UK signee Jenkins scores 31 as Kentucky Girls’ All-Stars split series with Indiana

An evening after shedding a heartbreaker on a layup within the closing seconds in Owensboro, the Kentucky Ladies’ All-Stars delivered a powerful victory for the second 12 months in a row over the Indiana All-Stars in Indianapolis to finish the annual Kentucky-Indiana All-Star Traditional collection.

Amiya Jenkins, 2022’s Miss Basketball out of Anderson County and a College of Kentucky signee, scored 31 factors and distributed eight assists whereas Bullitt East standout and Bellarmine signee Gracie Merkle tossed in 29 factors and grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds within the Kentucky All-Stars’ 101-78 win Saturday over Indiana at Southport Excessive Faculty in Indianapolis.

The victory avenged Friday’s 67-66 loss to the Indiana All-Stars on the Owensboro Sportscenter. Michigan signee Alyssa Crockett scored on a layup with two seconds left in that sport for the win after the Kentucky All-Stars rallied from a 62-54 deficit with simply over two minutes left to take a 66-65 lead with beneath 15 seconds to go within the sport.

The Kentucky All-Stars averted the identical destiny Saturday by outscoring Indiana 27-14 within the closing interval. East Tennessee State-bound Jaileyah Cotton out of Bardstown added 12 factors, eight assists and eight rebounds. Sacred Coronary heart’s Josie Gilvin (Western Kentucky) threw in 11 factors with seven boards.

In Friday’s sport, Jenkins led the best way with 16 factors, Merkle added 14 factors and 12 rebounds and Gilvin rounded out the gamers in double figures with 14, as effectively.

Crockett led Indiana with 22 factors Saturday, adopted by Tanyuel Welch’s (Memphis) 11. Welch led three gamers in double figures Friday with 13 factors. Jessica Carrothers (Butler) and Ashlyn Traylor (Radford) every had 12.

Saturday’s 101 factors tied for probably the most by a group within the collection. Jenkins’ 31 factors additionally set a report, as did the group’s 26 assists Saturday. Merkle tied the collection mark with 5 blocks in a single sport and broke the two-game blocks report with 9.

This 12 months’s cut up introduced Kentucky’s report in opposition to Indiana within the ladies’ collection to 40 wins in opposition to 52 losses.

Kentucky Boys’ All-Stars swept

For the third set of video games in a row, the Kentucky’s Boys All-Stars group have been swept by their Indiana counterparts within the annual collection.

The Kentucky group fell 104-77 on the Owensboro Sportscenter on Friday and took a 101-81 defeat on Saturday at Southport Excessive Faculty in Indianapolis.

Caldwell County’s Jabrion Spikes (Georgetown School) led Kentucky with 22 factors on Saturday whereas Covington Catholic’s Mitchell Rylee (Miami, Ohio) chipped in 13 factors and 12 boards. Rylee led the best way on Friday with 24 factors whereas Ballard’s Kennedy “Keno” Hayden (uncommitted) contributed 17.

On Friday, CJ Gunn (Indiana) led seven gamers scoring in double figures for the Indiana All-Stars with 20 factors. Ryan Conwell (South Florida) scored 18, Travis Grayson (uncommitted) had 12, whereas Peter Suder (Bellarmine) and Javen Buchanan (Indiana Wesleyan) every had 11 and Jaxon Edwards (uncommitted) and Branden Northern (Saint Francis) every chipped in 10. On Saturday, Gunn had a team-high 21 factors, Conwell scored 19, Buchanan 13 and Suder 11.

Indiana improved its report within the boys’ collection to 103-44.