IHSAA Media Release

February 26, 2002

Contact: Jerry Baker

E-mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

Phone: 317-846-6601

 

 

 

SIX FIRST-TIMERS MAKE TRIP TO 2002 GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL FINALS

 

Of the eight teams that will make their way to Conseco Fieldhouse on Saturday, only two have felt the pressure and experienced the excitement of playing for an IHSAA girls state basketball championship in the history of their school.

 

In 3A, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers is back for the fourth consecutive year and looking for their fourth straight championship, though this time they will make the trip under new head coach, Teri Rosinski, after Gary Andrews took the Knights all the way the previous three trips and they will move up to the 3A classification after having won their previous titles in 2A. Though pre-season rated #4, the Knights stumbled in their second game of the season and four more times along the way to fall out of the top-ten at season’s end.

 

The other “experienced” visitor to the state finals is Shenandoah.  The Raiders know the way to Conseco Fieldhouse by virtue of their trip to that locale one year ago.  That trip ended in disappointment for them as they lost to Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, 39-55, in the title game.  Six of those player return to Indianapolis this week, but between them, they only accounted for a total of 12 points in that meeting.

 

2002 STATE FINALISTS RANKINGS

Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Poll

 

Class

School

Preseason Ranking

Final Ranking

Class A

Hebron

North Vermillion

No. 1

No. 2

No. 2

No. 1

Class 2A

Shenandoah

Southwestern (Hanover)

No. 10

No. 5

unranked

No. 1-t

Class 3A

Ft. Wayne Bishop Luers

Gibson Southern

No. 4

unranked

unranked

unranked

Class 4A

South Bend Riley

Terre Haute South

No. 8

No. 1

unranked

No. 3

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL FINALS INFO

Saturday, March 2     Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

Ticket Information:   Session $10.00   Season $15.00

Reserved tickets can be purchased at the participating schools the week of the state finals. Contact participating schools for ticket distribution hours. Tickets also will be available game day at the ticket office at Conseco Fieldhouse.

STATE FINALS PAIRINGS

Session I ----------

Class A Championship

10:30 a.m. – Hebron (25-2)  vs  North Vermillion (24-1)

Class 2A Championship

12:30 p.m. (approx.) – Shenandoah (22-3)  vs  Southwestern (Hanover) (24-2)

 

Session II ----------

Class 3A Championship

6:30 p.m. -- Ft. Wayne Bishop Luers (20-5)  vs  Gibson Southern (25-4)

Class 4A Championship

8:30 p.m. (approx.) -- South Bend Riley (24-3)  vs  Terre Haute South (24-2)

 

BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNEY BEGINS TONIGHT

The 92nd Annual Boys Basketball Tournament Series gets underway at 64 sectional sites tonight with the Pike Red Devils, Muncie Southside Rebels, Harding Hawks and Attica Red Ramblers looking to defend titles they picked up a year ago.  Complete tourney pairings are available on the IHSAA website.

 

Defending 4A champion Pike will open up against Indianapolis Broad Ripple in the Carmel Sectional.  3A titleist, Muncie Southside, moves up to 4A and will meet Richmond in the Richmond Sectional.  2A champ, Harding, jumps into the 3A battles this year and will open with Fort Wayne Elmhurst in the Fort Wayne Wayne Sectional.  Attica, the class A winner last March, begins defense of its title against Riverton Parke in the sectional at North Vermillion.

 

ALL-TIME SECTIONAL LEADERS

School

   Total

    Last

Kokomo

67

1998

Vincennes/Vincennes Lincoln

67

1997

Marion

63

2000

Richmond

58

1996

Lafayette Jefferson

57

2000

Connersville

56

1997

Logansport

56

1996

New Castle

53

2000

Muncie Central

51

2001

Anderson

49

1998

Columbus/Columbus North

49

1997

Lebanon

49

2001

Frankfort

46

1997

Franklin

45

1999

Rushville

44

1993

Seymour

44

1992

Valparaiso

44

1997

New Albany

41

1997

Crawfordsville

40

1989

Shelbyville

40

2001

AP POLL OF FEB. 18

 

CLASS 4A

 

 

School

Record

Sectional

Opening Opponent

1

New Albany

20-1

Seymour

Jennings County

2

Indpls Pike

16-3

Carmel

Broad Ripple

3

Indpls Ben Davis

19-2

Indpls Tech

Brownsburg

4

Bloomington North

19-2

Columbus North

Columbus North

5

DeKalb

17-1

DeKalb

Wawasee

6

Indpls North Central

17-3

Carmel

Hamilton SE

7

Warsaw

17-2

DeKalb

East Noble

8

S.B.Washington

16-3

Michigan City

S.B. Riley

9

Elkhart Memorial

16-2

Elkhart Central

Penn

10

Fort Wayne South

16-3

Ft. Wayne Northop

Ft. Wayne Northrop

 

 

CLASS 3A

 

 

School

Record

Sectional

Opening Opponent

1

Bellmont

17-1

Blackford

Maconaquah

2

Indpls Brebeuf

19-3

Beech Grove

Beech Grove

3

Lebanon

17-2

Hamilton Heights

Westfield

4

Gibson Southern

19-2

Boonville

Boonville

5

Gary Roosevelt

15-4

Calumet

Griffith

6

Hammond Noll

16-3

Hammond Clark

Highland

7

Benton Central

16-3

Frankfort

Western

8

Fort Wayne Harding

15-4

Ft. Wayne Wayne

Ft. Wayne Elmhurst

9

Boonville

14-5

Boonville

Gibson Southern

10

Tippecanoe Valley

16-3

Plymouth

Whitko

 

 

CLASS 2A

 

 

School

Record

Sectional

Opening Opponent

1

Cass

19-0

Taylor

Taylor

2

Eastern (Bloomfield)

16-3

North Knox

North Posey

3

Winchester

17-2

Hagerstown

Centerville

4

North Knox

17-3

North Knox

Linton-Stockton

5

Muncie Burris

17-1

Mississinewa

Frankton

6

Speedway

14-4

Indian Creek

Indpls Scecina

7

Crawford County

15-3

Southridge

Forest Park

8

Paoli

16-5

Paoli

Clarksville

9

Bluffton

16-3

Woodlan

Garrett

10

Southmont

16-4

Fountain Central

Covington

 

 

CLASS A

 

 

School

Record

Sectional

Opening Opponent

1

Lafayette Catholic

16-5

Tri-County

North White

2

Rossville

15-4

Tri-Central

Tri-Central

3

Barr-Reeve

16-4

Loogootee

Vincennes Rivet

4

So. Central (Elizabeth)

16-4

Springs Valley

Orleans

5

Loogootee

13-5

Loogootee

Shoals

6

Caston

14-4

Caston

Argos

7

Blue River Valley

15-4

Monroe Central

Randolph Southern

8

Bloomfield

16-6

White River Valley

White River Valley