HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

IT’S CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY FOR THE DISTRICTS IN THE SECOND REGION.

8^TH DISTRICT:  THE GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP AT SIX THIS EVENING FEATURES CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE, WHILE CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S BOYS WILL FACE UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS IN THE NIGHTCAP.  COVERAGE OF BOTH GAMES BEGINS WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

7^TH DISTRICT: CALDWELL COUNTY GOES AGAINST MADISONVILLE IN THE GIRLS FINAL WHILE HOPKINS CENTRAL MEETS MADISONVILLE IN THE BOYS FINAL THIS EVENING.

6^TH DISTRICT:  THE GIRLS FINAL THIS EVENING HAS HENDERSON COUNTY MEETING UNION COUNTY.

5^TH DISTRICT:  CRITTENDEN COUNTY MEETS LYON COUNTY IN THE GIRLS FINAL THIS EVENING.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY FALLS TO ARKANSAS IN OVERTIME 77-76 IN FAYETTEVILLE.  BRANDON KNIGHT LED THE WILDCATS IN SCORING WITH 26 POINTS.  KENTUCKY HAS NOT WON A ROAD GAME SINCE JANUARY 22^ND.

NEXT UP IS A SATURDAY AFTERNOON DATE WITH FLORIDA, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT 1:30 ON LITE 98.7.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL SHOT 60 PERCENT IN EACH HALF IN DOWNING WESTERN KENTUCKY’S LADY TOPPERS 75-62.  FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT ARNIKA BROWN HAD A DOUBLE/DOUBLE OF 15 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS IN 31 MINUTES.

TONIGHT IN THE O-V-C:  THE TOP TWO TEAMS ON THE MEN’S SIDE PLAY IN MURRAY AS MURRAY STATE ENTERTAINS MOREHEAD STATE.  IT’S THE SECOND GAME OF A TWIN BILL WHICH WILL FEATURE THE WOMEN’S TEAMS IN ACTION AT 5:15.

THE CRITICAL FOURTH PLACE POSITION IS ON THE LINE AS AUSTIN PEAY’S WOMEN MEET EASTERN ILLINOIS AT THE DUNN CENTER.  IT’S PART OF A DOUBLEHEADER WHICH FEATURES THE MEN’S TEAMS ALSO IN ACTION.  THE GOVERNORS HAVE TO WIN OUT TO GET A TOP TWO TOURNAMENT SEED AND A BYE INTO THE SEMIFINALS.  THE DOUBLEHEADER BEGINS AT 5:15.

WESTERN KENTUCKY IS BACK IN ACTION THIS EVENING, AS THE HILLTOPPERS FACE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT DIDDLE ARENA.

IT’S BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED, BUT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY RELEASED THE ALLEGATIONS HANDED DOWN BY THE NC-AA AGAINST ITS FOOTBALL AND MEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

TENNESSEE HAS UNTIL MAY 21^ST TO SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO THE ALLEGATIONS AND THE SCHOOL WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE BEFORE THE NC-AA INFRACTIONS COMMITTEE JUNE 10-11.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE BACK IN ACTION THIS EVENING HOSTING THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPION CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS.  GAME TIME AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA IS AT SEVEN P-M.