The Recap:  Carmel’s offense opened up more, as young players are gaining confidence, and shots were falling.  It was an early 10-4 lead for Carmel, and it stayed in that range through the first half.  The second half was unkind to Reitz as Carmel pulled away and never let up, winning 63-37. 

Four Takes:

  • Khristian Lander, 6’2” junior point guard, had a rough game, as Carmel sophomore guard Josh Whack hounded him the whole game.  Like his older brother, Whack will draw every team’s best non-post player—maybe even post players.
  • The main knock on Carmel’s Pete Suder coming into the season was his jump shot.  Hitting three 3pters in this game, that made five total for the weekend,  the 6’3” sophomore is transitioning from the high motor freshman starter on a state title team to a guard who will do a lot of everything the next three seasons. 
  • Carmel has weapons.  With more experience, they become that much harder to guard in Carmel’s Motion.  
  • Owen Dease, 6’6” junior forward for Reitz, is talented, but not having seen him during a school season it was hard to tell how he gets his offense.  He struggled getting open and wasn’t able to get much off the top of the key.  

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