Basketball Game Preview: Fort Wayne HomeSchool Hawks vs. Indianapolis Northwest W Warriors

By Team Reports Feb 1, 2025, 2:34am

Basketball Preview: Fort Wayne HomeSchool Hawks vs. Indianapolis Northwest W Warriors

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The Fort Wayne HomeSchool Hawks will take on the Indianapolis Northwest W Warriors at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Fort Wayne HomeSchool knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten contests -- so hopefully Indianapolis Northwest W likes a good challenge.

If Fort Wayne HomeSchool beats Indianapolis Northwest W with 68 points on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Fort Wayne HomeSchool came out on top in a nail-biter against Benton HomeSchool on Friday, sneaking past 68-65. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Hawks have posted against the Bucks since January 21, 2023.

Dominic Graber

Points

01/13/24 @ Kokomo HomeSchool31
11/07/23 @ Anderson HomeSchool21
01/31/25 vs Benton HomeSchool14
02/06/24 vs Anderson HomeSchool14
12/17/24 vs Benton HomeSchool12

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Fort Wayne HomeSchool to victory, but perhaps none more so than Dominic Graber, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 14 boards. That's the most points Graber has posted since back in February of 2024. Isaiah Krawczyk was another key player, going 7 of 14 en route to 21 points.

Meanwhile, Indianapolis Northwest W beat Northside L 59-49 on Saturday.

Indianapolis Northwest W's win came from a few key players Fort Wayne HomeSchool will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Finn Sempsrott, who went 5 for 11 on his way to 14 points along with six rebounds and five assists. Another player making a difference was Josh Bowers, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 11 boards.

Fort Wayne HomeSchool is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.0 points per game. As for Indianapolis Northwest W, their victory bumped their record up to 12-5.

Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Fort Wayne HomeSchool has been crashing the rebounds this season, having averaged 28.5 boards per game. However, it's not like Indianapolis Northwest W struggles in that department as they've been averaging 28.6 rebounds. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.

Fort Wayne HomeSchool strolled past Indianapolis Northwest W in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 by a score of 74-56. Does Fort Wayne HomeSchool have another victory up their sleeve, or will Indianapolis Northwest W turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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