Saturday’s Daily Dive: 2A Sectional Recap

<p>The 2A Sectionals are underway and there were a lot of storylines from Saturday’s championship matchups. Let’s dive in and take a look at some of the top highlights from Saturday’s night of hoops. </p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="647199" first="Luke" last="Brown"] Goes for 50</strong></p> <p>Blackford came in as the clear favorite over Taylor, and the result of the game was never really in question as Blackford dominated 86-57. The real storyline in this one was the domination from Blackford senior, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="647199" first="Luke" last="Brown"]</strong>. Brown hit the 50-point mark for the fifth time in his career. He now has 2,925 career points, and he will look to become just the fifth player in Indiana basketball history to reach the 3,000 point mark. Blackford wins back-to-back Sectional titles after nearly a 20-year drought from their last title in 1991. Blackford will take on Wapahani in the Regional on Saturday.</p> <p><b>Triton Central Pulls off the Upset</b></p> <p>Triton Central came into Sectional 44 with the fourth-best chance to win the title out of the five participating teams, but the Tigers showed everyone that analytics and numbers don’t mean anything. They came out on Friday and upset the hosts, Milan, and on Saturday, they took South Decatur down to the wire. Trailing by one on the final possession, Josh Kemper caught the in-bounds pass in the corner, took two dribbles into the paint, and hit a floater from 12 feet at the buzzer to give the Tigers a 66-65 upset victory. <strong>David Steele</strong> led the Tigers with 22 points, and <strong>Aiden Lindsay</strong> added 21. This was the Tigers first Sectional title in ten years, and they will take on Parke Heritage in the Regional on Saturday. </p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="783142" first="Colson" last="Montgomery"] Dominates for Southridge</strong></p> <p>The Southridge vs. South Spencer game in Sectional 48 was going to come down to if Montgomery could win the game for the Raiders, and he did just that. Montgomery scored 26 of the Raiders’ 30 points in the first half, and Southridge led 30-19 at the break. The Raiders would take this lead and never relinquish it as they would hold on to a 58-44 victory. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="783142" first="Colson" last="Montgomery"]</strong> would finish with 38 points. He would average 28 per game in the Sectional tournament. Montgomery will look to continue his home success in the Regional as the Raiders will take on Paoli.</p> <p><strong>Quick Hitters:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1077014" first="Koron" last="Davis"]</strong> scored 33 points to give Bowman Academy a 70-58 win over Marquette Catholic and their second consecutive Sectional title.</li> <li>Churubusco took down Eastside to win their second straight Sectional title and third in five years.</li> <li>Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian won their 7th title in 8 years, and they sit as the sure-fire favorite in 2A.</li> <li><strong>Quin Stesiak</strong> and <strong>Tarick McGlothin</strong> score 20 and 19 to lead Rochester to back-to-back Sectional titles for the first time since 2006-2007.</li> <li><strong>Kaleb Del Real</strong>, who didn’t even play basketball last season, drilled a game-winning three for Rossville to take down Carroll (Flora).</li> <li>Freshman, <strong>Isaac Andrews,</strong> scored 17 for Wapahani as the Raiders win back-to-back Sectional titles.</li> <li><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="783204" first="Andrew" last="Bennett"]</strong> led the Raiders with 17 as Shenandoah easily took care of Eastern Hancock at 61-38.</li> <li><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="935724" first="Christian" last="Johnson"]</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="963920" first="Connor" last="Davis"]</strong> combine for 40 points and 16 rebounds as Park Heritage beats North Putnam 48-42 for their second-ever Sectional title.</li> <li>Covenant Christian comes back from down 10 with 3 minutes to go to force overtime, and the Warriors held on for a 71-68 win over Heritage Christian in triple overtime.</li> <li>Southwestern (Hanover) took down Providence, 74-51, to win their third title in four years.</li> <li><strong>Isaac Cornett-McBride</strong> hits a shot with five seconds to go to give Paoli a 32-31 victory over Eastern (Pekin) and just their second title in 13 years.</li> <li>Linton-Stockton survived a scare from North Knox, 45-44, thanks to 27 points from Indiana State commit, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="783147" first="Lincoln" last="Hale"]</strong>.</li> </ul>