
Can you name the 4A mystery team with such similar numbers in so many categories as the Chesterton boys basketball team?

Chesterton sophomore guard Malachi Ransom weaves through the Valparaiso defense during a late-season Trojans road victory. (Toby Gentry/photo).
Tom Keegan
Onwardtrojans.com
With so many high school programs playing varsity basketball in Indiana, there are bound to be at least a couple of teams that look statistically similar, but as similar as the two teams listed below, at least in the first half the 10 categories listed?
The numbers on the left column were produced by the Chesterton boys basketball team in 2024-25. Just for fun, see if you can identify the 4A mystery team whose numbers are listed on the right.
CHS BOYS CATEGORY 4A MYSTERY TEAM
15-9 Record 15-9
4-3 Conference record 4-3
64 Sagarin state ranking 68
15.5 Leading scorer PPG 14.8
+0.4 Rebounding margin 0.0
-0.4 Turnover margin +2.2
.461 FG% .390
.430 Opp FG% .337
.352 3-pt% .263
.324 Opp. 3-pt% .292
.710 FT% .548
Same overall record, same conference record, four-spot difference in the state Sagarin computer rankings, similar scoring averages for Logan Pokorney and the mystery team’s leading scorer, and similar rebounding and turnover margins.
The CHS boys shot much better than the mystery team, but the mystery team’s opponents shot a much lower percentage than the CHS boys’ foes, so that comes close to evening out. Free throw percentage was the one big disparity, with the CHS boys making a much higher percentage.
Can you name the mystery team without looking it up? Email me at tkeegan@duneland.k12.in.us to see if you can guess correctly. If you do, I’ll publish your name here at the bottom of this story, Friday at 3:30 p.m. If nobody furnishes the correct answer, I’ll share it then.
Drum roll, please. The correct answer, which nobody got, is the Chesterton girls basketball team. Not surprisingly, Trojans girls coach Candy Wilson lists improving the team's free throw percentage as the top priority and improving the field goal percentage as the No. 2 priority.