INDIANAPOLIS — Former North Carolina Tar Heels forward Harrison Ingram had to sit out during his pre-draft workout with the Indiana Pacers due to injury.

Ingram, who was in Indianapolis for a session with the blue and gold on Tuesday, didn’t participate and had a bandage above his eye. He is preparing for the upcoming NBA Draft, which is in just over two weeks.

“I got elbowed in my last workout in Orlando. Had to get some stitches,” Ingram said of being sidelined. “Just to be precautionary with a concussion.”

He still enjoyed watching the workout and met with Pacers executives. The Texas native said his workout in Indiana was his fifth so far in the pre-draft process with many still to come. “For me, I’m not doing school any more. I’m just out here playing basketball, it’s all my focus.”

Ingram made sure to be himself and go with the flow when meeting with team execs. He didn’t want to force his interactions despite being unable to play and prove himself. Last season, he averaged 12.2 points and 8.8 rebounds per game with the Tar Heels.

“I think [in] like three-to-five days, I should be back,” Ingram said.

So far, the Pacers have held two pre-draft workouts, and they have featured a ton of pace. Ingram is trying to become a three-and-D type of player that uses his IQ to guard many positions. He nabbed 1.4 steals per game at North Carolina last year. He is currently slotted in at 43rd on ESPN‘s latest mock draft.

Indiana will resume draft workouts this week.

MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) — A Muncie woman was arrested on Sunday after Indiana State Police troopers recovered a stolen vehicle, according to a news release by Indiana State Police.

At 12:43 a.m. Sunday, an Indiana State Police trooper was on patrol in Delaware County when he located a reported stolen vehicle near Madison Avenue and Main Street in Muncie. The trooper received information that the stolen vehicle, a black Toyota Camry, was traveling northbound on Madison Avenue near 12th Street. The owner had reported the car as stolen to the Muncie Police Department on Tuesday. After locating the vehicle, Troopers with the Indiana State Police and officers with the Muncie Police Department conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle.

The driver, identified as Erika L. Shukla, 28, of Muncie, was arrested for auto theft. As a result of the investigation, troopers discovered Shukla also had an active felony warrant for burglary out of Delaware County.

Shukla was arrested and preliminarily charged with auto theft (a Level 6 Felony) and a warrant for burglary (a Level 4 Felony), invasion of privacy (a Class A misdemeanor), and criminal mischief (a Class B misdemeanor).

The Indiana all-stars held home court against Kentucky on the final night of this year’s annual all-star basketball rivalry series between the neighboring states.

Both the Indiana boys and girls teams were victorious in Saturday night’s games, which were played at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis, the home of the NBA’s Indiana Pacers.

Flory Bidunga powers Indiana boys to victory

On Friday night, the Kentucky boys all-stars scored their biggest win against Indiana in more than 25 years.

On Saturday, Indiana ensured that this year’s series would be split with a narrow 92-89 victory.

Indiana was led by its Mr. Basketball, future Kansas Jayhawk Flory Bidunga. The 6-foot-9 former UK basketball recruit, went for 31 points and 15 rebounds. He also blocked six shots. Those were all game highs.

In Friday night’s game — which Kentucky won 103-82 — Bidunga was called for a technical foul while celebrating a dunk and subsequently fouled out of the game midway through the second half.

Other Indiana standouts from Saturday night’s game in Indianapolis included Purdue-bound Jack Benter (16 points), Northwestern-bound K.J. Windham (13 points), Eastern Kentucky-bound Micah Davis (11 points), Butler-bound Evan Haywood (10 points) and IU Indianapolis-bound Keenan Garner (nine points and 11 rebounds).

Kentucky was led for the second straight night by Oldham County’s Max Green, who will be playing in college at Holy Cross. After he exploded for 36 points on Friday, Green followed that up with a team-high 25 Saturday.

Green was joined in the double-digit scoring club for Kentucky by Seneca’s Quel’Ron House, a future Jacksonville State player who had 24 points, and Lyon County’s Travis Perry, who is Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball. Perry, an incoming UK basketball player, had 17 points on 7-for-12 shooting from the field.

Perry, the all-time leading scorer in Kentucky boys high school basketball history, was a perfect 3-for-3 on 3-pointers.

Three Kentucky boys all-stars didn’t play in Saturday’s game: Warren Central’s Kade Unseld (Western Kentucky), Christian Academy-Louisville’s Jackson “BB” Washington (Florida Gulf Coast) and Hopkinsville’s Antonio Williams (Three Rivers College).

Indiana leads the all-time boys series over Kentucky 104-46. Kentucky hasn’t swept Indiana in the two-game series since 1986, and Kentucky has just four wins in the boys series since 1998.

Indiana girls complete sweep of Kentucky

In the girls’ contest, Indiana completed a sweep of Kentucky with a 66-64 victory on Saturday. Indiana had three girls score in double figures in the contest.

Indiana Miss Basketball Chloe Spreen (who is going to Alabama) led the way with 19 points on 5-for-12 shooting from the field.

Juliann Woodard (who is Michigan State bound) added 15 points, including a perfect 11-for-11 night from the free-throw line. Woodard, a 6-foot forward who scored 23 points in Friday night’s Indiana victory at Lexington Catholic High School, had a double-double with 13 rebounds.

Faith Wiseman (who will play at Indiana) contributed 10 points to the winning cause.

On Saturday, Kentucky was led by Sacred Heart’s Reagan Bender, who is going to Louisville. Bender had a game-high 21 points, which included 5-for-10 shooting from 3-point range. Kentucky’s Shaelyn Steele, a 5-foot-6 guard from Russell who scored 25 points on Friday night, went for 17 points in Saturday’s game.

Boyd County’s Jasmine Jordan (who is going to the University of Rio Grande in Ohio) had 12 points and shot a perfect 5-for-5 from the field.

Kentucky’s Miss Basketball, Pikeville’s Trinity Rowe (who will play at Southern Mississippi), didn’t play in Saturday’s game. Rowe logged 34 minutes in Friday night’s game at LexCath, which was the most among all Kentucky players in that game.

Indiana now leads Kentucky in the girls series 55-41.

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