“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA BOYS BASKETBALL
| ANDERSON PREP | 66 | CENTRAL CHRISTIAN | 28 | |
| ANDERSON | 73 | NEW CASTLE | 29 | |
| ANDREAN | 62 | BOWMAN ACADEMY | 46 | |
| AVON | 52 | FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK | 49 | |
| BHRA (ILL.) | 58 | BETHESDA CHRISTIAN | 49 | |
| BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE | 45 | BROWNSBURG | 41 | OT |
| BLACKFORD | 65 | BLUE RIVER | 34 | |
| BLOOMFIELD | 76 | VINCENNES RIVET | 34 | |
| BROWN COUNTY | 55 | SOUTH PUTNAM | 48 | |
| CARMEL | 52 | PLAINFIELD | 30 | |
| CASCADE | 45 | MONROVIA | 44 | |
| CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 75 | NEW WASHINGTON | 23 | |
| CLARKSVILLE | 51 | CRAWFORD COUNTY | 42 | |
| CLINTON PRAIRIE | 54 | SEEGER | 41 | |
| COLUMBIA CITY | 44 | CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) | 35 | |
| COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN | 61 | SEVEN OAKS | 51 | |
| COLUMBUS EAST | 71 | SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) | 55 | |
| COLUMBUS NORTH | 81 | MARTINSVILLE | 48 | |
| CONCORD | 52 | ANGOLA | 41 | |
| CORYDON CENTRAL | 60 | MADISON | 57 | |
| CROWN POINT | 66 | PENN | 46 | |
| DANVILLE | 87 | INDIANAPOLIS HERRON | 33 | |
| DELPHI | 59 | SOUTH NEWTON | 39 | |
| DELTA | 45 | CENTERVILLE | 40 | |
| EASTBROOK | 51 | ELWOOD | 20 | |
| EASTERN (GREENTOWN) | 41 | ALEXANDRIA | 37 | |
| EASTERN HANCOCK | 60 | WES-DEL | 55 | |
| EDGEWOOD | 73 | NORTH PUTNAM | 44 | |
| EDINBURGH | 48 | WALDRON | 46 | OT |
| EDON (OHIO) | 60 | LAKEWOOD PARK | 44 | |
| EVANSVILLE CENTRAL | 56 | TERRE HAUTE NORTH | 39 | |
| FAITH CHRISTIAN | 57 | COVINGTON | 54 | |
| FISHERS | 77 | MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) | 46 | |
| FLOYD CENTRAL | 72 | RICHMOND | 70 | OT |
| FOREST PARK | 89 | PIKE CENTRAL | 24 | |
| FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY | 49 | BELLMONT | 42 | |
| FORT WAYNE LUERS | 61 | MISHAWAKA MARIAN | 55 | |
| FORT WAYNE NORTHROP | 62 | CHURUBUSCO | 32 | |
| FORT WAYNE SOUTH | 68 | CENTRAL NOBLE | 32 | |
| FORT WAYNE WAYNE | 94 | SAGINAW UNITED (MICH.) | 68 | |
| FRONTIER | 56 | TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN | 39 | |
| GREENCASTLE | 70 | INDIAN CREEK | 68 | |
| GREENFIELD-CENTRAL | 57 | BEN DAVIS | 52 | |
| GRIFFITH | 88 | LAKE STATION | 44 | |
| GUERIN CATHOLIC | 67 | HAMILTON HEIGHTS | 32 | |
| HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN | 75 | MARION | 67 | |
| HAUSER | 76 | TRINITY LUTHERAN | 29 | |
| HENRYVILLE | 42 | SALEM | 41 | |
| HIGHLAND | 62 | NORTH NEWTON | 33 | |
| HOUSTON (TENN.) | 56 | CENTER GROVE | 55 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS | 69 | EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL | 59 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL | 71 | WOODWARD ACADEMY (GA.) | 59 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN | 83 | PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY | 21 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS RITTER | 77 | CHRISTEL HOUSE | 53 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI | 71 | INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE | 59 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON | 81 | PURE PREP ACADEMY (TENN.) | 62 | |
| JAC-CEN-DEL | 59 | RISING SUN | 51 | |
| JAY COUNTY | 64 | FORT RECOVERY (OHIO) | 59 | |
| JENNINGS COUNTY | 61 | SOUTH DEARBORN | 48 | |
| KANKAKEE VALLEY | 48 | MORGAN TWP. | 42 | |
| KOKOMO | 87 | FORT WAYNE DWENGER | 59 | |
| LAPORTE | 55 | NEW PRAIRIE | 33 | |
| LAKELAND CHRISTIAN | 43 | HAMILTON | 29 | |
| LAPEL | 53 | RUSHVILLE | 26 | |
| LAWRENCE NORTH | 72 | GARY WEST | 31 | |
| LAWRENCEBURG | 68 | MILAN | 34 | |
| MADISON-GRANT | 46 | CLINTON CENTRAL | 31 | |
| MARQUETTE CATHOLIC | 66 | OREGON-DAVIS | 25 | |
| MEDORA | 62 | EMINENCE | 34 | |
| MITCHELL | 68 | EASTERN GREENE | 51 | |
| MOORESVILLE | 55 | TERRE HAUTE SOUTH | 54 | |
| MUNSTER | 66 | HAMMOND MORTON | 60 | |
| NEW PALESTINE | 62 | GREENWOOD | 56 | |
| NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) | 51 | WHITE RIVER VALLEY | 46 | |
| NORTH MONTGOMERY | 69 | SPEEDWAY | 64 | 3OT |
| NORTHWOOD | 51 | ZIONSVILLE | 40 | |
| NORTHEAST DUBOIS | 51 | SHOALS | 43 | |
| NORTHEASTERN | 51 | SOUTH ADAMS | 29 | |
| NORTHRIDGE | 65 | VALPARAISO | 36 | |
| NORTHVIEW | 40 | CLAY CITY | 35 | |
| NORWELL | 54 | OAK HILL | 52 | |
| ORLEANS | 44 | BARR-REEVE | 41 | |
| PAOLI | 66 | LANESVILLE | 54 | |
| PIKE | 70 | JEFFERSONVILLE | 61 | |
| PORTAGE | 49 | HAMMOND CENTRAL | 43 | |
| PRINCETON | 91 | TELL CITY | 27 | |
| ROCK CREEK ACADEMY | 86 | DUGGER UNION | 34 | |
| ROSSVILLE | 78 | NORTH WHITE | 21 | |
| SCHLARMAN (ILL.) | 71 | ATTICA | 56 | |
| SEYMOUR | 62 | FRANKLIN | 54 | |
| SHELBYVILLE | 73 | CONNERSVILLE | 36 | |
| SHENANDOAH | 84 | COWAN | 36 | |
| SILVER CREEK | 66 | AUSTIN | 43 | |
| SOUTH BEND ADAMS | 73 | MERRILLVILLE | 58 | |
| SOUTH BEND RILEY | 109 | CAREER ACADEMY | 48 | |
| SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH | 77 | CHESTERTON | 55 | |
| SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON | 60 | GOSHEN | 58 | |
| SOUTH RIPLEY | 60 | NORTH DECATUR | 34 | |
| SOUTHMONT | 72 | CLOVERDALE | 59 | |
| SOUTHRIDGE | 57 | EVANSVILLE MATER DEI | 36 | |
| SPRINGS VALLEY | 50 | EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN | 40 | |
| SULLIVAN | 47 | SHAKAMAK | 36 | |
| SWITZERLAND COUNTY | 64 | TRIMBLE COUNTY (KY.) | 25 | |
| TIPTON | 59 | FRANKTON | 50 | |
| TRI | 50 | SOUTH DECATUR | 41 | |
| TRITON CENTRAL | 61 | SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) | 44 | |
| UNION (MODOC) | 67 | MTI KNOWLEDGE | 45 | |
| UNIVERSITY | 55 | GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN | 54 | OT |
| WARREN CENTRAL | 56 | SOUTHPORT | 50 | |
| WARSAW | 77 | HUNTINGTON NORTH | 53 | |
| WASHINGTON | 76 | NORTH DAVIESS | 36 | |
| WAWASEE | 52 | WEST NOBLE | 28 | |
| WESTERN | 57 | FRANKFORT | 25 | |
| WHITELAND | 59 | EAST CENTRAL | 49 | |
| WOOD MEMORIAL | 60 | TECUMSEH | 36 | |
| BANKS OF WABASH TOURNAMENT | ||||
| SOUTH VERMILLION | 77 | RIVERTON PARKE | 38 | |
| PARKE HERITAGE | 70 | NORTH VERMILLION | 36 | |
| LAFAYETTE TOURNAMENT | ||||
| BENTON CENTRAL | 62 | RENSSELAER CENTRAL | 49 | |
| LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC | 60 | TWIN LAKES | 47 | |
| WEST LAFAYETTE | 57 | LAFAYETTE JEFF | 53 | |
| HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) | 66 | MCCUTCHEON | 58 | |
| OKLAHOMA DEAF CLASSIC | ||||
| INDIANA DEAF | 54 | ARKANSAS DEAF | 34 | |
| OKLAHOMA DEAF | 44 | INDIANA DEAF | 39 | |
INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL
| ALEXANDRIA | 65 | TAYLOR | 20 | |
| ANSONIA (OHIO) | 58 | UNION CITY | 24 | |
| AVON | 63 | LEBANON | 36 | |
| BATESVILLE | 50 | SHELBYVILLE | 43 | |
| BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE | 57 | NEW ALBANY | 29 | |
| BELLMONT | 53 | DEKALB | 38 | |
| BLOOMINGTON SOUTH | 50 | WARREN CENTRAL | 30 | |
| BLUE RIVER | 47 | WES-DEL | 28 | |
| BLUFFTON | 66 | SOUTHERN WELLS | 25 | |
| BORDEN | 66 | JENNINGS COUNTY | 62 | |
| BREMEN | 48 | TIPPECANOE VALLEY | 42 | |
| BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL | 44 | EASTERN (PEKIN) | 29 | |
| CANNELTON | 44 | CHRISTIAN ACADEMY MADISON | 33 | |
| CARMEL | 79 | RICHMOND | 55 | |
| CARROLL (FLORA) | 54 | MARION | 48 | |
| CASTLE | 75 | INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS | 38 | |
| CENTER GROVE | 60 | DANVILLE | 47 | |
| CLARKSVILLE | 56 | CRAWFORD COUNTY | 34 | |
| CLINTON CENTRAL | 48 | CULVER ACADEMY | 44 | |
| COLUMBIA CITY | 65 | LEO | 25 | |
| COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN | 53 | SEVEN OAKS | 17 | |
| COLUMBUS NORTH | 55 | TERRE HAUTE SOUTH | 31 | |
| CONCORD | 49 | LAPORTE | 18 | |
| CONNERSVILLE | 61 | HAMILTON HEIGHTS | 38 | |
| COVENANT CHRISTIAN | 69 | GUERIN CATHOLIC | 61 | |
| DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN | 26 | MORGAN TWP. | 23 | |
| DELTA | 46 | NEW PALESTINE | 42 | |
| EAST NOBLE | 61 | NEW HAVEN | 27 | |
| EASTBROOK | 40 | ELWOOD | 39 | |
| EASTSIDE | 61 | GARRETT | 22 | |
| EDGEWOOD | 58 | NORTH PUTNAM | 41 | |
| EVANSVILLE CENTRAL | 44 | JASPER | 39 | |
| EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN | 48 | LOOGOOTEE | 34 | |
| FAIRFIELD | 71 | PRAIRIE HEIGHTS | 20 | |
| FISHERS | 60 | GIBSON SOUTHERN | 45 | |
| FLOYD CENTRAL | 51 | FISHERS | 41 | |
| FORT RECOVERY (OHIO) | 59 | JAY COUNTY | 32 | |
| FREMONT | 52 | FORT WAYNE NORTH | 31 | |
| GREENSBURG | 66 | SILVER CREEK | 59 | |
| GREENSBURG | 68 | PRINCETON | 52 | |
| GRIFFITH | 39 | NORTH NEWTON | 17 | |
| HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN | 44 | EVANSVILLE NORTH | 29 | |
| HANOVER CENTRAL | 57 | BOONE GROVE | 34 | |
| HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) | 55 | ANDERSON | 31 | |
| HAUSER | 53 | CROTHERSVILLE | 30 | |
| HIGHLAND | 46 | ILLIANA CHRISTIAN | 42 | |
| HOMESTEAD | 64 | NOTRE DAME ACADEMY (OHIO) | 37 | |
| INDIAN CREEK | 64 | GREENCASTLE | 24 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD | 44 | RUSHVILLE | 30 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN | 53 | INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY | 44 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE | 73 | INDIANAPOLIS TECH | 17 | |
| JOHN GLENN | 52 | JIMTOWN | 23 | |
| KNIGHTSTOWN | 47 | EDINBURGH | 40 | |
| LALUMIERE | 58 | BETHANY CHRISTIAN | 34 | |
| LAVILLE | 55 | KNOX | 35 | |
| LAKELAND CHRISTIAN | 56 | HAMILTON | 25 | |
| LANESVILLE | 64 | PROVIDENCE | 34 | |
| LAPEL | 53 | UNIVERSITY | 38 | |
| LAWRENCE CENTRAL | 69 | LOUISVILLE SACRED HEART (KY.) | 49 | |
| LAWRENCE CENTRAL | 79 | LOUISVILLE MERCY (KY.) | 40 | |
| MACONAQUAH | 71 | EASTERN (GREENTOWN) | 32 | |
| MADISON-GRANT | 41 | BLACKFORD | 27 | |
| MCCUTCHEON | 68 | ZIONSVILLE | 52 | |
| MONROE CENTRAL | 48 | WINCHESTER | 46 | OT |
| MONTINI CATHOLIC (ILL.) | 73 | INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD | 52 | |
| MUNSTER | 68 | GARY WEST | 21 | |
| NEW WASHINGTON | 51 | SHOALS | 33 | |
| NORTH MIAMI | 51 | TRITON | 41 | |
| NORTHFIELD | 61 | MANCHESTER | 50 | |
| NORTHRIDGE | 79 | CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) | 47 | |
| OAK HILL | 43 | WESTERN | 39 | |
| OLDENBURG ACADEMY | 45 | SOUTH DECATUR | 27 | |
| ORLEANS | 40 | BARR-REEVE | 34 | |
| PARKE HERITAGE | 62 | BENTON CENTRAL | 33 | |
| PENDLETON HEIGHTS | 59 | MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) | 37 | |
| PENN | 61 | CROWN POINT | 38 | |
| PIKE CENTRAL | 37 | MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) | 31 | |
| PLYMOUTH | 44 | GOSHEN | 41 | |
| ROCHESTER | 38 | SOUTHWOOD | 25 | |
| ROCK CREEK ACADEMY | 38 | DUGGER UNION | 36 | OT |
| ROSSVILLE | 51 | WEST LAFAYETTE | 49 | |
| SOUTH ADAMS | 37 | HERITAGE | 32 | |
| SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON | 74 | HAMMOND CENTRAL | 33 | |
| SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) | 36 | CULVER | 29 | |
| SOUTH KNOX | 78 | NORTH KNOX | 49 | |
| SOUTH PUTNAM | 50 | BROWN COUNTY | 32 | |
| SOUTHPORT | 50 | PARK TUDOR | 36 | |
| SWITZERLAND COUNTY | 57 | CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 29 | |
| TECUMSEH | 49 | NORTHEAST DUBOIS | 46 | |
| TELL CITY | 58 | SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) | 55 | |
| TRI-COUNTY | 51 | WINAMAC | 26 | |
| UNION COUNTY | 50 | SHENANDOAH | 27 | |
| VALPARAISO | 61 | ELKHART | 42 | |
| VINCENNES LINCOLN | 79 | EVANSVILLE BOSSE | 36 | |
| WABASH | 43 | PERU | 40 | |
| WAPAHANI | 57 | RANDOLPH SOUTHERN | 18 | |
| WEST CENTRAL | 45 | ARGOS | 38 | |
| WESTVIEW | 56 | CHURUBUSCO | 44 | |
| WHITE RIVER VALLEY | 61 | SPRINGS VALLEY | 53 | |
| WHITKO | 59 | NORTHWESTERN | 26 | |
| WOODLAN | 60 | ADAMS CENTRAL | 42 | |
| YORKTOWN | 60 | MUNCIE BURRIS | 22 | |
| CASS COUNTY INVITATIONAL | ||||
| PIONEER | 44 | LOGANSPORT | 29 | |
| LEWIS CASS | 42 | CASTON | 23 | |
| NORTH DAVIESS CLASSIC | ||||
| NORTH DAVIESS | 51 | EMINENCE | 30 | |
| WEST WASHINGTON | 63 | CLAY CITY | 39 | |
| CLAY CITY | 47 | EMINENCE | 36 | |
| NORTH DAVIESS | 61 | WEST WASHINGTON | 49 | |
| OKLAHOMA DEAF CLASSIC | ||||
| INDIANA DEAF | 59 | ARKANSAS DEAF | 0 | |
| INDIANA DEAF | 67 | OKLAHOMA DEAF | 15 | |
INDIANA WRESTLING RESULTS
HTTPS://INDIANAMAT.COM/INDEX.PHP?/DUALRESULTS.HTML/
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES
SATURDAY, DEC. 7
NO. 15 ARIZONA STATE 45, NO. 16 IOWA STATE 19 | BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (ARLINGTON, TEXAS)
OHIO 38, MIAMI (OHIO) 3 | MAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (DETROIT, MICHIGAN)
JOHNS HOPKINS 14, DEPAUW 9 (DIII CHAMPIONSHIP — THIRD ROUND)
MOUNT UNION 24, CARNEGIE MELLON 19 (DIII CHAMPIONSHIP — THIRD ROUND)
SPRINGFIELD 40, CORTLAND 28 (DIII CHAMPIONSHIP — THIRD ROUND)
SALISBURY 35, RANDOLPH-MACON 14 (DIII CHAMPIONSHIP — THIRD ROUND)
VALDOSTA STATE 49, VIRGINIA UNION 14 (DII CHAMPIONSHIP — QUARTERFINAL)
FERRIS STATE 41, HARDING 7 (DII CHAMPIONSHIP — QUARTERFINAL)
NORTH CENTRAL (IL) 41, HOPE 21 (DIII CHAMPIONSHIP — THIRD ROUND)
SLIPPERY ROCK 31, CALIFORNIA (PA) 13 (DII CHAMPIONSHIP — QUARTERFINAL)
SUSQUEHANNA 41, SAINT JOHN’S (MN) 38 (DIII CHAMPIONSHIP — THIRD ROUND)
BETHEL 24, WARTBURG 14 (DIII CHAMPIONSHIP — THIRD ROUND)
JACKSON STATE 41, SOUTHERN 13 JACKSON STATE (SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP)
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 35, MONTANA 18 (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND)
MERCER 17, RHODE ISLAND 10 (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND)
UIW 13, VILLANOVA 6 (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND)
MONTANA STATE 49, UT MARTIN 14 (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND)
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 51, ABILENE CHRISTIAN 31 (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND)
NO. 5 GEORGIA 22, NO. 2 TEXAS 19 (F/OT) SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (ATLANTA)
SOUTH DAKOTA 42, TARLETON STATE 31 (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND)
MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR 28, LINFIELD 18 (DIII CHAMPIONSHIP — THIRD ROUND)
UC DAVIS 42, ILLINOIS STATE 10 (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND)
MINNESOTA STATE 27, BEMIDJI STATE 23 (DII CHAMPIONSHIP — QUARTERFINAL)
MARSHALL 31, LOUISIANA 3
NO. 17 CLEMSON 34, NO. 8 SMU 31 (ACC CHAMPIONSHIP)
NO. 1 OREGON 45, NO. 3 PENN STATE 37 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (INDIANAPOLIS)
IDAHO 34, LEHIGH 13 (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND)
NFL WEEK 14 SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, DEC. 8
NEW YORK JETS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P FOX)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (1:00P FOX)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1:00P CBS)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P CBS)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P CBS)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:05P CBS)
BUFFALO BILLS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (4:25P FOX)
CHICAGO BEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:25P FOX)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 9
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (8:15P ESPN/ABC)
NFL WEEK 15 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, DEC. 12
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, DEC. 15
DALLAS COWBOYS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P FOX)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)
NEW YORK JETS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P CBS)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:25P CBS)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:25P CBS)
BUFFALO BILLS AT DETROIT LIONS (4:25P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:25P FOX)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (4:25P FOX)
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 16
CHICAGO BEARS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (8:00P ABC)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (8:30P ESPN)
NFL WEEK 16 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, DEC. 19
DENVER BRONCOS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SATURDAY, DEC. 21
HOUSTON TEXANS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (1:00P NBC)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (4:30P FOX)
SUNDAY, DEC. 22
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS 1:00P FOX)
NEW YORK GIANTS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT BUFFALO BILLS (1:00P CBS)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P FOX)
DETROIT LIONS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P CBS)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT NEW YORK JETS (1:00P CBS)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P FOX)
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:05P FOX)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:25P CBS)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (4:25P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 23
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (8:15P ESPN)
NFL WEEK 17 SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25 (CHRISTMAS)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1:00P NETFLIX)
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (4:30P NETFLIX)
THURSDAY, DEC. 26
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT CHICAGO BEARS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SATURDAY, DEC. 28
TBD TBD (1:00P NFL NETWORK)
TBD TBD (4:30P NFL NETWORK)
TBD TBD (8:00P NFL NETWORK)
SATURDAY GAME POOL:
DENVER BRONCOS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT NEW YORK GIANTS
ATLANTA FALCONS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS
SUNDAY, DEC. 29
NEW YORK JETS AT BUFFALO BILLS (1:00P CBS)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P CBS)
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P CBS)
DALLAS COWBOYS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (4:25P FOX)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 30
DETROIT LIONS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (8:15P ESPN/ABC)
NFL WEEK 18 SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, JAN. 4 OR SUNDAY, JAN. 5
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT DALLAS COWBOYS
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT DENVER BRONCOS
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT DETROIT LIONS
CHICAGO BEARS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS
BUFFALO BILLS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT NEW YORK JETS
NEW YORK GIANTS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
HOUSTON TEXANS AT TENNESSEE TITANS
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
TOP 25
NORTHWESTERN 70 #19 ILLINOIS 66 OT
ELSEWHERE:
INDIANA 76 MIAMI OH 57
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
TOP 25
#5 MARQUETTE 88 #11 WISCONSIN 74
#18 PITTSBURGH 64 VIRGINIA TECH 59
#20 NORTH CAROLINA 68 GEORGIA TECH 65
#17 HOUSTON 79 BUTLER 51
#23 OLE MISS 86 LINDENWOOD 53
#21 OKLAHOMA 94 ALCORN STATE 78
#24 SAN DIEGO STATE 74 SAN DIEGO 57
#4 KENTUCKY 90 #7 GONZAGA 89 OT
ELSEWHERE:
OHIO STATE 80 RUTGERS 66
MICHIGAN STATE 89 NEBRASKA 52
NOTRE DAME 69 SYRACUSE 64
MICHIGAN 85 IOWA 83
WESTERN KENTUCKY 79 EVANSVILLE 65
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 73 SOUTHERN INDIANA 70
USC 85 WASHINGTON 61
INDIANA STATE 80 MISSOURI STATE 77
NBA SCOREBOARD
CLEVELAND 116 CHARLOTTE 102
WASHINGTON 122 DENVER 113
OKLAHOMA CITY 119 NEW ORLEANS 109
DETROIT 120 NEW YORK 111
DALLAS 125 TORONTO 118
MIAMI 121 PHOENIX 111
MEMPHIS 127 BOSTON 121
NHL SCOREBOARD
BOSTON 4 PHILADELPHIA 3 OT
UTAH 5 BUFFALO 2
WINNIPEG 4 CHICAGO 2
NY ISLANDERS 4 CAROLINA 3
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TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 17 CLEMSON TOPS NO. 8 SMU AT BUZZER FOR ACC TITLE
CHARLOTTE — Nolan Hauser kicked a 56-yard field goal as time expired, Cade Klubnik threw four touchdown passes and No. 17 Clemson pulled out a 34-31 victory against No. 8 SMU on Saturday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.
The game appeared destined for overtime after Kevin Jennings capped a 16-play, 79-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Roderick Daniels Jr. with 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter to pull the Mustangs (11-2) even at 31.
However, Adam Randall returned the ensuing kickoff 41 yards before Klubnik completed a pass for a gain of 17. Hauser then came out and booted the longest field goal in ACC title game history. Hauser’s kick spoiled a wild comeback by SMU, which trailed 31-14 with 23 seconds to go in the third quarter following a 5-yard scoring connection between Klubnik and Jake Briningstool.
Briningstool and Bryant Wesco Jr. each hauled in two touchdowns for Clemson (10-3). Wesco went off for eight receptions for 143 yards. Klubnik finished 24-for-41 passing for 262 yards. Jennings threw for three touchdowns, an interception and 304 yards on 31-for-50 passing for SMU. Brashard Smith rushed for 113 yards on 24 carries, and Daniels finished with eight catches for 97 yards and the score.
Big Ten: No. 1 Oregon 45, No. 3 Penn State 37
Dillon Gabriel threw for 283 yards and four touchdowns and the Ducks likely clinched the top seed for the College Football Playoff by beating the Nittany Lions in the Big Ten championship in Indianapolis.
Gabriel completed 22 of 32 passes for the 13-0 Ducks, connecting with Tez Johnson 11 times for 181 yards and a touchdown. Oregon is expected to earn a bye into the CFP quarterfinals on either Dec. 31 or Jan. 1 when the 12-team field is announced on Sunday.
Drew Allar completed 20 of 39 passes for 226 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions for the Nittany Lions (11-2). Allen rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown on 14 attempts in the loss. Nicholas Singleton added 105 rushing yards on 10 carries for Penn State, which will probably play a CFP first-round game at home on Dec. 20 or 21.
SEC: No. 5 Georgia 22, No. 2 Texas 19 (OT)
Trevor Etienne rushed for a game-winning 4-yard score in overtime, clinching the Southeastern Conference Championship for the Bulldogs with a win over the Longhorns.
Etienne rushed for 94 yards and two scores, as Georgia (11-2) won despite starting quarterback Carson Beck missing the entire second half with an injury. Beck completed 7 of 13 passes for 56 yards before replacement Gunner Stockton threw for 71 yards and an interception.
Quinn Ewers completed 27 of 46 passes for 358 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions for Texas (11-2), which fell to Georgia for a second time.
Big 12: No. 15 Arizona State 45, No. 16 Iowa State 19
Cam Skattebo rushed for 170 yards and accounted for three touchdowns as the Sun Devils clinched a College Football Playoff spot with a rout of the Cyclones in the Big 12 title game at Arlington, Texas.
Skattebo rushed for two scores and also had a receiving touchdown for the Sun Devils (11-2), who won their sixth consecutive game. Sam Leavitt completed 12 of 17 passes for 219 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for a score for Arizona State. Sun Devils star receiver Jordyn Tyson (left arm) missed the game but Xavier Guillory stepped up to make two touchdown catches.
Rocco Becht completed 21 of 35 passes for 214 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for the Cyclones (10-3), who saw their chances for a playoff spot come to an end. Jaylin Noel and Carson Hansen caught touchdown passes and Jayden Higgins had seven catches for 115 yards.
WEEK 14 NFL CAPSULES
New Orleans Saints (4-8) at New York Giants (2-10), 1 p.m. ET, FOX
The Giants lost their seventh game in a row last week and New York is mathematically eliminated from the playoff race. New Orleans won its first two games under interim head coach Darren Rizzi before losing to the visiting Los Angeles Rams 21-14 last week. The Saints must prevail in each of their last five games in order to finish with a winning record, but Rizzi is hopeful because no one has taken control of the NFC South. Injuries are a major storyline in both camps with DT Dexter Lawrence (elbow) out for the Giants and Saints playmaker Taysom Hill out with a season-ending knee injury sustained against the Rams. Hill is a team captain, special teams leader, backup quarterback, running back, fullback and tight end. On offense, the Giants are giving another start to QB Drew Lock, who made his first start of the season at quarterback, drove his team to a touchdown on the first possession of the game and produced the Giants’ first lead in seven games. He might not have dynamic rookie WR Malik Nabers, the Giants’ leader with 75 receptions this season. He received an MRI to determine the severity of the hip injury that he sustained in practice on Thursday.
New York Jets (3-9) at Miami Dolphins (5-7), 1 p.m. ET, CBS
Tua Tagovailoa insisted the Dolphins can still crash the playoff party, and he’s never lost to the Jets (5-0). Tagovailoa is rolling since Week 8, leading the NFL in completion percentage (77.3) and passer rating (116.3) and ranking second in the league during that span with 1,642 passing yards. The Jets would love to play spoiler, but predicting what product the team puts on the field hasn’t been easy this season. On Aaron Rodgers’ 41st birthday week, he’ll try to put up multiple TD passes against the Dolphins after completing that mission against the Patriots and Bills already this season. RB Breece Hall could be the one to help him get there. He’s third among AFC running backs with 1,093 scrimmage yards (692 rush, 401 receiving). Dolphins counterpart De’Von Achane is one TD shy of becoming the second player in franchise history with 10 or more TDs in each of his first two seasons.
Atlanta Falcons (6-6) at Minnesota Vikings (10-2), 1 p.m. ET, FOX
For a chance to “win now” and a few dozen extra million, Kirk Cousins chose to bolt Minnesota and signed with the Atlanta Falcons in free agency. His return to the Twin Cities on Sunday comes in the midst of one of the worst stretches of his career: zero touchdowns, six interceptions, 36 total points scored in the past three games. Cousins ranks second in Vikings history with 171 touchdown passes and third with 23,265 passing yards in 88 starts. But he’s going to be on the sideline with NFC leading receiver Justin Jefferson is on the field. Atlanta and Minnesota are two of five NFC teams that missed the postseason last year that enter Week 14 with a .500-or-better record. Arizona, Seattle and Washington are the others. As Cousins experienced, there’s not a lot of panic in head coach Kevin O’Connell. Since he was hired in 2022, the Vikings are 24-9 in games decided by one score — eight or fewer points — which matches the Steelers (2021-23) for the most such wins in a three-year span.
Las Vegas Raiders (2-10) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-6), 1 p.m. ET, CBS
Rookie RB Bucky Irving has been a revelation in the Buccaneers’ backfield and helped Tampa Bay survive a brief stretch without Baker Mayfield last week at Carolina, turning in his second consecutive game with 150-plus yards from scrimmage. He had career-high 185 scrimmage yards (152 rush, 33 receiving) at Carolina, and Mayfield has been masterful at home with 24 TD passes in 14 starts in Tampa with the Bucs. The Raiders are puzzled by the loss at Kansas City on Black Friday, when the game ended due to a fumble initially thought to be a penalty with Las Vegas driving for a possible game-winning field goal. The constant for the Raiders has been their youngest playmaker. TE Brock Bowers had 10 catches for a career-best 140 yards at Kansas City and leads all tight ends with 84 receptions with five games to play. Head coach Antonio Pierce credited Aidan O’Connell’s fearlessness against the Chiefs for keeping Las Vegas close. He had 340 yards and two TD passes.
Carolina Panthers (3-9) at Philadelphia Eagles (10-2), 1 p.m. ET, FOX
Philadelphia is the No. 1 defense in the league since Week 6 and minus a few garbage-time touchdowns, the Eagles are allowing closer to 12 points per game in that time. They’ve won eight consecutive games, the second-longest active winning streak in the NFL, and have multiple rushing touchdowns in seven consecutive games. With the Detroit Lions bagging a win on Thursday, the Eagles must continue to stack victories to have a shot at home-field advantage in the conference. QB Jalen Hurts has been a noteworthy streaker with two 11-game winning streaks on his record already. He could become the first quarterback since 1950 to register three winning streaks of at least nine games in his first five seasons by beating the Panthers this week. Carolina has seen signs of fight from their own former Alabama quarterback. Bryce Young might not be surrounded by a likely 2,000-yard back — Saquon Barkley is already at 1,499 through 12 games — or big-play receiver, but his offensive line is helping light a fire under the Panthers in consecutive competitive games against the Chiefs and Buccaneers.
Cleveland Browns (3-9) at Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3), Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
The Steelers lost at Cleveland 24-19 on Thursday Night Football in Week 12 and couldn’t block DE Myles Garrett (3.0 sacks), who has 98.5 for his career and can become the fifth player since 1982 to record 100 in his career. Garrett is within shouting distance of Steelers LB T.J. Watt (106), who had 2.0 sacks last week against the Bengals. Expecting a season sweep of the Browns would be most surprising given the Browns have lost 20 consecutive regular-season road games in Pittsburgh. It was 2003 behind Tim Couch that the Browns last beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh in the regular season. QB Russell Wilson threw for three touchdowns and had a season-best 414 passing yards against Cincinnati. Cleveland has been playing better on offense with Jameis Winston at quarterback instead of injured Deshaun Watson (Achilles). The Browns have scored 24 or more points in three of Winston’s five games as starter. The highest output with Watson was 18.
Jacksonville Jaguars (2-10) at Tennessee Titans (3-9), 1 p.m. ET, CBS
Jacksonville is positioned to compete for the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft after placing 2021 No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence (concussion) on injured reserve, where an additional shoulder surgery could end his season. While Lawrence heals from his sixth injury since the start of the 2023 season, Mac Jones will take over under center. The former New England Patriots’ starter completed 20 of 32 passes last week for 235 yards with two touchdowns in one of his better performances this season. But it wasn’t enough to snap the Jaguars’ losing streak, one that both sides of the ball have contributed to equally. Jacksonville, which has lost five straight games, resides 25th in scoring (19.0), is tied for 29th in scoring defense (28.3) and ranks 28th in total offense (297.7 yards) and 31st in takeaways (eight). The Titans could enter the passing lane for No. 1 overall in the draft chase by losing Sunday. Tennessee was smacked 42-19 at Washington last week, a major step backward for a team coming off a 32-27 upset win the previous week at AFC South-leading Houston.
Seattle Seahawks (7-5) at Arizona Cardinals (6-6), 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS
The Seahawks defeated the Cardinals 16-6 in Week 12, which was the game that put Defensive Player of the Year candidate Leonard Williams in the spotlight for awards season. He registered 2.5 sacks and safety Coby Bryant returned an interception 69 yards for a touchdown. Williams was at it again last week with a 92-yard pick-6, 2.0 sacks and a blocked extra point attempt in five-point victory against the Jets. The Cardinals were in first place when the teams last met and Arizona is trying to return to the top of the NFC West with a win. They’ll lean on TE Trey McBride, who had with 12 receptions in Week 12 against Seattle and 12 more at Minnesota last week to become the first tight end in NFL history with at least 12 receptions in consecutive games. Arizona’s offensive line has produced multiple-game stretches without allowing a sack this season, but the Cardinals are under fire against Williams & Co. on Sunday at a time when the running game has been neutralized. RB James Conner had seven carries for eight yards in the first meeting with the Seahawks and totaled 109 yards on 36 carries in his past three games combined.
Buffalo Bills (10-2) at Los Angeles Rams (6-6), 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX
Buffalo has climbed to a level of sustained success experienced by few franchises, and head coach Sean McDermott would become only the fifth coach ever — joining Bill Belichick, Andy Reid, Tony Dungy and Tom Landry — with 11 wins in five consecutive seasons if he gets another on Sunday. The Bills clinched their fifth consecutive AFC East division title in Week 13, becoming the first team since the 2009 Indianapolis Colts to clinch a division with five weeks remaining in a season. The Rams aren’t worried about making history so much as fighting their way into the NFC wild-card picture. They’re on the bubble and chasing multiple teams entering Week 14. Josh Allen called Rams counterpart Matthew Stafford “one of the best quarterbacks, in my opinion, to play the game of football” this week. Allen has 20 touchdown passes this year, while Stafford has thrown for 17.
Chicago Bears (4-8) at San Francisco 49ers (5-7), 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX
The Bears haven’t secured a losing season but Chicago is running out of time to right the ship. A coaching change planted Thomas Brown as interim head coach and ended Matt Eberflus’ run that began with a win over the 49ers in 2022. Almost everything has changed for Chicago since then, except the disappointing results. QB Caleb Williams vows to change that and brings a run of 232 consecutive passes without an INT into this matchup. The Bears might have RB D’Andre Swift and WR DJ Moore on the field but both were hampered by injuries this week. That’s a theme on the other side in a grand kind of way. RB Christian McCaffrey and understudy Jordan Mason landed on injured reserve this week, pushing rookie Isaac Guerendo into a starting role. The former track star is averaging 5.9 yards per carry and scored his second career rushing TD last week. The 49ers are crossing their fingers LT Trent Williams (ankle) and DE Joey Bosa (oblique) can contribute soon.
Los Angeles Chargers (8-4) at Kansas City Chiefs (11-1), 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC
Head coach Jim Harbaugh said the Chargers can’t beat themselves if they want to have a chance to leave Kansas City with a win. QB Justin Herbert has definitely done his part to avoid self-inflicted wounds with 10 consecutive games without an interception dating to Week 2. Only Tom Brady and Derek Carr pulled that off in NFL history. Herbert could make more history Sunday night. He has 19,774 career passing yards and can join Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (20,618 passing yards) as the only two players with 20,000 passing yards in their first five NFL seasons. But Kansas City has owned the Chargers — and the West — with Chiefs coach Andy Reid holding a 20-6 record against the franchise. The Chiefs have won six in a row in the series and Mahomes is 9-2 all-time against the Chargers.
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TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 4 KENTUCKY HANGS ON, BEATS NO. 7 GONZAGA IN OT
Andrew Carr recorded 19 points and seven rebounds and prevented a potential game-winning shot to help No. 4 Kentucky notch a 90-89 overtime victory over No. 7 Gonzaga at the Battle in Seattle on Saturday night.
Jaxson Robinson scored 18 points and Otega Oweh added 13 as the Wildcats (8-1) defeated Gonzaga after falling to the Bulldogs in each of the past two seasons. Amari Williams had 12 points and Brandon Garrison added 10 points and nine rebounds for Kentucky, which overcame an 18-point deficit in the second half.
Graham Ike registered season highs of 28 points and 11 rebounds for Gonzaga (7-2). Ben Gregg scored 14 points, Ryan Nembhard added 13 points and 10 assists and Khalif Battle also scored 13 points for the Bulldogs.
With Kentucky leading by one, Carr missed two free throws with 4.3 seconds left in overtime. Dusty Stromer got the rebound for the Bulldogs, but Carr knocked the ball away from behind in transition as Gonzaga failed to get a final shot.
No. 5 Marquette 88, No. 11 Wisconsin 74
Kam Jones matched his season-high with 32 points and David Joplin added 13 as the Golden Eagles pulled away in the second half for a nonconference victory over the Badgers as the in-state rivals met in Milwaukee, Wis.
Marquette (9-1), which trailed 39-37 at the half, went in front 61-53 with 12:17 remaining when Jones was fouled while sinking a 3-pointer and added the free throw. The Golden Eagles extended the lead to 70-55 on a three-point play by Stevie Mitchell with 8:49 remaining.
Max Klesmit snapped out of a shooting slump to lead Wisconsin with 22 points by going 6 of 11 from 3-point range. Klesmit entered shooting 25.4 percent from beyond the arc and had made just three of his last 21.
No. 17 Houston 79, Butler 51
LJ Cryer scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half and Emanuel Sharp finished with 16 points as the Cougars rolled over the visiting Bulldogs.
Cryer scored 10 of the Cougars’ opening 14 points in the second half to help Houston (5-3) seize control en route to its 26th consecutive home win, tied for the longest active streak in the nation.
Butler (7-2) had its six-game winning streak snapped. Patrick McCaffery and Augusto Cassia tallied 11 points each for Butler. Senior forward Jahmyl Telfort averaged 22.3 points over the prior three games but scored just four points on Saturday.
No. 18 Pitt 64, Virginia Tech 59
Jaland Lowe scored 19 points, including the go-ahead layup in the final minute, and Guillermo Diaz Graham had a key block to help the Panthers rally past the Hokies in both teams’ Atlantic Coast Conference opener in Blacksburg, Va.
Diaz Graham finished with nine points, seven rebounds and two blocks, while Ishmael Leggett scored 17 points for the Panthers (8-2, 1-0 ACC).
Toibu Lawal scored 16 points and Jaden Schutt netted 14 to lead the Hokies (3-6, 0-1), who dropped their sixth straight game.
No. 20 North Carolina 68, Georgia Tech 65
Seth Trimble scored a team-high 19 points, helping the Tar Heels get past the visiting Yellow Jackets in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams in Chapel Hill, N.C.
RJ Davis added 16 points, while Ian Jackson chipped in 15 off the bench for the Tar Heels (5-4, 1-0 ACC), who snapped a three-game losing streak. North Carolina shot just 39 percent from the field and 20.8 percent (5 of 24) on 3-pointers, while Georgia Tech shot 31.2 percent from the field and just 29.6 percent (8 of 27) from distance.
Lance Terry led the Yellow Jackets (4-5, 0-1) with 22 points, while Baye Ndongo had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Naithan George had 12 points and eight rebounds for Georgia Tech, which lost its second straight.
No. 21 Oklahoma 94, Alcorn State 78
Jalon Moore scored 19 of his 20 points in the second half to help the Sooners break out of an early slumber en route to a victory over the winless Braves in Norman, Okla.
Moore connected on all eight of his second-half shots and was 8 of 9 overall for the Sooners (9-0). Jeremiah Fears and Dayton Forsythe each added 14 points and seven assists for Oklahoma. Mohamed Wague had 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting and Brycen Goodine added 12 on four 3-pointers for the Sooners. Duke Miles had five steals and Fears contributed three for Oklahoma, which shot 54.7 percent from the field and was 12 of 37 from 3-point range.
Omari Hamilton scored 16 points and Davian Williams added 13 points and seven assists for Alcorn State (0-10). Michael Pajeaud scored 12 points and Keionte Cornelius added 11 and Dhaji Binet had 10.
No. 23 Ole Miss 86, Lindenwood 53
Sean Pedulla scored 19 points and the Rebels used a dominant second half to run away from the visiting Lions in Oxford, Miss.
Mikeal Brown-Jones added 14 points for the Rebels (8-1), who outscored the Lions 47-20 in the second half. Ole Miss, which shot a season-best 56.7 percent from the floor in its last game, hit 57.7 percent in the second half and 51.7 percent for the game Saturday.
Reggie Bass was the only Lindenwood player to score in double figures, finishing with 10 points. The Lions (3-6) shot 32 percent from the floor in the second half and 35.3 percent for the game. Ole Miss committed just seven turnovers and Lindenwood committed 15.
No. 24 San Diego State 74, San Diego 57
Four players scored in double figures to help the Aztecs pull away in the second half for a home win over the cross-town rival Toreros.
Florida Atlantic transfer Nick Boyd led San Diego State (6-2) with 17 points, while Miles Byrd and Jared Coleman-Jones each added 13. Freshman Pharaoh Compton came off the bench to tally 12 points.
Bendji Pierre tallied 17 points in a reserve role for San Diego (3-6), which struggled to make shots against the Aztecs’ typically tough defense. San Diego hit just 30.9 percent of its attempts from the field, including a 6-of-32 performance from 3-point range, and committed 16 turnovers.
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WOMEN’S TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 7 MARYLAND RALLIES PAST PURDUE
Saylor Poffenbarger and Christina Dalce both had double-doubles as No. 7 Maryland overcame a 16-point deficit to beat host Purdue 78-69 in the Big Ten opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind.
Poffenbarger finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds while Dalce had 10 points and 11 boards for the Terrapins (10-0, 1-0 Big Ten). Bri McDaniel added 16 points off the bench, Kaylene Smikle scored 13 and Shyanne Sellers had 12.
Rashunda Jones powered Purdue (5-4, 0-1) with 17 points while Reagan Bass had 16 points and four rebounds.
Maryland was outscored 18-6 in the first quarter and fell behind by 16 in the second. McDaniel took over in the second half, hitting a jumper to cap off an 8-0 third-quarter run that gave the Terrapins their first lead of the game at 48-46. McDaniel scored 13 of her points in the second half in Maryland’s largest comeback win since 2019 (19 points).
No. 6 USC 66, Oregon 53
Kiki Iriafen had 17 points and 12 rebounds as the Trojans notched a road victory over the Ducks, their former Pac-12 foes, to open Big Ten play for both teams in Eugene, Ore.
Juju Watkins led USC (8-1, 1-0 Big Ten) in scoring with 21 points on 6-of-15 shooting. Talia von Oelhoffen added 11 points and three rebounds. Oregon (7-3, 0-1) was led by Deja Kelly’s 16 points. Peyton Scott scored 13 points and Ari Long added 10 with five steals off the bench.
The Ducks jumped out to an early six-point lead and led 13-12 at the end of the first frame. In the second quarter, USC outscored Oregon 28-6 and never looked back, leading by as much as 22 points in the second half. USC won the rebounding margin 45-31 and logged all seven of the game’s blocked shots.
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“Anyone can beat anyone on any given night,” Terrapins coach Brenda Frese said. “I’ll never take a road win for granted, especially with our start. I thought that Bri set the tone for us in that third quarter.”
Maryland’s 10-0 start marks its best start to a season since the Terrapins won 12 straight to start the 2018-19 campaign.
NBA NEWS
NBA ROUNDUP: WIZARDS END SKID DESPITE NIKOLA JOKIC’S 56 POINTS
Jordan Poole scored 39 points to help the host Washington Wizards overcome Nikola Jokic’s career-high 56 points and beat the Denver Nuggets 122-113 on Saturday to end their 16-game losing streak.
Poole hit a career-high nine 3-pointers and was one of five Wizards to score in double figures. Justin Champagnie had 23 points, and Jonas Valanciunas finished with 20 points, 12 rebounds, five assists and five blocked shots.
With Jamal Murray (hamstring) and Aaron Gordon (calf) out, the Nuggets leaned on Jokic. The three-time NBA MVP went 22-for-38 from the floor and was 3-for-5 from 3-point range. He added 16 rebounds and eight assists.
Jokic recorded the second-most points in a single game in franchise history, trailing only David Thompson’s 73-point performance in 1978.
The Wizards, who shot 48.4 percent from the floor, earned their first win since Oct. 30 despite not having No. 2 overall pick Alexandre Sarr, who missed the game with a sore back.
Pistons 120, Knicks 111
Cade Cunningham finished with 29 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds to lead Detroit to its first win over host New York in 17 tries.
Cunningham shot 9 of 17 from the field and went 5-for-8 from 3-point range. Malik Beasley added 23 points off the bench, making 7 of 10 attempts from beyond the arc. The Pistons ended a three-game skid overall.
The Knicks were without their leading scorer, Karl-Anthony Towns, who missed the game because of a knee injury. Jalen Brunson had 31 points and 10 assists and Mikal Bridges added 20 points for New York, which had its four-game winning streak end.
Cavaliers 116, Hornets 102
Evan Mobley had a huge first quarter on his way to a career-high 41 points as visiting Cleveland held off Charlotte.
Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell each posted 18 points and Jarrett Allen tallied 11 points and 10 rebounds as the Cavaliers won their fourth game in a row.
Brandon Miller racked up 25 points, DaQuan Jeffries added 17 points off the bench and Josh Green had 16 points for the injury-riddled Hornets, who’ve lost eight consecutive games. Charlotte couldn’t overcome its 11-for-39 performance from 3-point range.
Thunder 119, Pelicans 109
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points and visiting Oklahoma City never trailed while defeating New Orleans.
Jalen Williams scored 27 points, Luguentz Dort and Alex Caruso had 14 apiece and Isaiah Hartenstein added 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Western Conference-leading Thunder, who won for the seventh time in their past eight games.
Dejounte Murray scored 26 points, Herbert Jones had 24 and Trey Murphy III had 16 for the Pelicans, who lost for the 10th time in their past 11 games. Forward Brandon Ingram, the team’s leading scorer who was playing in his second game after a five-game absence due to a calf injury, scored five points before leaving the contest in the third quarter after hurting his left ankle.
Mavericks 125, Raptors 118
Luka Doncic had 30 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists and visiting Dallas defeated Toronto for its seventh straight win.
Kyrie Irving added 29 points for the Mavericks, who have won 11 of their past 12 games. Klay Thompson scored 20 points, P.J. Washington added 13 and Spencer Dinwiddie finished with 11.
Gradey Dick scored 27 points for the Raptors, who have lost two games in a row. Scottie Barnes added 19 points and 14 assists, Jakob Poeltl had 20 points and seven rebounds and RJ Barrett scored 18 points. Kelly Olynyk made his season debut and went for 13 points.
Grizzlies 127, Celtics 121
Ja Morant had 32 points, nine rebounds and nine assists to help visiting Memphis to a win, its first in Boston since 2013.
The Grizzlies had lost 16 of their past 17 games against the Celtics, with nine of those setbacks coming in Boston. Jaren Jackson Jr. added 27 points, nine rebounds and three steals for Memphis.
Jayson Tatum had 17 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists for Boston. Marcus Smart, who spent his first nine NBA seasons with the Celtics before he was traded to Memphis in a three-team deal that brought Kristaps Porzingis to Boston, was 1 of 11 from the field and scored three points.
Heat 121, Suns 111
Bam Adebayo had game highs of 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists as Miami defeated visiting Phoenix.
Adebayo had 12 of his points in the third quarter, when Miami surged ahead for a lead it never relinquished. Jimmy Butler had 24 points, including nine straight Heat points in the final five minutes of the game. Miami also got 19 points from Duncan Robinson and 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists from Tyler Herro.
Royce O’Neale led the Suns with a season-high 23 points. Devin Booker scored 21 points on 6-for-16 shooting. Phoenix was without starters Kevin Durant (sprained left ankle) and Jusuf Nurkic (right thigh contusion).
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NHL ROUNDUP: KINGS BEAT WILD TO EXTEND WIN STREAK TO 5
Adrian Kempe and Alex Laferriere scored goals in the opening two periods as the Los Angeles Kings extended their season-best winning streak to five games with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
Trevor Moore scored two empty-net goals and Anze Kopitar recorded an assist for the Kings in the 1,400th game of his career.
Los Angeles goaltender Darcy Kuemper made 22 saves in his 400th career game as the Kings earned their second victory of the season over the Wild, who are tied for the NHL lead in points.
Yakov Trenin scored a goal and Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves for the Wild, who saw their season-best five-game winning streak come to an end on the second night of a back-to-back. Minnesota lost in regulation on the road for just the second time this season.
Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov, who started the day as the NHL’s point leader, saw his three-game goal streak and his five-game point streak come to an end.
Utah Hockey Club 5, Sabres 2
Michael Kesselring and Mikhail Sergachev scored 24 seconds apart in the second period to spur Utah past host Buffalo, giving Andre Tourigny his 100th win as an NHL coach.
Alexander Kerfoot had two assists and Nick Schmaltz picked up his fourth goal in three games for Utah.
For the third straight game, the Sabres led after the first period. However, they again failed to maintain that advantage in losing their sixth straight (0-4-2). It’s Buffalo’s longest futility streak since it lost eight in a row from Oct. 25 to Nov. 19, 2022.
Bruins 4, Flyers 3 (OT)
Pavel Zacha scored his second overtime game-winning goal in three games to propel Boston past visiting Philadelphia.
After Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman (23 saves) stopped a Joel Farabee breakaway to extend the extra session, David Pastrnak curled around the net and fed Zacha for the back-door finish to decide the game at the 2:49 mark. Trent Frederic posted his second multi-goal effort of the season before Brad Marchand’s tying goal for Boston, which has won four straight.
Matvei Michkov gave Philadelphia a 2-0 lead in the first period, becoming the first NHL rookie to reach the double-digit goal plateau this season. Cam York also scored, Travis Sanheim had two assists and Aleksei Kolosov made 27 stops for Philadelphia, which has lost back-to-back games (0-1-1) following a 4-0-1 run.
Islanders 4, Hurricanes 3
Bo Horvat snapped a lengthy scoring drought to cap a four-goal second period as New York came back to beat Carolina in Elmont, N.Y.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Oliver Wahlstrom each collected a tying goal before Maxim Tsyplakov put the Islanders ahead 3-2 with 3:44 left in the second period. Horvat scored the eventual game-winner — his first goal in 14 games — 2:39 later. Ilya Sorokin made 28 saves, including 18 in the third period.
Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and Jesperi Kotkaniemi had an extra-attacker goal in the final minute of the third for the Hurricanes, who have lost four of five (1-4-0). Pyotr Kochetkov recorded 21 saves.
Oilers 4, Blues 2
Connor McDavid scored once and added an assist to lead host Edmonton to a victory over St. Louis.
Corey Perry, Zach Hyman and Troy Stecher also scored while Leon Draisaitl recorded two assists for the Oilers, who have won five of their past six games. Goaltender Stuart Skinner made 29 saves.
Dylan Holloway and Jake Neighbours scored for the Blues, who lost in regulation for the first time in six games, a run that started when Jim Montgomery first took over as coach. Goalie Jordan Binnington stopped 17 shots.
Penguins 5, Maple Leafs 2
Rickard Rakell and Bryan Rust each had a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh in a win against visiting Toronto.
Michael Bunting, Blake Lizotte and Kris Letang also scored and Tristan Jarry made 25 saves for the Penguins, who have won five of six games.
Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist, William Nylander also scored, Auston Matthews had two assists and Joseph Woll made 24 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have lost two in a row following a three-game winning streak.
Senators 3, Predators 1
Linus Ullmark turned aside 37 of 38 shots in host Ottawa’s win over Nashville, which lost its seventh straight game.
Jacob Bernard-Docker, Claude Giroux, and Nick Cousins scored for the Senators and Tim Stutzle picked up a pair of assists.
Fedor Svechkov ended Ullmark’s shutout bid, scoring the Predators’ lone goal with just 1:57 left in the game. Juuse Saros made 27 saves for Nashville.
Jets 4, Blackhawks 2
Mark Scheifele scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and Kyle Connor had two assists to boost visiting Winnipeg past slumping Chicago.
Playing under interim coach Anders Sorensen for the first time, the Blackhawks led 1-0 and 2-1 but couldn’t hold off the Jets en route to their season-worst fifth straight defeat.
Connor Hellebuyck stopped 12 shots as the Jets won their second in a row on the heels of a four-game skid.
Panthers 3, Sharks 1
Matthew Tkachuk scored twice, leading Florida to a win over San Jose in Sunrise, Fla.
Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers, who have won 11 straight games against the Sharks and have points in six straight overall (5-0-1). Sergei Bobrovsky, who missed Florida’s previous two games due to the birth of his child, made 28 saves for his 14th career win against San Jose.
Tyler Toffoli had the Sharks’ lone goal. San Jose has dropped back-to-back games on the heels of a three-game winning streak. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 49 shots in the loss.
Capitals 4, Canadiens 2
Tom Wilson scored two third-period goals and Washington rallied past Montreal to extend the franchise record with its ninth straight road win.
Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist and Dylan Strome also scored for the Capitals. Aliaksei Protas had two assists, and Logan Thompson made 22 saves.
Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist, and Alex Newhook also scored for the Canadiens, who were looking for their first three-game winning streak. Sam Montembeault made 31 saves. Montreal’s Lane Hutson (assist) extended his point streak to six games and tied the franchise record for longest point streak by a rookie defenseman.
Avalanche 2, Red Wings 1
Alexandar Georgiev bounced back from his worst outing of the season by making 29 saves, and visiting Colorado defeated slumping Detroit.
Georgiev was pulled from his previous start after giving up four goals in less than 12 minutes against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. On Saturday, Valeri Nichushkin scored his third goal in two games for Colorado, which had lost four of its previous six. Cale Makar supplied a power-play marker.
Lucas Raymond scored for the Red Wings, who have lost five straight games. Ville Husso stopped 23 shots. He was making his third consecutive start with Cam Talbot and Alex Lyon sidelined by lower-body injuries.
GOLF NEWS
JUSTIN THOMAS LEADING, TOM KIM SURGING AT HERO WORLD CHALLENGE
Justin Thomas carded a bogey-free 66 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
A field of 20 players is at Albany Golf Club for the exclusive exhibition event hosted by Tiger Woods. Thomas finished Saturday at 6-under par 66 and is 17-under 199 for the tournament entering Sunday’s final round.
Thomas birdied four of his first nine holes Saturday, including two straight on Nos. 6 and 7, before tacking on two more at Nos. 14 and 16.
The 31-year-old would secure his first win since the PGA Championship in May 2022 if he can hold off World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (69 on Saturday), who sits in second place at 16 under.
“Yeah, it would be great (to get the win),” Thomas said. “I’ve been progressing nicely, been working on all the right things. Feel like I’ve been seeing signs of improvement, which is what you want and that’s all I can do. I can’t control everybody else or what’s going on, I’ve just got to keep playing as good as I possibly can and hope that it’s enough come Sunday.”
Tom Kim carded the round of the day (a 10-under 62) to move into third place as he continues to soar up the leaderboard following a shaky first round.
The South Korean finished Thursday tied for 18th after slogging to a 2-over 74 but has bounced back nicely, notching a 7-under 65 on Friday to climb into 10th before posting another strong showing on Saturday.
Kim birdied his first four holes and was at 11 under for the round after notching three more birdies on Nos. 14-16. He stumbled to a double-bogey on the par-3 17th but recovered with his 12th birdie on the final hole to remain two shots back of Thomas heading into Sunday.
“Did a lot of good things to keep my momentum going,” Kim said. “Had a few crucial par saves. On 18, it’s just a bonus what happens on 18 after 17. You have such a good day and to kind of end it like that, it is a little disappointing, but for 18 to go in just kind of makes dinner taste a little better.”
Kim is one shot behind Scheffler, who slipped from atop the leaderboard after a pedestrian 3 under performance.
Keegan Bradley (68) remains alone in fourth place at 13-under 203, while Akshay Bhatia (71) fell from second place into a tie for fifth with Sahith Theegala (66) at 12 under. First-round leader Cameron Young (72) is tied for 12th with Nick Dunlap (70) at 5 under.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/RELEASES
2024 INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ALL-STATE TEAMS
TOP 50
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Class Ht. Wt.
WR LeBron Hill Hammond Morton Sr 5A 6’5 190
WR Davion Chandler Lawrence North Sr 6A 6’0 170
WR JonAnthony Hall Fishers Sr 6A 6’1 180
WR Eugene Hilton Zionsville Sr 6A 6’2 190
WR Hunter Stroud Martinsville Sr 4A 5’11 185
TE Brock Schott Leo Sr 4A 6’3 225
TE Andrew Barker Kokomo Sr 5A 6’4 230
OL Griffin Tucker Providence Sr 1A 6’2 240
OL Ben Novak Andrean Jr 2A 6’6 320
OL Brock Brownfield New Palestine Jr 4A 6’3 265
OL Kameron Kauffman Warsaw Community Sr 5A 6’2 240
OL Tommy Spilker Plainfield Sr 5A 6’2 305
OL Caiden Abbs Carroll Sr 6A 6’4 285
OL Deiter Hartwig Zionsville Sr 6A 6’4 275
OL Cam Herron Warren Central Sr 6A 6’3 264
OL Evan Parker Carmel Sr 6A 6’4 300
OL CJ Scifres Center Grove Jr 6A 6’6 346
QB Jackson Willis Indianapolis Lutheran Sr 2A 6’2 190
QB Jimmy Sullivan Carroll Sr 6A 6’3 190
QB Preston Kempf Providence Sr 1A 6’0 170
QB Jett Goldsberry Heritage Hills Jr 3A 6’0 200
RB Jaron Thomas Concord Sr 5A 6’1 205
RB Izayveon Moore Lawrence North So 6A 5’7 175
RB Dylan Krehl East Noble High School Sr 4A 5’9 205
RB Maximus McCool Castle Sr 5A 6’1 198
PK Dominic De Freitas NorthWood Sr 4A 6’0 175
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Class Ht. Wt.
DL Adrian Holley Michigan City Sr 5A 6’4 250
DL Benny Patterson Castle Sr 5A 6’3 245
DL Enoch Atewogbola Avon Sr 6A 6’4 280
DL Marcus Bell Warren Central Sr 6A 5’11 245
DL Tyrone Burrus Warren Central Sr 6A 6’4 245
DL Jerimy Finch Warren Central Jr 6A 6’4 263
DL Mason Keifer Brownsburg Sr 6A 6’2 285
DL Damien Shanklin Warren Central Sr 6A 6’5 242
DL Mariyon Dye Elkhart Sr 6A 6’5 265
DL Michael Thacker New Palestine Sr 4A 6’0 272
DL Mykul Campbell Decatur Central Jr 5A 6’1 205
LB Noah Knigga Lawrenceburg Sr 3A 6’2 220
LB Kimar Nelson Wayne Sr 4A 6’2 220
LB Alex Burke Brownsburg Sr 6A 6’1 215
LB Trevor Gibbs Crown Point Jr 6A 6’4 235
LB Sam Steward Homestead Sr 6A 6’1 210
LB Mikeah Webster Westfield Sr 6A 6’1 205
DB Kasmir Hicks Decatur Central Jr 5A 6’0 180
DB Mason Alexander HSE Sr 6A 5’11 175
DB Madden Beriault Warren Central Sr 6A 6’0 165
DB Deacon King Westfield Jr 6A 6’1 200
DB Brandon Logan Snider High School Sr 6A 6’0 188
DB Mark Zackery IV Ben Davis Sr 6A 6’0 165
P Nevan Tutterow Franklin Central Sr 6A 6’2 190
POSITION WINNERS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Cl. Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR JonAnthony Hall Fishers High School 6A Sr 6’1 180
TE Brock Schott Leo High School 4A Sr 6’3 225
OL Cam Herron Warren Central High School 6A Sr 6’3 264
QB Jackson Willis Indianapolis Lutheran High School 2A Sr 6’2 190
RB Jaron Thomas Concord High School 5A Sr 6’1 205
K Dominic De Freitas NorthWood High School 4A Sr 6’0 175
DEFENSE
DL Damien Shanklin Warren Central High School 6A Sr 6’5 242
LB Kimar Nelson Fort Wayne Wayne High School 4A Sr 6’2 220
DB Mark Zackery IV Ben Davis High School 6A Sr 6’0 165
P Nevan Tutterow Franklin Central High School 6A Sr 6’2 190
6A SENIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR Devaughn Slaughter Cathedral 12 6’0 175
WR Gabe Aramboles Westfield 12 6’0 205
WR Triston Baxter Center Grove 12 5’10 165
WR Cameron Hollaway Jeffersonville 12 5’11 155
TE Nizyi Davis Lawrence Central 12 6’5 215
TE Aiden Brewer Noblesville 12 6’4 225
OL John Steinhofer Franklin Central 12 6’3 280
OL Eli Gigerich Cathedral 12 6’5 280
OL Avery Huggins Westfield 12 6’4 275
OL Cameron Gorin Hamil;ton Southeastern 12 6’5 275
OL Brody Brown Penn High School 12 6’5 305
OL Will Davis Homestead 12 6’3 265
OL Cordarrll McFee Elkhart High 12 6’4 295
OL Marco Cate Carmel 12 6’4 295
QB Gabe McWilliams Center Grove 12 6’6 220
QB Noah Ehrlich Crown Point HS 12 6’2 190
RB Alijah Price Ben Davis 12 5’7 175
RB Larry Ellison Crown Point HS 12 5’10 170
RB Gino Prescott Columbus North 12 5’10 185
RB Josiah Mabon Portage High School 12 6’0 175
PK Zach Naessens Franklin Central 12 6’2 180
AT-L Chandler Weston HSE 12 5’11 170
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Carmine Orozco Elkhart High 12 6’4 275
DL Anthony Ludington Lawrence North 12 6’4 235
DL Ife Adeoba Pike High School 12 6’1 220
DL Adam Blakey Snider High School 12 6’2 215
DL Gian Carter Lawrence Central 12 6’3 222
DL Evan Saevre Columbus North 12 6’2 195
LB Jev Hutton Fishers 12 6’3 225
LB Daione Lunsford Lawrence North 12 5’11 160
LB Lucas Szymborski Crown Point HS 12 6’2 215
LB Garrett Long Columbus North 12 6’4 225
LB Landen Fry Snider High School 12 6’0 210
LB TJ Williams Center Grove 12 6’3 225
DB Jamarion Kolagbodi Snider High School 12 6’0 170
DB Nathan Williams Carmel 12 5’7 180
DB Jack Lockhart Cathedral 12 6’0 205
DB Max Phenicie Zionsville 12 6’0 210
DB Quentin Russ brownsburg 12 6’0 180
DB Dyreese Elliot Pike High School 12 5’9 175
P Dylan DeDario Penn High School 12 5’11 150
AT-L Jackson Mills Lafayette Harrison 12 6’2 225
5A SENIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR Julian Stokes Valparaiso 12 6’1 175
WR Andre Fancher Lafayette Jeff 12 5’8 158
WR Isaac Kasier Floyd Central 12 6’4 205
WR Ethan Egolf Warsaw Community 12 6’2 190
TE Chris Herrin Terre Haute South 12 6’5 230
TE Jaylan Johnson Seymour 12 6’3 200
OL Cayleb Sharp Valparaiso 12 6’5 250
OL Sean Murphy Terre Haute South 12 6’3 310
OL Coleton Adamson Castle 12 5’11 225
OL Garrett Tucker Concord 12 6’5 255
OL Junior Arellano Bloomington South 12 6’2 290
OL Ben Brasher Evansville North 12 6’3 315
OL Wyatt Smith East Central 12 5’11 230
OL Jaden Swanson Merrillville 12 6’4 290
QB Keyen Crowder Lafayette Jeff 12 6’3 180
QB Drew Sullivan Warsaw Community 12 6’3 210
RB Thomas Burda Valparaiso 12 5’10 210
RB Zy’Eiar White Terre Haute North 12 5’8 180
RB Alex Leugers Franklin Community 12 5’11 193
RB Slate Valentine Whiteland 12 5’10 165
PK Ashton Vogel Decatur Central 12 6’0 165
AT-L Dash King Bloomington North 12 6’2 205
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Malachi Kenner McCutcheon 12 6’0 275
DL Boluwatife Jetawo Plainfield 12 5’11 255
DL James Early North Side (Fort Wayne) 12 6’5 235
DL Trent Nixon Merrillville 12 6’3 215
DL Adam Camphor Merrillville 12 6’1 205
DL Owen Edlen Chesterton 12 6’3 230
LB RJ Carnes La Porte 12 5’10 207
LB Fredrick Brown Hammond Morton 12 6’0 220
LB Gavin Leach Castle 12 6’2 210
LB Ben Godar Bloomington South 12 6’3 220
LB Carson Pieczonka East Central 12 6’1 202
LB Josh Masasu North Side (Fort Wayne) 12 5’10 208
DB John Peters Merrillville 12 6’1 165
DB Miles McKay Bloomington South 12 6’2 185
DB Gavin Berting East Central 12 5’11 165
DB Tristen Newsoms North Side (Fort Wayne) 12 5’9 150
DB Michael Crawford Michigan City 12 6’1 175
DB Broderick Arnold McCutcheon 12 6’2 175
P Mason Smythe Warsaw Community 12 5’11 160
AT-L Jared Brooks Columbus East 12 6’1 210
4A SENIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR Stratton Fuller Columbia City Sr 5’11 185
WR Austin McMahan New Palestine Sr 6’2 170
WR Taylor Clark Brebeuf Jesuit Sr 6’1 165
WR Jace Scrafton Danville Sr 6’6 210
TE Deagan Kitchel Logansport Sr 6’3 195
TE Harrison Forestal Bishop Chatard Sr 6’2 225
OL Tyler Maust Mishawaka Sr 6’4 290
OL James Miller East Noble Sr 6’2 265
OL Colin Fouts Lebanon Sr 6’2 260
OL Nic Ley Dekalb Sr 6’4 240
OL Brooks Aigner Booneville Sr 6’4 270
OL Luke Juris Hobart Sr 6’0 255
OL Max Parciak Northwood Sr 6’3 313
OL Bryson Davis Northwood Sr 6’4 256
QB AJ Reynolds Martinsville Sr 6’4 195
QB Maverick Geske Brebeuf Jesuit Sr 6’0 205
RB CJ Harris Brebeuf Jesuit Sr 5’8 172
RB Keaton Jones Pendleton Heights Sr 5’10 170
RB Joliba Brogan Mt. Vernon (Fortville) Sr 5’9 185
RB Caiden Verrett Hanover Central Sr 6’0 210
PK Johan Von Sandersleben Huntington North Sr 6’0 180
AT-L Dallas Freeman Greenfield Central Sr 6’3 185
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Tommy Poiry Bishop Dwenger Sr 6’2 200
DL Zach Blevens Greenfield-Central Sr 6’3 225
DL Tristan Roberts Leo Sr 6’4 265
DL Travis Henke Northridge Sr 6’4 235
DL Sam Neu Roncalli Sr 6’1 216
DL Sullivan Stahl Huntington North Sr 6’0 190
LB Marco Castro Kankakee Valley Sr 6’1 215
LB Jackson Snyder Mishawaka Sr 6’0 185
LB Harrison Groves New Prairie Sr 6’0 206
LB Payton Foley Greenfield-Central Sr 6’2 225
LB Landon McClarney Evansville Reitz Sr 5’10 180
LB Xavier Juarez Mishawaka Sr 5’9 175
DB Logan Hatton East Noble Sr 5’10 175
DB Sutton Fulwider Danville Sr 6’2 195
DB Landin Landin Hoeppner Sr 6’0 185
DB Hayden Scott New Prairie Sr 6’1 195
DB Eli Lauck Roncalli Sr 6’2 155
DB Jacob Rowley Pendleton Heights Sr 6’0 180
P Zander Lankford Hobart Sr 5’10 180
AT-L Kaden Lark Lebanon Sr 6’2 170
3A SENIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR Fuddy Kile Maconaquah Sr 6’2 185
WR Hayden Cler Guerin Catholic Sr 6’1 190
WR Tyler Champion Hamilton Heights Sr 5’10 165
WR Luke Ellspermann Evansville Memorial Sr 5’11 185
TE Andrew Monday Misssissinewa Sr 6’2 205
TE Thad Brown Tri West Sr 6’2 220
OL Noah Bolen Knox Sr 6’1 205
OL Giovanni Garcia-De La Torre Mishawaka Marian Sr 6’3 273
OL Noah Eash West Noble Sr 6’3 285
OL Charlie Riddle Heritage Sr 6’4 280
OL Josiah Murrain Cascade Sr 5’11 205
OL Nate McDurmon Evansville Mater Dei Sr 6’3 250
OL Parker Hart Heritage Hills Sr 6’4 240
OL Davis Schwartz Southridge Sr 6’4 224
QB Malcolm Houze Guerin Catholic Sr 6’1 180
QB Matthew Fisher Evansville Memorial Sr 6’3 180
RB Seth Pruitt West Noble Sr 5’10 195
RB Dawson Martin West Lafayette Sr 6’1 181
RB Gage Pohlman Batesville Sr 6’2 195
RB Ty Zartman Jimtown Sr 5’10 190
PK Camden Marx Evansville Mater Dei Sr 6’1 180
AT-L Brock Shank Northwestern Sr 6’1 180
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Kaleb Johnson Mishawaka Marian Sr 6’2 225
DL Jordan Eash West Noble Sr 6’2 195
DL Landon Brooks Delta Sr 6’6 220
DL Duncan White Cascade Sr 6’0 195
DL Elias Niccum Guerin Catholic Sr 6’3 195
DL Max Amberger Batesville Sr 5’10 260
LB Carson Mickem Lakeland Sr 5’10 205
LB Brock Derf Tippecanoe Valley Sr 6’1 215
LB David Curl III West Lafayette Sr 6’2 213
LB Jaxon Ott Mississinewa Sr 6’4 245
LB Elijah Beeney John Glenn Sr 5’11 200
LB Alex Broshears Evansville Memorial Sr 5’11 200
DB Calder Hefty Garrett Sr 5’11 185
DB Jake Conroy Knox Sr 5’9 185
DB AJ Kelly Maconaquah Sr 6’0 180
DB Jacob Felger Bishop Luers Sr 5’10 155
DB Braden Walter Heritage Sr 6’1 180
DB David Langdon Jr North Harrison Sr 6’3 180
P Bryce Gerlach Corydon Central Sr 6’2 170
AT-L Brayden Smith Mishawaka Marian Sr 6’0 200
2A SENIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR LJ Ward Indianapolis Lutheran Sr 5’10 175
WR Aden Wallace South Vermillion Sr 6’2 170
WR Rylie Hudson Lapel Sr 5’10 185
WR Tyrus Graverson Bremen Sr 5’9 200
TE Kadyne Doyle Rensselear Central Sr 6’1 235
TE Hayden Feltner Linton-Stockton Sr 6’4 175
OL Coleson Campbell Centerville Sr 6’5 300
OL Sam Utzig Heritage Christian Sr 5’11 225
OL Karson Kinsinger Lapel Sr 6’7 330
OL Braxton Woodall North Putnam Sr 6’2 270
OL Jaxon Reynolds Paoli Sr 6’0 210
OL Kris Levitz Prairie Heights Sr 6’3 330
OL Noah Stuczynski Scecina Sr 6’0 270
OL Colton Crawford Triton Central Sr 6’2 220
QB Bobby Metzger South Vermillion Sr 6’0 172
QB Dominic Garzolini South Vermillion Sr 6’2 205
RB Adam Hirschy Adams Central Sr 5’11 180
RB Greg Hutcheson Brownstown Central Sr 6’0 190
RB Jed Galvin North Posey Sr 5’10 190
RB Jesse Voigtschild Linton-Stockton Sr 5’7 160
PK Marco Velzquez Western Boone Sr 6’1 200
AT-L Aden Wallace South Vermillion Sr 6’2 170
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Matt Heiser Adams Central Sr 5’11 190
DL RaiShaun McHaney Indianapolis Lutheran Sr 6’7 270
DL Hank Gennicks Linton-Stockton Sr 6’2 265
DL Gavin Myers North Posey Sr 6’0 235
DL Zander Venis Western Boone Sr 6’0 250
DL Ryan Delgato Lafayette Central Catholic Sr 6’3 233
LB Jackson Cain Lafayette Central Catholic Sr 5’10 212
LB Alex Shryock South Vermillion Sr 5’10 185
LB Noah Bryant Monrovia Sr 5’9 175
LB Will Stiles Bremen Sr 5’11 170
LB Khaled Alzeer Boone Grove Sr 6’0 210
LB Max Kaeher Adams Central Sr 6’0 190
DB Marcus Fortner Western Boone Sr 5’11 180
DB Fletcher Cole Paoli Sr 6’0 180
DB Colton Creech Northeastern Sr 5’11 175
DB Braylen Word Eastern(Greentown) Sr 5’11 175
DB Samir Delrio Boone Grove Sr 6’1 180
DB Jimmy Finley Andrean Sr 6’1 175
P Lucas Gosnell Mitchell Sr 6’2 215
AT-L Isaiah Priest Lapel Sr 6’0 180
1A SENIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR Caiden Neuenschwander South Adams Sr 5’11 175
WR Dylan Offill Milan Sr 5’9 165
WR Nick Stoner Providence Sr 6’0 185
WR Tayt Jackson Cloverdale Sr 5’10 180
TE Xzavian LaFave LaVille Sr 6’0 180
TE Lucas Thomas Providence Sr 5’9 180
OL Lukas Allgood Providence Sr 6’0 225
OL Cole Kozecar North Judson Sr 6’4 285
OL Dalton Sneed Madison-Grant Sr 6’5 315
OL Ben Christoff Covington Sr 5’11 245
OL Parker Harris South Putnam Sr 6’1 255
OL Levi Watkins Carroll Sr 6’2 260
OL Landon Stanley Milan Sr 5’11 265
OL Teagun Rominger Springs Valley Sr 5’11 225
QB Wyatt Mullin South Putnam Sr 5’11 200
QB Reid Duncan Frontier Sr 6’0 180
RB Christian Hamilton Springs Valley Sr 5’10 160
RB Corbin Johnson South Decatur Sr 5’8 190
RB Kole Wilcox North Judson Sr 6’0 200
RB Kyle Price Riverton Parke Sr 6’1 185
PK Eli Falkenberg Carroll Sr 6’4 210
AT-L Brenna Messel North Knox Sr 5’11 195
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Luke Bauman South Adams Sr 5’11 190
DL Kayce Jones Springs Valley Sr 6’0 230
DL Zach Dorsett South Putnam Sr 6’2 250
DL Owen Trietsch Sheridan Sr 6’5 285
DL Britten Dillon Taylor Sr 6’0 190
DL Talen Garner Winamac Sr 6’0 205
LB Coy Lytle Carroll Sr 6’1 205
LB Jerimiah Ullom Monroe Central Sr 5’9 210
LB Jonathan Pearson Tri-County Sr 5’10 200
LB Cameron Boone Tri Sr 5’10 200
LB Jonathan Neese LaVille Sr 6’2 215
LB Brock Benson North Judson Sr 6’0 220
DB Mason Morris North Decatur Sr 6’2 170
DB Ty Brown South Spencer Sr 6’0 190
DB Dante Workman Triton Sr 6’0 170
DB Jesiah McDaniel North Judson Sr 6’0 200
DB Jason Newton Frontier Sr 5’9 185
DB Cian Moore Covington Sr 5’8 180
P Ben Sherrick North White Sr 6’2 200
AT-L Kayden Scudder North Decatur Sr 6’1 290
6A JUNIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR Branden Sharpe Brownsburg 10 6’0 170
WR Drake McClurg Center Grove 10 6’0 180
TE Dom Berry Center Grove 11 6’4 245
OL William Johnson Avon 11 6’4 280
OL Malachi Mills Westfield 11 6’5 280
OL Nolan Cicero Crown Point HS 11 6’5 295
OL James Williams Lawrence Central 11 6’3 280
OL Drew Schiefer Columbus North 11 6’4 310
QB Oscar Frye Brownsburg 10 6’2 175
RB Ryan Thembulembu Fishers 11 5’9 175
RB Xavier Dangerfield Cathedral 10 6’0 185
K Van Krisiloff Cathedral 11 5’10 165
AT-L Brody Ramirez Lake Central 10 5’10 205
AT-L Jose Butler Franklin Central 10 5’10 200
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Jayce Brewer Franklin Central 10 6’5 230
DL Alex Aramboles Westfield 11 6’0 215
DL Kaiden Bower Carmel 11 6’3 240
DL Grayson Clutter Avon 11 6’2 240
LB Breck Mallory Lawrence North 11 6’2″ 200
LB Kyle Harden Cathedral 11 5’10 185
LB Brody Ramirez Lake Central 11 5’10 205
DB Carsen Eloms Fishers 11 6 175
DB Jack Gonzalez Lafayette Harrison 11 6’0 165
DB Vinny Freeman Penn High School 11 5’11” 195
DB Kian Kelly HSE 11 5’11” 170
P Oliver Brewer Crown Point HS 10 5’11 185
AT-L Brody Ramirez Lake Central 10 5’10 205
AT-L Jose Butler Franklin Central 10 5’10 200
5A JUNIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR Omar Williams Lafayette Jeff 11 6’3″ 178
WR Reese Breveard Concord 11 5’8 170
TE Bo Hurt Castle 11 6’2 210
OL Cameron Miller Hammond Morton 11 6’5 310
OL Alec Surber Decatur Central 11 6’2 275
OL Donovan Arnold Concord 11 6’0 280
OL Carlos Leon Chesterton 11 6’1 260
OL Breyton Mellor Bloomington South 11 6’0 270
QB Bo Polston Decatur Central 11 6’1 205
RB Braylen Townsend Bloomington South 11 5’11 195
RB Fa’Rel Carter Decatur Central 11 5’10 170
K Joe Luther Bloomington North 11 5’8 140
AT-L Ryan Minges East Central 10 6’0 212
AT-L Maalik Moore Fort Wayne North Side 10 6’3 188
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Jackson McDonald Terre Haute North 11 6’1 220
DL Blake Smythe Franklin Community 11 6’3 272
DL Aaden Aytch Lafayette Jeff 11 6’4 214
DL Derek Gomez Concord 11 6’1 225
LB Jordan Palmer Whiteland 11 6’0 211
LB Ian Quick Bloomington South 11 6’1 215
LB Brayden Smith Decatur Central 11 6’0 195
DB Keegun Rice McCutcheon 11 5’9 185
DB Keaton Lawson Columbus East 11 6’5 180
DB Ka’Vion Campbell Lafayette Jeff 10 6’0 180
DB Ross Ogden Bloomington North 11 6’3 205
P Eric Garcilazo South Bend Adams 11 5’10 190
AT-L Ricky White Jr. Evansville North 11 5’10 190
AT-L Tyler Simek Plainfield 11 6’1 192
4A JUNIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR Deondray Monroe Northwood Jr 6’3 171
WR Edwin Watson Brebeuf Jesuit Jr 6’0 175
TE Tyler Klaner Booneville Jr 6’5 230
OL Luke Graham Pendleton Heights Jr 6’3 325
OL Zion Haney Bishop Chatard Jr 6’3 280
OL Paxton Trump Danville Jr 6’0 255
OL Andrew Trahin Bishop Dwenger Jr 6’4 270
OL Hunter Shire East Noble Jr 6’5 290
QB Jacob Davis New Palestine Jr 6’3 185
RB Josh Ranes New Palestine Jr 6’0 232
RB Gunner Ruppert Greenwood Jr 6’1 183
K Lucas Nguyen Bishop Dwenger Jr 5’7 160
AT-L Lucas Dewey Martinsville Jr 5’11 200
AT-L Darrell Taylor Crispus Attucks Jr 5’8 210
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Loren Taylor Logansport Jr 6’2 205
DL Abe Walling New Palestine Jr 6’3 245
DL Will Friday Evansville Reitz Jr 5’10 235
DL Azahri Jackson Evansville Reitz Jr 6’0 225
LB Kamden Putz Mishawaka Jr 6’0 190
LB AJ Coates Evansville Reitz Jr 5’11 225
LB Dylan Tippmann Bishop Dwenger Jr 6’1 170
DB Dylan Bowen Hanover Central Jr 6’0 190
DB Grady Gardner Martinsville Jr 6’0 190
DB Gavin Smith Columbia City Jr 6’1 175
DB Owen Dorrel Culver Academies Jr 6’0 175
P Avery Perry Northview Jr 6’2 190
AT-L Cooper Hinton Greenfield Central Jr 6’0 190
AT-L Xavion Lesure Washington Jr 6’1 180
3A JUNIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR Carter Dozier Franklin County Jr 6’3 180
WR Tyler Ruxer Heritage Hills Jr 6’4 210
TE Garrett Boling Scottsburg Jr 6’3 225
OL Tucker Burns Knox Jr 6’3 255
OL Prescott Horvath Mishawaka Marian Jr 6’8 297
OL Thane Jones Oak Hill Jr 5’11 225
OL Gabe Jackson Heritage Hills Jr 6’2 280
OL Aiden Hunt Garrett Jr 6’0 220
QB Brayden Holbrook Lakeland Jr 6’4 205
RB Myles McLaughlin Knox Jr 5’9 195
RB Landon Shuck Scottsburg Jr 5’9 175
K Neftali Silva West Noble So 6’0 175
AT-L Caden Thacker Evansville Mater Dei Jr 5’11 205
AT-L Luke Dockery Evansville Memorial Jr 6’1 176
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Ayle Taylor Bishop Luers Jr 6’3 195
DL Jarron Taylor Bishop Luers Jr 6’2 250
DL Kadin Fouce Mississinewa So 6’2 265
DL Brody Klem Gibson Southern Jr 6’0 230
LB Grady Moriarty Tippecanoe Valley Jr 5’11 217
LB Brady Ballart South Dearborn Jr 6’2 220
LB Connor O’Donohue Evansville Memorial Jr 6’0 170
DB Ian Newsom Mississinewa Jr 5’9 150
DB Dee Hogue Bishop Luers Jr 6’0 165
DB Lucas Farmer Cascade So 5’10 160
DB Justin Leathers Southridge Jr 6’2 181
P Gage Overbey Tippecanoe Valley Jr 6’1 226
AT-L Bryce Fessel North Harrison Jr 5’11 175
AT-L Mac McCormick Vincennes Lincoln Jr 6’4 215
2A JUNIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR Paul Oliver Linton-Stockton Jr 6’4 215
WR Zeke Robertson Triton Central Jr 5’9 165
TE Ethan Vecera Centerville Jr 6’0 200
OL Nate Geerken Adams Central Jr 5’10 240
OL Aidan Torbeson Boone Grove Jr 6’2 220
OL Logan Fredrickson Bremen Jr 6’2 230
OL Levi Hollifield Sullivan Jr 6’6 270
OL Jack Roach Tipton Jr 6’4 270
QB Devin Craig Lapel Jr 6’0 175
RB Dane Padgett Paoli Jr 6’2 190
RB Brant Beck Rochester Jr 5’8 180
K Dax Locklear Indianapolis Lutheran Jr 5’9 160
AT-L Jamison Roach Adam Central So 5’9 165
AT-L Braden Brown Triton Central Jr 6’1 190
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Cam Fravel Adams Central Jr 6’2 205
DL Isaac Hutchinson Brownstown Central Jr 6’5 290
DL Joe Roberts Brownstown Central Jr 6’2 260
DL Logan Kennerk Indianapolis Lutheran So 6’5 250
LB Abe Edwards Eastern(Greentown) So 6’3 241
LB Ethan Reyna Andrean So 6’0 210
LB Cory Andrews Linton-Stockton Jr 6’2 245
DB Maddox Pritchett Centerville Jr 5’7 145
DB Bodie Howell Eastbrook Jr 6’2 185
DB Elijah Manship Eastern Hancock Jr 6’0 185
DB Andrew Sloan Heritage Christian Jr 6’0 175
P Micah Sheffer Brownstown Central Jr 6’3 170
AT-L Jarrett Helman Shenandoah Jr 6’ 180
AT-L Weston Ott Churubusco Jr 6’2 205
1A JUNIORS
Offense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
WR Gage Broady Knightstown Jr 5’10 160
WR Keyshawn Galloway Taylor So 5’11 165
TE Grant Langferman Milan So 6’3 185
OL Jordan Simon North Miami Jr 5’10 175
OL Liam Rouch Pioneer Jr 6’3 285
OL Joseph Schroeder Frontier Jr 6’1 235
OL Kaden Johnson North Judson Jr 6’4 230
OL Parker Zimpleman Caston Fr 6’0 240
QB Micah Rans Pioneer Jr 5’9 165
RB Corbin Thackery North Decatur Jr 5’10 175
RB Ty Benton South Putnam So 5’9 170
AT-L Tytus Lehman South Adams Jr 6’2 175
AT-L Wyatt Marsh Milan Jr 6’0 170
AT-L Aiden Wiles Carroll Jr 5’9 195
Defense
Pos. First Name Last Name School Gr. Ht. Wt.
DL Julius Ullom Monroe Central Jr 6’2 280
DL Braedyn Foster LaVille Jr 6’2 210
DL C.J. Sanchez North Judson Jr 6’5 255
DL Hartley Hoover North Miami Jr 5’11 215
LB Noah Dodson Fountain Central Jr 6’1 215
LB Keenan Mowery – Shields South Putnam So 6’3 245
LB Nathan Plattner South Adams Jr 5’11 175
DB Chance Spencer Sheridan Jr 6’1 160
DB Chase Winkler Frontier So 5’11 165
DB Javionne Harris Taylor Jr 6’4 185
DB Jaxon Lueken Forest Park Jr 6’3 180
P Drea Villarreal West Central Jr 6’1 195
AT-L Jayden Overmyer Triton Jr 6’0 200 AT-L Eli Guffey Pioneer Jr 5’8 160
INDY FUEL
FUEL EARN POINT IN OVERTIME BATTLE WITH HEARTLANDERS
FISHERS- The Fuel hosted the Iowa Heartlanders for the second night in a row and in a low scoring battle, Indy forced overtime but ultimately fell 2-1 to Iowa.
1ST PERIOD
Lucas Brenton put the Fuel on a penalty kill just 29 seconds into the game, however less than thirty seconds later, Darby Llewellyn scored Indy’s first shorthanded goal of the season after redirecting a rebound into the net. Jordan Martin claimed an assist on that goal.
At 7:36, Bogdan Hodass was sent to the box for cross checking, however Iowa killed off the penalty.
Indy’s Adam McCormick was sent to the box next, for tripping at 9:13. The Fuel killed off that penalty too.
At 16:04, Yuki Miura took a tripping penalty but it was killed off by the Heartlanders.
Identical to last night, after one period Iowa outshot Indy 6-5.
2ND PERIOD
Iowa’s Connor Federkow took a delay of game penalty at 2:42. The Heartlanders killed it off, and just twelve seconds out of the box, it was Federkow who scored to tie the game 1-1.
Things stayed pretty even for most of the remainder of the second period until 18:04 when multiple fights broke out resulting in a roughing minor penalty for Indy’s Kevin Lombardi and a double minor for roughing on Iowa’s Dakota Raabe.
Things stayed chippy through the end of the second period when both teams remained on the ice after time expired. Both teams only recorded three shots each in the second frame.
3RD PERIOD
Both teams came out swinging in the third period, keeping the momentum of the second going. Indy’s Colin Bilek took a roughing penalty just 49 seconds into the third but the Fuel killed it off.
At 9:29, Indy’s Matus Spodniak and Iowa’s Brandon Yeamans took offsetting roughing double minors. Yeamans was given an additional ten minute misconduct.
With 43.3 seconds remaining in regulation, Jack O’Brien took a high sticking penalty. The Fuel had about thirty seconds of a power play before Bilek was called for slashing with 14.8 seconds to go.
Time expired soon after and for the first time in Fishers Event Center, the Fuel took it to overtime.
OVERTIME
The 3-on-3 overtime period started with both players still in the penalty box but neither team scored so it briefly turned into a 4-on-4 overtime period.
With under a minute to go, it was Iowa who prevailed. Andrew Mclean scored with just 33 seconds left in the overtime period.
ABOUT THE INDY FUEL:
The Indy Fuel are the proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Chicago Blackhawks and the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs.
INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
STRIPLIN’S 27 POINTS LEADS IU IN BIG TEN OPENER OVER PENN STATE
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Senior guard Karoline Striplin scored a season-high 27 points and tied IU’s single game field goal percentage record by going 12-for-12 to lift Indiana past Penn State, 75-60.
KEY MOMENTS
Three pointers kept the Hoosiers (7-3, 1-0 B1G) afloat in the first, after facing an early eight-point deficit. It accounted for nine of the teams’ first 13 points in the opening quarter, as it found itself down by one, 14-13. Junior guard Yarden Garzon, graduate student guard Chloe Moore-McNeil and junior guard Shay Ciezki each knocked one down from long range in the opener.
Indiana took its first lead of the game on three-straight buckets from Striplin while Garzon piled on with a baseline 3-pointer to make it a 26-22 edge with 3:59 before the break.
The lead grew to as many as six with just over two minutes left in the half, but the Hoosiers didn’t score for the remainder of the frame as Penn State (8-2, 0-1 B1G) tied things up at the buzzer, 30-30.
Penn State began the third with a five-point lead before Striplin helped take over. She scored 13 of IU’s 19 points in the quarter and helped it go up six, 49-43.
Its best shooting performance came in the fourth quarter where Indiana went 61.5 percent from the floor and connected on 5-for-7 from the 3-point line in a 26-point effort in the fourth quarter.
NOTABLE
Striplin set her new IU career-high 27 points by going a perfect 12-for-12 from the field. She ties Mackenzie Holmes’ all-time single game record of shooting 100% in a game, as Holmes wen 13-for-13 and 11-for-11 in two games during her IU career.
The Hartford, Ala. native finished two points shy of a career-high and also added two rebounds, two steals and a block.
Garzon finished the afternoon with 22 points, connecting a career-high six times beyond-the-arc. She also contributed five assists and four boards.
Moore-McNeil added five assists and is just five assists away from moving into 6th place all-time in career assists.
The Hoosiers assisted on 21 of its 29 made field goals led by six from Ciezki while also winning the glass, 30-25.
Indiana’s win streak in series with the Lady Lions extends to eight games, dating back to the 2018-19 season.
IU improved to 22-21 all-time to in Big Ten openers and won its seventh-consecutive league opener.
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers resume action on Sunday, December 15 when they entertain Bellarmine. Tipoff is at 2 p.m. ET in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL
INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES – GAME 10 VS. MINNESOTA
Opening Tip
• Indiana University will open Big Ten Conference play in its 125th season of competition in men’s basketball against Minnesota on Monday, Dec. 9, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The game will be broadcast on BTN with Dave Revsine (pxp) and LaPhonso Ellis (analyst) on the call.
• The Gophers enter the game with a record of 6-4 under fourth-year head coach Ben Johnson. Fifth-year senior forward Dawson Garcia leads Minnesota at 19.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.0 steal in 34.0 minutes per game. Fifth-year senior guard Lu’cye Patterson adds 10.0 points and 3.9 assists per game.
Game Information
Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: BTN (Dave Revsine, LaPhonso Ellis)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 109-69
Last Meeting: IU 70, MINN 58 on March 6, 2024, in Minneapolis
Series History
• Indiana has won 109-of-178 games played in the series against Minnesota. The Hoosiers have won eight-straight games overall and eight straight played in Bloomington.
• The Hoosiers swept the Gophers last year with 12-point wins on Jan. 12 in Bloomington (74-62) and on March 6 in Minneapolis (70-58). First round draft pick Kel’el Ware averaged 22.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks in the two victories over Minnesota last season. Mackenzie Mgbako posted 17.0 points on 5-of-8 shooting (62.5%) from the 3-point line and Trey Galloway averaged 12.5 points, 9.0 assists, and 4.5 steals.
Last Time Out
• Sixth-year senior Oumar Ballo dominated the paint 14 points, 18 rebounds, six assists, and two blocks as Indiana (7-2) pulled away from Miami (Ohio) by a score of 76-57 on Friday, Dec. 6 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
• Junior forward Malik Reneau tallied 19 points and seven rebounds to lead the Hoosier offense. Redshirt sophomore guard Myles Rice registered 17 points, while fifth-year senior guard Trey Galloway added 13 points.
• The Hoosiers held the RedHawks 21 points on 7-of-30 (23.3%) shooting from the floor in the second half.
Reneau for Two
• Junior forward Malik Reneau is averaging a team-best 15.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. The Miami, Fla., native is shooting 58.9% (53-of-90) from the floor and 88.2% (30-of-34) from the free throw line in 27.6 minutes per game.
• He is one of four major conference players (Chad Baker-Mazara, Auburn; Chance McMillan, Texas Tech; Fousseyni Traore, BYU) to average at least 12.5 points per game while shooting 55.0% from the floor and 85.0% from the free throw line.
• Reneau has tallied 15-plus points 25 times in his career, including six games this season, and topped the 20-point threshold nine times. IU holds a record of 17-8 in games Reneau scores at least 15 points throughout his career.
Big Fella Ballo
• Sixth-year senior center Oumar Ballo swatted a career-high-matching six shots against South Carolina (Nov. 16). The Koulikoro, Mali, native has blocked 159 shots in his career.
• Against Eastern Illinois (Nov. 10), Ballo recorded 17 points, nine rebounds, and three blocks in 27 minutes. He shot 8-of-10 from the field in the Indiana victory. He was one of three players (Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton; Danny Wolf, Michigan) in the month of November to post a line of 17-9-3 or better while shooting at least 80.0% from the floor.
• Ballo scored a season-best 25 points on 11-of-13 shooting from the floor against No. 3/4 Gonzaga on day two of the Battle 4 Atlantis. He is the first IU player to finish the game shooting at least 80% from the floor on 10-or-more made field goals since Kel’el Ware vs. Wisconsin on Feb. 27, 2024 (91.7%, 11-12).
• He became the third IU player in the last 30 years (Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jared Jeffries) to record 10+ points, 15+ rebounds, and 5+ assists in a single game after producing 14 points, 18 rebounds, and six assists against Miami (Ohio) on Dec. 6.
• The former Gonzaga Bulldog and Arizona Wildcat has played in 141 games in his career and earned 119 wins. He holds a career winning percentage of 84.4%.
It’s Goode from Three
• Senior forward Luke Goode drilled a career-best five 3-pointers against Sam Houston on Dec. 3 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. He is the first IU player to hit at least five 3s in a game since Jalen Hood-Schifino (6) on Jan. 28, 2023, and the first to do it off the bench since Tamar Bates on Dec. 7, 2022.
• Goode the first IU player to score at least 18 points off the bench since Anthony Walker on Dec. 19, 2023, and the first to do it in 17 minutes or less since Jeremy Hollowell (18 points, 17 minutes) on Nov. 26, 2013.
• The Fort Wayne, Ind., native shot 38.9% (61-of-157) from the 3-point line for an Illinois team that made and Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament last season.
Double Double, Double Double (CAREER)
Oumar Ballo: 35; last vs. Miami (Ohio), 12/6/24
Langdon Hatton: 6; last at Kennesaw State, 2/1/24
Malik Reneau: 3; last vs. Sam Houston, 12/3/24
Trey Galloway: 1; at Minnesota, 3/6/24
Mackenzie Mgbako: 1; at Illinois, 1/27/24
PURDUE WRESTLING
RAMOS STRIKES LAS VEGAS GOLD; #24 PURDUE TAKES 10TH AT CLIFF KEEN INVITE
LAS VEGAS – No. 3 Matt Ramos breezed through the 42nd Cliff Keen Invitational 125-pound bracket to win the gold medal, capping off Purdue’s strong showing at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Head coach Tony Ersland’s No. 24 Boilermakers took a big leap in the standings from a year ago, placing 10th among the field of 30 teams. Twelve of the top 25 teams in the nation were competing in Las Vegas, and Purdue edged four squads that are currently higher in the InterMat tournament rankings.
The Boilermakers earned their ninth top-10 finish at CKLV in 18 trips, and the first since the team’s sixth-place finish in 2021.
RAMOS ROUNDUP
The redshirt senior from Lockport, Ill., beat No. 11 Eddie Ventresca from Virginia Tech in the 125-pound championship match with a 7-4 decision. Ramos scored two quick takedowns and prevented the Hokie’s comeback attempt with elite defense to seal his second tournament title of the season.
He became the fifth Boilermaker to win a Cliff Keen championship, joining Chris Fleeger (2002, 125 lbs), Ryan Lange (2003, 174 lbs), Ben Wissel (2005, 184 lbs) and Dylan Lydy (2019, 174 lbs).
Undefeated on the season with a 14-0 record, Ramos will likely rise in the national rankings after dominating a talented 125-pound bracket.
Along with Ventresca, the field included No. 2 Caleb Smith (Nebraska), No. 4 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State), No. 6 Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State), No. 10 Brendan McCrone (Ohio State), No. 12 Vincent Robinson (NC State), No. 24 Maximo Renteria (Oregon State) and No. 29 Adrian Meza (Iowa State).
Purdue’s lone senior earned wins over Spratley and Ventresca as well as a medical forfeiture from Robinson.
Ramos is the first wrestler in school history to become a four-time placewinner at the prestigious Cliff Keen Invite. He previously placed eighth in 2021, second in 2022 and seventh in 2023.
BLAZE EARNS SIXTH PLACE HONORS
No. 15 Joey Blaze joined Ramos as the only Boilermakers to wrestle on Day 2 at CKLV.
Thanks to a big upset win over No. 5 Peyten Kellar in Friday night’s quarterfinal, Blaze represented Purdue in the 157-pound semis.
He drew No. 6 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) in Saturday’s bout and wrestled a defensive nail-biter despite visibly fighting through pain from a physical tournament run.
Tied 2-2 late in the third period after Blaze controlled much of the pace throughout the match, Downey landed a decisive takedown in the final 20 seconds to inch ahead with a 5-2 win.
After the match, Blaze medically forfeited his remaining bouts in the consolation bracket and took sixth place.
The 2024 NCAA qualifier from Perrysburg, Ohio, is in good company in his second collegiate season. Blaze is Purdue’s first sophomore to climb the podium in Las Vegas since Ramos did so in 2022.
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers return to action on Dec. 18 with a road trip to Cleveland State. The Wednesday night dual against the Vikings is set for 7 p.m. ET in Woodling Gymnasium.
FINAL STANDINGS
1. Oklahoma State – 192 pts
2. Nebraska – 115 pts
3. Ohio State – 110.5 pts
4. Virginia Tech – 90 pts
5. Iowa State – 89.5 pts
6. Northern Iowa – 85.5 pts
7. Michigan – 75 pts
8. Stanford – 72.5 pts
9. South Dakota State – 62 pts
10. PURDUE – 53.5 pts
11. West Virginia – 40.5 pts
12. Wyoming – 38.5 pts
13. Cal Poly – 38 pts
14. Oregon State – 35 pts
15. NC State – 34.5 pts
T-16. Northwestern – 33.5 pts
T-16. Ohio – 33.5 pts
18. Cornell – 32.5 pts
19. Arizona State – 31.5 pts
20. Rider – 31 pts
21. Binghamton – 28.5 pts
22. Navy – 21.5 pts
23. Utah Valley – 21 pts
T-24. Appalachian State – 11 pts
T-24. Hofstra – 11 pts
26. Columbia – 10.5 pts
27. Harvard – 7.5 pts
28. Cal State Bakersfield – 4.5 pts
29. Sacred Heart – 4 pts
30. Cal Baptist – 3.5 pts
RESULTS
125 | #3 Matt Ramos [2 seed] – CHAMPION
Round of 32 | def. Noah Luna (Appalachian State) – TF 3:22 (17-2)
Round of 16 | def. Jack Braman (Wyoming) – TF 4:00 (19-1)
Quarterfinal | def. #12 Vincent Robinson (NC State) – Medical Forfeit
Semifinal | def. #4 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) – D 5-2
Final | def. #11 Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) – D 7-4
133 | Jacob Macatangay
Round of 32 | lost to #4 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) – TF 4:49 (21-4)
Consol. Round of 16 | lost to Stockton O’Brien (Wyoming) – D 8-4
141 | Greyson Clark [12 seed]
Round of 32 | def. Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) – SV 5-2
Round of 16 | lost to #8 Josh Koderhandt (Navy) – D 9-2
Consol. Round of 16 (2) | def. Alek VanBebber (Cal Poly) – TF 6:37 (16-0)
Consol. Round of 8 (1) | lost to #6 Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) – D 7-3
149 | Isaac Ruble
Round of 32 | lost to Tanner Frothinger (Utah Valley) – TF 4:28 (20-3)
Consol. Round of 16 (1) | def. Colin Dupill (South Dakota State) – D 9-6
Consol. Round of 16 (2) | lost to Cameron Catrabone (Michigan) – Fall 5:24
157 | #15 Joey Blaze [7 seed] – SIXTH PLACE
Round of 32 | def. Felix Lettini (Sacred Heart) – D 10-2
Round of 16 | def. #24 Ethan Stiles (Oregon State) – TF 7:00 (17-2)
Quarterfinal | def. #5 Peyten Kellar (Ohio) – D 2-0
Semifinal | lost to #6 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) – D 5-2
Consol. Semifinal | Medical Forfeit
165 | #22 Stoney Buell [12 seed]
Round of 32 | lost to #28 Cesar Alvan (Columbia) – D 8-1
Consol. Round of 16 (1) | def. Tyler Sagi (Navy) – MD 14-3
Consol. Round of 16 (2) | lost to #25 Drake Rhodes (South Dakota State) – Fall 4:19
174 | #28 Brody Baumann [12 seed]
Round of 32 | def. Haden Bottiglieri (Harvard) – Fall 3:29
Round of 16 | lost to #18 Danny Wask (Navy) – D 9-5
Consol. Round of 16 (2) | def. Brody Conley (West Virginia) – D 4-2
Consol. Round of 8 (1) | def. Carter Schmidt (Cal Baptist) – TF 7:00 (20-5)
Consol. Round of 8 (2) | lost to #15 Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) – TF 4:20 (15-0)
184 | #26 James Rowley [10 seed]
Round of 32 | def. Jon Halvorsen (Northwestern) – D 6-4
Round of 16 | def. #19 Will Ebert (Binghamton) – D 5-2
Quarterfinal | lost to #3 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) – TF 4:34 (19-4)
Consol. Round of 8 (2) | lost to #18 Jaden Bullock (Michigan) – DEF 5:29 (4-0)
197 | Ben Vanadia
Round of 32 | lost to #12 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) – MD 8-0
Consol. Round of 16 (1) | def. Aiden Hanning (Cornell) – Fall 2:41
Consol. Round of 16 (2) | def. #10 Luke Geog (Ohio State) – MFOR
Consol. Round of 8 (1) | def. Carson Floyd (Appalachian State) – D 7-2
Consol. Round of 8 (2) | lost to #20 Christian Carroll (Iowa State) – MD 15-6
285 | Hayden Filipovich
Round of 32 | lost to #3 Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State) – Fall 1:13
Consol. Round of 16 (1) | def. Jackson Mankowski (Stanford) – D 2-0
Consol. Round of 16 (2) | def. Aiden Compton (Cornell) – D 6-5
Consol. Round of 8 (1) | lost to #30 Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly) – Fall 5:18
NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL
IRISH OUTLAST ORANGE, WIN ACC OPENER 69-64
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Call it a home boost, call it a green boost, but the Notre Dame men’s basketball squad boosted themselves back into the win column after defeating Syracuse on Saturday afternoon, 69-64. The Fighting Irish (5-5, 1-0) won its first ACC opener since the 2017-18 season and they did it by banding together down the stretch. Neither team had a lead greater than three in the second half until 2:11 remaining in the game.
The player that broke that one-possession margin, Braeden Shrewsberry, who came up clutch on Saturday tying his career high of 25 points behind six made three-pointers. He shot 8-of-15 overall and 6-for-11 from deep.
J.R. Konieczny was a spark off the bench with a season-high 15 points – 13 of which came in the first half. Despite getting into foul trouble, Tae Davis was a crucial piece of the Notre Dame offense with 15 points, going 6-8 from the floor while also chipping in two assists and two steals. Kebba Njie was just shy of a double-double as he finished with nine points and nine rebounds for the Irish.
The Orange (4-4, 0-1) were held to without a three for the first time since Holy Cross on Nov. 28, 2014. Syracuse shot 44.9 percent overall from the field.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Tae Davis had seven points in just over four minutes of play, combine that with a four-point play from Braeden Shrewsberry and the Irish were off to an 11-6 start. However, Tae would later sit a chunk of the first half with two fouls.
Enter J.R. Konieczny, who provided a spark, recording a stretch in which he scored 11 of the team’s 12 points. Konieczny was the first Irish player in double figures as he kept Notre Dame ahead at 23-17.
Shrewsberry soon after connected on his second trey of the half which forced a Syracuse timeout with the Irish up nine.
Konieczny added a slam dunk with 1:30 remaining for good measure which was ND’s last made bucket of the half. The home squad ultimately took a 30-26 lead into halftime.
Konieczny led all scorers with 13, followed by Davis with nine. The Irish shot 30.8 percent from deep, draining four threes in the half, while holding Syracuse 0-4 from behind the arc. Syracuse shot 39.1 percent and scored 16 of their 26 points in the paint.
Syracuse came out and claimed their first lead of the game at 16:28, yet Shrewsberry quickly recaptured it with his third triple at 16:18 – it marked Notre Dame’s first made field goal of the second half. Out of the media timeout he drained his fourth and it was 39-34 Irish at 15:25.
The Orange quickly closed the gap once more and then both sides traded blows. Notre Dame recorded a stretch in which they made 5-of-7 and Syracuse simultaneously made 6-of-8. It all resulted in a 45-45 tie coming out of the 11:50 media. However, right before the timeout, Davis earned his fourth foul.
Back-and-forth it went as their were eight lead changes and eight ties in the second half up to four minutes remaining in the game. With the score tied at 60-all, Shrewsberry drained a critical three yet again, his fifth.
A Njie free throw was followed by an Orange jumper to bring Syracuse within two at 64-62. Right on cue, Shrewsberry knocked down his sixth three-pointer of the night to put the Irish up 67-62.
Syracuse would hit one last jump shot before the Irish closed it out with free throws from Njie and Roper to secure the ACC opening win 69-64.
UP NEXT
The Fighting Irish have two more home games before the holiday break, two games that sandwich finals week. The first is Dartmouth on Wednesday, December 11, at 7 p.m. ET. Then Notre Dame hosts Le Moyne on Sunday, December 22, at 6 p.m. Tickets are still available for both games.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S HOOPS OPENS ACC PLAY AT SYRACUSE
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Sandwiched between a pair of top-five home matchups against Texas and Connecticut, No. 10 Notre Dame (6-2) heads to Syracuse this weekend for its 2024-25 ACC opener.
Notre Dame is coming off of a dramatic overtime victory over No. 4 Texas in Thursday’s SEC-ACC Challenge. The game featured 10 ties with five in the fourth quarter alone and was tied at 68 after 40 minutes. Notre Dame surrendered a bucket in the paint to start overtime before going on a 12-0 run to close out the game and give the Irish their second top-five win of the season.
Hannah Hidalgo led the Irish with 30 points on the night and ranks third nationally in scoring with 24.9 points per game. Guards Sonia Citron and Olivia Miles also showed out, dropping 18 points each. Miles added 6 assists, and Citron added a career-high 7 steals.
Of note, Hidalgo sits at 987 career points. Should she reach the 1000-point mark this weekend, she will have accomplished the feat in just 44 games. Currently, the fastest player to reach the mark is Beth Morgan. She did it in 60 games starting in 1993-94.
While Syracuse was Notre Dame’s kryptonite last year — the Orange beat the Irish twice — the younger group is struggling this season. Syracuse has had four different starting lineups in its nine games. Guards Sophie Burrows and Georgia Woolley plus forward Kyra Wood have started all of them, and Woolley is leading the Orange with 15.3 points per game.
On paper, Syracuse has the No. 18 scoring defense in the ACC, but they did hold Texas A&M to 57 points in an SEC-ACC Challenge loss on Wednesday. The Orange have shot the ball well from deep this season, bringing a 35.9 success rate from beyond the arc into Sunday’s matchup. That ranks fifth in the conference.
Notre Dame is 39-6 all-time against Syracuse. Sunday’s matinee tips off at noon and will air on the ACC Network.
BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL
BUTLER FALLS AT NO. 17/18 HOUSTON SATURDAY
LJ Cryer led Houston with 20 points as the No. 17/18 Cougars downed Butler, 79-51, Saturday afternoon at the Fertitta Center in Houston.
The road loss snaps a six-game winning streak for the Bulldogs, who are now 7-2 on the season. Houston improves to 5-3.
HOW IT TRANSPIRED:
Houston led 28-18 after the first half, which saw Butler make only five of their 25 attempts from the field. The Bulldogs missed 13 of their first 14 attempts as the Cougars built a 14-3 lead over the first 10 minutes of the game.
A stretch of five straight makes by the Cougars opened the game up as Houston took a 50-32 lead with 11:29 remaining, the largest advantage at that point in the game.
NOTEWORTHY:
Houston has now won 26 consecutive games at the Fertitta Center.
Patrick McCaffery and Augusto Cassia led Butler with 11 points apiece.
Houston’s defense limited the Bulldogs to 28.3-percent shooting from the field, Butler’s first time shooting less than 30 percent since Nov. 17, 2023 at Michigan State (.288). Houston has led the nation in field goal percentage defense in each of the last four seasons.
The biggest discrepancy came on the glass as Houston held a 41-22 advantage. Houston also out-scored the Bulldogs, 28-6, in the paint.
Butler went to the free throw line 22 times, making 16. The Bulldogs have shot at least 70 percent from the free throw line in each game this season.
J’Wan Roberts pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds for Houston.
Houston shot 53 percent from the field.
Nine of Butler’s 13 made field goals came from three-point range.
Saturday’s game began a stretch for Butler that has the Bulldogs playing four Top 25 teams within a five-game span.
Saturday’s game was Butler’s first true road game of the season.
Saturday was the second meeting between Butler and Houston; the Cougars won the first match-up which was part of the 2021 Maui Invitational that was played in Las Vegas due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
UP NEXT: The Bulldogs return to Hinkle Fieldhouse to host North Dakota State Tuesday night. Tickets are still available for the 6:30 p.m. tip. Fans can watch the game on FS1 or listen to the audio feed provided by Mark Minner and Nick Gardner via the Varsity Network app.
IU INDY MEN’S BASKETBALL
JAGUARS DROP HEARTBREAKER AT THE BUZZER TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis men’s basketball team dropped an absolute heartbreaker on its home court to Northern Kentucky on Saturday (Dec. 7), falling at the buzzer to the Norse, 66-64. NKU’s Trey Robinson scored on a goaltending call as time expired to send the Norse to the victory. The Jaguars seemingly sent the game to overtime by forcing a tough Sam Vinson jumper on the final possession, but the ball wedged between the rim and backboard with 1.1 seconds to play. NKU (3-6, 1-0 HL) retained the ball underneath their own hoop on the alternating possession. Robinson cut to the baseline and put a reverse layup off the glass and on the rim before it was touched by Julian Steinfeld, who was making his season debut.
The play was originally called a goaltend and confirmed after a lengthy review, giving the Norse the win. The bucket capped a 19-point effort for Robinson.
“I’m proud of our guys. We fought all day long against a really good program,” head coach Paul Corsaro said. “It’s a tough way to lose a basketball game, but we’ll learn from it. It’s part of the growth process for our guys.”
Paul Zilinskas led IU Indy (5-6, 1-1 HL) with 24 points and Jarvis Walker closed with 23, including a game-tying jumper with just under nine seconds left in regulation. Junior Sean Craig closed with a game-high 13 rebounds, helping the Jaguars to a 29-25 victory on the glass. Included in Walker’s 23-point effort was his 1,000th collegiate point among three stops in his career.
IU Indy led 60-52 with 5:36 to play when Zilinskas drained a tough fallaway jumper, but NKU closed the game outscoring the Jaguars 14-4 over the final five-plus minutes. NKU’s Keeyan Itejere had three blocked shots to stifle three different Jaguar possessions during the final stretch. NKU’s Josh Dilling drilled a go-ahead three from the right wing with 20 seconds left, setting up Walker’s game-tying connection.
Walker finished 10-of-15 from the floor and Zilinskas hit 8-of-14 attempts, including six treys, as the Jaguars shot 51.1 percent overall and 10-of-20 from three. NKU was limited to just 44.8 percent overall and 35 percent from three.
NKU did the bulk of its damage in close, outscoring the Jaguars 26-14 in the paint and 19-3 on fast break points. The Norse scored the game’s opening seven points and built a double-digit lead at 19-9 on a Dan Gherezgher fast break layup. However, Zilinskas repeatedly found free space and caught fire for the remainder of the half, scoring 19 points in the opening 20 minutes as the Jags led 33-29 at the half.
Corsaro continued to tighten the rotation as the Jaguar bench contributed just three points in limited action. Ron Rutland III led the reserves with 12 minutes and two points while Keenan Garner added a point and two rebounds.
DeSean Goode finished with six points, two rebounds and two assists and Alec Millender had five points, five rebounds and a pair of assists.
The Jaguars will play their next four games away from home, beginning with a Horizon League matchup at Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday (Dec. 11) at 7:00 p.m. inside Memorial Coliseum. That game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
IU INDY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS TO CLEVELAND STATE, 82-49
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The IU Indianapolis women’s basketball team suffered an 82-49 defeat to Cleveland State on Saturday afternoon in Cleveland. Despite a team-high 12 points from sophomore Alexa Hocevar, the Jaguars struggled to keep pace with the high-powered Vikings.
Cleveland State started strong, shooting 55.6% from beyond the arc in the first quarter to open a 22-14 lead. The Jaguars shot 33.3% in the period but were unable to match the Vikings’ offensive efficiency for three.
In the second quarter, IU Indianapolis tightened up defensively, limiting Cleveland State to 17 points. However, the Jaguars’ offense continued to struggle, scoring just 11 points to trail 39-25 at the half.
After the break, the Vikings put their stamp on the game, dominating the third quarter. Cleveland State shot 61.1% from the field, pouring in 31 points. Meanwhile, IU Indy could only muster 12 points on 28.6% shooting. By the end of the third, the Vikings had extended their lead to an insurmountable 70-37.
The Jaguars showed resilience in the final period, playing Cleveland State to a 12-12 tie, but the damage had already been done. The Vikings closed out the 82-49 victory.
Hocevar’s 12 points paced the Jaguars, while Shania Nichols-Vannett chipped in with 8 points. The loss drops IU Indy to 1-8 overall and 0-2 in Horizon League play.
The Jaguars will look to bounce back when they return to The Jungle on Wednesday, December 11, to host Purdue Fort Wayne.
INDIANA STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
TEEL, DAUGHTRY RECORD 20-POINT GAMES LEADING SYCAMORES TO VICTORY IN MVC OPENER
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Indiana State men’s basketball solidified a three-game win streak to bring back to Terre Haute with a win in the Missouri Valley opener at Missouri State on Saturday night, 80-77.
This game marked the last Missouri Valley meeting between Indiana State and Missouri State, as the Bears are heading to Conference USA in July 2025. The Sycamores wrapped up the series 31-54 overall, 17-21 in Terre Haute, 8-33 in Springfield and 5-15 in the last 20 games.
The game opened with altering buckets, beginning with a triple from the Bears’ Dez White. Samage Teel drained a pair of threes in back-to-back possessions before White made another triple. Jahni Summers came off the bench after the first media timeout and immediately drained a three off the left wing. But, the game remained tight through the second media timeout with the Sycamores up by three, 13-10.
A Jaden Daughtry layup and another Summers trey opened the lead in favor of Indiana State 18-12, but it was tied back up at 20 with nine minutes to play on a short 5-0 spurt by Missouri State.
Teel assisted on a layup by Derek Vorst, then the Bears took control of the lead with a 10-point run to go up 33-26 with 2:48 to play. Teel ended the scoring drought for the Sycamores with by converting a conventional three-point play at the 2:33 mark. Both teams made seven points apiece to close out the first half with Missouri State taking a 40-36 lead into the break.
It took the Sycamores just under 90 seconds to score their first basket of the second half, but when they did they piled it on with a 13-3 run over just about three minutes to go ahead 49-47 with 15:45 to play.
Daughtry opened with a pair of free throws, then Teel swiped a pass to finish with a fastbreak lay-in at the other end. About 30 seconds later Bruno Alocen recorded a steal of his own for Teel to finish another and-one. It was Daughtry’s turn to force a turnover that led to an Alocen floater from inside the paint. Teel drove to the basket from the left side, dumping it off to Daughtry in the paint for a left-handed layup to finish it off.
The Sycamores didn’t slow down using another seven-point unanswered run to extend the lead to 56-49 just inside the 14-minute mark. Doughty made a layup, then Daughtry blocked a shot attempt by the Bears then was rewarded with a two-handed slam in the ensuing possession, followed by a jumper made by Teel.
Missouri State brought the game back within a possession with 8:16 to play with a 10-3 run, taking the lead back with 5:12 to play, 67-66. A triple by Jayan Walker was the lone basket in the run for the Sycamores.
Indiana State took a one-point, 68-67 advantage off another Daughtry layup. K’mani Doughty made a three-pointer from the corner right in front of the Sycamore bench and recorded the rebound on the defensive side of the court for Josiah LeGree to hit a huge triple from the left wing off an assist by Teel.
Doughty once again made a pair of clutch free throws, this time with 1:24 to play, giving Indiana State a four-point, 76-72 lead. A Missouri State layup put some momentum in their way, but Daughtry drove the paint and slammed home a one-handed dunk over a Bears defender to restore the four-point lead.
Missouri State wasn’t finished, with Vincent Brady II making a three-pointer with 39 seconds remaining; Indiana State at this point lead 78-77. Daughtry again made a layup from Teel’s pass to go up three. 80-77. The Bears had two chances to win the game inside five seconds, but neither fell through to give Indiana State the three-point victory.
Samage Teel stayed hot, pacing the Sycamores with 23 points on 9-for-12 shooting and 3-for-6 from three. He was close to a triple-double, pulling down seven rebounds and dishing out nine assists. Jaden Daughtry scored 20 points going 9-for-14 from the field. K’mani Doughty recorded seven points and five rebounds. Josiah LeGree dished out five assists.
Missouri State was led by Dez White with 30 points (9-for-18, 7-for-8 at the line) and Michael Osei-Bonsu with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Vincent Brady II scored 15 points.
News & Notes
Samage Teel’s 23 points came after a season high 24-point game in the last time on the court, which was against Tarleton State. He is now 18-for-25 in the last two games. He has six 20-point games on the season in 10 games. He was 5-for-6 in the first half while the rest of the team was 10-for-25.
Jaden Daughtry in his last four games (three in the Bahamas plus Saturday night at Missouri State) is 29-for-39 (74.4%).
Samage Teel and Jaden Daughtry scored 43 of Indiana State’s 80 points (53.8%). The duo scored 26 points of Indiana State’s 44 in the second half, combining for 11-of-14 from the field.
This is the first time this season that two Sycamores have scored 20+ points. It most recently happened last season in the NIT Semifinal against Utah on April 2 (Ryan Conwell with 27, Robbie Avila with 26).
Derek Vorst returned to the court after missing nearly a month. He last played on November 12 against SIU Edwardsville.
With the win, the Sycamores have opened Missouri Valley play with a victory in three-straight seasons.
Indiana State finished 22-for-29 from inside the arc (75.9%) and 20-for-27 inside the paint (74.1%) for 40 total paint points.
The Sycamores shot 57.1% on the night, the second-best percentage of the season.
The 23 fouls committed by Indiana State ties for second-most of the season.
Indiana State’s 18 assists are the most since the win at home against Chicago State on November 22 (20).
The Sycamore defense swatted four shots by the Bears, the second-most of the season (6 versus Eureka).
The Sycamores have scored 80+ points in the last four games and in six of the last seven.
The five players off the bench combined finished 9-for-13 from the floor (Jahni Summers, Derek Vorst, Josiah LeGree, Jayan Walker, Merritt Alderink).
Up Next
Indiana State has a short break in games in the schedule, returning to action for two-straight home games, beginning on Wednesday, December 18 at home against Murray State.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MASTODONS USE 3-POINT BARRAGE TO KNOCK OFF GREEN BAY 67-66
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Purdue Fort Wayne women’s basketball team hit 15 3-pointers to defeat Green Bay 67-66 on Saturday (Dec. 7). Lauren Ross led all scorers with 25 points, leading the Mastodons to their first-ever win against the Phoenix.
Ross was at an elite level on Saturday. She finished with 25 points, five rebounds, three steals and two assists while shooting 75 percent (9-of-12) from the floor and a perfect 6-for-6 from 3-point land. This included 14 points in the fourth quarter. Ross is one of two players in Mastodon history to ever hit all six attempts from beyond the arc and the first since 2005. She is also one of five Horizon League players to do so in the last 20 years.
The Mastodons’ 15 3-pointers as a team ties the seventh-most in a game in program history.
While Ross was scoring at will, the Mastodons followed her lead from the 3-point line, going 53.6 (15-of-28) from behind the arc.
From the opening tip, it was obvious the game was going to be a fun one. The two teams traded blows until it was tied at 10-10, with just one missed shot in the opening three minutes. There were seven lead changes and two ties, but Purdue Fort Wayne led for the majority of the contest. This was in large part to a 12-0 run in the first quarter, in which the Mastodons went 4-for-4 from the field. Ross scored five, Renna Schwieterman hit a triple, and Tia Morgan and Jordan Reid got two each.
The reigning Horizon League champs didn’t make it easy on the ‘Dons the rest of the way though. While the ‘Dons led by five at the half, and built it up to 11 shortly after, the Phoenix stormed back with a 15-1 run to lead 54-53 shortly into the fourth quarter.
From there, Ross took over. She scored all 14 of the Mastodons points in the fourth quarter, nearly out-scoring Green Bay on her own. Up one at 60-59, Ross buried a triple with a defender in her face. Two possessions later, she drilled a 3-pointer from the left wing to go up five. Up two, she hit the free throw that ultimately sealed the game.
The Mastodons held the Phoenix to 1-of-10 from the 3-point line in the last 14 minutes of the game. The ‘Dons picked up their first win over the Phoenix after their 13th try.
Jasmine Kondrakiewicz had 20 points for the Phoenix.
With the victory, the Mastodons improve to 5-5 and 2-0 to start Horizon League play. The Phoenix fall to 6-4, 1-1.
Purdue Fort Wayne will visit IU Indianapolis on Wednesday (Dec. 11) for a 6:30 tip to wrap up the early portion of the Horizon League schedule.
EVANSVILLE MEN’S BASKETBALL
ACES FALL SHORT AGAINST HILLTOPPERS
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Cam Haffner and Gabriel Pozzato tied for the game-high with 19 points as the University of Evansville men’s basketball team fell to Western Kentucky on Saturday by a final score of 79-65 at the Ford Center.
Box Score
Haffner added 8 rebounds and 4 assists while Pozzato registered 7 caroms and a pair of steals. Tayshawn Comer finished with 12 points while Connor Turnbull had 9 points and 6 blocks.
“Today was a game of runs. I felt like we did a better job of sticking to the gameplan in the first half, but we let it get away from us in the second half,” UE head coach David Ragland said. “We’ll get back to work tomorrow and learn what we need to from today.”
Two triples gave the Hilltoppers a 6-0 lead before Tayshawn Comer knocked down a triple to put UE on the board. Evansville made it a 1-point game at 8-7 on a Cam Haffner basket but WKU battled back with six in a row to double up the Aces at 14-7.
Triples from Connor Turnbull and Comer helped UE cut into the deficit before a 3-pointer by Gabriel Pozzato gave Evansville its first lead of the day at 18-17 just past the halfway point of the period. The teams swapped the lead over the next sequence as a spin-around move from Haffner saw UE retake the lead before WKU jumped back in front at 24-22 as the half approached its final six minutes.
With two minutes on the clock, Haffner’s first triple of the afternoon was followed by a Pozzato dunk that gave UE its largest advantage at 31-26. The Hilltoppers closed with two more triples to make it a 33-32 game at halftime.
Just as he did to open the game, Comer posted the first basket of the second half and Haffner added another triple to give UE a 38-35 lead. Trailing 39-38, WKU hit a shot in a crazy sequence that saw them force a pair of turnovers as UE worked to inbound the ball and turned it into five more points, forcing the Aces to use their first timeout of the second half with the Hilltoppers in front at 45-39.
The run continued for the Hilltoppers as they converted six out of seven attempts to take their first double figure lead at 52-41 before going up by a 55-41 score. Just as fast as the Hilltoppers took control, Evansville stormed right back. Haffner got things going with his third triple of the day while Pozzato followed with six in a row. Tanner Cuff’s first trey of the game cut the deficit to 57-53.
Up 59-55, the Hilltoppers pulled away in the final minutes, utilizing a 10-0 run before taking the game by a final of 79-65.
Babacar Faye tied for the game-high with 19 points while hauling 12 boards. The Hilltoppers finished with a 41-37 edge on the boards while outshooting UE by a 44.3%-36.1% tally.
The Aces look to get back on track when they host Chattanooga on Thursday.
SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL
SCREAMING EAGLES LOSE TOUGH BATTLE AT SIU, 73-70
CARBONDALE, Ill. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball battled to the last minute, but fell to Southern Illinois University, 73-70, Saturday afternoon at the Banterra Center in Carbondale, Illinois. The Screaming Eagles, whose winning streak stopped at three, are 4-5 overall this season, while the Salukis go to 4-6.
USI and SIU battled back and forth through the first 20 minutes of the game before the Salukis grabbed a 37-34 lead at the intermission. The half featured 13 combined ties and lead changes between the two teams.
The Eagles’ largest run of the half was 7-0 to snag a 28-27 lead with 2:53 left in the half, while the largest margin was three points, 11-8. USI sophomore forward Stephen Olowoniyi was the Eagles’ main offensive threat, scoring 20 of 34 first-half points.
The second half started much like the first half with the Eagles and the Salukis trading buckets until a three-point bucket by junior guard Jayland Randall put the Eagles up one, 46-45, with 14:58 left. The Salukis would respond to take back the lead and would lead by as many as eight, 62-54, with a 17-8 burst after the 10-minute mark.
USI would battle back to cut the deficit to 69-67 after a pair of Olowoniyi free throws and 72-70 on a three-pointer by Randall, but a SIU bucket and two free throws in the final 10 seconds would seal the Eagles’ fate 73-70. SIU also won the important battle of the glass, 35-24.
Olowoniyi was limited to four points in the second half and finished with a team-high and career-high 24 points. He was 10-of-11 from the field and four-of-five from the stripe.
Randall joined Olowoniyi in double-digits with 22 points, two short of a career-best. He was eight-of-14 from the field, three-of-three from downtown, and three-of-four from the stripe.
Next Up For USI:
USI begins a four-game homestand, its longest of the season, by hosting Shawnee State University December 15 at Liberty Arena. The homestand also includes the start of Ohio Valley Conference action with games versus Tennessee State University (December 19); the University of Tennessee at Martin (December 21), and Morehead State University (December 31).
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S BAKSETBALL
USI POSTS HOME WIN AGAINST OAKLAND CITY BEHIND RALEY’S 26 POINTS
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball returned to Liberty Arena, home of the Screaming Eagles, on Saturday afternoon with a 70-45 win against Oakland City University behind 26 points from graduate forward Meredith Raley.
Coming off only its second setback of the non-conference season on Wednesday, Southern Indiana picked up the win on Saturday to improve to 8-2 on the year and 5-0 inside the friendly confines of Liberty Arena.
Southern Indiana and Oakland City went back and forth to start the contest, but after a 6-6 tie at the six-minute mark of the first quarter, USI went on a 9-0 run. Sophomore forward Amiyah Buchanan gave the Screaming Eagles an early spark off the bench with a couple of second-chance opportunities on the offensive end. Playing at a high tempo early on, USI’s defense forced 11 first-quarter turnovers, leading to 13 points for the Eagles. USI led 21-12 through the first 10 minutes.
Defenses complicated matters for each offense in the early portion of the second quarter. Neither side could find a consistent offensive rhythm, especially with the jump shot. Both teams went scoreless for three minutes in the middle of the second quarter. An inside look by Buchanan ended the scoreless drought for USI, moving the Eagles ahead by 13, 27-14, at the midway point of the second period. A couple of good defensive clearances and finishes in transition helped Southern Indiana go into halftime up 35-21.
After much success in the first half going into the paint, Southern Indiana continued to lean on its post play to start the second half. Buchanan and Raley reached double figures for the game with inside conversions, helping increase USI’s lead to 46-28 halfway through the third. In fact, Raley scored 12 points in the third quarter to hit 20 points. USI had its best period of the game shooting for 50 percent and outscoring the Mighty Oaks 25-11 in the third quarter. The Screaming Eagles led 60-32 after three quarters.
Raley and the Screaming Eagles added to the big run in the fourth quarter. Southern Indiana’s run reached 15-0 across eight total minutes. Raley was on the brink of matching her career-high mark of 27 points before exiting the game with a little over five minutes remaining in the contest. In the final minutes, Oakland City made a nice push, but Southern Indiana closed out the victory.
Southern Indiana shot over 41 percent (29-70) for the game despite an unkind three-point line as USI shot 2-15 from beyond the arc. The Eagles were 10-12 for 83 percent at the foul line. USI won the rebounding battle, 46-42, and posted 50 points in the paint. The defense forced 28 turnovers with 18 steals, leading to 30 points off turnovers for USI. Sophomore guard Triniti Ralston had seven of USI’s 18 takeaways.
Individually, Raley’s 26 points led all scorers. The forward was 12-16 from the floor and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds in the contest. Buchanan finished with 11 points and five boards.
Oakland City was limited to just over 28 percent shooting (17-60) overall and 20 percent from long range with four three-pointers. The Mighty Oaks were 7-12 for 58 percent at the free-throw stripe. Fifth-year senior guard Emilee Hope tallied her season average of 18 points to lead Oakland City in scoring.
Following final exams in the coming week, the Screaming Eagles conclude the non-conference season next Sunday, December 15, on the road against the top-25 ranked University of Illinois. Tipoff from Champaign, Illinois is set for 1 p.m. CT. Coverage links can be found online at usiscreamingeagles.com.
UINDY MEN’S BASKETBALL
UINDY WRAPS WEEKEND AT MARYVILLE
ST. LOUIS – The UIndy men’s basketball fell to Maryville by a score of 69-59 on Saturday evening, dropping its losing streak to three to begin GLVC action.
Brody Whitker led all scorers with 19 points, while Dashawn Jackson recorded his first double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
INS & OUTS
Three finished in double figures for the Greyhounds, as Grant Disken joined his teammates with 10 points, including a 3-pointer. Disken drew his first start as a Greyhound in absence of Noah Kon, adding six rebounds and a pair of assists on the evening.
Maryville used an 8-0 run stretch the break, leading by as many as 12 more than four minutes into the second half. Disken drove to the hoop to cut the deficit to two with 3:54 left, but the Saints responded with an 11-3 run to close out the win.
All nine Greyhounds scored on Saturday, including centers Kelvin Amoako and Tucker Tornatta. The duo also combined for nine rebounds in 30 minutes.
INSIDE THE BOX
– UIndy attempted 31 free throws this evening, its most since it went 27 for 41 at Southwest Baptist in February 23.
– Seventeen of the Greyhounds’ 48 rebounds came on the offensive glass, they it outpaced the Saints by six boards.
– After scoring 14 points on Thursday, Dylan Ingram was held to a single field goal in 26 minutes of action.
– Jackson dished out four of the team’s 10 assists, while Zac Szul added a couple helpers
UP NEXT
The Hounds continue their road trip with a Wednesday bout against Thomas More, scheduled for 6 p.m. ET in Crestview Hills, Ky.
UINDY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
FOUR HOUNDS FINISH IN DOUBLE FIGURES AT MARYVILLE
ST. LOUIS – UIndy had its chance to win it at the end, but came up just short in a 76-73 loss to Maryville on Saturday.
Elana Wells led four Greyhounds in double figures with a season-high 22 points, hitting four 3-pointers in the second half. Overall, the Hounds went 11 for 19 (57.9 percent) from deep for its best percentage effort with double-digit triples since February 2022 at Rockhurst.
Junior Patricia Chikamba posted her second double-double of the season by halftime, finishing with 15 points and 15 rebounds against the Saints.
HOW IT HAPPENED
A key steal from Wells with 6.3 seconds left gave her Hounds the opportunity at the buzzer, knocking a ball bound for the Maryville bench off a Saints’ player and advancing the ball to the Greyhound backcourt. Jaelyee Murray drove to the lane and found Halie Gilbert for a jumper, which rimmed out with decimals remaining on the clock.
Amyrah Sapenter scored all 14 of her points after the break on the heels of four triples, including her final 3-pointer with less than 90 seconds left to pull UIndy back within two. The Saints led by as many as nine with 3:07 remaining before Chikamba sparked an 8-0 run.
Wells drilled her final 3-pointer of the afternoon with 26 ticks on the clock to cut the deficit to 72-71.
UIndy built a 31-30 halftime advantage, with Murray scored each of her 10 points in the second quarter.
INSIDE THE BOX
– The Greyhounds outrebounded by 14, while scoring 13 second-chance points on 14 offensive boards.
– Four players recorded a steal, including Ruby Garner with one.
– UIndy matched a season-best 12 assists, with Wells dishing out a team-high four.
– Chikamba’s 15 rebounds is the most since for a Greyhound since…Chikamba’s 17 against Missouri S&T in November 2023.
UP NEXT
The Hounds return home for a Wednesday meeting with Governors State at Nicoson Hall. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m.
MARIAN WRESTLING
HUGHES’ CHAMPIONSHIP HEADLINES MARIAN WRESTLING’S EFFORTS AT LITTLE STATE
INDIANAPOLIS – The Marian wrestling team returned to the mat on Saturday, wrestling at the annual Little State Championships, hosted by the University of Indianapolis. Marian had one champion on the day, and saw multiple wrestlers earn top-eight finishes.
Anthony Hughes headlined Marian’s efforts as he won the championship at the 125 weight class, going 4-0 overall on the day. Jeff Dunasky Jr and Landon Bertsch both finished runner-up in their respective weight classes, and Clay Guenin finished third in his weight class at 197. Overall on the day, Marian had nine wrestlers finish top-eight in their respective weight classes, and amassed 45 victories for the tournament.
125 – Anthony Hughes | 4-0 | Champion | Won 125 championship with perfect record, taking down Matteo Vargo from the University of the Cumberlands
133 – Landon Bertsch | 4-1 | Runner-up | Finished runner-up at the 133 weight class, earning all four wins by decision
133 – Logan Richardson | 0-2
133 – Romeo White | 1-2 | Earned win in championship bracket
141 – Ian Heath | 1-2 | Lone win came in main bracket
141 – Daniel Stanfield | 1-2 | Lone win came over teammate Drew Willis
141 – Drew Willis | 0-2
141 – Braden Haines | 2-2 | Both wins in consolation bracket
149 – Zach Wilson | 2-3 | Eighth place finish
149 – Isaac Richardson | 0-2
149 – Marlin Williams | 3-2 | Seventh Place finish with three wins
149 – Brady Ison | 2-2 | Both wins in championship bracket
157 – Jeff Dunasky Jr | 4-1 | Runner-up at 157 weight class | Four wins on the day, two by decision, one by fall, one by major decision | Lost title to Jordan Watters of West Liberty
157 – Jackson Todd | 3-3 | Finished eighth place overall with all three wins coming in the consolation bracket
165 – Braden Getz | 2-2 | Earned two wins in the consolation bracket, one by fall
165 – Gage Eckles | 2-2 | Both wins came in consolation bracket
165 – James Lacey | 1-2 | Earned win by fall in consolation bracket
165 – Jairo Ojeda | 1-2 | Win came by fall in consolation bracket
174 – Evan Tilton | 0-2
174 – David Oyebode | 0-2
174 – Austin O’Donoghue | 1-2 | Win came by medical forfeit
184 – Liam Begley | 3-2 | Finished in sixth place in the tournament | Earned one win in the championship bracket, and earned a major decision victory in the consolation bracket
184 – Jordan Fulks | 2-3 | Finished eighth place, earning two wins in consolation
197 – Clay Guenin | 4-1 | Finished in third place, going 4-1 in the championship bracket | Earned wins by major decision, fall, decision, and injury default
285 – Kaleb Abad | 1-2 | Win came in consolation bracket
285 – Michael Yerian | 1-2 | Win came in championship bracket
285 – Enoch Shodeinde | 0-2
285 – Eldrich Flores | 0-2
Marian will next compete on December 20 at the University of the Cumberlands, competing in the Patriots final home open before winter break.
MARIAN MEN’S BASKETBALL
TEAM BASKETBALL LEADS MARIAN TO FIRST CROSSROADS LEAGUE WIN IN 93-70 VICTORY AT GOSHEN
Goshen, Ind. – The Marian men’s basketball team erased the zero in their conference win column on Saturday, as the Knights landed a 93-70 Crossroads League win over Goshen College. Marian’s team victory improves their overall record to 6-4, while moving to 1-3 in the Crossroads League.
Marian and Goshen went back and forth on the scoreboard Saturday, seemingly going shot for shot as the lead changed hands multiple times in the first five minutes of the game. Noah Lovan and Dylan Moles helped build a 16-15 lead at the first media timeout of the game with a pair of shots from downtown, while Gavin Foe and the pair of guards helped push the lead to six points over the next three minutes of play. Aidan Franks provided instant offense off the bench as he helped push Marian’s lead into double figures, scoring five quick points after entering the game.
Franks second score of the game gave the Knights a 30-19 lead with 9:35 to play in the first half, and established a double figure lead for all but 16 seconds over the remainder of the period. Marian’s offense continued to click as Moles and Lovan continued to score, while Ehladj Diallo aided in the attack with four first half points. Franks scored the final points of the half to seal a 52-39 lead, as Noah Lovan found the redshirt-freshman for the last score in the period.
The Knights continued to attack in the second half, as Gavin Foe and Hayden Nahra helped increase the lead to 17 points in the first three minutes. Goshen would rally back into the game with a 4-0 run to bring the score back to the halftime mark of 13 points, but Marian made life difficult on the Maple Leafs to continue their scoring. The three-guard backcourt of Lovan, Franks, and Moles continued to make life difficult for the home team as they calmly knocked down shot after shot, building the Knights’ lead to 20 points.
With 9:25 to play Marian led by 24 points as Noah Lovan made the score 75-51 off a steal and layup, putting the stamp on Marian’s win. Goshen would only be able to muster enough consecutive scores to get within 18 points over the remaining nine minutes of play, as Marian played stout defense to anchor their victory. A three point shot from Reis Butcher with 3:20 to play gave Marian a 26-point advantage, securing their largest lead of the game, setting the cruise control in the 93-70 win.
Marian shot a highly-efficient 63.8 percent from the field on Saturday, while making seven of 14 shots from downtown. Marian also assisted on 19 of their 37 makes in the victory. Noah Lovan paced the team with 29 points, missing his season-high by one point. Aidan Franks scored 24 points off the bench, going 9-11 from the field in the win. Moles finished with 17 points in the win, and Diallo led the team in rebounding with eight.
The Knights will be off until next Saturday, when they return to non-conference action in a road trip to Roosevelt University.
MARIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
KNIGHTS BREEZE BY MAPLE LEAFS 81-54 ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Goshen, Ind. – The Marian women’s basketball dominated Goshen in their first Crossroads League match-up of the year finishing with a final score of 81-54. The Knights are now 10-1 overall on the season and 4-0 in the Crossroads League.
Marian got off to an early lead with Taylor Double and Abbey McNally each tabbing a two pointer to open up the game with a Knights 4-0 lead. The Knights continued to dominate, racking up 12 points by the halfway point in the quarter. Taylor Double’s pair of threes and Eva Fisher’s pair of free throws made up the eight points to bring the score 12-5 with 5:22 on the clock. After a minute and a half dry spell for the Knights, Abbey McNally was able to rack up three points off of a two pointer and free throw as well as a two pointer from Kiley McNally to increase the margin to 11 points. The McNally sisters continued to extend Marian’s lead with Kiley claiming a pair of free throws and Abbey claiming another two pointer within the final two minutes of the quarter. Double finished off the quarter with a two pointer to be followed by a Maple Leafs three to bring the score 23-14 going into the second quarter.
Abbey McNally opened up the second quarter with a pair of two pointers to increase the Knights lead to 13. The Maple Leafs answered with a three and two pointer to bring the score 27-19. Faust and Abbey McNally answered to maintain Marian’s lead with a pair of twos. After the midway point of the quarter both sides traded sides with Kenna Kirby and Double each claiming a two for Marian. Emily Grim, Kennedy Fuelling, and Faust continued to extend the lead, each claiming a two. Faust finished the quarter shooting a two at the 27 second mark to maintain the 43-25 lead going into the half
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Fisher and Abbey McNally opened up the third quarter with McNally claiming a pair and Fischer claiming a singular two to increase the margin to 24 points. Goshen answered with a three but McNally and Faust showed no signs of stopping with Abbey Claiming a two and Olivia claiming a two as well as a three to bring the score 56-28 at the halfway mark of the quarter. Each side traded free throws with Kirby, Faust, and Kiley McNally each claiming a pair of free throws. Kenna Gray finished out the third quarter with a two pointer with 10 seconds remaining in the quarter while the Maple Leafs answered with a pair of free throws to bring the score 64-38 going into the final quarter.
Zoe Wheeler opened up the final quarter with a two followed up by the Maple Leafs efforts to chip away at Marian’s lead with a pair of twos and a free throw to bring rhe score 66-44. Kennedy Fuellig was able to knock down a three at the 8:18 mark. Goshen answered with a push at Marian’s definite with a two but Wheeler fired back with a pair of twos. Fisher went to the line shooting a singular free throw to increase the score 74-49. Goshen continued to chip away with a pair of free throws but Esther Sevilla’s two and Fisher’s three extended Marian’s lead to 28 points. The Knights and Maple Leafs each fired a pair of free throws with Madisyn Bailey claiming the points for the Knights. Goshen claimed the last free throw of the game to bring the final score 81-54 and allow the Knights to claim their fourth Crossroads League win of the season.
Abbey McNally led the team in points with 19 while Olivia Faust was close behind with 13 and Taylor Double with 12. Double led the team in assists with six while Madisyn Bailey was very close behind with five. Kenna Kirby and Eva Fisher were each able to claim two assists each and Zoe Wheeler, Kennedy Fuelling, Ester Sevilla, and Emily Grim were all each able to claim an assist each. Kirby led the team in rebounds with five while Kiley McNally was very close behind with four.
The Knights will be back in action next Saturday, December 14th on the road to take on #11 Georgetown.
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Early formation of the SEC
December 8, 1932 – Knoxville, Tennessee – 13 members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Southern Conference located west and south of the Appalachian Mountains formerly reorganized into the South Eastern Conference. According to the post on secsports.com the member schools at that time were Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia Tech, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Sewanee, Tulane and Vanderbilt. Want more about the SEC? We have more on the conference’s history in this February Post on the SEC.
Most Lopsided NFL Game
December 8, 1940 – Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. – The most lopsided NFL Title game ever. The National Football League Championship game played in 1940 is long remembered, but not because it was a great battle but because of the dominance of the Chicago Bears that day and History.com’s article brings all the details. The Chicago Bears embarrassed the Washington Redskins, 73-0 in the game. It was the most lopsided victory in NFL history and it happened to be the NFL’s showcase game to determine their season’s champion. There was no doubt who the top team in the 1940 NFL was after this one. The game was also the first NFL Championship game broadcast on national radio.
Heisman Awards
December 8, 1942 – The 8th Heisman Trophy Award was given to Frank Sinkwich, Georgia’s outstanding halfback. Heisman.com tells us not only was Sinkwich the Bulldogs first ever Heisman winner but also that he was the first Trophy holder to be born outside of the United States. Hailing from Zagreb, Croatia his family immigrated to the U.S. early in Frank’s life.The 1942 season was special for Sinkwich as he set the SEC’s passing record when he tossed for 1392 yards. Frank also ran for an additional 795 yards on the ground and helped the Bulldogs hit a record mark of 4725 yards of total offense! He of course was voted in as an All-America choice and even added to his legend by scoring the only TD in that season’s Rose Bowl on two sprained ankles in a 9-0 blanking of UCLA.
December 8, 1948 – Southern Methodist University’s Halfback Doak Walker took home the 14th Heisman Trophy Award. Doak was only the second Junior player to win the coveted Trophy associated with being the best player in the nation. Heisman.com fills us in on the details of his great season with the Mustangs. Doak had 542 yards rushing and 8 TD’s in the season of 1948 and he caught 15 balls for another 278 yards and an additional 2 scores. WHen you pad those totals with yardage accumulated from him passing for 5 touchdowns and 304 more yards you see what a weapon he was for the powerful SMU offense! Walker was the third overall pick of the 1950 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions and he played there for 6 seasons even holding the NFL rushing title in one year.iframesrc=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/W1eAPUm2eok”
December 8, 1953 – The 19th Heisman Trophy was placed into the hands of Johnny Lattner of Notre Dame by the Downtown Athletic Club according to the Awards website. The senior halfback had an outstanding season for the Irish as he led the team to a 9-0-1 record while accumulating 651 yards rushing on 134 attempts and caught 14 balls for another 204 yards gained. His special teams play was outstanding as well as he averaged nearly 40 yards per kick return in the 8 times he fielded the ball and he picked off 4 passes while playing defense! Johnny’s all purpose yards school record stood for 25 years at Notre Dame. Lattner played with the Pittsburgh Steelers for a season before entering the U.S. Air Force, but before he could return to the NFL he suffered a career ending knee injury in a military game.
December 8, 1955 – The 21st Heisman Trophy Award was handed to Howard Cassady the halfback from Ohio State University. “Hopalong” as he was called ran for 958 yards and 15 scores in his senior season to take home the nation’s top collegiate hardware and it also earned him the Associated Press Athlete of the Year Award. Cassady was a first round draft pick of the NFL’s Detroit Lions where he played defensive back and also spent some time with the Eagles in Philadelphia before retiring.
December 8, 1973 – The Movie Something for Joey captured the heart of a nation as it told the tale of Penn State running back John Cappelletti playing his butt off for his ill younger brother Joe. The performance on the gridiron earned Cappelletti the 39th Heisman Trophy Award as he rushed for 1522 yards and 17 touchdowns to become the first Nittany Lion to win the Trophy. His quest included 3 straight late season 200 yard plus games according to Heisman.com. Other accolades received by John were the Maxwell Trophy and was selected as Player-of-the-Year by ABC-TV, United Press International, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association, the Walter Camp Foundation and the Washington Touchdown Club. The LA Rams used the 11th overall pick in the 1974 NFL Draft to select Cappelletti and his NFL career lasted 10 seasons with both the Rams and the Chargers.
December 8, 1977 – The “Tyler Rose” Earl Campbell of the University of Texas won the 43rd Heisman Trophy Award. The running back who was known for his powerful lower body and exceptional balance rushed for 1744 yards and 19 touchdowns as he led the Longhorns to an undefeated season as he became the school’s Heisman winner per the Trophy’s official website. Earl was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1978 NFL Draft with the top pick. He took the League by storm as he dominated the rushing statistics for his first few seasons as a pro player.
December 8, 2001 – The SEC Championship Game of 2001 had #21 LSU Tigers upending the second ranked Volunteers of Tennessee by the score of 31-20.
December 8, 2007 – Florida Gator quarterback, Tim Tebow claimed the prize of the 73rd Heisman Trophy Award. Heisman.com informs us that Tim was the first sophomore to ever take home the prestigious Trophy. Tebow accounted for 51 touchdowns for the Gators that season gained by a combination of his arm and his legs. He passed for 3132 yards and 29 scores with 6 interceptions while rushing for 828 yards and 22 TDs. Tebow was drafted in the first round by the Denver Broncos and then bounced around the League playing for the Jets, Patriots and Eagles as well.
December 8, 2013 – Denver Broncos kicker, Matt Prader’s 64 yarder went through the uprights at the end of the first half of the Denver vs Tennessee Titans game to beat out the previous NFL record of 63 yards first set by New Orleans Saints kicker Tom Dempsey in 1970. Others had tied the 63 yarder but Prader broke the barrier on the distance during a game to be celebrated as the longest field goal ever in League history.
December 8, 2018 – The 84th Heisman Trophy Award belonged to Kyler Murray the nifty quarterback of the Oklahoma Sooners. It was the second consecutive Heisman Award given to Sooner QBs as the previous years’ Trophy went to Baker Mayfield according to Heisman.com. Murray’s 4946 yards of total offense and 51 TDs were big numbers that attracted the votes in his direction for collegiate football’s most prestigious individual award. Oklahoma now has seven Heisman winners which ties them with both Ohio State and Notre Dame for the most winners from one school. Murray initially was part of Texas A&M’s program but after his freshman season he transferred to the Sooners. The second place in the Heisman voting was Tua Tagovailoa of Alabama and in third was Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins. Kyler Murray was the first overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft when the Arizona Cardinals selected him to be the face of their franchise.
Hall Of Fame Birthdays for December 8
December 8, 1914 – Portland, Oregon – Bobby Grayson the fullback from Stanford was born. According to footballfoundation.org, Bobby was another member of the ‘Vow Boys’ ‘ who were a group of Cardinal players who vowed not to lose to USC again in their careers after being shut out by the Trojans 13-0 in the 1932 freshman contest. Grayson helped fulfill the vow he made by scoring the first touchdown in his varsity game against Southern Cal in the Cardinal 13-7 victory. Grayson was a two-time consensus All-America player and in the 1934 Rose Bowl set a 25 year standing record when he rushed for 152 yards in the game. The National Football Foundation selected Bobby Grayson to enter into their College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.
December 8, 1941 – Cleveland, Ohio – A birthday is celebrated on this day by Nebraska’s top-flight guard Bob Brown. The NFF points out that Bob “Boomer” Brown had a pretty large stature for a player in his era as he loomed over opponents with his 6’-4” frame that weighed 260 pounds. Nebraska went 10-1 in his final college season and Boomer earned the honor of being a unanimous All-America in 1963 at guard. The NFF voters placed Bob Brown into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993. Bob was selected by both the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and the AFL’s Denver Broncos as a Tackle in the 1964 respective Drafts. He chose to play for the Eagles as they picked him second overall and he had a brilliant 10 NFL career with the Eagles, Raiders and Rams. Boomer Brown was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004’s class.
December 8, 1942 – The Bronx, New York – Bill Polian the NFL frontman that turned the fortunes of three different franchises into winners was born. Polian led the Buffalo Bills front office in the late 1980’s and helped the team play in four consecutive Super Bowls. The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s website then describes how he left Buffalo and then changed the fortunes of the second year Carolina Panthers to the NFC Championship game only to follow that up with building the Indianapolis Colts powerhouse teams of the early 2000’s that found good fortunes by winning eight division titles and two Super Bowl appearances. In 2015 the Pro Football Hall of Fame
placed Bill Polian as a contributor in their Gold Jacket Club to remember him for his NFL accomplishments.
December 8, 1958 – Duluth, Georgia – The University of South Carolina’s legendary runner George Rogers celebrates his birthday. When you are blessed with being agile, well balanced, can run a 40 yard dash in 4.5 and weigh in at 220 pounds you should be bound for gridiron greatness. That is exactly what the NFF states that George Rogers was in college. In both 1979 and again in 1980 he was an All-America player and even won the Heisman Trophy for the 1980 season for being the nation’s top player. George averaged about 6 yards per carry in his fourth year with the Gamecocks putting up 1781 rushing yards and set a school career record with his 4958 yards on the ground in his 4 seasons. The National Football Foundation selected George Rogers to enter into their College Football Hall of Fame in 1997. George played in the NFL for the Saints and the Redskins and won the Rookie of the Year honors in 1981 and in 1986 led the League with his 18 touchdowns scored.
TODAY IN SPORTS
Dec. 8
1940 — The Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0 for the most one-sided victory in NFL Championship play.
1942 — Georgia’s Frank Sinkwich wins the Heisman Trophy. Sinkwich ends his career holding the Southeastern Conference record for total offense with 2,399 yards.
1948 — Southern Methodist junior Doak Walker wins the Heisman Trophy. Walker over three years scores 303 points, including 40 touchdowns and 60 points after touchdowns.
1961 — Philadelphia’s Wilt Chamberlain scores 78 points and grabs 43 rebounds in a 151-147 triple overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Elgin Baylor leads the Lakers with 63 points.
1963 — Cookie Gilchrist of the Buffalo Bills sets an AFL record with 243 yards rushing and ties a league record with five touchdowns in a 45-14 rout of the New York Jets.
1977 — Texas running back Earl Campbell wins the Heisman Trophy.
1987 — Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers becomes the first NHL goaltender to shoot a puck into the opposing goal in a 5-2 victory over the Boston Bruins.
2000 — Shaquille O’Neal sets an NBA record by going 0-for-11 from the free-throw line as the SuperSonics beat the Lakers 103-95. He broke Wilt Chamberlain’s record, who went 0-for-10 for Philadelphia against Detroit on Nov. 4, 1960. O’Neal had 26 points and 16 rebounds.
2002 — Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon sets an NFL record with his 10th 300-yard game of the season, throwing for 328 yards in the Raider 27-7 win over San Diego and breaking a tie with Dan Marino, Warren Moon and Kurt Warner.
2007 — Florida quarterback Tim Tebow becomes the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy. He beats out Arkansas running back Darren McFadden, the first player since 1949 to finish second in consecutive seasons.
2011 — Three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols agrees to a $254 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels on the final day of baseball’s winter meetings. Pujols’ contract is the second-highest in baseball history and only the third to break the $200 million barrier, following Alex Rodriguez’s $252 million, 10-year deal with Texas before the 2001 season and A-Rod’s $275 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees before the 2008 season.
2011 — The NBA and players union reach financial agreement to end a 161-day lockout, shortening the season by 16 games.
2012 — Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel becomes the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football’s top individual prize after a record-breaking debut. Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o finishes a distant second and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein is third in the voting.
2013 — Zach Johnson rallies from four shots behind with eight holes to play and beats Tiger Woods, the No. 1 player in golf, at the World Challenge. Johnson holes out from a drop area for par on the last hole to force a playoff and wins when Woods misses a 5-foot par putt on the first extra hole.
2013 — Lydia Ko, a 16-year-old from New Zealand, rallies to win her first title as a professional. Ko, making her second pro start, wins the Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters, closing with a 4-under 68 for a three-stroke victory over South Korea’s So Yeon Ryu. She won four pro events as an amateur, taking the Canadian Women’s Open the last two years.
2018 — Kyler Murray, Oklahoma, wins Heisman Trophy.
2022 — American basketball star Brittany Griner is released by Russian authorities in a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout; Griner detained on drug smuggling charges since February 2022.
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Dec. 9
1934 — The New York Giants wins the NFL championship by beating the Chicago Bears 30-13 in the famous “Sneakers Game.” With the temperature at 9 degrees and the Polo Grounds field a sheet of ice, the Giants open the second half wearing basketball shoes and score 27 points in the final period to overcome a 13-3 Chicago lead.
1938 — The Chicago Cardinals select TCU center Ki Aldrich with the first pick of the NFL Draft.
1939 — The Chicago Cardinals select Tennessee half back George Cafego with the first pick of the NFL Draft.
1949 — The All-America Conference merges with the National Football League. Three teams from the AAFC — the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Colts — join the 10-team NFL. The league is called the National-American Football League, but months later the National Football League name is restored.
1973 — Jim Bakken of the St. Louis Cardinals kicks six field goals in a 32-10 victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
1977 — Moses Malone scores 20 points and grabs nine rebounds in the second half to lead the Houston Rockets to a 116-105 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. The game s marred by a one-punch knockout of Rockets’ forward Rudy Tomjanovich by Los Angeles forward Kermit Washington.
1984 — Eric Dickerson of the Los Angeles Rams rushes for 215 yards and two touchdowns against the Houston Oilers, breaking O.J. Simpson’s NFL single-season rushing record of 2,003 yards. Dickerson ends the season with 2,105 yards.
1993 — Kevin Johnson of Phoenix becomes the 13th player to record 10 steals in an NBA game, during the Suns’ 114-95 win over Washington.
2000 — Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith rushes for a season-high 150 yards, putting him over 1,000 for a record-tying 10th straight season and joins Walter Payton and Barry Sanders as the only players in NFL history with 15,000 career yards.
2001 — Bode Miller becomes the first American since 1983 to win a World Cup giant slalom race. Miller, third after the opening leg, has an excellent second run to win in a combined time of 2 minutes, 36.02 seconds in Val D’Isere, France.
2007 — Peyton Manning of Indianapolis becomes the fifth quarterback in NFL history to throw 300 touchdown passes, getting four and going 13-for-17 for 249 yards in a 44-20 win over Baltimore.
2009 — Cassidy Schaub rolls consecutive 300 games and sets a Professional Bowlers Association 16-game scoring record, averaging 257.25 to retain the second-round lead in the Pepsi Red, White and Blue Open. Schaub had a 16-game total of 4,116 pins to erase the PBA record of 4,095 set by John Mazza in Las Vegas in 1996.
2016 — Russia’s sports reputation is ripped apart again when a new report into systematic doping details a vast “institutional conspiracy” that covers more than 1,000 athletes in over 30 sports and a corrupted drug-testing system at the 2012 and 2014 Olympics. This second and final report by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren says the conspiracy involves the Russian Sports Ministry, national anti-doping agency and the FSB intelligence service, providing further details of state involvement in a massive program of cheating and cover-ups that operated on an “unprecedented scale” from 2011-15.
2017 — Jozy Altidore opens the scoring in the 67th minute and Toronto FC beats the Seattle Sounders 2-0 in the MLS Cup to become the first Canadian champion in league history.
2018 – New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady breaks Peyton Manning’s record for most touchdown passes in NFL history.
2018 — Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers breaks Tom Brady’s NFL record with his 359th straight pass without an interception during Packers 34-20 win over Atlanta Falcons; finishes game with streak intact at 368.
2021 – Chicago Black Hawks Marc-Andre Fleury becomes 3rd NHL goaltender to reach 500 career wins.
2023 — Japanese baseball two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani signs a North American pro-sports record 10-year $700m deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
TV SPORTS SUNDAY
| NFL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| NY JETS AT MIAMI | 1:00PM | CBS |
| ATLANTA AT MINNESOTA | 1:00PM | FOX |
| NEW ORLEANS AT NY GIANTS | 1:00PM | FOX |
| CAROLINA AT PHILADELPHIA | 1:00PM | FOX |
| CLEVELAND AT PITTSBURGH | 1:00PM | CBS |
| LAS VEGAS AT TAMPA BAY | 1:00PM | CBS |
| JACKSONVILLE AT TENNESSEE | 1:00PM | CBS |
| SEATTLE AT ARIZONA | 4:05PM | CBS |
| BUFFALO AT LA RAMS | 4:05PM | FOX |
| CHICAGO AT SAN FRANCISCO | 4:05PM | FOX |
| LA CHARGERS AT KANSAS CITY | 8:20PM | NBC PEACOCK |
| NBA REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| PHILADELPHIA 76ERS VS CHICAGO BULLS | 1:00PM | NBCS-PHI CHSN |
| MILWAUKEE BUCKS VS BROOKLYN NETS | 3:30PM | FANDUEL SPORTS WISCONSIN YES |
| CHARLOTTE HORNETS VS INDIANA PACERS | 5:00PM | FANDUEL SPORTS SOUTH FANDUEL SPORTS INDIANA |
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| CLEVELAND CAVALIERS VS MIAMI HEAT | 6:00PM | FANDUEL SPORTS OHIO FANDUEL SPORTS SUN |
| PHOENIX SUNS VS ORLANDO MAGIC | 6:30PM | AFSPORTSNET FANDUEL SPORTS FLORIDA |
| MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES VS WASHINGTON WIZARDS | 7:00PM | FANDUEL SPORTS SOUTHEAST MNMT |
| NEW ORLEANS PELICANS VS SAN ANTONIO SPURS | 7:00PM | GCSPORTSNET FANDUEL SPORTS SOUTHWEST SN |
| MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES VS GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | 8:30PM | FANDUEL SPORTS NORTH NBCS-BAY |
| HOUSTON ROCKETS VS LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | 9:00PM | SCHN FANDUEL SPORTS SOCAL |
| UTAH JAZZ VS SACRAMENTO KINGS | 9:00PM | KJZZ NBCS-CA |
| PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS VS LOS ANGELES LAKERS | 9:30PM | KPTV SPECTRUM |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| SEATTLE KRAKEN VS NEW YORK RANGERS | 1:00PM | ESPN+ KONG MSG SPORTSNET |
| TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING VS VANCOUVER CANUCKS | 4:00 PM | ESPN+ FANDUEL SPORTS SUN SPORTSNET |
| NEW YORK ISLANDERS VS OTTAWA SENATORS | 5:00 PM | ESPN+ MSGSN SPORTSNET |
| COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS VS WINNIPEG JETS | 6:00 PM | ESPN+ FANDUEL SPORTS OHIO SPORTSNET |
| UTAH HOCKEY CLUB VS PHILADELPHIA FLYERS | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ UTAH16 NBCS-PHI |
| COLORADO AVALANCHE VS NEW JERSEY DEVILS | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ ALT2 MSG |
| CALGARY FLAMES VS DALLAS STARS | 8:00 PM | ESPN+ VICTORY+ SPORTSNET |
| MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| OKLAHOMA STATE AT SETON HALL | 12:00PM | FS1 |
| MARYLAND AT PURDUE | 12:00PM | BTN |
| RICHMOND AT AUBURN | 12:00PM | SEC NETWORK |
| MAINE AT FORDHAM | 12:00PM | YES |
| VANDERBILT VS. TCU | 12:30PM | ESPNU |
| KANSAS AT MISSOURI | 1:00PM | ESPN2 |
| CORNELL AT ARMY WEST POINT | 1:00PM | ESPN+ |
| SIENA AT CANISIUS | 1:00PM | ESPN+ |
| MERRIMACK AT NIAGARA | 1:00PM | ESPN+ |
| SAINT PETER’S AT IONA | 1:00PM | ESPN+ |
| HARVARD AT NEW HAMPSHIRE | 1:00PM | ESPN+ |
| TARLETON AT UCF | 1:00PM | ESPN+ |
| COLGATE AT NORTHEASTERN | 2:00PM | NESN |
| SACRED HEART AT QUINNIPIAC | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| ROBERT MORRIS AT PURDUE FORT WAYNE | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| MARIST AT MANHATTAN | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| FAIRFIELD AT MOUNT ST. MARY’S | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| HOWARD AT CINCINNATI | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| BALL STATE AT SIUE | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| BUCKNELL AT RADFORD | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| VERMONT STATE-JOHNSON AT BRYANT | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| TEXAS A&M VS. TEXAS TECH | 3:00PM | ESPN2 |
| CHICAGO STATE AT SAINT LOUIS | 3:00PM | FANDUEL SPORTS MIDWEST |
| AUSTIN PEAY AT SAMFORD | 3:00PM | NEXSTAR AFFILIATES |
| FGCU AT LSU | 3:00PM | SEC+ |
| RICE AT TEXAS STATE | 3:00PM | ESPN+ |
| MERCER AT STETSON | 3:00PM | ESPN+ |
| ARKANSAS STATE AT MEMPHIS | 4:00PM | ESPNU |
| PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | 4:00PM | SEC+ |
| SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AT MURRAY STATE | 4:00PM | ESPN+ |
| JACKSONVILLE STATE AT SOUTH ALABAMA | 4:00PM | ESPN+ |
| UCONN AT TEXAS | 5:00PM | ESPN |
| DARTMOUTH AT UIC | 5:00PM | ESPN+ |
| UCLA AT OREGON | 6:00PM | BTN |
| DUKE AT LOUISVILLE | 6:00PM | ACC NETWORK |
| JACKSON STATE AT IOWA STATE | 6:00PM | ESPN+ |
| MARY BALDWIN AT LONGWOOD | 6:30PM | ESPN+ |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| FORMULA ONE: ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX | 8:00AM | ESPN |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| PGA TOUR: HERO WORLD CHALLENGE | 1:30PM | NBC |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| SERIE A: FIORENTINA VS CAGLIARI | 6:30AM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| LA LIGA: LEGANÉS VS REAL SOCIEDAD | 8:00AM | ESPN+ |
| EPL: LEICESTER CITY VS BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION | 9:00AM | USA PEACOCK |
| EPL: FULHAM VS ARSENAL | 9:00AM | USA PEACOCK |
| EPL: IPSWICH TOWN VS AFC BOURNEMOUTH | 9:00AM | PEACOCK |
| LIGUE 1: LENS VS MONTPELLIER | 9:00AM | FANATIZ BEIN SPORTS |
| SERIE A: HELLAS VERONA VS EMPOLI | 9:00AM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| SERIE A: TORINO VS NAPOLI | 9:00AM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| BUNDESLIGA: WOLFSBURG VS MAINZ 05 | 9:30AM | ESPN+ |
| LA LIGA: ATHLETIC CLUB VS VILLARREAL | 10:15AM | ESPN+ |
| LIGUE 1: STRASBOURG VS REIMS | 11:00AM | FANATIZ BEIN SPORTS |
| LIGUE 1: NANTES VS RENNES | 11:00AM | FANATIZ BEIN SPORTS |
| LIGUE 1: TOULOUSE VS AUXERRE | 11:00AM | FANATIZ BEIN SPORTS |
| EPL: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR VS CHELSEA | 11:30AM | USA PEACOCK |
| BUNDESLIGA: HOFFENHEIM VS FREIBURG | 11:30AM | ESPN+ |
| SERIE A: VENEZIA VS COMO | 12:00PM | CBSSN PARAMOUNT+ |
| LA LIGA: OSASUNA VS DEPORTIVO ALAVÉS | 12:30PM | ESPN+ |
| SERIE A: NAPOLI VS LAZIO | 2:45PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| LIGUE 1: SAINT-ÉTIENNE VS OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE | 2:45PM | FANATIZ BEIN SPORTS |
| LA LIGA: ATLÉTICO MADRID VS SEVILLA | 3:00PM | ESPN+ |