HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

BOYS:  THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY/HOPKINSVILLE GAME SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN POSTPONED.  THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED FEBRUARY 12^TH AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS IS SCHEDULED TO HOST FORT CAMPBELL THIS EVENING.  TIP OFF IS SET FOR 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 LISTED INCLUDE CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTING LIVINGSTON CENTRAL AND UNION COUNTY HOSTING OWENSBORO.

GIRLS:  THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY/FORT CAMPBELL GAME THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR LAST NIGHT WAS POSTPONED, WITH NO MAKE UP DATE SET AS OF YET.

TONIGHT’S LISTED GAMES INCLUDE WEBSTER COUNTY HOSTING DAVIESS COUNTY, MADISONVILLE TRAVELS TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY, OWENSBORO HOSTS MEADE COUNTY AND SOUTH WARREN WELCOMES HART COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS GOT THEIR SECOND ONE POINT WIN IN THEIR LAST THREE GAMES AS THEY KNOCKED OFF WEST VIRGINIA 55-54.  PEYTON SIVA HIT THE GAME WINNING LAYUP FOR THE CARDS WITH FOUR AND A HALF SECONDS TO GO.  IT WAS LOUISVILLE’S ONLY FIELD GOAL THE LAST 3:43 OF THE GAME.

THE CARDS ARE BACK IN ACTION SATURDAY AT CONNECTICUT.

THE TENNESSEE VOLS GOT A 22 POINT PERFORMANCE FROM FORMER U-H-A PLAYER SCOTTY HOPSON IN ROUTING L-S-U 75-53.  THE VOLS RETURN TO ACTION SATURDAY AT OLE MISS.

MURRAY STATE GOT A 67-61 WIN AT SIU-EDWARDSVILLE.  THE RACERS WERE PACED IN SCORING BY B-J JENKINS WITH 14, ISACC MILES AND ISAIAH CANNAN EACH ADDED 10.  THE RACERS HOST UT-MARTIN IN O-V-C PLAY SATURDAY EVENING.

WESTERN KENTUCKY’S LADY TOPPERS SAW AN 11 POINT HALFTIME LEAD DISAPPEAR AND LOSE AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 69-54.  FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYER ARNIKA BROWN HAD SEVEN POINTS AND SIX REBOUNDS IN 33 MINUTES.  THE LADY TOPPERS PLAY AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC SATURDAY.

TONIGHT’S GAMES:  AUSTIN PEAY’S MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS ARE AT EASTERN KENTUCKY.  WESTERN KENTUCKY PLAYS AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AND VANDERBILT PLAYS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE. 

THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THEY HAVE SIGNED A THREE YEAR EXTENSION THROUGH 2013 WITH ESPN TO CONTINUE TELEVISION COVERAGE.

THE CONTRACT INCLUDES CONTINUANCE OF A SEASONAL PACKAGE FOR BASKETBALL INCLUDING COVERAGE OF THE O-V-C MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS.

THE LEAGUE ALSO ANNOUNCED COMMISSIONER BETH DEBAUCHE’S CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER 22 MONTHS AND WILL RUN THROUGH JUNE 30^TH OF 2014.  DEBAUCHE HAS BEEN COMMISSIONER SINCE SEPTEMBER, 2009.

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