Game Previews: Saturday, December 19

Grace College Shootout

2:00pm - South Bend Riley vs. Fort Wayne Snider

Two VERY high powered, high possession offenses face off to start the day.  Jenkins and Lambert have stepped up for Snider this year, while Wesley has more than carried Riley early in the season. 

• South Bend Riley
  
  • Blake Wesley, 6'5" senior wing (ND Commit)
  • Jackson Copley, 6'3" senior guard
  • Phillip Robles, 5'9" senior guard
  • Davyion Anderson, 6'4" senior forward
  • Isaiah Robinson, 6'0" junior guard;
• Fort Wayne Snider
  
  • Karson Jenkins, 6'1" junior guard
  • Aiden Lambert, 6'2" junior guard
  • Tyler Harding, 6'2" junior guard

3:30pm - Shenandoah (5-0) vs. Leo (4-0)

Not many non-4A teams has as many weapons as these two teams do.  Allen is a wildcard, as he has size that Shenandoah can't specifically combat individually.  

• Shenandoah
  
  • Jakeb Kinsey, 5'11" senior point guard
  • Michael Howard, 6'4" senior forward
  • Kaden McCollough, 6'0" senior guard
  • Jasper Campbell, 6'5" junior forward
  • Kam Graddy, 6'6" senior forward
  • Andrew Bennett, 6'0" senior guard (injured)
• Leo
  
  • Zack Troyer, 6'5" senior forward
  • Blake Davidson, 6'1" senior guard
  • DJ Allen, 6'7" junior forward
  • Aiden Ruble, 6'2" junior guard

4:45pm - Central Noble (4-1) vs. DeKalb (2-1)

The battle of the Connors!!  Essegian vs. Penrod.  

• Central Noble
  
  • Connor Essegian, 6'4" junior guard
  • Logan Gard, 6'6" senior forward
  • Sawyer Yoder, 6'2" senior guard
• DeKalb
  
  • Connor Penrod, 6'5" junior forward
  • Cole Richmond, 6'0" senior guard
  • Jackson Barth, 6'0" junior guard

6:30pm - Portage (1-2) vs. Warsaw (3-3)

The headliner in this game are both sophomores -- Slaughter and Gould.  

• Portage
  
  • Kamari Slaughter, 6'4" sophomore guard
  • Nathan Orosz, 6'3" senior wing
  • Jaelon Hollies, 5'8" sophomore guard
• Warsaw
  
  • Jaxson Gould, 6'3" sophomore guard
  • Judah Simfukwe, 6'1" junior guard
  • Jackson Dawson, 6'6" junior forward

8:00pm - Homestead (5-0) vs. South Bend St. Joseph's (3-1)

The main attraction with a fair amount of HM talent.  SBSJ with a big win over Riley on Friday night, but Homestead brings in more weapons.  First good look at Loyer (aside from this past summer).  

• Homestead
  
  • Luke Goode, 6'6" senior guard
  • Fletcher Loyer, 6'4" junior guard
  • Andrew Leeper, 6'5" junior forward
  • Grant Simmons, 6'4" senior forward
• South Bend St. Joseph
  
  • JR Konieczny, 6'7" senior wing (ND Commit)
  • Will Terry 6'5" senior, forward
  • Jack Futa, 6'5" senior guard
  • Adam O'Dell, 6'6" senior forward

Other Top Games

Carmel (5-0) at New Albany (4-1)

Carmel will travel to New Albany without their starting point guard (contact tracing), and their "backup" point guard's (also starts) status is TBD after leaving Friday night's game early due to an injury.  What could possibly go wrong?  

Still trying to figure out how New Albany lost by 30 to Zionsville.

• Carmel
  
  • Peter Suder, 6'4" junior guard
  • Bryan Waddell, 6'7" senior guard
  • Charlie Williams, 6'10" junior center
  • Connor Goia, 5'9" senior guard
• New Albany
  
  • Kaden Stanton, 5'11" junior guard
  • Tucker Biven, 6'0" junior guard
  • Jordan Thomas, 6'7" senior forward

North Central (3-2) at Crispus Attucks (6-1)

The tempo this game should be played at, look for Walker to have a big game.  Attucks has a major size advantage, and it's skilled size, especially Hooks and Carson.  

• North Central
  
  • Leland Walker, 6'0" junior guard
  • Jalen Clark, 6'1" senior guard
  • Mike Elliott, 6'2" senior forward
  • Theran Johnson, 6'0" senior guard
  • Antonio Lisenbee, 6'7" junior forward
• Crispus Attucks
  
  • Isaiah Stafford, 6'2" senior guard
  • J Hooks, 6'7" sophomore forward
  • Jaylen Carson, 6'7" senior forward
  • Donovan Barnett, 6'4" senior guard
  • Qu'Shawn Ware, 6'4" sophomore guard