score 21 ppg. Moment to remember: The Marksmen were winners in their final game of 2014, beating Boonville 56-54 in their last game of the PSC Holiday Classic on Miller’s two free throws with 3.7 seconds remaining.

... Half of Mater Dei’s 22 games have been decided by six points or fewer; the Wildcats are 7-4 in those contests. Keep an eye on: Making the next step. Mater Dei’s last sectional title came in 2008, and in five of the last six seasons, the Wildcats have lost in sectional final. That comes after Mater Dei dominated with nine sectional titles from 1999 through 2008. Moment to remember: Two of the Wildcats’ best wins of the season came just last week when they tripped up Central 73-70 and Harrison 63-58. Against Central, Straub piled up 39 points and broke his own school record with nine 3-pointers. Two nights later against Harrison, Price’s 22 points helped give Wildeman his 100th win.

tallies 13.5. Stephens adds another 10 ppg and Adam Roth comes off the bench for 7.5 ppg; Roth has nailed more than 40 3-pointers this season. ... One more victory will give the Rebels their highest win total in 15 years. Keep an eye on: Ending the drought. The Rebels last won a sectional in 1998, and their current upperclassmen have been successful all the way through the grades. They went 5-1 against fellow sectional teams in the regular season, including a two-point road triumph at Mater Dei. Moment to remember: South Spencer charged back from 13 points down in the fourth quarter last Thursday to edge Southridge 50-45 and earn a share of the PAC title for the first time since 1999-2000.