Thursday’s Daily Dive: 2/9

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week 12 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 highlights of Thursday's night of hoops. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Greenwood Christian routes Bethesda Christian on the road </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In one of the top games coming into last night, the Greenwood Christian Cougars went on the road and somewhat stunned the Bethesda Christian Patriots 66-43. The Cougars saw 4 players score in double figures <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1386511' first='Max' last='Booher']</strong> with 20, <strong>Ian Reed</strong> with 12, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1273138' first='Blake' last='Shewmaker']</strong> with 11, and <strong>Evan McIntyre</strong> with 10. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1761698' first='Sam' last='Mlagan']</strong> lead with 20 for Bethesda. This win extends GCA's win-streak to 6. Bethesda Christian drops to 13-3 on the year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>North Putnam over Greencastle</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In what was a tight game throughout, the North Putnam Cougars were able to hold off the Greencastle Tiger Cubs 37-34. Per our own Landon Bundy, who was covering the game, Greencastle turned it over on a <strong>Kaden Helderman</strong> and would result in him getting fouled and making both free throws. Greencastle missed a three at the buzzer. <strong>Brayden Monnett</strong> led 13 to lead the Cougars while Helderman added 10. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1728674' first='Sam' last='Gooch']</strong> led with 13 for Greencastle. This game was part of the Putnam County Tournament which also saw South Putnam beat Cloverdale earlier. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Morgan Township beats Kouts, top of PCC</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In a big time rivalry game, the 1A No. 4 Morgan Township Cherokees beat the Kouts Mustangs 67-54 in a fun, fast paced game. This game saw multiple runs by both teams but MT was just too much defensively at times for Kouts to get passed. The best player of the game was <strong>Jaiden Spratley</strong> with his 24 pts, 9 rbs, and 3 stls for Morgan Township. His teammate, <strong>Keagan Holder</strong>, also was fantastic for the Cherokees. Win the win, Morgan Township stands atop the PCC and extend their win streak to 12.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->