HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES FROM MONDAY

BOYS:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 91-57.  THE COLONELS JUMPED OUT TO A 24-8 LEAD AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER AND CRUISED TO THE WIN.

THE COLONELS HAD FOUR PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES LEAD BY DONOVAN KATES WITH 23 POINTS.  KQUAN MCNEESE LEAD U-H-A WITH 13 POINTS.  THE COLONELS IMPROVED TO 12-8 AND 4-0 IN DISTRICT PLAY, WHILE U-H-A FELL TO 14-6 AND 3-2 IN DISTRICT PLAY.

ELSEWHERE—THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL IN 8^TH DISTRICT ACTION 94-33. TRIGG COUNTY WON OVER STEWART COUNTY, TENNESSEE 64-55, MADISONVILLE DEFEATED HENDERSON COUNTY 61-56, CARLISLE COUNTY OVER COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN 71-52, MARSHALL COUNTY DEFEATED HEATH 54-33.

GIRLS:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S LADY COLONELS DEFEATED U-H-A 51-33.  THERE WAS ONLY ONE DOUBLE FIGURE SCORER FOR BOTH TEAMS IN THE GAME AS JASHERICA BARKLEY HAD 14 POINTS TO LEAD CHRISTIAN COUNTY.  JORDAN SHOUSE WAS HIGH SCORER FOR U-H-A WITH SEVEN.  THE LADY COLONELS IMPROVED TO SIX AND NINE AND TWO AND ONE IN DISTRICT PLAY, WHILE THE LADY BLAZERS FELL TO SEVEN AND 10 AND THREE AND TWO IN DISTRICT COMPETITION.

ELSEWHERE—STEWART COUNTY TENNESSEE OVER TRIGG COUNTY 72-67, TODD CENTRAL DEFEATED BUTLER COUNTY 54-43, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 61-48, DAVIESS COUNTY DEFEATED OWENSBORO 58-49, COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN WINS OVER CARLISLE COUNTY 62-57.

TONIGHT’S GAMES

BOYS:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL BE BACK IN ACTION HOSTING ONE OF THE TOP RANKED TEAMS IN THE STATE IN WARREN CENTRAL.

TIP OFF AT 7:30 FROM COLONEL GYM, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 7:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE:  HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS FOR THE 2^ND STRAIGHT NIGHT AS THE TIGERS GO TO CALDWELL COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY TRAVELS TO MCLEAN COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE MEETS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN, WEBSTER COUNTY HOSTS OWENSBORO CATHOLIC, LYON COUNTY TRAVELS TO UNION COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN WELCOMES GRAVES COUNTY, OHIO COUNTY GOES TO APOLLO, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL AT FULTON CITY, CARLISLE COUNTY AT FULTON COUNTY, BOWLING GREEN ENTERTAINS SOUTH WARREN, WARREN EAST HOSTS CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND GREENWOOD MEETS BARREN COUNTY.

GIRLS:  HOPKINSVILLE AT CALDWELL COUNTY, LYON COUNTY AT UNION COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS OHIO COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY GOES TO GRAYSON COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN HOSTS GRAVES COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS WEBSTER COUNTY, MURRAY WELCOMES ST. MARY, RUSSELLVILLE PLAYS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, CALLOWAY COUNTY IS AT LONE OAK, BALLARD MEMORIAL AT HICKMAN COUNTY, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL AT FULTON CITY, CRITTENDEN COUNTY HOSTS HEATH, WARREN CENTRAL AT BUTLER COUNTY, CARLISLE COUNTY AT FULTON COUNTY.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY FOOTBALL PLAYER MARCOREYON TANDY WILL ANNOUNCE WEDNESDAY WHERE HE WILL PLAY HIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL.  A NEWS CONFERENCE IS SET FOR 2:30 FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.  TANDY HAS REPORTEDLY NARROWED HIS CHOICES TO EITHER KENTUCKY OR MARSHALL.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS ARE PLAYING THE FIRST OF A TWO GAME SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE ROAD TRIP AT OLE MISS, WITH COACH JOHN CALIPARI CALLING ON HIS UPPERCLASSMEN TO STEP UP AND SEIZE THE MOMENT.  CALIPARI TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL HE WANTS INCREASED PRODUCTION AND LEADERSHIP FROM DARIUS MILLER, DEANDRE LIGGINS AND JOSH HARRELSON. PRE GAM COVERAGE BEGINS AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7.

LOUISVILLE LOST A CLOSE GAME AT GEORGETOWN 62-59.  TERRENCE JENNINGS HAD A GAME 18 POINTS FOR THE CARDINALS.  THE CARDS ARE NOW 17-5 AND SIX AND THREE IN BIG EAST PLAY.

TENNESSEE VOL TOBIAS HARRIS WAS NAMED THE S-E-C FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK MONDAY.  HARRIS AVERAGED EIGHT AND A HALF POINTS AND 11 AND A HALF REBOUNDS FOR THE VOLS IN WINS LAST WEEK OVER L-S-U AND OLE MISS.  THE VOLS ARE BACK IN ACTION THURSDAY NIGHT AT AUBURN.

FORMER TENNESSEE VOL AND LOUISVILLE NATIVE ALLAN HOUSTON WILL HAVE HIS BASKETBALL JERSEY RETIRED.  THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE WHEN THE VOLS HOST KENTUCKY MARCH 6^TH. 

HOUSTON WILL BE THE THIRD PLAYER TO HAVE HIS JERSEY RETIRED, JOINING ERNIE GRUNFELD AND BERNARD KING.  HOUSTON IS TENNESSEE’S ALL TIME LEADING SCORER AND AFTER A 12 YEAR N-B-A CAREER, HE NOW SERVES AS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK KNICKS.

AUSTIN PEAY’S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS LEARNED IT WILL FACE FAIRFIELD IN THE E-S-P-N BRACKETBUSTER GAME TO BE PLAYED SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19TH.  FAIRFIELD IS IN THE METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE.  TIP OFF FOR THE GAME TO BE PLAYED IN BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT WILL BE NOON LOCAL TIME AND TELEVISED BY ESPN U.

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY LEARNED IT WILL FACE EVANSVILLE IN AN ESPN BRACKET BUSTER GAME FEBRUARY 19^TH AT THE C-F-S-B CENTER.  TIP OFF IS SET FOR SEVEN P-M.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ASSISTANT COACH TEE MARTIN HAS BEEN NAMED THE WILDCATS PASSING GAME COORDINATOR.  HEAD COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAYS MARTIN WILL HEAD UP ALL PASSING GAME SCHEMES AND HEAD UP PASSING DRILLS IN PRACTICE.

MARTIN—WHO WAS WIDE RECEIVERS COACH THIS PAST SEASON—WILL RECEIVE A CONTRACT EXTENSION AND RAISE ACCORDING TO THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER.  TERMS OF THE CONTRACT WERE NOT DISCLOSED.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY QUARTERBACK RYAN MOSSAKOWSKI SAID MONDAY HE PLANS TO TRANSFER AT THE END OF THE SPRING SEMESTER.  MOSSAKOWSKI SAID IN A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE COURIER JOURNAL THAT INCOMING QUARTERBACK MORGAN NEWTON HAS THE EXPERIENCE AND HE DOESN’T.  MOSSAKOWSKI ADDS HE WANTS TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE HE WOULD GET A 100 PERCENT CHANCE TO PLAY. MOSSAKOWSKI WAS REDSHIRTED IN 2009. 

NFL

THE TENNESSEE TITANS BEGAN INTERVIEWS MONDAY IN THEIR SEARCH FOR REPLACING JEFF FISHER.  OFFENSIVE LINE COACH MIKE MUNCHAK WAS THE FIRST TO INTERVIEW, WITH OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MIKE HEIMERDINGER SET TO INTERVIEW TODAY.

MEANWHILE, THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS WIDE RECEIVERS COACH FRED GRAVES IS LEAVING TO TAKE A SIMILAR POSITION WITH THE CAROLINA PANTHERS.  GRAVES BECOMES THE FIFTH COACH TO LEAVE THE TITANS STAFF.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS RETURN FROM THE ALL STAR BREAK TONIGHT TO MEET THE CALGARY FLAMES AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  FIRST PUCK DROPS AT SEVEN P-M.