That group included IndyStar Mr. Basketball Caleb Furst of Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, who was named most valuable player after a 14-point, 17-rebound effort. With the 86-70 win, Indiana improved its overall series lead to 101-44 over Kentucky and is 27-3 since 2005.
“He’s obviously very talented and very steady,” Osborn said of the 6-10 Purdue recruit. “You know what you are going to get from him. I felt like Kentucky went at him a little bit and he responded and had a great second half.”
Furst and crew had to do it in the second half without 6-9 Purdue recruit Trey Kaufman-Renn. The Silver Creek star appeared to injury a finger on his right hand in the final minute of the first half. He returned to the bench early in the second half with his hand wrapped and did not return to action, finishing with 10 points and six rebounds.
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Abilene s DCOA at a glance
What does it do? The DCOA’s stated goals are: To use sales tax revenue to effectively stimulate Abilene’s economic growth by assessing the community’s economic development needs, develop a plan to meet those needs, coordinate community economic development efforts, support targeted activities that enhance the quality of life in the community and maximize the public’s return on invested dollars.
Other goals under that wider umbrella include:
► Increase job opportunities and capital investment in the community.
► Invest sales tax dollars in opportunities that “generate a positive return on investment in our community – investing for today and the future.”
With the underground cutoff wall complete, several lingering tasks remain before Boone Lake officially returns to normal operations in summer 2022.
The wall, an overlapping series of pillars poured into the earth like pickets of a fence, is designed to prevent internal erosion along the damâs earthen embankment. The last piling of that seepage barrier went in the ground in January.
Since then, the Tennessee Valley Authority has been testing the effectiveness of the repair work. On March 15, the TVA started conducting field tests by raising the reservoir two feet per week.
The agency held the water level at 1,352 feet of elevation for the five-year period of the repair and brought it up to 1,360 feet just before finishing the cutoff wall. The lake has stayed at 1,373 feet since April 28, which is the point at which the internal erosion problem occurred in 2014. Instruments have been measuring movement and water within the dam.