South Ripley held off Milan 60-56 in the opener of the boys Ripley County Tournament at Batesville as heard last night on the Sports Voice. Drew Volz and Dylan Jessee both tossed in 18 points to lead the 8-3 Raiders while Eli Gilpin contributed 11. The Indians’ Gabe Riehle led all scorers with 25 points, and Micah Norman added 16 for the 2-4 Tribe…
In the second game, Batesville knocked off Jac-Cen-Del 66-49. The Bulldogs improve to 8-1 while the Eagles fall to 3-6. South Ripley and Batesville will meet for the Ripley County Tournament championship for the fourth straight year on Saturday night.
St. Louis boys basketball dropped two at Greendale last night. It was the 7th grade Tigers over the Cardinals 38-16. Greendale won the 8th grade tilt 54-20. Cam Walke led St. Louis with 10 points.
North Decatur 8th grade boys basketball hammered Tri 40-4. Troy Brown led the 11-1 Chargers with 10 points.
In college basketball last night, the Indiana Hoosiers took care of Maryland 84-66 in College Park. It’s the Hoosiers’ first road win of the college basketball season. IU was led by 24 points from Lamar Wilkerson, and Tayton Conerway added 19. The Hoosiers are now 12-3 on the season and will return to Bloomington on Saturday to face #10 Nebraska.
The 5th-ranked Purdue Boilermakers had to navigate some foul trouble, but they came away with an 81-73 win over Washington last night. Head coach Matt Painter says it was not the Boilers’ best game defensively. Braden Smith only played 28 minutes to due to foul trouble, but he still scored 23 points. The Boilermakers are now tied for the lead in the Big Ten, and they will face Penn State at Mackey Arena on Saturday.
The Indiana Pacers look to snap their franchise-record 13-game losing streak when they visit the Charlotte Hornets in NBA action tonight. WRBI airtime is 6:30.
