The Huntington North High School boy's varsity basketball team couldn't quite come back from an 18-point deficit in the third quarter and lost to New Haven, 58-54, in the Super Teams Shootout on Tuesday, Jan. 1, at the Fort Wayne Coliseum.
The Vikings, 7-5, were down 46-28 in the third quarter but outscored New Haven 26-12 the rest of the way to throw a major scare into the 4-3 Bulldogs.
Noah Reed banged in a game-high 22 points and Kalvin Miller added 19 points, including five three-pointers, to lead the Vikings. Kyle Platt added 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
The Vikings were on the short end of a 19-13 score at the end of the first quarter, and trailed at halftime, 31-22. After falling behind by 18 in the third quarter, they closed the gap to eight points at 46-38 by the end of the frame.
The Bulldogs were led by V.J. Beachem with 16 points, Jordan Hogue with 13 points and Jabar Ray with 12. Beachem also had a game-high 10 rebounds.
The Vikings only hit 18 of 55 shots from the field for 32.7 percent.
Platt also had four steals in the contest for HNHS.
| Name | FG | 3 Pt | FT | Pts | RB | Ast | PF | |||
| Huntington North | ||||||||||
| Noah Reed | 8-14 | 1-3 | 5-7 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Kalvin Miller | 6-14 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Kyle Platt | 4-12 | 2-8 | 3-5 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Trenton Kern | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matt Hogan | 0-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Paul Ehler | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Keaton Irwin | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Caleb Landrum | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dylan Harter | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 18-55 | 8-25 | 10-17 | 54 | 30 | 6 | 9 | |||
| New Haven |
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| Monte Stevenson | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Jordan Hogue | 6-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Jabar Ray | 5-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| V.J. Beachem | 6-15 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Brahndon Bolinger | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jailan Wattley | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Austyn Newman | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyron Kinnie | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve McElvene | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team | 7 | |||||||||
| Totals | 25-49 | 6-17 | 2-5 | 58 | 39 | 5 | 1 | |||