Dragons receive the 21st win, Gizzi Updates Record Book, in overtime victory at Warren – The Daily Reporter

Indianapolis-New Palestine has achieved the last four prescription points in the last 40 seconds to force the extension and enforced Warren Central in the additional phase with 15: 8 to win the last game of the regular season on Thursday, 67: 60 of the boys basketball team, at which Warren Central High School.

Julius Gizzi scored 30 points, including 16 out of 22 free throws, the dragons for their 21st win of the season. Warren Central fell to 13-8.

New Palestine (21-3) met 13 out of 16 on the charity strip in overtime. Gizzi went 7: 8. Senior Guard Moses Haynes, who ended with 11 points, scored in OT 4: 6 on the line.

The physicality of the game had to see so late in the season, ”said New Palestine coach Trent Whitaker. “And it is good to go (to the section) in a win. We didn't want to drop the last two into a section. “

The Dragons lost their last game, 71-59, against Mt. Vernon last Friday.

The game on Thursday had eleven lead changes and nine ties.

The final lead change came in the first 15 seconds of overtime.

With the 6: 6-220 pound Senior-Senior-Senior-Senior-Senior-Senior-Senior-Senior-Senior-Senior-Senior-Senior-Senior-Kentral, Jevon Guess, the dragons have achieved a piece for their own post-man to start the additional session. Ben Slagley, a 6-4 senior, achieved a 54-52 lead inside without much resistance.

“(Advise you from the fouling) gave us the opportunity to give Ben a touch,” said Whitaker. “Nobody will be able to stop Ben there. As soon as we have seen, if we got this (overtime) tip, we will do our small box set and get a mail touch, and Ben did a good job and got the bucket. “

After the dragons restored the lead, they had a parade of the free -wire line for the rest of the night. Thirteen out of 15 overtime points came in the charity organization strip.

Gizzzi preferred the fifth foul with 40 seconds, he met both free throws to cut it to 52-50, and after Rayhaun Smith from Warren Central missed a couple on the line, Gizzi scored with only 1o seconds to connect the game.

“(Probably) a beast. I thought they would call me for a catch, ”said Gizzi. “It was on the block below and they called a block (instead of an offensive foul). I was very happy with that. It was the main goal to get him out of the game there.

“(To start overtime) We drew it, went perfectly and got a bucket, that's what (ben) does.”

The 30-point performance gives Gizzi 1,682 points for his career. He passed his sister Isabella Gizzi, now a second guard in Saint Francis, as a leader of the school as a leader of the school. Isabella, a 2023 graduate, had 1,676 points. On February 14th Julius became the all -time leader of the boys' program by pasting older brother Maximus Gizzi, a senior guard at Huntington University. Maximus, a 2020 graduate, scored 1,612 points.

“She just said,” You're doing better! “” It means a lot. We did a lot of things in the off -season. It has been really cool to beat both plates. It is definitely a surreal moment. You just don't expect this opportunity. I would not have thought that I could bring it into my junior year. I would not have thought that I would score as much as I do. It feels fantastic. “

The second of two free throws, two minutes in extra time, laid Julius about his sister's brand. It also extended the lead from New Palestine to 59-54.

“(It is) definitely something special for the Gizzi family,” said Whitaker. “Brother and sister are excited. They all support each other and look forward to him. It is something special. You now have the three best goal scorers of all time and Mom (Sarah Haynes Gizzi) is probably not too far behind. “

It is not. The former head coach of the girls 'basketball team is the sixth and second place for her daughter for the girls' program with 1,172. Fourth and fifth are Tom Giles (1975-79) with 1,285 and Blaine Nunnally (2019-23), a former teammate from Maximus and Julius, with 1,258.

On Thursday, Haynes scored a 3 pointer to tie the game 12-12, two minutes in the opening district. It was already the third draw in the competition. The dragons took their first tour shortly afterwards when an Austin McMahan played a game of 14: 12 to end the first period.

Julius Gizzi achieved a Slagley Pass one of his best seven template to open the second quarter, and after a Warren Central Eimer by Guess, Dragon Frosh wants to score a 3 pointer. Two minutes later, Gizzi was fouled with a 3-point attempt. He met two out of three on the strip to expand the lead from New Palestiner to 21-14.

After a break, Warren made a 6-0 run to cut it to a point with 21: 20. New Palestine brought the lead to five, 25-20 and 27-22, but the Warriors received the last bucket of the first half of Hesekiel Kirby to drink the leadership of the dragons to 27-24.

Kaleb Elkins, a 6: 3-Sophomore, who headed Warren Central with 21 points, had four 3-year-olds to help the Warriors get the lead again.

The third quarter had five lead changes and three ties. Elkins' fourth trey of the time Warren gave a 38:37 advantage into the last quarter.

There were five more lead changes and two other relationships in the fourth. Warren had two four-point leads in the fourth quarter, its greatest demonstrations in the game. Two Kirby free throws with 52.2 seconds before the GO gifts to the Warriors a lead of 52-48, but Guess distributed 12 seconds later and exceeded the rest of the path.

“We knew that they would go into this game that they would be difficult to beat,” said Julius Gizzi. “You have a few super athletic children and everyone knows how to play basketball. We thought it would be similar to the Lawrence North game (won by the Dragons 63-56). We just said in the changing room that it was a granular profit. We had dropped four (late in the game), but somehow found a way. The free throws were rough, but we met those who were important. “

Gizzi was 4 out of 9 before reaching 12 of his last 13 attempts.

“Julius did a good job to go through bad shots early,” said Whitaker. “Nobody was concerned that he was missed apart from him. His teammates told him: “You have the next.” I like that in this group, we remain positive. And if everyone stays together, hopefully we will have fun in the next few weeks. “

New Palestine opens the Shelbyville Sectional (class 3a, section 28) on Tuesday with a competition at 6 p.m. against Rushville (5-18).

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New Palestine 67, Warren Central 60, OT

New Palestine; 14; 13; 10; 15; 15; -; 67

Warren Central; 12; 12; 14; 14; 8; -; 60

New Palestine (20-3): Moses Haynes 3 4-6 11, Julius Gizzi 7 16-22 30, Austin McMahan 4 0-0 8, Evan Darrah 2 2-2 8, Ben Slagley 3 1-2 7, Keagan Harrison 0-0 0, Will Davison 1 0-0 3. Total: 20 23-32 67.

Warren Central (13-7): Ezekiel Kirby 3-4 9, Jevon Guess 6 2-6 14, Davion Hampton 1 0-0 2, Kaleb Elkins 6 4-8 21, Rayhaun Smith 3 0-2 6, JJ Craig 1 0-0 3, Keshaun Harlan Harlan 2 0-0-0 0-0 0.

3-point goals: New Palestine 4 (Darrah 2, Haynes, Davison); Warren Central 7 (Elkins 5, Craig, Harlan).