HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

BOYS: CHRISTIAN COUNTY WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE GREAT FLORIDA SHOOTOUT BY LOSING 78-73 TO LEXINGTON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS LOST TO WARREN CENTRAL 58-47 AT THE REPUBLIC BANK CLASSIC IN LEXINGTON. ALSO AT THAT TOURNAMENT, PADUCAH TILGHMAN DEFEATED KNOX CENTRAL 58-47 AND LEXINGTON CATHOLIC BEAT BOWLING GREEN 69-57.

AT THE REIDLAND CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT: CALDWELL COUNTY OVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 79-22 AND FULTON COUNTY BEAT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 79-67.

ELSEWHERE: MADISONVILLE OVER CALLOWAY COUNTY 50-39, UNION COUNTY OVER GREENWOOD 57-50, RUSSELLVILLE OVER LOGAN COUNTY 67-52 IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE FIRST SOUTHERN BANK/ROYS BBQ CLASSIC.

GIRLS: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED HOPKINS CENTRAL 54-41 AT THE NATIONAL GUARD HOLIDAY CLASSIC IN OWENSBORO.

MCLEAN COUNTY OVER TODD CENTRAL IN OVERTIME 49-44 IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE LADY COUGAR AFTER CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT, WHERE TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED REIDLAND 63-37.

ELSEWHERE: MIDDLESBORO BEAT LOGAN COUNTY 39-33 IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE FIRST SOUTHERN BANK/ROYS BBQ CLASSIC, WHERE RUSSELLVILLE ALSO WON OVER RUSSELL COUNTY 54-49.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

TWO WESTERN KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOLS WILL RENEW THEIR RIVALRY IN THE 2011 SEASON. W-P-S-D—PADUCAH REPORTS ON ITS WEBSITE MURRAY HIGH AND MAYFIELD WILL PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2005. THE 2011 GAME WILL BE PLAYED SEPTEMBER 9TH AT WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM IN MAYFIELD, WITH THE 2012 GAME TO BE PLAYED IN MURRAY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

TENNESSEE PULLED OUT A 68-62 WIN OVER UT-MARTIN IN KNOXVILLE. SCOTTY HOPSON LED THE VOLS WITH 17 POINTS. THE VOLS HOST COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT ONE P-M.

VANDERBILT ALSO HAD TO RALLY TO BEAT MARQUETTE 77-76 AT MEMORIAL GYM.

KENTUCKY’S WOMEN’S TEAM DEFEATED MIDDLE TENNESSEE 81-72 FOR ITS 24TH STRAIGHT WIN AT MEMORIAL COLISEUM. KENTUCKY RETURNS TO ACTION TONIGHT HOSTING UT-MARTIN, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 4:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

WESTERN KENTUCKY’S LADY TOPPERS LOSE TO TEXAS TECH 70-60. ARNIKA BROWN PLAYED 11 MINUTES AND DID NOT SCORE IN THE GAME.

TONIGHT’S GAMES: MURRAY STATE’S BASKETBALL TEAMS HOST FUTURE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE RIVAL SIU-EDWARDSVILLE. THE WOMEN’S GAME BEGINS AT 5:15 AT THE C-F-S-B CENTER, WITH THE MEN’S GAME TO FOLLOW.

AUSTIN PEAY’S LADY GOVERNORS WRAP UP A TWO GAME ROAD TRIP IN PITTSBURGH THIS EVENING AS THEY PLAY DUQUESNE.

KENTUCKY’S DORON LAMB WAS NAMED THE U-S BASKETBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK WEDNESDAY. LAMB—WHO SCORED 18 POINTS IN KENTUCKY’S WIN OVER COPPIN STATE TUESDAY NIGHT—SET A FRESHMAN RECORD WITH 32 POINTS IN A WIN OVER WINTHROP LAST WEEK.

FOX SPORTS.COM REPORTED WEDNESDAY LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL PLAYER JARED SWOPSHIRE’S SEASON APPEARS TO BE OVER. SWOPSHIRE HAS A SEVERE GROIN INJURY AND WILL BE SEEN BY A SPECIALIST IN PHILADELPHIA. COACH RICK PITINO SAYS THERE’S BEEN NO IMPROVEMENT IN THE INJURY AND THAT IT IS CAREER THREATENING.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE TENNESSEE VOLS MEET NORTH CAROLINA IN THE FRANKLIN AMERICAN MUSIC CITY BOWL IN NASHVILLE LATER TODAY. THE GAME AT L-P FIELD KICKS OFF AT 5:30, WITH A SELLOUT CROWD ANTICIPATED. THE GAME IS ONE OF FOUR GAMES TODAY—WHICH INCLUDE THE ARMED FORCES BOWL WHICH MATCHES ARMY AND S-M-U, THE INAUGURAL PINSTRIPE BOWL AT THE NEW YANKEE STADIUM SENDS SYRACUSE AGAINST KANSAS STATE AND THE HOLIDAY BOWL HAS NEBRASKA GOING AGAINST WASHINGTON.

IN BOWL GAMES WEDNESDAY: OKLAHOMA STATE DEFEATED ARIZONA 36-10 IN THE ALAMO BOWL, MARYLAND BEAT EAST CAROLINA 51-20 IN THE MILITARY BOWL AND ILLINOIS WON OVER BAYLOR 38-14 IN THE TEXAS BOWL.