Friday Daily Dive: (1/12)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week 8 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 Friday's night of hoops.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Southwester (Hanover) continues to roll in 2A</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Southwestern (Hanover) Rebels got a big rivalry win last nigh and continue to roll in at the Class 2A level. Per Patrick Wooley of Courtside Indiana, last night saw the Rebels defeat a tough Switzerland County team 66-55 to improve to 13-2 on the year. Southwestern (Hanover) was led in scoring by [player_tooltip player_id='1761700' first='Jamison' last='Lewis'] with a team-high 20 points while [player_tooltip player_id='1528537' first='Landon' last='Kidwell'] added 18 points and Peyton Cloud adding 16 points. Cam Craig of Switzerland County had a game-high 26 points. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Richmond stays undefeated</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There may not be a hotter team in the state right now than the Richmond Spiders. Last with the win over Muncie Central, the Spiders improved to 15-0 on the year and remain one of the few unbeaten team in the state. 2025 standout and stock-rising guard [player_tooltip player_id='1296998' first='Cedric' last='Horton'] had a team high 18-points last night and is continuing to show why he is one of the best guards in the state. Richmond will look to improve to 16-0 when they travel to Madison tonight.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Penn avoids big upset</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Kingsmen of Penn avoided a big time upset last night. It was a low-scoring affair, Penn was able to narrowly escape at home with a 35-31 win over Jimtown, who has only won three games thus far this season. Per Zak Tyler of Courtside Indiana, Penn was led in scoring by [player_tooltip player_id='2282340' first='Maverick' last='Brown'] who finished with a very low game-high of 12 points. [player_tooltip player_id='1297022' first='Dylan' last='Fey'] led Jimtown with 9 points. With the win, Penn improves 8-3 this year and snapped a two-game losing skid. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->