Trey Miller scored 19 points as the Penn Kingsmen sprinted past South Bend Clay, 73-53, in the Northern Indiana Conference high school boys basketball opener for Penn.
The Kingsmen (2-0) play at Crown Point on Saturday, Dec. 2. Clay is 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the NIC.
Miller hurt the Colonials with two deep 3’s and also slashed inside for five more hoops. He helped trigger a 15-2 Kingsmen run that gave Penn the upperhand.
Ethan Good and Alexander Hawthorne scored 10 points each.
Maverick Brown muscled inside for nine points.
Freshman Peyton Miamba scored eight points, and Dominic Bonner contributed six points.
Penn connected on a torrid 19-of-33 shots for 58 percent field-goal shooting.
PENN 73: Ben Murphy 0, Ethan Good 10, Alex Hawthorne 10, Casey Finn 2, Dominic Bonner 6, Carter Utz 0, Trey Miller 19, Maverick Brown 9, John Bedient 4, Kellen Watson 3, Nolan McCullough 2, Peyton Miamba 8.
Clay 53: Shaquille Edwards 19, Ahmad King 12, Alex Watson III 0, Ryan Harris 0, Jamari Jones 6, Cole Hunt 0, Tyrese Jones 9, Kelin Webster 7, Noah Fernandez 0, Rodney Milligan 0.
PENN 20 43 59 73
Clay 12 22 39 53
Three-pointers: PENN (Trey Miller 3, Alex Hawthorne 2, Kellen Watson 1, Peyton Miamba 1), Clay 7 (Edwards 3, King 2, Jones 1, Webster 1).
