South Dearborn topped East Central 61-51 in boys basketball last night on WRBI. The Knights Tyler Christian led all scorers with 20 points while teammate Scout Gray added 16. Joel Richter led the Trojans with 14 points, followed by Liam Rogers with 13 and Peyton Hofer with 12. EC hit 13 three-pointers while SD had nine from beyond the arc. South Dearborn improves to 9-5 overall and 3-1 in the EIAC; East Central falls to 2-9 and 1-1.
Coming up tonight in girls basketball, Batesville journeys to Rushville. WRBI coverage begins around 7:15…Elsewhere, Class 1A #4 Oldenburg Academy entertains Heritage Christian…Milan is at North Decatur…East Central welcomes Madison…Franklin County hosts Shenandoah…Jac-Cen-Del travels to Rising Sun…and South Ripley hops the bus to Southwestern (Hanover).
Congratulations to South Ripley’s Cole Henry, who is the boys basketball Player of the Week in the latest edition of the ORVC Report. We have more details on the Local Sports page of wrbiradio.com.
Northwestern beat Indiana 79-70 in Big Ten college basketball last night in Evanston, Illinois. The Wildcats have defeated the Hoosiers five straight times. IU drops to 14-6 overall and 5-4 in the Big Ten.
The Pacers take on the San Antonio Spurs in the opener of a two-game series in Paris, France. Tipoff is this afternoon at 2.
According to multiple media reports, Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden is returning to the Bengals in the same role. Golden was Bengals head coach Zac Taylor’s linebackers coach in 2020 and 2021, and helped the team get to Super Bowl LVI. He leaves Marcus Freeman’s staff at Notre Dame a few days after the Fighting Irish fell to Ohio State in the college football national championship game.
