By GREG MENGELT

After suffering its first defeat of the season, Silver Creek dropped from No. 9 to No. 10 in the latest Indiana Basketball Coaches Association poll, which was released Sunday.

The Dragons began their week to beatin Scottsburg 72-50 to run their state-longest winning streak to 21 games. The last team to beat them — Bedford North Lawrence — beat them again, 49-42 on Thursday. Silver Creek (13-1), which had been No. 9 the last two weeks, then beat Brownstown Central 38-35 on Saturday, its final game for 10 days.

With the win over the Dragons, BNL moved up two spots to No. 4 in the single-class poll. The Stars leapfrogged Noblesville (11-2) and South Bend Washington (13-2). Noblesville lost at Westfield and moved down a spot. The Stars surpassed Washington despite the Panthers going went 2-0 last week.

Lanesville (13-1), which is currently riding a 9-game winning streak, was one of 35 teams in Indiana that received votes in the poll. The Eagles are outscoring their opponents by an average of 34 points per game this season and defeated Crawford County and New Washington by a cumulative score of 124-46 last week.

Last week Columbus East (11-2) smacked crosstown-rival North (7-4) by 45 points and but also lost by 21 at Ben Davis. That dropped the Olympians three spots to No. 14. East Central (8-1) is No. 17 for the second week in a row.

Jennings County (9-3) also received votes in the poll.

INDIANA BASKETBALL COACHES POLL
Rank, School (1st place votes) Record
1. Crown Point (16) 12-1, 2. Franklin (4) 14-0, 3. Homestead 10-1, 4. Bedford North Lawrence 12-1, 5. Noblesville 11-2, 6. South Bend Washington 13-2, 7. Lake Central 10-2, 8. North Central 12-3, 9. Fishers 10-2, 10t. Silver Creek 13-1, 10t. Westfield 11-2, 12. Benton Central 12-0, 13. Mishawaka Marian 10-2, 14. Columbus East 11-2, 15. Valparaiso 11-1, 16. Columbia City 12-0, 17. East Central 8-1, 18. Fort Wayne Snider 10-2, 19t. Zionsville 8-4, 19t. Penn 9-4.
Others receiving votes: Ben Davis 7-5, Castle 11-3, Fairfield 12-1, Fort Wayne Northrop 7-1, Garrett 10-1, Hamilton Southeastern 7-5, Jac-Cen-Del 10-2, Jennings County 9-3, Lanesville 13-1, Northridge 9-3, South Central (Union Mills) 13-0, Triton Central 11-1, Waldron 12-0, Washington 12-1, Winchester 12-0.

NOTE: Records as of Sunday.