Keegan ONeill – Courtside Indiana https://courtsideindiana.com The best seats in the house Wed, 11 Mar 2020 05:27:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 POTW: Sectionals https://courtsideindiana.com/players/potw-sectionals/ https://courtsideindiana.com/players/potw-sectionals/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.courtsideindiana.com/?p=874 This week Courtside Indiana will feature a POTW in each of the four classes.  

Presented by Metro Indy Basketball

1A

With 33 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals, Johnell Davis led Gary 21st Century over Kouts for the Sectional 49 championship!  The 6'3" senior guard also totaled 26 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in their semi-final win over Morgan Township.

Others Nominated

  • Riley Duncan, 6'10" junior center; Cowan
  • Brevin Hallett, 6'5" sophomore forward; Blue River Valley
  • Keegan O'Neill, 6'8" senior center; Barr-Reeve
  • Jaden Thomas, 6'2" junior guard; International

2A

His best game of the week was the opening game, when Luke Brown poured in 34 points with 9 assists Blackford.  The 6'1" junior guard followed that up with 33 points, 4 assists and 9 steals.  In the championship win, Brown totaled 25 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. 

Others Nominated

  • Mason Brooks, 6'5" junior forward; North Putnam
  • Koron Davis, 6'5" junior guard; Bowman Academy
  • Caleb Furst, 6'10" junior center; Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian
  • Noah Hedrick, 6'4" senior guard; Covenant Christian
  • Will Larkin, 6'0" senior guard; Winamac
  • Josiah Ricketts, 6'0" senior guard; North Posey
  • Kolden Vanlandingham, 6'2" junior guard; Northeastern

3A

One assist away from a triple double, Dillon Ware ended with 31 points, 16 rebounds and 9 assists in Danville's semi-final win over Crawfordsville.  He added 16 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in the opening round win over Monrovia, then he closed out in the championship win over North Montgomery with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Others Nominated

  • Jerry Bracey, 6'2" senior guard; Mishawaka Marian
  • Keilyn Hill, 6'3" senior guard; Indianapolis Washington
  • Trey Kaufman, 6'8" junior forward; Silver Creek
  • Kiyron Powell, 6'10" senior forward; Evansville Bosse
  • Simon Scherry, 6'2" senior guard; Heritage Hills
  • Blake Sisley, 6'8" senior forward; Heritage Hills
  • Lane Sparks, 6'2" junior guard; Greensburg

4A

Keeping up with the Dillons.  Ware in 3A, Duff in 4A.  This Dillon, pumped in 28 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists in the sectional win over Northrop.  The 6'5" senior forward for Fort Wayne Snider added 19 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals in the sectional semi-final win over East Noble.

Others Nominated

  • Davion Bailey, 6'4" senior guard; Pike
  • Chris Mantis, 6'7" junior guard; Lowell
  • Tony Perkins, 6'4" senior guard; Lawrence North
  • Peter Suder, 6'4" sophomore forward; Carmel
  • Keon Thompson, 6'2" junior guard; Merrillville
  • Brian Waddell, 6'6" junior forward; Carmel
]]> https://courtsideindiana.com/players/potw-sectionals/feed/ 0 POTW: Week of December 30-January 4 https://courtsideindiana.com/players/potw-week-of-december-30-january-4/ https://courtsideindiana.com/players/potw-week-of-december-30-january-4/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:30:54 +0000 https://www.courtsideindiana.com/?p=699 Though fewer teams take the entire winter break off from game action, it is still among the lightest weeks of the season.  The strong play kept coming.

Cole Wireman, 5'11" junior guard, puts a lot of stats up for undefeated Kouts (8-0).  This past week he had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 6 steals and 3 assists vs Frontier, and followed that up with 29 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals vs Hammond Academy.  

Trey Kaufman continues to put up impressive numbers.  The 6'8" junior forward from Silver Creek posted a 35 point, 7 rebound, 4 assist, 4 steal and 3 block performance in a win over Charlestown.  He followed it up with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists in a win over Providence.  

Mason Brooks, 6'5" junior wing, nearly notched a triple-double in North Putnam's win over Cascade--26 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists to go along with 3 blocks and 2 steals.

The Player of the Week (POTW) for the week of December 30-January 4 presented by Metro Indy Basketball is Barr-Reeve's Keegan O'Neill.  The 6'8" senior center, helped Barr-Reeve to a 3-0 week and an MVP of the Sourthridge Baird Winter Classic.  

vs North Knox - 14 Points; 8 Rebounds; 4 assists
vs Linton - 13 points; 5 rebounds; 2 assists
vs Southridge - 23 points; 6 rebounds; 2 assists

O'Neill also surpassed the 1,000 point mark for his career.  

Other Top Performances

  • Caleb Elmore, 6'0" senior guard; Covington
    • vs Attica - 24 points, 11-13 FG, 12 rebounds
    • vs Seeger - 16 points, 12 rebounds
  • Jordan Stolle, 6'4" senior forward; Richmond
    • vs Fort Wayne North - 31 points, 7 rebounds, 6 steals
  • Grant Taueg, 6'2" senior guard; Cathedral
    • vs Avon - 20 points, 4-7 3pt, 6-6 FT
    • vs Marion - 28 points, 7-15 3pt, 6 rebounds
  • Andrew Welage, 6'7" senior guard; Greensburg
    • vs Hauser - 27 points, 6 assists, 5 steals, 4 rebounds
    • vs Columbus East - 26 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals

Milestones

  • DeAndre Davis, 6'6" senior guard; Lawrence Central - surpassed 1,000 mark for his career
  • Keegan O'Neill - surpassed 1,000 mark for his career

Others Nominated

  • Blake Barker, 6'2" junior guard; Columbus North
  • Murray Becher, 6'4" senior forward; Heritage Hills
  • Max Gizzi, 6'1" senior guard; New Palestine
  • Jakob Reichard, 6'1" junior guard; Plymouth
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