Thursday’s Daily Dive: 12/29

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week 6 of the Indiana high school basketball is officially underway and we had got a big slate of high school hoops going on last night in Indiana. Let us dive on in and take a look at some highlig</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kokomo Tournament First Round Results </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The first round of the Phil Cox Memorial Kokomo Tournament took place today and it saw a lot of action from a lot of top players in the state. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are the results of the first round: Warren Central defeated Guerin Catholic 41-40, Brownsburg defeated Columbia City 78-37, Center Grove defeated South Bend Riley 73-62, and Kokomo defeated FW Bishop Luers 75-48. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are some of the top player performances: [player_tooltip player_id='1049166' first='Tyler' last='Horton'] with 10 pts, [player_tooltip player_id='1275817' first='Robert' last='Sorensen'] with 17 pts, Andrew Hendrick with 11 pts, [player_tooltip player_id='1275779' first='Kanon' last='Catchings'] with 15 pts, [player_tooltip player_id='1391626' first='Elhadj' last='Diallo'] with 14 pts, [player_tooltip player_id='1158219' first='Cam' last='Reich'] with 12 pts, [player_tooltip player_id='1295337' first='Grant' last='Porath'] with 11 pts, [player_tooltip player_id='1384438' first='Cadell' last='Wallace'] 15 pts, Nic Thompson with 14 pts, [player_tooltip player_id='1363488' first='Flory' last='Bidunga'] with 19 pts (14 rbs), Karson Rodgers with 15 pts, [player_tooltip player_id='1381461' first='Zion' last='Bellamy'] with 12 pts, [player_tooltip player_id='1272949' first='Marcus' last='Ankney'] had 16 pts at the half (final stats unavailable).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brownsburg plays Warren Central while Kokomo plays Center Grove tomorrow. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Linton finally wins Wabash Valley Classic Championship</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Miners finally were able to capture the Wabash Valley Classic Championship tonight after finishing as the runner-ups five times. It was UCF commit [player_tooltip player_id='868240' first='Joey' last='Hart'], who averaged 20 ppg in the tournament, who, along with [player_tooltip player_id='935736' first='Logan' last='Webb'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1158180' first='Braden' last='Walters'], was able to lead the Miners over 1A #1 Bloomfield 56-44. Linton-Stockton is now 10-1 on the year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Homestead beats Mishawaka Marian in OT to win Homestead Tourney </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the final day of the Homestead Tournament, it was the Spartans that were able to hold ground and win their own tournament by defeating Mishawaka Marian 55-49 in OT in the first place game. 2023 guard [player_tooltip player_id='868270' first='Kyron' last='Kaopuiki'] was the leading scorer on the night with 20 points. On the other side, [player_tooltip player_id='1295304' first='Jackson' last='Price'] lead Mishawaka Marian with 17 points. This was the first loss for Marian this season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->