The Indiana stars built a 50-38 halftime lead over Kentucky but couldn’t hang on down-the-stretch, losing 94-89 to Kentucky Saturday night in the Battle of the Bridges’ boys’ varsity contest at MidAmerica Sports Center in Louisville.
Jeffersonville senior-to-be Trice Whaley exploded for a game-high 27 points — including a near full-court shot at the first-half buzzer — to pace Indiana in the defeat. Whaley was named Indiana’s most valuable player for the second year in a row.
Borden’s Brandon Beam added 11 points and Rock Creek’s Keontez Malone 10 for Indiana. O’Brien Hobbs, of Louisville Fern Creek, led Kentucky with 19.
Other results
- Kentucky also scored a victory over Indiana in the girls’ varsity match up, 75-50. Jeffersonville sophomore-to-be Haley Vogen, who was named Indiana’s MVP, led her team in defeat with 12 points.
- In the boys’ future stars game, which primarily featured rising sophomores and juniors, the Indiana team rallied to make the final result respectable, losing 89-80. Henryville sophomore-to-be Andrew Jones was the team’s top performer, earning MVP honors for Indiana.
- Kentucky breezed past Indiana in the boys’ rising freshmen game, 59-41. Corydon’s Bronson Kessinger, who is coming off a tremendous summer, garnered the MVP award for the Indiana stars.
