By GREG MENGELT
After suffering its second loss of the season Tuesday at Columbus East, Silver Creek dropped four spots to No. 12 in the latest single-class Indiana Basketball Association poll, which was released Sunday.
The Mid-Southern Conference champion Dragons finished the regular season 20-2 and face Scottsburg (11-11) in Wednesday’s sectional opener at North Harrison. East (17-3) is one of the teams that slid past the Dragons in the poll. The Olympians, who earlier beat No. 4 Bedford North Lawrence (20-2), are No. 11.
Lanesville (22-1), which has won 18 games in a row, was one of 40 teams to receive at least one vote from the coaches this week.
Homestead (21-1) remains No. 1 and received 18 of the 20 first-place votes. Franklin (22-1) is No. 2 and got the other two top votes. No. 3 is South Bend Washington (20-3), followed by BNL (20-2), Crown Point (19-3), Noblesville (18-4), Westfield (18-4), Fishers (18-4), Fort Wayne Snider (17-3) and North Central *18-6) in the top 10.
Regionally, East Central (19-4) is No. 17 and Castle (17-4), Columbus North (14-8), Evansville North (18-3) and Washington (20-3) fell under the category of “others receiving votes.”
INDIANA BASKETBALL COACHES POLL
Rank, School (1st place votes) Record
1. Homestead (18) 21-1, 2. Franklin (2) 22-1, 3. South Bend Washington 20-3, 4. Bedford North Lawrence 20-2, 5. Crown Point 19-3, 6. Noblesville 18-4, 7. Westfield 18-4, 8. Fishers 18-4, 9. Fort Wayne Snider 17-3, 10. North Central 18-6, 11. Columbus East 17-3, 12. Silver Creek 20-2, 13. Lake Central 20-3, 14. Benton Central 23-1, 15. Garrett 23-1, 16. Zionsville 16-6, 17. East Central 19-4, 18. Carmel 15-7, 19, Columbia City 19-2, 20. Mishawaka Marian 18-5.
Others receiving votes: Andrean 17-6, Ben Davis 12-9, Brownsburg 13-10, Castle 17-4, Columbus North 14-8, Evansville North 18-3, Fairfield 19-3, Hamilton Southeastern 14-7, Jay County 20-3, Lafayette Central Catholic 19-4, Lanesville 22-1, Northridge 19-5, Penn 16-6, South Central (Union Mills) 23-0, Tipton 19-4, Valparaiso 18-4, Waldron 20-1, Warren Central 16-6, Washington 20-3, Winchester 20-1.
NOTE: Records as of Sunday.
