By GREG MENGELT We may be beating a dead horse at this point, but this hasn’t been the year Jeffersonville basketball expected. The defending sectional champion Red Devils were viewed as outside state championship contenders when the season began, but due to circumstances — many of them out of their control — they started the […]

By GREG MENGELT LOUISVILLE — After an ugly loss Sunday to Jacksonville State, Bellarmine rounded Wednesday with a 76-73 victory over visiting Lipscomb at Freedom Hall. Bellarmine, which had clinched a first-round bye in the Atlantic Sun Tournament prior to Wednesday’s victory, won for the fourth time in its last five games to improve to […]

By GREG MENGELT RENO, Nev. — Tre Coleman scored nine points but it wasn’t enough as his Nevada squad was dealt a 62-54 home loss by UNLV on Tuesday at the Lawlor Events Center. The former Jeffersonville star and current Nevada sophomore went 3 for 8 from the field and had three steals and a […]

By GREG MENGELT COLORADO SPRINGS — Jake Heidbreder’s 14 points weren’t nearly enough Wednesday as his Air Force Falcons took a 65-40 home loss to Fresno State on Tuesday evening at Clune Arena. Fresno shot 57.5 percent (23 for 40) and out-rebounded Heidbreder’s Falcons 35-15 to improve to 17-10. The Falcons, meanwhile, shot just 30 […]

By GREG MENGELT The policy at Hoosier Hills Hoops typically is to choose one player for Player of the Week. We tend to stay away from co-winners of the award. However, this week was impossible to pick just one. With star teammate Kynidi Mason-Striverson struggling early in Saturday’s Class 3A Jeffersonville Semistate, Silver Creek seniors […]

By GREG MENGELT HANOVER — Isaac Hibbard had 25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and two steals to help Hanover edge Mount St. Joseph 73-67 in Sunday’s Heartland Conference Tournament quarterfinal at John Collier Arena. The former New Albany star went 10 for 20 from the field and made three of his six 3-point attempts […]