By GREG MENGELT CANCUN, Mexico — Josh Jefferson had a season-low 2 points Tuesday in Mexico, but it didn’t matter. Jefferson and his Middle Tennessee teammates won for the fourth time in five games, 60-54 over Rider in the Cancun Challenge at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, Jefferson, who helped lead New Albany to […]

By GREG MENGELT With boys basketball getting underway, the girls no longer have the basketball season to themselves. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some great games and great storylines. For example, Scottsburg (3-2) and Austin (1-4) renew their Scott County rivalry — one of the best rivalries in Indiana going back to the beginning when […]

By GREG MENGELT BOSTON — Romeo Langford had his best night in three weeks and the Boston Celtics won their fourth straight game, 108-90 over Houston on Monday at T.D. Garden. Langford — a former New Albany and Indiana University star — put up 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and an assists for the […]

By GREG MENGELT Seven months after winning a sectional championship, the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association ranked Jeffersonville No. 10 to start the 2021-22 basketball season. The Red Devils, who went 15-7 last season, are the top-ranked team in the region. Rivals New Albany and Floyd Central both received votes from the coaches. The Bulldogs went […]

By GREG MENGELT The Hoosier Hills Hoops Girls’ Power Poll is a weekly feature each Sunday, ranking the top girls’ teams in Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington counties. 1. Silver Creek (5-0, Last Week: No. 1). Beating Charlestown, Jeffersonville and New Albany in successive games is a great week for any program. 2. Salem […]

By GREG MENGELT BOSTON — A night after knocking off the Los Angeles Lakers, Romeo Langford and the Boston Celtics won for the seventh time in 10 games with a 111-105 “trap game” victory over Oklahoma City at the T.D. Center. In the victory, Langford scored two points in eight minutes played. He made his […]