Boys' Basketball vs. Tri-West - Hendricks County Tourney Preview

By: Maddie Greer

 Hendricks County Tourney Preview 

The Dogs will kick off the 2020 half of the season in the Hendricks County Tournament next week. On Tuesday, Jan. 7 the Bulldogs take on the Tri-West Bruins at 7:30 pm. The last time the Dogs and Bruins met was in the 2016-2017 season during the Hendricks County Tourney. Tri-West won by 1 point with a final score of 57-56. The Dogs have an impressive half of a season in their pocket and are ready to take on the Bruins for the first time in 3 years. 

About your Bulldogs 

The Dogs have wrapped up the 2019 half of the season with an 8-1 record and a 2-0 record in the 4A HCC conference. These records include wins over North Central-Indianapolis, Crispus Attucks, Franklin Central*, Plainfield, Heritage Hills, Avon*, Ben Davis and Muncie Central (*= HCC teams). 

• 3 players in the HCC top 20 scorers (senior Malek Edmonds, 17.1 ppg, junior Pierce Thomas, 13.8 ppg and Connor Lucas, 11.6) 
• 3 players in the HCC top 20 rebounders (senior Malek Edmonds, 11.4 rpg, junior Pierce Thomas, 6.8 rpg and senior Jakobi McGowan, 5.9) 
• 3 players in the HCC top 20 field goal leaders (senior Malek Edmonds, 59 fgm, junior Pierce Thomas, 42 fgm, and senior Connor Lucas, 32 fgm) 
• 2 players in the HCC top 20 free throw leaders (junior Pierce Thomas, 17 ftm and senior Malek Edmonds, 15 ftm) 
• 3 players in HCC top 20 3-point leaders (senior Connor Lucas, 18 3pm, junior Pierce Thomas, 9 3pm and junior Quentin Bragg, 8 3pm) 
• 3 players in the HCC top 20 assist leaders (junior Pierce Thomas, 4.6 apg, junior Luke Lacey, 4.3 apg and junior Quentin Bragg, 2.9 apg) 
• 3 players in the HCC top 20 steal leaders (senior Jakobi McGowan, 1.5 spg, junior Pierce Thomas, 1.1 spg and junior Luke Lacey, 1 spg) 
• 2 players in the HCC top 20 block leaders (junior Pierce Thomas, 0.4 bpg and junior Luke Lacey, 0.4 bpg) 
• 2 players with double double games (senior Malek Edmonds, 3 dd and junior Pierce Thomas, 2 dd) 

About the Bruins 

The Bruins have a 4-2 overall record with a 3-0 record in the 3A Sagamore Conference. This season has seen wins over Western Boone, Cascade, Frankfort and Benton Central. 

• 2 players in the Sagamore top 20 scorers (senior Luke Robertson, 13 ppg and junior Nick Smith, 8.5 ppg)
• 2 players in the Sagamore top 20 rebounders (senior Luke Robertson, 5.8 rpg and junior Bryce Henderson, 4.5 rpg) 
• Senior Luke Robertson in Sagamore top 20 field goal leaders with 19 fgm and Top 20 Free Throw Leaders with 14 fgm
• Senior Taylor Garnder in Sagamore top 20 3-point leaders with 7 3pm
• Junior Garrett Cora in Sagamore top 20 assist leaders with 4.7 apg
• 4 players in Sagamore top 20 block leaders (sophomore Alex Covey, 2 bpg, senior Luke Robertson, 1 bpg, senior Dawson Wolf,  0.5 bpg and junior Bryce Henderson with 0.5 bpg)

Come see the Dogs will take on Tri-West on Tuesday, Jan. 7 at Tri-West at 7:30 pm!