Tuesday’s Daily Dive: 1/12

<p>Week 8 is underway and we have got a big slate of high school hoops going on this week in Indiana. Let us dive on in and take a look at some highlights of Tuesday’s night of hoops. </p> <p><b>Madison wins on a buzzer beater       </b></p> <p>In what was just a battle of a game, the Madison Cubs were able to sneak away with a road victory against the Bedford Stars 54-52 thanks to a fadeaway buzzer beater from senior <strong>Luke Ommen</strong> (15 pts) in OT. The first half saw Madison dominate for the most part before stormed back and started trading buckets. <strong>Kooper Staley</strong> of Bedford was the main reason for the comeback of the Stars thanks to his 20 points, which included two clutch bombs from behind the arc. Other standouts of the game were Madison seniors <strong>Luke Miller</strong> (18 pts), [player_tooltip player_id="1077026" first="Nick" last="Center"] (14 pts, 14 rbs), and Bedford’s <strong>Colten Leach</strong> with 17 points. Madison will travel to New Albany on Friday while Bedford will host Jennings County on Saturday.                   </p> <p><b>Homestead beats Blackhawk</b></p> <p>This game lived up to hype for sure. In a game of two of Indiana’s best teams, the 4A Homestead Spartans were able to defeat 2A Blackhawk Christian Braves, 72-60. There were a few big performances this game which included Blackhawk’s [player_tooltip player_id="529561" first="Caleb" last="Furst"] (27 pts, 9 rbs), [player_tooltip player_id="569345" first="Zane" last="Burke"] (15 pts, 5 rbs), and Homestead’s [player_tooltip player_id="529568" first="Luke" last="Goode"] with 22 points and 5 rebounds. However, no performance was bigger than Homestead’s [player_tooltip player_id="1063961" first="Fletcher" last="Loyer"] who absolutely went off in the 4Q dropping 13 points of his 23 total points on the night. With this loss, Blackhawk drops their first game of the season (10-1) but will have a chance to bounce back when they face Fort Wayne Lures on Saturday. Homestead remains undefeated (13-0) and will have a chance to remain strong when they travel to Fort Wayne Snider on Friday.                                 </p> <p><b>Quarterfinals set for Marion County Tourney     </b></p> <p>Last night was the first round of the highly anticipated Marion County Tournament. The results of the first round were as followed: [player_tooltip player_id="870264" first="James" last="Smith"] and Lawrence Central defeated Decatur Central 58-38, [player_tooltip player_id="783202" first="Evan" last="Altman"] and Brebeuf Jesuit defeated [player_tooltip player_id="874134" first="Mason" last="Gonzales"] and Franklin Central 57-49, [player_tooltip player_id="529593" first="Jayden" last="Brewer"] and Ben Davis defeated Beech Grove 51-48, [player_tooltip player_id="868242" first="Anthony" last="Ball"] and Southport defeated [player_tooltip player_id="874118" first="Ronald" last="Johnson"] and Park Tudor 46-42, Indianapolis Lutheran defeated Indianapolis Roncalli 56-54, [player_tooltip player_id="874117" first="Malik" last="Stanley"] and Warren Central defeated [player_tooltip player_id="569304" first="Jayden" last="Taylor"] and Perry Meridian 67-53, and [player_tooltip player_id="870226" first="Ryan" last="Conwell"] and Pike advanced due to Speedway not playing. With all that said, the quarterfinals have been set and will take place tonight with Lawrence North at Lawrence Central, Brebeuf Jesuit at Pike, Ben Davis at Southport, and Indianapolis Lutheran at Warren Central. </p>