By JOE SHIVAK Murfreesboro,TN (3/17)…..Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA) defeated Memphis Mitchell High School 78-64 to claim the TSSAA Boys Class AA State Championship in Murphy Center on Saturday afternoon. CPA claims their first ever state championship in only their third tournament appearance. They join their girl’s team who where crowned state champions the previous weekend. The [...]
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MEMPHIS EAST CLAIMS STATE AAA BOYS TITLE
By JOE SHIVAK Murfreesboro, TN ( 3/17 ) ……….The Gold Ball trophy was carried back to Memphis by the Memphis East Mustangs who defeated cross town rival Memphis Central 71-61 in the TSSAA Boy’s State Championship. East claimed their sixth state championship and last since 1996 when they defeated White Station. East had four players [...]
MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES OF INTEREST
By JOE SHIVAK Murfreesboro, TN ( 3/13)………… The Blue Raiders have made two previous appearances in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) tournament in 1988 and 1986. Middle is making it’s 10th postseason appearance. MT hosted three games in the 1988 tournament, winning the first two games before falling to Boston College. Middle played Tennessee, winning 85-80 [...]
MATCHUPS SET FOR BOYS CLASS A – AA FINALS
By JOE SHIVAK Murfreesboro, TN ( 3/16 ) ………Christ Presbyterian Academy and Memphis Mitchell High School will meet in the Class AA championship game. CPA defeated Stone Memorial in the semi-final game on Friday afternoon while Mitchell beat Liberty to qualify for the final game. That game will be played at 2:00 pm in Murphy [...]
ALL MEMPHIS CLASS AAA BOY’S STATE FINALS
By JOE SHIVAK Murfreesboro, TN ( 3/16 )………..Memphis East and Memphis Central will meet on Saturday afternoon to decide the TSSAA Boys Class AAA state basketball champion. The two West Tennessee schools are no strangers to each other having played in the Region 8 tournament where Central won, 76-75. East defeated Science Hill 81-71 on [...]
MEMPHIS EAST/ SCIENCE HILL ADVANCE TO CLASS AAA BOYS STATE
By JOE SHIVAK Murfreesboro, TN ( 3/15 ) ……….Memphis East and Science Hill Advance to the Boy’s state basketball tournament semi-final game on Friday afternoon after winning games today. East defeated the Blackman Blaze in the early game, 57-56 while Science Hill stunned Wilson Central, 51-46 in the final qualifier. Nick King of Memphis led [...]
NIT SETS MTSU-UT GAME TIME
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Tipoff for Middle Tennessee’s second-round game of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) at Tennessee has been set for 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT on Monday. The contest will air on ESPN from Tennessee’s Thompson-Boling Arena.
CLARKSVILLE / MEMPHIS CENTRAL ADVANCE IN CLASS AAA BOYS STATE TOURNEY
By JOE SHIVAK Murfreesboro, TN ( 3/14)……….The Clarksville Cats move on to the TSSAA boys round 2 action with a 53-47 win over Cherokee in Murphy Center. Anthony Hightower lead all scoring with 16 points. He added 10 rebounds for a double-double but fouled out with 3:07 to play leaving the door open for a [...]
MTSU 86 MARSHALL 78 NIT FIRST ROUND
By JOE SHIVAK Murfreesboro, TN ( 3/13)……….The Blue Raiders advanced to the second round of the NIT basketball tournament with a 86-78 win over the Marshall Herd. LaRon Dendy lead Middle Tennessee with 18 points and 13 rebounds for double-double. Four total Blue Raiders had double figures as Dendy was joined by JT Sulton with [...]
RIVERDALE GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS
By JOE SHIVAK Murfreesboro, TN ( 3/10 )………The Lady Warriors defeated the Science Hill Hilltoppers, 70-55 to become the Class AAA girls state champions. Four Riverdale players scored in double figures led by Shacobia Barbee’s 20 points. Barbee, a senior and a Georgia University signee, was named the state tournament’s MVP and Miss Basketball for the [...]
