The Recap:  Off to an early lead, Zionsville led the entire game until Carmel finally tied it at 32 with under a minute to go.  Carmel’s only lead was 35-32 after a Will Leary, 6’3″ junior, 3pter with :02.3 returned to the clock for the final possession.  Then this happened…

…6’1″ senior, Ben Weidner with the honors for Zionsville to send it into OT.  Zionsville scored first, then took advantage of a turnover and offensive rebound, both leading to baskets, and they scored the first seven points of OT, winning 46-41.

Five Takeaways:

  1. Both Carmel and Zionsville will spend the early portion of the season finding their way offensively.  Specifically for Carmel, Peter Suder and Brian Waddell combined for one field goal.
  2. The players for Zionsville who had to step up did.  Anthony Scales, 6’4″ senior, scored early for the Eagles, hitting three 3pters in the first 9-10 minutes of action, while Gunnar Vannetta, 6’10” senior, was active around the basket on both ends.  
  3. Weidner is Weidner.  The kid’s motor never stops.  His shot sent it to OT, and his steal in OT gave Zionsville a two possession game.  Logan Imes, 6’2″ freshman point guard for Zionsville is going to be a pretty special player for them through his career.
  4. Carmel was OK when they started shooting the ball.  Jackson Jannsen, 6’0″ senior, and Leary are high level shooters, and both put up double-digits.
  5. Jackson Hughes, 6’5″ senior, transfer from Rensselaer Central, won’t put up number like he did last year and didn’t get much going on the offensive end, but he did some sneaky good things last night.  A bigger skilled body, when Zionsville wants/needs to go “small” with Scales and him, they really won’t be that small.

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