“I can lay my head on my pillow knowing we did everything we could to preserve the integrity of competition in an IHSAA sport and be sportsmen in those situations.”
IHSAA girls basketball: Steve Reynolds on South Bend Washington 100-0 win
Steven Reynolds joined The Scorers Table to discuss South Bend Washington’s 100-0 win over Gary Lighthouse. Full episode at YouTube.com/@IndyStarHank
The IHSAA has requested film from South Bend Washington’s first two girls basketball games of the season, coach Steven Reynolds said during an appearance on IndyStar’s ‘The Scorers Table’ podcast Monday afternoon.
The Class 4A Panthers beat 4A Goshen, 93-14, in last Thursday’s opener, then made headlines Saturday with a 100-0 win over 2A Gary Lighthouse.
Reynolds confirmed they’ve sent full footage of both games, but said he’s unclear on the purpose of their request.
“I’ve never had it happen to me before. I don’t know,” he said, when asked about why the IHSAA requested the footage. “Personally, I’ve been kicked in my 11 years. 60, 70, 80 points — I’ve never seen anything like this.”
The IHSAA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Washington’s starters played the first four minutes of each quarter, then were replaced by the reserves. Reynolds said they did not press the entire game and instead sat in the 1-3-1 zone.
They pulled back even further at halftime (66-0 at that point), he continued, with players instructed to not steal or block the ball, and to pull it back out on potential fast-break opportunities. “Our kids were literally helping them. ‘Hey, you gotta v-cut.’ ‘Hey you gotta get open.'”
Reynolds said the Panthers scored two points in the last four minutes and he suggested the game be called early in the last minute with the score 98-0.
“I can lay my head on my pillow knowing we did everything we could to preserve the integrity of competition in an IHSAA sport and be sportsmen in those situations,” Reynolds later added.
Saturday’s game was the seventh shutout by an IHSAA girls basketball team this century and was the 100-0 final, according to Austin Hough of the South Bend Tribune. John Harrell tweeted Saturday there have been seven other 100-point winning margins this century in girls basketball, most recently Tindley’s 107-6 win over Victory Prep on Jan. 30, 2018.
You can watch the full interview with Reynolds and subsequent discussion with Austin Hough of the South Bend Tribune via the embed above or at YouTube.com/@IndyStarHank.
The Scorers Table is a podcast covering all things Indiana girls high school basketball hosted by IndyStar preps insider Brian Haenchen, longtime coach Danny Riego and Indiana Miss Basketball Courtney Delks. Subscribe to the show on YouTube at YouTube.com/@IndyStarHank.
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