Noblesville Holiday Tournament

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Hoops Indiana had boots on the ground on Friday morning at The Mill for the annual Noblesville Holiday Tournament. College coaches from Grace, Purdue Northwest, and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods have been in attendance as well. Here are game recaps from the two semi-final matchups between we head to North Central High School for four games at the Paul Loggan Memorial Invitational.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Brebeuf Jesuit 47 Noblesville 46</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This was a heartbreaker for Noblesville. The host Millers lead by nine points with under 90 seconds to play, but seven points in the final 15 seconds from Brebeuf Jesuit junior guard [player_tooltip player_id='1561106' first='Austin' last='Ford'] led the Braves comeback. Ford made two free throws, stole an inbounds pass, and relocated for a three-point shot with about nine seconds remaining. Then, Noblesville star [player_tooltip player_id='1534261' first='Justin' last='Curry II'] uncharacteristically missed two free throws which led to Ford coming down and nailing the buzzer-beating three-point shot. He finished with 15 points while senior forward [player_tooltip player_id='1297045' first='Jacob' last='Strickland'] added 12 points. Curry II scored a game-high 17 points in the loss for Noblesville.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Crown Point 68 Gary 21st Century 50</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Crown Point continued to double up Gary 21st Century throughout the majority of Friday's second semifinal matchup. The Bulldogs led 16-8 after the first quarter and 34-17 at the half on their way to running away with a 68-50 victory to remain undefeated at 5-0 on the season. They advance to take on Brebeuf Jesuit in the championship game of the Noblesville Holiday Tournament. Gary 21st Century, who suffered their first loss of the season, will take on Noblesville in the consolation game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1561445' first='Mason' last='Darrell'], a talented junior guard, scored all 18 of his points in the first half to lead the Bulldogs. He finished with 5 rebounds as well. Kolby Henderlog added 13 points while [player_tooltip player_id='1561617' first='Dikembe' last='Shaw'] posted a double-double of 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists. In the loss for Gary 21st Century, [player_tooltip player_id='1561080' first='Terrence' last='Hayes'] Jr led all scorers with 24 points to go along with 7 rebounds and 5 steals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->