Miller City’s Andon Ruhe goes up for a shot against Pandora-Gilboa’s Colin Harris, left, Owen Huffman, and Aiden Harris during Monday’s game at Pandora-Gilboa High School.
HIGH SCHOOL
Boys Basketball
Pandora-Gilboa 66, Miller City 52
PANDORA — Pandora-Gilboa’s Aiden Harris poured in 25 points and Aiden Morris added 10 points. For Miller City Brendan Barlage scored 13 points and Thomas Weis and Ethan Barlage each scored 9 points.
The Rockets improve to 8-1 overall and 2-1 in the Putnam County League. Miller City slips to 5-4 and 1-1 in league action.
Lucas 70, Minster 60
MINSTER — Minster’s Kole Richard scored 30 points and Ian Homan added 16 points.
COLLEGE
Women’s Basketball
Buckeyes ranked No. 3
South Carolina finished 2022 how it started the year: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll.
While the top-ranked Gamecocks cruised to a win in their lone game last week, then-No. 4 Indiana, No. 6 N.C. State and No. 7 Virginia Tech all lost as they scrambled to replace injured players.
There were 22 losses by teams in the AP top 10 this season before Jan. 1. That was tied for the most in the past 23 years before January, matching the 2014-15 season, according to ESPN. Seven of those losses came to unranked teams, tied with 1999-2000 and 2004-05 for the most ever.
The New Year didn’t start off any better for top teams as then-No. 10 UCLA lost to Oregon State.
“The most challenging week putting together my poll in my 12 years as a voter,” ESPN analyst Deb Antonelli said after all the ranked-team losses last week. “I’m looking at records, injuries, NET and my experienced eye as a basketball analyst, and it’s difficult. We wanted parity and we got it! It’s a great measurement of growth in game.”
Stanford, Ohio State, Notre Dame and UConn round out the top five teams in the poll released Monday. With the Hoosiers’ defeat, that left only five unbeaten teams, including the top-ranked Gamecocks, who were once again a unanimous choice at No. 1. No. 3 Ohio State, No. 7 LSU, No. 8 Utah and 24th-ranked St. John’s are the other undefeated teams heading into 2023. Utah is making its first appearance in the top 10.
Men’s Basketball
Purdue ranked No. 1
Purdue solidified its No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll following UConn’s first loss of the season, while No. 23 Charleston moved into the rankings for the first time in 20 years.
The Boilermakers remained No. 1 for the fourth straight week, receiving all but one first-place vote from a 61-person media panel in the poll released Monday. No. 2 Houston and No. 3 Kansas each moved up a spot, and No. 4 UConn dropped two spots after losing to Xavier, which moved up from No. 22 to No. 18. Arizona rounded out the top five.
Purdue lasted only one week after hitting No. 1 for the first time last season, but it has tightened its grip this season since moving to the top spot on Dec. 12.
The Boilermakers (13-0, 2-0 Big Ten) dominated Florida A&M 82-49 last Thursday in its first game in eight days to join No. 21 New Mexico as the nation’s only remaining undefeated Division I teams.
UConn (14-1, 3-1 Big East) had been off to its best start since 1998 before losing 83-73 to Xavier, which has won eight straight.
