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Game Takes: Cathedral 51, Carmel 50

The game went as expected, back and forth.  Both teams held 8-point leads.  It was actually a Cathedral 19-4 run (15-0 at one point), taking their 7-point deficit to their largest lead at 30-22.  Carmel dug in, took the lead back at 34-33, and from there, no one led...

Game Takes: Ben Davis 51, Beech Grove 48

Truly a tale of two halves, and it’s tough to resolve what happened in the second half.  Ben Davis tried to come out in the first half and assert themselves as the big school favorite they usually are.  Beech Grove withstood the defensive pressure, took the first punch then...

Game Takes: Greencastle 60, Sullivan 50

Sullivan started out well early, and after Greencastle narrowed the initial gap, the rest of the game was Greencastle would surge, Sullivan would catch up.  In the fourth quarter, Greencastle led by as many as 12, and Sullivan could not close that gap any lower than eight. Every scoring...

Game Takes: Carmel 54, Westfield 30

Carmel took control of the game in the second quarter, hitting on four early 3pters, and while Westfield showed a little spark to start the second half, Carmel’s length, which was a problem the whole game, shut down Westfield down and turned defense into offense. From this morning’s Game...

Game Takes: Carmel 57, Barr-Reeve 55 OT

In the 1992 Final Four, with Indiana struggling to keep up with Duke, Todd Leary, a star player from Lawrence North, averaged 3.8 points per game, playing just over 7 minutes per game, played one minute.  In that minute of action in the second half, Leary amassed three 3pters...

Game Takes: Bloomington North 67, Perry Meridian 57

It looked several times as if Jayden Taylor might have had enough to carry his team to victory.  Bloomington North would pull away by 8 or 9, Perry Meridian would claw its way back.  As the fourth quarter wore on, Taylor and the Falcons would not get it closer...

Game Takes: Champions of Character Classic (Grace College)

South Bend Riley 79, Fort Wayne Snider 75 OT Looking back, this was the best game of the day.  Not just tightness of the game, but the level of playmaking and shot making, especially from Snider kids I hadn't seen before.   All the more solidifying my views that Michael Eley...

Game Takes: Carmel 56, North Central 49

Playing without their starting point guard, Carmel jumped out to an 11-2 lead.  Stretching the lead to 16 points, the Hounds lost their other starting guard to injury and saw their lead chipped away down to six points.  Despite the comeback, North Central never had the ball down two...

Game Takes: Lowell 69 – Portage 57

Chris Mantis and Lowell controlled this game from start to finish. In a high scoring first quarter, Lowell led 19-11, and Mantis was already rolling with 14. He Proceeded to score 14 more in the second frame as he was doin work.  There wasn't much flow to this game...

Game Takes: Tip Off Classic at Southport HS

North Central 70, Franklin Central 54 This was mostly a back and forth game through three quarters, but as NC was able to speed the game up bit, converting in transition, Leland Walker started to shine. There isn't a ton of space for Walker to easily get going, especially vs....