Boys Basketball: No. 14 Penn pulls away from South Bend Adams

Sophomore All-State candidate Caleb Coolman scored 20 points and Lucas Obermeyer scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to power No. 14 (Class 4-A) Penn to a 66-52 victory against visiting South Bend Adams on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.

Coolman, a 6-foot-5 point guard, also had seven rebounds and three assists.

Obermeyer, a Senior Wing, also had three steals to go with his double-double.

Makale Price, a 6-foot-8 Junior, scored 12 points.

Cody Evans contributed 10 points and six rebounds to the Kingsmen victory.

Freshman point guard Mi’Kell Burton made two critical steals in the final minutes to help Penn pull away. Burton finished with seven points.

Penn is 11-3 overall and 3-0 in the Northern Indiana Conference. Adams is 10-4 and 1-2.

PENN 66: Mi’Kell Burton 7, Ben Murphy 0, Caleb Martinez 0, Caleb Coolman 20, Lucas Obermeyer 15, Cody Evans 10, Christian Bonner 2, Makale Price 12.

Adams 52: Josh Johnson 11, Carter Johnston 0, Drew Dixson 11, Jarvis Tolbert 20, B.J. Neal 5, Terron Johnson 2, Michael Georgia 3.

PENN      16     15     11     24 – 66

Adams     10    15     10     17 – 52

Three-pointers: PENN 6 (Cody Evans 2, Mi’Kell Burton 1, Caleb Coolman 1, Lucas Obermeyer 1, Makale Price 1), Adams 9 (Tolbert 4, Johnson 3, Dixon 1, Neal 1).