This was a big one.
The Pendleton Heights boys basketball team came up with enough plays late to hold off Rushville 76-70 on Saturday night.
Rushville entered the game with a 4-1 record, but the Arabians were unafraid. They fell behind 22-12 by the end of the first quarter but got contributions from virtually everybody they put in the game.
Nathan Hendershot led PH with 25 points on an efficient 8-of-13 shooting and freshman Kendall Waters added 20 points including multiple key 3-pointers. Michael Maxwell hit three 3’s and scored 15 points while Kellen Dunham added six and two more 3’s.
Austin Gardner and Ryan Albers each scored four points for the Arabians.
“It was big because everybody contributed,” PH head coach Brian Hahn said. “Even our eighth and ninth guys came in and gave us good minutes.”
After the Arabians had led for most of the night, Rushville came back and took a 65-64 lead with 2:51 remaining. But the young PH club didn’t falter. Waters came down and knocked in an uncontested 3-pointer only 30 seconds later to give the Arabians a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.
The win was the second in a row for PH who is now 3-4 on the season and 1-2 in the Hoosier Heritage Conference. The Arabians enter a two week holiday break the right way and will be in action again at Frankton on January 5th in the first round of the Madison County tournament.
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