Thursday Daily Dive: (2/12)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week 12 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 a few highlights of Tuesday's night of hoops.<br><br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jennings County defeats Jeffersonville</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A sneaky good matchup that took place on Thursday night was the Hoosiers Hills Conference game between Jennings County and Jeffersonville. The Red Devils of Jeffersonville came into this game looking for a much-needed win however, Jennings County was able to hold them off and defeated them 69-60. This was Jennings County's 9th win of the season. The leading scorers for the Panthers were Johnny Elkins with 22 points and Jerry Davis with 20 points. The Panthers will travel to Columbus East on Friday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Putnam County Tournament First Round Results</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As the season winds down, there ae very few in-state tournaments taking place however, one of them is the four-team battle in the Putnam County Tournament. The first round took place last night with two really good game. In the first game, Greencastle defeated South Putnam 61-52 and then Cloverdale defeated North Putnam 64-49. Greencastle was led in scoring by [player_tooltip player_id='1728674' first='Sam' last='Gooch'] with 19 points and Cloverdale was led by [player_tooltip player_id='2617833' first='Ishmael' last='Kiteka'] with 24 points. Cloverdale and Greencastle will play on Friday night for the Putnam County Championship.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Other Key results in the state</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bloomington South defeated Southport 49-40</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Batesville defeated Rushville 73-35</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brownstown Central defeated Madison 80-46</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>New Castle defeated Delta 53-42</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Warren Central defeated Christel House 53-40</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->