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Mangas Efficient In All-Star Exhibition Game

Written on June 7, 2017 by Staff Reporter

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Warsaw SportsNEW ALBANY – Kyle Mangas did what he does best Tuesday night.

He was efficient.

The former Warsaw star guard tallied 10 points as the Indiana All-Star squad dropped a 122-110 final to the Indiana Junior All-Stars in an exhibition game.

Mangas, who finished his brilliant prep career fourth in career scoring at WCHS, came off the bench to play 15 minutes. He was 4-5 from the field, including 2-2 from distance. Mangas also had three rebounds and two assists in the contest.

Mangas, who is bound for Indiana Wesleyan University, is the 11th All-Star in the storied tradition of the Warsaw boys basketball program. He led coach Doug Ogle’s Tigers to back-to-back Class 4-A sectional titles and three straight undefeated seasons in the Northern Lakes Conference, the first program in league history to do that.

The Senior All-Stars led 56-50 at halftime before being outscored 72-54 in the second half. The Junior team drained 28-43 shots from the field in the final half, including hitting 11-19 from 3-point range.

The Juniors won despite being without star Romeo Langford. The New Albany guard, who is one of the highest rated players in the nation, is in Europe for an Adidas event.

South Bend Riley star Damezi Anderson led the way for the winners. The do-it-all Anderson poured in a team-high 24 points for the Junior team off the bench. He hit 4-8 from deep.

Kris Wilkes, a UCLA recruit and Mr. Basketball, led the Senior squad with 33 points and 10 rebounds. Wilkes was 15-32 from the field and also had 10 rebounds and five assists.  Jalen Adaway of Logansport had 15 points and Mack Smith from Warren Central 14. Jack Nunge of Castle, an Iowa recruit, added 13 points.

The Senior team was 47-98 from the field, including 12-31 from distance. The Junior squad finished 47-85 from the field and were 19-40 on 3-point tries.

Terre Haute South’s De’Avion Washington hit five triples and scored 21 points for the Junior team, while Musa Jallow from Bloomington North had 15 points and Aaron Henry of Ben Davis 13 points and 11 rebounds.

The Indiana All-Star girls’ team rolled past the Juniors 112-76 in the opener at New Albany Tuesday night.

Chyna Anthony had 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Senior team, which led 61-38 at halftime.

Miss Basketball Karissa McLaughlin of Homestead had 14 points in the win. The Purdue-bound guard also had five rebounds, four assists and three steals. McLaughlin’s mother Sheila (Whitaker) played at WCHS and her father Bert was a standout player at Grace College.

Nicole Konieczny from South Bend St. Joseph’s had two points and three rebounds.

Former Warsaw coach Michelle Harter is one of the assistant coaches for the All-Star team. Harter, who was head coach for the past nine seasons and spent 25 years coaching at WCHS, was hired Monday night as the new girls basketball coach at Evansville Central High School.

The Senior team shot 40-94 from the field, including 7-22 from distance. The winners were 25-29 from the free throw line.

Michaela White and Cassidy Hardin each had 11 points to lead the Junior team, which shot just 27-73 from the field, including 11-31 from 3-point land.

The All-Stars will meet up with the Juniors for another exhibition game Thursday night at Plainfield High School with the girls game at 6 p.m., followed by the boys contest.

The Indiana team will host Kentucky in the annual clash on Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The girls’ will play at 5 p.m. with the boys game scheduled for 7 p.m. The teams will then play in Kentucky on Sunday at the Civic Center in Frankfort with the girls’ contest at 2 p.m. and the boys at 4 p.m.

 

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