Penn entered the night just above. 500. St. Joseph was ranked #1 in Class 3A. None of that seemed to matter at The Palace Friday night.

Alexander Hawthorne drilled seven three-pointers to score 21 points and pace the Kingsmen to a 76-72 triumph over St. Joe. The victory leaves Barak Coolman’s team as the lone team unbeaten in Northern Indiana Conference play.

That’s because Riley knocked off Marian at Demetrius Jackson Court, 68-61, handing the Knights their first conference loss as well.

In our Sports Michiana Game of the Week, Austin Schlabach poured in 25 as Westview downed archrival Fairfield, 60-43. The win keeps the 9-4 Warriors a game behind Lakeland in the Northeast Corner Conference race.

Triton and LaVille advanced to the finals of the Bi-County tourney. Jason Groves’ 5th-ranked Trojans crushed Argos, 65-29, while LaVille needed overtime to get past longtime rival Bremen, 58-48. Collin Czarnecki scored 21 to lead the Lancers. into Saturday night’s title tilt.

On the girls side, Westview used 12 points from Bre Cory to upset longtime rival Fairfield, 46-40. It’s the Lady Warriors’ first win over Fairfield since 2019.

Here are all of Friday night’s area scores