By GREG MENGELT HANOVER — Hanover held visiting Rose-Hulman to 35.4 percent shooting and forced 13 turnovers in a defensive-minded 55-43 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference victory Wednesday at Collier Arena. The victory gives the Panthers a season sweep of Rose-Hulman and increases their winning streak to seven games. Hanover (14-2, 10-1) has a 2-game lead […]

By GREG MENGELT BOSTON — Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 66 points and the Boston Celtics crushed visiting Sacramento 128-75 at TD Garden on Tuesday. Former New Albany and Indiana University star Romeo Langford appears to be back out of the rotation. He played the final 9 minutes Tuesday but didn’t enter the […]

By GREG MENGELT New Albany senior guard Tucker Biven scored a team-high 32 points as New Albany knocked off regional-rival Evansville Reitz (6-5) in double overtime, 80-79 on Saturday. Biven was 6 for 15 from behind the 3-point line (and 6 for 7 inside the arc) and finished with five assists, three rebounds, two steals […]

By GREG MENGELT WASHINGTON, D.C. — Romeo Langford scored three points and the Boston Celtics snapped a 3-game losing streak with a 116-87 win at the Capital One Center on Sunday afternoon. Langford, a former New Albany and Indiana University standout, hit a 3-pointer on his on field goal attempt in 8 minutes. His basket […]

By GREG MENGELT MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Former New Albany star Josh Jefferson had a bit off an off night shooting, but it didn’t matter. His Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders outscored Southern Mississippi 44-27 in the second half of Saturday’s 74-60 victory at the Murphy Center. Jefferson, a senior and Middle Tennessee’s leading scorer at 13.1 […]

By GREG MENGELT Last week, New Albany ran through Southwestern and Scottsburg for Wins No. 5 and 6 on the season. The Bulldogs victories also were Nos. 599 and 600 in the storied career of New Albany head coach Jim Shannon. Shannon, who led the Bulldogs to the 2016, liked the way his team played […]