HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THE GIRLS 2^ND REGION BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT GOT UNDERWAY AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL MONDAY NIGHT.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY MOVED TO THE SEMIFINALS WITH A 56-42 WIN OVER MADISONVIILLE.  THREE LADY COLONELS WERE IN DOUBLE FIGURES, WITH JAMESHA MOSLEY SCORING 17, MARTESSIA WILLIAMS 16 AND DESHERICA EDWARDS WITH 12.

MADISONVILLE WAS LED BY JOLAINE MCNARY WITH 13 AS THE LADY MAROONS END THE SEASON 14-15.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IMPROVES TO 11-11 WITH THE WIN AND WILL FACE LYON COUNTY IN THE FIRST SEMI FINAL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT.  THE LADY LYONS HELD OFF HENDERSON COUNTY 63-61.

THIS EVENING, THE HOPKINSVILLE LADY TIGERS PLAY AGAINST UNION COUNTY.  TIP OFF AT SIX, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THE SECOND GAME HAS CRITTENDEN COUNTY GOING AGAINST CALDWELL COUNTY.

IN OTHER REGIONAL SCORES FROM MONDAY NIGHT

1^ST REGION GIRLS:  CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER HICKMAN COUNTY 87-55, LONE OAK OVER ST. MARY 42-33.

3^RD REGION GIRLS:  DAVIESS COUNTY OVER BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY 60-56, GRAYSON COUNTY DEFEATED MCLEAN COUNTY 66-52, MUHLENBERG COUNTY ROUTS BUTLER COUNTY 73-32 AND OWENSBORO CATHOLIC OVER MEADE COUNTY 72-54.

4^TH REGION GIRLS:  BOWLING GREEN DEFEATS FRANKLIN SIMPSON 65-51 AND GLASGOW OVER RUSSELL COUNTY 62-58.

OTHER GAMES THIS EVENING

1^ST REGION GIRLS:  BALLARD MEMORIAL MEETS PADUCAH TILGHMAN AND CARLISLE COUNTY PLAYS MURRAY AT THE C-F-S-B CENTER AT MURRAY STATE.

4^TH REGION GIRLS:  MONROE COUNTY PLAYS METCALFE COUNTY AND TODD CENTRAL MEETS GREENWOOD AT DIDDLE ARENA AT WKU.

3^RD REGION BOYS:  EDMONSON COUNTY AT BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY, OHIO COUNTY AT DAVIESS COUNTY, OWENSBORO AT GRAYSON COUNTY AND MEADE COUNTY AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS HOST VANDERBILT FOR SENIOR NIGHT AT RUPP ARENA.  PRE GAME COVERAGE FOR THE EIGHT P-M TIP OFF BEGINS AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7.

KENTUCKY’S BRANDON KNIGHT WAS NAMED THE S-E-C FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK MONDAY.  KNIGHT AVERAGED 21 POINTS LAST WEEK IN A LOSS AT ARKANSAS AND A WIN OVER FLORIDA.  IT’S THE FIFTH TIME HE HAS WON THE AWARD THIS SEASON.

KENTUCKY FRESHMAN TERRENCE JONES IS AMONG TEN FINALISTS FOR THE OSCAR ROBERTSON NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD.  THE AWARD IS PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES BASKETBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION.

FORMER KENTUCKY BASKETBALL COACH EDDIE SUTTON AND FORMER INDIANA COACH BOB KNIGHT WILL BE AMONG THE NEW MEMBERS HEADING INTO THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME NOVEMBER 20^TH.

MURRAY STATE’S B-J JENKINS WAS NAMED THE ADIDAS O-V-C MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK MONDAY.  JENKINS AVERAGED 21 AND A HALF POINTS IN WINS OVER MOREHEAD STATE AND EASTERN KENTUCKY LAST WEEK.  THE RACERS WILL PLAY TENNESSEE STATE, TENNESSEE TECH OR UT MARTIN IN THE O-V-C TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS IN NASHVILLE FRIDAY.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THREE OF THE TOP HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS IN THE 2012 CLASS IN KENTUCKY MADE COMMITMENTS OVER THE WEEKEND. 

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS MASON COUNTY RUNNING BACK/LINEBACKER JOSH HARRIS AND MANUAL DEFENSIVE LINEMAN THOMAS CHAPMAN CHOSE KENTUCKY AFTER WEEKEND VISITS TO LEXINGTON.

SENECA DEFENSIVE LINEMAN TYRONE PEARSON COMMITTED TO LOUISVILLE.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

THE AUSTIN PEAY GOVERNORS BEGIN A TWO GAME SERIES THIS EVENING AGAINST OLE MISS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE IN OXFORD.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE BACK ON THE ICE THIS EVENING, BEGINNING A FOUR GAME ROAD TRIP AT EDMONTON.  COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT 8:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.