RECENT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH GRADUATE DEVONTE SPENCER SIGNED FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO PLAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL FOR SHAWNEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SPENCER IS THE FOURTH PLAYER FROM LAST SEASON’S TIGER TEAM WHO HAVE SIGNED TO PLAY SPORTS AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS ROLLED FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT NIGHT IN THE BAHAMAS, DOWNING THE REAL DEAL SHOCKERS 113-58. FORMER BOWLING GREEN HIGH STANDOUT CHANE BEHANAN HAD 11 OF HIS 15 POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF.

MADISONVILLE’S JON HOOD HAD SURGERY FRIDAY ON HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE KENTUCKY WILDCAT TORE THE A-C-L IN HIS RIGHT KNEE IN A PICKUP GAME LAST MONTH. COACH JOHN CALIPARI SAID TO THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER THE SURGERY WENT WELL AND HOOD IS HOME RESTING COMFORTABLY. HOOD PLAYED IN 33 GAMES FOR THE WILDCATS LAST SEASON AVERAGING ALMOST FIVE POINTS A GAME.

THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE WILL HOLD A HEARING NEXT TUESDAY ON POSSIBLE REALIGNMENT OF COLLEGE CONFERENCES IN THE LONE STAR STATE. THE MEETING ACCORDING TO AN ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY COMES AMID SPECULATION TEXAS A AND M IS CONSIDERING LEAVING THE BIG 12 FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE.

NASHVILLE'S BRANDT SNEDEKER WAS ASSESED A TWO STROKE PENALTY FOR BEING LATE FOR HIS TEE TIME FRIDAY AT THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP.  SNEDEKER FIRED A 73 FRIDAY TO FINISH THE FIRST TWO DAYS AT SEVEN OVER PAR AND MISS THE CUT.  FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY GOLFER J-B HOLMES WITHDREW BEFORE THE SECOND ROUND.  THE LEADERS HEADING INTO TODAY'S THIRD ROUND ARE JASON DUFNER AND KEEGAN BRADLEY AT FIVE UNDER PAR, WITH A QUARTET OF GOLFERS INCLUDING JIM FURYK AND SCOTT VERPLANK ONE SHOT BACK AT FOUR UNDER PAR.