21. (23) Scotlandville (Baton Rouge, La.) (31-2)The Hornets take on St. Paul (Covington) on Tuesday in opening-round action of the
Class 5A state playoffs.
22. (25) Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers, Ind.) (19-2)The Royals helped produce one of the wilder box scores in the country last week as both Gary Harris (39 points, 6 rebounds, 6 steals, 6 assists) and Zak Irvin (37 points, 10 rebounds) posted monster stat lines in a 107-98 win over Pike (Indianapolis). The teams combined for 72 third-quarter points.
23. (12) Olympic (Charlotte, N.C.) (25-1)Harding (Charlotte) needed overtime to finally hand Olympic its first loss of the season. The Trojans beat Harding twice during the regular season and saw a 52-game winning streak against ME-GA 7 3A/4A Conference opponents snapped.
24. (NR) Westbury Christian (Houston) (26-3)The Wildcats beat Grace Community (Tyler) 93-46 on Friday to advance to the second round of the TAPPS Class 4A state tournament.
25. (NR) Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia) (20-3)Since losing to South Shore (Brooklyn, N.Y.) on Jan. 29, the Saints are 6-0 and winning by an average margin of 26.5 points per game. They play Roman Catholic in the semifinals of the Philadelphia Catholic League tournament on Wednesday.
Dropped out: No. 17 last week
Pershing (Detroit); No. 24
St. Augustine (New Orleans)
