By BEN LOVE
10 teams. 4 days. 15 games.
The 2016 LCA Showcase Classic is coming to Lafayette this week, and the second annual tournament is bringing in quality boys’ high school basketball teams from around Louisiana to the LCA Sportsplex.
Invading the PLEX are Woodlawn of Shreveport and Westgate, a combined 15-2 and two of the top teams in the latest Class 4A unofficial power ratings. They’ll be joined by perennial power Hamilton Christian, West Jefferson from New Orleans and LaGrange (7-4), among others.
But the real headline matchup features two squads from Cajun country with campuses separated by only 3.3 miles – host Lafayette Christian Academy vs. Carencro.
The Knights (6-1) and Golden Bears (7-3) will meet up and throw down Friday night at 7 PM in a game expected to break the arena attendance record. Listen in to 106.3 Radio Lafayette and Ben Love for a live broadcast of the game, with pregame show set to begin at 6:45 PM.
LCA won its inaugural home tournament a year ago courtesy a 69-67 thriller over University High of Baton Rouge, which went on to win its third consecutive state title later that season.
See the full 15-game schedule below, including the two games that will be broadcast live on 106.3 Radio Lafayette or streamed free via the website.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14
5:00 PM – Abbeville vs. LCCP
6:30 PM – Westgate vs. Hamilton Christian
8:00 PM – LCA vs. Rayne***
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15
5:00 PM – Hamilton Christian vs. Abbeville
6:30 PM – Carencro vs. LaGrange
8:00 PM – West Jefferson vs. Westgate
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16
4:00 PM – LCCP vs. Rayne
5:30 PM – West Jefferson vs. LaGrange
7:00 PM – LCA vs. Carencro***
8:30 PM – Westgate vs. Woodlawn (Shreveport)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17
1:00 PM – Woodlawn (Shreveport) vs. West Jefferson
2:30 PM – Rayne vs. Hamilton Christian
4:30 PM – LaGrange vs. Woodlawn (Shreveport)
6:00 PM – LCA vs. Abbeville
7:30 PM – Carencro vs. Westgate
*** = Live Broadcast with Ben Love on 106.3 Radio Lafayette