BKC-NCAA ATTENDANCE
Syracuse leads nation in men’s basketball attendance again
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Syracuse is the attendance leader in men’s basketball, edging Kentucky for the second straight year.
The NCAA said Monday that Syracuse averaged 23,854 fans per game last season, just ahead of Kentucky’s 23,572. Louisville, at 21,386, was the only other school to draw better than 20,000 a game.
The Division I attendance total of more than 27.4 million was down slightly from a year ago but the ninth-highest in history. The NCAA Tournament attendance of 739,798 was the third-highest ever.
The Big Ten led the nation in average attendance for the 39th straight year. The Big Ten’s average of 12,781 fans was well ahead of the Atlantic Coast Conference average of 11,368.
Total attendance in all three NCAA divisions was more than 32.5 million.
BKW-NCAA ATTENDANCE
South Carolina leads NCAA women’s hoops in attendance
UNDATED (AP) – South Carolina has ended Tennessee’s 11-year run atop the attendance standings in women’s basketball.
The Gamecocks averaged 12,293 fans this season at home, the most in the country. The Lady Vols were second with 10,375. South Carolina jumped nearly 6,000 fans per game this season.
This was the first time since 1994 that neither Tennessee nor UConn was No. 1 in attendance. The national champion Huskies were sixth this season, averaging 8,216 fans.
BRAVES-BREWERS
Braves win 5-3 to end Brewers’ 8-game winning streak
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kelly Johnson homered and drove in three runs as the Atlanta Braves ended the Milwaukee Brewers’ eight-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory Monday night.
The game was held up in the ninth inning while an injured fan received medical attention after getting hit by a line drive.
A.J. Pierzynski had four hits, including two doubles, and rookie pitcher Matt Wisler won for the third time in four career starts.
Johnson launched a two-run homer to right field in the first off Kyle Lohse. Milwaukee avoided further damage when Juan Uribe was caught in a rundown after attempting to score on a grounder to third later in the inning.
Gerardo Parra hit a leadoff homer for the Brewers in the bottom half, his third this season.
EASTERN KENTUCKY-SUSPENSIONS
2 Eastern Kentucky football players reinstated to team
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Two Eastern Kentucky University football players who were suspended after fighting have been reinstated to the team.
The school said in a statement that junior offensive lineman Colton Scurry of Fayetteville, Georgia, and junior defensive lineman Patrick Graffree of Elizabethtown were reinstated to the team. The statement said the players met all university, athletic department and team requirements.
Scurry and Graffree were suspended after incidents in January with players from the University of Kentucky.
Scurry’s father, Jeff Scurry, told The Courier-Journal in Louisville earlier that his son was injured.
In April, a Madison County grand jury declined to indict anyone involved in the fight.
