Tuesday Daily Dive: (1/16)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week 9 of the Indiana high school basketball is officially wrapped up 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 some highlights of Tuesday's night of hoops.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Merrillville gets good win over Crown Point</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Up in northern Indiana saw the Merrillville Pirates pick up a big win on the road by defeating Crown Point 60-57. The Pirates were led by senior Shaun Clemons with 14 pts while fellow senior Keonte McKinney added 13 pts. Standout sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='1561617' first='Dikembe' last='Shaw'] led the Crown Point Bulldogs in scoring with 13 pts while sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='1561063' first='Kingston' last='Rhodes'] added 10 pts. With the win, Merrillville improves to an impressive 8-4 on the year having won their last five games. Crown Point also sits at an 8-4 record following this loss. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>City Tournament Opening Round results </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The annual Indianapolis City Tournament kicked off last night with six opening round games getting us started. Below are the results of the first round games.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Christel House 58, Covenant Christian 41</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Heritage Christian 71, Indianapolis Herron 22</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Indianapolis Scecina 65, Indianapolis Chatard 54</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Indianapolis Ritter 61, Indianapolis Tindley 58</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Indianapolis Tech 66, Providence Cristo Rey 23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Indianapolis Washington 41, Purdue Poly Englewood 39</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Top players that played last night include: [player_tooltip player_id='1560973' first='Ethan' last='Roseman'], [player_tooltip player_id='1297031' first='Henri' last='Maye'], [player_tooltip player_id='2277732' first='Lamar' last='Jones'], [player_tooltip player_id='1275786' first='Devon' last='Rudolph'], [player_tooltip player_id='1277745' first='Luke' last='Peters'], [player_tooltip player_id='1297087' first='Marshawnn' last='Henderson'], [player_tooltip player_id='2282439' first='Jayden' last='Ford'], [player_tooltip player_id='1296981' first='Brandon' last='Rogers Jr'], [player_tooltip player_id='1728675' first='Elexander' last='Harris'], [player_tooltip player_id='1277590' first='Clem' last='Butler']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Other Notable Results</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ben Davis beat Decatur Central 64-48</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jennings County beat Columbus North 78-58</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>South Bend Adams beat South Bend Washington 53-48</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Speedway beat Indianapolis Lutheran 65-60</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Warren Central beat Zionsville 57-53</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->