D'Andre Fitzhugh had nine of his 11 points in the second quarter as North College Hill defeated Deer Park 78-66 in a Division III sectional at Sycamore

        . Thirteen of the Trojans' 19 points in the fourth quarter were from the foul line, where they went 13-of-16.

        Brandon Jackson led North College Hill with 18 points.

        Jay Lampe had 10 of his 12 points for the Wildcats in the fourth quarter. Cory Burke had a game-high 19 points for Deer Park.

        North College Hill plays fourth-seeded Ripley 8 p.m. Friday at Sycamore.

        NORTH COLLEGE HILL (78) — Kemphaus 4 4 14, Turner 5 1 13, Moore 3 2 9, Smith 1 0 2, Victorian 3 0 6, Fitzhugh 4 3 11, Ivery 0 3 3, Lanier 0 2 2, Jackson 7 4 18. Totals: 27 19 78.

        DEER PARK (66) — Burke 8 2 19, Dennis 5 2 15, Hickey 3 4 11, Rovekamp 1 0 2, Wietmarchen 1 0 3, Schaffer 2 0 4, Rutherford 5 2 12. Totals: 25 10 66.

        N. College Hill ....... 14  22  23  19—78

        Deer Park ....... 14  15  13  24—66

        3-pointers: NCH-Kemphaus 2, Turner 2, Moore. DP- Dennis 3, Burke, Hickey, Wietmarchen. Records: NA.

        • Indian Hill 74, Felicity 54, Division III sectional at Sycamore — Andrew DeBord (14), Grady Rogers (10), Joe Haarman (19) and Ollie Kendell (13) all scored in double figures for Indian Hill.

        Haarman scored eight of his game-high 19 in the second quarter, helping Indian Hill to a 48-26 halftime advantage.

        Corey Moran scored nine of his team-high 17 points in the first quarter for Felicity.

        Indian Hill will meet top-ranked Madeira Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Sycamore.

        FELICITY (54) — Taggart 1 0 3, Little 3 1 7, Pry 2 0 4, Perkins 2 0 4, Hatfield 4 2 10, Moran 6 2 17, Easter 1 0 2, Collins 3 1 7. Totals: 22 6 54.

        INDIAN HILL (74) — DeBord 5 2 14, Rogers 4 2 10, O'Reilly 3 0 6, Haarman 8 3 19, Sweeney 3 0 7, Kendell 6 0 13, Meyer 2 0 4, Shah 0 1 1. Totals: 31 8 74.

        Felicity ....... 11  15  13  15—54

        Indian Hill ....... 23  25  15  11—74

        3-pointers: F- Taggart, Moran 3; I- DeBord 2, Sweeney, Kendell.

        • Chaminade-Julienne 57, Franklin 42, Division II sectional at UD Arena — Aaron Beach and Ricky Poole each scored seven third-quarter points to lead Chaminade on a 15-2 run.

        Eric Krueger paced the Eagles with 17 points, including five 3-pointers. Chaminade will face Springboro Feb.27 at UD Arena.

        CHAMINADE (57) — Atkins 6, Beach 9, Johnigan 10, Krueger 17, Peavy 2, Poole 11, Thomas 2. Totals: 19 13 57.

        FRANKLIN (42) — Alexander 6, Cundiff 2, Jon Miller 6, Coy 6, Butcher 8, Noble 13, John Miller 2. Totals: 15 12 42.

        Chaminade ....... 12  16  22   7—57

        Franklin ....... 7  14  10  11—42

        3-pointers: C—Krueger 5, Poole. Records: CJ 8-13, F 8-13.

        • Springboro 52, Hamilton Badin 43, Division II sectional at UD Arena — Springboro outscored Badin 15-10 in the final quarter to seal the victory.

        SPRINGBORO (52) — Byers 2, J. Francis 17, Benseler 2, Johnson 9, D. Francis 19, Westbeld 6. Totals: 17 16 52.

        BADIN (43) — McRoy 8, Howalt 2, Sutton 14, Naman 9, Ficher 4, Shull 2, Brinck 8. Totals: 17 8 43.

        Springboro ....... 12  11  14  15—52

        Badin ....... 9  11  13  10—43

        3-pointers: S- J. Francis 2; B- Naman. Records: S 19-2; B 2-19.

        Regular season

        • Cincinnati Christian 60, Cincinnati Royals 48 — Ben Gillens scored nine second-quarter points as Cincinnati Christian took the lead for good.

        Marques Irving led Christian with 15 points. J.J. Stewart paced the Royals with 15.

        CIN. CHRISTIAN (60) — Eernisse 1 1 3, McQuiddy 1 0 3, Gillens 5 0 11, Thomas 3 0 6, Littlejohn 1 0 2, Irving 6 3 15, Garrettson 1 0 2, Collett 3 0 6, Lowe 5 2 12. Totals: 26 6 60.

        CIN. ROYALS (48) — Hill 3 0 6, J. Stewart 5 0 15, Brown 1 0 2, S. Stewart 3 2 10, Jackson 4 2 10, Dykstra 1 0 2, Wright 1 1 3. Totals: 18 5 48.

        Cin. Christian ....... 10  17  18  15—60

        Cin. Royals ....... 15   7  16  10—48

        3-pointers: CC—McQuiddy, Gillens. CR—J. Stewart 5, S. Stewart 2. Records: CC 10-10, CR 8-12.

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