Detroit Country Day's boys basketball team might win its seventh state title this season but it won't go undefeated.
Bloomington (Ind.) South outscored Country Day 24-13 in the fourth quarter and defeated The Detroit News' No. 1 team in the state, 73-67, on Saturday before a crowd of 4,500 at South High School.
Ray McCallum Jr. and Amir Williams each scored 17 points for Country Day (18-1) and Jordan Dumars had 14. Donnavan Kirk, with his playing time limited by foul trouble, had just five points for Country Day and DaShonte Riley had 12 rebounds. Williams had 14 rebounds.
Jordan Hulls, who signed with Indiana, led South (18-0) with 23 points.
Country Day entered the game ranked No. 4 by USA Today; South was No. 5.
"It was a great atmosphere,"
Country Day coach Kurt Keener said. "We got everything we wanted on this trip but a W."
It was a close game throughout. No team led by more than seven through three quarters.
"They got three straight turnovers in that fourth quarter and just that quickly scored three straight baskets,"
Keener said. "I called a timeout but it seemed that once they got that momentum we couldn't get it back."
Dumars' 3-pointer with 12 seconds left cut South's lead to 70-67. After a South free throw, Country Day committed another turnover to end its chances.
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Girls basketball
Plymouth Christian 46, (at) Franklin Road Christian 37: Autumn Mackenzie had 12 points and Michaela Wheeler 10 for Plymouth (13-6). Maureen McSweeney led Franklin Road (10-8) with 15 points.
Hockey
Detroit Catholic Central 6, Warren DeLaSalle 0: Ryan Obuchowski had two goals and Kyle Nelson one goal and one assist for C.C. (18-3-2). Zach Cisek made six saves.
Grosse Ile 4, Gibraltar Carlson 2: Gordey Howey had two goals for Grosse Ile (10-11-2) in a game at Trenton. Mac Howey had one goal and one assist, and Ted Renaud also scored for Grosse Ile. Chris Robillard and Shane Powell scored for Carlson (14-6).
(At) Orchard Lake St. Mary's 2, Birmingham Brother Rice 0: Jonathan Kello and Cody Loyer scored third-period goals for St. Mary's (18-5-1) and Max Oslund made 24 saves. Rice is 17-4-2.
(At) St. Clair Shores Unified 5, Macomb Dakota 4: Chris Pontello scored the fifth goal on an end-to-end rush, and he had one assist for St. Clair Shores (11-6-5).
Troy Athens 2, Berkley 1: Matt Tallant scored the winner and Kevin Lining had two assists for Athens (13-6-4, 8-0-3 Oakland Activities Association White).
