Connersville High School won the sixty-third annual State Basketball Championship tournament. Their record was 26-3.
The State Tournament was held for the first time in spacious new
Indiana University Assembly Hall. A record crowd of 17,427 was in
attendance.
In the championship game the underdog Connersville Spartans led
all the way except for a few seconds near the end of the first
quarter. Their lead was 14-11 at the quarter, 45-28 at halftime and
58-45 going into the final quarter. The final score was 80-63. The
meticulous and well-drilled Spartans executed well during the entire game. The play of the guards, Larry Miller and Gary Redelman with 26 and 20 points respectively was particularly outstanding. Phil Cox added 13 points and 9 rebounds.
In the first afternoon game Gary West with a blistering 15 of 28
first half shooting defeated Madison Heights of Anderson by a score of 75-67. The score at the quarter was 20-12, 38-24 at halftime; 61-45 at the three quarter mark and the final score 75-67 with Gary West leading all the way. Madison Heights gamely charged back, but due to the large lead built up by Gary West in the first half and inability to hit free throws could never close the gap.
The second game of the afternoon was a nerve-shattering, heartstopping double overtime game in which Connersville defeated Jeffersonville 76-69. Connersville led 14-12 at the quarter; 35-32 at halftime and 50-43 going into the final quarter. However Jeffersonville outscored Connersville 22-15 in the final quarter and tied the score at 65 all. In the first overtime, each team tallied 4 points to remain deadlocked at 69. However, in the second overtime Connersville scored 7 points to 0 for Jeffersonville, making the final score 76-69 in favor of Connersville.
The Board of Control selected Mark Inman of Jeffersonville High
School as the recipient of the coveted Arthur L. Trester Award for
Mental Attitude.
Consolidations again decreased the number of participants from
443 the previous year to 427.
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