Rosswurm's 20-12 Propels Norwell to 63-48 Win, LaPorte Title Game

Vanessa Rosswurm paced Norwell with 20 points and 12 rebounds as the Knights defeated Crown Point 63-48 on Saturday to advance to the LaPorte semistate championship, setting up a title game against McCutcheon. The win continued Norwell’s postseason run after a dominant regional showing.

Per the game scoring line displayed on MaxPreps, Norwell erupted for 32 points in the second quarter and added 14 in the third and 17 in the fourth while Crown Point posted 20 in the second, 13 in the third and 15 in the fourth for the 63-48 final. The MaxPreps per-quarter table lists both teams with 0 in the first quarter, followed by the 32-20 second-quarter edge for Norwell that decided the game.

Norwell enters this stage with a 25-4 overall record, according to the MaxPreps team page, with a 7-0 conference mark, a 12-1 home record, 8-2 away and 5-1 neutral-site record; the season aggregates show Norwell with 1,902 points for and 1,142 points against. Crown Point’s MaxPreps page lists the Bulldogs at 23-5 overall, 6-1 in conference, 12-1 at home, 6-3 away and 5-1 neutral, with 1,521 points for and 1,103 points against.

The postseason path for both programs is clear in regional results. WISHTV’s regional roundup lists Norwell’s Jimtown regional victory 90-56 over Fort Wayne Snider and Crown Point’s LaPorte regional win 54-45 over Penn. WISHTV also lists McCutcheon’s Frankfort regional triumph 53-36 over Hamilton Southeastern, establishing McCutcheon as Norwell’s opponent in the LaPorte title game that follows the state schedule leading into the Feb. 28 IHSAA finals session.

MaxPreps’ common-opponents table underscores how both teams navigated similar opponents during the season: 11/15/25 Northridge at Norwell (W 57-36), 11/22/25 Northridge at Crown Point (W 58-51), 12/12/25 Norwell at Columbia City (W 55-43), 11/22/25 Columbia City at Crown Point (W 55-44), 12/27/25 Norwell at Valparaiso (L 68-66), 12/12/25 Valparaiso at Crown Point (L 50-43), 2/21/26 Norwell at McCutcheon (W 59-42) and 12/29/25 McCutcheon at Crown Point (W 57-53).

Norwell’s balanced scoring this season and Rosswurm’s interior presence will be focal points when the Knights meet McCutcheon in the LaPorte title game. Norwell’s season-long scoring totals and postseason resume, including the 63-48 neutral-site victory over Crown Point on Saturday, position the Knights as a team to watch as the bracket advances toward the Feb. 28 state-final sessions.