Tuesday’s Daily Dive: 11/22

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week 1 of the Indiana high school basketball is officially underway and we have got a big slate of high school hoops going on this week in Indiana. Let us dive on in and take a look at some highlights of Tuesday's night of hoops.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bloomington North wins on a Roberts' buzzer beater&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bloomington North senior forward [player_tooltip player_id='868224' first='JaQualon' last='Roberts'] was able to get the Cougars to barely escape with a road win over Bedford North Lawrence when he hit a buzzer beater to lead them to victory 57-55. The Vanderbilt commit was also the leading scorers for all players with his 31 points, 12 rebound double-double. BNL seniors [player_tooltip player_id='1273008' first='Colten' last='Leach'] (20) and [player_tooltip player_id='1273007' first='Colton' last='Staggs'] (15) led the Stars in scoring. No doubt about this one, this was an extremely hard fought game and was the type of tough game you would see in that area. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>High scoring performances in Gary 21st-Tindley game&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In what was an exciting game from start to finish, 2A Gary 21 St beat 1A Indianapolis Tindley 99-97. This game was one shot at the buzzer from heading into to overtime but was not good. 2023 Gary 21st century guard [player_tooltip player_id='868220' first='Ashton' last='Williamson'] led all scorers with 30 points while Tindley senior [player_tooltip player_id='1252307' first='Arlondo' last='Hall'] led the Tigers with 29 points. Tindley freshman [player_tooltip player_id='1560945' first='Dezhon' last='Hall'] had 31 points in his high school debut. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Mullen enters 1000-point club</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last night saw 3A North Daviess defeat 1A Loogootee 53-40 in a high profile southern Indiana showdown. During that contest, North Daviess star and Oakland City commit [player_tooltip player_id='935727' first='Jaylen' last='Mullen'] was the leading scorer for the Cougars with 19 points with that performance also allowing him to officially enter the 1000-point club. 2023 Loogootee forward [player_tooltip player_id='868254' first='Peyton' last='Bledsoe'] was the leading scorer for both squads dropping 21 points in his season debut. The Lions' Leighton Jeffers also had 11 points as well. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->