The game down south everyone had been looking forward to all off season took place in Brownstown Saturday night as the host Braves took on the Jeffersonville Red Devils. The game took a turn in the first 3 minutes with both 6'6 Brave junior Colby Hall and 6'4 Red Devil junior PJ Douglas picking up 2 quick fouls. The entire game changed from those early whistles with both teams seemingly playing not to foul. Before the half was over 6'8 Jeffersonville junior Tre Singleton had picked up his 3rd foul as well. Brownstown and their All star Jack Benter took advantage and cruised to a 60- 48 win that was never really in question. Brownstown started 6'6, 6'6, 6'5, 6'5 which is nearly unheard of on a 2A roster. That size and shooting to go along with a senior point guard is going to be tough for anyone to stop. Jeffersonville has some questions to answer going forward. The talent is there but will it all click before it's too late in March? Sectional 15 at Seymour features Jeff, Floyd Central, New Albany, Bedford, Jennings County, and the host Owls. Coming out of that sectional will be a challenge.

● Brownstown's 6'5 Mr Basketball candidate Jack Benter was coming off an injury that kept him sidelined during the Hall of Fame Classic. It has been a tough year for the Purdue commit with various injuries but what I learned is even Jack at 75% is still really good. He finished with a game high 28 pts and got to his spots against a talented Jeff team at will. He often posted up smaller defenders and blew past taller ones. He's got volleyball range on his 3 pt shot hitting a few of those as well. As long as he's on the floor, Brownstown is the favorite to win state in 2A.

● 6'6 junior big Colby Hall showed some promise coming off a good showing at the Hall of Fame Classic. I think alot of times he defers to Jack and others on his team when he could take his own shot. Colby showed a really good post spin against Jeff big, Tre Singleton for 2 of his 6 total points. When not in foul trouble Hall did his job on Singleton holding him to just 10 on the night. Next year when Brownstown losses 3 key senior starters look for Colby and classmate Chace Coomer to carry the Braves.

● 6'8 Jeffersonville big man Tre Singleton battled foul trouble all night but still manged to get into double figures with 10 points. His rhythm was thrown off being in and out all game. I would like to see Tre to impose his will on other teams and dominate the game against players his own size. Brownstown's size combined with fouls gave Singleton trouble. There's no reason Tre shouldn't touch the ball everytime down the floor for the Red Devils. When they play through him they are very tough to deal with. A confident and fully engaged Tre is almost impossible to stop south of Indianapolis.

● 6'4 junior guard Michael Cooper continues to lead the Devils in scoring. His mid range has been falling lately and he's gotten his shot to fall from deep as well. Mike is becoming a legit college prospect with his combination of size, ball handling, and shooting. Curling around a screen and popping from 10 ft. is money for him. Coop put in 19 on Saturday night.

Brownstown put the loss from Friday night at Jennings County behind them to move to 10- 4 while Jeffersonville coming off a big rivalry win at New Albany drops to 7-6.

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