Alex Hawthorne scored 15 points and Penn pulled away from host Fort Wayne Carroll in the second half for a 39-31 victory in high school boys basketball. It was the season opener for Penn. Carroll is 1-1, defeating Norwell 58-30 on Wednesday.
Hawthorne scored eight of his 15 points in the third quarter as Penn expanded an 11-8 halftime lead to 23-17.
Lucas Obermeyer scored eight points off the bench.
Caleb Coolman scored seven points and John Bedient scored six points.
Ben Murphy dished out six assists.
Penn harassed Carroll into 3-of-22 shooting in the first half.
PENN 39: Alex Hawthorne 15, Lucas Obermeyer 8 Caleb Coolman 7, John Bedient 6, Christian Bonner 2, Peyton Miamba 1, Ethan Good 0, Ben Murphy 0, Makale Price 0, Reuben Rutland 0.
