Thursday Daily Dive: (2/6)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week 11 of the Indiana high school basketball is underway and we had 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 Tuesday's night of hoops.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Fishers/South Ripley remain undefeated</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last night there were two big time matchups regarding two undefeated teams in the state. First, the Fishers Tigers went on the road to face their Sectional 8 rival Westfield and was able to come back from being down nearly 15 point to get the 67-64 win over the Shamrocks. Sophomore guard [player_tooltip player_id='2194415' first='Jason' last='Gardner'] Jr led the Tigers with 22 points while Miami (OH) signee [player_tooltip player_id='1297069' first='Justin' last='Kirby'] added 18 points as well to help Fishers move to 19-0. Way down in the State, the South Ripley Raiders improved to 18-0 with their 55-54 win over Southwestern (Hanover). It was the senior duo for South Ripley that helped secure the win with [player_tooltip player_id='2053681' first='Blaine' last='Ward'] leading with 28 points and [player_tooltip player_id='1907680' first='Cole' last='Henry'] added 15 points. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Portage dominates Crown Point</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This was one of the top games on paper in the state last night and have one of the more stunning results. In what was expected to be a close game, the Portage Indians had other ideas. Holding down home court, Portage defeated Crown Point 64-40 to improve to 13-4 on the season. Portage was led in scoring by [player_tooltip player_id='1297094' first='Michael' last='Wellman'] who had 21 points in the win. Portage has proven themselves to be a contender from the north in Class 4A with this win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Barr-Reeve survives Jasper in OT</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another game that had a somewhat shocking result came down in Jasper, Indiana between the Jasper Wildcats and Barr-Reeve Vikings. Many had expected the Vikings to come in an role over the just 4-14 Wildcats however, Jasper took Barr-Reeve to overtime and nearly had the upset of the night. Barr-Reeve was able to get a last second layup after a Jasper missed three to secure the win. Seth Wagner led Barr-Reeve with 23 points and Jasper was led by [player_tooltip player_id='1560974' first='Logan' last='Day'] with 11 points. Barr-Reeve is now 12-4 on the season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->