Game Previews: Wednesday, January 13

Cathedral (9-1) at Carmel (10-0)

No rest for the weary for either team.  The other side of this, never a dull moment.  According to stats on John Harrell’s site, Cathedral, 10th in offense, at 75.8 points per game, Carmel, 12th in defense, 40.6 points per game, both have an average point spread around +15 points per game.

Keys to look forward to:  Cathedral’s perimeter shooting.  Vs. Brebeuf, it was the main aspect of their early 19 point lead.  Carmel, should Cathedral extend their defense, has to make them pay on the backside.  Long been willing to turn an opponent’s defense into their offense, Carmel has options to get that done.

• Cathedral
  
  • Tayshawn Comer, 6'1" junior guard
  • Vincent Brady, 6'4" senior guard
  • Jaxson Edwards, 6'3" senior wing
  • Jake Davis, 6'6" sophomore forward (football), Jaron Tibbs, 6'4" sophomore wing (football), Jalen Johnson, 6'1" senior wing
  • Peter Moe, 6'8" junior center (transferred)
• 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

Marion County Tournament (quarterfinals)

Lawrence North (10-0) at Lawrence Central (7-5)

The battle of Lawrence Township...part two.  LN won the regular season game by 5.  LC promptly went on a five game winning streak.  They’ve cooled down a bit, but they are playing much better basketball since starting the season 1-3.

• Lawrence North
  
  • DJ Hughes, 6'7" senior forward
  • Shamar Avance, 6'2" senior guard
  • CJ Gunn, 6'5" junior guard
• Lawrence Central
  
  • Greg Jenkins, 6'2" senior guard
  • Dameriz Merriweather, 6'1" senior guard
  • Josh Mickens, 6'4" sophomore forward
  • Jacob Franklin, 6'2" sophomore guard

Brebeuf (5-5) at Pike (7-4)

Pike is winners of five of their last six.  Brebeuf has lost four of their last six.  

• Brebeuf
  
  • Evan Altman, 6'6" senior forward
  • Billy Smith, 6'6" junior wing
  • Austin Ezell, 6'0" senior guard
• Pike
  
  • Ryan Conwell, 6'2" junior guard
  • JJ Louden, 6'4" junior guard
  • Eddie Jones, 6'5" senior forward
  • Devon Woods, 5'10" sophomore guard

Ben Davis (4-6) at Southport (1-6)

Two teams dealing with roster issues.  Ben Davis’ comeback win over Beech Grove went to the final buzzer.  One key for Southport will be the availability of Dancler.  Coming back from an ACL injury, when he’s played, he’s not played on back to back nights.

• Ben Davis
  
  • Jayden Brewer, 6'5" senior guard
  • Clay Butler, 6'2" sophomore guard
  • Trevor Nibbs, 6'5" senior foward
  • KJ Windham, 6'3" freshman guard
  • Jesse Faires, 6'6" sophomore forward
  • Zane Doughty, 6'8" sophomore center
  • Sheridan Sharpe, 6'2" sophomore guard
• Southport
  
  • AJ Dancler, 6'2" sophomore guard
  • Nickens Lemba, 6'6" sophomore forward
  • Anthony Ball, 6'5" sophomore forward
  • Keyon Miller, 6'0" sophomore guard

Lutheran (9-2) at Warren Central (4-3)

It’s been since the 2008 season that Lutheran has had a start like this.  They took that season all the way to Banker’s Life.  

They have a regularly scheduled game on Friday, so I’m not sure what they thought about their chances coming into the MCT this year.  ?

• Lutheran
  
  • Joseph Faubian, 6'4" senior forward
  • Montasi Clay, 5'10" junior guard
  • Mitchell Lee, 6'3" junior guard
  • Ethan Cutshaw, 6'3" junior foward
• Warren Central
  
  • DAnte Davis, 6'7" junior forward
  • Malik Stanley, 6'1" senior guard
  • Sean Black, 5'11" senior guard
  • Chandler Jackson, 6'5" junior forward
  • Gabe McNary, 6'8" senior center
  • Donald Coats, 6'6" senior wing