HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

BOYS:  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS TOOK A 20-10 LEAD AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER AND NEVER LOOKED BACK IN DEFEATING HOPKINS CENTRAL 72-48.  MATT MCGOWAN LEAD THE BLAZERS WITH 19 POINTS, K’QUAN MCNEESE FOLLOWED WITH 12 AND JALIN LADD ADDED 11.  HOPKINS CENTRAL’S LEADING SCORER WAS THEIR ONLY DOUBLE FIGURE PRODUCER WITH JORDAN TODD SCORING 11.  THE BLAZERS IMPROVE TO 10-4 WITH THE WIN, WHILE HOPKINS CENTRAL DROPS TO 5-12.

ELSEWHERE:  COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 62-50, MCLEAN COUNTY DEFEATS DAWSON SPRINGS 75-47, CUMBERLAND COUNTY OVER WARREN EAST 55-48.

GIRLS:   UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED HOPKINS CENTRAL 70-35, CLARKSVILLE ACADEMY OVER FORT CAMPBELL 43-31, MCLEAN COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 81-47, DAVIESS COUNTY DEFEATS OWENSBORO 60-43 AND OWENSBORO CATHOLIC OVER APOLLO 77-40.

TONIGHT’S GAMES

BOYS:  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS TRAVELS TO HOPKINSVILLE FOR AN 8^TH DISTRICT SHOWDOWN WITH THE TIGERS.  TIP OFF AT 7:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 7:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

OTHER GAMES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY ALSO HAS AN 8^TH DISTRICT MATCHUP AS THE COLONELS TRAVEL TO FORT CAMPBELL.  TRIGG COUNTY TRAVELS TO LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, TODD CENTRAL IS AT LOGAN COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE PLAYS AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON, HOPKINS CENTRAL GOES TO OWENSBORO,  WEBSTER COUNTY GOES TO UNION COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY WELCOMES HENDERSON COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN HOSTS BALLARD MEMORIAL, BOWLING GREEN AT WARREN CENTRAL, WARREN EAST AT GREENWOOD.

GIRLS:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYS THE FIRST OF FOUR STRAIGHT DISTRICT GAMES AS THEY ARE AT FORT CAMPBELL.  TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, TODD CENTRAL TRAVELS TO LOGAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY IS AT CLARKSVILLE NORTHEAST, RUSSELLVILLE IS AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON, MUHLENBERG COUNTY PLAYS AT SOUTH WARREN, MARSHALL COUNTY AT GRAVES COUNTY, WARREN EAST AT GREENWOOD AND BOWLING GREEN AT WARREN CENTRAL.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE HOPKINSVILLE KIWANIS CLUB GAVE OUT ITS ANNUAL BUD HUDSON FOOTBALL AWARDS TO OUTSTANDING PLAYERS AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLS, THURSDAY.

THIS YEAR’S WINNERS ARE JOHN PAUL FINLEY FROM CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND DENO MONTOGOMERY OF HOPKINSVILLE HIGH.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE’S BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAYED AT JACKSONVILLE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

SOPHOMORE MARIAH ROBINSON HAD A CAREER HIGH 44 POINTS—INCLUDING NINE THREE POINTERS AS THE LADY RACERS DEFEATED JACKSONVILLE STATE 80-66.  THE 44 POINTS WERE THE SECOND MOST BY A PLYER IN SCHOOL HISTORY AND THE NINE THREE POINTERS SET A NEW STANDARD FOR A LADY RACER.

THE RACERS MADE IT A CLEAN SWEEP WITH A 71-62 WIN OVER JACKSONVILLE STATE.  ISACC MILES LEAD MURRAY STATE IN SCORING WITH 19 POINTS.

BOTH MURRAY STATE TEAMS RETURN TO ACTION SATURDAY AT TENNESSEE TECH.

WESTERN KENTUCKY WENT TO O AND THREE IN SUN BELT CONFERENCE PLAY LOSING AT TROY 82-68.  SERGIO KERUSCH LED THE HILLTOPPERS WITH 24 POINTS AND 13 REBOUNDS.

KENTUCKY’S WOMEN ROLLED OVER SOUTH CAROLINA 66-48, WHILE 5^TH RATED TENNESSEE ROLLED OVER FLORIDA 83-40.  VANDERBILT’S WOMEN WERE AN 82-66 WINNER OVER ALABAMA.

KENTUCKY BASKETBALL COACH JOHN CALIPARI TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL HE MAY POSSIBLY BRING TERRENCE JONES OFF THE BENCH AGAIN WHEN THE WILDCATS HOST L-S-U SATURDAY.  JONES DID NOT START TUESDAY NIGHT AGAINST AUBURN AND SCORED A FRESHMAN RECORD 35 POINTS.  COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT 1:30 SATURDAY ON LITE 98.7.

ANOTHER S-E-C MATCHUP TOMORROW HAS TENNESSEE—WINLESS IN CONFERENCE PLAY IN TWO OUTINGS—PLAYING AT VANDERBILT.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER RANDALL COBB ANNOUNCED THURSDAY HE WILL FOREGO HIS SENIOR YEAR TO ENTER THE N-F-L DRAFT.

THE ALCOA, TENNESSEE NATIVE WAS NAMED FIRST TEAM ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL AMERICAN THIS PAST SEASON.  COBB CAUGHT 84 PASSES FOR 1,017 YARDS AND SEVEN TOUCHDOWNS.  FOR THE SEASON, COBB HAD 13 T-D’S AND 2,396 ALL PURPOSE YARDS.

KENTUCKY’S APPEARANCE IN THE B-B-V-A COMPASS BOWL AGAINST PITTSBURGH WAS ONE OF ONLY 10 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES THAT SAW TELEVISION RATINGS INCREASE ACCORDING TO A BIRMINGHAM NEWS REPORT.  THE GAME RANKED 20^TH OUT OF 34 BOWLS RATED BY NIELSEN, WITH AN INCREASE IN VIEWERSHIP BY 38 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR WHEN CONNECTICUT BEAT SOUTH CAROLINA.  PITTSBURGH WON THE GAME 27-10.

TWO OHIO VALLEY CONFERECE FOOTBALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN HONORED BY THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDS GROUP.

AUSTIN PEAY’S TERRENCE HOLT WAS NAMED AS THE C-F-P-A FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION ELITE KICKOFF RETURNER AWARD, WHILE MURRAY STATE’S DONTRELL JOHNSON WAS NAMED THE C-F-P-A F-C-S ELITE PUNT RETURNER.

THE TWO PLAYERS ARE AMONG 52 RECEIPENTS AT THE F-B-S AND F-C-S LEVELS.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS SAW THEIR WINNING STREAK END AT SIX LAST NIGHT AS THE FLORIDA PANTHERS DEFEATED NASHVILLE 3-2.  THE PREDS RETURN HOME TO FACE CHICAGO SATURDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA.