WIC action resumes with big games

The Western Indiana Conference will start to see some finalization tonight as divisional play nears its conclusion in preparation for the final round of crossover games later this month.

Here is a summary of how the races look:

Girls’ standings

In the East Division, second-place Brown County has two huge home games this weekend.

Third-place Edgewood travels to Nashville tonight, while undefeated division leader Indian Creek makes the same trip on Saturday night.

Cloverdale can escape fifth place by beating Owen Valley tonight.

Each team only plays four divisional games with the departure of Cascade.

South Putnam travels to Sullivan tonight to play for the West Division title. The winner could only be tied by the loser, and the winner would hold the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Crossover games are on Jan. 24 at site of the East Division school.

Boys’ standings

In the East Division, first-place Indian Creek only needs to defeat last-place Brown County tonight to win the division title.

Cloverdale could clinch second place with a win over third-place Owen Valley in their final divisional game of the year.

Sullivan appears to be in good standing in the West Division, standing undefeated at 3-0 and only needing wins over fifth-place South Putnam and sixth-place West Vigo to reach the conference finals.

Greencastle could break a second-place tie with Northview with a victory tonight.

Crossover games will be played at the West Division school on Jan. 31.

Odds and ends

• The boys’ game with South Putnam playing at Cloverdale, which was postponed from last month, will be played Feb. 6.

• The girls’ sectional draw is on Sunday, Jan. 26. The boys’ sectional draw is Sunday, Feb. 23.

• Cloverdale sophomore Kyle Thomas ranks 22nd in the state (among schools who submit statistics to MaxPreps) with a 22.7 average.

Greencastle’s Brody Whitaker is 27th at 22.1 points per game, while Mason Brooks of North Putnam is 40th at 20.8.

Brooks is 14th in rebounding at 10.5 and is tied for 11th in 3-pointers made with 30.

North Putnam sophomore guard Zach Huff is tied for the state lead in charges taken with 14.