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Bloomington South Wins Boys Basketball Regional
Bloomington South Boys Basketball won its 9th Regional Boys Basketball Championship and first since 2011 beating Evansville Reitz 49-31 Saturday Night in Seymour. The Panthers beat Jeffersonville 51-50 on Saturday Morning in the Semifinal. The South Panthers are 25-4 on the year andcome in with 18 game winning streak and will take on Lawrence North 27-2 3 PM in the Class 4A Southern Semistate Championship this Saturday 3 PM at Seymour HS.
Indiana Baseball Sweeps Penn State
Indiana Baseball swept the 4 games series against Penn State this past weekend at Bart Kaufman Field. The Hoosiers won Saturday’s Doubleheader 7-2 in 7 innings and 8-0 and then took Sunday’s doubleheader 6-5 in 7 innings and 2-1. The Hoosiers were without Head Baseball Coach Jeff Mercer who tested positive for COVID-19 Friday Morning. Indiana is 7-1 and will host Purdue for weekend series beginning this Friday at 3 PM.
Maryland Wins Big Ten Women’s Basketball Championship
Maryland beat Iowa 104-84 for the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Championship at Bankers Life Fieldhouse Saturday Afternoon. Maryland has won 5 Big Ten Tournament Titles 2015,2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021 and 6 Regular Season titles in the 7 years they have been in the Big Ten Conference since joining in the 2014-15 school year Ohio State won the 2018 Regular Season Championship. Maryland was tournament runner up in 2018 and 2019. Diamond Miller of Maryland was named the Tournament MVP, Ashley Owusu of Maryland, Caitlin Clark of Iowa, Monika Czinano of Iowa and Nia Clouden of Michigan State were named to the All-Tournament Team. Maryland is 24-2 and Iowa is 18-9 and both teams will wait until 7 PM tonight when the NCAA Selection Show Is announced on ESPN.
Illinois Wins Big Ten Men’s Basketball Championship
Illinois beat Ohio State 91-88 in overtime at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to win the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Championship. Illinois won its for Big Ten Tournament Championship since 2005 and the Illini will be the Number 1 seed in the Midwest Region and will play Drexel on Friday in the NCAA Tournament. Ohio State is number 2 seed in the South Region and will play Oral Roberts on Friday. 9 Big Ten Tournament Teams got into the NCAA Tournament. Michigan Number 1 seed in East Region playing the Mt St Mary’s-Texas Southern Winner Saturday. 10 seed Maryland will play 7 seed Connecticut in East Region Saturday. 2 seed Iowa will play 15 seed Grand Canyon on Saturday in the West Region. 4 Seed Purdue will play 13 Seed North Texas in the South Region on Friday. 9 seed Wisconsin will play 8 Seed North Carolina in the South Region on Friday. 10 seed Rutgers will play 7 Seed Clemson will play Friday in the Midwest Region. Michigan State will play UCLA in the First Four Thursday night as battle of 11 seeds East Region to play 6 Seed BYU on Saturday.