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Shanandoah Blackhawk 30-29 at half great game

Total collapse .....brown has 33 of 46 team points and several of those 13 were scored by jv players subbed in against barr Reeve jv....Blackford kids had no energy and looked timid .....brown was 10-18 from field

Sorry for lack of update ....I’m having to give my five year old the phone to get through the six or seven hours of basketball ....barr Reeve is just mind handling the Bruins ....no energy on Blackford side ....brown has 13 or 14 of the 19 points ...38-19 at half

Blackhawk pulls it out ...was a one possession game till last minute twenty of overtime ....two fantastic games ....not sure if Blackford or shanandoah can beat either of the second two but should still be good /fun basketball

Unrelated but barr Reeve and Blackhawk in a fun game !!! 48-52 after 3 Blackhawk ahead !

They are a fantastic team ...mccallugh has them playing as well as a group as I’ve seen without a clear “ stud”

Blackford loses 74-73 in overtime luke with high 30’s or low 40’s ....several Blackford players missed free throws and had choke type turnovers ....first rowdy atmosphere and they didn’t handle it but it was a fun game ( several shanandoah kids missed free throws also otherwise they would have won by more )

Overtime !

Blackford up 54-48 after 3 ....Luke has 32 and 4 .....plus or minus one on each stat Im keeping them in my head while yelling and wrangling a 5 year old

Halftime 39-35 Blackford ....brown has 20 and either 3 or 4 assists

Shanandoah 22 Blackford 21 end of first quarter ...brown 11 points 2 assists

Hall of fame classic is on as of now. As long as they remain orange SOME general entry tickets will be available at the door for non family. Additionally there are some online purchase options. Keep in mind if they switch to red non family May be restricted and you’ll have to travel to get your refund. That being said they update color designations Wednesday at noon which means the first set of games will already be in progress so take that for what it’s worth. All things considered Blackford vs shanandoah and Blackhawk vs barr Reeve should be as good a two game matchup as you’ll find in the state. It will literally be better than the 1A and 2A state championship games as the sectional structure feeds and Blackhawk and barr Reeve are both top ten in coaches poll not considering class. Barr Reeve took Carmel to overtime and Blackhawk took silver creek to overtime that game in particular should be absolutely fantastic on top of seeing brown Furst hopf graber and knepp individual performances. If you can make it could be the best show of the year

Happy holidays folks....I appreciate all of your passions (iu and otherwise ) and all the friendly ( and even not always friendly ) debates and discussions. It’s been fun to follow the last few years. Everyone enjoy your friends and family and go iu, go Blackford , go basketball in general

I agree with you on all counts : 1. No one is beating Blackhawk so semi state is the ceiling 2. That is max estimate because they also could get a sectional bye and only have two sectional games 3. He missed 8 full games plus 3 quarters of the game he was injured in as a freshman , Blackford lost its first sectional game without him by six , with him they cruise and he gets one extra game then last year he missed both regional games and a probable semi state game. You give him an extra 11-12 games and he beata the record by over 100 points and puts it in way out there territory ( he’s at 199 this year )

https://www.newsandtribune.com/sports/boys-basketball-brown-bruins-beat-bulldogs/article_ee9b1c7c-44c9-11eb-913a-d79f43454f76.html some good comments from coach

I wouldn’t dispute those ...I was so into the game I did a poor job on mentally keeping ancillary stats like rebounds ....what might be most impressive is that he put up those numbers with only 17 shots from the floor while being covered by two defenders full court from the start of the second quarter on

Makes total sense he looked like a great athlete. Crazy he’s that high caliber in baseball and with all the dedication it takes to be that good he’s still an elite all around basketball player

Thanks ! Sorry for the delay it was crazy and we had to get out and get to a hotel ....brown finished by my count with 31 but I could be off by two points either direction ...I counted five assists ...if anyone wants to watch the replay on the new Albany sports app it’s worth the ten dollars there were three lead changes in the last four possessions great game ....the piven kid for new Albany is unreal and is only a junior

Half 40-38 new Albany .....brown is being covered full court by two defenders has 19 and 3 assists ......piven for new Albany is unreal ...can score and is super creative

First quarter at new Albany 23-17 Blackford brown with 17 points and 1 assist

My understanding is some tickets will be made available at door for Blackford at new Albany ...Floyd county is “ orange “ so the game isn’t being limited to parents only. New Albany just lost to Carmel but gave them a great game the whole way ( only 8 point loss ). Should give you a good measuring stick on luke and on Blackford as a team

That’s really tough to say...my immediate answer would be no he won’t. I haven’t had a chance to spend any time or become aquatinted much with the wors family other than speaking in passing at games. The browns were a little more social and I got to know them quite well. With what I have to go on they moved both their kids here primarily to play with Luke. If the younger Hoover boy was still here they would likely have a better overall team In two years than what they have now with Luke so that might have enticed them to stay but without any ties what so ever to the area I would be slightly surprised if they leave. Just to restate though I don’t know them personally and could be off on that. With attendance limited to family I may get to know them a little better this year so I’ll update if I learn anything. I don’t think the kids a future d1 prospect and he’s already 16 as a freshman ( actually was before he even started school in august ) but I do think he will be an all conference type of player and maybe a second or third team all state type player as an upper classman depending where he ends up

They transferred to frontier high school a small 1A school near Lafayette. The older brother who is a senior was a hard worker and could defend and rebound but was a massive offensive liability ( horrid shot selection , not a great finisher at the rim , low shooting percentage , turnover and foul prone). The younger brother is a sophomore and was a mixture of his two older brothers ...he was 6’2 and growing, very thin , but an excellent ball handler with decent basketball iq. The younger would have been the more impactful this season and would have been a big help in 1 or 2 years. For this seasons purpose it won’t be noticed in production but it doesn’t hurt depth as it leaves them with only six “ competent “ players and 1 or 2 more stand ins that have significant liabilities. Liberty Christian Thursday is another solid team but I think Blackford wins ...after that it’s new Albany , shanandoah, and either Blackhawk or barr Reeve. In that stretch I think they go 0-3 although if they play their absolute best they can give shanandoah or barr Reeve a competitive game. I haven’t seen any of new Albany this year but they play Carmel this weekend so that will be a good measuring stick

Brown 37 points on 18 shots , 7 rebounds, 11 assists in a win over a ranked and solid northeastern team. Excellent team play for Blackford despite two quarters of poor defense. Blackford freshman Jackson wors has had 19 and 18 points the last two games