Team Southern Indiana 2012 Red used a balanced scoring effort to upend Louisville Flight 60-56 on Monday to win the 11th-grade bracket at the Blue Chip Memorial Day HoopFest in Louisville, the team’s second tournament championship in as many weeks.
TSI 2012 Red, which finished 2-1 in pool play, thumped West Ohio Wonders 67-44 in the semifinals, edged Next Level (Ky.) 67-61 in the quarterfinals and walloped The Truth (Ky.) 78-56 in first round play.
The team, coached by former Jeffersonville and Indiana University star Sherron Wilkerson, knocked off the Eric Gordon Central Stars 87-81 the previous weekend to capture the 2011 Indiana District AAU Championship, the first state AAU crown in Team Southern Indiana’s four-year existence.
The team’s roster includes: Darryl Baker, Jeffersonville; Jonathan Ellis, Jeffersonville; Jordan Ellis, Jeffersonville; Sam Hunt, Jennings County; Keegan Kincaid, Switzerland County; Keontez Malone, Rock Creek; Grant Meyer, Silver Creek; Bailey Sanders, Jennings County; Caleb Sprigler, Silver Creek.