Friday Daily Dive: (1/16)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week 8 of the Indiana high school basketball is officially 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 a few highlights of Friday's night of hoops.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Marion County Semifinal Results</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the central Indiana area, most eyes were on the semifinals of the Marian County Tournament. Below are the results and player performances.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lawrence North defeated Park Tudor 61-48. [player_tooltip player_id='1561031' first='Cameron' last='Webster'] led with 16 points for Lawrence North. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Pike crushed Lawrence Central 91-53. [player_tooltip player_id='2266896' first='Isaiah' last='Hill'] with a triple-double of 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 blocks. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Terre Haute North wins 7th Straight Shoe Trophy over South</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Arguably the top rivalry game of the night came between both Terre Haute North and South. In the annual Shoe Trophy Game that is played in the Hulman Center at Indiana State, it was the North Patriots that won their 7th south vs their city rival South. THN was led by [player_tooltip player_id='2140323' first='Blake' last='Hammond'] with 18 points, [player_tooltip player_id='2425772' first='Tyler' last='Renn'] 11 points, [player_tooltip player_id='1561105' first='Brady' last='Klopfenstein'] and Cam Fennell 10 points each. The final score was 72-59. North improves to 9-3. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Snider Beats Homestead on the road</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In one of the more impressive wins of the night, Fort Wayne Snider came away with a big one. Going on the road, the Panthers were able to beat the Homestead Spartans 71-52 in a game that they controlled for the entire contest. They were led in scoring by Trell Houge with 18 points, [player_tooltip player_id='2416898' first='Chance' last='DeRossett'] with 15 points, and [player_tooltip player_id='1744397' first='Xavier' last='Wilson'] with 11 points. With the win, Snider improves to 9-5. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->