No. 4/6 @bhsdogsghoops to play Bedford North Lawrence and Ben Davis
By Keelen Barlow
The Brownsburg girls' basketball team will continue their 2019-2020 campaign with a pair of games back-to-back this weekend. The Bulldogs will travel to Bedford North Lawrence before hosting No. 14/16 Ben Davis on Saturday.
The Bulldogs come into the pair of games with a 3-0 record.
Bulldog Bits
- Brownsburg beat Plainfield 56-40 in their last matchup
- The win over Plainfield gave Brownsburg their fifth 3-0 start to a season since the year 2000
- Brownsburg head coach Debbie Guckenberger secured the 200th win of her career with the victory over the Quakers
- In the Friday night matchup with Bedford, the Bulldogs are looking to start a season 4-0 for the first time since 2013-2014; the last time Brownsburg started a season 5-0 was 2011-2012
- Seven of Brownsburg's first 10 games this year are against an opponent who finished last season with a winning record; Bedford and Ben Davis both had winning records a year ago
- Brownsburg has yet to allow an opponent score 50 points this season
- Ally Becki has scored more points than an opponent in a single quarter on two occasions this season; most recently she outscored Plainfield 8-6 in the fourth quarter of that matchup
- Mackenzie Bedrick came into the 2019-2020 season without a double figure scoring effort in her Brownsburg career; she has already posted two games with double figure scoring efforts this season
About the Stars
Bedford North Lawrence comes into the matchup with a 0-1 record. The Stars fell to Mooresville 55-50 to open the regular season and had their matchup with Vincennes Rivet on Tuesday postponed.
Led by Miss Indiana Basketball Jorie Allen, the Stars won their 8th consecutive IHSAA Sectional championship last season before falling to Castle in the Regional final. Bedford, who hasn't had a losing season since 2005-2006, posted a 23-6 record last year.
Allen, who is now playing for Indiana Univesity, led the Stars with 19.1 points per game and 8.0 rebounds during her senior campaign.
6-foot-3 senior Madison Webb is the leading returner for Bedford. She averaged 9.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per game a year ago.
Chloe McKnight (9.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg and 2.0 apg) also returns for Bedford.
About the Giants
Ben Davis is 1-2 on the year after defeating Mooresville 63-47 in their last matchup.
The Giants are also coming off an IHSAA Regional final appearance. Ben Davis fell to Lawrence North in the Decatur Central regional to end their 17-9 season last year.
Ben Davis is headlined by All-USA Central Indiana Preseason Super Team selection Cherrelle Newsom. She led the Giants with 13.3 points per game last season and had five games with five makes or more from behind the 3-point line.
Khera Goss (10.0 ppg and 4.9 rpg) also returns for the Giants.
Series History
Brownsburg and Bedford North Lawrence have only met once since the turn of the century. Last season, the Bulldogs hosted the Stars for an early season matchup and fell 65-57 despite 18 points from Allison Bosse.
Brownsburg has a much more storied series with Ben Davis as the two teams have met every season since at least the year 2000. The two schools met a combined 24 times during the regular and postseason over that span.
Ben Davis leads the regular season series since 2000 by a 13-6 margin however Brownsburg has won four of their last six games against the Giants.
Last season, Brownsburg defeated Ben Davis 65-60 behind 24 points from Bosse. Becki and Makenzie Stein also pitched in 14 points in the winning effort.
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