At end of basketball rainbow, local players winning with Lebanon Leprechauns

Just off of Interstate 65 in Lebanon lies Farmers Bank Fieldhouse, home to the Lebanon Leprechauns . The Leprechauns? Several local players found their four-leaf clover playing for the fifth-year franchise, which plays in the Midwest Conference of The Basketball League (TBL), a professional league made up of teams from across the country.

The league has players with experience playing collegiate basketball, professionally overseas – even former NBA players. Three of the players on this year's team were part of Warren Central's 2017-2018 undefeated team that won a class 4A state championship and finished as one of the top teams in the country. "My goal outside of basketball is to interact with the community and get more people to come out to the games," said Antwaan Cushingberry, a standout on the Warren Central team of 2018 who went on to play at Saint Francis in college.

"I feel like like a lot of people would, they just don't know about it. " They should. The Leprechauns play a fun, fast, entertaining – and winning – brand of basketball.

A trip inside Farmers Bank Fieldhouse on Sunday displayed what the franchise is all about. A night with the Leprechauns The Leprechauns attract an impressive crowd and Sunday was no exception. Lebanon squared off in a rivalry game against an in-state foe, the Kokomo Bobkats, for the "Battle of the Belt.