In a crosstown 3A matchup, No. 1 Saint Joseph hosted No. 11 Washington in South Bend on Thursday night. Washington jumped out to an 11-2 lead behind two three-pointers from Steven Reynolds III, then he found Gabe Burgin for a layup to give the Panthers a nine-point lead early in the contest. The game was all St. Joe's from there. The Huskies kept scoring, while Washington had trouble handling the ball. St. Joe had the game in control by midway through the second quarter and coasted to the 96-53 victory.

Unsigned senior Chase Konieczny scored 31 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the way for the Huskies. Nick Shrewsberry added 25 points and seven rebounds, while sophomore Elijah King scored 18 points and collected eight boards. Reynolds scored 20 to lead Washington.

The game was hectic from the tip, but that looked to favor Washington early. Reynolds hit two difficult stepback threes within the first two minutes of the game. Burgin was playing well on both ends, and St. Joe's could not get the ball to drop. They had multiple point-blank shots in the opening minutes that would not go through the hoop.

However, once the Huskies popped the lid off the hoop, it was an avalache the rest of the way. St. Joe's scored 31 points in the second quarter, and followed it up with 32 in the third. For good measure, the Huskies outscored Washington 21-5 in the final stanza. 

Shrewsberry made five of nine three-point attempts, and Konieczny dominated inside the arc. King had a fantastic third quarter for St. Joe's to erase all doubt in the game's outcome. 

Junior guard Ethan Roseman peppered the statsheet with ten points, six assists, and five rebounds. He gets the ball where it needs to be for the Huskies.

St. Joe is now 12-1 on the season.

Washington dropped to 9-2.

Senior guard Dominique Murphy caught fire from three-point range in the first half to give East Chicago Central breathing room against Chesterton. The Trojans battled to make it a game in the second half, but Murphy and Jamarie Pollard were too much for Chesterton. The Cardinals won 72-56.

Murphy usually operates in the mid-range. ECC began the game by trying to post Murphy, but it was the transition game where Murphy started to roll. He knocked down three three-pointers on fastbreaks in the first half to build an East Chicago Central lead. 

Speaking of three-pointers, Chesterton's Logan Pokorney nailed three after three for the Trojans. He has a smooth, quick, consistent release which makes it surprising when Pokorney misses an open shot. The junior finished five of seven from deep. He also showed quickness and agility off the dribble to tally 21 points in the loss.

East Chicago's Greg Williams made a defensive impact with three blocks, two steals, and a couple of rebounds. Williams also gave ECC 11 points on the offensive end.

Chesterton sophomore point guard TJ Ray dished out eight assists by driving and finding outside shooters like Pokorney. He also scored eight points in the loss.

*INCOMPLETE BOXSCORE*