By GREG MENGELT
Silver Creek stayed in the same spot in this week’s Indiana Basketball Coaches’ Association poll but is joined by two other teams this week.
Creek (20-1) is joined by neighboring schools Fishers (16-4), who was No. 10 last week, and Westfield (17-4), which fell from No. 6 last week after a loss at Brownsburg on Friday.
The defending Class 3A state champion Dragons (20-1) have won eight straight games heading into Tuesday’s showdown with No. 12 Columbus East (16-3). The Olympians climbed three more spots after recent wins over No. 5 Bedford North Lawrence (18-2), New Albany (5-17) and Jennings County (16-4), which was one of 38 schools to receive at least one vote this week.
Tuesday’s matchup is the regular-season finale for the Dragons.
Lanesville (21-1), which has won 17 games in a row heading into Friday’s regular-season finale at Scottsburg (10-9), continued to received votes in the poll.
There were no changes at the top of the poll. No. 1 Homestead (17-3) received 17 of the 20 first-place votes and No. 2 Franklin (20-1) earned the other three. Crown Point (18-2), South Bend Washington (19-2) and BNL round out the top five.
INDIANA BASKETBALL COACHES POLL
Rank, School (1st place votes) Record
1. Homestead (17) 19-1, 2. Franklin (3) 20-1, 3. Crown Point 18-2, 4. South Bend Washington 19-2, 5. Bedford North Lawrence 18-2, 6. Noblesville 17-4, 7. North Central 18-5, 8t. Silver Creek 20-1, 8t. Westfield 17-4, 8t. Fishers 16-4, 11. Fort Wayne Snider 15-3, 12. Columbus East 16-3, 14. Benton Central 22-1, 15. Columbia City 18-1, 16t. Garrett 21-1, 16t. Zionsville 15-6, 18. East Central 18-4, 19. Mishawaka Marian 17-5, 20. Carmel 13-7.
Others receiving votes: Ben Davis 12-7, Blue River Valley 18-2, Castle 15-4, Evansville North 15-3, Hamilton Southeastern 13-7, Huntington North 16-4, Jennings County 16-4, Lafayette Central Catholic 17-4, Lake Station 14-6, Lanesville 21-1, Northridge 18-5, Penn 15-6, South Central (Union Mills) 22-0, University 17-2, Valparaiso 16-4, Waldron 19-1, Washington 18-3, Winchester 19-1.
NOTE: Records as of Sunday.
