No.13/12 @bhsdogsghoops set for trip to undefeated No.12/11 Harrison

By Keelen Barlow

The Brownsburg varsity girls' basketball team will tip off a three-game slate this week with a trip to West Lafayette, Indiana tomorrow night to play the Harrison Raiders. The junior varsity matchup will tip off at 6 p.m. with varsity to follow.

The Bulldogs are 7-3 (2-1 in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference) on the season heading into the matchup.

     Bulldog Bits

• Brownsburg is coming off a 53-52 loss to Carmel on December 13
• The Bulldogs are ranked 13^th in this week's ICGSA Class 4A Girls' Basketball poll; they come in at No.12 in the latest IBCA Weekly Top 20 Poll
• Harrison will be the first of two ranked opponents that Brownsburg plays this week on the road; the Bulldogs will also travel to No.1/3 Lawrence North on Saturday
• Brownsburg's strength of schedule is rated as the fourth toughest in the state of Indiana by Jeff Sagarin's Indiana High School Girls' Basketball Ratings
• With 19 points in Brownsburg's loss to Carmel last week, Allison Bosse moved into the top-ten of the program's career scoring list; she currently has 952 career points
• Bosse is on pace to become the ninth player in program history to score 1,000 career points

     About the Raiders

Harrison is one of fourteen unbeaten teams in the state of Indiana and one of just seven undefeated teams in IHSAA Class 4A girls' basketball. The Raiders are 9-0 (5-0 in North Central Conference) on the year after defeating Lafayette Jeff 76-33 on December 13.

The Raiders are led by senior Sydney Jacobson who is averaging 23.0 points per game, 6.1 rebounds per game, 4.3 assists per game and 5.8 steals per game. She has scored at least 19 points in every game this season including a pair of outbursts with 35-plus points.

Jacobsen, who scored 35 points in the Raiders win over the Bronchos, is shooting 40 percent from behind the arc this year.

The Raiders also have two other players who are nearly averaging double figure scoring in Anna Henderson (9.9 ppg) and Tasi Kukobat (9.4 ppg).  

     Series History

This will mark the first meeting between Brownsburg and Harrison since the 2013-2014 season. Brownsburg comes in on a 10-game win streak against the Raiders.

Since 2000, the Bulldogs and Raiders have met 14 times during the regular season. Brownsburg leads the series over that stretch by an 11-3 margin. The Raiders three wins over Brownsburg came by a combined six points.

Brownsburg also played Harrison during the 2001 IHSAA Girls' Basketball State Tournament. The Bulldogs came away with a 70-43 win in that matchup.

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