Before Friday night’s Northern Indiana conference championship game, there was plenty of talk about the new tiebreaker based on point differential.

Riley silenced that talk quickly.

The ‘Cats sprinted out to a 10-point lead after one quarter and never looked back on the way to a 67-39 whipping of Penn to claim the conference crown for the second straight season.

Watch a Replay of the Game, including Senior Night Festivities Here.

“The guys played well and played with a lot of passion,” said Riley coach Alex Daniel afterwards. “This senior group has been special. For them to go out like this and be conference champs makes it really special.”

Junior Isaiah Packer drained four 3’s and led the way with 18 points, while B.J. Williams added 15 and Jaylen Barbera tallied 11 with eight assists and six rebounds.  Riley is now 17-4.

In other games…

• Brandt Martin and Parker Justice combined for 35 points as the Tigers handled Lafayette Harrison, 66-54. Warsaw drained nine-of-15 from three-point range while picking up its 20th win of the season.
• Fairfield won its sixth straight, topping Churubusco, 43-38.
• Bremen’s Chase Devine poured in a career-high 34, but the Lions were topped by Concord, 60-50.
• Edwardsburg’s Brody Schimpa scored his 1000th career point as the Eddies pounded Vicksburg, 56-26. Schimpa led the Edwardsburg attack with 20 as the Eddies advanced to 15-7.
• Jacob Pleyer scored a career-high 38 in Watervliet’s 71-56 triumph at Fennville. Pleyer knocked down seven three-pointers in the win

Here are Friday night’s boys basketball scores from both sides of the state line.