HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

BOYS:  THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS PICKED UP ANOTHER WIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT, KNOCKING OFF FORT CAMPBELL 93-43 IN 8^TH DISTRICT ACTION.  THE TIGERS ARE SCHEDULED TO PLAY AT HENDERSON COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 7:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

1^ST REGION ALL A:  ST. MARY EDGES MAYFIELD 56-55.

GIRLS:  HOPKINSVILLE’S LADY TIGERS WON AN 8^TH DISTRICT GAME AT FORT CAMPBELL 71-37, SNAPPING A TWO GAME LOSING STREAK.  THE LADY TIGERS ARE NOW THREE AND O IN DISTRICT PLAY AND RETURN TO ACTION TONIGHT TAKING ON HOPKINS CENTRAL.

GLASGOW BEAT RUSSELLVILLE 64-49 IN THE 4^TH REGION ALL A CLASSIC.

TONIGHT’S GAMES

BOYS:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYS BOYLE COUNTY IN THE TOYOTA CLASSIC AT SCOTT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, WEBSTER COUNTY PLAYS AT MADISONVILLE, RUSSELLVILLE PLAYS GLASGOW IN THE 4^TH REGION ALL A CLASSIC.

GIRLS:  HENDERSON COUNTY TAKES ON WEBSTER COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN MEETS MASSAC COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

2^ND REGION ALL A:  LYON COUNTY MEETS DAWSON SPRINGS AND LIVINGSTON CENTRAL GOES AGAINST CRITTENDEN COUNTY.

1^ST REGION ALL A:  MURRAY MEETS HEATH

3^RD REGION ALL A:  OWENSBORO CATHOLIC GOES AGAINST HANCOCK COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

LOUISVILLE USED A 27-6 RUN IN THE FIRST HALF IN CRUISING TO A 88-63 WIN OVER ST. JOHN’S.  THE CARDS FORCED THE RED STORM INTO A SEASON HIGH 30 TURNOVERS.

JOHN JENKINS LEAD FIVE VANDERBILT PLAYERS SCORING IN DOUBLE FIGURES WITH 20 POINTS AS THE COMMODORES DEFEATED OLE MISS 84-74.

TONIGHT’S GAMES:  OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE ACTION HAS AUSTIN PEAY HOSTING TENNESSEE TECH IN A DOUBLEHEADER, WITH THE MEN’S GAME TO BEGIN AT SIX AS IT IS BEING TELEVISED BY ESPN U.

MURRAY STATE HOSTS EASTERN ILLINOIS IN A DOUBLEHEADER, WITH THE WOMEN’S GAME BEGINNING AT 5:15.

WESTERN KENTUCKY CONTINUES TO SEARCH FOR ITS FIRST SUN BELT WIN AS THE HILLTOPPERS HOST SOUTH ALABAMA.

U-S-A TODAY HAS A STORY TODAY WHICH INDICATES NC-AA PRESIDENT MARK EMMERT HAS HAD SECURITY BEEFED UP AROUND HIM.  THE STORY INDICATES VIA E-MAIL, PHONE CALLS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES, EMMERT HAS RECEIVED THE WRATH OF KENTUCKY FANS IN THE WAKE OF THE ENES KANTER RULING. 

AN NC-AA SPOKESMAN SAID SOME THREATS WERE MADE, BUT WOULD NOT BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THEM.

TENNESSEE VOLS STANDOUT SCOTTY HOPSON TELLS THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL HE NO LONGER QUESTIONS HIMSELF AND BELIEVES THAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE DURING AN EIGHT GAME STREAK WHERE HE HAS SCORED 15 POINTS OR MORE.  THE VOLS HAVE WON THEIR LAST TWO GAMES HEADING INTO A SATURDAY MATCHUP AT NUMBER 10 CONNECTICUT.

NFL

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS FIREY TENNESSEE TITANS DEFENSIVE LINE COACH JIM WASHBURN IS LEAVING FOR THE SAME POSITION WITH THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES.

MEANWHILE, THE TITANS COULD BE LOSING A SECOND ASSISTANT AS RUNNING BACKS COACH CRAIG JOHNSON HAS BEEN TALKING WITH THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS AND COULD BE LEAVING AS EARLY AS TODAY.  JOHNSON HAS SPENT 11 SEASONS AS AN ASSISTANT.

TENNESSEE TITANS SAFETY MICHAEL GRIFFITH HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE A-F-C PRO BOWL ROSTER.  GRIFFITH WILL REPLACE BALTIMORE’S ED REED IN THE JANUARY 30^TH GAME IN HONOLULU.  GRIFFITH IS THE FOURTH TITAN TO MAKE THE A-F-C ROSTER.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS RETURN TO ACTION TONIGHT IN DENVER FACING THE COLORADO AVALANCHE.  COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT EIGHT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.