Garrett Pumphrey
From IBCA Press Release
A pair Tri-Eastern Conference players were honored on Monday by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.
Lincoln’s Garrett Pumphrey and Tri High’s Payton Moore were both named IBCA/Subway Players of the Week.
Pumphrey averaged 32.0 points and 15.0 rebounds in lifting the Cambridge City Lincoln boys (5-7) to a pair of victories.
First, he produced a triple-double that included a school-record 47 points with 16 rebounds, four steals and 11 blocks in a 71-27 triumph over Union (Modoc).
The 6-10 center then tallied 17 points, 14 rebounds, three steals and six blocks as the Golden Eagles defeated Fort Wayne Smith Academy 62-41.
Pumphrey was 20-of-29 from the field and 7-9 on free throws against Union. For both games, he sank 28-of-44 shots and 8-of-10 free throws.
Payton Moore
The 6-0 Moore averaged 26.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in two victories for the Tri girls (14-4).
She opened with 32 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks in a 45-38 triumph over Northeastern.
Moore then tallied 20 points with seven rebounds and three blocks in limited playing time as the Titans rolled past Anderson Prep 67-22. Moore sank 17-of-30 field goals, 1-of-2 3-pointers and 17-of-20 free throws over the two games.
This is the 10th season for the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Week program and the sixth season it is presented by Subway Restaurants of Indiana, a banner sponsor of the IBCA.
Subway, in its seventh season as an IBCA sponsor, encourages athletes to “train hard and eat fresh.”
Player of the Week winners are chosen each week from each of the IHSAA’s three districts. Girls’ winners will be chosen from now through the week following Feb. 24. Boys’ winners will be chosen starting in three weeks and through the week following March 24.