Incoming Purdue WBB Recruit Kira Reynolds Breaks Indiana High School Blocks Record
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Kira Reynolds is adding another massive achievement to her laundry list of accomplishments at the high school level. Wednesday night, the South Bend Washington star and Purdue women's basketball commit broke the Indiana high school basketball blocks record.
Reynolds recorded three blocks in Washington's 28-27 victory over Penn in the first round of the IHSAA Class 4A sectionals on Wednesday night. That gave her 571 career blocks (and counting), breaking the state record for girls and boys basketball.
Evansville's Kiyron Powell was the previous record holder, blocking 570 shots at Bosse High School.
It should be no surprise that Reynolds is a strong candidate to win the Indiana Miss Basketball Award at the end of the 2024-25 season.
With 3 blocks in 1-point win over #18 Penn last night, Indiana Miss Basketball candidate and Purdue commit @KiraMReynolds becomes Indiana’s all-time career blocks leader, boys or girls, at 571 and counting… pic.twitter.com/383IGNcus9
— 🐾Washington Panthers GBB 🐾 (@WHSPanthersGBB) February 6, 2025
Reynolds is a key piece in a talented 2025 recruiting class that Purdue coach Katie Gearlds is bringing to West Lafayette. In her senior season at Washington, the future Boilermaker is averaging 15.7 points, 13.5 rebounds, 6.6 blocks, 6.5 steals and 3.9 assists per game.
Earlier this year, Reynolds became the first player in the history of Indiana high school basketball to record a quintuple-double. The 6-foot-4 senior scored 14 points, grabbed 18 rebounds, dished out 12 assists, recorded 11 steals and blocked 10 shots in an 85-12 win over New Prairie back in early January.
In her high school career, Reynolds has scored more than 1,400 points, collected more than 1,100 rebounds and blocked more than 570 shots. She'll have a chance to add to her total on Friday night, when South Bend Washington plays Michigan City in the next round of the IHSAA Class 4A sectionals.
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Dustin Schutte is the publisher of Purdue Boilermakers on SI and has spent more than a decade working in sports journalism. His career began in 2013, when he covered Big Ten football. He remained in that role for eight years before working at On SI to cover the Boilermakers. Dustin graduated from Manchester University in Indiana in 2010, where he played for the men's tennis team.
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