Girls Indiana All-Stars on wrong end of buzzer beater against Kentucky All-Stars

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The play was not necessarily designed for Brianna Wilkins to take the final shot.

With 3.2 seconds left in the girls’ Indiana All-Star game against the Kentucky All-Stars on Friday night, Indiana’s Brooklynn Renn drilled two free throws to tie the score. Kentucky called timeout to advance the ball to halfcourt (a rule that is used in women’s college basketball in the final minute of the fourth quarter and overtime).

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Kentucky Miss Basketball Ashlinn James, an Indiana recruit, took the ball out of bounds and fired it to teammate Brianna Wilkins in the right corner.

“The original plan was I was going to catch the ball, and Ash was going to cut and get it back,” Wilkins said. “But there was only three seconds left and I was counting down in my head.”

Indiana had James well covered. But not Wilkins. The Marshall University recruit made a move, went baseline, and drained the game-winning shot at the buzzer to give the Kentucky All-Stars a 59-57 win over the Indiana All-Stars at Lexington Catholic High School.

“It was drawn up for me to go back door,” James said. “But I think they knew that was coming. They were like, ‘Back door, back door.’ I was hoping Bri had a plan and she did her thing.”

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It was as frustrating night for the Indiana All-Stars, who were blanked for more than five minutes to start the second half and trailed 52-41 with just under 6 minutes remaining. Indiana rallied with an 11-0 run and took the lead 55-54 on a 3-pointer by Warsaw’s Brooke Zartman with 1:52 left.

But a steal and layup by James gave Kentucky the lead and she added a free throw to make it 57-55. After an Indiana miss, Renn corralled a loose ball under the basket and was fouled with 3.2 seconds left, calmly hitting both free throws to tie the score.

Then, Wilkins’ drive. Ballgame.

“I was concerned,” Indiana All-Stars coach Joe Huppenthal said. “I don’t know if it was the drive or what, but we just didn’t have that…

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Publish date : 2026-06-06 01:38:00

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