Friday, December 20

Avon (3-1) at Brownsburg (5-1)

  • Hendricks County rivals both with high expectations square off. Avon's Jayden Brewer has yet to have that breakout scoring game, but he's still filling the other columns of the box score. Pierce Thomas has upped his game with an improved jump shot, which has opened up other parts of his offense.
    • Avon
      • Jayden Brewer, 6'5" junior guard
      • Gabe McNary, 6'8" junior forward
      • Chrishon McCray, 5'10" sophomore guard
      • Antonio Lisenbee, 6'6" sophomore forward
    • Brownsburg
      • Pierce Thomas, 6'5" junior guard
      • Malek Edmonds, 6'6" senior forward
      • Luke Lacey, 6'1" junior point guard
      • Connor Lucas, 6'1" senior guard

Chesterton (5-0) at Gary 21st Century (6-0)

  • Led by one of Indiana most potent scorers, Johnell Davis, 21st Century has won each game by double digits, including a 64-40 win over Valparaiso. Chesterton also sits undefeated led by Jake Wadding.  
    • Chesterton
      • Jake Wadding, 6'5" senior forward
      • Alex Schmidt, 6'2" senior guard
      • Jake Warren, 6'6" senior forward
      • Travis Grayson, 5'8" sophomore guard
      • Chris Mullen, 6'4" sophomore forward
      • Tyler Vanderwoude, 6'4" junior forward
    • Gary 21st Century
      • Johnell Davis, 6'4" senior guard
      • Tavontae Hayes, 6'0" senior guard
      • Triyonte Lomax, 5'9" senior guard
      • Cameron Jernigan, 6'7" senior forward

Lawrence Central (3-1) at Pike (6-1)

  • OK...are you tired of MIC games yet?  Both teams were missing key players in their last games--Nijel Pack, senior guard for Lawrence Central, Justin Dobbins, junior center for Pike.  De'Ante Davis stepped up in a big way vs. Crispus Attucks on Tuesday, playing for urgency than he had in a couple of key games before.
    • Lawrence Central
      • DeAndre Davis, 6'6" senior guard
      • Nijel Pack, 5'11" senior guard
      • DeAnte Davis, 6'6" sophomore forward
    • Pike
      • Davion Bailey, 6'4" senior guard
      • Ryan Conwell, 6'2" sophomore guard
      • Eddie Jones, 6'4" junior forward
      • Justin Dobbins, 6'7" junior forward
      • JJ Louden, 6'3" sophomore guard

Other top games on Friday

  • Castle (2-2) at Evansville Reitz (3-1)
  • Fishers (6-0) at Hamilton Southeastern (3-3) - The Battle for the Mudsocks
  • North Posey (3-1) at Evansville Mater Dei (5-1)
  • Shenandoah (3-1) at Northeastern (4-0)

Saturday, December 21

Bloomington South (5-0) at Floyd Central (5-0)

  • Easily the headline game of the day.  South comes in with an experience back court trio led by Anthony Leal, while Floyd Central has managed to keep things rolling in Southern Indiana despite being gutted by graduation, seeing young role players step into bigger roles.
    • Bloomington South
      • Anthony Leal, 6'5" senior guard
      • Noah Jager, 5'10" senior guard
      • Conner Hickman, 6'1" junior guard
    • Floyd Central
      • Jake Heidbreder, 6'5" junior guard
      • Grant Gohmann, 6'4" senior forward
      • Caleb Washington, 6'4" freshman forward

Danville (6-0) at Plainfield (4-1)

  • If there is a group of seniors that put more into boxscore than Danville, with five players averaging right at 5+ rebounds per game and three players averaging 3+ assists per game--the Warriors like to play fast-led by Dillon Ware, 6'7" do-everything forward.  It's not that Plainfield won't take their shots, but they will look to muddy up the field, so to speak, and slow Danville down.
    • Danville
      • Dillon Ware, 6'7" senior forward
      • Sam Comer, 6'5" senior guard
      • Garrett Fulwider, 6'2" senior guard
      • Kobe Ward, 6'2" junior forward
      • Payton Roof, 6'0" senior guard
    • Plainfield
      • Aiden Booher, 6'4" junior guard
      • Cade East, 6'3" senior guard
      • Ian Scott, 6'7" junior forward
      • Cael Vanderbush, 6'5" sophomore forward

Tipton (7-0) at Westfield (4-0)

  • Tipton is used to early season success and success in general, featuring Ben Humrichous.  This is a new thing for Westfield.  Westfield hasn't started a season 4-0 since...maybe 1987-88 season, but it's talented sophomore class led by Braden Smith, one of the top point guards in the class of 2022, should have this group taking Westfield beyond where it's ever been...at least in the last 80 years.
    • Tipton
      • Ben Humrichous, 6'7" senior wing
      • Noah Wolfe, 6'2" senior forward
      • Cory Vonfeldt, 5'9" senior guard
      • Dalton Money, 6'2" senior forward
      • Nate Powell, 6'2" sophomore forward
    • Westfield
      • Braden Smith, 5'10" sophomore guard
      • Nic Depasquale, 6'1" sophomore guard
      • Cam Haffner, 6'2" sophomore guard
      • Benji Welch, 6'0" junior guard

The Grace College Champions of Character Basketball Classic

  • 1:30pm - South Bend St. Joseph's vs. Leo
    • South Bend St. Joseph's
      • JR Konieczny, 6'7" junior guard (Notre Dame commit)
      • Adam O'Dell, 6'6" junior forward
      • Jack Futa, 6'5" junior forward
      • Cole Hatkevich, 5'11" sophomore point guard
    • Leo
      • Zack Troyer, 6'5" junior forward
      • Blake Davidson, 6'1" junior guard
      • DJ Allen, 6'6" sophomore forward
  • 3:00pm - Chesterton vs. South Bend Washington
    • Chesterton
      • Jake Wadding, 6'5" senior forward
      • Alex Schmidt, 6'2" senior guard
      • Jake Warren, 6'6" senior forward
      • Travis Grayson, 5'8" sophomore guard
      • Chris Mullen, 6'4" sophomore forward
      • Tyler Vanderwoude, 6'4" junior forward
    • South Bend Washington
      • Jylen Petty, 6'6" senior forward
      • Demarcus Vaughn, 6'4" senior guard
      • Jayne Griffin, 6'1" senior guard
      • Jason Jones, 6'1" junior guard
      • Marcus Northern, 6'0" freshman guard
  • 4:30pm - Kokomo vs. Warsaw
    • Kokomo
      • Jackson Richards, 6'3" junior forward
      • Bobby Wonnell, 6'2" sophomore guard
  • 6:00pm - University vs. Westview
    • University
      • Joe Martin, 6'2" senior guard
      • Sam Mervis, 5'10" senior guard
      • Cam Brown, 6'5" junior forward
      • Jacob Sager, 6'5" senior forward
    • Westview
      • Charlie Yoder, 6'5" senior guard
      • Drew Litweiler, 6'4" junior forward
      • Blake Egli, 5'8" senior guard
  • 7:30pm - Fort Wayne Snider vs. Andrean
    • Fort Wayne Snider
      • Dillon Duff, 6'5" senior forward
      • Michael Ely, 6'4" junior guard
      • Isaac Farnsworth, 6'3" senior guard
    • Andrean
      • Nick Flesher, 6'1" junior guard
      • Ben Jones, 6'2" junior guard
      • Gabe Gillespie, 6'3" sophomore forward
      • Deshon Burnett, 6'4" junior guard
      • Kyle Ross, 6'7" junior foward (transferred)

Other top games on Saturday

  • Gary West (6-2) at Evansville Bosse (3-1)
  • Lafayette Jeff (5-0) at Lapel (5-1)
  • Scottsburg (4-1) at Columbus North (4-1)

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