Jeffersonville senior Lakin Roland, a 6-foot-2 forward who was a key cog in the Red Devils’ march to the Class 4-A state title last season, announced Thursday afternoon she will continue her basketball career at Dartmouth College. Dartmouth, a NCAA Division I program and member of the Ivy League, is located in Hanover, N.H. Roland [...]

Nichole Tucker and Mackenzie Wilson each totaled 10 points as host Providence whipped Rock Creek 64-14 Wednesday night in Southern Indiana girls’ high school basketball. The Pioneers, which also got nine points from both Mary Graf and Leah White, outscored Rock Creek 17-2 in the first and second quarters to lead 34-4 at halftime. Still [...]

Providence’s Aaron Shahroudi netted five 3-pointers and totaled 17 points as the host Pioneers mustered a solid defensive effort, beating Crawford County 48-33 Tuesday night in Southern Indiana boys’ high school basketball. Isaac Bowles was the Wolfpack’s top performer with 15 points. + Evansville Harrison 87, Evansville Bosse 79: Following a personal foul and then [...]

Amanda Moore racked up a game-high 30 points to become the all-time leading scorer in Jackson County, and Seymour slipped past Jeffersonville 69-62 Tuesday night in Southern Indiana girls’ basketball. Hannah Carmichael chipped in 16 for the Owls. Lakin Roland (17 points) and Lavada Roberson (16) topped the Red Devils in the scoring column. + [...]

Three former Southern Indiana prep basketball standouts were honored Monday as players of the week by their respective college conferences. + Braydon Hobbs, New Albany (2008): The senior guard was named Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week after leading Bellarmine to road wins over Drury and Missouri S&T last week, averaging [...]

Chase Spreen, a former star at Bedford North Lawrence who graduated in 2008, is having a great senior campaign at Lindsey Wilson College, a NAIA Division I program in Columbia, Ky. Spreen is averaging 16.4 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest, and his No. 14-ranked Blue Raiders are 13-4 overall and 5-1 in Mid-South Conference [...]