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That group included IndyStar Mr. Basketball Caleb Furst of Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, who was named most valuable player after a 14-point, 17-rebound effort. With the 86-70 win, Indiana improved its overall series lead to 101-44 over Kentucky and is 27-3 since 2005.
“He’s obviously very talented and very steady,” Osborn said of the 6-10 Purdue recruit. “You know what you are going to get from him. I felt like Kentucky went at him a little bit and he responded and had a great second half.”
Furst and crew had to do it in the second half without 6-9 Purdue recruit Trey Kaufman-Renn. The Silver Creek star appeared to injury a finger on his right hand in the final minute of the first half. He returned to the bench early in the second half with his hand wrapped and did not return to action, finishing with 10 points and six rebounds.
2021 Indiana High School Basketball State Tournament: Regional Saturday Preview
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The 2011 Marion Regional, won by Kokomo over Pendleton Heights in double overtime on this last second three from LaBradford Sebree.
I love regional Saturday, and it is a shame that crowds will be limited at some places. I say some places because judging by some sectional highlight videos it was business as usual last week. My thoughts on that aside, the beauty of “Four teams enter a gym, one team leaves” over the span of 12 hours or so is the ultimate test. There are some really good ones in this round too: