‘We took it personal.’ No technical difficulty this time as Indiana All-Stars beat Kentucky

INDIANAPOLIS — The last time Kentucky swept the Indiana All-Stars in the annual high school basketball series, “Top Gun” — the original — was the top movie in theaters. It was 1986.

“I know for damn sure I did not want that to happen to us,” Indiana All-Star Aaron Fine of Noblesville said. “I did not want to be part of that and go in the record books. I wanted to be able to tell my kids we won at least one game.”

Fine’s future kids can scroll the list of results some day and see the Indiana All-Stars did find a way to split the series. The All-Stars held off a late Kentucky rally for a 92-89 victory on Saturday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in front of 5,445 fans.

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It was a highly motivated Indiana All-Stars team coming off Friday night’s 103-82 loss at Kentucky in Lexington. That game turned when IndyStar Mr. Basketball Flory Bidunga of Kokomo was whistled for a technical — his fifth foul — with Indiana trailing by one point. He watched the last 10-plus minutes from the bench was Kentucky poured it on.

“We took it personal,” Bidunga said.

When the 6-9 Bidunga takes it personal, the results usually follow. The Kansas recruit and McDonald’s All American put on a dominant performance Saturday with 31 points, 17 rebounds, five blocked shots and four assists in 38 minutes. He was backed by Purdue recruit Jack Benter as the Brownstown Central star finished with 16 points and four rebounds.

“I thought we played more of a complete game tonight,” Benter said. “(Friday night) we played like 25 minutes good and the other minutes we didn’t play so…

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Publish date : 2024-06-09 03:19:19

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