Kentucky’s girls basketball senior All-stars had a good weekend, the boys not so much.
In the annual Kentucky-Indiana basketball All-Star series, the Kentucky girls got a sweep of Indiana while the Indiana boys returned the favor.
Kentucky’s girls won Friday’s contest at Lexington Catholic High School, 84-73. Newport Central Catholic grad Caroline Eaglin was the lone NKY representative in the game, scoring six points with six rebounds and two assists. Eaglin started and played 22 minutes. Sacred Heart grad and LSU signee ZaKiyah Johnson led Kentucky with 28 points and 11 rebounds, one of four Kentucky girls in double figures.
Saturday’s contest at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis needed two overtimes to decide it, the Kentucky girls coming out on top, 106-103.
Eaglin, NewCath’s all-time leading scorer who’s headed to Northern Kentucky University, finished with 11 points, three assists and two rebounds. Johnson led the way again with 34 points, six rebounds, five assists, three steals and three blocked shots.
Indiana’s girls now lead the all-time series, 55-43.
The Indiana boys swept Kentucky, 98-89 on Friday at Lexington Catholic and 105-92 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Saturday.
In Friday’s affair, Cooper grad Andy Johnson finished with 11 points and five rebounds, adding an assist, steal and blocked shot. Walton-Verona grad Aaron Gutman added 10 points with three rebounds and an assist. Great Crossing grad and Mr. Kentucky basketball Malachi Moreno led Kentucky with 22 points and 14 rebounds and blocked four shots to go with three assists.
In Saturday’s contest, Johnson was second in scoring for the Kentucky roster with 16 points on 6-of-13 shooting and grabbed six rebounds to go with two assists and a steal. Gutman had 10 points and six rebounds to go with two assists. Moreno, a Kentucky signee, did not play on Saturday.
Johnson is headed to Illinois-Chicago to play in college, Gutman to Evansville.
Indiana’s boys now lead the all-time series 106-46.