Team Southern Indiana 2012 Red and 2013 Red began play Monday at the USSSA National Tournament in Fort Wayne’s Spiece Fieldhouse. Here are day one scores and highlights:
Team Southern Indiana 2012 Red
2012 Red shellacked Spiece Gym Rats Tapp 87-35 in the team’s opening game of pool play behind a total team effort that saw five players reach double figures. Silver Creek’s Grant Meyer racked up 20 points — including five three-pointers — to lead TSI, which also got double figures from Jeffersonville’s Jonathan Ellis (14), Switzerland County’s Keegan Kincaid (13), Jeffersonville’s Darryl Baker (12) and Jennings County’s Sam Hunt (10).
Team Southern Indiana 2013 Red
A tight game through nearly the first three quarters, 2013 Red built a lead late in the third and hung on to beat Spiece West Stars 63-56. Louisville (Ky.) St. Xavier’s Brock Kiesler, a resident of Floyds Knobs, paced the team with 15 points. South Decatur’s Byron Balser added 13 and Columbus East’s Kyle Taylor contributed 11.