In a Friday’s 4A Sectional 14 semifinal at Martinsville, East Central’s season came to an end as defending champion Bloomington South beat the Trojans 60-42.
EC struggled to score during the first three periods trailing 12-6, 29-11 and 39 19.
Caleb Mergenthal led the Trojans in scoring with 16 points. Ryan Selhorst followed with 12 and Jadyn Dennis added eight. Cooper Hoog had a team-high five rebounds and Selhorst was tops in assists with four.
Bloomington South hit 54 percent from the field (21/39) while East Central was held to 31 percent (11/35).
EC closes out the year at 16-7.
In the other semi, No. 12 Bloomington North defeated Columbus North 60-55 in double overtime. Bloomington North (22-3) went on to defeat crosstown rival South (19-8) 32-28 in the title game Saturday.
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