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INDIANAPOLIS – Montgomery might have a new mayor.
Korben Boyd, a senior guard averaging 2.5 points per game, scored all 11 of his points in the final eight-plus minutes of Saturday’s Class A state championship, including a pair of backbreaking 3-pointers, to lead Barr-Reeve to a 50-37 win over Triton at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Boyd, named the Mental Attitude Award winner for Class A, made his first basket, a 3-pointer from the left wing, with 1:01 left in the third quarter to push Barr-Reeve’s lead to five points, its biggest of the game to that point.
He added a turnaround jumper, then drilled another 3-pointer to push Barr-Reeve’s lead to 10 points. The game, and Barr-Reeve’s third state championship, was in the bag. Montgomery, the community of 800 residents in Southern Indiana where the school is located, can schedule another celebration.
“We aren’t here without this young man,” first-year Barr-Reeve coach Heath Howington said of Boyd. “Everything he does, he does it the right way. In the classroom, in the weight room, in the hallway. He’s everything we want our program and our school to represent. Every drill, he sprints to it. Everything he does, he does it full throttle and 100 percent. Guys like that deserve to shine on a stage like this.”
Boyd started every game last year but was replaced in the starting lineup by junior Carson Yoder. Howington said Boyd never flinched. And when his time came on Saturday, with Barr-Reeve clinging to a 32-30 lead after a steal and driving layup by Jaylon Graber, Boyd took his shot.
Nothing but net.
“It’s amazing,” Boyd said of winning a state championship in his final game. “I can’t put words to it that this team has put their own stamp on the program. To watch all those games and now it’s my turn to put the jersey on and compete in the state finals was truly amazing.”
It was the culmination for Boyd as a player, though he believes this group’s best basketball is still ahead. The Vikings (28-1) bring back almost all of its production next year, including 6-1 sophomore Josh Miller, who finished with 13 points and nine rebounds and helped Barr-Reeve settle in after a slow start.
Barr-Reeve trailed 6-0 and 9-2 before getting it going. The game was tied 20-20 at halftime.
“We thought early nerves might happen,” said Howington, who came to Barr-Reeve from Evansville Memorial. “Defensively we made some adjustments and guarded a lot harder for the rest of the game and kept them out of the paint and defended the 3-point line really well.”
The game set a record for the fewest combined points in a Class A state championship, which was in large part due to Barr-Reeve’s second-half defense. Triton (25-4) shot just 3-for-12 in the fourth quarter and missed all eight of its 3-point attempts in the second half.
After Boyd’s personal scoring burst, Triton was unable to get closer than nine points the rest of the way.
“They are really good defensively and contain so well,” Triton coach Jason Groves said of Barr-Reeve. “I felt like we had some opportunities but the shots just weren’t going in. Barr-Reeve is a really good team. Give them credit.”
Triton went ahead 30-28 on a basket by Jayden Overmeyer with 2:39 left in the third quarter. From there, the Trojans did not score again until Julian Swanson’s turnaround jumper with four minutes left in the fourth quarter to cut Barr-Reeve’s lead to 41-32.
“I give credit to (Boyd),” Groves said. “We were playing off him and trying to dig in (on defense) and trying to help inside and he was able to knock down some shots.”
Julian Swanson led Triton with 16 points.
Barr-Reeve also won state championships in 2015 and ’21. Boyd remembers crying at the 2014 state championship game, watching the Vikings lose in overtime to Marquette Catholic. At that time, it felt like Barr-Reeve – a four-time runner-up after that game – might never win a state championship.
On Saturday, Boyd sat at the podium with Barr-Reeve’s third state championship net draped around his neck. In that moment, he represented perfectly what Barr-Reeve basketball is all about.
“Korben Boyd is a role model player for little kids,” junior teammate Kierson Lengacher said. “I knew he had it in him. He’s a really good 3-point shooter. For him to come in and knock down those big shots, I knew he could do it. The whole team knew it.”
Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.Get IndyStar's high school coverage sent directly to your inbox with the High School Sports newsletter. And be sure to subscribe to our new IndyStarTV: Preps YouTube channel.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IHSAA basketball: Barr-Reeve wins state championship over Triton Korben Boyd unlikely hero
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Korben Boyd, a senior guard averaging 2.5 points per game, scored all 11 of his points in the final eight-plus minutes of Saturday’s Class A state championship, including a pair of backbreaking 3-pointers, to lead Barr-Reeve to a 50-37 win over Triton at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Boyd, named the Mental Attitude Award winner for Class A, made his first basket, a 3-pointer from the left wing, with 1:01 left in the third quarter to push Barr-Reeve’s lead to five points, its biggest of the game to that point.
He added a turnaround jumper, then drilled another 3-pointer to push Barr-Reeve’s lead to 10 points. The game, and Barr-Reeve’s third state championship, was in the bag. Montgomery, the community of 800 residents in Southern Indiana where the school is located, can schedule another celebration.
“We aren’t here without this young man,” first-year Barr-Reeve coach Heath Howington said of Boyd. “Everything he does, he does it the right way. In the classroom, in the weight room, in the hallway. He’s everything we want our program and our school to represent. Every drill, he sprints to it. Everything he does, he does it full throttle and 100 percent. Guys like that deserve to shine on a stage like this.”
Boyd started every game last year but was replaced in the starting lineup by junior Carson Yoder. Howington said Boyd never flinched. And when his time came on Saturday, with Barr-Reeve clinging to a 32-30 lead after a steal and driving layup by Jaylon Graber, Boyd took his shot.
Nothing but net.
“It’s amazing,” Boyd said of winning a state championship in his final game. “I can’t put words to it that this team has put their own stamp on the program. To watch all those games and now it’s my turn to put the jersey on and compete in the state finals was truly amazing.”
It was the culmination for Boyd as a player, though he believes this group’s best basketball is still ahead. The Vikings (28-1) bring back almost all of its production next year, including 6-1 sophomore Josh Miller, who finished with 13 points and nine rebounds and helped Barr-Reeve settle in after a slow start.
Barr-Reeve trailed 6-0 and 9-2 before getting it going. The game was tied 20-20 at halftime.
“We thought early nerves might happen,” said Howington, who came to Barr-Reeve from Evansville Memorial. “Defensively we made some adjustments and guarded a lot harder for the rest of the game and kept them out of the paint and defended the 3-point line really well.”
The game set a record for the fewest combined points in a Class A state championship, which was in large part due to Barr-Reeve’s second-half defense. Triton (25-4) shot just 3-for-12 in the fourth quarter and missed all eight of its 3-point attempts in the second half.
After Boyd’s personal scoring burst, Triton was unable to get closer than nine points the rest of the way.
“They are really good defensively and contain so well,” Triton coach Jason Groves said of Barr-Reeve. “I felt like we had some opportunities but the shots just weren’t going in. Barr-Reeve is a really good team. Give them credit.”
Triton went ahead 30-28 on a basket by Jayden Overmeyer with 2:39 left in the third quarter. From there, the Trojans did not score again until Julian Swanson’s turnaround jumper with four minutes left in the fourth quarter to cut Barr-Reeve’s lead to 41-32.
“I give credit to (Boyd),” Groves said. “We were playing off him and trying to dig in (on defense) and trying to help inside and he was able to knock down some shots.”
Julian Swanson led Triton with 16 points.
Barr-Reeve also won state championships in 2015 and ’21. Boyd remembers crying at the 2014 state championship game, watching the Vikings lose in overtime to Marquette Catholic. At that time, it felt like Barr-Reeve – a four-time runner-up after that game – might never win a state championship.
On Saturday, Boyd sat at the podium with Barr-Reeve’s third state championship net draped around his neck. In that moment, he represented perfectly what Barr-Reeve basketball is all about.
“Korben Boyd is a role model player for little kids,” junior teammate Kierson Lengacher said. “I knew he had it in him. He’s a really good 3-point shooter. For him to come in and knock down those big shots, I knew he could do it. The whole team knew it.”
Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.Get IndyStar's high school coverage sent directly to your inbox with the High School Sports newsletter. And be sure to subscribe to our new IndyStarTV: Preps YouTube channel.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IHSAA basketball: Barr-Reeve wins state championship over Triton Korben Boyd unlikely hero
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