Game Recaps: January 3rd

Great games last night. P-Hoops previewed three of them, and here are the results!

Bowman Academy 84 - Lawrence Central 76

The Bears travelled to the Region last night, and the #5 team in 4A came away with a hard fought loss. Despite once again playing without star Elijah Ray, Bowman's depth was too much to overcome. A great scoring spread was led by Carlos McCormick, who had 24 of Bowman's points. Justin King added 17 points and DaMario Smith had 15 points. DePaul signee DeJuan Marrero could not get it going offensively, finishing with only 8 points, but he did notch 12 board. IU commit Jeremy Hollowell was the individual story of this one, going for a season high 38 points (or 50% of his team's points) in the loss.

Warren Central 56 - Lawrence North 52 (OT)

Another statement win by Greg Graham's Warriors. Just days after beating two of the Region's best in Munster and Bowman, Warren Central came back with another strong performance against one of Indy's best. Purdue recruit Basil Smotherman helped the Wildcats jump out to an early lead, scoring seven of the team's first nine points. But it was back and forth all the way to the end, where LN senior guard Petey Balls drilled a three to tie it at 46-46 and send it in to overtime. Warren Central pulled away for good on a trey by Jamal Bridges. The story of the game was Warrior's junior forward Devin Davis. He scored a season high 27 points to go along with 9 rebounds, playing with a purpose throughout the game. Smotherman's fast start didn't really continue, but he led LN with 13 points, and Sean Howard scored the same amount. Eron Harris chipped in 11 points for the Wildcats.

Cathedral 70 - Indianapolis Northwest 50

A close game at halftime was blown open in the third. Leading 31-29 going into the half, Cathedral outscored the Space Pioneers 23-10 in the third stanza and never looked back. Freshman guard Jalen Coleman led the Irish with 14 points, while Jared Drew added 12 points. Northwest's Donnell Minton, a Lamar recruit, notched 16 points, and freshman Harris Brown added 13 points. IU recruit Collin Hartman was saddled with foul trouble and managed only nine points.

* Michigan City upset lake Central 51-42. Glenn Robinson III scored 22 points in the loss, but the Indians were never really in this one.