IHSAA Gives ‘Stamp Of Approval’ Of 100-0 Girls Basketball Win

(12-3-24) The Indiana High School Association (IHSAA) Commissioner Paul Neidig requested video of a recent South Bend Washington – Gary Lighthouse girls basketball game that saw the Panthers win 100-0.

Lighthouse started the game on a 28-game losing streak.

Story by the South Bend Tribune’s Austin Hough

The IHSAA has reviewed the tape. Will South Bend Washington be punished for 100-0 win?

Commissioner Paul Neidig

“We have a lot of contests in the state of Indiana, and when we hear of something that goes on, it’s important for us to understand firsthand what people were talking about. This is really no different. If you just read what’s going on, 100-0 ― certainly, people start asking questions, and we were receiving some inquiries in the office about how that could happen.

“You can debate whether they should’ve even scheduled each other to begin with. But they did, and there are a lot of things that coaches can do to turn a tough situation or a lopsided game into a learning experience for their own team and potentially others. … If we felt there was something done to embarrass a school or purposeful to run the score up, we’d certainly have a conversation with the school.”

“No, there’s not been that conversation because it’s not really within the basketball rules; that’s why we put the mercy rule in. It’s not been a conversation we’ve had in the office, as far as putting a rule in around a lopsided score of a contest.”

Story by the Indianapolis Star’s Brian ‘Hank’ Haenchen

IHSAA requests video from 100-0 girls basketball game: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this.’

Washington Coach Steve Reynolds‘ thoughts on why the IHSAA requested the tape—

“I’ve never had it happen to me before. I don’t know. Personally, I’ve been kicked in my 11 years. 60, 70, 80 points — I’ve never seen anything like this.

Our kids were literally helping them. ‘Hey, you gotta v-cut.’ ‘Hey you gotta get open.

I can lay my head on my pillow knowing we did everything we could to preserve the integrity of competition in an IHSAA sport and be sportsmen in those situations,”

The Panthers are presently 6-1 on the season.