ELKHART, Ind. — By the time the Class 2A semistate game between Blackford and Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian was in its final minutes, everyone in the North Side gym at Elkhart knew what the outcome was going to be.
Blackhawk, the 2019 Class A state champions, led by 20-plus points since the third quarter ended and would go on to win 88-61 to advance to the Class 2A state championship.
Perhaps the only unknown in the game's final minutes were how many points Blackford senior Luke Brown was going to end up. Because, by that point, the realization that this would be Brown's last high school basketball game began to sink in.