By GREG MENGELT

BOSTON — Romeo Langford scored two points and his Boston Celtics won its third straight with 122-113 overtime win over defending World Champion Milwaukee on Friday evening at the T.D. Center.

Langford, a former New Albany and Indiana University star, went 1-for-4 from the floor in his 19 minutes off the Boston bench. Langford’s lone basket came on a dunk on an assist from Robert Williams that put the Celtics ahead 80-74 with 2:51 left in the third period.

Dennis Schroder had a big night for the Celtics, who are now 6-6 overall. Schroder finished with 38 points on 16-of-27 shooting. With the Celtics leading by a point in overtime, Schroder scored six straight points — on a jumper, a finger roll and two free throws — to give his team the cushion it needed for the victory.

“He got hot and we rode his hand,” Celtics coach Ime Udoka said of Schroder.

The Celtics out-rebounded Milwaukee 53-39 and blocked nine shots. Jayson Tatum added 27 for Boston. Marcus Smart contributed 19 points, six rebounds, six assist and three steals to the win.

Bobby Portis led the Bucks with 22 points. Milwaukee was without former Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo, who’s dealing with an ankle injury.

Langford and the Celtics are back in action Saturday night when they visit Cleveland. The game can be seen locally on Bally Sports Ohio and nationally on NBA TV at 8 p.m.

By GREG MENGELT

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Former New Albany star Josh Jefferson scored a team-best 11 points as Middle Tennessee improved to 2-0 with a 71-51 win over visiting Bethune-Cookman on Friday evening.

Jefferson, a senior transfer from Green Bay, went 3-for-9 from the floor, 2-for-7 from 3-point range and made 3 of his 4 free throw attempts. Jefferson also had four rebounds, a steal, an assist and a blocked shot for the Blue Raiders, who forced 20 Bethune-Cookman turnovers and held the Wildcats to 19 of 41 shooting.

Jefferson got the Raiders started with a 3-pointer his second 3 put Middle Tennesse up 20-18 with 8:12 to go in the first half. Middle Tennessee led 35-23 at the half and got the lead to as much as 22 at 53-31 with 12:11 remaining.

Junior DeAndre Dishman and sophomore Isaiah Turner scored 10 apiece for the Raiders, who will try to make it 3-0 when they host a very good Winthrop team at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The game’s leading scorer was Bethune-Cookman sophomore Joe French, who had 18 in the loss. The Wildcats are now 0-2.

By GREG MENGELT

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — Glenn Hill had 31 points and 14 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to prevent IU Southeast from dropping its fifth straight after a win to start the season.

Hill connected on 13 of his 19 shot attempts in the 94-86 to Campbellsville (Ky.) in the second game of the Cumberlands Classic in Williamsburg, Ky. The Grenadiers lost 81-66 to the host Patriots on Thursday evening.

Jared Osborne added 21 points and Anthony Wales Jr. added 16 for the Grenadiers, who allowed the Tigers to shoot 53.1 percent from the floor and 46.2 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.

Charlestown graduate Caleb Brown started and scored two points. Cody Doig went 3-for-3 and contributed eight points in the defeat. Campbellsville had six players in double-figures, led by Peyton Broughton, who finished with 20.

IU Southeast (1-5) will look to get untracked Wednesday when it hosts Alice Lloyd (2-0) at the IUS Activities Center.

By GREG MENGELT

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — IU Southeast scored the first seven points, led by as many as 14 in the first half and held a 35-27 halftime lead Thursday at the Cumberlands, but the host Patriots outscored the Grenadiers 54-31 in the second half of their 81-66 triumph in the opening round of the Cumberlands Classic.

IU Southeast (1-4) went cold in the second half and shot just 36.4 percent for the game (24-of-66). The Grenadiers made just 10 of their 36 field goal attempts (27.8 percent) after halftime. The 15th-ranked Patriots, who are 5-0 for the second straight year and the ninth time in the past 20 years, shot 20-for-26 from the field in the second half.

Anthony Wales Jr. led IU Southeast with 14 points and Jared Osborne finished with 13. Wales also had a team-best four assists.

IU Southeast faces Campbellsville (Ky.) on Friday at 2 p.m. back at the O. Wayne Rollins Center. Campbellsville defeated Union College (Ky.) 88-86 in its first-round matchup Thursday.

By GREG MENGELT

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Former Floyd Central star Jake Heidbreder began his collegiate career with a five-point performance in Air Force’s 59-53 loss at South Dakota on Thursday.

The 6-foot-5 Heidbreder, who started at guard for the Falcons, went 2-for-2 from the field, including a 3-pointer, and had an assist for Air Force, which allowed the Coyotes 13 offensive rebounds and an overall 39-29 advantage on the boards.

Heidbreder’s first basket came 9 minutes and 30 seconds into the season. His bucket, assisted by Jeffery Mills, pulled the Falcons within 10-9. With his team trailing by 11, Heidbreder hit his first collegiate 3-pointer with 1:07 to go before the half to close the deficit to 28-20.

Freshman guard Ethan Taylor and senior guard A.J. Walker each scored 14 to pace the Falcons, who go to Tulsa on Saturday for a 1 p.m. start. That game can be seen on ESPN Plus.

Kruz Perrott-Hunt scored 14 to lead South Dakota, which is projected to contend for the Summit Conference with South Dakota State, North Dakota State and Oral Roberts in 2021-21.

Topics and headlines discussed on today’s radio show included:

• IU’s 2022 recruiting class is now official, with C.J. Gunn, Kaleb Banks and Jalen Hood-Schifino signing their National Letters of Intent on Wednesday.
• Romeo Langford is shooting 46.7 from long-range territory following his Wednesday night performance.
• We reviewed IU’s Tuesday performance and previewed Friday’s Northern Illinois game with Bozich.
• Coach Lynch shared his vision for Charlestown basketball and talked about the Pirates’ 2021-22 roster.
• And more.

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The Hoosier Report with Matt Denison is a daily radio show that features coverage of the Indiana Hoosiers and sports from a Southern Indiana perspective. The show can be heard live weekdays at 11 a.m. on WXVW-1450/96.1 in Southern Indiana and Louisville, Ky.