You need to go see Pike’s girls basketball team before it’s too late

INDIANAPOLIS (MIRROR INDY) — If you get a glimpse of a Pike High School girls varsity basketball game, you’ll see a team with all the ingredients to win a state championship.

A starting-five lineup of players who can each score double digits on any given night, a bench full of standout underclassmen and the defensive DNA to force a team to tap out at halftime.

The Red Devils are on a 21-game win streak and beat out conference rival Lawrence Central High School to become Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference champions.

Oya Woodruff, the school’s varsity basketball announcer and a culinary instructor at Pike, has had a front row seat to the action all season long. She has been vocal on Facebook about getting more people to support the team.

“Not only are they good students and kids, they are really good basketball players. They have incredible fundamentals, and they’re unselfish in their play,” she said. “If you love basketball, you’ll love watching the Pike girls play.”

With the IHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournament ahead, Pike is hoping to make history and will face Avon High School on Feb. 6 in its first playoff ga...