By KENZIE WINSTEAD
Content Editor

Jeffersonville is playing just about as good as anybody in Southern Indiana.

The Red Devils (16-5) have won eight straight, including wins over Castle on the road and Louisville (Ky.) Ballard.

In its last game of the regular season, the Red Devils traveled to Castle and dumped the Knights 58-48, giving Castle just its third loss since Christmas.

“We continue to get better each night,” Jeff coach Joe Luce recently said of his team.

Jeff has won 37 sectional titles and last won in 2013.

The Red Devils are led by Tre Coleman, one of the top juniors in the state. He’s averaging 16.8 points a game. Coleman has received a Big Ten Conference offer from Nebraska. It won’t be his last offer from a high-major college.

Jeff has plenty of balance. Junior point guard Jacob Jones is at 11.0 points per game, and classmate Darin Starks is averaging 12.9.

In the middle, the Red Devils have one of the most talented freshmen in the state in Will Lovings-Watts.

“Lovings-Watts gets better every day,” said Luce. “On the offensive and defensive end, he’s a great asset to our basketball team.”

“His upside is incredible,” Coleman said of Lovings-Watts.

Jeff will get the Class 4A Seymour Sectional started with a matchup with the host Owls (3-19). If they advance to the semifinals, the Red Devils will face Bedford North Lawrence (13-9), the only conference team to upend Jeff, 67-61 on Jan. 25.

“You’re playing Seymour in the first game on their home floor. You better be ready to play because anything can happen, and it has happened before,” Luce said. “Bedford provides a challenge there because they beat us. It’s definitely a revenge game in lots of ways. We didn’t feel like we ready to play when we played them, but we will this time.

“Whoever we play Saturday, our guys will be ready to play their best game of the year, if we get that far,” Luce said.