Lake Central Girls #12, Four Region Boys Teams Crack IBCA State Basketball Top 20

IBCA-1123Lake Central Girls Basketball dropped only one spot to #12 after their 54-36 road loss to Penn this weekend while four region-area Boys Basketball teams cracked the Pre-Season Top 20 in the latest IBCA rankings this week.

East Chicago Central Boys Basketball starts this season at #9, while Griffith, Crown Point, and Merrillville come in at 14, 15, and 17, respectively. Griffith started the season last weekend with a 46-32 loss to 4A South Bend Adams, while East Chicago opens up the season against Hammond Academy today, Crown Point tips off the season against Andrean today, and Merrillville starts with their biggest test of the season in an away game against 4A #1 Southport in Indianapolis.

Lawrence North came it at #1 in the Girls rankings, with Homestead, Columbus North, Penn, and Roncalli rounding out the Top Five.

Southport is #1 in Boys rankings, with New Albany, Lawrence North, Carmel, and Indianapolis North Central completing the Top 5.

Lake Central Girls Basketball opens up DAC play this week against Chesterton on Friday.