CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Senior forward Anthony Campbell, of the Austin Peay State University men’s basketball team, has been named the Copies in a Flash APSU Athlete of the Week.

Campbell averaged 19.7 points over the Govs last three games, including a career-high 25-point performance against Lipscomb, Dec. 18. He followed that with a 20-point night in a losing effort against Illinois State, hitting a season-high five three-pointers against the Redbirds. He was the only Gov in double figures at Illinois State.

The Edwardsville, Ill. native hit his 144th career three-pointer at Illinois State, which moved him past Rhet Wierzba (2000-03) and into eighth place all-time in Govs history.

The Copies in a Flash APSU Athlete of the Week is selected by the APSU Sports Information staff each Tuesday during the academic year. Copies in a Flash, of Clarksville, sponsors the award.

Other notable performances by Austin Peay athletes included:

Senior Leslie Martinez, of the women’s basketball team, scored 12 points and added eight rebounds and five assists in the Lady Govs 69-42 victory against Lipscomb, Friday.
Freshman Chris Horton, of the men’s basketball team, earned his fifth consecutive OVC Freshman of the Week honor after scoring 10 points and pulling down a career-high 13 rebounds at Arkansas State, Dec. 16. Over his last three games, Horton has averaged 7.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocks.

Kenwood improved to 10-2 overall with its 59-41 victory over Kingsbury at Memphis Harding Academy “More Than Basketball Classic” Friday.

Kenwood improved to 10-2 after the win and is tied with Dickson County and Northeast atop the District 10-AAA standings at 5-1.

Kenwood vs. Memphis Kingsbury @ Memphis Harding Academy “More Than Basketball Classic”

Kenwood    15  21  15  8  = 59
Kingsbury   10  12  17  2 = 41

Kenwood                                                 Kingsbury
Trent McLaurin 15                                Darren Shelton   23
AJ Richardson  4                                    Rakeem Hill     4
Daniel Norl  16   (4  3ptrs)                    Patrick Ford    4
Maleek Hall   16 (1  3ptr)                      Denzel Marshall  2
Zach Gibbs  2                                        Marvin Potts  6
Matthew Norl  4                                    Xavier Carter  2
Legree Hairston 2

18 field goals, 8-11 free throws                13 field goals, 3-8 free throws

Austin Peay will try to put behind one of the most difficult defeats in recent memory-certainly at home when it heads up to play Illinois State today at 2:05 on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.

Leading by 12 points with 3:09 remaining, APSU (4-7) failed to score the game’s remainder as Lipscomb rallied for a 87-84 victory as the Bisons scored the game’s final 15 points.

With senior point guard Jerome Clyburn out indefinitely with a hamstring injury and APSU’s other point guards struggling with turnovers, APSU’s coaching staff turned to a player against Lipscomb who joined the Governors practice sessions a little more than a week earlier. Jeremy Purvis, who played at  Northeast High School with Kentucky freshman Alex Poythress before playing junior college basketball for two seasons at Jackson State, got the starting nod against Lipscomb. He ended up playing 32 minutes and dishing out five assists. More importantly, he had just one turnover against the Bisons.

Nearly overlooked in the Govs loss against Lipscomb, Wednesday, was the Govs placed five players in double figures for a second time. Anthony Campbell scored a careerbest 25 points while sophomore forward Chris Freeman added 15, also a career high.

In addition, Travis Betran added 14, foul-plagued Chris Horton 12 and Will Triggs 11.

The Govs also placed five players in double figures against Berea earlier this season.

Illinois State was picked to finish second behind heavy favorite Creighton in the Missouri Valley Presason Poll.

Illinois State held on to edge the Dayton Flyers, 74-73, Wednesday night at UD Arena. Dayton missed two potential game-winning shots with less than three second to play.

The Redbirds (8-3) earned their fourth-straight win and second road victory of the season, while the Flyers (8-3) suffered just their second home loss of the year, in front of 11,897. Jackie Carmichael led all scorers with 25 points and 12 rebounds, his third double-double of the season and 24th of his career. Tyler Brown and Jon Ekey also reached double-figures with 16 and 13 points respectively. Dayton’s Kevin Dillard and Dyshawn Pierre each scored a team-high 14 points.

Carmichael, was named preseason All-MVC, and is averaging 18.3 ppg and 7.7 rpg.

First-year head coach Dan Muller replaced Tim Jankovich after the 2011- 12 season. The former Rebird standout spent from 2001-12 as a Vanderbilt assistant.

The Redbirds feature the highest-scoring offense in the MVC, averaging a league-best 80.8 points per game.

Entering the week, Iillinois State’s field goal percentage (50.7 percent) ranked eighth in the nation while their average assist total (17.9) was seventh.

Illinois State’s success this season has been based on 70 points. If the Redbirds reach 70, they win. If not, they lose. ISU is 8-0 when scoring 70 or more and 0-3 when scoring less.

Govs 2012-13 Basketball Schedule

Date Opponent Location Time (CT) Results Canadian Exhibition Tour presented by Basketball Travelers Inc.   Sat, Aug 18  Seneca College (EXH) at Toronto, Canada   3:00 p.m. 79 – 71 (W)   Sun, Aug 19  A-Game Hoops (EXH) at Toronto, Canada   1:00 p.m. 71 – 81 (L)   Mon, Aug 20  ABC All Stars (EXH) at Toronto, Canada   6:00 p.m. 85 – 52 (W)   Sat, Nov 03  Central Missouri (EXH) Clarksville, Tenn.   7:30 p.m. 75 – 66 (W)   Fri, Nov 09  Samford Clarksville, Tenn.   7:00 p.m. 75 – 64 (W) 2012 Triple Crown Cancun Challenge   Tue, Nov 13  Western Kentucky at Bowling Green, Ky.   7:00 p.m. 74 – 54 (L)   Sat, Nov 17  DePaul at Chicago, Ill.   1:00 p.m. 98 – 67 (L)   Tue, Nov 20  Western Carolina at Cancun, Mexico   12:30 p.m.  72 – 71 (W)   Wed, Nov 21  Howard/Gardner-Webb at Cancun, Mexico   2:00 p.m. 72 – 62 (L)   Wed, Nov 28  Berea Clarksville, Tenn.   7:00 p.m. 108 – 53 (W)   Sat, Dec 01  Fairfield Clarksville, Tenn.   7:30 p.m. 75 – 55 (L)   Wed, Dec 05  Oakland City Clarksville, Tenn.   7:00 p.m. 88 – 63 (W)   Sat, Dec 08  Memphis at Memphis, Tenn.   12:00 p.m. 83 – 65 (L)   Sun, Dec 16  Arkansas State at Jonesboro, Ark.   2:05 p.m. 69 – 57 (L)   Tue, Dec 18  Lipscomb Clarksville, Tenn.   7:00 p.m.  87 – 84 (L)   Sat, Dec 22  Illinois State at Normal, Ill.   2:00 p.m. 2012 Dr. Pepper Classic   Fri, Dec 28  Utah Valley at Chattanooga, Tenn.   3:30 p.m.   Sat, Dec 29  Chattanooga/High Point at Chattanooga, Tenn.   TBA   Thu, Jan 03  Southeast Missouri * at Cape Girardeau, Mo.   7:00 p.m.   Sat, Jan 05  UT Martin * at Martin, Tenn.   6:00 p.m.   Wed, Jan 09  Morehead State * Clarksville, Tenn.   7:00 p.m.   Sat, Jan 12  Murray State * Clarksville, Tenn.   7:30 p.m.   Thu, Jan 17  SIU Edwardsville * Clarksville, Tenn.   7:00 p.m.   Sat, Jan 19  Eastern Illinois * Clarksville, Tenn.   7:30 p.m.   Thu, Jan 24  Jacksonville State * at Jacksonville, Ala.   7:00 p.m.   Sat, Jan 26  Tennessee Tech * at Cookeville, Tenn.   7:30 p.m.   Sat, Feb 02  Murray State * at Murray, Ky.   12:00 p.m.   Thu, Feb 07  Tennessee State * Clarksville, Tenn.   7:00 p.m.   Sat, Feb 09  Belmont * Clarksville, Tenn.   7:30 p.m.   Thu, Feb 14  Eastern Illinois * at Charleston, Ill.   7:00 p.m.   Sat, Feb 16  SIU Edwardsville * at Edwardsville, Ill.   7:00 p.m.   Wed, Feb 20  Eastern Kentucky * at Richmond, Ky.   6:00 p.m. ESPN Sears BracketBuster   Sat, Feb 23  Opponent TBA (Feb. 1) at TBA   TBA   Thu, Feb 28  Southeast Missouri * Clarksville, Tenn.   7:00 p.m.   Sat, Mar 02  UT Martin * Clarksville, Tenn.   7:30 p.m. 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Championship   Wed, Mar 06  First Round at Nashville, Tenn.   TBA   Thu, Mar 07  Quarterfinals at Nashville, Tenn.   TBA   Fri, Mar 08  Semifinals at Nashville, Tenn.   TBA   Sat, Mar 09  Championship at Nashville, Tenn.   TBA 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship   Tue, Mar 19 - Wed, Mar 20  First Round at TBA   TBA   Thu, Mar 21 - Fri, Mar 22  Second Round at TBA   TBA   Sat, Mar 23 - Sun, Mar 24  Third Round at TBA   TBA   Thu, Mar 28 - Fri, Mar 29  Regional Semifinals at TBA   TBA   Sat, Mar 30 - Sun, Mar 31  Regional Finals at TBA   TBA   Sat, Apr 06  National Semifinals at Atlanta, Ga.   TBA   Mon, Apr 08  National Championship at Atlanta, Ga.   TBA

* Conference Games

High School athletic schedules for week of Dec. 18-22

By Rob Gordon

Rossview split dual meets Thursday night with Northwest and West Creek.

In the first match against Northwest, Bryce Elkins, Curtis Thomas, Donovan Sandusky and Garrett Ladd all notched pins for the Hawks.

Jake Beatty earned an 8-2 decision to cap the Rossview 51-27 victory.

Rossview lost a hard fought match to West Creek 40-30.

Curtis Thomas opened the scoring for Rossview against West Creek with a 2nd period pin.

Garrett Ladd earned a 7-2 decision and was followed by a 3rd period Tyrone Gaston pin and a Zax Kost early pin.

Adrian Gonzalez captured a 11-9 decision to round out the wins for Rossview

Kevin Knier, Preston Painter, Christian Macias, Gerard McQueen, Robert Zamborski, Nick Raines, Arturo Martinez and Jacob Kuhns won for West Creek.

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West Creek shook up the District 10-AAA race with its victory over Kenwood in boys high school basketball action Tuesday night.

Northeast and Clarksville Academy also won basketball games Tuesday night.

West Creek surprised then-10-AAA undefeated Kenwood 51-50. The Knights are now 4-1 in 10-AAA and will take on first place Dickson County (5-0 in 10-AAA)  Friday night at Kenwood.

Northeast beat Northwest 70-45 in 10-AAA action. The Eagles improved to 4-1 in 10-AAA with the win.

In other 10-AAA play, Dickson County topped Rossview 52-44.

Clarksville Academy beat Davidson Academy45-29 in non-district play, but Greenbrier beat Montgomery Central 53-27.

Friday Night’s Games

West Creek 51, Kenwood 50

Kenwood  6 10 18 16 50

West Creek 10 14 6 21 51

West Creek 51

Northeast 70, Northwest 45

Northwest   10 20 6  9 –  45

Northeast   16 25 18 11 — 70

Northeast High 70

Dickson County 52, Rossview 44

Rossview             11 14 13  6 — 44

Dickson County 12 15  8 17 — 52

Dickson County 52

Clarksville Academy 45, Davidson Academy 29

Davidson Academy     6 9  8   6 — 29

Clarksville Academy 14 6 12 13 — 45

Clarksville Academy 45

Greenbrier 53, Montgomery Central 27

Greenbrier                   21 11   7 14 — 53

Montgomery Central   4  5 10  8 — 27

Montgomery Central 27

District 10-A

District 10-AAA

District 11-AA

Rossview kept its perch atop District 10-AAA and remained the league’s only undefeated team after beating Dickson County on the road Tuesday night.

Kenwood, Clarksville High and Montgomery Central also won girls high school basketball games Tuesday night.

Rossview improved to 5-0 in 10-AAA by beating host Dickson 40-30. The Lady Hawks drop to 4-1 in 10-AAA.

In other 10-AAA play, Kenwood beat West Creek 45-39 and Clarksville High topped Henry County 29-25.

In non-district action, Montgomery Central beat Greenbrier 55-16 and Clarksville Academy lost to Davidson 54-26.

Rossview 40, Dickson County 30

Rossview             15 10  7  8 — 40

Dickson County 14   8 3  5 — 30

Kenwood 45, West Creek 39

Kenwood      9 13 10 13 — 45

West Creek 12  9   7  11 — 39

West Creek 39

Clarksville High 29, Henry County 25

Clarksville High School 4 10 2 13 29

Henry County High School 4 6 4 11 25

Henry County 25

Davidson Academy 54, Clarksville Academy 36

Davidson Academy 17 7 17 13 –54

Clarksville Academy 7 9  7 13 — 36

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – For the first time in a decade the Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week honor has gone to the same person for four straight weeks.

That player is Austin Peay State University 6-8 center Chris Horton, who averaged 14.5 points while shooting 82 percent from the floor this week in helping the Governors gain a split.

Meanwhile, junior guard Travis Betran, who scored 27 points in APSU’s loss to Memphis, Saturday, has been named the OVC Newcomer of the Week for a third time.

Those selections were named Monday.

Horton became the first OVC freshman to receive the award four straight weeks since Eastern Kentucky’s Matt Witt captured five straight times in the 2002-03 season. He recorded his career 20-point outing against Oakland City, going 10-of-12 from the floor. He also had a season-high 11 rebounds to record his season’s second double-double and also blocked a season-best five shots in the contest.

Against Memphis, the Decatur, Ga., native got into early foul trouble but still finished with a team-best seven rebounds to go with eight points in just 22 minutes. For the week, Horton connected on 14 of 17 field goals (82 percent).

Betran was spectacular against Memphis. He scored 27 points, going 9-of-15 (60 percent) from the floor. He knocked down five of APSU’s six three pointers. By going five-of-six from three-point range, Betran now has made at least three three-pointers in the last six games.

On the week, he averaged 22.5 ppg, shooting 59.3 percent (16 of 27), including 8-of-12 from three-point range. The 6-3 guard is ranked 13^th in the nation in three-point field-goal percentage (51 percent) while being 37^th in three-point field goals made (2.89) per game.

Over the last six games the Harlem, N.Y., native is averaging 19.6 ppg, shooting 55 percent from three-point range.

Kenwood and Rossview scored big District 10-AAA Boys Basketball wins Friday night.

On the losing side were Clarksville High in 10-AAA, Montgomery Central in 11-AA and Clarksville Academy in 10-A.

Kenwood slipped past Northeast 61-60 at home and along with Dickson County are 4-0 in 10-AAA play.

Dickson County got to 4-0 in 10-AAA by beating Clarksville High 69-42.

Rossview held off West Creek 40-35 in the other 10-AAA game.

Montgomery Central lost to Waverly 96-39 and Clarksville Academy lost to Jo Byrns 56-46.

Kenwood 61, Northeast 60

Northeast  15 18 17 10 — 60

Kenwood   16  8 25 12 — 61

Kenwood

Rossview 40, West Creek 35

West Creek   6 10 9 10 — 35

Rossview       9 16 6  9 — 40

Rossview High

Dickson County 69, Clarksville High 42

Dickson County 15 26 22  6 — 69

Clarksville High  9   7  14 12 — 42

Dickson County

Clarksville High

Waverly 96, Montgomery Central 39

Montgomery Central  11  15 12   1 — 39

Waverly Central          31 28 26 11 — 96

Montgomery Central

Waverly Central

Jo Byrns 56, Clarksville Academy 46

Jo Byrns                      9 13 14 20 — 56

Clarksville Academy 3 13 12 18 — 46

Jo Byrns

Clarksville Academy

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Kenwood and Rossview won District 10-AAA Girls Basketball games Friday night, and Clarksville High dropped its to Dickson County.

Montgomery Central won in 11-AA action and Clarksville Academy fell in District 10-A.

Kenwood beat Northeast 59-29 at home.

Rossview rolled to a 58-22 victory over West Creek.

Clarksville High lost to Dickson County 68-37.

Montgomery Central topped Waverly 51-27.

The Academy fell to Jo Byrns 52-40.

Kenwood 59, Northeast 29

Northeast 11   0 10 8  — 29

Kenwood  24 17 10 8  –  59

Northeast

Rossview 58, West Creek 22

West Creek     6  6 2  8 — 22

Rossview      21 12 9 16 — 58

Rossview

Montgomery Central 51, Waverly 27

Montgomery Central 10 15 11 15 — 51

Waverly Central          11   7   3  6 — 27

Waverly Central High

Jo Byrns 52, Clarksville Academy 40

Jo Byrns                     13 16 12 11 –  52

Clarksville Academy  4  8   9 19 — 40

Clarksville Academy

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