Fishers opened play at the Lebanon Tournament with an overtime victory against Gary 21st Century, by the score of 88-86.
The Tigers led 19-15 after the first quarter, but the Cougars came back tie it at 38-38 by halftime. Regulation ended in a 77-77 tie, but Fishers outscored 21st Century 11-9 in the extra period.
Five Tigers landed in double figures. Freshman Jeffrey Simmons scored 23 points, while Willie Jackson had a phenomenal 16-of-16 free throw shooting performance on his way to 21 points. Jackson was 8-of-8 from the line in overtime.
Josiah Matthews added 14 points, Alex Szilagyi scored 13 and Terry Hicks contributed 10 points.
Fishers is 7-3 and will play Kokomo in the semi-finals of the tournament at 10 a.m. today.
Fishers 88,Gary 21st Century 86
(overtime)
Fishers FG FT TP PF
Josiah Matthews 6 1-4 14 4
Willie Jackson 2 16-16 21 2
Alex Szilagyi 5 1-1 13 2
Jeffrey Simmons 8 7-10 23 2
Terry Hicks 4 1-1 10 5
Justin Long 2 2-2 7 0
Luke Hernandez 0 0-0 0 0
Emmanuel Davis 0 0-0 0 0
Dominic Castellani 0 0-0 0 0
Totals 27 28-34 88 15
Score by Quarters
Fishers 19 19 20 19 11 – 88
Gary 21st Century 15 23 19 20 9 – 86
Fishers 3-pointers (6) Szilagyi 2, Matthews 1, Jackson 1, Long 1, Hicks 1.