(2018) PG Robert Phinisee to Cincinnati

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,841]

On 2/20, McCutcheon defeated Indpls. Arsenal Tech 70 - 63  Phinisee with 11 points on only 3 of 12 from the field.  But he did have 7 rebounds, 5 assists to go along with 4 steals.  Kind of a so-so game.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,841]

On 2/26, McCutcheon defeated Lake Central 64 - 46.  Phinisee with 9 pts., 3 assists and 3 steals.

 

Next Tuesday in the opening round of sectional play, McCutcheon opens against Jalen Adaway and Logansport.

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Corey Evans @coreyevans_10
Purdue with giant list of visitors today for showdown with Maryland. Include
Keion Brooks
Sydney Curry
Robert Phinisee
Carson Edwards

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Tues. the 1st, McCutcheon opens sectional play against Logansport.  Tipoff is slated for 7:30.  The game will be streamed:

 

http://waltonwebcasting.com/?crb_events=logansport-vs-mccutcheon-boys-basketball-sectional

[BlueDevil 8,643]

Phinisee is unreal man. Silky smooth and is very quick at taking the ball away from opponent. Keep this kid in Indiana.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,841]

BlueDevil is spot on.  In the sectional game against Logansport, it was all McCutcheon 71 - 48.  By my officially unofficial scorecard, Phinisee scored 26 pts., 5 steals, 5 reb.  He is always under control, he's quick and has great court vision.  McCutcheon as a team is fun to watch.  They are extremely patient on offense, the luxury of high school ball with no shot clock.  Good defensively and they don't make careless turnovers.

 

 

 

Newspaper account gave Phinisee 4 steals and 6 rebounds along with 6 assists.

Edited March 2, 2016 by Class of '66 Old Fart

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Buckley @ McCutcheon watching.

 

‏@g3risingstars: Coach Johnson BUTLER, Coach Owens PURDUE(offer),and Coach Buckley INDIANA(offer) all at McCutcheon vs Jeff game to see 2018 ROBERT PHINISEE

[Crimson and Cream 5,693]

How'd he look?

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,841]

In semi-final action, McCutcheon routed Laf. Jeff 62 - 35.  Phinisee scored six of his team-high 17 points in the fourth. The sophomore point guard added six rebounds, seven assists and three steals.

[BlueDevil 8,643]

Phinisee is a kid I am very high on and would be all in on trying to snag him up. The ways he can finish driving the lane amaze me. Still has 2 years to get even better.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,841]

McCutcheon repeats as sectional champ defeating Zionsville 71 - 57.  Robert Phinisee 18 pts, 7 ast.

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In next Saturday's regional action at Logansport, defending state champion Homestead (20-5) plays Carroll (22-6), followed by Carmel vs. McCutcheon (25-3).  McCutcheon may be the class of the regional, however, with dynamic sophomore Robert Phinisee (19.3 ppg, 6.4 assists) running the show.

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In next Saturday's regional action at Logansport, defending state champion Homestead (20-5) plays Carroll (22-6), followed by Carmel vs. McCutcheon (25-3).  McCutcheon may be the class of the regional, however, with dynamic sophomore Robert Phinisee (19.3 ppg, 6.4 assists) running the show.

McCutchen/Carmel on Stream @ Noon ET.

 

Homestead/Carroll @ 10 am ET.

 

Championship @ 8  pm ET.

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Crean at the Logansport Regional watching McCutcheon vs Carmel.

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In another regional OT game.  McCutcheon tied it at buzzer at the end of regulation with a 3 and hit a 2 with 2.1 sec. left in OT to defeat Carmel 56 - 54.  They were down as much as 11 in the first half.  What a ball game this was!

 

Robert Phinisee fouled out with 10 sec. left in regulation.  He only had 4 points through 3 quarters and then hit 11 in the 4th quarter to lead McCutcheon in scoring with 15.

 

McCutcheon will play Homestead this evening for the regional championship.

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Crown Point 67 East Chicago 52 at Michigan City.

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Grant Gelon 10 , Warsaw vs Crown Point in final tonight.

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McCutcheon stuns Carmel with late heroics

Sam King, sking@jconline.com 2:55 p.m. EST March 12, 2016

 

LOGANSPORT — Eddy Collins is a young man of few words and fewer emotions.

Saturday afternoon, after delivering a 25-footer to save McCutcheon’s season, the emotion was there but he still couldn’t put together the words to describe it.

“I am speechless right now,” Collins said. “I can’t really make up words.”

Fair enough, hero.

Collins’ buzzer-beating 3-pointer from the volleyball line forced overtime and Darnell Butler sank a jumper with 2.1 seconds left to go to lift the Class 4A No. 4 Mavericks to a 56-54 victory over Carmel.

McCutcheon (26-3) plays defending state champion Homestead (21-5), a 56-52 winner over Fort Wayne Carroll, in the 8 p.m. championship at the Berry Bowl.

The loss avenges last season's regional semifinal setback to the Greyhounds (17-9).

Coach Rick Peckinpaugh, who sweated out an 11-2 Carmel run to end the third quarter that had McCutcheon down 39-28 going into the fourth, has been doing this long enough that he can find the words his junior guard couldn’t.

“We had another timeout and I was almost ready to call it to set up a last-second shot,” Peckinpaugh said. “I saw Eddy had it and I thought, ‘He can make it from anywhere on the court.’ It doesn’t matter where he shoots it from, it’s got a chance of going in and it did.”

Trailing 52-49 with 10.4 seconds left, the sharpshooting Collins became the obvious choice for the last shot, especially with leading scorer Robert Phinisee fouled out of the game.

Four minutes earlier, Collins hit a 3 from the wing that brought the Mavericks within 43-40 and delivered life into a fading McCutcheon student section.

Collins finished with 11 points, hitting 3 of 5 3-pointers.

Phinisee took control of the game in the fourth quarter, scoring 11 points on 4 of 4 shooting. He finished with 15 points before fouling out.

Butler started overtime with a jumper to give McCutcheon its first lead.

Moments later, starting forward Charles Phinisee fouled out with nine points and six rebounds.

After Carmel tied the game on a pair of free throws, McCutcheon nearly turned the ball over, but called timeout with 2:26 remaining.

Desperate times called for desperate measures, as the cliché goes.

Peckinpaugh’s Mavericks shunned their offense and made it a two-man game with Collins and Butler up top. Those two handled the ball flawlessly for nearly two-and-a-half minutes before Butler broke towards the basket, stepped back and drained a shot.

“I was off balance, but it felt good,” said Butler, who finished with eight points.

Carmel’s long pass was batted away by Haden Deaton, who was the lone bright spot in the first half when McCutcheon shot 6 of 22.

Deaton finished with 15 points, but Butler, who saw his most playing time since injuring his ankle three weeks ago, was the difference maker.

Along with his eight points and four rebounds, he was a defensive catalyst that helped force 13 Carmel turnovers.

“We wouldn’t have won this game without him and we didn’t have him last week until the sectional championship game, but against Zionsville, he played a few minutes and wasn’t nearly 100 percent,” Peckinpaugh said. “We knew to beat the top teams in the state, we’d have to have Darnell and have him play well. Fortunately he did today.”

[BlueDevil 8,643]

Good lord Robert Phinisee has taken over this game. Not sure of a halftime count but he scored at least the last 10 or 12 unanswered of the first half. Mavs on top of Homestead 49-23.

[BlueDevil 8,643]

16 at half for Phinisee. Mavs unconscious from 3.