Boys Basketball
Loogootee 5-2 41 South Knox Spartans 4-1 39 Bledsoe 16 – 6th all time
Barr Reeve 3-3 53 North Knox 0-6 23 Brayden Knepp has 27
Pike Central (3-2) 40 at Boonville (3-2) 51
Girls Basketball
Washington 7-4 46 Jasper 2-6 42 Shay Hawk 15 Carlee Rogers 16
Washington Catholic 2-8 58 Medora 22 Mya Cline 23 Brynna Hunter 22
Evansville Memorial 63 at Vincennes Lincoln (7-5) 37
Southridge (9-4) 40 Heritage Hills 30
Bloomfield 54 White River Valley 45
The Washington Hatchets 5th Grade Black Team hosted the Shakamak Lakers winning 45-8 to improve to a 3-3 record.
Landon Frady 10, Nolan Brower 8, Beckham Gilley 8
Barr-Reeve 8th grade boys beat Orleans, 44-32. The Vikings were led in scoring by Ben Lester with 12 points, Carson Yoder with 10. The Vikings are on the road Thursday night, as they travel to Vincennes Clark.
Mississippi State head football coach Mike Leach has died.Leach suffered what the school said were complications from a heart issue on Sunday morning and was transported to a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Earlier Monday, Mississippi State said Leach was in critical condition and had his family at his side in the hospital. He died Monday night. Leach had been at Mississippi State for three seasons after stints at Texas Tech and Washington State. His success at Texas Tech made the Air Raid offense more than a novelty and ushered in a new era of passing across the country. Mike Leach was only 61 years old.
The NBA’s Most Valuable Player trophy is now named after Michael Jordan.
The new Michael Jordan Trophy was one of six renamed trophies unveiled by the NBA on Tuesday. Jordan won five MVP awards in his storied career. The other renamed trophies are the
Defensive Player of the Year: The Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy
Rookie of the Year: The Wilt Chamberlain Trophy
Sixth Man of the Year: The John Havlicek Trophy
Most Improved Player: The George Mikan Trophy
Clutch Player of the Year: The Jerry West Trophy
Purdue has named Illinois defensive coordinator Ryan Walters, who oversaw the nation’s No. 1 unit for much of the season, as its next head coach. Walters, 36, has spent the past two seasons at Illinois and was a finalist for the Broyles Award, which goes to the nation’s top assistant coach. He replaces Jeff Brohm, who left last week to become head coach at Louisville, his alma mater. Illinois’ defense rose to No. 1 in several key statistical categories this fall and finished the regular season first in fewest points allowed and second in fewest yards allowed.
1930 NY Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game
1947 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida
1992 Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him
