Boys Basketball: South Bend Riley outlasts Penn

Penn’s Caleb Coolman scored 23 points and Christian Bonner scored 20, but South Bend Riley pulled away from the Kingsmen in the final minutes for a 73-68 victory on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, in Northern Indiana Conference high school basketball.

Coolman hit 7-of-12 shots. The 6-foot-5 Sophomore point guard also had five rebounds and four assists.

Bonner, a Senior post, hit 9-of-10 field-goal attempts and connected on two free throws to score his 20 points. He also had four rebounds.

Ben Murphy scored nine points, including an NBA-range 3 at the third quarter buzzer.

Freshman point guard Mi’Kell Burton scored eight points.

PENN 68: Mi’Kell Burton 8, Ben Murphy 9, Caleb Martinez 0, Caleb Coolman 23, Lucas Obermeyer 7, Christian Bonner 20, Makale Price 0.

Riley 73: Dakori Parker 19, Tree Johnson 13, Tyrese Jones 15, Arreon Neely 0, Jawaun Johnson 0, Isaiah Packer 13, Kelin Webster 13.

PENN     11     15     24     18 – 68

Riley       14     14     21     24 – 73

Three-pointers: PENN 4 (Caleb Coolman 2, Ben Murphy 1, Lucas Obermeyer 1), Riley 9 (Webster 3, Johnson 2, Packer 2, Parker 1, Jones 1).