Thursday’s Daily Dive (12/10)

<p>Thursday nights are always a little quieter on the Indiana High School Basketball scene. However, that doesn’t mean our Prep Hoops Indiana staff isn’t out finding games to watch. Last evening, I had the opportunity to cover the annual NorthWood vs. Westview contest. This was a solid matchup of northern Indiana teams with solid collections of talent. The Panthers of NorthWood are currently ranked #6 in our Prep Hoops Indiana Class 3A polls. Westview entered the game 2-0 and just outside of the 2A Top 10.</p> <p>The game shot off like a rocket from the opening tip. Both teams scored on the first four possessions of the game with Chaz Yoder hitting three 3’s in the early minutes for NorthWood. The Warriors were able to match them for most of the quarter despite trading 2’s for 3’s and trailed 21-16 after one. In the second period, the offenses stayed hot as [player_tooltip player_id="1226596" first="Cade" last="Brenner"] and NiTareon Tuggle each got going for the Panthers to take a 39-31 lead into the halftime break.</p> <p>A 12-1 run to begin the third by NorthWood would pretty quickly put things out of reach. Brenner was hot to start the half and Chaz Yoder connected on another triple to allow the Panthers to jump out to a 20-point advantage midway through the third. At that point, it was on cruise control.</p> <p>Class 3A #6 NorthWood would go on to win 73-58 led by 17 points by [player_tooltip player_id="1226596" first="Cade" last="Brenner"]. Chaz Yoder finished with 15 points all coming from beyond the arc. For Westview, it was [player_tooltip player_id="1267661" first="Mason" last="Yoder"] leading the way with a game-high 21 points.</p> <hr /> <p>Elsewhere around the state...</p> <ul> <li>Freshman [player_tooltip player_id="1297002" first="Chase" last="Konieczny"] scored 22 points to lift South Bend St. Joseph to a 78-46 victory at Jimtown. The freshman is off to an excellent start to his high school career.</li> <li>Lakeland High School junior Ben Keil scored 35 points, but the Lakers fell to DeKalb 63-48.</li> <li>Luke Andree led the way with 14 points in Kankakee Valley’s 65-50 win over Morgan Township.</li> <li>Highland put three seniors in double-figures as Andrew Sands, Braydon Jones, and Nick Steele scored 14, 11, and 10 points respectively to beat Whiting 63-21.</li> <li>Covenant Christian moved to 4-0 with a 62-46 win over Greenwood Christian. </li> </ul>