Saturday’s Daily Dive: 12/5

Landon Bundy

December 6, 2020 @ 11:31 AM

Week 2 is underway and we have got a big slate of high school hoops going on this week in Indiana. This season is going to be full of uncertainty, but let us dive on in and take a look at some highlights of Saturday’s night of hoops. [player_tooltip player_id="874172" first="Ian" last="Scott"] Dominates North Central In the second game of the Allstate Sneakers for Santa Shootout, Plainfield took on North Central, and we saw easily the best performance of the Shootout. In a back and forth game down the stretch, Scott was the only constant in the Plainfield offense. He touched the ball nearly every position down the floor, controlled the pace of the game, and he put up the best numbers of his career. Scott was an outstanding 19-27 from the field with 43 points and 16 rebounds. So far on the season, Scott is averaging 34 points and 15 rebounds a game, and he is making a big name for himself during his senior season. Homestead Holds On in Double OT In the final game of the Sneakers for Santa Shootout at Brownsburg, Homestead, number 11 in the state, took on Cathedral, number 4 in the state. This game featured many top-level players on both sides, and the game lived up to the expectation. Both sides battled back and forth from the jump with nobody being able to take control of the game, but with only one minute remaining in the game, Cathedral had jumped out to a six-point lead. However, a couple of missed free throws by Cathedral led to three-pointers by [player_tooltip player_id="529568" first="Luke" last="Goode"] and [player_tooltip player_id="963221" first="Grant" last="Simmons"] to send the game into overtime. In the first overtime, nothing happened. Yes, each team had three shots in the overtime period and nobody hit their shots which sent the game into double overtime. In the second overtime period, Homestead got out to an early lead, and milked the game away with outstanding free throw shooting. They held on to a 71-65 double-overtime victory thanks to a 34 point, 10 rebound performance from [player_tooltip player_id="529568" first="Luke" last="Goode"]. [player_tooltip player_id="1063961" first="Fletcher" last="Loyer"] also added 20 points. For Cathedral, [player_tooltip player_id="783162" first="Vincent" last="Brady"] added 17, [player_tooltip player_id="963220" first="Jalen" last="Johnson"] added 14 points, and [player_tooltip player_id="868260" first="Sincere" last="Germany"] had 11 points.