2016 Indiana High School Basketball State Tournament: Sectional Final Scores

We have now crowned 64 sectional champions! After nearly 400 teams started the week alive and well only 64 are left after tonight. Here are your sectional champions, with appropriate notes if the sectional final hard a player Purdue is recruiting:

CLASS 4A

East Chicago Central

East Chicago Central       71           Lowell   53

Crown Point

Crown Point 59                 Valparaiso 54 2OT

Plymouth

South Bend Riley              60           Plymouth            54

Elkhart Central

Warsaw                38           Elkhart Central  35

DeKalb

Carroll (Fort Wayne)       55           Fort Wayne North           44

2019 target Keion Brooks of Ft. Wayne North had 12 points in the loss.

Huntington North

Homestead        67           Muncie Central 60

Logansport

McCutcheon      71           Zionsville             57

2018 target Robert Phinisee leads McCutcheon to a second straight title with 18 points and 7 assists. He reportedly put on quite the show as well. 2019 target Isaiah Thompson bows out for Zionsville. He had at least 12 points from what I could find.

Noblesville

Carmel  67           Fishers  49

New Castle

Connersville       63           New Castle         55

First sectional title in 19 years for Connersville.

Indianapolis Tech

North Central (Indianapolis)        59           Lawrence Central             50

2017 Five-star target Kris Wilkes has 26 for North Central as they win the title.

Southport

Southport           63           Ben Davis            52

First sectional title in 16 years for Southport. 2017 target Paul Scruggs had 25 in the win.

Terre Haute North

Terre Haute South           85           Avon     69

Martinsville

Franklin Central                62           Franklin                48

East Central

Bloomington South         58           Shelbyville          47

Seymour

New Albany       68           Jeffersonville     51

2018 targetRomeo Langford has 22 as New Albany beats its archrival for the title.

Evansville North

Evansville Reitz 80           Castle    62

CLASS 3A

Griffith

Griffith 65            Hammond 53

Rensselaer Central

Twin Lakes          65           Andrean              54

Jimtown

Mishawaka Marian          51           Culver Academy               44           OT

Benton Central

Northwestern   37           Maconaquah     34

NorthWood

NorthWood        60           Tippecanoe Valley           50

New Haven

Angola  48           New Haven        45           OT

First sectional title in 17 years for Angola

Columbia City

Columbia City    63           Mississinewa     40

Marion

Marion 74           Tipton   69           OT

Frankfort

Tri-West               81           Frankfort             55

Brown County

Northview          78           Edgewood          70

New Palestine

Brebeuf Jesuit   77           Indianapolis Attucks       63

Beech Grove

Park Tudor          65           Danville                41

2017 target Jaren Jackson finishes with 12 in the easy win for Park Tudor.

Greensburg

Greensburg        48           Madison              46

Charlestown

Silver Creek        68           Salem    48

Southridge

Pike Central        49           Jasper   47

Boonville

Evansville Bosse               60           Heritage Hills      36

CLASS 2A

Boone Grove

Hammond Noll 68           River Forest        53

Knox

Marquette Catholic         70           Knox      51

Westview

Westview            48           Prairie Heights   46           OT

Bluffton

Fort Wayne Canterbury                65           South Adams     62

Manchester

Oak Hill 69           Southwood        53

Fountain Central

Covington           60           Carroll (Flora)     55

Elwood

Eastern (Greentown)     53           Taylor    49

The longest title drought of the night broke: Eastern last won a sectional in 1956! That was their only crown before this year, so a 60 year drought goes down.  The only downside is that they denied my HS coach Basil Mawbey his 700^th career win.

Lapel

Lapel     57           Monroe Central                               52

Hagerstown

Northeastern    68           Centerville          43

Shenandoah

Indianapolis Howe           53           Shenandoah      41

Indianapolis Broad Ripple

Indianapolis Broad Ripple             80           Indianapolis Scecina        36

Southmont

Cloverdale          59           Monrovia            53

Southwestern (Hanover)

North Decatur   56           South Ripley       50

Paoli

Providence         77           Crawford County             55

North Knox

Linton-Stockton                43          South Knox         40           5OT

Jasper

South Spencer  59           Forest Park         43

First sectional title in 18 years for South Spencer.

CLASS 1A

Morgan Twp.

Gary 21st Century            54           Morgan Twp.     48

Tri-County

South Newton  43           Pioneer                40

First sectional title in 15 years for South Newton.

Triton

Triton    55           Oregon-Davis    36

Fort Wayne Blackhawk

Fort Wayne Blackhawk  76           Elkhart Christian               43

North Vermillion

North Vermillion              57           Rockville              54

Lafayette Central Catholic

Lafayette Central Catholic            63           Clinton Central  55

Football recruit Jackson Anthrop helps LCC win its 15^th consecutive sectional, the longest active streak in the state.

Wes-Del

Liberty Christian               80           Cowan  50

Blue River

Seton Catholic   62           Union City           38

No highlight reel dunk for Desmond Bane tonight, but his team wins their third straight sectional.

White River Valley

Bloomfield          56           Shakamak           34

Bethesda Christian

Indianapolis Tindley        51           Bethesda Christian          36

Edinburgh

Indianapolis Arlington    56           Morristown        52           OT

South Decatur

Southwestern (Shelbyville)         40           Jac-Cen-Del        31

West Washington

West Washington            55           Borden 48

20 year sectional title drought broken by West Washington, their first of the class era.

New Washington

Rock Creek Academy     52           Lanesville            47

Loogootee

North Daviess    44           Loogootee          35

Tecumseh

Wood Memorial               61           Tecumseh           48