The 31st annual Kentucky-Ohio All-Star basketball games will take place on April 20 at Thomas More University. The girls game will take place at 5 p.m. and the boys game will follow at 7 p.m.
A slam dunk competition, 1-on-1, 2-on-3 and a 3-point shootout will all kick off the event on Friday, April 19, starting at 7 p.m. All games and contests will be streamed on 859 Sports Radio. The “Slam Jam” fest is free, to stream the All-Star games it’s $9 for one game or $15 for both. For more information, visit https://www.oh-kyallstargame.com/
The rosters (subject to change) for the game were revealed on Wednesday and while the NKY boys were shut out from the Kentucky team, the girls from NKY will have plenty on the roster.
Ryle’s Quinn Eubank and Sarah Baker, Cooper’s Liz Freihofer and Conner’s Anna Hamilton were all selected to the team. All four are headed to play Division I basketball next season. Eubank at Belmont, Baker at Youngstown State, Freihofer at Eastern Kentucky and Hamilton at Northern Kentucky.
Here is the rest of the roster that includes 2024 Miss Kentucky Basketball winner in Pikeville’s Trinity Rowe:
The Kentucky girls hold a 16-13 edge in the all-time series, winning last year’s contest 117-94. The team featured four from NKY with Cooper’s Whitney Lind, Walton-Verona’s Grace Brewer, Ryle’s Abby Holtman and Notre Dame’s Noelle Hubert.
While no Northern Kentucky boys will be playing from the LINK nky coverage area, the roster features a ton of talent that includes the all-time leading scorer in the state and 2024 Mr. Kentucky Basketball winner in Lyon County’s Travis Perry. Perry will be joined by the 2023-24 scoring leader in the state in Oldham County’s Max Green and Warren Central’s Kade Unseld. All three will be playing Division I basketball next season as Perry is headed to Kentucky, Green to Holy Cross and Unseld to Western Kentucky.
Here is the rest of the rosters for the boys below:
Ohio leads the All-time series 18-12, Kentucky able to win last year, 93-83. Simon Kenton grad Gabe Dynes and Newport grad Marquez Miller participated in last year’s contest.
The Kentucky-Ohio All-Star Game originated as an idea to help the Ronald McDonald House charity, by organizing an All-Star Basketball Game between senior boys and girls.
The game organized in 1991, with the first games being played between boys and girls occurring in April of 1992 at the James A. Rhodes Athletic Center on the campus of Shawnee State University in downtown Portsmouth, Ohio. The game has been played at Thomas More since 2002.
Teams are picked by a committee of people that have played a big part in organizing and strategizing the event over the years.
Over the years the Boys All-Star Basketball Game has showcased several of both of the states top basketball talent. The Kentucky Squad has included Anthony Epps, Antwain Barbour, Patrick Sparks, Jarrod Polson, Ravi Moss, & Dominique Hawkins (Kentucky), Chris Lofton (Tennessee), Dwayne Sutton & Terrance Farley (Louisville), Anthony Hickey (LSU/Oklahoma State), Darran Allaway (Stanford), Justin Doellman & Quentin Goodin (Xavier), Daniel Dillon (Arizona), & Lamont Barnes (Temple). The Ohio Squad has included Aaron Craft, Jon Diebler, Terence Dials, Ron Lewis, Matt Sylvester, & Matt Terwillger (Ohio State), Trey Burke, Xavier Simpson, Caris Levert, & John Teske (Michigan), Josh Duncan, Dante Jackson, & Johnny Wolf (Xavier), Terry Rozier (Louisville), Nathan Peavy & Danny Horace (Miami-OH), Jarron Cumberland & Kevin Johnson (Cincinnati), Byron Gladden (Wyoming), & Cam Thoroughman & Esa Ahmed (West Virginia), Nick Ward & Travis Trice (Michigan State).