With each blocked shot, Isaiah Hill’s smile grew wider.

By the end of the first half of Friday night’s Marion County Tournament semifinal against Lawrence Central, the Pike 6-11 junior had 10 blocked shots – and plenty of smiles.

“They just kept going up on me,” Hill said.

He kept swatting them away, finishing with a triple double. Hill’s 14 points, 10 rebounds and 13 blocked shots led the way in Class 4A No. 5 Pike’s 91-53 win over Lawrence Central.

“Special player, special talent,” Pike coach Jeff Teague said of Hill. “He’s at the very beginning (of realizing his talent). He has so much more room to grow as a player. He’s at the beginning but right now but he’s off to a really good start. He’s a really good player. That’s the exciting thing about him and I think a lot of colleges see that. I’m excited to see him grow.”

Pike’s win in the second semifinal sets up a tantalizing matchup in Saturday’s championship at Southport Fieldhouse for the county championship. The Red Devils (12-2) will play 4A sixth-ranked Lawrence North (13-1) at 7 p.m. The Wildcats got out to a strong start, leading by 17 points at halftime, then held off Park Tudor in the second half for a 61-48 win.

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Lawrence North put four players in double figures with Cam Webster’s 16 points leading the way. Duke Karnes added 14 points, Brennan Miller scored eight of his 12 in a pivotal second quarter and Davis Baker had 10 points.

“We’ll have to a much better job in half court offense (on Saturday),” Lawrence North coach Chris Giffin said. “But we’ve done a nice job being balanced. We have four guys averaging (double figures) and a couple more in the 7 or 8 range. It makes it hard to guard people and zone in on one guy.”

Lawrence North and Pike, rivals in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference, have not met this season. That will happen on Feb. 20 at Lawrence North. The stakes will be high on Saturday night. Pike has not won a county title since winning three in a row from 2015-17. Lawrence North is seeking its fourth title since 2020 and second in three years.

“It’s four games in five days and almost always those games by and large are competitive,” Giffin said. “Even the double digit margin games, like tonight, you don’t feel comfortable utilizing the bench that much. So you have guys with wear and tear and attrition. And other than the state tournament, I think this is the best tournament in the state. Generally speaking, it’s a grind.”

Park Tudor (8-4) was led by 14 points from Keylan Smith and 13 from Carlos Lopez.

Pike played with intensity and urgency against a Lawrence Central team that was coming off a 71-69 win over Ben Davis on Wednesday. But the Bears (6-8) fell into a 14-point hole by the end of the first quarter and trailed by as many as 21 in the first half, shooting just 9-for-35 from the field by halftime.

Jahari Miller led Pike with 18 points. T.J. Davis (16 points, five assists), Landon Lampley (14 points 10 rebounds), Kenneth Lampley (12 points, eight rebounds) and Bo Washington (10 points) joined Hill in double figures.

“We have a good group of guys, and they all play for one another,” Teague said. “These are the results we can get, but we have to continue to try to build on that. We’ll have a good test (on Saturday). This is a great tournament. You play all quality teams, and we have a chance to play some really good basketball. That’s all you can ask for. It’s always fun to be a part of the county and to have a chance to win one would be pretty cool.”

Other Super 25 results from a full Friday night of high school basketball:

Plainfield knocks off Carmel

We will have a full story on this game, but 4A No. 7 Plainfield handed No. 3 Carmel its first loss, 50-47, in front of a great crowd at Carmel. Harper Baker-Lands led the Quakers (13-1) with 24 points and DePaul commit Noah Smith added 15 points and eight rebounds. Julian Vogt was 4-for-5 from the 3-point line for Carmel and led the Greyhounds (9-1) with 12 points.

Other games of note

*Hamilton Southeastern defeated Westfield 57-54 behind a 24-point game from Luke Weemer.

*Class 4A No. 1 Fishers defeated Brownsburg 72-53 to improve to 13-0.

*Cathedral won at Evansville Bosse 74-67 as Julien Smith led the way with 24 points and Jaxson Delaney added 20 points and Keaton Aldridge Jr. 18.

*How tough is Silver Creek? Sheesh. The 3A top-ranked Dragons won 78-36 over Brownstown Central to improve to 16-1.

*Riverside fell from the ranks of the unbeatens, losing 52-29 to Scecina. The Crusaders (8-4) will be a team to watch in next week’s City Tournament.

*Triton Central defeated Heritage Christian 58-41 to improve to 11-2.

*Jake Grissom scored 26 points, and Hayden Rogers added 12 points, eight assists and seven rebounds as Guerin Catholic defeated Tri-West 72-64 in overtime.

*I’m going to go to the Buggy Bowl someday. Class A No. 2 Barr-Reeve defeated No. 9 Loogootee 47-42 in the annual renewal of a great rivalry.

Super 25 results

1: Fishers (13-0): Defeated Brownsburg 72-53.

2: Crown Point (11-0): Defeated Merrillville 72-34.

3: Pike (12-2): Defeated Lawrence Central 91-53.

4: Carmel (9-1): Lost to Plainfield 50-47.

5: Mt. Vernon (11-2): Did not play.

6: Lawrence North (13-1): Defeated Park Tudor 61-48.

7: Silver Creek (16-1): Defeated Brownstown Central 78-36.

8: Plainfield (13-1): Defeated Carmel 50-47.

9: Ben Davis (10-3): Did not play.

10. Cathedral (9-3): Defeated Evansville Bosse 74-67.

11: Noblesville (7-6): Lost to Zionsville 42-32.

12: Goshen (10-1): Lost to Warsaw 49-41 in OT.

13: Northridge (11-1): Defeated NorthWood 56-43.

14: Shelbyville (11-2): Did not play.

15: New Albany (8-3): Defeated Charlestown 63-60.

16: Pendleton Heights (9-2): Defeated New Palestine 64-59.

17: Penn (9-2): Defeated New Prairie 71-46.

18: Westfield (6-5): Lost to Hamilton Southeastern 57-54.

19: Terre Haute North (9-3): Defeated Terre Haute South 72-59.

20: Chesterton (11-2): Defeated LaPorte 73-62.

21: Oak Hill (11-0): Defeated Eastbrook 67-37.

22: South Bend St. Joseph (8-4): Defeated South Bend Washington 101-45.

23: Brownsburg (7-7): Lost to Fishers 72-53.

24: Decatur Central (11-2): Did not play.

25: Columbia City (10-2): Lost to Huntington North 48-42.

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