Mt. Vernon Takes Care Of Business against Hamilton Heights
Indianapolis, IN | In the marquee game of the Colossal Coliseum Challenge, Mt. Vernon (Fortville) took down Hamilton Heights, 69-54. Led by junior guard Michael Ertel's 26 points, Mt. Vernon moved to 2-0 on the season, Hamilton Heights is 1-1. Hamilton…
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Continue ReadingIndianapolis, IN | In the marquee game of the Colossal Coliseum Challenge, Mt. Vernon (Fortville) took down Hamilton Heights, 69-54. Led by junior guard Michael Ertel's 26 points, Mt. Vernon moved to 2-0 on the season, Hamilton Heights is 1-1.
Hamilton Heights lost most of their team last season and all that remains is standout guard Hunter Crist and quite a few new faces. Mt. Vernon did well early on to key in on Crist as he was their primary ball handler. He was held to 4 points in the first half and Mt. Vernon was able to grab a slim 7-point lead.
As the second half started, Crist started to push to score a little more but he was also able to help one of his teammates as well. Junior Caymn Lutz started to emerge. He had 8 points at the half but really took advantage of some opportunites late in the game to end up with 21 points in his first real game action as a veteran player on Heights.
Crist and Lutz combined for 23 second half points but it wasn't enough to outpace Ertel. The 6'0 guard had one of his best games of his career as he showed some veteran poise handling the team and scoring the ball at the same time. He got help from his junior partners Erick Shepherd with 19 points, and James McCloud with 13 points.
Hamilton Heights will take on Guerin Catholic on the road on December 4th. Mt. Vernon will also head on the road for December 4th against Covenant Christian.