Three Indiana natives have been named to the WBCA Wade Watch List for 2010-11. Skylar Diggins (SB Washington) of Notre Dame, Amber Harris (North Central) of Xavier and Ta’Shia Phillips (Brebeuf) of Xavier are three of 25 top NCAA Division I student-athletes who will be in the running for the State Farm Wade Trophy to be awarded at the end of the upcoming college basketball season.
The trees have done it again. For the ninth consecutive year, the Indiana State women’s basketball program has been ranked in the WBCA Academic Top 25 of Division I schools.
High School basketball news of interest from around the state for Tuesday, June 15.
It was almost a sweep, but Indiana dropped the broom too soon. After holding a six point lead with less than a minute to go, Kentucky went on a 6-0 run to tie the game in regulation. Kentucky carried that momentum into the overtime period, outscoring Indiana 16-9 to win the game 94-87.
After successive exhibition losses — the first time any senior team had dropped two exhibition games to the juniors — some around the state might have been questioning whether or not the Indiana seniors would have what it takes to beat Kentucky Friday night. There aren’t any questions now.
