Takeaways: Indiana vs Kentucky Senior All-Star Game (Southport)
The 2022 Indiana vs Kentucky Senior All-Star Game has finally concluded with a fun night of basketball at Southport (IN) High School. It was another dominating performance from the Indiana All-Stars with a 101-81 victory over Kentucky. Below are some…
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Continue ReadingThe 2022 Indiana vs Kentucky Senior All-Star Game has finally concluded with a fun night of basketball at Southport (IN) High School. It was another dominating performance from the Indiana All-Stars with a 101-81 victory over Kentucky. Below are some takeways the second and final night of the series.
CJ Gunn Wins MVP
The incoming Indiana freshman guard once again was the best player on the floor tonight with his 21 points, 4 rebounds, and 1 assist night. With this performance, he won the IBCA Senior All-Star Game MVP. This was the second night in a row that Gunn was team leader in points.
Tayshawn Comer Returns
The former Cathedral and incoming Eastern Kentucky guard made his return tonight in Southport after missing Friday night’s game due to a family emergency. Comer came off the bench tonight and finished with 9 points, 2 rebounds, and 7 assists. Great to see him able to play in this one tonight.
Ryan Conwell Explodes In 2nd Half
After only having 3 total points at the half, the incoming South Florida guard exploded in the second half finishing with 19 points and the team’s second leading scorer. Strong belief that if CJ Gunn had not played the way he did tonight, Conwell would have won MVP. South Florida is getting a good, hardworking player in Conwell.
Jaxon Edwards Dominates Boards
As far as rebounding, Edwards was easily the best one at crashing the boards for Indiana. The Murray State signee had a team high 12 rebounds while also adding 13 points as well. Murray State got the steal of the 2023 Class in the state of Indiana. Such an elite athlete.
Indiana All-Stars Bring Intense Defense
The defense of the Indiana All-Star team was so intense and locked in throughout the entire game. With these types of events, it often seen where defense is an afterthought but Indiana made it a point to be the best defensive team in this contest. They Kentucky to only 39% shooting and forced 19 total turnovers.
Peter Suder Workhorse Of The Night
There simply was not a single person that outworked the Bellarmine freshman in this one. Was extremely active on both ends and was playing hard through contact. He had 11 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 assists. He should make an immediate impact for Bellarmine this upcoming season.
Javan Buchanan Underrated
The Indiana Wesleyan signee gets my vote as the most underrated player on the floor tonight. Was real physical around the rim and had bunch of monster slams. He is not the quickest player on the floor but he might be the toughest. If he can make more improvements to his game we could see him at the D1 level in the future. He had 13 points and 7 rebounds.
Indiana All-Stars Put Foot On Gas And Don’t Let Up
Like Friday night, the Indiana All-Stars put their foot on the gas and refused to let up. No way to sugar coat it, Kentucky did not have the talent to matchup with Indiana. It was another lopsided game in the series. Indiana won 101-81.
If Injured Players Had Played, Would Have Been Uglier
To continue with the point above, if the three injured players of Braden Smith Braden Smith 6'2" | PG Woodlan | 2024 State IN , Connor Essegian, and Jalen Washington had played, this game would have been even uglier. Real shame we were not able to see those three play because they deserved to be out there.
Other Stats:
- Indiana shot 47.4% from the field
- Indiana was 42.1% from three
- Indiana was 19-21 (90.5%) from the FT line
- St. Francis incoming freshman Branden Northern had 9 points, 2 rebounds, and 3 assits.
- Spring Arbor signee Travis Grayson had 5 points, 1 rebounds, and 4 assits.
- Amhad Jarrard (IUPUI) had 4 points.