Tuesday’s Daily Dive: 11/28

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week 2 of the Indiana high school basketball is officially underway and we had got 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.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Defending 2A State Champs Fort Wayne Blackhawk loses opening game</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The defending Class 2A State champions, Fort Wayne Blackhawk, officially got their season underway as they traveled down the road to face Fort Wayne North, who also got their season underway as well. It was not a great opening night for the reigning 2A champs as they fell to the Legends 71-63. Per reports, it looked as though this game was always near a 10-point gap in favor of Fort Wayne North throughout. [player_tooltip player_id='1293384' first='Javion' last='Davenport'] led Fort Wayne North with 20 point while [player_tooltip player_id='1547392' first='Jaxson' last='Fugate'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1578389' first='Eugene' last='Young Jr'] each added 19. Blackhawk was led by 2025 standout [player_tooltip player_id='1364589' first='Kellen' last='Pickett'] with a game-high 22 points. North will be looking to continue to build this momentum as they travel to Dekalb on Friday while Blackhawk will be looking for a bounce-back win at New Haven on Friday, as well. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1158192' first='Taray' last='Howell'] join 1,000 point club</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Moving down South, we have one of first players this season join the impressive 1,000 point club. Down in Evansville Bosse, senior lead guard [player_tooltip player_id='1158192' first='Taray' last='Howell'] scored his 1,000th career point. This came after he scored a team-high 15 points in the loss vs. Jasper last night. Howell is one of the best pure scorers in the state and can do it at many levels on the floor. He has elite quick speed on the ball that allows him to burst past defenders and push the pace whenever he wants to. He and Bulldogs will look for a bounce-back win over a tough Cathedral team at Sneakers For Santa on Saturday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Franklin upsets Center Grove in OT</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In perhaps the biggest game of the night saw easily the biggest upset, as well. In overtime, the Franklin Grizzly Cubs were able to knockoff No. 3 Center Grove 65-64. Per reports, it looked to be an extremely tight game throughout that almost saw Center Grove squeak out with a win with [player_tooltip player_id='1212044' first='Dylan' last='Meador'] coming up with the lose ball off a [player_tooltip player_id='1158238' first='Joey' last='Schmitz'] missed free throw but could not get the shot to fall before time has expired. In OT, Franklin's [player_tooltip player_id='1497617' first='Wyatt' last='Nickleson'] made two go ahead free throws with about 10 seconds left to give the Flashers the close win. Eastern Kentucky signee [player_tooltip player_id='1275780' first='Micah' last='Davis'] and Grant Hunter each had a game-high 18 points while Center Grove was led by [player_tooltip player_id='1547490' first='Jalen' last='Bundy'] with 16 points. Both teams get back in action this weekend with Franklin hosting Brownsburg on Friday while Center Grove will face Bloomington North on Friday </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->