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BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Boys basketball
Bremen 52, Winamac 43 (Friday): Will Malchow tallied 18 points, and Justin Potthoff hit both Winamac 3-pointers and added 17 for the Warriors in a loss to Bremen in a Class 2A, Sectional 34 semifinal at Jimtown Friday.
Ethan Burgess added four, and Jaybin Hines and Brayden Mathias had two each.
The loss snapped a four-game winning streak. Winamac finished 15-9.
Chase Devine scored a game-high 22 for Bremen, who improved to 13-10.
Tyrus Graverson scored all eight of his points in the second half, and Riley Tener had six of his eight in the second half.
Winamac led 19-18 at halftime before Bremen took a 32-30 lead after three quarters.
Bremen hit 8 of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter and 17 for 24 for the game. Winamac was 5 for 7.
Winamac has not won a sectional since 2015.
Bremen will play Jimtown, a 68-27 winner over Knox in the other semifinal, at 7:30 p.m. today in the sectional final.
This was the first meeting between Bremen and Winamac since the 1999 sectional semifinals, which Bremen won 62-61.
BREMEN (52) (13-10)
Hunziker 0 1-2 1, Devine 5 9-10 22, Graverson 2 3-4 8, Laidig 3 0-0 6, Tener 3 2-4 8, Wildauer 0 0-0 0, Hickman 1 2-4 4, Mitole 1 0-0 3, Miller 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 15 17-24 52
WINAMAC (43) (15-9)
Brendan Hines 0 0-0 0, Justin Potthoff 7 1-2 17, Jaybin Hines 1 0-0 2, Will Malchow 7 4-5 18, Ethan Burgess 2 0-0 4, Brayden Mathias 1 0-0 2
TEAM: 18 5-7 43
Three-point field goals:
Bremen 5 (Devine 3, Mitole, Graverson),
Winamac 2 (Potthoff 2)
Total fouls: Bremen 12, Winamac 20
Score by quarters
Bremen 9 9 14 20 – 52
Winamac 11 8 11 13 – 43
Winamac 54, DeMotte Christian 28 (Feb. 27): Justin Potthoff hit three 3-pointers and scored 17 points, and Ethan Burgess added 10 for the visiting Warriors in a win over DeMotte Christian in their regular season finale Feb. 27.
Jaybin Hines scored six of his seven points in the first quarter as Winamac raced out to a 17-7 lead. They increased the lead to 33-11 at halftime.
Potthoff outscored the entire DeMotte Christian team 9-3 in the third quarter as the lead reached 31.
Winamac closed the regular season on a three-game winning streak.
WINAMAC (54) (14-8)
Brendan Hines 2 0-0 5, Justin Potthoff 7 0-0 17, Jaybin Hines 3 1-3 7, Will Malchow 1 0-0 2, Ethan Burgess 4 0-0 10, Sean Stark 0 0-0 0, Parker Zeider 3 0-2 6, Alex Hague 0 2-2 2, Brayden Mathias 0 0-0 0, Evan Burgess 2 1-4 5, Hunter Haschel 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 22 4-11 54
DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN (28) (9-14)
Peterson 0 0-0 0, Eisses 0 0-0 0, Zylstra 0 2-2 2, Rottier 1 0-0 2, G. Bos 0 0-0 0, Bakker 6 0-0 15, T. Terpstra 2 1-1 5, S. Terpstra 0 0-0 0, Bayci 0 0-0 0, Bultema 2 0-0 4
TEAM: 11 3-3 28
Three-point field goals:
Winamac 6 (Potthoff 3, Ethan Burgess 2, B. Hines),
DeMotte Christian 3 (Bakker 3)
Total fouls: Winamac 6, DeMotte Christian 11
Score by quarters
Winamac 17 16 12 9 – 54
DeMotte Christian 7 4 3 14 – 28
Winamac 32, Pioneer 22 (Feb. 21): Will Malchow and Brendan Hines tied for game-high scoring honors with nine points each, and Justin Potthoff and Ethan Burgess had six each for the Warriors in a Hoosier North home win over Pioneer Feb. 21.
Jaybin Hines added two.
Already leading 21-16, Malchow outscored the entire Pioneer team 7-6 in the fourth quarter.
Brendan Hines scored five points in the first quarter as Winamac jumped out to a 13-6 lead after one quarter.
Winamac coach Mike Springer is 2-0 against Pioneer. Winamac had lost its four previous meetings against Pioneer prior to Springer’s hiring.
Winamac finished Hoosier North play 7-1 and secured sole possession of second place. Triton won the conference with an 8-0 record.
Aidan Quillen hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and led Pioneer with eight.
PIONEER (22) (12-9, 5-3)
Aidan Quillen 3 0-0 8, Micah Rans 2 0-2 5, Noah Miller 0 0-0 0, Shiloh Rine 1 0-0 2, Lucas Perry 2 0-1 4, Ryan Looker 0 0-0 0, Mason Shaver 0 0-0 0, Brodie Howard 1 0-0 3, Lukas Collins 0 0-0 0, Phillip McFatridge 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 9 0-3 22
WINAMAC (32) (13-8, 7-1)
Brendan Hines 2 4-7 9, Justin Potthoff 3 0-0 6, Jaybin Hines 1 0-0 2, Will Malchow 4 1-2 9, Ethan Burgess 3 0-0 6, Parker Zeider 0 0-0 0, Alex Hague 0 0-0 0, Brayden Mathias 0 0-0 0, Evan Burgess 0 0-2 0
TEAM: 13 5-11 32
Three-point field goals:
Pioneer 4 (Quillen 2, Rans, Howard),
Winamac 1 (B. Hines)
Total fouls: Pioneer 17, Winamac 8
Fouled out: Rine (PIO)
Score by quarters
Pioneer 6 5 5 6 – 22
Winamac 13 4 4 11 – 32
Westville 50, Winamac 36 (Feb. 8): Will Malchow scored 15 points to lead Winamac in a home loss to Westville Feb. 8. Justin Potthoff added six, all in the fourth quarter.
Parker Zeider and Brendan Hines had five each.
Westville hit four 3-pointers in the third quarter in stretching a three-point halftime lead to 35-24 after three quarters.
Brian Jackson hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 21 points.
Westville made 11 of 14 free throws while Winamac was 5 for 14.
WESTVILLE (50) (10-8)
Walpole 3 0-0 7, Jackson 7 3-4 21, L. Sonaty 3 4-6 11, T. Massengill 2 2-2 7, Markos 0 0-0 0, Oberle 0 0-0 0, Huske 1 0-0 2, Hansen 0 2-2 2, O. Sonaty 0 0-0 0, A. Massengill 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 16 11-14 50
WINAMAC (36) (11-7)
Brendan Hines 1 2-4 5, Justin Potthoff 2 1-2 6, Jaybin Hines 1 0-0 2, Will Malchow 7 1-6 15, Ethan Burgess 0 0-0 0, Sean Stark 1 1-2 3, Parker Zeider 2 0-0 5, Alex Hague 0 0-0 0, Brayden Mathias 0 0-0 0, Evan Burgess 0 0-0 0, Hunter Haschel 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 14 5-14 36
Three-point field goals:
Westville 7 (Jackson 4, Walpole, L. Sonaty, T. Massengill),
Winamac 3 (B. Hines, Potthoff, Zeider)
Total fouls: Westville 17, Winamac 17
Fouled out: Walpole (WV)
Score by quarters
Westville 12 9 14 15 – 50
Winamac 9 9 6 12 – 36
