Two Team Southern Indiana teams grabbed tournament championships and three others advanced to the semifinals this weekend at the Blue Chip Memorial Day Hoopfest, the final tournament of the spring AAU circuit.
TSI 2011 Red edged Royal Family 64-60 Sunday night to win the 17 and under title, the team’s third championship of the spring. Jeffersonville’s V.J. Billups led the team with 17 points. Aaron Cosby, who joined the team last week after returning to Louisville from a Massachusetts prep school, added 16, and New Albany’s Chris Whitehead 12.
2011 Red routed the Southern Indiana Stars 69-45 in the semifinal round. Cosby poured in 22 points and New Albany’s Adam Stotts added 13 to help the team advance.
TSI 2012 Red put together quite a run Monday to win the 16 and under championship, beating two of Kentucky’s better teams — The Ville (quarterfinals) and Next Level Sports (semifinals) — before upending Evansville-based MBC Stars 55-51 in the title game. Jeffersonville freshman Darryl Baker totaled 18 points, Switzerland County’s Keegan Kincaid added 13, Jonathan Ellis (Jeffersonville) 11 and Jordan Ellis (Jeffersonville) 10.
2012 Red advanced to the championship with a 58-56 win over Next Level, the reigning Kentucky AAU champion. The team was led by Kincaid and Jordan Ellis; each scored 15.
TSI 2013 Red, 2014 Red and 2015 Red advanced to the quarterfinal round of their respective bracket before elimination.
Other Monday highlights:
- TSI 2014 Red was eliminated by Quin Chapel 55-51 in the 15 and under division semifinals. Borden’s Garrett Vick paced the team with eight points.
- Rock Creek’s Will Brown scored 11 points but TSI 2015 Red faltered in the waning moments, losing 44-41 to the River City Celtics in the 13 and under semifinals.
- 2015 Red advanced to the semis with a 62-25 stomping of the Running Cavaliers. Corydon’s Michael Wiseman totaled 12 and Brown added 11 for TSI.
- TSI 2013 Red was rocked in the 15 and under semifinals 72-40 by Royal Family.
- TSI 2012 Red got 20 points from Baker, 16 from Jordan Ellis and 12 from Jonathan Ellis, and the team nixed The Ville 2012, 70-67, in the quarterfinals of the 16 and under division.
- TSI 2013 Red ambushed Team Jags 78-57 in a 15 and under division quarterfinal. Columbus East’s Kyle Taylor and Louisville Ballard’s Lavonne Holland each netted 19 points.
- TSI 2014 Yellow was eliminated in the 14 and under quarterfinals 48-39 by Southern Illinois Tigers. Henryville’s Devin Richey scored 15 in the loss.