Top Indiana girls basketball prospects gather at Ben Davis showcase
Ben Davis put 132 girls prospects under Division I eyes Thursday, with stations, six scrimmage sessions and an overtime tournament shaping Indiana's next rankings shakeup.
Ben Davis High School turned into Indiana’s most tightly watched recruiting stop Thursday, as 132 girls prospects worked through stations, scrimmages and an overtime tournament in front of college coaches during the NCAA scholastic viewing period. For underclass players still trying to separate themselves in the 2027 and 2028 classes, the day offered exactly the kind of live evaluation that can shift recruiting attention and move a player’s stock before the next rankings update.
The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association staged the girls’ showcase from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 18, with stations beginning at 12:15 p.m., the first scrimmage session at 1:20 p.m., six total scrimmage sessions and an overtime tournament that started at 4:20 p.m. Admission was $5 per person, while IBCA-member coaches were admitted free with membership cards. Because the event fell inside the NCAA’s scholastic viewing period, Division I staffs were able to evaluate prospects in person, not just through film and word of mouth.
That full-day format is what gives the showcase its recruiting edge. The IBCA says the combined boys and girls showcase series was built to expose 252 of the state’s top prospects in 2026, including 120 boys and 132 girls, and the Ben Davis setting gave evaluators a chance to watch how players handled shot-making, defensive assignments, effort and composure across multiple live runs. For prospects such as Adah Hupfer of Pendleton Heights and Lillie Graves, the stage was big enough to matter and compact enough for every possession to count.
The event also carried the weight of continuity. It was the 24th annual IBCA and IHSAA Top 100 Underclass Showcase, staged by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association with support from the Indiana High School Athletic Association and presented by Ballogy. The boys’ showcase had already been held at Ben Davis on June 12, continuing the venue’s run as the center of the summer series after the boys’ event was held at Brownsburg High School in 2023.
Kristi Sigler of Jennings County and Lisa Finn of Indianapolis Cathedral oversaw the girls showcase, with Finn also serving as the 2026 Indiana girls Junior All-Stars head coach. Finn’s Cathedral résumé, a 101-74 record in seven seasons, only underscored how much Indiana basketball credibility sat behind the event. For the state’s underclass prospects, Thursday was more than a summer workout. It was a public measuring stick, and for some of them, the first step toward a bigger recruiting climb.
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