All-Conference Team

Hoosier Basketball Magazine published its list of the top-60 senior girls’ basketball players for the magazine’s Top 60 Workout, set for Sunday, March 11, at Marian University in Indianapolis.

Twenty-eight girls, primarily from the northern and southern portions of Indiana, will participate in the first session from 1 to 3p.m.. The remaining 32 girls, mostly from central Indiana, will compete during the second sessions from 3:30 to 5:30p.m.

Rick Risinger, a four-time state champion coach from Heritage Christian, will direct both sessions. Four additional girls’ high school coaches will also join the workout’s staff: Curt Benge (Plainfield), Amy Brauman (Brownsburg), Kristi Kaniewski (Penn) and Mike McBride (Eastern Pekin).

Below are Southern Indiana players invited to participate:

• Natalie Cohlmeyer, Evansville Memorial
• Kamaren Cole, New Albany
• Chelsea Jellison, Crawford County
• Jalynn McClain, Jeffersonville
• Taylor Miller, Hauser
• Amanda Moore, Seymour
• Jocelyn Mousty, Eastern Pekin
• Symantha Norton, Scottsburg
• Courtney Ogle, Columbus East
• Lakin Roland, Jeffersonville
• Demetria Snaden, Evansville North

Princeton’s Raven Greer was selected, but is injured and unable to participate.

To help the victims of the recent tornado disaster in Clark and Washington counties, a basketball-oriented fundraiser — A Night of Hoops and Hope for Southern Indiana — is being planned with complete details expected to be announced this weekend.

Borden coach Doc Nash, whose team will play in the Class 1-A Loogootee Regional Saturday, said he was flattered when asked to take part in the event. “As coaches, we feel obligated to take part and do whatever we can do to help,” Nash said. “More importantly, it’s the right thing to do.”

Event Coordinators

• Matt Denison, event director
• Martin Luther, assistant event director

Organizing Committee

• Doc Nash, Borden boys’ basketball coach
• Terry Rademacher, Borden girls’ basketball coach
• Scott Newcomb, Eastern Pekin boys’ basketball coach
• Mike McBride, Eastern Pekin girls’ basketball coach
• Perry Hunter, Henryville boys’ basketball coach
• Josh Conrad, Henryville girls’ basketball coach
• Jonathan May, New Washington boys’ basketball coach
• Terry White, New Washington girls’ basketball coach

Support Staff

• Marketing and Public Relations: Bob Gunnell, Boxcar Public Relations
• Referees’ Coordinator: Damon Smith, South Central Officials’ Association
• Event Operations: Mitchell Speedy, Hoosier Hills Hoops
• Communications and Media Liasion: Kenzie Winstead, The Courier-Journal
• Managing Financial Institution: Your Community Bank

Brittany Schoen, a Class of 2008 graduate at South Central, became Indiana State’s all-time leader in career 3-point baskets made on Sunday, netting her 264th 3-pointer in a 63-48 loss at Creighton.

Schoen, a senior, scored her record-setting trey with 2:07 remaining in the game. The Southern Indiana product, who is averaging 11 points per game, passed Kelsey Luna in the Sycamores’ record books, and currently sits fifth all-time in 3-pointers converted in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Four hundred and one teams were drawn today and placed into brackets for the 102nd annual IHSAA Boys’ Basketball State Tournament.

Sectional games are scheduled to begin Monday, Feb. 27, and run through Saturday, March 3, with the regional round slated for March 10 and semi-states on March 17. The four state championship games that make up the state finals will be played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Saturday, March 24. Sectional schedules will be announced by the host schools this week.

Hamilton Southeastern, the top-ranked team in the Class 4-A poll from the Associated Press as well as the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association will meet No. 3 Indianapolis North Central right off the bat in the opening game of Sectional 8 at Noblesville.

In Class 3-A, No. 1 Greensburg will host Franklin County in Sectional 29.

Class 2-A No. 1 Park Tudor, the defending state champion, takes on Indianapolis Marshall in Sectional 42 at Indianapolis Broad Ripple.

Barr-Reeve, the top team in Class A, faces Washington Catholic in the opening game of Sectional 63 at North Daviess.

Among the other defending state champions, Washington, winner of the last two 3-A crowns, will host Jasper in the first game of Sectional 31.

Indianapolis Metropolitan has moved up to Class 2-A after winning the 1A title a year ago. The Pumas drew a first round bye and will meet the Indianapolis Washington-Triton Central winner in the Sectional 43 semifinals at Triton Central.

And in 4-A, home-standing Bloomington South also drew a bye and will await the Shelbyville-Columbus East winner in Sectional 14.

Only one school is new to the boys state tournament this year as 21st Century Charter, located in Gary, will make its debut against Washington Township in Class A Sectional 49 at Morgan Township.

Lafayette Central Catholic (Class A) leads the state with 10 consecutive sectional championships while Washington follows with seven straight.

Pairings from Southern Indiana sectionals:

Class 4-A Sectional 14 at  Bloomington South (6)
Game 1 – East Central vs. Columbus North.
Game 2 – Shelbyville vs. Columbus East.
Game 3 – Bloomington North vs. Winner of Game 1.
Game 4 – Bloomington South vs. Winner of Game 2.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.

Class 4-A Sectional 15 at  Seymour (6)
Game 1 – Floyd Central vs. New Albany.
Game 2 – Jeffersonville vs. Seymour.
Game 3 – Bedford North Lawrence vs. Winner of Game 1.
Game 4 – Jennings County vs. Winner of Game 2.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.

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SOUTHPORT SEMISTATE

+ Class 3-A: Mount Vernon (Fortville ) 22-5 vs. Madison (18-7), 1p.m.

+ Class 4-A: Indianapolis Ben Davis (21-6) vs. Columbus North (22-3), to follow.

BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE SEMISTATE

+ Class A: Southwestern (Shelbyville) (16-8) vs. Northeast Dubois (21-4), 4p.m.

+ Class 2-A: Triton Central (24-1) vs. Evansville Mater Dei (25-1), to follow.