NORTH VERNON — Jennings County jumped out to a 29-9 halftime lead and went on to hand Class A No. 7 Jac-Cen-Del an 81-56 boys basketball defeat Wednesday night.
The Panthers (9-3) hit 12 out of 27 3-pointers (44 percent) and 31 of 56 overall from the field (55 percent).
Owen Law scored 20 points, and Carter Kent and Jacob Vogel each added 12 points and seven rebounds to lead Jennings. Lane Zohrlaut had 10 points, and Keegan Manowitz dished out eight assists.
Jennings County 81, Jac-Cen-Del 56
Jac-Cen-Del;9;21;13;13;—;56
Jennings County;29;26;20;6;—;81
Jac-Cen-Del (7-3): Day 8 0-0 19, Wilson 0 0-0 0, Groth 1 0-0 2, Hoffman 3 0-0 8, Swinner 3 0-0 8, Grieshop 1 1-2 3, Comer 0 0-0 0, Drockelman 0 0-0 0, Dickelman 2 2-2 6, Simon 4 1-2 10, Kohlman 0 0-0 0, White 0 0-0 0. Totals: 22 4-7 56.
Jennings County (9-3): Cole Sigler 1 0-0 3, Skyler Lewis 0 0-0 0, Darius Thomas 2 0-0 5, Carter Kent 4 2-2 13, Cole Marksberry 0 0-0 0, Lane Zohrlaut 4 2-4 10, Carson McNulty 3 0-0 7, Owen Law 8 0-0 20, Keegan Manowitz 2 0-0 5, Layne Suhre 0 0-0 0, Matt Hines 0 0-0 0, Justin Ramey 2 1-1 5, Jacob Vogel 5 2-2 13. Totals: 31 7-9 81.
3-point goals: Jac-Cen-Del 8 (Day 3, Hoffman 2, Swinney 2, Simon); Jennings County 12 (Law 4, Kent 3, Sigler, Thomas, McNulty, Manowitz, Vogel).
