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The 2019 Indiana All-Stars have had a busy week of basketball. After moving to campus, 2019 Indiana Hoosier signees Trayce Jackson-Davis and Armaan Franklin left Bloomington temporarily to play in the annual Indiana vs Kentucky All-Stars game. Other signees going to other schools likely have had a similar schedule. The first game, hosted in Kentucky, took place on the Bellarmine University campus in Louisville on Friday, June 7th. The All-Star return game in Indianapolis was held in Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Saturday, June 8th.
The Indiana All-Stars won the first game convincingly in Louisville with a score of 97 to 64 (33 point margin). The battle of the border was led by Purdue’s pair of incoming back-court players Brandon Newman and Isaiah Thompson, as well as Indiana’s five-star center Trayce Jackson-Davis. Newman and Thompson scored 18 and 17 respectively for the Indiana squad. Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 16 points and added 5 rebounds and 3 assists to his stats. He led all players in minutes across both teams. Indiana’s Armaan Franklin scored only 6 points, but he led the team with 4 assists and he had 5 rebounds of his own.
After the game, Boo Brewer, coach of the Kentucky All-Stars, expressed his disappointment of the showing of his Kentucky team.
Indiana came in and really took it to us… To me we didn’t play Kentucky basketball at all. We’re better than what we showed tonight.
Kentucky All-Stars Coach James Brewer
Louisville commit David Johnson wanted a different result for his Kentucky team the next day.
“We have to bounce back tomorrow and move on… We did not come ready to play. We just didn’t play together. We weren’t ready. That’s a one-time thing for us.”
Louisville Signee David Johnson
A different result is exactly what he got, but it may not have been quite what he was expecting.
On day two, the Indiana All-Stars were again led by Trayce Jackson-Davis in minutes. He finished with a team high 17 points and pulled down 8 boards. Notably Trayce drew 7 fouls during the game and he made 7 of 13 at the free throw line. Armaan posted another efficient stat-line of 7 points, 4 assists, and 4 rebounds in 14 minutes of action.
