Game Previews: Friday, Feb 21-Saturday, Feb 22

Friday, February 21

Columbus North (15-4) at Bloomington North (17-4)

Sectional 14 contenders meet, in what is arguably the top game in the state, And while Jason Spear hasn't beaten his old team since becoming Bloomington North's head coach, he has the Cougars headed in the right direction.

• • Columbus North
    
    • Blake Barker, 6'2" junior guard
    • Nicholas Schiavello, 6'4" senior forward
    • Reese Harmon, 5'11" junior guard
  • Bloomington North
    
    • Isaac Vencel, 6'2" junior guard
    • Nick Klaiber, 6'2" sophomore guard
    • Jeremiah Blair, 6'3" senior forward
    • Aaron Steinfeldt, 6'5" junior forward
    • Jaqualon Roberts, 6'6" freshman forward

Brownsburg (17-3) at Hamilton Southeastern (15-5)

Fully healthy, Brownsburg hits the road to play HSE, one of the state's hottest teams, riding an 11 game winning streak.

• • 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
  • Hamilton Southeastern
    
    • Mabor Majak, 7'2" senior center
    • Vinny Buccilla, 6'2" junior point guard
    • Kole Hornbuckle, 6'4" senior forward

Carroll (FW) (15-4) at Homestead (13-7)

Though no single loss by Homestead seems bad on the surface, it's hard to find a great win on their resumè, short of the win over Blackhawk Christian.  Fort Wayne is a little down this year, as only Carroll, Snider and Luers have found much success outside of SAC games this year. 

• • Carroll
    
    • Jalen Jackson, 6'0" sophomore guard
    • Ryan Preston, 6'2" junior guard
    • Sam Strycker, 6'4" junior forward
    • Richie Gross, 6'3" junior guard
  • Homestead
    
    • Luke Goode, 6'5" junior guard
    • Zak Krueger, 5'11" senior guard
    • Grant Simmons, 6'4" junior forward
    • Alec Grindfelder, 6'4" senior forward
    • Grant Leeper, 6'5" sophomore forward

Pike (14-7) at Lawrence North (19-1)

As classic games this matchup has provided over the years, LN needs this win in their final conference game to force a tie with Lawrence Central in the MIC, whom they beat head-to-head.

• • Lawrence North
    
    • Tony Perkins, 6'4" senior guard
    • DJ Hughes, 6'7" junior forward
    • Shamar Avance, 6'1" junior point guard
    • CJ Gunn, 6'4" sophomore guard
  • 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

Saturday, February 22

Bloomington North (17-4) at Floyd Central (14-6)

North eyeing a tough weekend of games.  As good as both of these teams are, both just have one senior they rely on.  

• • Bloomington North
    
    • Isaac Vencel, 6'2" junior guard
    • Nick Klaiber, 6'2" sophomore guard
    • Jeremiah Blair, 6'3" senior forward
    • Aaron Steinfeldt, 6'5" junior forward
    • Jaqualon Roberts, 6'6" freshman forward
  • Floyd Central
    
    • Jake Heidbreder, 6'5" junior guard
    • Grant Gohmann, 6'4" senior forward
    • Caleb Washington, 6'4" freshman forward

Cathedral (15-5) at Fort Wayne Snider (15-5)

Cathedral is 3-0 since this matchup began in 2017.  Back court play has been a divider, if nothing else, due to Cathedral's depth.  

• • Catehdral
    
    • Tayshawn Comer, 6'0" sophomore point guard
    • Peter Moe, 6'8" sophomore center
    • Grant Taueg, 6'2" senior guard
    • Jalen Johnsson, 6'2" junior guard
    • Jaron Tibbs, 6'4" freshman forward
    • Ryan Trusler, 5'10" senior guard
  • Fort Wayne Snider
    
    • Dillon Duff, 6'5" senior forward
    • Michael Ely, 6'4" junior guard
    • Isaac Farnsworth, 6'3" senior guard

Evansville Bosse (13-6) at Sullivan (18-2) - 1:30pm

**Note the start time

Bosse faces Sullivan for the first time in the class basketball era, and it's at a time when Sullivan is putting together its best season in close to a decade.  Never bad, Sullivan seems to have a stretch of seasons where they're staring at a deep March run.  

• • Evansville Bosse
    
    • Kiyron Powell, 6'10" senior center
    • Kolton Sanford, 5'10" senior guard
    • Tyran Funches, 6'0" point guard
  • Sullivan
    
    • Kevin Palmer, 6'3" senior forward
    • Randy Kelley, 5'10" sophomore guard
    • Kaleb Thrasher, 6'0" senior guard
    • Jackson Shake, 6'4" senior forward