1986 IHSAA State Championship: Marion 75, Anderson 56

Bill Green became the first coach in the history of the 76-year boys state basketball tournament to record five championships, and Marion celebrated its fifth state title with a 75-56 victory over North Central Conference rival Anderson at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, March 29, 1986.
Green became the first Indiana coach to direct two unbeaten state champions, and he is the first to coach back-to-back winners twice. Green coached an unbeaten Indianapolis Washington team to the 1969 state title, took Marion to consecutive state championships in 1975 and 1976, and authored another unbeaten state title winner at
Marion in 1985.
Marion advanced to the state finals championship game with a 63-54 win over Southridge in the afternoon, and Anderson had to go overtime to slip past Shelbyville 70-69. A .658 shooting average by Marion set a one-game state tournament record against Southridge, and a .582 percent average for the last four games just missed the
.585 record set by Muncie Central in 1978.
Marion started five juniors and were led by Jay Edwards who scored 25 points in the championship contest. Lyndon Jones added 19 and Daric Keys scored 16. The Giants ended the season with a 26-3 record.
The Giants got off to a quick start in the final game with a 16-13 lead at the end of the first quarter and a 37-27 lead at the half against Anderson. The final 19-point margin was the biggest in a state championship game since 1959. It was the fourth state runner-up finish since 1979 for a Norm Held-coached Anderson ball club. Anderson closed out the season with a 19-10 record after a slow start with a young team. The Indians, three-time state champions, were making their 10th appearance in the final game, a record for the tournament series.
Jones tallied 23 points, Edwards 16 and Kyle Persinger 11 in the second afternoon game when Marion built up a huge lead on Southridge. Southridge resorted to a slowdown game for most of the first half and fell behind 22-6. Ron Patberg, who scored 17 points, topped the Raiders. Southridge bowed out of the tournament with an outstanding 24-4 record.
A strong 30-point performance by Anthony Kelley helped Anderson stave off a gallant Shelbyville comeback in the tourney opener. Eric Hathcock added 19 and Anthony Tucker 12 for the Indians. Shelbyville, closing out an excellent 23-4 season, got 21 points from Julius Denton, 20 from Todd Anderson and 12 from Brian Harrell. Harrell missed most of the first half with a twisted ankle, but the Golden Bears still bounced back from a 34-24 deficit to send it into overtime at 69-69.
The Executive Committee unanimously selected Todd Anderson from Shelbyville High School as the recipient of the Arthur L. Trester Award for Mental Attitude.
A total of 393 schools and 4,673 boys participated in the tournament series program.