Batesville entertains Rushville in boys basketball tonight. Coverage begins around 7:15 on 103.9 FM and the WRBI App…Also coming up tonight, North Decatur and Jac-Cen-Del go at it in Osgood, and East Central welcomes Connersville.
Six area players were named to the ORVC 2025-26 All-Conference Girls Basketball Team, as voted on by conference schools head coaches. They are Tinley Enneking and Brooklyn Simon from Jac-Cen-Del; Millan’s Emma Voss; and Kaiya Rinear, Claire Samples and Aubrey Werner from South Ripley. The Raiders’ Brad Goldsberry is one of the conference’s Tri Coaches of the Year. The award winners will be recognized at the ORVC Winter Sports Banquet on Tuesday, March 10 at Switzerland County High School.
The Indiana Pacers edged the Brooklyn Nets 115-110 in NBA action heard last night on the Sports Voice. Jarace Walker tossed in a game-high 23 points for the Pacers, who rested several front-line players on the second night of a “back-to-back” on the road. Pascal Siakam, Andrew Newbhard, Aaron Nesmith, and TJ McConnell were all held out. The Pacers have won two in a row heading into the All Star break. They return to the court a week from tonight at Washington.Siakam is the only Pacers who was named an NBA All-Star.
In college basketball last night, #6 UConn took down Butler 80-70 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Coach Thad Matta’s Bulldogs have lost five in a row…Buffalo knocked off Ball State 63-53 in Muncie. Davion led the Cardinals with 14 points off the bench.
The Indianapolis Colts have made some changes to their coaching staff. The team hired Marion Hobby as its defensive line coach. Hobby coached under Colts defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo in Cincinnati from 2021 until 2024. He spent last season in the college ranks as a defensive analyst at Tennessee.
Phil Krueger, a veteran of two Indianapolis 500 starts, died Monday in Indianapolis. Krueger competed in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” in 1986 and 1988. His best finish was eighth in 1988, when he completed 196 laps. He also qualified a “500” career-best 15th that year. Phil Krueger was 74.
