"We could've scored 300 points": Indiana High School girls basketball coach makes a jarring comment following a 100-point win over opponents

A girls' high school basketball game in South Bend, Indiana, is raising some eyebrows because the final score was 100-0. However, the coach of the winning team is also claiming that they were actually holding back and could have scored thrice more than they did.

South Bend Washington is a top 20 school in Indiana, as revealed by the state's preseason coaches poll. However, their opponent, Gary Lighthouse, had been having a bit of a losing streak, losing 28 games in a row. Washington extended that losing streak and made sure that its final score stuck out.

Washington coach Steven Reynolds then put out a statement about why such a mismatch occurred:

“We reached out to everybody,” said Coach Reynolds in an interview with The Indy Star. “LaPorte, Jimtown, any 4A school in the area that we could possibly play, and nobody wanted to play us. And I have to fill a schedule.”

Washington has been one of Indiana's strongest teams, winning three straight sectionals. They also won a Class 4A regional title in 2023 and a Class 3A state championship in 2022.

Because of this winning record and facing off against a team like Gary Lighthouse during the preseason, Coach Reynolds faced some backlash, and he responded to them too.

“I get penalized when I go out of state, as far as rankings and the girls trying to make Indiana All-Star teams and all those kinds of things,” he said. “So, this year, I’m like, ‘OK, I’m going to try and stay in Indiana as much as I can.’ But when we call teams, they don’t want to play us, so then we have to go to that second tier of teams, and my (Athletic Director Garland Hudson) is trying to do the best he can.”

He then noted that they could have scored way more than they did.

“When I tell you we could’ve scored 300 points — we could have,” he told The Indy Star. “The thing is I have 12 girls that I put through hell every single day in practice. I am not going to tell them to go out there and not play to the best of their capabilities. We didn’t press, we didn’t pressure them, we didn’t do anything. We played halfcourt, which is not our style. And I tell them be hospitable, have sportsmanship.”

Indiana High School Athletics Association reacts to 100-0 basketball game

The score of this Indiana high school basketball game has led to the state's high school athletics association, IHSAA, requesting film from the game. Coach Reynolds complied and sent in two videos.

The Indy Star noted that this was the first time that a 100-0 final score was tallied in an IHSAA girls' basketball game. There have, though, already been seven other 100-point margins during this century alone.