VIDEO: Wooden Shoes Down Hearts, 62-54

Brett Mette scored 24 points to lead the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes to a 62-54 win over the Effingham Hearts in high school basketball action Tuesday night. The game was heard on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com.

Mette was a force, hitting seven of nine shots from the field including five of six from three-point range. He also made five of eight foul shots and pulled down a team-leading eight rebounds.

It was still anybody's game well into the fourth quarter. 

Teutopolis led 19-14 after one quarter, but Effingham pulled to within 31-29 at halftime. After numerous lead changes in the first half, Teutopolis led most of the second half, but could never quite put Effingham away, despite a tough shooting night for the Hearts. T-Town was ahead 42-38 after three quarters, but then got a lead of nine a couple of times in the final period before posting the eight-point victory.

Teutopolis' Brett Mette at the free-throw line

In addition to Mette's big game, Mitch Hardiek scored 15 points for Teutopolis on five of nine shooting including four threes and grabbed seven rebounds. Also for Teutopolis, Chris Ungrund came off the bench to score seven points with five rebounds, and Michael Drees, Devin Smith and Kyle Smith each scored four points, while Austin Johnson and Lane Belleville each scored two points.

Effingham was paced by Jacob Donaldson with 18 points, while Grant Wolfe and Sean Zerrusen were each in double figures with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Reed Schafer scored seven first half points and Jared Minor scored six. Wolfe led with six rebounds.

Teutopolis improved to 6-1 while Effingham dropped to 5-2 on the season.

Teutopolis won the JV game 61-30. Brant Bueker scored 17 points to lead the JV Shoes while Lane Belleville scored 10. Landon Wolfe led the JV Hearts with 17 points.

At Effingham

TEUTOPOLIS (62)

Drees 1-2 -- 4, D. Smith 2-0 -- 4, Johnson 1-0 -- 2, Bl. Mette 0-0 -- 0, K. Smith 2-0 -- 4, Ungrund 1-4 -- 7, M. Hardiek 5-1 -- 15, Br. Mette 7-5 -- 24, Belleville 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 20 FG, 12 FT.

EFFINGHAM (54)

Schafer 3-0 -- 7, Zerrusen 3-3 -- 10, Jackson 0-0 -- 0, G. Wolfe 6-1 -- 13, Minor 3-0 -- 6, Donaldson 8-0 -- 18, Woltman 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 23 FG, 4 FT.

Teutopolis           19    12    11    20    --    62

Effingham           14    15     9    16    --    54

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 10 (Ungrund 1, M. Hardiek 4, Br. Mette 5), Effingham 4 (Schafer 1, Zerrusen 1, Donaldson 2).