Joe Smith and Markus Burton scored 21 and 20 points respectively as No. 6 Penn pulled away from Merrillville, 70-49, in high school basketball play on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022.
The Kingsmen wrapped up a perfect 10-0 home-court record for the 2021-2022 season. The last time a Penn Boys Basketball Team was unbeaten at home was in the 2013-2014 season. Penn has had six unbeaten records at home in program history. The record is an 11-0 home-court record set in the 1995-1996 season.
Burton also had nine rebounds and six assists.
Trey Miller scored eight points, and Joey Garwood scored six points.
PENN 70: Joey Garwood 6, Markus Burton 20, Ethan Good 0, Joe Smith 21, Dominic Bonner 0, Trey Miller 8, Josh Gatete 4, Dylan Derda 4, Mason Wilson 1, Blake Barker 2, Elijah Benson 0, Cole Wojciechowski 4.
Merrillville 49: Jeremiah Roberts 16, Silas Mathis 2, Darrin Weaver 13, Angel Nelson 3, Isaiah Akinyele 0, Erickson Gibson 5, O’Shawn Kelly 0, Deeon Franklin 6, Alec Cunningham 0, LaVonta Ash 2.
PENN 16 19 16 19 – 70
Merrillville 14 8 15 12 – 49
Three-pointers: PENN 3 (Trey Miller 2, Joe Smith 1), Merrillville 5 (Roberts 2, Weaver 2, Nelson 1).
