“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL REGIONAL FINALS
1A
NORTH JUDSON (12-0) AT TAYLOR (7-5)
NORTH MIAMI (10-2) AT SOUTH ADAMS (7-5)
SHERIDAN (7-5) AT SOUTH PUTNAM (10-2)
MILAN (8-4) AT PROVIDENCE (11-0)
2A
ANDREAN (8-4) AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (11-0)
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (8-4) AT ADAMS CENTRAL (11-1)
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (11-1) AT LAPEL (9-3)
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (12-0) AT LINTON (10-2)
3A
KNOX (9-3) AT GARRETT (12-0)
FORT WAYNE LUERS (8-4) AT MACONAQUAH (12-0)
TRI-WEST (8-4) AT BATESVILLE (8-3)
NORTH HARRISON (9-3) AT HERITAGE HILLS (11-1)
4A
NEW PRAIRIE (9-3) AT MISHAWAKA (10-2)
HUNTINGTON NORTH (9-3) AT EAST NOBLE (11-1)
NEW PALESTINE (11-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (9-2)….INDIANA SRN BROADCAST
EVANSVILLE REITZ (10-2) AT MARTINSVILLE (11-1)….INDIANA SRN BROADCAST
5A
VALPARAISO (8-3) AT MERRILLVILLE (10-1)
LAFAYETTE JEFF (11-0) AT WARSAW (8-3)
EAST CENTRAL (8-3) AT DECATUR CENTRAL (8-2)
CASTLE (9-2) AT BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (7-4)
6A
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (9-2) AT CROWN POINT (11-0)
WESTFIELD (10-1) AT FISHERS (7-4)…INDIANA SRN BROADCAST
LAWRENCE NORTH (11-0) AT BROWNSBURG (10-1)
CENTER GROVE (7-4) AT WARREN CENTRAL (10-1)
NFL
WEEK 10
BUFFALO 30 INDIANAPOLIS 20
MINNESOTA 12 JACKSONVILLE 7
NEW ENGLAND 19 CHICAGO 3
PITTSBURGH 28 WASHINGTON 27
NEW ORLEANS 20 ATLANTA 17
KANSAS CITY 16 DENVER 14
CAROLINA 20 NY GIANTS 17 OT
SAN FRANCISCO 23 TAMPA BAY 20
LA CHARGERS 27 TENNESSEE 17
PHILADELPHIA 34 DALLAS 6
ARIZONA 31 NY JETS 6
DETROIT 26 HOUSTON 23
MONDAY, NOV. 11
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 11
THURSDAY, NOV. 14
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, NOV. 17
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT DETROIT LIONS (1:00P CBS)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P CBS)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P FOX)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1:00P CBS)
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:05P FOX)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:05P FOX)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT BUFFALO BILLS (4:25P CBS)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:25P CBS)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, NOV. 18
HOUSTON TEXANS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 12
THURSDAY, NOV. 21
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, NOV. 24
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P CBS)
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)
DETROIT LIONS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P CBS)
DALLAS COWBOYS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P FOX)
DENVER BRONCOS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:05P CBS)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (4:25P FOX)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:25P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, NOV. 25
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 13
THURSDAY, NOV. 28 (THANKSGIVING)
CHICAGO BEARS AT DETROIT LIONS (12:30P CBS)
NEW YORK GIANTS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (4:30P FOX)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (8:20P NBC)
FRIDAY, NOV. 29
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (3:00P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, DEC. 1
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P CBS)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1:00P CBS)
HOUSTON TEXANS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P CBS)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT NEW YORK JETS (1:00P FOX)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (4:05P FOX)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (4:05P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (4:25P CBS)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT BUFFALO BILLS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 2
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT DENVER BRONCOS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 14
THURSDAY, DEC. 5
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT DETROIT LIONS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
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)
NBA SCORES
HOUSTON 101 DETROIT 99
BOSTON 113 MILWAUKEE 107
INDIANA 132 NEW YORK 121
ORLANDO 121 WASHINGTON 94
GOLDEN STATE 127 OKLAHOMA CITY 116
PHILADELPHIA 107 CHARLOTTE 105 OT
MIAMI 95 MINNESOTA 94
SACRAMENTO 127 PHOENIX 118 OT
DENVER 122 DALLAS 120
MEMPHIS 134 PORTLAND 89
LA LAKERS 123 TORONTO 103
AP COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 25 POLL
1 OREGON 10-0
2 OHIO STATE 8-1
3 TEXAS 8-1
4 PENN STATE 8-1
5 INDIANA 10-0
6 TENNESSEE 8-1
7 BYU 9-0
8 NOTRE DAME 8-1
9 ALABAMA 7-2
10 OLE MISS 8-2
11 GEORGIA 7-2
12 MIAMI FL 9-1
13 BOISE STATE 8-1
14 SMU 8-1
15 TEXAS A&M 7-2
16 ARMY 9-0
17 CLEMSON 7-2
18 COLORADO 7-2
19 WASHINGTON STATE 8-1
20 KANSAS STATE 7-2
21 LSU 6-3
22 LOUISVILLE 6-3
23 SOUTH CAROLINA 6-3
24 MISSOURI 7-2
25 TULANE 8-2
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:
IOWA ST. 92, ARIZONA ST. 35, PITTSBURGH 18, LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 14, UNLV 10.
USA TODAY SPORTS/US LBM COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES POLL
The US LBM Coaches Poll Top 25 with team’s records THROUGH SATURDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.
| 1 | OREGON (10-0) | 1,375 | 1 | 55 |
| 2 | OHIO STATE (8-1) | 1,314 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | TEXAS (8-1) | 1,262 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | TENNESSEE (8-1) | 1,138 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | PENN STATE (8-1) | 1,113 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | INDIANA (10-0) | 1,057 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | NOTRE DAME (8-1) | 1,038 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | BRIGHAM YOUNG (9-0) | 994 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | ALABAMA (7-2) | 899 | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | GEORGIA (7-2) | 887 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MISSISSIPPI (8-2) | 877 | 12 | 0 |
| 12 | MIAMI (FLA.) (9-1) | 820 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | SMU (8-1) | 691 | 15 | 0 |
| 13 | BOISE STATE (8-1) | 691 | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | TEXAS A&M (7-2) | 597 | 16 | 0 |
| 16 | CLEMSON (7-2) | 536 | 17 | 0 |
| 17 | ARMY (9-0) | 466 | 19 | 0 |
| 18 | WASHINGTON STATE (8-1) | 385 | 20 | 0 |
| 19 | KANSAS STATE (7-2) | 332 | 21 | 0 |
| 20 | COLORADO (7-2) | 329 | 24 | 0 |
| 21 | MISSOURI (7-2) | 277 | 22 | 0 |
| 22 | LSU (6-3) | 257 | 13 | 0 |
| 23 | SOUTH CAROLINA (6-3) | 118 | NR | 0 |
| 24 | LOUISVILLE (6-3) | 109 | NR | 0 |
| 25 | IOWA STATE (7-2) | 92 | 18 | 0 |
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25
#17 INDIANA 90 EASTERN ILLINOIS 55
#6 GONZAGA 88 ARIZONA STATE 80
#15 CREIGHTON 96 FARLEIGH DICKINSON 70
ELSEWHERE:
WISCONSIN 87 APPALACHIAN STATE 56
WAKE FOREST 72 MICHIGAN 70
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25
#18 MARYLAND 85 #11 DUKE 80
#8 IOWA STATE 84 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 56
#24 ALABAMA 94 DETROIT 71
#20 OLE MISS 85 ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF 24
#1 SOUTH CAROLINA 71 #9 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 57
#4 TEXAS 119 SE. MISSOURI STATE 47
#2 CONNECTICUT 86 S. FLORIDA 49
#5 UCLA 81 COLGATE 63
#6 NOTRE DAME 102 PURDUE 58
OREGON 76 #12 BAYLOR 74
ELSEWHERE:
EVANSVILLE 65 WRIGHT STATE 63
PENN STATE 92 DUQUESNE 83
RUTGERS 94 NEW JERSEY TECH 84
ILLINOIS 65 MARQUETTE 53
NHL SCORES
CHICAGO 2 MINNESOTA 1 OT
SAN JOSE 1 NEW JERSEY 0
ANAHEIM 4 COLUMBUS 2
MLS PLAYOFFS
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NFL NEWS
NFL ROUND-UP
VIKINGS’ DEFENSE HOLDS JAGUARS TO 143 YARDS
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Minnesota’s stingy defense held Jacksonville to 143 yards — the fewest in coach Doug Pederson’s three seasons — and the Vikings overcame Sam Darnold’s three interceptions to beat the Jaguars 12-7 on Sunday.
It was Darnold’s first three-interception game in three years. All of them came while targeting All-Pro receiver Justin Jefferson, who finished with five catches for 48 yards.
The Vikings (7-2) trailed most of the day, but took the lead on the third of John Parker Romo’s four field goals. Romo hit from 29, 34, 33 and 45 yards in his NFL debut.
The Jaguars (2-8) had a chance late thanks to Travon Walker’s sack on a third-and-1 play. Coach Kevin O’Connell had Darnold passing with roughly three minutes to go, a head-scratcher given Jacksonville had been so lethargic on offense.
Mac Jones made his first start in nearly a year, filling in for Trevor Lawrence (non-throwing shoulder), and was mostly ineffective. But he had Jacksonville on the move down the stretch and got help from a face-mask penalty against linebacker Blake Cashman.
But Jones threw his second pick with 1:49 remaining to essentially end it. Jones had two more turnovers earlier in the fourth — an interception and a fumbled snap.
Minnesota looked like as though it would have to punt in the final minute, but Walker was flagged for unnecessary roughness on third down for trying to punch the ball out of running back Aaron Jones’ hands. The Vikings took a knee from there.
Mac Jones completed 14 of 22 passes for 111 yards and a 38.3 passer rating. Darnold’s rating was slightly better after completing 24 of 38 passes for 241 yards.
Darnold targeted his tight ends 15 times. T.J. Hockenson finished with eight receptions for 72 yards. Josh Oliver caught four passes for 52 yards.
Jacksonville’s yardage total was the fifth lowest in franchise history.
Robinson’s return
Vikings left tackle Cam Robinson was flagged for three penalties in his return to Jacksonville. The most egregious one came in the third quarter when Robinson was penalized for hitting cornerback Ronald Darby out of bounds during an interception return. Several of his former teams, including defensive ends Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker, got in Robinson’s face after the play.
The Jaguars traded Robinson to the Vikings last week, and he ended up with a quick return to the place where he spent the first eight years of his NFL career.
Injuries
Vikings: RB Aaron Jones left in the third quarter with a chest injury and later returned.
Jaguars: RB Tank Bigsby (ankle), CB Tyson Campbell (shoulder) and LB Devin Lloyd (shoulder) left the field, but later returned. Jaguars DE Arik Armstead left in the fourth to be evaluated for a concussion.
Up next
Vikings: Play at Tennessee next Sunday to complete a three-game stretch against AFC South opponents.
Jaguars: Play at NFC North-leading Detroit next Sunday.
DRAKE MAYE GETS THE BETTER OF CALEB WILLIAMS AS SACK-HAPPY PATRIOTS BEAT BEARS
CHICAGO (AP) — Drake Maye got the better of Caleb Williams in a matchup between top rookie quarterbacks and the New England Patriots beat the struggling Chicago Bears 19-3 on Sunday.
Maye led five scoring drives and the Patriots sacked Williams a season-high nine times, helping New England (3-7) come away with the win after losing seven of eight.
As if losing at Washington on a Hail Mary pass by Jayden Daniels two weeks ago and then falling flat at Arizona last week wasn’t enough, things took another bad turn for the Bears (4-5).
They managed just 142 yards and were 1 of 14 on third downs facing a team that came in tied with six others for the worst record in the NFL. It got so bad that fans started calling for coach Matt Eberflus’ dismissal in the closing minutes, chanting “Fire ‘Flus!”
Maye didn’t exactly light it up. The No. 3 overall draft pick was 15 of 25 for 184 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
Williams, the top pick, struggled in his third straight game. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner out of Southern California was 16 of 30 for 120 yards, as the Bears’ eight-game win streak at Soldier Field came to an end.
The schedule is about to take a tougher turn for the Bears with six of their final eight games against the NFC North, starting with Green Bay’s visit next week.
Anfernee Jennings and Deatrich Wise each had two sacks for New England, and Joey Slye kicked four field goals.
The Patriots led 13-3 at halftime after scoring 10 points in the final 1:46.
Maye threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to rookie Ja’Lynn Polk, and Slye kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired to send New England to the locker room with a 10-point lead. Fans showered the Bears with boos after watching their team manage just 87 yards and go 0 for 6 on third downs.
Chicago had prime opportunities on each of its first three possessions, only to come away empty-handed.
The Bears went three-and-out on their first drive after DeAndre Carter returned a punt 38 yards to New England’s 47.
After Slye kicked a 30-yard field goal to give the Patriots a 3-0 lead, Chicago drove to the New England 31. But the Bears got knocked out of field goal range on third down when Williams hung onto the ball rather than throw it away and took an 8-yard sack by Wise.
Chicago’s T.J. Edwards then intercepted Maye near midfield, but the Bears went three and out again. They tied it midway through the second quarter, settling for a field goal by Cairo Santos after stalling at the 14.
The Patriots then went 70 yards, with Maye’s 2-yard touchdown to rookie Ja’Lynn Polk to cap a 10-play drive making it 10-3 with 1:46 left in the half. After Chicago punted, New England drove to the 19, and Slye kicked a 37-yarder as time expired.
Things were so ugly for Chicago that fans cheered sarcastically following Cole Kmet’s 7-yard reception early in the third quarter. The veteran tight end wasn’t targeted last week after having one pass thrown his way against Washington.
Injuries
Patriots: Wise was helped off the field in the final minute. … DT Jaquelin Roy (neck) and CB Marcellas Dial Jr. (head) were injured during the game.
Bears: LG Teven Jenkins (ankle) left early in the second quarter. He was helped to the sideline after he was hurt blocking on a fourth-down scramble by Williams. Doug Kramer replaced him. … Special teamer Tarvarius Moore (concussion) left.
Up Next
Patriots: Host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.
Bears: Host Green Bay on Sunday.
ALLEN RUNS FOR TD AND BILLS FORCE 4 TURNOVERS BY FLACCO TO WIN 5TH STRAIGHT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Taron Johnson returned Joe Flacco’s first pass 23 yards for a touchdown Sunday, and Josh Allen and James Cook each scored on TD runs to lead the AFC East-leading Buffalo Bills past the Indianapolis Colts 30-20.
The Bills (8-2) extended their winning streak to five with their first victory at Indianapolis since 1998. Allen was 22 of 37 for 280 yards with two interceptions while running eight times for 50 yards. Cook had 19 carries for 80 yards.
Flacco had four turnovers — three interceptions and a fumble — in his second start since replacing the benched Anthony Richardson. He was 26 of 35 for 272 yards and two TDs as the Colts (4-6) lost their third straight.
Jonathan Taylor rushed 21 times for 114 yards and rookie receiver Adonai Mitchell had his biggest game of the season with six catches for 71 yards.
It was an odd game, full of twists, turns and turnovers.
Just seven plays after Johnson’s pick-6, Flacco was intercepted again near midfield and the Bills quickly converted that takeaway into a field goal and a 10-0 lead.
The Colts responded. Taylor’s 59-yard run set up Matt Gay’s first field goal and after Indy’s defense stopped the Bills on fourth down, Flacco threw a 2-yard TD pass to Tyler Goodson to tie the score at 10.
Allen’s interception on Buffalo’s ensuing series set up another Indy field goal that made it 13-10.
It didn’t take Allen long to regain control.
His 13-yard TD run, which tied the late O.J. Simpson for the second-most rushing scores (57) in franchise history, gave Buffalo a 17-13 lead. Tyler Bass made field goals for Buffalo at the end of the first half and early in the fourth quarter, and Cook sealed the win with a 2-yard TD run late in the fourth.
Injury report
The Bills opened the game without two injured receivers, rookie Keon Coleman and the recently acquired Amari Cooper. They also lost TE Dalton Kincaid (knee) during the game. RT Spencer Brown left briefly with an ankle injury.
Indy also deactivated its top receiver, Michael Pittman Jr. (back), and wound up playing three rookie offensive linemen after LT Bernhard Raimann left in the first half with a knee injury.
Up next
Bills: Host Kansas City in one of the season’s marquee matchups next Sunday.
Colts: Visit the New York Jets next Sunday.
WILSON’S 3 TDS HELP POWER STEELERS PAST COMMANDERS FOR 4TH STRAIGHT WIN
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Russell Wilson shook off his first interception in 11 months and hit trade-deadline pickup Mike Williams for a 32-yard touchdown with less than 2 1/2 minutes left in the fourth quarter — the quarterback’s third scoring throw Sunday — to lift the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 28-27 comeback victory over Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders.
Coming off a bye, the AFC North-leading Steelers (7-2) won their fourth game in a row, including all three since Wilson took over from Justin Fields as the starting QB. Wilson’s stats were not the prettiest, but he got the job done: 14 for 28 for 195 yards, the three TDs and the one pick.
George Pickens delivered an acrobatic catch in the end zone on a 16-yarder in the first quarter, and tight end Pat Freiermuth scored on a pass from 3 yards out in the second, much to the delight of the thousands of Terrible Towel-twirling Steelers fans in the stands.
Washington (7-3) led 24-14 but couldn’t hold on as it attempted to get to 8-2 overall for the first time since 1986 and 5-0 at home for the first time since 1991, when the team went on to win the Super Bowl under coach Joe Gibbs.
Daniels, the No. 2 overall draft pick who has starred for first-year coach Dan Quinn, was 17 for 34 for 202 yards without a touchdown or interception and he had three carries for 5 yards, his lowest output as a pro. After the Wilson-to-Williams score — Williams was acquired from the New York Jets last week — Daniels moved Washington to midfield. But on fourth-and-9 with less than 1 1/2 minutes to go, Daniels connected with Zach Ertz, but the catch was ruled just short of a first down; until then, the Commanders were 11 for 11 on fourth down.
On the ensuing possession, Pittsburgh faced a fourth-and-1 at Washington’s 49 with 1:02 on the clock and decided to line up as if to go for it. Rookie defensive lineman Johnny Newton jumped before the snap, and the penalty allowed the Steelers to keep the ball and run out the clock.
Chinn picked off Wilson late in the third quarter and recovered Jaylen Warren’s fumble at the 1-yard line in the fourth. Austin Ekeler ran for two short touchdowns for Washington, which had won three games in a row as part of a swift turnaround from last season’s 4-13 record under Ron Rivera.
Injuries
Steelers: CB Donte Jackson (hamstring) left in the second half.
Commanders: C Tyler Biadasz (ankle) left the game briefly but returned. … RT Andrew Wylie (shoulder) was a late scratch, while newly acquired CB Marshon Lattimore (hamstring) and RB Brian Robinson Jr. (hamstring) sat out, as expected.
Up next
Steelers: Host division rival Baltimore next Sunday.
Commanders: At Philadelphia on Thursday night.
SAINTS SNAP 7-GAME SKID, RIZZI GETS 1ST WIN BEHIND VALDES-SCANTLING’S 2 TDS
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Marquez Valdes-Scantling caught three passes for 109 yards and two touchdowns in his second game for New Orleans, and the Saints began Darren Rizzi’s tenure as interim coach by snapping a seven-game skid with a 20-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
The 54-year-old Rizzi, the Saints’ special teams coordinator, was given his first head coaching opportunity on Monday after the firing of third-year coach Dennis Allen.
His triumphant debut came not only against the NFC South’s first-place team, but the Saints’ oldest regional rival.
Tyrann Mathieu thwarted a promising Atlanta drive with an interception of Kirk Cousins at the New Orleans 38 with two minutes to go.
Atlanta got the ball back after Alvin Kamara, who had 109 yards from scrimmage and became the Saints’ all-time rushing leader, stunningly dropped Derek Carr’s accurate third down pass deep down the left sideline for what could have been a game-clinching first down.
But just as Atlanta crossed midfield, Chase Young’s sack and strip of Cousins caused a 19-yard loss back to the Atlanta 32-yard line with 34 seconds remaining. Although the Falcons recovered, the play proved pivotal.
The Falcons were forced to use their final timeout and had to make a rushed decision two plays later on whether to try a 60-yard field goal or keep the offense on the field after a completion gave them fourth-and-4 on the New Orleans 43 with 18 seconds left and the clock running.
Atlanta tried a quick pass to Ray-Ray McCloud III, who was tackled short of first-down yardage by Ugo Amadi as time expired.
The Falcons missed opportunities to score at least 13 more points than they did and lost despite rushing for 181 yards and outgaining New Orleans 468 yards to 365.
Younghoe Koo had three failed field-goal attempts for the first time in his career. One missed wide, another was partially blocked and a third hit the upright.
On another drive, consecutive penalties pushed a first-and-goal from the 5 back 20 yards, helping the Saints hold Atlanta to a field goal.
Cousins completed 23 of 38 passes for 306 yards and was intercepted once.
Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns, including a tackle-breaking, 37-yard run in the third quarter that pulled the Falcons as close as a field goal.
Carr finished with 269 yards and two TDs passing without a turnover.
Kamara’s 55 yards rushing gave him 6,544 yards, eclipsing Mark Ingram’s previous mark of 6,500.
Injuries
Falcons: DT Ta’Quon Graham left the game in the first half with a pectoral injury.
Saints: DE Payton Turner came out of the game with an apparent injury to his hand or wrist area.
Up next
Falcons: At Denver next Sunday.
Saints: Host Cleveland on Sunday.
CHIEFS BLOCK BRONCOS’ POTENTIAL WINNER AS TIME EXPIRES TO REMAIN PERFECT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs blocked Broncos kicker Wil Lutz’s 35-yard field goal attempt as time expired on Sunday, and Kansas City escaped with a 16-14 victory over the Broncos to extend its winning streak to 15 games dating to last season.
The Chiefs had taken the lead on Harrison Butker’s field goal with 5:57 remaining, but Bo Nix and the Broncos converted on a trio of third downs while marching right back down field. They proceeded to set up Lutz for the winner, but Leo Chenal was given credit for coming up the middle amid a big push by the Kansas City defensive line to get his hand on the kick.
Patrick Mahomes finished with 266 yards passing and a touchdown for Kansas City, which became only the fifth team to follow up a Super Bowl triumph by winning its first nine games. That also matches the best start to a season in franchise history.
The Chiefs’ winning streak dating to last season is the longest in the NFL since the Packers won 19 in a row from 2010-11.
Travis Kelce had eight catches for 64 yards and a touchdown for Kansas City. DeAndre Hopkins caught four passes for 56 yards, and Kareem Hunt was held to 35 yards rushing but also caught seven passes for 65 yards.
Nix finished with 215 yards passing and two touchdowns for the Broncos (5-5). Courtland Sutton had six catches for 60 yards and a score, and his 13-yard reception on third-and-6 with 1:45 left gave Denver a chance to kick as time expired.
The Broncos stunned the Chiefs a year ago, forcing five turnovers in a 21-9 win at Denver that ended a 16-game losing streak in the series. And they clearly had the same intention in mind as the AFC West rivals met again Sunday.
Their defense harassed Mahomes throughout the first half, particularly when an injury to Wanya Morris forced rookie left tackle Kingsley Suamataia into the game. And the Broncos capitalized on offense with two long scoring drives, the first ending with Nix finding Devaughn Vele wide open and the second with Sutton’s 32-yard TD catch for a 14-3 lead.
It was Mahomes who got the Chiefs on track, going 7 for 7 for 62 yards on the ensuing drive. When it looked like it stalled at the Denver 2, Chiefs coach Andy Reid went for it on fourth down, and Mahomes hit Kelce for the score.
The Chiefs still trailed 14-10 at the break — so they had Denver right where they wanted them.
Unflappable in winning its last eight when trailing in the second half, Kansas City closed within 14-13 on Butker’s chip-shot field goal late in the third quarter. The Chiefs defense then forced back-to-back punts, and Mahomes and the offense drove to the Denver 2, where Butker added the go-ahead kick with just under six minutes remaining.
Swift returns
Taylor Swift was back at Arrowhead Stadium to watch Kelce and the Chiefs just six days after turning up to see their win over Tampa Bay on Monday night. The pop superstar resumes her Eras Tour on Thursday night at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
Injuries
Chiefs: Morris hurt his knee in the first half but returned early in the fourth quarter.
Up next
Denver plays Atlanta next Sunday.
Kansas City visits Buffalo the same day.
MOODY SHRUGS OFF 3 MISSED FGS TO KICK 49ERS PAST BUCS IN MCCAFFREY’S DEBUT
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jake Moody redeemed himself after missing three earlier field goals by booting a 44-yarder as time expired Sunday to give the San Francisco 49ers a 23-20 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in running back Christian McCaffrey’s season debut.
Moody, in his first game back after being sidelined three weeks with a sprained ankle, also kicked field goals of 28 and 33 yards for the defending NFC champion 49ers (5-4), who have won consecutive games for the first time this season.
But the usually reliable kicker, who was 13 of 14 entering Sunday, also missed wide left from 49 and 50 yards before missing wide right on a 44-yard attempt that would have given San Francisco a six-point lead with 3:09 remaining.
TV cameras caught 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel exchanging words and appearing to shove long snapper Taybor Pepper when the wide receiver approached Moody on the sideline after the third miss.
McCaffrey returned to practice last Monday after being sidelined since early September due to Achilles tendinitis. He carried for 5 yards on the first play and game and finished with 39 yards rushing on 13 attempts. The 2023 AP Offensive Player of the Year also had six receptions for 68 yards.
Baker Mayfield led a drive to set up a tying field goal for the Bucs (4-6) with help from three straight personal foul penalties — setting the stage for Moody to win it for the 49ers. Mayfield completed 18 of 29 passes for 116 yards and one TD for the Bucs, who have lost four in a row.
Brock Purdy threw for 353 yards without an interception, and had touchdowns of 46 yards to rookie Ricky Pearsall — the wide receiver’s first NFL score — and 11 yards to George Kittle. He moved his team into position for the winning field goal with two completions to Jauan Jennings and two more to Pearsall.
Pearsall sat out the first six games after being shot in the chest after an autograph session in downtown San Francisco on Aug. 31. On his touchdown, he caught a pass over the middle from Purdy, accelerated toward the left sideline where he outran the pursuit until safety Antoine Winfield Jr. closed in and nearly brought him down as the receiver extended the ball over the goal line.
The Bucs wiped out a 10-0 deficit with help from 49ers punt returner Jacob Cowing, whose third-quarter muff was recovered at San Francisco’s 21 to set up Tampa Bay’s first TD. Four plays later, Mayfield threw a 9-yard scoring pass to Rachaad White that made it 10-10.
Rookie Bucky Irving scored on 12-yard run that gave Tampa Bay ahead 17-13 early in the fourth quarter. Purdy answered with his TD throw to Kittle to put the 49ers back in front with just over seven minutes left.
Injuries
49ers: DE Nick Bosa played after being listed as questionable after hurting his hip in practice.
Buccaneers: LT Tristan Wirfs limped off with a right knee injury in the second quarter and did not return. CB Zyon McCollum (hamstring) and LB Chris Braswell (oblique) departed in the second half.
Up next
49ers: Host NFC West rival Seattle next Sunday.
Buccaneers: Bye week.
HURTS ACCOUNTS FOR 4 TDS AS EAGLES ROLL PAST BUMBLING, PRESCOTT-LESS COWBOYS
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jalen Hurts threw two touchdown passes and ran for a pair of scores, and the Philadelphia Eagles rolled to a 34-6 victory over the bumbling Cowboys on Sunday in the first game since Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott tore a hamstring.
Hurts shook off two sacks from Micah Parsons in the star pass rusher’s return from injury, connecting with Dallas Goedert for one of the TDs after his tight end missed three games with a hamstring issue.
The Eagles (7-2) took over first place in the NFC East with their fifth consecutive victory while defending division champion Dallas (3-6) fell to 0-4 at home in a fourth straight loss overall.
Cooper Rush didn’t look anything like the replacement who went 4-1 filling in for Prescott two years ago, going 13 of 23 for just 45 yards. Rush won the first four games in that 2022 stretch before throwing three interceptions in a loss at the Eagles.
Picks weren’t the problem this time. Just about everything else was.
Rush lost two fumbles among five turnovers for the Cowboys, and was replaced briefly by Trey Lance early in the second half and then for good in the fourth quarter as frequent boos cascaded from the crowd. Lance threw an interception.
Prescott won’t be back anytime soon, if at all this season. The franchise QB plans to seek one more medical opinion before deciding whether to have season-ending surgery on the hamstring he tore in last week’s 27-21 loss to Atlanta.
Hurts was far from his best, throwing an interception in the end zone before the fumble on one of Parsons’ sacks gave Dallas the ball at the Philadelphia 6-yard line. Parsons missed the previous four games with an ankle injury.
The inept Dallas offense couldn’t even get a touchdown from there, so Hurts had plenty of time to settle in. He was 14 of 20 for 202 yards with 56 yards rushing before getting replaced by Kenny Pickett with the Eagles leading 31-6 in the fourth quarter.
Hurts opened the scoring with a tush-push TD after Rush dropped a snap and lost the fumble at the Dallas 17. Hurt had an 8-yard run to go with the 14-yard score toss to Goedert and a 5-yarder to Johnny Wilson.
One of the Dallas fumbles was into the Philadelphia end zone by Ezekiel Elliott when Dallas had a chance to take a lead in the second quarter. Elliott was back in the lineup after missing the trip to Atlanta because he was late for meetings.
Injuries
Eagles CB Darius Slay injured an ankle in the first half. … Cowboys LB DeMarvion Overshown left with a knee injury in the second half. … Cowboys rookie LT Tyler Guyton was inactive with a neck issue.
Up next
Eagles: Washington at home on Thursday night.
Cowboys: Houston at home next Monday night.
JAKE BATES MAKES 52-YARDER AS TIME EXPIRES, LIONS OVERCOME JARED GOFF’S 5 INTS TO BEAT TEXANS 26-23
HOUSTON (AP) — Nothing was going right for Detroit’s Jared Goff on Sunday night against the Houston Texans.
The nine-year veteran threw a career-high five interceptions through three quarters and the Lions trailed by 10 points.
Instead of wallowing in his mistakes, Goff rallied the Lions to an improbable 26-23 win that was capped by a 52-yard field goal by Jake Bates as time expired.
“I had some unfortunate things early, but I’ve been through a whole lot worse than that,” Goff said. “Mentally, I’ve been to the bottom. Some unlucky plays aren’t going to throw me off my game.”
The Lions improved to 8-1 for the first time since 1954 with their seventh straight victory overall and fifth in a row on the road.
“That was a hard-fought game,” Detroit coach Dan Campbell said. “We had to fight our way back in there. I’m proud of the guys. There’s things we’ve got to clean up, but our guys wouldn’t go away. They just wouldn’t go away.”
Detroit trailed 23-7 at halftime after Goff threw three interceptions in the first two quarters. He threw two more picks in the third. Nonetheless, the Lions scored 16 straight points to tie it with about five minutes to go on Bates’ 58-yard field goal.
“I just don’t deserve this,” Bates said. “I was a soccer player growing up. I idolized football players in the NFL, and just to be here is surreal. I’m still pinching myself.”
The Texans (6-4) had a chance to take the lead with just under two minutes left, but Ka’imi Fairbairn’s 58-yard try was wide left.
“We didn’t make the plays to win the game … to win games guys have to step up and make plays and that’s not happening,” Houston coach DeMeco Ryans said.
The Lions became the first team to win when throwing five or more interceptions since Atlanta beat Arizona 23-19 on Nov. 18, 2012, when Matt Ryan was picked off five times.
David Montgomery ran for 3-yard touchdown early in the third, but his run on the 2-point conversion try was stopped, leaving the Lions down 23-13. A 9-yard TD reception by Amon-Ra St. Brown got Detroit within 23-20 early in the fourth quarter.
Goff threw for 240 yards and two touchdowns and Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 71 yards.
C.J. Stroud threw for 232 yards and a touchdown, but he threw two interceptions in the second half as the Texans were shut out after the break to lose for the third time in four games.
“I blame this game on me,” Stroud said. “I’ve got to be better in those moments. When the defense is getting turnovers like they did, we’ve got to be able to reward them with points.”
Goff’s five picks were the most by an NFL player since Jameis Winston threw five on Oct. 13, 2019, for Tampa Bay against Carolina.
Goff hadn’t thrown an interception in five games and entered Sunday with just four all season. His previous career high was four in a loss to Chicago while with the Rams on Dec. 9, 2018.
“There’s just these little circumstances that come into play so for me, I’m not going to tell him anything,” Campbell said. “These weren’t ill-advised throws, it just wasn’t our day.”
Rookie Kamari Lassiter led the Texans with two interceptions as they set a franchise record for picks.
Jimmie Ward intercepted Goff on Detroit’s first drive on a ball that was tipped by Jalen Pitre to give Houston the ball at the Detroit 33. The Texans made it 7-0 when Joe Mixon ran 8 yards for a touchdown.
A 34-yard field goal by Fairbairn extended the lead to 10-0 with about two minutes remaining in the first quarter. Detroit cut the lead to 10-7 on a 20-yard touchdown reception by Sam LaPorta.
The Texans were up by 6 when Denico Autry hit Goff’s arm as he threw and the ball fell into the hands of Henry To’oTo’o to give Houston possession at the Detroit 36.
But the Texans couldn’t move the ball after that and settled for Fairbairn’s 29-yard field goal that made it 16-7 with about four minutes left in the first half.
Houston extended the lead to 23-7 when Stroud found John Metchie III for a 15-yard touchdown with 16 seconds left in the second quarter. It was the first career touchdown for Metchie, who missed his entire rookie season in 2022 undergoing treatment for leukemia.
Goff threw his third interception when Lassiter picked off his desperation throw on the last play of the first half.
Davis intercepted Stroud on the first play of the second half. But Lassiter grabbed his second interception of the game three plays later.
After Montgomery’s touchdown, Detroit’s Carlton Davis III leapt in front of Tank Dell in the end zone for his second interception. Goff threw his fifth pick two plays later, but the Texans couldn’t capitalize and were forced to punt.
Injuries
Lions: LaPorta injured the AC joint in one of his shoulders but Campbell said he doesn’t know how significant of an injury it is.
Texans: DE Will Anderson Jr. missed the game with an ankle injury. … WR Nico Collins didn’t play after being activated from injured reserve Saturday. … Lassiter left in the third quarter with a concussion.
Up next
Lions: Host Jacksonville next Sunday.
Texans: Visit Dallas on Monday, Nov. 18.
HERBERT HAS PASSING AND RUSHING TDS AS CHARGERS WIN 3 STRAIGHT
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The combination of steady play by Justin Herbert and a strong defense has given the Los Angeles Chargers their best start in six years.
Herbert threw for a touchdown and ran for one, and the Chargers had seven sacks in their third straight victory, 27-17 over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
The Chargers are 6-3 — their best start since going 7-2 in 2018 — and have won four of five to surpass last season’s victory total.
“A complete, total team win. When you look at the offense, the drives that we put together … tough, gritty type of conversions on third down and fourth down,” coach Jim Harbaugh said. “They’re playing lights out on the defensive side. And then special teams, another big return by our punt return unit.”
Herbert completed 14 of 18 passes for 164 yards and had 32 yards rushing. He is the seventh quarterback since the NFL-AFL merger, and the first since Philip Rivers in 2018, to have a passer rating of at least 90 in each of the first nine games of the season.
The defense — which is allowing a league-low 13.1 points per game — is the fourth since 1990 and the first since the 2013 Kansas City Chiefs to allow 20 or fewer points in each of its first nine games.
“Rush and coverage. We have some of the best rushers in the league and that allows us to make plays,” safety Derwin James said.
The Titans (2-7) came in with the NFL’s top-ranked defense overall and against the pass but forced Los Angeles to go three-and-out only twice in nine possessions.
Calvin Ridley scored both of Tennessee’s touchdowns and had five catches for 84 yards. Will Levis, who missed the last three games with a shoulder injury, was 18 of 23 for 175 yards, but the sacks limited his effectiveness.
“It was a nice start. It was cool to get the ball downfield and get that shot dialed up, something we’ve been waiting on,” Levis said. “Second half, I think for me personally, a couple situations where I could have just got the ball out of my hands earlier, help the line with pressure.”
Herbert gave the Chargers a 13-7 lead with 1:55 remaining in the first half on a 4-yard run off right tackle out of the shotgun formation on fourth-and-1.
“I thought we did a great job from start to the end being able to move the ball, run the ball, pass the ball however we needed to move it,” Herbert said. “I thought the guys up front did an incredible job and to be able to put that together against a very good opponent, it means a lot to me.”
The game turned with 21 seconds remaining in the first half. The Titans appeared to tie it at 13 when Roger McCreary ran back Herbert’s fumble 20 yards into the end zone. After a replay review, the call was changed to an incomplete pass because officials determined Herbert’s arm was going forward, leaving Titans coach Brian Callahan incensed.
Callahan said officials initially told him the call was going to stand before they and the replay center in New York took another look.
“I’ll let you guys decide what you think the call should have been, but I don’t want to lose any money,” he said.
Harbaugh and Herbert said the reversal was huge.
“To be able to go to halftime with the lead and to avoid a play like that is big time,” Herbert said.
And then the Chargers took control in the second half.
Herbert extended the lead to 20-10 with three minutes to go in the third quarter on a 16-yard pass to Quentin Johnston in the right corner of the end zone.
Hassan Haskins, who spent two seasons with Tennessee, extended the advantage to 17 points with a 1-yard dive up the middle. That capped an 11-play, 95-yard drive that ate up seven minutes.
“It was just steady. It’s like death by a thousand paper cuts when you play that way, and we kind of gave up just enough yards every time on a 95-yard drive to allow them to go punch it in for seven when we had them backed up on the 5,” Callahan said.
Ridley’s day
The Chargers got a 21-yard field goal from Cameron Dicker on their opening possession before the Titans answered with Levis’ 41-yard strike to Ridley.
Levis faked a handoff to Tony Pollard and had plenty of time in the pocket. Ridley caught it at the Chargers 6 and had a couple yards of separation on defensive back Ja’Sir Taylor before scoring his second touchdown this season.
It was the first time the Chargers allowed points on an opening drive this season.
Ridley also caught a 15-yard TD in the left corner of the end zone late in the fourth quarter.
Going in reverse
The Titans drove to the Chargers 19 midway through the second quarter up 7-6 and appeared to be on the verge of adding to their lead when facemask and false start penalties pushed them back.
Nick Folk was wide right from 49 yards, snapping a streak of 20 straight made field goals dating to last season.
Injuries
Titans: CB L’Jarius Sneed (quadriceps) missed a fourth straight game.
Chargers: OG Trey Pipkins III (ankle) was inactive. Jamaree Salyer got the start at right guard. CB Kristian Fulton missed his second straight game.
Up next
Titans: Host Minnesota next Sunday.
Chargers: Host Cincinnati next Sunday night.
BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE BY KYLER MURRAY LEADS CARDINALS OVER JETS FOR 4TH STRAIGHT VICTORY
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyler Murray threw for 266 yards and a touchdown and also ran for two scores and the Arizona Cardinals won their fourth straight game by racing to a big lead and easily handling the New York Jets 31-6 on Sunday.
The Cardinals (6-4) scored touchdowns on four of their first five drives and never trailed.
Murray completed 22 of 24 passes — including a franchise-record 17 in a row during one stretch — spreading the ball around to James Conner, Trey McBride, Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Wilson. The Cardinals quarterback also ran for 21 yards.
Conner had five catches for 80 yards. Harrison caught the sixth touchdown pass of his rookie season. The Cardinals’ defense didn’t allow a touchdown for the third straight home game.
New York (3-7) has lost six of its last seven, failing to build off the momentum of last week’s win over the Texans. Aaron Rodgers completed 22 of 35 passes for 151 yards. Breece Hall ran for 52 yards.
Arizona rolled to a 24-6 lead by halftime after Chad Ryland made a 37-yard field goal as time expired in the first half. It capped a dominant two quarters that saw the Cardinals have a 239-85 advantage in total yards.
Murray completed 17 of 19 passes for 199 yards before the break.
New York (3-7) had a chance to get back into it early in the third quarter, but the Cardinals put together a goal-line stand, forcing a fumble by Rodgers on fourth down to end the threat.
Arizona iced its win on the ensuing drive, with Murray tip-toeing through the Jets’ defense for a spectacular 12-yard run and a 31-6 lead. It capped an efficient 10-play, 88-yard drive.
The Cardinals took a 7-0 lead on the opening drive when Conner ran for a 1-yard touchdown. Two plays earlier, the running back caught a short pass and ran for 44 yards to get down to the 1.
Murray ran for a 1-yard touchdown for a 14-3 lead with 2:54 left in the first quarter.
Murray’s third TD drive was arguably his most impressive. The quarterback got absolutely drilled by Jets linebacker Quincy Williams on a first-and-10 play at the Jets 22 — a hit so hard that Murray’s helmet flew several yards backward.
Murray laughed off the frightening moment before making a big first down throw to McBride and then finding Harrison on a fade route in the end zone for a 9-yard touchdown, making it 21-6 midway through the second quarter.
New York had to settle for two field goals in the first half. Spencer Shrader connected from 25 and 45 yards in his Jets debut.
Injuries
Jets: LB CJ Mosley (neck) was among the team’s five inactives. … DB Brandin Echols left with a concussion. … LT Tyron Smith (neck) left in the first half.
Cardinals: Starting S Jalen Thompson (ankle) missed his first game of the season. He was one of six inactives.
Up next
Jets: Return home to face the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
Cardinals: Enter their bye week and won’t play again until Nov. 24 on the road against the Seahawks.
“HEAD DOWN, THEN BOOT IT!”: EDDY PIÑEIRO’S GAME WINNER FOR PANTHERS, HIMSELF, AND HIS DAD
MUNICH, Germany— Sam Franklin Jr.’s voice can cut through a lot of noise. And on Sunday night in Munich—with the Panthers and Giants heading to overtime, a crowd of 70,132 belting out the final notes of “Sweet Caroline” and the Carolina sideline trying to keep a lid on the anticipation that was palpably building since Josey Jewell recovered a fumble, his second turnover of the day, the latter one in overtime, giving the Panthers the ball back at the Giants 23-yard line—there was a lot of noise.
Isolated by his kicking net, tucked at the end of the bench near the 20-yard line, Eddy Piñeiro, is used to entering his bubble before a big kick. But when Franklin skipped over, just before the kicker went out for the game winning kick, his voice penetrated.
“Hey, believe with all your heart,” Franklin yelled at Piñeiro. “Head down, then boot it!”
After Franklin’s message got through though, Piñeiro was back in his bubble.
“Doing the same thing I always do, just stay calm, take a couple of deep breaths and then when I go out there just disconnect, point to the sky like I always do and ask God to give me, give me peace,” Piñeiro said of the moments leading up to his job on the field.
The Giants got the ball first in overtime, tied at 17-all, and with the benefit of having won the coin toss. A touchdown on their drive would’ve won and ended the game. Instead, on the first play of overtime, A’Shawn Robinson punched out a fumble that Jewell recovered.
“I did not expect that,” Piñeiro admitted. “When I saw that, I just started instantly kicking balls into the net, just getting warm, stay ready for the opportunity to come.”
The Panthers ran three plays, all short Chuba Hubbard runs, giving Piñeiro time to warm up his leg, get the requisite pep talk from Franklin and receive none—per request—from coach Dave Canales.
Asked if he said anything to his kicker before he ran out for the game-winning kick, Canales laughed, “Absolutely not!”
“I just let Eddy be Eddy. He went out there, he had his process, he went through it just like he would on any other kick. And we always talk about, the bigger the moment, the smaller the focus.”
Piñeiro’s focus was admittedly small on Sunday night in Munich. On not only the 36-yard field goal to give the Panthers the 20-17 win, but on the man he wanted to honor with said kick there in the FC Bayern’s Allianz Arena.
“Since I was a little kid, I’ve always wanted to be a professional soccer player, but it’s mostly more for my dad,” Piñeiro shared after the win. “My dad had a chance to come to Germany (and play) and he didn’t take it because he had me and my sister. So, it was a dream for him, and I was dedicated for him.”
Piñerio’s father wasn’t able to make the trip to Munich. He had a serious heart attack a couple of weeks ago, causing Piñeiro to miss a day of practice to go be with the family in a moment of fear His father is doing better and recovering, but the travel was too much at this point.
So there on the field, with a raucous crowd ready to explode either way, Piñeiro kept his focus small, the noise tuned out and thought of only the kick and his dad.
When the game winner sailed right down the middle, everything got loud again. Xavier Woods sprinted off the sideline, locked in on his kicker. Feleipe Franks got to him first though, practically carrying his teammate down the field in celebration. They all had to keep up with Piñeiro though, who was sprinting toward the opposite end zone.
It looked to the outsider like a soccer celebration. But Piñeiro was still keeping his focus small and had one person in mind.
“I was just running down to see my mom,” Piñeiro admitted. “It was awesome too, I just wanted to point at her and tell her, you know, we’re here; we’re together and we did it and it was, it was an awesome moment.”
SEVEN FROM SUNDAY – WEEK 10
A look at seven statistical highlights from games played during the 9:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET windows on Sunday, November 10, the 10th week of the 2024 season.
- With two games remaining in Week 10, eight games were within one score (eight points) in the fourth quarter and seven games were decided by six-or-fewer points, including three teams – Baltimore, Carolina and San Francisco – that recorded the game-winning points in the final two minutes of regulation or in overtime.There have been 82 games decided by seven-or-fewer points and 72 games decided by six-or-fewer points this season, both the most such games through Week 10 in NFL history.
Kansas City linebacker Leo Chenal blocked a field goal on the final play of regulation in the Chiefs’ 16-14 comeback win over Denver to improve to 9-0 this season and become the fifth reigning Super Bowl champion to win its first nine games, joining the 2011 Green Bay Packers (began 13-0), 1998 Denver Broncos (began 13-0), 2015 New England Patriots (began 10-0) and 1990 San Francisco 49ers (began 10-0).
Chenal is the second player in the past 10 seasons (2015-24) to block a field goal on the final play to win, joining Payton Turner (Sept. 11, 2022, with New Orleans).
The Los Angeles Chargers defeated Tennessee, 27-17, and became the fourth team since 1990 to allow 20-or-fewer points in each of their first nine games of a season, joining the 1990 New York Giants (first 10 games), 2013 Kansas City Chiefs (first nine) and 1999 Jacksonville Jaguars (first nine).
- Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts totaled four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing) and a 115.0 rating in the Eagles’ 34-6 win at Dallas.Hurts has 10 rushing touchdowns this season and is the first quarterback in NFL history to reach the mark in four consecutive seasons and in four career seasons.
Hurts is the first quarterback in NFL history with a touchdown pass, a rushing touchdown and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in four consecutive games, surpassing Jim Hart (three consecutive games in 1968 with the St. Louis Cardinals), Jeff Hostetler (three in 1993 with the Los Angeles Raiders) and Lamar Jackson (three in 2020 with the Baltimore Ravens).
Hurts is the sixth quarterback since 1970 with both a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown in four consecutive games in a single season, joining Justin Fields (five consecutive games in 2022), Kyler Murray (five in 2020), Josh Allen (four, twice, in 2023), Joshua Dobbs (four in 2023) and Michael Vick (four in 2010).
- Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce recorded eight receptions for 64 yards and one touchdown in the Chiefs’ Week 10 win over Denver.Kelce has 95 career touchdown receptions, including the postseason, and surpassed Jimmy Graham (94 touchdown receptions) for the fourth-most touchdown receptions by a tight end in NFL history, including the postseason. Only Antonio Gates (118), Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez (115) and Rob Gronkowski (107) have more.
Kelce has 60 receptions this season and is the sixth player all-time with at least 60 receptions in 11 consecutive seasons, joining Larry Fitzgerald (15), Jason Witten (15), Pro Football Hall of Famers Tony Gonzalez (15) and Jerry Rice (11) as well as Derrick Mason (11).
- San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy, in his 15th-career regular-season road start, passed for 353 yards with two touchdowns and a 119.3 rating in the 49ers’ 23-20 win at Tampa Bay.Purdy has 13 career games with at least two touchdown passes and a passer rating of 115-or-higher, tied with Justin Herbert (13 games) for the second-most such games by a quarterback in his first three seasons in NFL history. Only Patrick Mahomes (14 games) and Russell Wilson (14) have more.
Purdy became the second quarterback since 1950 with a passer rating of 100-or-higher in 10 of his first 15 career road starts, joining Patrick Mahomes (11 starts).
- Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen totaled 330 yards (280 passing, 50 rushing) with a rushing touchdown in the Bills’ 30-20 win at Indianapolis.Allen has 71 career regular-season wins and surpassed Tom Brady (70) for the fourth-most regular-season wins by a quarterback in his first seven seasons in NFL history. Only Russell Wilson (75), Patrick Mahomes (74) and Joe Flacco (72) have more.
- Arizona quarterback Kyler Murray recorded three touchdowns (two rushing, one passing) in the Cardinals’ 31-6 win over the New York Jets.Murray has 30 career rushing touchdowns and became the fifth quarterback ever with at least 30 rushing touchdowns in his first six seasons, joining Josh Allen (53), Jalen Hurts (51 in first four seasons), Cam Newton (48) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Otto Graham (33).
Murray is the fourth quarterback in NFL history to record at least three rushing touchdowns in each of his first six seasons, joining Josh Allen, Pro Football Hall of Famer Otto Graham and Cam Newton.
- Carolina running back Chuba Hubbard rushed for 153 yards and one touchdown in the Panthers’ 20-17 win in overtime over the New York Giants in Munich, Germany.The Panthers win in Week 10 marked the third-ever international game to go to overtime, along with Cincinnati (27) and Washington (27) on Oct. 30, 2016, at Wembley Stadium in London, and Atlanta (34) and Buffalo (31) on Dec. 1, 2013 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada).
Hubbard is the fourth player to rush for at least 150 yards in an international game, joining Chris Ivory (166 rushing yards on Oct. 4, 2015, with the New York Jets), Carlos Hyde (160 rushing yards on Nov. 3, 2019, with Houston) and Travis Etienne (156 rushing yards on Oct. 30, 2022, with Jacksonville), with each of the three previous occurrences happening at Wembley Stadium in London.
- Additional notes from Sunday include:
- New Orleans running back Alvin Kamara had 109 scrimmage yards (55 rushing, 54 receiving) in the Saints’ 20-17 win over Atlanta.Kamara has 6,544 rushing yards and surpassed Mark Ingram (6,500 rushing yards) as the all-time leading rusher in Saints franchise history.
Kamara has 24 career games with at least 50 rushing yards and 50 receiving yards, surpassing Tiki Barber (23 games) and Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson (23) for the third-most such games in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk (41) and Christian McCaffrey (30) have more.
Kamara has 1,136 scrimmage yards this season and is the third player since 2000 with at least 1,100 scrimmage yards in each of his first eight seasons, joining Matt Forte and Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson.
- New York Giants rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers had six receptions in Munich and has 61 receptions this season, tied with Puka Nacua (61 receptions) for the most receptions by a player in his first eight career games in NFL history.
- Chicago wide receiver Keenan Allen had five receptions in Week 10 and has 930 receptions in 146 career games, surpassing Antonio Brown (928 receptions) for the most receptions by a player in his first 150 career games in NFL history.
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KALKBRENNER MISSES ONLY 1 SHOT, SCORES 24 IN NO. 15 CREIGHTON’S 96-70 WIN OVER FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 24 points, Steven Ashworth added 15 points on five 3-pointers and No. 15 Creighton rolled past Fairleigh Dickinson 96-70 Sunday evening.
The victory gave coach Greg McDermott win No. 327 in 15 seasons at Creighton, tying Dana Altman for the program’s most coaching wins.
Kalkbrenner was coming off a 49-point game against UT-Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday, the second-highest single-game total in program history. After making a school-record 20 field goals on 22 attempts in that game, he went 9 of 10 against the Knights (1-2).
The 7-foot-1 Big East preseason player of the year made one 3-pointer as the Bluejays broke the game open late in the first half.
Arizona State transfer Jamiya Neal and freshman Jackson McAndrew had 13 points apiece, and Pop Isaacs added 12 for Creighton (2-0).
Terrence Brown scored 19 points to lead the Knights. Dylan Jones, who made 4 of 8 3s, and Bismark Nsiah added 12 apiece.
HUFF SCORES 21 OFF THE BENCH AND NO. 6 GONZAGA HOLDS OFF ARIZONA STATE 88-80
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Braden Huff scored 21 points off the bench and Ryan Nembhard tallied 13 points and 11 assists as No. 6 Gonzaga hung on for an 88-80 victory over Arizona State on Sunday.
Huff went 9-for-13 from the field and missed only two 2-point attempts for the Bulldogs (2-0), who won their 21st straight home opener.
Khalif Battle scored all 19 of his points in the second half, including a trio of 3-pointers and an alley-oop dunk. Battle and Huff contributed 17 of Gonzaga’s last 21 points to help the Zags avoid the loss in the first-ever meeting between the programs.
Basheer Jihad added 22 points and 10 rebounds for Arizona State (2-1). The Ball State transfer was just 1-for-10 in his two first games under Bobby Hurley before going 7-for-14 against Gonzaga.
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NO. 2 UCONN CRUISES PAST SOUTH FLORIDA AS GENO AURIEMMA PULLS WITHIN A VICTORY OF NCAA RECORD
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers scored 19 of her 22 points in the first half as No. 2 UConn rolled to an 86-49 win over former conference rival South Florida on Sunday.
The win was No. 1215 for UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma. That leaves him one shy of tying former Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer’s college basketball record.
Bueckers big opening 20 minutes helped the Huskies to a 43-25 lead at halftime. Ice Brady had the first four points for the Huskies as UConn opened the game on a 9-0 run.
Ashlynn Shade had 10 of UConn’s 30 points in the third quarter as the Huskies (2-0) never trailed in the game. Shade finished with 15 points and Sarah Strong added 13 points for the Huskies.
Mama Dembele had 12 points and Sammie Puisis added 10 points for South Florida (2-1).
TE-HINA PAOPAO SCORES 23 POINTS AS NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDS OFF NC STATE 71-57 AT ALLY TIPOFF
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Te-Hina Paopao scored 23 points, MiLaysia Fulwiley chipped in with 18 points off the bench and No. 1 South Carolina passed its first big test of the season with a 71-57 victory over ninth-ranked North Carolina State on Sunday in the Ally Tipoff at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center.
Together Paopao and Fulwiley were 18 of 30 from the field as the Gamecocks (2-0) shot 50%.
Zamareya Jones had 16 points and Aziaha James added 13 points to lead NC State (1-1).
The Gamecocks used a 14-5 spurt at the end of the second quarter led by Fulwiley to build a 39-30 lead at halftime.
Paopao’s 3-pointer and baseline floater to open the third quarter pushed the Gamecocks lead to 12 and they never never seriously threatened again. Bree Hall’s driving layup put South Carolina up by 20 with 2:42 left in the third quarter.
The Wolfpack would cut the lead to seven with 4:32 left in the game, but couldn’t complete the comeback.
South Carolina’s Chloe Kitts did not play because of an “academic policy issue.” She is expected back for the next game according to coach Dawn Staley.
NBA NEWS
DETROIT (AP) — Alperen Sengun scored five of his 27 points in the final 2:28 to lead the Houston Rockets to a 101-99 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday.
Trailing 101-99 with six seconds left, Pistons’ guard Cade Cunningham intentionally missed a free throw and Jaden Ivey got the offensive rebound. His shot missed, but Tobias Harris was fouled on the rebound.
With a chance to tie the game with one second to go, Harris missed the first free throw. He intentionally missed the second, but Ivey fell out of bounds trying to secure the rebound.
Sengun added 10 rebounds while Tari Eason scored 10 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter.
Cunningham had 26 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, falling just short of becoming the first Pistons player to record four straight triple-doubles.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 31 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and the Boston Celtics rallied in the second half to beat the slumping Milwaukee Bucks 113-107 on Sunday afternoon.
Tatum put the Celtics ahead for good by hitting two free throws with 5:51 left as Boston erased a nine-point halftime deficit.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a season-high 43 points for the Bucks, who have lost eight of nine. Antetokounmpo also had 13 rebounds and five assists.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Franz Wagner had 23 points and seven assists, Goga Bitadze added 10 points and 12 rebounds and the Orlando Magic pulled away in the second half to a 121-94 win over the Washington Wizards on Sunday night.
Mo Wagner (16), Cole Anthony (16) and Anthony Black (12) came off the bench with double-digit scoring, and Jett Howard hit all three of his 3-point shots for the Magic.
Jordan Poole led the Wizards with 24 points, and Bilal Coulibaly added 20 points, six rebounds, six assists and three blocks in Washington’s fourth straight loss. Rookie Alexandre Sarr finished with 11 points, three rebounds and two blocks in 25 minutes.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 36 points, and the Golden State Warriors held off a late rally to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 127-116 on Sunday night.
It was a double whammy for the Thunder as forward Chet Holmgren didn’t return after suffering a right hip injury in the first quarter. The injury put a damper on a matchup between two of the top teams in the Western Conference.
Jonathan Kuminga scored 20 points, De’Anthony Melton had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Andrew Wiggins added 18 points for the Warriors.
Golden State led by 30 late in the third quarter before the Thunder stormed back. A steal and dunk by Alex Caruso cut Golden State’s lead to six with 4:46 left before the Warriors regained control.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 24 points and Jalen Williams added 20 for the Thunder, who suffered their first home loss of the season.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jared McCain had a career-high 27 points as the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 107-105 overtime win over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night.
The Sixers first-round draft pick out of Duke had 23 points in the second half and overtime was 9 for 15 from the floor.
Guerschon Yabusele finished with his career high of 20 points for Philadelphia (2-7), which has yet to win a game in regulation. Paul George added 15 points and nine assists, but did not play any of the overtime period after tallying 33 minutes in his third game back from a bone bruise.
Lamelo Ball finished with 38 points in the losing effort for Charlotte (4-6). Ball hit a fadeaway 3-pointer with eight seconds left in the 4th quarter to send the game to overtime. Brandon Miller had 22 points while Grant Williams added 17.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nikola Jovic made the tying layup and go-ahead foul shot with 7.8 seconds left to send the Miami Heat past the Minnesota Timberwolves 95-94 and stop their three-game losing streak on Sunday night.
Jovic, who had 15 points and seven rebounds in his first game off the bench this season, drove to the rim with four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert subbed out. Jovic went to the line to give the Heat their first lead since 63-61.
Mike Conley’s 3-point attempt at the buzzer was short and finished another harried possession by the Timberwolves, whose three-game winning streak ended. Jaden McDaniels gave them the lead with a putback of Conley’s miss with nine seconds left.
Tyler Herro had 26 points for the Heat, who played without star Jimmy Butler.
Anthony Edwards scored 22 points on 8-for-24 shooting for the Wolves, who trailed by 12 points after a 3-for-15 start from 3-point range. They closed the gap to 52-51 at the break with their only solid stretch on offense.
PHOENIX (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored the Kings’ first eight points in overtime and Sacramento snapped the Phoenix Suns’ winning streak at seven with a 127-118 win Sunday night.
The Suns played without Kevin Durant, who was injured Friday and will miss at least two weeks.
DeRozan finished with 34 points.
The Suns led through the fourth quarter until Keegan Murray tipped in his own missed shot with 3.9 seconds to play to give Sacramento a one-point lead. But Murray committed a foul on the Suns’ inbounds play, and Devin Booker made a free throw to tie the game at 111. Booker missed a shot from the corner that would have won it.
Domantas Sabonis recorded his ninth consecutive double-double for the Kings with 20 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out in overtime.
Murray had 14 points and 13 rebounds while De’Aaron Fox put up 21 points and 11 rebounds. Kevin Huerter, who also fouled out in the extra period, had 17 points for Sacramento.
Bradley Beal led Phoenix (8-2) with 28 points. Booker had 23 points and 12 assists, and Tyus Jones finished with 22 points.
DENVER (AP) — Michael Porter Jr. hit a mid-range jumper with seven seconds left and the Denver Nuggets won their fifth straight, 122-120 over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.
Nikola Jokic had 37 points, 18 rebounds and 15 assists for his fourth straight triple-double and his NBA-best sixth this season. Jamal Murray had 18 points and Porter finished with 17.
Kyrie Irving had a season-high 43 points for Dallas. Luka Doncic added 24 points and Daniel Gafford had 16.
Trailing by three going into the final period, Dallas got three 3-pointers in a row from Irving to take a 105-102 lead with 8:46 left to play. The teams kept trading shots to keep it close the rest of the way. Irving’s bank shot gave Dallas a 120-118 lead with 1:39 left but Jokic then had a tying tip-in and ahead of Porter’s winning shot. Irving missed a 3-point try at the buzzer.
Down by 10 midway through the first quarter, Dallas outscored Denver by nine points in the second period and led 63-60 at halftime.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jaren Jackson Jr. had 20 points and seven rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies routed the Portland Trail Blazers 134-89 on Sunday night.
Jake LaRavia added 18 points off the bench for the Grizzlies, who led by as many as 45 points and has won five of their last six games.
Jerami Grant scored 20 points for Portland, which has lost three straight.
Memphis was missing Ja Morant, who is day-to-day with an injured right hip, and Marcus Smart and Desmond Bane.
The Grizzlies jumped out to a 31-17 lead after the first quarter and led by as many as 25 in the first half.
It was the first meeting between Memphis’ rookie Zach Edey and Portland’s Donovan Clingan since the 2024 NCAA championship game when Clingan and UConn defeated Edey’s Purdue.
Clingan finished with 13 points and Edey had 12.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James recorded his second straight triple-double, and Anthony Davis scored 22 points before leaving with an eye injury in the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers ‘ 123-103 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.
Davis was hit in the face by Jakob Poeltl’s off hand while he blocked the Toronto center’s dunk attempt with 5:16 left in the third quarter. The nine-time All-Star, who began the night leading the NBA in scoring, was ruled out after he went to the locker room.
James had 19 points, a season-high 16 assists and 10 rebounds in his third triple-double already this season and the 115th of his matchless 22-year career.
Austin Reaves scored 27 points for the Lakers, who improved to 5-0 at home. Los Angeles also beat Toronto for the second time in nine days.
Chris Boucher and RJ Barrett scored 18 points apiece for the Raptors, who have lost four straight and eight of nine.
Bronny James played the final 1:40.
NHL NEWS
CHICAGO (AP) — Philipp Kurashev’s goal at 1:48 of overtime lifted the Blackhawks to a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night, snapping Chicago’s two-game slide.
Kurashev ripped a shot from left wing that sailed past Filip Gustavsson’s glove.
Petr Mrazek finished with 32 saves to help the Blackhawks end a 12-game losing streak against the Wild. Chicago hadn’t beaten Minnesota since Dec. 15, 2019.
Matt Boldy scored with 4:31 left in the third period to tie it at 1 on Minnesota’s 32nd shot of the game.
Jason Dickinson scored in the first. Mrazek made several close-in, rapid-fire stops in the third as the Wild outshot Chicago 19-4 in the period and 33-22 for the game, Gustavsson blocked 20 shots.
At 10-2-3 and 23 points, the Wild are off to their best start after 15 games.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nico Sturm scored late in the first period and Mackenzie Blackwood made 44 saves as the San Jose Sharks beat the New Jersey Devils 1-0 on Sunday night.
Sturm scored his third goal of the season when his backhand caromed off New Jersey’s Timo Meier and past Devils netminder Jake Allen with less than four minutes to play in the opening period. Carl Grundstrom and Henry Thrun assisted.
Blackwood, who played five seasons for the Devils before he was traded to the Sharks in June 2023, recorded the 11th shutout of his career in his first game as a visiting netminder at Prudential Center.
The loss ended the Devils’s three-game winning streak. New Jersey was coming off Saturday’s 4-3 comeback overtime road win against the Islanders.
Allen made 26 saves.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — John Gibson made 38 saves, Brett Leason and Jackson LaCombe each scored their first goals of the season and the Anaheim Ducks ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night.
Gibson made his season debut after having an emergency appendectomy in September.
The Ducks got off to a fast start when Leason scored 3:13 into the game off a feed from Cutter Gauthier.
Columbus tied it late in the first period when Yegor Chinakhov scored his fourth goal of the season. Anaheim grabbed a 2-1 lead at 4:22 of the second period when LaCombe converted off a loose puck.
Leo Carlsson scored for the Ducks with 9:40 left in the game, but the Blue Jackets moved back within a goal on a shot from the slot by Kirill Marchenko with 3:03 left.
Isac Lundestrom scored into an empty net to put the game away.
NASCAR NEWS
TRUEX FINISHES 17TH IN FINAL FULL-TIME CUP SERIES RACE
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. got a nice surprise when his fellow drivers gave him a standing ovation during the prerace meeting Sunday before the NASCAR Cup Series finale.
Once on the track, the 44-year-old driver from New Jersey took time to thank his team for all the memories before his final race as a full-time Cup driver.
“Thanks for sticking out all the way to the end here,” Truex said on the radio, his voice breaking at the end. “Hopefully we can go out on top. Appreciate all your hard work and dedication with all the things we’ve done over the years. It’s meant a lot.”
Truex didn’t get his wish.
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver led 10 laps after starting on the pole, but got caught in a shuffle of pit stops and cautions, costing him a chance to compete for one final win.
Truex finished 17th at Phoenix Raceway after all the hoopla — well behind winner Joey Logano — earning post-race handshakes and praise from Basketball Hall of Famer and 23XI Racing owner Michael Jordan, along with four-time Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon.
Truex had a stellar career as a full-time driver, winning the 2017 Cup Series championship and 34 career victories in a NASCAR career that started in 2004. He also won two Xfinity Series championships.
Truex is expected to race in next year’s Daytona 500 and has talked to team owner Joe Gibbs about running a few Xfinity races.
“It means a lot to have earned that respect over the years,” Truex said. “Going forward, do a little bit of racing just for fun and hopefully it’s not as stressful as today.”
Hamlin and FedEx
It appears Denny Hamlin’s 20-year run with FedEx as a sponsor is coming to an end.
Hamlin thanked FedEx in a social media post before Sunday’s race and the shipping company followed with one of its own.
“What a ride it’s been!,” FedEx posted on X. Denny and the entire Joe Gibbs team, it’s been an incredible 20 years of racing with the best. #TeamFedEx will always be cheering you on.”
FedEx has been a sponsor of Joe Gibbs Racing since 2005, but has pulled back in recent years. After sponsoring all of Hamlin’s car for all 36 races in 2020, FedEx was the primary sponsor in 14 points races this year.
Pace car crash
Ty Gibbs had the first official crash of Sunday’s race, climbing up into the outside wall on lap 2.
The second didn’t knock any of the competitors out, but it did delay the race.
Leading the field back to green after the first stage caution, the pace car driver caused chaos with a late decision to turn into pit road. The pace car cut across the front two cars, slid into the barrels protecting the end of the pit road wall and sent sand flying onto the track, leading to a red flag.
The mishap delayed the race for several minutes, but garnered a chuckle from Jordan in his 23XI Racing box on pit road.
The pace car suffered damage to the rear right side and had to be replaced by a backup car.
Odds and ends
Kyle Busch’s record of winning a Cup Series race in 19 straight seasons came down to one last race. Busch never really had a chance to extend his streak. He started 25th and had a hard time making up ground, finishing 21st in failing to win for the first time in his career in a Cup Series that included two championships. … The Cup Series finale was a relatively clean race, with just two cautions caused by accidents. Ty Gibbs was among the few unlucky drivers, crashing hard into the wall on the second lap. “We’ve been really hard on the track there all week and I think I just caught it at a bad angle, and it just took off from me,” he said. “I had no control there. It was a really, really big hit though.” … Carson Hocevar was named the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series rookie of the year after earning six top-10s and one top-five finish during his first full season in the No. 77 car. … Chevrolet won the NASCAR Cup Series manufacturers championship.
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COLTS FOOTBALL
COLTS UNABLE TO MOUNT COMEBACK AGAINST BILLS IN WEEK 10 LOSS
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In what began as a back-and-forth affair, the Colts were unable to find momentum to mount a second-half comeback against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, losing 30-20 at Lucas Oil Stadium.
The beginning of the game was dismal for the Colts, with limited cheers from the crowd at Lucas Oil Stadium. Quarterback Joe Flacco threw two interceptions on the team’s first two possessions of the game – the first one turned into a pick-six and the second kickstarted a Bills drive that ended in a field goal, quickly putting them up 10-0.
Running back Jonathan Taylor elicited the loudest cheers of the first quarter, and among the loudest all game, with a 59-yard run to bring the Colts to the Bills’ nine-yard line. The Colts had to settle for a field goal to get points on the board, though, and trailed 10-3 at the end of the first quarter.
But right before the clock ran down, linebacker Zaire Franklin had a crucial tackle that forced the Bills to turn the ball over on downs. The Colts then went on an 11-play, 72-yard drive featuring an 18-yard pass to wide receiver Adonai Mitchell and a 16-yard pass to wide receiver Alec Pierce. It was running back Tyler Goodson, though, who – on his birthday – caught the touchdown pass to tie the game.
And as soon as the Bills got the ball back, linebacker E.J. Speed intercepted the first pass of the possession to bring the Colts offense back onto the field at Buffalo’s 33-yard line. The interception was Speed’s first of his career, and proved to be a crucial one as the Colts went on to score a field goal and take a 13-10 lead.
The Bills, however, scored on back-to-back drives – a touchdown and a field goal – to close out the half with a 20-13 lead.
At halftime, Taylor had 107 rushing yards on 16 carries; he had 103 yards on 14 carries with seven minutes left in the second quarter.
The two teams traded possessions in the third quarter, and while the Colts’ defense continued to pressure the Bills – cornerback Kenny Moore II had a stellar interception and Speed had a crucial pass breakup on third down – they couldn’t put any more points on the board, and the score remained 20-13.
The Bills were able to put up three more points with a 27-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to make it a two-score game with 10 minutes and 58 seconds left in the game. Buffalo continued to dominate time of possession as the quarter went on, forcing another Flacco interception (his third of the game) and methodically marching down the field.
A 13-play, 84-yard drive that took up 6 minutes and 42 seconds extended the Bills’ lead to 30-13 with just over three minutes remaining. Flacco connected with Pierce in the end zone for the wide receiver’s fourth touchdown of the season, but with just two seconds remaining on the clock, the Colts were out of time, losing 30-20 in their first multi-possession loss of the season.
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INDIANA PACERS BASKETBALL
GAME REWIND: PACERS 132, KNICKS 121
An injury riddled Pacers team stepped up to face a strong New York roster on Sunday afternoon and came out on top, 132-121, behind a combined 73 points from Tyrese Haliburton and Bennedict Mathurin.
Coach Rick Carlisle announced pregame that Indiana (5-5) would be without Aaron Nesmith and Andrew Nembhard for at least two weeks, likely extending into December. Obi Toppin is also dealing with injury – a sprained ankle – and couldn’t suit up against New York (4-5). With two starters sidelined and multiple injuries to their bench, Mathurin is taking advantage.
Mathurin averaged just over 21 points per game over Indiana’s last five games, and kept that pace through the first half of Sunday’s game. He drained three of his four 3-point attempts on his way to an 11-point first quarter. Haliburton tallied five first quarter assists as the Pacers finished the first frame up three, 29-26.
“I just get what the defense gives me,” Mathurin said. “And I shoot the ball with confidence.”
Indiana’s defense slipped early in the second quarter as the Knicks jumped out to a seven-point lead, but the Pacers recovered behind Mathurin’s hot hand. Mathurin drilled another two 3-point shots, totaling six makes from downtown in the first half. He entered the locker room at the break with 21 points and four rebounds.
Haliburton’s first half was strong for Indiana as he bolstered Mathurin’s scoring outburst with playmaking. He dished out six first half assists along with his 14 points, but the Pacers trailed at halftime, 61-58.
New York punched in the second half as they carried a burst of momentum into a 10-point lead early in the frame. Consecutive 3-pointers from Myles Turner, and gritty and-one opportunities from Haliburton and Mathurin kept Indiana within striking distance. Jarace Walker went as his veterans did, knocking down back to back 3-pointers to push the Pacers in front by two points with four minutes to play in the third.
Indiana stepped into an aggressive rhythm early in the fourth as Mathurin continued his run of efficient scoring. He hit a stepback 3-pointer and finished at the rim through contact on back to back possessions, giving Indiana a five point lead with just over eight minutes remaining.
With just under five minutes to play, Turner dropped in his own pair of 3-pointers on consecutive possessions as the Pacers’ lead grew to seven. Indiana made eight 3-pointers in the final quarter, and 21 overall as they shot their way to a 45.7 percent shooting night from long range.
The defensive intensity from Indiana was evident through the fourth quarter, including an outstanding Mathurin play to block a Miles McBride layup attempt and win back possession of the ball for the Pacers. They held New York to 27 points in the final quarter.
“Our determination defensively is always going to lead to really good momentum for us offensively,” Carlisle said postgame.
Mathurin’s intensity translated into a career night – he posted a new career high in points with 38. His 38 points came on just 18 shot attempts, and he had a 72 percent night from the field. Haliburton finished with 35 points and 14 assists for the Pacers, and Turner recorded 26 points and four rebounds.
“Tyrese was amazing in this game,” Carlisle said. “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen him more determined in a regular season game than this one today. Benn Mathurin was absolutely breathtaking. Efficient, tough physically.”
Indiana’s backcourt duo helped the Pacers to their highest point total in a quarter this season as they led the Blue and Gold to a 40-point fourth quarter.
The Pacers win puts them back at 5-5 on the season, and they’ll look to prepare for Wednesday as they travel to Orlando for another matchup with the Magic.
Inside the Numbers
Indiana made 21 3-pointers to New York’s seven.
Tyrese Haliburton and Bennedict Mathurin each shot over 60 percent from the field.
The Pacers’ 74 second half points are the most they’ve scored in a half this season. Their 40 points in the fourth quarter are the most they’ve scored in a single quarter this season.
You Can Quote Me on That
“A look in the eyes…There are just times when great players just have a look in their eye that they are determined not only to have a great individual game, but to highly impact the game for themselves and their teammates.” – Carlisle on Haliburton
“He’s just doing what he does. Honestly, it’s not a surprise to anybody in the locker room. I think he’s just playing the right way, and it’s part of the growth of him as a player.” – Tyrese Haliburton on Bennedict Mathurin’s recent play
“Ty was aggressive. I just like when he plays that way. Just being aggressive. He has a great touch around the rim. I think just continuing to use that, once you see the ball go in a couple times, the three (point shot), everything just gets bigger and bigger.” – Siakam on Haliburton’s performance
Stat of the Night
Tyrese Haliburton and Bennedict Mathurin scored a combined 73 points on 66.7 percent shooting.
Noteworthy
This is the first time that both Tyrese Haliburton and Bennedict Mathurin have scored over 30 points in the same game. It is also the first time two Pacers have scored 35+ in the same game during the regular season.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark supported the Pacers courtside at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Up Next
Indiana travels to Orlando to take on the Magic on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7:00 PM ET.
Tickets
The Pacers will host Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for an Emirates NBA Cup game on Friday, Nov. 15 at 7:00 PM ET.
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INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL
MGBAKO, BALLO AND RENEAU LEAD NO. 17 INDIANA IN 90-55 ROUT OF EASTERN ILLINOIS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Mackenzie Mgbako scored 18 points, Oumar Ballo and Malik Reneau each had 17 and No. 17 Indiana defeated Eastern Illinois 90-55 on Sunday.
The Hoosiers (2-0) trailed the upset-minded Panthers by five points before going on a 24-2 run early in the second half. Mgbako, Ballo and Reneau combined to make 23 of 32 shots overall and grab 22 rebounds. Indiana outscored Eastern Illinois 54-18 in the second half.
Nakyel Shelton led Eastern Illinois (1-2) with 17 points. The Panthers made five 3-pointers to take a one-point halftime lead but were just 2 of 10 from beyond the arc in the second half.
Takeaways
Eastern Illinois: The Panthers looked like an underdog capable of an upset for about 23 minutes, then disappeared in a disastrous second-half stretch. The collapse had the visitors looking more like the team that lost by 45 at No. 24 Illinois in the season opener.
Indiana: Another double-digit win over an outmanned midmajor program was far from encouraging when considering the Hoosiers struggled to defend the 3-point line early and didn’t take control of this game until a few minutes into the second half. Far more is expected.
Key moment
Down five early in the second half, Indiana went on a 11-0 run, with Mgbako and Reneau combining for nine of those points, including a pair of dunks.
Key stat
In Indiana’s 24-2 run, the Hoosiers made 9 of 14 shots while the Panthers managed only one basket with 10 missed shots.
Up next
The Panthers visit Northwestern on Friday and the Hoosiers host South Carolina on Saturday.
PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
#9 PURDUE ROLLS PAST MICHIGAN, 3-0
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – In yet another Boilermaker sweep, the No. 9 Purdue Boilermakers posted 12 blocks as they took down the Michigan Wolverines, 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-18). Purdue reached its 20th win of the season, improving to 20-5 (11-3 Big Ten) while Michigan stands at 16-9 (6-8 Big Ten).
Purdue has now won 12 of its last 13 sets of action. Meanwhile. over the last three weeks, it was the fifth sweep in seven matches.
The Boilermakers led in every statistical category including hitting % (.279), blocks (12 vs. 9) and reception % (.981% vs. .972%).
Purdue’s blocking effort, led by Raven Colvin’s nine blocks (2-7), were the most in the last five matches (last: 12 vs. Ohio State, 10/23). Over half of the team’s blocks came in Set 1 (five of nine). Colvin was on each of those in the opening set, tying as the second-most the senior has posted in a single set this season.
Eva Hudson led the way with 19 kills and five attack errors on 40 swings for a .350 clip. Not only did it mark the fourth consecutive match the Boiler has hit above .340%, it was the ninth time in the last 10 matches she’s reached at least 15 kills.
Coming off a career-high night offensively just two days ago at Indiana, Lizzie Carr registered a career-high six total blocks, which included a block solo in Set 2.
Taylor Anderson tallied 34 assists in the match, adding eight digs and four kills on five attempts during the match.
Libero Ali Hornung went perfect in the match, recording 13 digs and four assists after seeing 24 receptions.
The Boilermakers are now 8-2 over their last 10 matches.
Purdue will remain at home for its next two matches, hosting Rutgers on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET on B1G+ followed by Illinois on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network. Purdue will look to close out its series sweep vs. Rutgers, and pick up a win vs. Illinois, a team that took down #20 USC in five sets over the weekend.
PURDUE TENNIS
BOILERS TAKE 4 SINGLES WINS ON BONITA BAY FINAL DAY
BONITA BAY, Fla. – The Purdue women’s tennis team won four singles matches out of the seven total contests against Colorado on the final day of the Bonita Bay Classic.
Playing her final match ahead of her NCAA Singles Tournament appearance, Carmen Gallardo Guevara rolled to a 6-4, 6-0 win over Pia Rebec. Juana Larranaga continued her run of form with a straight sets win over Ema Bubalo 6-0, 7-5.
Ece Gencer and Kathryn Wilson won their singles contests in two sets with matching scores of 7-5, 6-2. Gencer downed Anya Nelson, while Wilson bested Willow Gertsch.
The Bonita Bay Classic concluded the Boilermakers’ fall schedule with the exception of Gallardo Guevara’s bid to the national championship, which starts Nov. 18 in Waco, Texas.
DOUBLES
Anya Nelson/Ema Bubalo (COLO) def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara/Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) – 6-3
Pia Rebec/Lera Alexin (COLO) def. Ida Clement/Ashlie Wilson (PUR) – 6-0
SINGLES
Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) def. Pia Rebec (COLO) – 6-4, 6-0
Lera Alexin (COLO) def. Ida Clement (PUR) 6-2, 2-6, 11-9
Juana Larranaga (PUR) def. Ema Bubalo (COLO) – 6-0, 7-5
Ece Gencer (PUR) def. Anya Nelson (COLO) – 7-5, 6-2
Kathryn Wilson (PUR) def. Willow Gretsch (COLO) – 7-5, 6-2
KRIVOKAPIC EARNS BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL SINGLES TITLE
MADISON, Wis. – Purdue men’s tennis’ Aleksa Krivokapic won the single title at the Big Ten Individual on Sunday, hosted by Wisconsin.
Krivokapic needed two wins to earn the fall crown. He opened the morning with a super tiebreak win over Will Cooksey from Michigan 6-3, 6-7(6), 10-6 in the semifinals.
He cruised to the title with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Lars Johann in the championship match.
Johann reached the finals after narrowly outlasting Purdue’s Juan David Velasquez in the semifinals 6-4, 7-6(7).
SINGLES
Aleksa Krivokapic (PUR) def. Will Cooksey (MICH) – 6-3, 6-7 (6), 10-6
Aleksa Krivokapic (PUR) def. Lars Johann (NEB) – 6-2, 6-3
Lars Johann (NEB) def. Juan David Velasquez (PUR) – 6-4, 7-6 (7)
PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
PURDUE FALLS TO #6 NOTRE DAME
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team could not rally from an early deficit in a 102-58 loss to No. 6 Notre Dame on Sunday night in Mackey Arena.
The Boilermakers (1-1) struggled to overcome early shooting woes, finishing with a 33.8% clip on the night.
A trio of transfer Boilermakers finished in double figures. Destini Lombard paced Purdue for the second straight game with 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting. Ella Collier tallied 11 points from 4-of-6 shooting with a pair of threes. Reagan Bass added 10 points
Purdue missed its first six shots before Lombard converted a traditional 3-point play three minutes into the game. Notre Dame held a 28-7 advantage after the first.
After the first quarter struggles offensively, Purdue settled in to shoot 44% for the final 25 minutes of the game. Bass scored eight of her 10 points in the second half, while Collier and Lana McCarthy both scored six in the final two quarters.
The Boilermakers attempted to counter back into the game with a six-point run in the second and a five-point swing in the third, but the Irish were led by All-American Hanna Hildalgo’s 28 points. Notre Dame shot 50.6% from the field and went 8-of-18 behind the arc.
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers will host IU Indy on Thursday night. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. on B1G+.
PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL
#14 PURDUE HOSTS DEFENDING IVY LEAGUE CHAMPION YALE IN MACKEY ON MONDAY
GAMEDAY INFORMATION — GAME 03
[14] Purdue (2-0) vs. Yale (1-1)
8 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Indiana
Mackey Arena (14,876 – SOLD OUT)
TELEVISION: Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• The Purdue men’s basketball plays its third game in its season-long, four-game homestand when Ivy League power Yale visits Mackey Arena for the first time in school history. The Boilermakers lead the series by a 3-0 advantage, including a 78-56 victory in the opening round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament in Milwaukee. Purdue also defeated Yale in West Lafayette in the 1902 and 1963 seasons.
• In the previous meeting in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, then-freshman Caleb Furst had 10 points and four rebounds, while current Detroit Pistons standout Jaden Ivey had 22 points and four rebounds. Memphis Grizzlies rookie Zach Edey had 16 points and nine rebounds.
• Purdue is looking for its 24th straight victory in November and its 20th straight home victory overall (done three previous times — 30 in 1967 to 1970; 26 in 2010 to 2011; 21 in 2017 to 2018).
• The Boilermakers are looking to start 3-0 for the fourth straight season. The last time Purdue didn’t start 3-0 was in 2020-21, starting the season with a 2-1 record. The Boilermakers have started 8-0 (2021-22), 13-0 (2022-23) and 7-0 (2023-24) in its last three seasons.
• The Boilermakers haven’t lost a non-conference regular-season game since Dec. 8, 2020, at Miami, Florida — a span of 1,435 days and 37 games. The streak is tied for the fifth-longest streak in NCAA history. Purdue has defeated seven teams ranked in the AP top 11.
• Purdue’s 19-game home winning streak is thet tied for the fourth-longest streak nationally (Houston, Drake, UConn).
• Purdue’s four-man center rotation combined for 19 points and 14 rebounds in the win over Northern Kentucky, shooting 9-of-15 from the field.
• During their careers, Purdue is 21-1 when Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith combine for 25 points (lone loss: Northwestern, Dec. 1, 2023).
• Since the beginning of last season in home games only, Purdue is shooting 44.6 peercent from long distance (179-of-401), the highest percentage nationally. UNC Greesboro is second at 43.5 percent.
• Purdue’s 29 turnovers are the most in the first two games of the season since also having 29 in the first two games of the 2020-21 season.
• Since the 2015-16 season, Purdue is now 58-2 (.967) against non-conference opposition. The lone losses came to defending National Champion Villanova (Nov. 2016) and Texas (Nov. 2019). Purdue is 114-6 (.950) in Mackey Arena vs. unranked teams since the 2015-16 season.
• The Boilermakers open the 2024-25 campaign ranked No. 14 in the AP Top 25 preseason poll released Oct. 14.
• Purdue has been ranked in 39 straight AP Top 25 polls, the sixth-longest active streak in the country and the third longest in school history.
• Purdue is looking to become the first team to win three straight outright Big Ten titles since the Boilermakers did it in 1994-96. Ohio State also accomplished the feat in 1960-62 as the only programs to record an outright “threepeat”.
• Purdue’s 112 wins over the last four seasons are the third-most nationally behind Houston (126) and Gonzaga (119). The Boilermakers’ 112 wins during that span are the most for a four-year span in Purdue history. The record for most wins in a five-year stretch is 130 (2015-19).
• Purdue, Duke, Gonzaga and Houston are the only programs in America to have made at least a Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final Four in the last five NCAA Tournaments. Purdue reached the Sweet 16 in 2022, the Elite 8 in 2019 and the Final Four in 2024.
• Matt Painter needs one win for 450 in his Purdue career, ranking fourth on the Big Ten’s list for career wins with 449, trailing only Tom Izzo (709), Bob Knight (662) and Gene Keady (512) in Big Ten history. On the Big Ten games-only chart, Painter is fifth (226 wins), needing two wins to tie Hall of Famer, Ward “Piggy” Lambert of Purdue with 228 victories.
• Braden Smith needs 15 assists to move into third place on Purdue’s career assists list. Tony Jones (1987-90) and Everette Stephens (1985-88) are tied for third with 481 career helpers.
**Daniel Jacobsen, Purdue’s 7-4 freshman center who started the first two regular season games, is out indefinitely, Painter said after Sunday’s practice. He has a fractured tibia and will have surgery Wednesday.
NOTRE DAME MEN’S TENNIS
DOMINKO QUALIFIES FOR NCAA SINGLES AND DOUBLES WITH NAD: DOMINKO WINS ITA CONFERENCE MASTERS SINGLES TITLE
ROME, Ga. – Junior Sebastian Dominko had a very strong showing this week winning the ITA Conference Masters singles title without dropping a set and being runner up in doubles alongside freshman Peter Nad. The inaugural ITA Conference Masters was held in Rome, Georgia this week as the final qualifying event for the NCAA individual championships. One player from each of the division I conferences was selected to participate.
Dominko entered the week as the representative for the Atlantic Coast Conference and the overall #1 seed in the singles draw at the ITA Conference Masters. He would receive a bye in the opening round before taking on the selection for the Big Ten Conference, Niels Hoffman of Southern California. Dominko would take the opening round by a 6-3, 6-4 score to advance where he would face the Patriot League player selection, Amar Tahirovic. The Irish junior took care of business to win 6-3, 6-2 and not only advance to the semifinals of the event but he also clinched a birth into the NCAA Individual Singles Championships.
In the semifinals, he would face the top player from the Georgia lineup and the SEC selection, Thomas Paulsell, who came into the fall ranked #14 in college tennis. Dominko would win the first set 6-4 before running away with the second set 6-2 and find himself in the championship match. In the title match, he would face Tiago Silva of Pacific and the West Coast Conference. On a crisp and overcast Sunday morning, Dominko would take the first set 6-3 for the third time in the tournament and then seal the title with a 6-4 second set win.
Dominko was pulling double duty this week as he and teammate Peter Nad were the representatives for the ACC in the doubles tournament. The duo were the #2 overall seeds and received bye before running through teams from Portland, UNC Wilmington and UNC Charlotte en route to the finals. But the run would end in the championship at the hands of the #1 ranked team in the country from Mississippi State in two tight sets, 7-5, 7-6(4). By virtue of making the finals though, the duo qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championships.
The NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships will be held this fall in Waco, Texas from November 19th-24th. Dominko has now qualified for both singles and doubles every year in college so far, marking this the 5th and 6th appearances in the NCAA individual tournament. Peter Nad, in his first semester in college, will make his first postseason appearance alongside Dominko.
NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL
BUFFALO PREVIEW
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame men’s basketball team will look to go 2-0 on the young season when the Buffalo Bulls roll into town on Monday, Nov. 11. Tip is slated for 7 p.m. ET inside Purcell Pavilion, with tickets still available for purchase on FightingIrish.com. Early arriving fans will receive a red, white, and navy blue pom pom with God, Country, Notre Dame on the handle!
The game is also our Veterans Day Donation Drive – Help support our local veterans by bringing in items to be donated to Miller Veterans Center for the Homeless.
FEELING BULLISH
Notre Dame has completed 121 seasons in its program history and yet on Monday night, they’ll play Buffalo for the very first time. The Bulls are off to a 2-0 start after a buzzer-beater against Old Dominion, followed by a victory over Fredonia. In both games Buffalo scored over 80 points.
In the win over Fredonia, Tyson Dunn recorded the program’s fourth triple-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists. Dunn is averaging 19.0 points through two games, while the Bulls are led by Ryan Sabol’s 19.5 ppg.
Irish fans will see a familiar face on the Buffalo bench in former ND assistant, now Bulls Associate Head Coach Hamlet Tibbs.
GAME WON
Basketball was officially back in Purcell Pavilion and Notre Dame showed out in their 2024-25 debut, defeating Stonehill, 89-60. The Irish shot 50.8 percent from the field and 47.8 percent from three-point range.
The preseason talk of Markus Burton and Braeden Shrewsberry being one of the best young backcourts in the ACC was on display. Each recorded a game-high 18 points. Burton also supplied a team-high five assists. Graduate guard Matt Allocco joined them in double figures with 10 points. Furthermore, Kebba Njie finished one point shy of what would have been his first career double-double, tallying nine points and 10 rebounds. The 10 boards were one shy of his career best.
TRENDING
With the season-opening victory, the Irish moved up four spots in KenPom to No. 65.
The preseason focus was on offense and pace and between the exhibition and season opener, the Irish have totaled 180 points.
Notre Dame grabbed 50 rebounds against Stonehill, marking their highest total since 54 boards vs. High Point on Nov. 16, 2021.
Braeden Shrewsberry was 4-for-5 from three in the season opener. He drained 78 as a freshman, including a program record 55 in ACC play.
Notre Dame made 11 three’s against Stonehill, shooting 47.8 percent from beyond the arc. The latter ranks 10th in the country.
A victory on Monday night would mean that Coach Shrewsberry’s squad will have won six straight on their home court, dating back to their four-win homestand that ended last season (Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Clemson).
PRESEASON ACCOLADES FOR BURTON
Point guard Markus Burton looks to continue his ascent in collegiate basketball for his sophomore season. He went from winning Mr. Indiana Basketball as a high school senior to stepping on his home court in Purcell Pavilion and making an immediate impact with the Irish. He won the 2024 ACC Freshman of the Year Award (the first ND player to do so) and also took home Third Team All-ACC honors.
Before the 2024-25 season has officially gotten underway, Burton has collected more awards/recognition. First, the ACC named him a Preseason First Team selection. Burton’s 17.5 ppg is the third highest returning scoring average in the ACC behind North Carolina’s RJ Davis (21.2) and Wake Forest’s Hunter Sallis (18.0 ppg).
Next, it was the Naismith Starting 5 – Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Top 20 Preseason Watch List. This prestigious award honors the best point guards in men’s college basketball and is presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Burton is the first Irish point guard to be named to the Bob Cousy Top-20 Preseason Watch List since Matt Farrell (2017-18 Watch List).
Shortly after, ESPN.com announced its top-100 players ahead of the 2024-25 season. Burton landed at No. 40. They stated: “(Burton) averaged 17.5 PPG as a freshman, finishing with 20 points or more in 11 games. If he can become a consistent threat from the 3-point line (30%), the All-ACC third team pick could mature into one of the expanded conference’s best players.”
Last but not least, the Naismith Trophy added Burton to their College Player of the Year Watch List. A total of 50 players were named to the preseason list.
SOMETHING BREWING IN SOUTH BEND
Though we can’t talk specifics until ink hits the paper on Wednesday, it’s hard not to notice the momentum that Coach Shrews is building in South Bend. He talked how in year one he was setting the foundation and the ‘right culture.’ Heading into year two, Coach Shrews is on an absolute heater on the recruiting trail.
Notre Dame currently has four verbals from one five-star and three four-star players. The five-star recruit would be the highest signee in program history (in the modern era with rankings), ranked No. 10 from ESPN. The Irish recruiting class is ranked in the top-six by 247 Sports, Rivals and ON3.
WAKE UP THE ECHOES LIVE ON THURSDAY, NOV. 14
Wake Up The Echoes, which is the official podcast show for Coach Freeman, Ivey and Shrewsberry, is hitting the road for a special on location recording at Brothers Bar & Grill this Thursday. It will be a celebration of basketball season getting underway with both Coach Shrews and Ivey slated to be on the show. In addition, both Markus Burton and Hannah Hildago will have segments on the show as well.
FROM LEAST TO MOST
When Coach Shrewsberry took over the Notre Dame job, he had to start at the ground-level. In fact, Notre Dame only returned 35 points at this point last year, which equated to 1.6% of scoring returning. That number ranked in the bottom five of Division-I schools. However, this year is quite a different story.
The Irish return the most scoring in the ACC by a landslide. With a solid young core of seven returnees (Markus Burton, Braeden Shrewsberry, Tae Davis, Julian Roper II, J.R. Konieczny, Kebba Njie, Logan Imes), Notre Dame returns 85.6 percent of its scoring. The next highest is Wake Forest at 59.8 percent.
In addition, the Irish return the third highest percentage of minutes in the country at 83.9 percent. Navy (91.3) and Wofford (84.3) hold the top two spots.
IRISH LOOK TO DEFY EXPECTATIONS AGAIN
Last year, Notre Dame was projected to finish dead last in the conference. The Coach Shrewsberry led squad came together and ultimately doubled its ACC win total from the 2022-23 season, finishing 7-13 in league play to earn the 12-seed in the conference tourney. Coach Shrewsberry received several votes for ACC Coach of the Year.
This year, the Irish are picked to finish tenth in the ACC and look to defy expectations again.
GREEN JERSEY SERIES
When you play over 30 games in a season, you got to wear the Irish greens more than once. Announced via the @NDMBB account on social, the program has picked four ACC games to wear the greens at home:
– Dec. 7 vs. Syracuse – ACC Opener
– Jan. 4 vs. UNC – Irish Wear Green
– Feb. 8 vs. Virginia Tech – 574 Day
– Feb. 22 vs. Pitt – Fan Appreciation
BEST YOUNG BACKCOURT IN THE ACC
Freshman guards Markus Burton and Braeden Shrewsberry showed no fear in the first year in the ACC. Burton averaged 17.5 points both on the season and in league play, while Shrewsberry was the lone other Irish to finish in double figures, averaging 10.2 points on the year and 11.3 points in ACC play.
With that said, Burton and Shrewsberry became the 9th ACC freshmen duo in league history to rank No. 1 and No. 2 for their team in scoring, proving the future is bright in South Bend.
There is only one scoring duo in the ACC that returns a higher combined number than Burton’s and Shrewsberry’s 27.7 ppg and that’s Wake Forest’s Hunter Sallis and Cameron HIldreth. That duo return a combined 31.8 ppg.
Burton and Shrewsberry also proved they aren’t afraid of a hostile environment. In true road games, Burton and Shrewsberry averaged 16.3 points and 12.8 points, respectively.
Lastly, don’t forget that this duo went off in the nation’s capital for the first round of the ACC Tournament in the win over Georgia Tech. Shrewsberry scored a team-high 23 points, shooting 8-of-12 from the field, including 5-of-8 from three-point range. Four of Shrewsberry’s threes came in the second half. It marked his third game of 20+ that season. Next, Burton followed right behind with 21 points on 8-of-15 shooting. Burton also tied his season high in assists with eight.
COACH SHREWS LOOKS TO RECREATE YEAR TWO MAGIC
The rebuild at Notre Dame is obviously different from the one at Penn State, but let’s look at the year one to year two improvement that Coach Shrews accomplished in Happy Valley.
After a 14-17 first season, Shrewsberry produced a 23-14 mark in 2022-23, just the 12th 20-win season in the 127-year history of Penn State basketball. The Nittany Lions then made their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2011.
Statistically speaking, the 2022-23 squad set the B1G and Penn State single-season team record for three-pointers made in a season with 385. The Nittany Lions compiled a total of five top-15 national statistical rankings.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
NO. 6 IRISH BLOW OUT BOILERS, 102-58
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — No. 6 Notre Dame (2-0) reached the century mark for the second consecutive game on Sunday, downing in-state rival Purdue (1-2), 102-58.
Hannah Hidalgo led the scoring efforts with 28 points, and three of her teammates joined her in double-figures — Liatu King (18), Olivia Miles (17) and Sonia Citron (14), who was making her season debut after missing the first game with an injury.
The opening quarter was one of runs, as the Irish went up 9-0 to start, and Purdue missed its first six shots. Notre Dame later added a 15-2 run, and Purdue did not score from the floor after the 4:36 mark. The Boilermakers had just two field goals in the first quarter and were in a 28-7 hole.
The Irish offense stalled a bit in Q2, forcing a timeout at 2:52. From that point, Notre Dame went on a 9-0 run to end the half. King had 12 rebounds at the break, already topping her totals from the exhibition and opener.
King opened the second half with a jump shot, securing the double-double stat line of 10 points and 12 boards. Hot hands continued for the visitors, who shot 70.6 percent from the floor in the third quarter.
Notre Dame outscored Purdue by 12 points in both the third and fourth quarters and led by as much as 47 midway through the fourth quarter. Miles closed down the third with a 55-foot shot, marking the first time an Irish player hit a shot from half court or beyond since Arike Ogunbowale did so in March 2018.
Purdue’s physicality limited assists in the first half, but Notre Dame started to overcome that obstacle toward the end of the game and finished with 13 assists. Freshman Kate Koval led the Irish with 4 and added 4 blocks and 10 rebounds, her first double-digit rebound game of her young career. Hidalgo led the team with 6 steals, and King amassed 15 total rebounds.
The Irish are at home for their next contest, hosting Sun Belt preseason favorites JMU at Purcell Pavilion on Wednesday night. The game can be streamed on ACCNX and tips off at 7 p.m.
BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL
BUTLER SET TO HOST WESTERN MICHIGAN IN VETERANS DAY TIP AT HINKLE
Butler looks to return to its winning ways with a visit from Western Michigan looming Monday night. The 7 p.m. Veterans Day tip will also air on FS1.
THE SPECIFICS:
Butler (1-1) vs. Western Michigan (1-1)
Monday, Nov. 11; 7PM
Hinkle Fieldhouse; Indianapolis, Ind.
FOLLOW ALONG:
TV: FS1 – Jeff Levering & LaPhonso Ellis
Audio: Varsity Network App, SXM 384, SXM App 974, TuneIn – @MarkMinner & Nick Gardner (@n_gardner)
THE SERIES:
Butler Leads, 10-3
Streak: Butler, W1
First Meeting: Butler, 27-18 (1921-22 Season)
Last Meeting: Butler, 66-62 (11/25/20)
TEXT TO SCROLL THROUGH AT YOUR LEISURE:
• Patrick McCaffery led the Bulldogs with 23 points in Friday’s loss to Austin Peay; it was one shy of his career-high 24 points that came during his time at Iowa (against Wisconsin, Dec. 11, 2022).
• McCaffery went 5-for-8 from three-point range, just one shy of his career-best six three-pointers against Nebraska March 5, 2023.
• Butler has committed an uncharacteristic 35 turnovers through their first two games this season. The Bulldogs averaged only 10.9 turnovers per game during the 2023-24 season.
• Butler’s loss to Austin Peay Friday was just the fourth home loss to a non-conference opponent in the Bulldogs’ last 82 such games.
• Butler and Western Michigan first played during the 1921-22 season; prior to the Bulldogs’ win to open the 2020-21 season in the most recent meeting, the two teams had not played since 1950.
• McCaffery has opened the season shooting 57 percent (8-14) from behind the arc; his eight total three-pointers are tied for the lead among BIG EAST players.
• Jahmyl Telfort led Butler with 29 points in Monday’s win over Missouri State to open the 2024-25 season.
• The 29 points were a Butler-high for Telfort (who scored a career-high 31 during his time at Northeastern); he set a career-high with 16 free throw attempts in the contest.
• The 29 points by Telfort were the most by a Butler player since Chuck Harris scored 32 against Tennessee Tech on Dec. 3, 2022.
• Including a 17-for-19 performance against Austin Peay, the Bulldogs are shooting 81 percent from the free throw line (38-47).
• Butler ranked seventh nationally in free throw shooting at 79.1 percent during the 2023-24 season. Butler shot 70 percent or better from the line in all but one game.
• Butler went 21-for-28 from the free throw line against Missouri State. In addition to Telfort’s career-high 16 attempts, Pierre Brooks also attempted a career-best seven free throws in the game.
• Finley Bizjack handed out a career-best six assists in Friday’s game against Austin Peay.
• Augusto Cassia scored a career-high nine points in Monday’s win over Missouri State; it matched his entire scoring output from his freshman season in 2023-24.
• Butler is the only team in the BIG EAST to return its top two scorers from a season ago (Brooks, Telfort).
• The Bulldogs’ 2024-25 schedule includes seven games against teams ranked in the AP preseason Top 25 poll and an additional eight against teams receiving votes in the preseason poll.
• Butler was picked to finish eighth by the conference’s head coaches in the 2024-25 BIG EAST preseason poll.
• Brooks and Telfort were selected to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team by the league’s head coaches.
• Thad Matta is 36-14 as Butler’s head coach at Hinkle Fieldhouse (which includes the 2000-01 season and since his return in 2022). Matta is 20-3 at home against non-conference opponents as Butler’s head coach.
• Matta has averaged 24.8 wins per season in his 19 seasons as a head coach.
• Brooks led the Bulldogs with a scoring average of 14.8 points per game during the 2023-24 season; he ranks fifth among scorers returning to the BIG EAST this season.
• Brooks scored in double figures in 29 of the Bulldogs’ 33 games last season, including seven 20-point performances.
• Telfort led the Bulldogs in scoring nine times and in rebounding eight times during the 2023-24 season.
• Bizjack capped his first season at Butler by being named to the 2023-24 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team.
• Jamie Kaiser Jr. had a successful procedure performed Oct. 25 to address an impingement in his right ankle. He is out indefinitely. A more specific timeline for his return will be determined as he continues to be evaluated and rehabs over the coming weeks. Kaiser transferred to Butler after playing at Maryland last season.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S SOCCER
‘DONS FALL 1-0 AT MILWAUKEE IN #HLMSOC QUARTERFINALS
MILWAUKEE – The 2024 season for the Purdue Fort Wayne men’s soccer team came to an end on Sunday (Nov. 10) afternoon in a 1-0 loss at Milwaukee in the Horizon League Championship Quarterfinals.
The sixth-seeded Mastodons had the better of the chances in the first half, holding 12-3 edge in shots and 4-2 advantage in shots on goal. Juan Romero hit the crossbar in the 38th minute. The ‘Dons had three shots in the 45th minute, including a corner kick in the final 20 seconds. The chances started to come together after a pouring rain stopped following the first 20 minutes of the game.
More chances came in the second half, including a nice look on goal by Shane Anderson in the 48th minute.
However, as the rain briefly returned later in the second half, the third-seeded Panthers put one in the back of the net in the 73rd minute. Daiki Kumakawa scored, assisted by Alejandro Martinez, Alejandro and David Cox.
Purdue Fort Wayne finished the game with advantages in shots (19-7), shots on goal (7-4) and corner kicks (11-2).
The Mastodons’ 11 corner kicks stand as their most in a game against a Division I opponent since recording 12 against Western Illinois on Sept. 23, 2017.
Milwaukee improves to 9-4-5 and will play in the league semifinals on Thursday (Nov. 14). The ‘Dons finish 2024 with a 7-7-2 record. Their 1.19 goals against average this season is a new program record during the Division I era.
VALPO MEN’S BASKETBALL
VALPO TO FACE OFF WITH FORMER LEAGUE FOE CLEVELAND STATE ON TUESDAY
Cleveland State (1-2, 0-0 Horizon)
at Valparaiso (1-1, 0-0 MVC)
Game No. 3 – Tuesday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. CT
Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) – Valparaiso, Ind.
Next Up in Valpo Basketball: The Valparaiso University men’s basketball team will host former conference adversary Cleveland State on Tuesday night in the first home game against NCAA Division-I competition at the Athletics-Recreation Center this season. It’s 219 Night at the ARC and free Valpo posters will be given away as Valpo looks to make it back-to-back wins as a five-game homestand continues.
Last Time Out: Valpo recorded the third-largest margin of victory in program history in a 111-46 rout of Concordia Ann Arbor to open the home portion of the regular season on Friday. Seven Valpo players scored in double figures as part of a balanced effort – Devon Ellis (16), Isaiah Shaw (14), Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro (13), Tyler Schmidt (13), Lucas Scroggins (12), Cooper Schwieger (11) and Justus McNair (10). Schwieger had a team-high 14 rebounds as part of his third collegiate double-double.
Following the Beacons: Streaming – ESPN+ – Todd Ickow (play-by-play) and Jamie Stangel (analyst)
Valpo Radio – 95.1 FM, WVUR, ValpoAthletics.com, TuneIn Radio App – Austin Amburgey and Soren Burkholder
X updates – @ValpoBasketball
Links for video, audio and live stats will be available at ValpoAthletics.com.
Head Coach Roger Powell Jr.: Roger Powell Jr. (8-26) is in his second season as the head coach of the Valpo men’s basketball program. After helping guide Gonzaga to a 121-13 record during his four seasons as an assistant coach, Powell returned to Valpo, where he was part of head coach Bryce Drew’s staff from 2011-2016 and led the team to 124 wins in five seasons, including a program-record 30 victories and a National Invitation Tournament (NIT) title game appearance in 2015-16. He was part of head coach Mark Few’s Gonzaga staff as the Bulldogs reached the 2021 national championship game after winning their first 31 games of the season. During Powell’s first season on staff in 2019-20, Gonzaga was 31-2 at the time the NCAA college basketball season was halted due to COVID-19. The Bulldogs reached the Sweet Sixteen in each of his final three seasons on staff, including two Elite Eight appearances and the aforementioned trip to the 2021 national title game. Prior to his arrival at Gonzaga, Powell served as the associate head coach at Vanderbilt University under Bryce Drew from 2016-2019. During his stint as an assistant at Valpo, he was part of four Horizon League regular-season championships in a five-year period while also leading the 2012-13 and 2014-15 squads to Horizon League tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. A product of Joliet West High School and a native of Joliet, Ill., Powell capped a prolific collegiate playing career at Illinois with a national title game appearance in 2005 before going on to a successful professional playing career.
Series Notes: Valpo and Cleveland State have matched up 50 times in a series that dates back to 1979-80 with the Vikings owning a 30-20 advantage. This marks the first time the two teams have clashed since Valpo departed the Horizon League for the Missouri Valley Conference following the 2016-17 season. The Beacons own a seven-game head-to-head winning streak dating back to March 1, 2014. Valpo won all seven matchups over its final three Horizon League seasons including a 78-57 win in the most recent showdown on Feb. 9, 2017 at the ARC. Not only did the two teams share a decade together in the Horizon League, but they were both part of the Mid-Continent Conference from the conference’s formation in 1982 to Cleveland State’s departure for the Horizon League in 1994.
Mega Margin
Valpo defeated Concordia Ann Arbor 111-46 on Nov. 8, with the 65-point margin of victory representing the third largest in program history. This was Valpo’s most lopsided win since beating IU South Bend by 70 (111-41) on Nov. 28, 2005. The program record for margin of victory is 79 in a 132-53 win over Western Ontario on Dec. 5, 1964.
The 111 points were Valpo’s most since Nov. 6, 2018, a 121-65 win over Concordia Chicago. This was the fifth time in the last quarter century that Valpo has scored upward of 110 points.
Valpo shot 58.2 percent for the game, the team’s highest field-goal percentage since 58.3 on March 3, 2022 against Evansville.
The Beacons outrebounded the Cardinals 62-28. The +34-rebounding margin was Valpo’s largest on record. The team’s last time over +30 in the rebounding margin was +31 on Nov. 21, 2017 vs. Samford. Valpo outrebounded Purdue Northwest by 32 on Nov. 18, 2010.
The Beacons became just the 11th team nationally this season to win by 65 points or more and the 11th team nationally this year with a rebounding margin of +34 or better.
The 46 points were the fewest by a Valpo opponent since Judson’s 45 on Dec. 6, 2020.
Other Notes Wrapping Up Nov. 8: Valpo 111, Concordia Ann Arbor 46
Redshirt freshman Lucas Scroggins enjoyed a perfect night from the floor, knocking down all six of his field-goal attempts while finishing with 12 points and five rebounds. He became the first Valpo player to go perfect from the field with at least six attempts since Donovan Clay on Dec. 30, 2019 vs. Loyola Chicago.
Cooper Schwieger posted his third career double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds. He usurped his previous career high on the glass of 13 that came on Jan. 14, 2024 at Illinois State.
Schwieger added four blocks, the most by a Valpo player since Jaxon Edwards and Ola Ajiboye had four apiece on Nov. 14, 2023. Schwieger became the first Valpo player to record four blocks in a double-double since Vashil Fernandez (13 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks) on Jan. 16, 2016 vs. Green Bay.
Devon Ellis had a team-high 16 points to go along with nine boards. Redshirt sophomore Isaiah Shaw tallied 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting, while Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro had 13 on 5-of-7 and Schmidt added 13 on 5-of-8.
Shaw’s 14 points marked a career high, surpassing his previous best of 13 achieved twice while playing for GCU.
Freshman Justus McNair made it seven Beacons in double figures with 10 points.
ARC Openers
Valpo is in the midst of five straight games at the ARC prior to their first true road game of the season on Nov. 29 at DePaul. This will mark the latest Valpo has played its first true road game since 2008-09 (Dec. 2 at Cleveland State).
The program improved to 19-1 in its last 20 home openers with the Nov. 8 victory over Concordia Ann Arbor with 16 of those home-opening victories coming by double-figure margins.
The Beacons will look to win back-to-back games for the first time since November 2023 vs. Western Illinois and Southern.
DeAveiro Approaching 300
Senior point guard Darius DeAveiro is coming off a junior season where he dished out 170 assists, the third-most in a single season in program history behind only John McIlvain (197, 1982-83) and Ali Berdiel (185, 2003-04).
DeAveiro enters Nov. 12 with a career assist total of 295 that ranks tied for 15th in program history.
DeAveiro is five assists away from becoming the 15th player in program history to get to 300.
He finished last season second in the MVC and 30th nationally with 170 assists and ranked second in the MVC and 36th nationally in assists per game at 5.3.
In addition, the point guard scored in double figures 12 times after not having done so at all over his first two collegiate campaigns. His scoring numbers took a significant junior jump, as outlined below.
Valpo Career Assists – No. 10-15
Rank Player Years Assists
10 Matt Kenney 2009-13 330
11 Rob Cavanaugh 1990-94 329
12 Tracy Gipson 1989-93 316
Brandon McPherson 2005-10 316
14 Keith Carter 2013-16 301
15 Milo Stovall 1998-02 295
Darius DeAveiro 2021-pres. 295
DeAveiro’s Junior Jump
2022-23 2023-24 Increase
Overall PPG 1.8 7.9 6.1
MVC PPG 1.4 9.3 7.9
Scouting the Vikings
Cleveland State was picked to finish seventh of 11 in the Horizon League preseason poll.
The Vikings are coming off a 77-64 loss at Kansas State on Saturday after opening the season with a road loss at Michigan (101-53) and a home victory over Baldwin Wallace (91-53).
In a three-game sample size, Dylan Arnett is the team’s leading scorer at 12.0 points per game and top rebounder at 7.3 per contest.
The team is under the direction of third-year head coach Daniyal Robinson.
Cleveland State went 21-15 overall and 11-9 in league play last season.
Schmidt Shines in Beacon Debut
A graduate transfer who scored 2,267 points in his four-year NAIA career at Olivet Nazarene, Tyler Schmidt didn’t skip a beat in his Division-I debut. The Valpo native who attended Valpo men’s basketball kids camps as a child scored 17 points in his Beacon debut on Nov. 4 vs. Liberty.
Schmidt shot 7-of-8 from the field, becoming the first Valpo player to post a single-game shooting percentage of .875 or better with at least eight attempts since Nick Robinson went 7-for-8 on Dec. 17, 2020 vs. Purdue Northwest.
He was the first player to accomplish that feat against a Division-I opponent since Donovan Clay went 8-for-8 from the field on Dec. 30, 2019.
Schmidt, who played 24 minutes, also squeezed five rebounds, went 2-of-2 at the free-throw line and drilled his only triple try.
Schmidt became the first Valpo player to shoot .875 from the field on at least eight attempts while also recording eight rebounds since Deion Lavender (8-for-8 FG, eight rebounds) on Nov. 16, 2018 vs. Monmouth. Eight Valpo players have achieved that feat in the last 14 years – Schmidt, Lavender, Derrik Smits, Joe Burton, Alec Peters, Bobby Capobianco, Kevin Van Wijk and Ryan Broekhoff.
Other Notes Wrapping Up Nov. 4: Liberty 83, Valpo 63
Three Beacons finished in double figures in the season opener – all transfers into the program making their Valpo debut – Tyler Schmidt (17), Devon Ellis (13) and Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro (12).
Ellis had his 17th career double-figure scoring output at the D1 level, while De La Cruz Monegro registered his 15th. Schmidt has scored in double figures 98 times at the collegiate level.
De La Cruz Monegro became just the fifth Valpo player to go perfect at the foul-line with a minimum of eight attempts in the last seven years, joining Cooper Schwieger (9-for-9 on Jan. 20, 2024 vs. UIC), Kobe King (8-for-8 on Jan. 17, 2023 vs. UIC), Nick Robinson (8-for-8 on Nov. 12, 2019 at SIUE) and Markus Golder (8-for-8 on March 7, 2019 vs. Indiana State).
Ellis, De La Cruz Monegro and redshirt sophomore Isaiah Shaw all started in their Valpo debuts. Senior Darius DeAveiro made his 38th career start, while sophomore Cooper Schwieger made his 32nd.
Sophomore Kaspar Sepp paced the team in rebounds with eight. He led the squad on the glass four times a year ago. Schwieger corralled six boards.
Valpo went just 2-of-15 from 3-point territory, while Liberty knocked down 10 of its 24 3-point attempts.
The Beacons went 17-of-21 at the free-throw line, shooting 81 percent at the stripe.
The season opener came against a formidable foe as Liberty entered the game with 149 wins over the last six seasons, the eighth most nationally in that span.
VALPO WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TO HOST KIDS DAY GAME TUESDAY MORNING
Valparaiso (0-2, 0-0 MVC)
Game #3 – November 12, 2024 – 11 a.m.
Trinity Christian (0-3, 0-0 CCAC)
Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) – Valparaiso, Ind.
Next Up in Valpo Basketball: It’s a rare morning tipoff for the Valpo women’s basketball team Tuesday at the ARC, as the Beacons host Trinity Christian for a Kids Day game.
Previously: Nevaeh Jackson surpassed her career high with 20 points and Leah Earnest posted a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds, in the process cracking the program’s career top-10 in rebounding, as the Beacons dropped their home opener to Purdue Fort Wayne Saturday, 72-56.
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Head Coach Mary Evans: Mary Evans is in her seventh year at the helm of the program in 2024-25 and owns a record of 60-118. Evans’ first six seasons at the helm have seen Valpo’s six of the top-eight single-season 3-pointers made marks, including each of the top five, while defensively, her teams have racked up steals at a high rate, averaging at least 7.7 steals/game in five of her six seasons. Under her guidance, Valpo players have earned an MVC Sixth Player of the Year honor, five All-Conference accolades, three All-Freshman/Newcomer Team awards and three All-Defensive Team honors.
Series Notes: This marks the first meeting in a regular season matchup between Valpo and Trinity Christian. It is the first time Valpo has taken on a non-Division I opponent in the regular season since the 2017-18 campaign.
@ValpoWBB…
…and @ValleyHoops
– Valpo was picked to finish in eighth place in the MVC preseason poll, totaling 193 points to edge out Indiana State.
– The eighth-place projection is two spots ahead of the Beacons’ regular-season finish last year.
– Valpo is in its eighth season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.
– The Valley was ranked 13th in conference NET last season. In Valpo’s time in the MVC, the conference has been ranked as high as seventh in NET (2020-21).
…looking back at last year
– Valpo finished last season with a 5-25 overall record and finished at 4-16 in MVC play, good for 10th in the Valley standings.
– Leah Earnest was a Second Team All-MVC honoree.
– Valpo won three consecutive road games in Valley play, the second straight year the Beacons have accomplished that – prior to that, the program had last accomplished that feat against three different opponents since 2007.
…versus Purdue Fort Wayne
– The Mastodons got out to an 11-2 lead, which Valpo was able to cut to 16-11 at the end of the first quarter.
– The Beacons used a 7-1 run early in the second quarter to take their first lead and extended their lead to five just past the midway point of the frame before PFW went 14-5 over the final 4:34 of the first half to regain the lead heading into halftime, 36-32.
– An 8-0 spurt for the Mastodons extended their advantage to 44-32 just two minutes into the second half, prompting a Valpo timeout.
The Beacons responded out of the stoppage with the next seven points.
– PFW led 54-46 at the end of the third quarter, and while the Beacons got the deficit down to four points with 6:45 to play, the Mastodons pulled away late.
– Valpo held the advantage shooting from the field, hitting at a 46.7% (21-45) clip to the Mastodons’ 40.7% (24-59) clip. Purdue Fort Wayne did knock down 11 3-pointers to the Beacons’ seven.
– The Beacons held a 28-24 edge in points in the paint, but turnovers were the bugaboo on Saturday night. Valpo committed 26 turnovers to Purdue Fort Wayne’s 18, and the Mastodons held a 29-16 edge in points off the miscues.
– Nevaeh Jackson led all players with a 20-point night, edging her previous career best of 19 set last year against Illinois State.
– Leah Earnest notched the 17th double-double of her career, shooting 8-of-15 from the floor for 17 points and leading all players with 11 rebounds.
…versus Liberty
– Liberty led 16-15 at the end of a first quarter which was a one-possession game the entire way.
– Valpo edged in front, 21-20, with 5:41 to play in the first half before Liberty scored eight in a row – the Flames eventually took a 38-29 lead into intermission.
– Liberty opened the second half on a 10-2 run to lead 48-31 with 7:35 to play in the third quarter.
– The Beacons outscored the Flames 18-6 over the next seven minutes, led by seven points from Nevaeh Jackson, to cut what was a 17-point deficit to five.
– Valpo was within 56-51 with 10 minutes to play and had a shot to move within two on the first possession of the fourth quarter, but the Beacons’ shot didn’t fall and Liberty came down and hit a 3-pointer. Valpo got no closer than seven points the rest of the way.
– Valpo shot just 33.3% from the field for the game (14-for-42) to Liberty’s 53.7% (29-of-54) clip. The Flames were 13-for-20 from 3-point range as well.
– The Beacons did take advantage of numerous trips to the foul line, ending the afternoon 23-of-32 at the charity stripe. The 23 made free throws were the most by a Valpo team since going 24-of-29 at the line against Missouri State Jan. 14, 2023.
– A pair of Valpo players set career bests with double-digit scoring efforts Monday. Katie Beyer surpassed her previous best of 11 with a 14-point game, including a 3-for-6 effort from 3-point range after coming into the game with just five career 3-point makes.
– Layla Gold delivered multiple triples for the second time in her career en route to a career-best 11-point game.
…looking ahead
– Valpo turns around for a quick road trip to take on former Horizon League rival Milwaukee on Thursday.
– The Beacons then face another familiar foe next Tuesday, as they make the short trip to Chicago to face Loyola.
…at the ARC
– Tuesday’s game is the second of 15 home games this season for the Beacons, as Valpo will host five nonconference games and 10 MVC games.
– Valpo is 0-1 at the ARC this season and went 2-10 at home last season.
@TrollsWBball
– Trinity Christian comes into Tuesday’s game with an 0-3 record on the year, most recently falling at Goshen Saturday, 60-45.
– The Trolls posted a 4-22 record last year and finished at 4-16 in CCAC play.
Get Going Early
– Tuesday marks the fourth time in head coach Mary Evans’ tenure that Valpo will tip off before the clock strikes noon local time.
– The Beacons fell at Stetson last season on Dec. 20 with an 11 a.m. tip.
– Valpo went on the road and defeated Detroit Mercy while tipping at 11 a.m. Dec. 5, 2019.
– The last time the Valpo women played this early at the ARC was an MVC meeting with UNI on Feb. 10, 2019.
Setting New Bests
– Three Valpo players have posted career highs in the scoring column in the Beacons’ first two games.
– Senior Katie Beyer, who entered the season with five career 3-pointers, hit three triples on her way to a 14-point game off the bench in the season opener versus Liberty.
– Beyer surpassed her previous career best of 11 points, which notably also came in a season opener, two years ago at Central Michigan.
– Sophomore Layla Gold scored in double figures for the first time in her collegiate career against Liberty, ending with 11 points, including a pair of 3-pointers.
– Gold’s two highest-scoring games of her career came in back-to-back games, as her previous career high was nine points in last season’s MVC Tournament game against UIC.
– Last time out against Purdue Fort Wayne, Neveah Jackson hit four 3-pointers as she scored a game-high 20 points, surpassing her 19-point effort last year versus Illinois State.
Defending the Interior
– Valpo was strong defensively inside the arc against Purdue Fort Wayne in Saturday night’s game.
– The Beacons limited the Mastodons to 8-for-23 shooting on layups and 13-for-33 shooting in all from 2-point range.
– Valpo ended the night with a 28-24 advantage in points in the paint, the first time in their last 10 games dating back to last season the Beacons have outscored their opponent in that category.
UINDY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
UINDY DROPS IN-REGION BOUT WITH MALONE
INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy women’s basketball suffered another setback to start the season on Sunday afternoon, falling to in-region Malone by a score of 85-54 from Nicoson Hall.
Amyrah Sapenter recorded seven steals, the most for a Greyhound in in a game since Martha Burse did it three times in December 2017.
Atop the scoring column was Patricia Chikamba with 20 points, matching Malone’s Erin Kaufman for the game’s high.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UIndy used a 6-0 run over the final 79 seconds of the opening quarter, with buckets from Halie Gilbert, Jaelynne Murray, and Sapenter, to lead 12-10.
However, the Pioneers jumped into another gear after the period, scoring 30 points to lead by 19 at the break. The Pioneers tallied 20 points off 13 UIndy turnovers in the first half, as well as nine points off eight offensive rebounds.
Chikamba scored 16 of her 20 points in the second half, with Sapenter committing five of her seven thefts after the break.
Queen Baker netted a pair of field goals in 6+ minutes of action during the fourth quarter, while freshman Heaven Thompson added two points in her collegiate debut.
INSIDE THE BOX
– International newcomers Linoi Biton and Betul Gasgil both saw the floor on Sunday for the first time as Greyhounds.
– Chikamba also led the team with eight rebounds, including three on the offensive glass.
– Junior transfer Kylah Lawson drew her first start as a UIndy student-athlete, totaling five rebounds and four points in more than 20 minutes.
MORE NOTES
Chikamba has now scored the first points of the game in each of the first two contests this season … Malone ups its all-time series lead to 5-1.
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds face their first road test of the season on Thursday with an in-state battle with Purdue Northwest. Tip is scheduled for 6 ET on Thursday in Hammond.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
21 – 6 – 9 – 34 – 40 – 31 – 51 – 29 – 41 – 57 – 27
November 11, 1943 – New York Yankees pitcher Number 21, Spud Chandler won the American League MVP and on the Senior Circuit, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Number 6, Stan Musial won National League MVP
November 11, 1980 – New York Islanders’ future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Number 9, Mike Bossy scored 4 goals in a 6-6 tie against visiting Minnesota North Stars
November 11, 1981 – LA Dodgers starter Fernando Valenzuela, wearing Number 34 became the first MLB rookie to win a Cy Young Award, the National League version. While Milwaukee Brewers’ Number 34, Rollie Fingers takes American League Award
November 11, 1987 – Boston Red Sox starter Number 21, Roger Clemens won back-to-back American League Cy Young Awards; Philadelphia Phillies starter Number 40, Steve Bedrosian was awarded the National League Award
November 11, 1987 – Star soccer striker Mark Hughes, Number 9 played for Wales and Bayern Munich in 2 countries on same day; appears for Wales in 2-0 European Championship loss to Czechoslovakia in Prague, then jets to Munich for 3-2 Cup win over Borussia
November 11, 1990 – California Angel Chuck Finley (Number 31) and Seattle Mariner Randy Johnson (Number 51) combined to pitch a no-hitter in exhibition game between US & Japanese all-star teams
November 11, 1996 – Atlanta Braves starting pitcher John Smoltz, Number 29 won the NL Cy Young Award; Pat Hentgen, Number 41 of the Toronto Blue Jays claims AL Award
November 11, 1997 – Canadian based players win Cy Young Awards for best MLB pitcher; Toronto Blue Jays’ Roger Clemens (Number 21) won his 4th AL Award; Pedro Martinez of Montreal Expos takes NL Award
November 11, 2020 – Shane Bieber, who wore Number 57 with the Cleveland Indians (AL) and Cincinnati Reds starter Number 27, Trevor Bauer (NL) take Cy Young Award for best pitchers in MLB
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Thorpe Aids in Upset
November 11, 1911 – Cambridge, Massachusetts – A true legend of the game added started writing his football story. As reported by a story on NCAA.com, the Carlisle Indian School of Carlisle, Pa., led by Jim Thorpe, upset the nationally ranked Harvard University football squad by the score of 18-15 as 25,000 in attendance looked on. Thorpe scored every single point for Carlisle in that game, as he punched in a touchdown, kicked an extra point and four field goals. The Indians were coached by Pop Warner in his 10th year as head coach. Carlisle on the season compiled a record of 11–1 , outscored opponents 298 to 49. Walter Camp easily selected Jim Thorpe as a first-team All-American.
A Really Record Setting Game, 13 of them to be exact!
November 11, 1939 – Shreveport, Louisiana – A great story on commdiginews.com tells us of a contest between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Centenary College Centenary Gentlemen. This college football game set more NCAA records than any game in NCAA history: 13. Texas Tech and Centenary played to a 0-0 tie in a torrential downpour. According to the Weather Underground’s historical archives, there was 2.23 inches of rain that fell in Shreveport, Louisiana on game day. Players were getting hurt left and right and the oversized ball used at the time when wet was hard to hang onto. It sounds really odd but according to the article weather was dictating strategy, traditional offenses were ineffective at best, not to mention dangerous so both teams decided that punting the ball away was the best play. Centenary took the opening kick-off and ran it back to the 13. Without hesitation, the Gentlemen punted on their first play from scrimmage. After running just two plays, the Red Raiders followed suit and punted on third down. There were an NCAA-record 77 punts in the game because of this, 39 by Tech and 38 by Centenary. The most amazing fact though was that 67 of 77 occurred on first down! Talk about a record that will never be broken!
Jackets Play it Cold
November 11, 1978 – Colorado Springs, Colorado – Fromtherumbleseat.com tells the tale of the game quite well, that after a lousy previous season and their former coach Ben Martin announcing his retirement, Air Force hired a guy by the name of Bill Parcells to coach the team. You would think that the Falcons would be ready for a big win as was a frigid Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colorado containing temperatures as low as 21°F. Tech was thought to be at a severe disadvantage coming to such chilly conditions from hot Georgia. No one told the Yellow Jackets rushing offense that though as Runningback Eddie Lee Ivery rushes for 356 yards to lead Georgia Tech to a 42-21 victory over Air Force.
By George I thinks he’s got it!
November 11, 1995 – OSU’s Eddie George rushed for a school-record 314 yards on 36 carries and scored three touchdowns to boot as Ohio State routed the University of Illinois 41-3. The website elevenwarriors.com summed up the story nicely. Running against the Illini was supposed to be a difficult task. Coming into the 10th game of the season, Illinois was ranked 10th in the nation in run defense, giving up barely more than 100 yards per game. Linebackers Simeon Rice and Kevin Hardy were All-American caliber and were stout against the run. That is all well and good, but those facts seemed to motivate Eddie G and his blockers up front. George had over 100 yards in the 1st quarter alone, and over 180 at halftime. Eddie kept up the yardage after the half too as on the first play of the 2nd half, George took a handoff from Hoying and burst through a hole on the left side, then sped down the sideline for a 64-yard touchdown.
Holy War 12
November 11, 2000 – South Bend, Indiana – According to onthisday.com the 12th College Football Holy War was played as Notre Dame knocked off Boston College 28-16.
Alexander the Great
November 11, 2001 – Husky Stadium, Seattle , Washington – Seahawks young running back Shaun Alexander in just his sixth start ran the rock for 266 yards on 35 carries and scored an 88-yard touchdown run as Seattle upset the favored Oakland Raiders 34-27.
The Vets still perform at a high level
November 11, 2002 – With some record setting performances, the Oakland Raiders, scooted past the Denver Broncos by the score of 34-10. ESPN.com tells the story of how the 36 year old veteran Quarterback Rich Gannon completed 21 straight passes and a 40 year old GOAT Wide Receiver named Jerry Rice became the first player to score 200 career touchdowns.
Favre joins the club
November 11, 2007 – Green Bay , Wisconsin – CN-reuter.com has the headline story that tells how Brett Favre joined Dan Marino as the only quarterbacks to throw for 60,000 yards in a career. Favre accomplished the feat during the second quarter of Green Bay’s 34-0 win over the Minnesota Vikings. The old number 4 passed for 351 yards and three touchdowns in the Green Bay victory.
Where is the Defense?
November 11, 2011 – Montgomery, Alabama – A piece on AL.com tells us that Faulkner University defeated Union University of Kentucky by the amazing score of 95-89 in triple overtime to set an NAIA football record. The 184 combined points, smashes the previous mark of 141 set in 1994 when Southwestern University defeated Sterling University in a State of Kansas shootout to the tune of a 79-62 final score. The 184 total points in our 2011 game though was the second-highest scoring game in college football history, surpassed only by Georgia Tech’s 222-0 blasting of Cumberland in 1916.
4 TD’s for Louisville’s Action Jackson
November 11, 2017 – Louisville, Kentucky – The University of Louisville’s Lamar Jackson accounted for four touchdowns and 342 yards as the Cardinal dropped Virginia 38-21. The dailypress.com story fills us in on the action. Lamar Jackson passed for 195 yards, rushed for 147 in the game against the Cavaliers. Lamar established an NCAA milestone in the victory as well. Jackson, the Heisman Trophy winner, became the first player in NCAA history to post two seasons with 1,000 yards rushing and 3,000 yards passing.
Hall of Fame Birthday for November 11
Bobby Dodd
November 11, 1908 – Galax, Virginia – The quarterback from the University of Tennessee Bobby Dodd was born. Dodd played with the Volunteers from 1928 through the 1930 season. The National Football Foundation website does a nice job on the bio of Bobby Dodd. They tell of how he was successful at almost any endeavor he put his mind to. Besides football where the Vols were 27-1-2 in his three seasons but he also won tournaments in tennis and bridge! His talent at football was showcased in his running passing and kicking abilities. The article goes on to say that famous football journalist Grantland Rice named him to 1930 All-America. Team whileEdwin Camp, of the Atlanta Journal, called Dodd “the greatest football player ever developed in the South.” Bobby Dodd was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959.
John Orsi
November 11, 1908 – Newark, New Jersey – John Orsi the end from Colgate arrived into the world. The footballfoundation.org website described Orsi offensively as a swift, nimble, high leaping pass- catcher who was a main contributor to the scoring machine of Colgate. On defense he was a play-disrupting, jolting tackler all in all a two way playmaker in today’s terms. During Orsi’s career at Colgate that lasted from 1929 through 1931 the Raiders had a 25-3 record and had 19 shutouts of opponents. After the 1931 season John earned All-America honors. The National Football Foundation selected John Orsi to enter into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.
Ed Dyas
November 11, 1939 – Mobile, Alabama – Auburn’s great fullback, Ed Dyas was born. Dyas was a great two way player for the Tigers but on offense he led the team in rushing and scores in fact the NFF’s website biography on Ed says that he was named as an All-American at Fullback, was the SEC’s Most Outstanding Back and First-Team All- Conference in 1960. In his four years at Auburn he handled all of the kicking besides playing linebacker and fullback. Heck one has to wonder if he ever left the field? Oh and did I mention that Dyas set an NCAA record for field goals in a season with 13. Ed Dyas was also selected as an NFF National Scholar-Athlete and received the Bill Streit Award for highest senior GPA and won the Cliff Hare Award, the highest honor an Auburn athlete can receive for academic, athletic and leadership achievement. In 2009 the powers that be in the NFF voted Ed Dyas to join the exclusive club of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Ricky Hunley
November 11, 1961 – Petersburg, Virginia – Marked the day of birth for Ricky Hunley the linebacker from the University of Arizona. Hunley was a four year letter winner at Arizona as according to the NFF he turned down a lucrative minor league baseball contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates to attend school and play football. Ricky Hunley made a wise choice as he became a consensus All-American linebacker in 1982 and unanimous All-American in 1983. The College Football Hall of Fame found a place for Ricky Hunley in 1997. After school Hunley played in the NFL League 7 seasons with the Denver Broncos, Phoenix Cardinals and the Los Angeles Raiders. He also served as executive vice-president of the NFL Players Association and coached some in the college ranks.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Nov. 11
1911 — Carlisle Indian School of Carlisle, Pa., led by Jim Thorpe, beats nationally ranked Harvard 18-15 before 25,000 in Cambridge, Mass. Thorpe scores all the points for Carlisle, a touchdown, extra point and four field goals.
1939 — Texas Tech and Centenary (La.) play to a 0-0 tie in a torrential downpour in Shreveport, La. There are an NCAA-record 77 punts in the game (39 by Tech and 38 by Centenary).
1944 — The New York Rangers beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 to end their NHL record of 25 straight games without a win (0-21-4) over two seasons.
1978 — Eddie Lee Ivery rushes for 356 yards to lead Georgia Tech to a 42-21 victory over Air Force.
1981 — The Minnesota North Stars score eight goals in the second period of a 15-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.
1981 — LA Dodgers starter Fernando Valenzuela becomes first MLB rookie to win a Cy Young Award; Milwaukee Brewers’ Rollie Fingers takes AL Award.
1995 — Eddie George rushes for a school-record 314 yards on 36 carries and scores three TDs as Ohio State routs Illinois 41-3.
2001 — In his sixth career start, Shaun Alexander has 266 yards rushing on 35 carries and an 88-yard touchdown run as Seattle beats AFC West-leading Oakland 34-27.
2002 — The Oakland Raiders, behind record-setting performances, beat the Denver Broncos 34-10. Rich Gannon completes 21 straight passes and Jerry Rice becomes the first player to score 200 career touchdowns.
2004 — Earl Boykins, at 5-foot-5, becomes the smallest player in NBA history to reach 30 points, scoring a career-high 32 in Denver’s 117-109 victory over Detroit.
2006 — Wake Forest beats Florida State 30-0 to become the first team to shutout the Seminoles at Doak Campbell Stadium in Bobby Bowden’s 31 seasons as coach.
2007 — Brett Favre joins Dan Marino as the only quarterbacks to throw for 60,000 yards in a career during the second quarter of Green Bay’s 34-0 win over Minnesota.
2008 — Jockey Julien Leparoux has a record-tying day at Churchill Downs. The 25-year-old Frenchman ties Hall of Famer Pat Day’s track record with seven wins. Day set the record on June 20, 1984.
2011 — Faulkner defeats Union (Ky.) 95-89 in triple overtime to set an NAIA football record. The 184 combined points, smashes the previous mark of 141 set in 1994 when Southwestern (Kan.) defeated Sterling (Kan.) 79-62.
2012 — Antron Brown becomes the first black champion in any NHRA pro series when he wins the Top Fuel title at the season-ending event.
2012 — Atlanta’s Tony Gonzalez catches the 100th TD pass of his career, a 2-yarder from Matt Ryan in the Falcons 31-27 loss at New Orleans. He adds another score on a 6-yard pass and becomes the first tight end with 100 TD receptions.
2013 — Novak Djokovic claims back-to-back ATP World Tour Finals tennis titles with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the final in London, England.
2017 — Lamar Jackson accounts for four touchdowns and 342 yards while establishing an NCAA milestone in beating Virginia 38-21. Jackson, the Heisman Trophy winner, becomes the first player in NCAA history to post two seasons with 1,000 yards rushing and 3,000 yards passing.
2017 — Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski becomes the first men’s Division I basketball coach to win 1,000 games at one school, when his top-ranked Blue Devils beat Utah Valley 99-69.
TV SPORTS MONDAY
| NFL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Miami at LA Rams | 8:15pm | ESPN |
| NBA REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| LA Clippers at Oklahoma City | 8:00pm | NBATV FanDuel Sports Oklahoma FanDuel Sports SoCal |
| Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls | 8:00pm | FanDuel Sports Ohio NBCS-CHI |
| Brooklyn at New Orleans | 8:00pm | YES GCSN |
| Sacramento Kings at San Antonio Spurs | 8:00pm | NBCS-CA FanDuel Sports Southwest |
| Washington Wizards at Houston Rockets | 8:00pm | SCHN MNMT |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Montreal at Buffalo | 12:30pm | MSG-BUF Sportsnet |
| San Jose at Philadelphia | 7:00pm | NBCS-PHI NBCS-CA |
| Dallas at Pittsburgh | 7:00pm | Victory+ ATTSN-PIT |
| Los Angeles at Calgary | 8:30pm | FanDuel Sports West Sportsnet |
| Nashville at Colorado | 9:00pm | FanDuel Sports South ALT |
| Carolina at Vegas | 10:00pm | FanDuel Sports South Scripps |
| MEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Morris at Charleston Southern | 11:00am | ESPN+ |
| LIU at Air Force | 4:00pm | ALT |
| Youngstown State at Ohio State | 6:00pm | BTN |
| Stetson at The Citadel | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Valley Forge at UMBC | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Western Michigan at Butler | 7:00pm | FS1 |
| McNeese at Alabama | 7:00pm | SECN |
| Eastern Washington at Missouri | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Grambling State at Florida | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Winthrop at Virginia Tech | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Gardner-Webb at Pitt | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Buffalo at Notre Dame | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Coppin State at Virginia | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Vermont State-Johnson at Central Connecticut | 7:00pm | NEC Front Row |
| Taylor at Bowling Green | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Augusta at Georgia Southern | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Dillard at Howard | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Jacksonville at Furman | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Southern Indiana at Marshall | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UT Martin at North Alabama | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Stony Brook at George Mason | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Florida A&M at Maryland | 7:00pm | B1G+ |
| Saint Peter’s at Rutgers | 7:00pm | B1G+ |
| Alcorn State at Tulane | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Yale at Purdue | 8:00pm | BTN |
| Lamar at Texas A&M | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Northwestern State at Oklahoma | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UNCG at SMU | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Chattanooga at Austin Peay | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Kansas City at Iowa State | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Missouri Southern at Missouri State | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Central Michigan at Marquette | 9:00pm | FS1 |
| Mercer at DePaul | 9:00pm | FS2 |
| Southern Oregon at Idaho State | 9:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Northwest Indian at Montana State | 9:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Idaho at Washington State | 9:30pm | ESPN+ |
| North Dakota State at CSU Bakersfield | 9:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Boston University at UCLA | 10:00pm | BTN |
| Pacific at Hawai’i | 11:59pm | ESPN+ |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Barbados vs Guyana | TBA | Paramount+ |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Belize vs French Guiana | TBA | Paramount+ |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Cayman Islands vs Guadeloupe | TBA | Paramount+ |
| CONCACAF Nations League: St. Kitts and Nevis vs Cuba | TBA | Paramount+ |