HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES FROM MONDAY

BOYS: CHRISTIAN COUNTY LOST FOR THE THIRD TIME IN ITS LAST FOUR GAMES AS THE COLONELS FELL TO HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL ACADEMY OF MELBOURNE, FLORIDA 56-53 AT THE GREAT FLORIDA SHOOTOUT. ANTHONY HICKEY HAD 25 POINTS FOR THE COLONELS.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS LOST TO COVINGTON CATHOLIC 65-53 AT THE REPUBLIC BANK CLASSIC. ALSO FROM THE REPUBLIC BANK CLASSIC: FAYETTE COUNTY GEORGIA OVER WARREN CENTRAL 83-45 AND BALLARD OVER PADUCAH TILGHMAN 86-77.

AT THE REIDLAND CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT: FULTON COUNTY OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 66-44, REIDLAND OVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 58-26 AND LIVINGSTON CENTRAL EDGES COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN 57-56.

AT THE MURRAY BANK LAKER CLASSIC: MADISONVILLE EDGED APOLLO 39-36 AND KENWOOD, TENNESSEE BEAT CALLOWAY COUNTY 62-52.

OWENSBORO BEAT HOPKINS CENTRAL 92-54 AT THE FRANKLIN BEST OF THE BEST TOURNAMENT

LOGAN COUNTY OVER CAVERNA 59-52 AND SOUTH WARREN DEFEATED RUSSELL COUNTY 63-55 AT THE FIRST SOUTHERN BANK/ROYS B-B-Q CLASSIC IN RUSSELLVILLE.

GIRLS: HEATH DEFEATED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 52-42 AT THE NATIONAL GUARD HOLIDAY CLASSIC IN OWENSBORO. ALSO FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD HOLIDAY CLASSIC: APOLLO BEAT HOPKINS CENTRAL 73-29 , HENDERSON COUNTY OVER OWENSBORO 73-45 AND UNION COUNTY DEFEATED PLEASURE RIDGE PARK 45-25.

AT THE FIRST SOUTHERN BANK/ROY’S B-B-Q CLASSIC IN RUSSELLVILLE: LOGAN COUNTY OVER LOUISVILLE MOORE 63-53, MIDDLESBORO OVER SOUTH WARREN 55-22 AND RUSSELLVILLE OVER MAYFIELD 51-34.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS TUNEUP FOR A NEW YEAR’S EVE DATE WITH LOUISVILLE HOSTING COPPIN STATE THIS EVENING IN RUPP ARENA. PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7.

SPEAKING OF LOUISVILLE, THE CARDINALS DEFEATED MORGAN STATE 104-74. PRESTON KNOWLES HAD A CAREER HIGH 31 POINTS FOR THE 11-1 CARDINALS.

AUSTIN PEAY RETURNS TO ACTION TONIGHT AS THE GOVERNORS HOST BRESCIA AT SEVEN AT THE DUNN CENTER. MEANWHILE, THE LADY GOVERNORS ARE ALSO IN ACTION TONIGHT AS AUSTIN PEAY PLAYS AT PITTSBURGH. TIP OFF IS AT SIX P-M.

AUSTIN PEAY’S MELVIN BAKER WAS NAMED THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK MONDAY. THE SIX-SEVEN JUNIOR FROM AMARILLO TEXAS HAD 19 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS IN THE GOVERNORS WIN OVER MOREHEAD STATE LAST TUESDAY. BAKER IS AVERAGING ALMOST 17 POINTS AND TEN REBOUNDS IN HIS LAST THREE GAMES.

WHILE WE’RE DISHING OUT HONORS: LOUISVILLE’S PEYTON SIVA HAS BEEN NAMED THE BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK, WHILE KENTUCKY’S DORON LAMB WAS NAMED THE S-E-C PLAYER OF THE WEEK AND FELLOW FRESHMAN BRANDON KNIGHT WAS SELECTED AS THE S-E-C FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT KEITH TANDY LEADS WEST VIRGINIA INTO THE CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL THIS EVENING AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA STATE IN ORLANDO.

NHL

NASHVILLE PREDATORS FORWARD JORDIN TOOTOO VOLUNTARILY ENTERED A SUBSTANCE ABUSE CENTER MONDAY. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS WHAT TOOTOO IS BEING TREATED FOR AND WHERE THE FACILITY IS ARE NOT KNOWN. TOOTOO WILL BE AWAY FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD. THE PREDS ARE BACK IN ACTION TONIGHT HOSTING THE DALLAS STARS AT SEVEN IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

NFL

TENNESSEE TITANS COACH JEFF FISHER SAID MONDAY HE WOULD NOT CONSIDER SUNDAY’S SEASON FINALE AT INDIANAPOLIS AS HIS FINAL GAME AS TITANS COACH. FISHER ACKNOWLEDGED AT HIS WEEKLY NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT SEASON. THE TITANS HAVE LOST SEVEN OF THEIR LAST EIGHT GAMES HEADING INTO SUNDAY’S CONTEST.