Hill to play basketball at White House

WASHINGTON — Indiana Rep. Baron Hill will be one of several congressmen who will take their basketball game to another level — the White House.

Rep. Baron Hill, along with Rep. Brad Ellsworth, will represent Indiana during a game on Thursday night with President Barack Obama. The two Democrats are among several congressmen and cabinet members scheduled to play at the White House.

Others expected to play include Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan.

Ellsworth and Hill both play basketball regularly. Hill was a high school star in his southern Indiana hometown of Seymour and was inducted to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.