Game Previews: Friday, Jan 17-Saturday, Jan 18

Friday, January 17

Marion County Tournament semi-finals at Southport

6:00pm - Lawrence North (12-0) vs Ben Davis (5-7)

Winners of three of their last four, including a revenge win over Franklin Central, Ben Davis might be finding their stride a bit.  Going forward they'll do it without the services of senior guard Kai Steinmann, who transferred to Aspire Academy (first reported by Kyle Neddenriep earlier today).  

• • 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
  • Ben Davis
    
    • Bobby Fry, 6'0" senior point guard
    • Jamari London, 6'3" senior guard
    • Trevor Nibbs, 6'4" junior forward
    • Kai Steinmann, 6'1" senior guard (transfer)

7:30pm - Lawrence Central (13-1) vs Pike (11-2)

A rematch of an earlier game, LC escaped at the buzzer with a win over Pike.  All but one of Pike's games vs Indiana teams have been close, regardless of success of opponent.  Features of a relatively young team.  LC has been impressive at almost every turn this season, and it will be hard for them to not be looking ahead to a rematch with LN as they fend of Pike's revenge.

• • 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
  • Lawrence Central
    
    • DeAndre Davis, 6'6" senior guard
    • Nijel Pack, 5'11" senior guard
    • DeAnte Davis, 6'6" sophomore forward

Southern Indiana Conference Tournament semi-finals at Reitz HS

5:30pm CST - Bosse (7-4) vs Reitz (9-3)

• • Evansville Bosse
    
    • Kiyron Powell, 6'10" senior center
    • Kolton Sanford, 5'10" senior guard
    • Tyran Funches, 6'0" point guard
  • Evansville Reitz
    
    • Khristian Lander, 6'2" junior guard
    • Owen Dease, 6'5" junior forward
    • Ethan Higgs, 6'3" junior guard

7:00pm CST - Harrison (5-9) vs Mater Dei (10-1)

• • Evansville Harrison
    
    • Terrence Ringo, 6'5" junior forward
    • Jahni Summers, 6'4" sophomore guard
    • Jatwan Watson, 6'4" senior forward
    • Mason Bost, 6'2" senior guard
  • Evansville Mater Dei
    
    • Tyler Phelps, 6'7" senior forward
    • Jackson Hester, 6'4" senior forward
    • Alex Mooney, 6'5" junior forward
    • Jonah Weinzapfel, 6'1" senior guard

Brownsburg (11-1) at Fishers (13-2)

An HHC class between two of the top teams in the state.  

• • 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
  • Fishers
    
    • Jeffrey Simmons, 6'6" sophomore forward
    • Alex Szilagyi, 6'1" senior guard
    • Charlie Smith, 6'1" sophomore guard
    • Isaac Farah, 6'8" senior center
    • Justin Long, 6'4" senior guard

Fort Wayne Snider (9-3) at Homestead (8-3)

Two of the three top 4A teams in the Fort Wayne square off.

• • Fort Wayne Snider
    
    • Dillon Duff, 6'5" senior forward
    • Michael Ely, 6'4" junior guard
    • Isaac Farnsworth, 6'3" senior 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

Jeffersonville (9-4) at Floyd Central (8-3)

The top two teams in Southeastern Indiana.  Floyd Central has been able to sustain their recent success, hosting the normally potent conference rivals.

• • Jeffersonville
    
    • Tre Coleman, 6'6" senior guard
    • Jacob Jones, 6'0" senior guard
    • Will Lovings-Watts, 6'3" sophomore guard
    • Darin Starks, 5'10" senior guard
  • Floyd Central
    
    • Jake Heidbreder, 6'5" junior guard
    • Grant Gohmann, 6'4" senior forward
    • Caleb Washington, 6'4" freshman forward

Blackford (9-2) at Mississinewa (9-2)

These conference foes, which are undefeated in conference play, are around the corner from each other.  

• • Blackford
    
    • Luke Brown, 6'2" junior guard
    • Brandon Stroble, 6'3" senior forward
    • Cam Elam, 6'0" junior guard
    • Max Wors, 6'3" junior forward
  • Mississinewa
    
    • Trey Miles, 6'0" senior guard
    • Tai McClung, 6'4" junior forward
    • Landen Swanner, 6'0" junior guard
    • Anthony Horton, 6'0" senior point guard

Saturday, January 18

Finals of the Marion County Tournament at Southport HS

7:00pm - We will update after tonight's results

Finals of the Southern Indiana Conference Tournament at North HS

7:00pm CST - We will update after tonight's results

Culver Academy (6-4) at South Bend St. Joseph's (9-2)

Now that Culver has their Galloways back--Coach Mark missed the first four.  Trey missed the next four due to an injury--they can focus on the rest of the season.  It's an Indiana recruit vs. a Notre Dame recruit (JR Konieczny).

• • Culver Academy
    
    • Trey Galloway, 6'5" senior guard
    • Nick Hittle, 6'9" senior center
    • Deontae Craig, 6'5" senior forward
    • Jokubas Skurdenis, 6'2" sophomore guard
  • 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

Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian (10-2) at Fort Wayne Bishop Luers (6-3)

Luers best answer for stopping junior center Caleb Furst might be making life miserable for those who mean to pass him the ball.  Look for Furst to have a big game, but look for the difference in this game being the turnover and free throws attempted columns.

• • Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian
    
    • Caleb Furst, 6'9" junior center
    • Zane Burke, 6'2" junior guard
    • Marcus Davidson, 6'0" junior guard
  • Fort Wayne Bishop Luers
    
    • Demarcus Hudson, 6'4" senior forward
    • Naylon Thompson, 6'5" junior guard
    • Jalen Causey, 5'11" senior guard
    • Landon Moore, 5'9" senior guard
    • Nick Thompson, 6'1" freshman guard

Silver Creek (11-1) at Bloomington North (10-3)

The defending 3A champions continue to challenge themselves on their way to defending their 3A title in March.  North has stumbled a bit since the start of winter break, but they likely will have notched their second win a row before facing the Dragons. 

• • Silver Creek
    
    • Trey Kaufman, 6'8" junior forward
    • Kooper Jacobi, 6'5" junior guard
    • Brandon Northern, 6'0" sophomore guard

Westfield (9-1) at Lafayette Jeff (13-1)

Westfield looking to get back into the win column during what is still their best start in well over 50 years.  As well as Westfield runs their Blocker-Mover motion offense, they likely won't get much of a chance to run it vs. Lafayette Jeff's varied zone looks.  

• • 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
  • Lafayette Jefferson
    
    • Braxton Barnhizer, 6'3" senior guard
    • Brooks Barnhizer, 6'6" junior guard
    • Avery Beaver, 6'2" senior guard
    • Ashton Beaver, 6'1" junior guard