INDIANA BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNEY DRAW
CLASS 4A
1. MUNSTER
1 TUE HAMMOND CENTRAL [20-1] VS. GARY WEST [5-15]
2 WED MERRILLVILLE [8-12] VS. MUNSTER [20-2]
3 WED LAKE CENTRAL [14-8] VS. EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL [10-9]
4 FRI HAMMOND MORTON [8-13] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
2. CROWN POINT
1 TUE CROWN POINT [12-8] VS. PORTAGE [12-8]
2 WED HOBART [9-11] VS. KANKAKEE VALLEY [9-13]
3 WED VALPARAISO [11-12] VS. LOWELL [2-19]
4 FRI CHESTERTON [17-5] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
3. LAPORTE
1 TUE SOUTH BEND ADAMS [7-13] VS. MICHIGAN CITY [16-6]
2 TUE PLYMOUTH [8-12] VS. MISHAWAKA [16-5]
3 FRI LAPORTE [16-6] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI SOUTH BEND RILEY [12-9] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
4. ELKHART
1 TUE ELKHART [6-14] VS. PENN [21-1]
2 TUE NORTHRIDGE [11-10] VS. WARSAW [13-8]
3 FRI GOSHEN [10-10] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI CONCORD [10-9] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
5. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE)
1 TUE DEKALB [5-14] VS. EAST NOBLE [3-17]
2 TUE FORT WAYNE NORTH [13-8] VS. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) [12-9]
3 FRI FORT WAYNE NORTHROP [4-17] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI FORT WAYNE SNIDER [3-19] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
6. COLUMBIA CITY [BRACKET]
1 TUE FORT WAYNE WAYNE [16-4] VS. NEW HAVEN [10-11]
2 TUE HOMESTEAD [17-5] VS. HUNTINGTON NORTH [8-14]
3 FRI FORT WAYNE SOUTH [4-18] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI COLUMBIA CITY [13-9] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
7. KOKOMO
1 TUE HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) [16-6] VS. LAFAYETTE JEFF [12-10]
2 TUE LOGANSPORT [7-14] VS. MARION [13-8]
3 FRI KOKOMO [18-4] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI MCCUTCHEON [6-16] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
8. CARMEL
1 TUE CARMEL [14-7] VS. WESTFIELD [14-7]
2 TUE FISHERS [13-10] VS. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN [7-16]
3 FRI NOBLESVILLE [16-6] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI ZIONSVILLE [14-7] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
9. MUNCIE CENTRAL
1 TUE RICHMOND [15-6] VS. PENDLETON HEIGHTS [7-15]
2 WED MUNCIE CENTRAL [14-7] VS. MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) [13-8]
3 WED ANDERSON [18-4] VS. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL [20-1]
4 FRI NEW PALESTINE [20-2] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
10. WARREN CENTRAL
1 TUE WARREN CENTRAL [12-9] VS. LAWRENCE CENTRAL [14-7]
2 WED LAWRENCE NORTH [16-7] VS. NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) [12-8]
3 WED INDIANAPOLIS TECH [9-12] VS. INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS [16-7]
4 FRI INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL [16-5] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
11. PERRY MERIDIAN
1 TUE INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI [8-13] VS. DECATUR CENTRAL [11-9]
2 WED PERRY MERIDIAN [4-16] VS. FRANKLIN CENTRAL [2-18]
3 WED SOUTHPORT [14-8] VS. BEN DAVIS [24-0]
4 FRI PIKE [15-7] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
12. PLAINFIELD
1 TUE AVON [9-12] VS. TERRE HAUTE SOUTH [13-10]
2 FRI TERRE HAUTE NORTH [14-9] VS. BROWNSBURG [18-3]
3 FRI PLAINFIELD [16-5] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 SAT WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
13. CENTER GROVE
1 TUE CENTER GROVE [18-2] VS. GREENWOOD [7-13]
2 TUE MOORESVILLE [11-11] VS. BLOOMINGTON NORTH [14-5]
3 FRI BLOOMINGTON SOUTH [15-7] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI MARTINSVILLE [8-13] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
14. COLUMBUS NORTH
1 TUE SHELBYVILLE [9-11] VS. EAST CENTRAL [6-15]
2 TUE FRANKLIN [10-12] VS. COLUMBUS NORTH [14-7]
3 FRI WHITELAND [8-14] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI COLUMBUS EAST [2-18] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
15. SEYMOUR
1 TUE BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE [15-6] VS. JENNINGS COUNTY [18-2]
2 TUE FLOYD CENTRAL [6-15] VS. NEW ALBANY [9-11]
3 FRI JEFFERSONVILLE [11-8] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI SEYMOUR [8-12] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
16. EVANSVILLE NORTH
1 TUE EVANSVILLE REITZ [15-5] VS. CASTLE [14-7]
2 TUE JASPER [12-9] VS. EVANSVILLE HARRISON [15-6]
3 FRI EVANSVILLE CENTRAL [7-13] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI EVANSVILLE NORTH [7-14] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
CLASS 3A
17. HANOVER CENTRAL
1 TUE BOONE GROVE [5-15] VS. RIVER FOREST [6-14]
2 TUE LAKE STATION [18-2] VS. GRIFFITH [10-12]
3 WED HIGHLAND [3-19] VS. HAMMOND NOLL [11-11]
4 WED CALUMET [3-16] VS. HANOVER CENTRAL [14-7]
5 FRI WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2
6 FRI WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
7 SAT WINNER GAME 5 VS. WINNER GAME 6
18. KNOX
1 TUE JOHN GLENN [13-8] VS. TIPPECANOE VALLEY [17-4]
2 FRI KNOX [12-9] VS. CULVER ACADEMY [14-6]
3 FRI BREMEN [1-19] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 SAT WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
19. JIMTOWN
1 TUE MISHAWAKA MARIAN [20-2] VS. SOUTH BEND CLAY [10-10]
2 TUE JIMTOWN [5-17] VS. SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH [10-12]
3 FRI SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON [15-4] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI NEW PRAIRIE [9-12] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
20. NORTHWOOD
1 TUE NORTHWOOD [19-2] VS. WAWASEE [8-13]
2 FRI LAKELAND [14-7] VS. WEST NOBLE [18-3]
3 FRI FAIRFIELD [8-12] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 SAT WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
21. GARRETT
1 TUE FORT WAYNE DWENGER [8-13] VS. ANGOLA [7-13]
2 WED LEO [9-12] VS. FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA [14-6]
3 WED GARRETT [5-16] VS. WOODLAN [17-5]
4 FRI HERITAGE [12-10] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
22. FRANKFORT
1 TUE WEST LAFAYETTE [12-10] VS. WESTERN [12-9]
2 WED FRANKFORT [10-11] VS. BENTON CENTRAL [15-7]
3 WED RENSSELAER CENTRAL [16-5] VS. NORTH MONTGOMERY [5-16]
4 FRI TWIN LAKES [8-13] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
23. PERU
1 TUE PERU [14-6] VS. MISSISSINEWA [6-14]
2 WED MACONAQUAH [14-7] VS. BELLMONT [12-9]
3 WED NORTHWESTERN [8-9] VS. NORWELL [19-3]
4 FRI OAK HILL [18-2] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
24. NEW CASTLE
1 TUE DELTA [14-8] VS. CENTERVILLE [7-13]
2 WED FRANKTON [11-10] VS. JAY COUNTY [8-10]
3 WED YORKTOWN [14-7] VS. NEW CASTLE [11-10]
4 FRI HAMILTON HEIGHTS [7-13] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
25. DANVILLE
1 TUE CRAWFORDSVILLE [8-12] VS. MONROVIA [6-16]
2 TUE DANVILLE [15-6] VS. WESTERN BOONE [6-15]
3 FRI TRI-WEST [10-11] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI LEBANON [15-7] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
26. NORTHVIEW
1 TUE OWEN VALLEY [7-14] VS. NORTHVIEW [8-14]
2 WED SOUTH VERMILLION [8-14] VS. BROWN COUNTY [0-21]
3 WED EDGEWOOD [9-13] VS. WEST VIGO [12-11]
4 FRI INDIAN CREEK [11-7] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
27. INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE
1 TUE HERITAGE CHRISTIAN [10-11] VS. BREBEUF JESUIT [14-6]
2 TUE INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD [12-9] VS. INDIANAPOLIS HERRON [2-16]
3 FRI GUERIN CATHOLIC [14-8] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE [11-10] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
28. CHRISTEL HOUSE MANUAL
1 TUE INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON [4-17] VS. PURDUE POLY ENGLEWOOD [16-6]
2 TUE SPEEDWAY [2-17] VS. CHRISTEL HOUSE MANUAL [10-9]
3 FRI INDIANAPOLIS RITTER [9-12] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI BEECH GROVE [13-5] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
29. GREENSBURG
1 TUE RUSHVILLE [5-17] VS. FRANKLIN COUNTY [9-12]
2 WED LAWRENCEBURG [17-6] VS. CONNERSVILLE [17-4]
3 WED GREENSBURG [16-5] VS. SOUTH DEARBORN [14-8]
4 FRI BATESVILLE [15-6] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
30. CHARLESTOWN
1 TUE NORTH HARRISON [9-10] VS. CORYDON CENTRAL [17-5]
2 WED MADISON [3-18] VS. SCOTTSBURG [16-4]
3 WED CHARLESTOWN [11-10] VS. SILVER CREEK [11-10]
4 FRI SALEM [1-20] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
31. WASHINGTON
1 TUE SOUTHRIDGE [12-10] VS. HERITAGE HILLS [15-7]
2 WED PRINCETON [11-9] VS. VINCENNES LINCOLN [5-17]
3 WED PIKE CENTRAL [13-8] VS. NORTH DAVIESS [19-5]
4 FRI WASHINGTON [11-10] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
32. BOONVILLE
1 TUE BOONVILLE [10-10] VS. MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) [9-14]
2 TUE EVANSVILLE MATER DEI [10-10] VS. EVANSVILLE BOSSE [13-9]
3 FRI GIBSON SOUTHERN [9-12] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL [13-7] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
CLASS 2A
33. WHITING
1 TUE GARY 21ST CENTURY [15-5] VS. WHITING [9-11]
2 WED BOWMAN ACADEMY [9-11] VS. LIGHTHOUSE CPA [3-15]
3 WED NORTH NEWTON [12-9] VS. ILLIANA CHRISTIAN [16-4]
4 FRI ANDREAN [6-14] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
34. NORTH JUDSON
1 TUE WHEELER [3-17] VS. NORTH JUDSON [19-3]
2 TUE LAVILLE [13-9] VS. HEBRON [11-10]
3 FRI SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) [5-15] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI SOUTH BEND CAREER [9-12] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
35. WESTVIEW
1 TUE CHURUBUSCO [3-17] VS. WESTVIEW [13-7]
2 TUE FREMONT [10-10] VS. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS [14-7]
3 FRI EASTSIDE [8-13] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI CENTRAL NOBLE [16-6] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
36. ROCHESTER
1 TUE WINAMAC [8-14] VS. NORTH MIAMI [1-19]
2 TUE PIONEER [5-17] VS. LEWIS CASS [13-7]
3 FRI WABASH [15-6] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI ROCHESTER [11-8] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
37. SOUTH ADAMS
1 TUE ADAMS CENTRAL [16-5] VS. WHITKO [5-15]
2 WED MANCHESTER [15-5] VS. BLUFFTON [2-18]
3 WED SOUTH ADAMS [3-17] VS. FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK [18-3]
4 FRI FORT WAYNE LUERS [8-14] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
38. DELPHI
1 TUE CLINTON PRAIRIE [12-9] VS. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC [11-10]
2 TUE SEEGER [14-6] VS. CARROLL (FLORA) [17-4]
3 FRI DELPHI [12-9] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI COVINGTON [11-12] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
39. TAYLOR
1 TUE BLACKFORD [8-14] VS. TAYLOR [16-5]
2 WED EASTERN (GREENTOWN) [10-11] VS. MADISON-GRANT [15-5]
3 WED EASTBROOK [5-14] VS. TIPTON [14-6]
4 FRI ELWOOD [7-14] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
40. MONROE CENTRAL
1 TUE MUNCIE BURRIS [7-13] VS. WINCHESTER [12-10]
2 WED ALEXANDRIA [8-13] VS. LAPEL [11-10]
3 WED WAPAHANI [20-1] VS. MONROE CENTRAL [8-14]
4 FRI WES-DEL [8-11] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
41. SHENANDOAH
1 TUE NORTHEASTERN [18-4] VS. SHENANDOAH [9-12]
2 FRI HAGERSTOWN [7-14] VS. KNIGHTSTOWN [10-9]
3 FRI UNION COUNTY [3-19] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 SAT WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
42. EASTERN HANCOCK
1 TUE IRVINGTON PREP ACADEMY [4-17] VS. EASTERN HANCOCK [16-6]
2 FRI TRITON CENTRAL [15-6] VS. INDIANAPOLIS RIVERSIDE [8-9]
3 FRI INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA [14-6] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 SAT WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
43. CASCADE
1 TUE SHERIDAN [10-9] VS. UNIVERSITY [19-1]
2 FRI COVENANT CHRISTIAN [14-8] VS. PARK TUDOR [13-7]
3 FRI CASCADE [7-15] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 SAT WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
44. SOUTHMONT
1 TUE GREENCASTLE [6-16] VS. PARKE HERITAGE [14-9]
2 WED NORTH PUTNAM [13-9] VS. SOUTHMONT [15-6]
3 WED CLOVERDALE [2-21] VS. RIVERTON PARKE [8-13]
4 FRI SOUTH PUTNAM [11-8] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
45. SOUTH RIPLEY
1 TUE SWITZERLAND COUNTY [9-13] VS. MILAN [6-15]
2 FRI NORTH DECATUR [18-4] VS. SOUTH RIPLEY [11-11]
3 FRI HAUSER [10-11] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 SAT WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
46. SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER)
1 TUE HENRYVILLE [15-6] VS. AUSTIN [4-16]
2 WED BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL [17-4] VS. EASTERN (PEKIN) [15-6]
3 WED CLARKSVILLE [7-13] VS. PROVIDENCE [17-4]
4 FRI SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) [19-3] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
47. NORTH KNOX
1 TUE SULLIVAN [16-6] VS. SOUTH KNOX [14-7]
2 WED NORTH KNOX [4-17] VS. MITCHELL [5-16]
3 WED PAOLI [16-5] VS. LINTON-STOCKTON [21-1]
4 FRI EASTERN GREENE [7-15] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
48. TELL CITY
1 TUE SOUTH SPENCER [19-1] VS. NORTH POSEY [12-9]
2 TUE CRAWFORD COUNTY [7-15] VS. FOREST PARK [6-16]
3 FRI PERRY CENTRAL [6-16] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI TELL CITY [1-21] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
CLASS 1A
49. MORGAN TWP.
1 TUE KOUTS [11-9] VS. WASHINGTON TWP. [5-12]
2 TUE TRI-TWP. [3-16] VS. MORGAN TWP. [18-4]
3 FRI HAMMOND SCIENCE & TECH [4-14] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN [12-9] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
50. TRITON
1 TUE TRINITY GREENLAWN [4-16] VS. CULVER [10-10]
2 WED TRITON [11-9] VS. ARGOS [13-7]
3 WED MARQUETTE CATHOLIC [15-7] VS. WESTVILLE [15-7]
4 FRI OREGON-DAVIS [2-20] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
51. HAMILTON
1 TUE HAMILTON [0-16] VS. BETHANY CHRISTIAN [13-9]
2 FRI LAKEWOOD PARK [9-12] VS. LAKELAND CHRISTIAN [17-4]
3 FRI ELKHART CHRISTIAN [7-13] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 SAT WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
52. WEST CENTRAL
1 TUE FRONTIER [9-11] VS. CASTON [7-14]
2 TUE WEST CENTRAL [7-14] VS. SOUTH NEWTON [1-19]
3 FRI TRI-COUNTY [9-12] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI NORTH WHITE [5-16] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
53. SOUTHWOOD
1 TUE FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY [5-15] VS. SOUTHERN WELLS [5-14]
2 FRI NORTHFIELD [6-15] VS. SOUTHWOOD [8-12]
3 FRI SMITH ACADEMY [7-13] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 SAT WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
54. FOUNTAIN CENTRAL
1 TUE ATTICA [0-20] VS. FOUNTAIN CENTRAL [18-4]
2 TUE CLINTON CENTRAL [4-17] VS. FAITH CHRISTIAN [8-13]
3 FRI NORTH VERMILLION [6-15] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI ROSSVILLE [11-11] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
55. TRI-CENTRAL
1 TUE TRI-CENTRAL [5-16] VS. ANDERSON PREP ACADEMY [1-19]
2 FRI COWAN [8-12] VS. LIBERTY CHRISTIAN [12-9]
3 FRI DALEVILLE [8-11] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 SAT WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
56. TRI
1 TUE TRI [13-5] VS. BLUE RIVER [16-6]
2 WED CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN [9-11] VS. RANDOLPH SOUTHERN [9-10]
3 WED UNION CITY [4-17] VS. SETON CATHOLIC [10-13]
4 FRI UNION (MODOC) [4-13] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
57. WHITE RIVER VALLEY
1 TUE SHAKAMAK [12-9] VS. BLOOMINGTON LIGHTHOUSE [15-6]
2 WED WHITE RIVER VALLEY [5-17] VS. DUGGER UNION [8-12]
3 WED BLOOMFIELD [19-3] VS. CLAY CITY [16-6]
4 FRI NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) [11-11] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
58. INDIANA DEAF
1 TUE BETHESDA CHRISTIAN [17-3] VS. INDIANA DEAF [8-13]
2 TUE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL [4-14] VS. TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN [15-6]
3 FRI INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE [14-8] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN [9-13] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
59. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN
1 TUE EMINENCE [2-17] VS. PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY [5-15]
2 TUE INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY [11-12] VS. GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN [15-6]
3 FRI INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN [13-7] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI VICTORY COLLEGE PREP [2-16] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
60. EDINBURGH
1 TUE SOUTH DECATUR [10-11] VS. EDINBURGH [12-9]
2 WED JAC-CEN-DEL [13-9] VS. SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) [3-18]
3 WED WALDRON [10-11] VS. MORRISTOWN [1-20]
4 FRI OLDENBURG ACADEMY [6-13] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
61. WEST WASHINGTON
1 TUE WEST WASHINGTON [10-10] VS. BORDEN [15-7]
2 TUE ROCK CREEK ACADEMY [6-13] VS. CHRISTIAN ACADEMY [16-5]
3 FRI SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) [14-7] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI LANESVILLE [0-20] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
62. NEW WASHINGTON
1 TUE SHAWE MEMORIAL [9-13] VS. NEW WASHINGTON [10-12]
2 TUE RISING SUN [9-13] VS. MEDORA [9-11]
3 FRI TRINITY LUTHERAN [6-15] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI CROTHERSVILLE [8-12] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
63. LOOGOOTEE
1 TUE VINCENNES RIVET [4-16] VS. LOOGOOTEE [15-7]
2 WED SPRINGS VALLEY [7-14] VS. WASHINGTON CATHOLIC [3-17]
3 WED SHOALS [10-10] VS. ORLEANS [20-2]
4 FRI BARR-REEVE [12-10] VS. WINNER GAME 1
5 FRI WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 3
6 SAT WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5
64. WOOD MEMORIAL
1 TUE EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN [14-9] VS. WOOD MEMORIAL [7-13]
2 TUE CANNELTON [1-19] VS. EVANSVILLE DAY [8-15]
3 FRI TECUMSEH [8-13] VS. WINNER GAME 1
4 FRI NORTHEAST DUBOIS [12-9] VS. WINNER GAME 2
5 SAT WINNER GAME 3 VS. WINNER GAME 4
INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE FINALS
SESSION 1
SATURDAY
GATES OPEN AT 9:30 AM ET
10:30 AM ET | CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
BETHANY CHRISTIAN (24-3) VS. LANESVILLE (27-2)
APPROX. 12:45 PM ET | CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
LAPEL (22-7) VS. FOREST PARK (25-3)
SESSION 2
GATES OPEN AT 5 PM ET
6 PM ET | CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
FAIRFIELD (27-2) VS. CORYDON CENTRAL (27-2)
APPROX. 8:15 PM ET | CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
FISHERS (26-2) VS. BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (26-3)
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES
#2 HOUSTON 72 MEMPHIS 64
#3 PURDUE 82 OHIO STATE 55
#23 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 77 NORTH CAROLINA 69
GEORGETOWN 68 BUTLER 62
DETROIT 81 IUPUI 68
PURDUE FORT WAYNE 77 WRIGHT STATE 75
ILLINOIS CHICAGO 74 VALPARAISO 73
CINCINNATI 73 CENTRAL FLORIDA 71
BRADLEY 50 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 48
CLEVELAND STATE 64 NORTHERN KENTUCKY 63
NEBRASKA 70 MARYLAND 66 OT
NORTHWESTERN 80 IOWA 60
WASHINGTON STATE 68 OREGON 65
BOISE STATE 73 UNLV 69
COMPLETE SCOREBOARD: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/CBK/SCOREBOARD.ASP?CONF=-1&DAY=20230219
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
#1 SOUTH CAROLINA 64 OLE MISS 57 OT
#2 INDIANA 83 PURDUE 60
#4 UTAH 74 ARIZONA STATE 69
#5 LSU 90 FLORIDA 79
#9 DUKE 56 VIRGINIA 52
#10 NOTRE DAME 83 PITTSBURGH 43
#11 VIRGINIA TECH 75 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 62
#15 OKLAHOMA 86 KANSAS 80
#17 TEXAS 74 WEST VIRGINIA 48
#18 ARIZONA 61 #21 COLORADO 42
#24 FLORIDA STATE 80 GEORGIA TECH 66
#19 NORTH CAROLINA 71 WAKE FOREST 58
#24 FLORIDA STATE 80 GEORGIA TECH 66
CALIFORNIA 81 #25 USC 78 OT
ILLINOIS CHICAGO 56 INDIANA STATE 50
VALPARAISO 74 EVANSVILLE 68
GEORGIA 71 ARKANSAS 48
LOUISVILLE 62 BOSTON COLLEGE 52
TENNESSEE 83 AUBURN 76
SYRACUSE 77 MIAMI FLORIDA 68
GREEN BAY 67 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 54
ILLINOIS 85 PENN STATE 62
VANDERBILT 79 KENTUCKY 57
WASHINGTON STATE 67 OREGON STATE 57
WASHINGTON 68 OREGON 60
MISSISSIPPI STATE 60 ALABAMA 45
COMPLETE SCOREBOARD: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/WCBK/SCOREBOARD.ASP?CONF=-1&DAY=20230219
NBA SCOREBOARD
TEAM GIANNIS 184
TEAM LEBRON 175
BOX SCORES: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/NBA/BOXSCORE.ASP?GAMECODE=2023021932&HOME=32&VIS=31&FINAL=TRUE
NHL SCOREBOARD
OTTAWA 7 ST. LOUIS 2
MINNESOTA 4 NASHVILLE 3
COLORADO 6 EDMONTON 5
CHICAGO 5 TORONTO 3
NEW JERSEY 4 WINNIPEG 2
ARIZONA 3 COLUMBUS 2
BOX SCORES: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/NHL/SCOREBOARD.ASP
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TATUM SCORES ALL-STAR RECORD 55, TEAM GIANNIS WINS 184-175
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Jayson Tatum put on a record-setting show, and made Giannis Antetokounmpo look like a genius.
Tatum scored an All-Star Game-record 55 points on his way to winning MVP honors, and Team Giannis ended LeBron James’ hold on All-Star captain supremacy by beating Team LeBron 184-175 in the NBA’s annual showcase exhibition on Sunday night.
Tatum had 27 points in the third quarter, another All-Star Game record for any period. He was the first pick by Antetokounmpo in the starters’ portion of the All-Star draft, and in the end, that pick proved to be the right one.
And the MVP award Tatum was given is named for Kobe Bryant, one of his heroes.
“It means the world,” Tatum said. “You think of all the legends and great players that have played this game, and in all honesty, records are made to be broken. I’ll hold it for as long as I can, but I’m certain someone will come along in a couple years and try to break it.”
Tatum broke Anthony Davis’ All-Star record of 52 points. He was 22 of 31 from the floor, plus had 10 rebounds and six assists.
It was James’ first loss in six times as captain. Antetokounmpo improved to 1-2 in his All-Star captaincies, and became the first captain to hoist a new trophy presented to the winners of the All-Star Game.
“Winner, winner, chicken dinner,” Antetokounmpo said.
Later, with a more serious tone, Antetokounmpo said he had a reason for choosing Tatum.
“I knew he would take it serious. It was a no-brainer,” he said.
Donovan Mitchell added 40 for Team Giannis, which got 26 points from Damian Lillard – including the game-winner to push his team past the target score.
Jaylen Brown scored 35 points and had 14 rebounds for Team LeBron, while Kyrie Irving had 32 points and 15 assists and Joel Embiid finished with 32 points.
Brown and Tatum – Boston teammates – were reveling in a back-and-forth duel during a stretch of the second half.
“It was a normal day for us,” Tatum said. “Just millions of people watching.”
Lillard, the winner of the 3-point contest on All-Star Saturday Night, made eight 3s – including a halfcourt pullup in the third quarter.
“That was the worst basketball game I’ve ever seen,” Team LeBron coach Michael Malone said, clearly poking fun at the defense-optional event.
Winning coach Joe Mazzulla of Team Giannis said he had a very simple strategy.
“Stay out of the way, enjoy it, have fun, allow the guys to just be themselves,” Mazzulla said. “I think it’s important, especially in this league, that guys are just able to be themselves.”
The league had a ceremony before the second half to pay tribute to the three leading scorers in NBA history: No. 3 Karl Malone, No. 2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James, now the game’s career leader after he passed Abdul-Jabbar earlier this month.
Malone and Abdul-Jabbar were brought to the stage, and then Dwyane Wade – James’ former teammate in Miami and now a part-owner of the Jazz – introduced James to bring him onto the platform.
“We’ve all been witnesses,” Wade said. “No matter the challenge, no matter the noise, he was relentless.”
With the number 38,388 displayed behind him, James then raised his hand to thank the fans for their ovation, hugged Abdul-Jabbar and Malone. He didn’t return to the game, his night ending with a right hand contusion.
He finished with 13 points, and said a chasedown block in the first half led to him getting a finger caught in the rim.
“Precautionary reasons,” James said.
James played a half. The game’s other captain didn’t play a half-minute.
Antetokoumpo drafted his team before the game, went through warmups (such as they were) and started the game as planned.
But his right wrist was wrapped, and that was an ominous sign. The injury kept him out of All-Star Saturday’s skills event, limited him to 20 seconds in this one. He got an uncontested dunk to open the game, then took a foul and headed to the bench.
“Whatever I have, I’m going to give,” Antetokounmpo said. “That’s who I am. That’s never going to change.”
As in past years, the teams played for charity, with Team LeBron raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah and Team Giannis for Raise the Future, which connects youth waiting in foster care with stable adults. Each team started with $150,000, with the first three quarters worth another $100,000 apiece and the All-Star Game winner getting another $150,000.
The teams were tied at 46-46 in the first quarter, and Team Giannis took the second quarter 53-46. Team Giannis also won the third quarter 59-49, and the cumulative score to that point – 158-141, Team Giannis – meant 182 would be the score to reach in the untimed fourth quarter with a target-score ending.
Team Giannis won $550,000 for its charity, and Team LeBron won $200,000. And Tatum, just as he vowed he would at his first All-Star Game in 2020 – when the award was named for Bryant – won the trophy that he’s wanted for a while.
“Icing on the cake,” Tatum said.
TIP-INS
Team Giannis: Antetokounmpo’s two points kept him the all-time All-Star scoring average leader. He’s now averaging 25.1 points in All-Star Games, just ahead of Kevin Durant (25.0). Without that basket, he’d average 24.9. … Jrue Holiday took Antetokounmpo’s spot in the starting lineup for the second half.
Team LeBron: Denver’s Nikola Jokic, the two-time reigning MVP, became the first player to start an All-Star Game on his birthday; he turned 28 on Sunday. The only other player to appear in an All-Star Game on his birthday, the NBA said, was Larry Nance Sr. in 1989. … Halftime lasted 42 minutes. … Paul George started in place of James for the second half.
214 COUNTRIES
Last year’s All-Star Game was broadcast in 215 countries; this year, it was shown in 214 countries. The omission was Russia. The NBA isn’t showing its games in Russia and hasn’t for nearly a year. The league suspended its business activities with Russia in March 2022, just days after that country invaded Ukraine.
REFEREES
The officiating crew of John Goble, Mark Lindsay and Michael Smith had the game.
UP NEXT
Indianapolis will play host to the next NBA All-Star weekend, set for Feb. 16-18, 2024. The city was supposed to have the 2021 game, but it was moved to Atlanta and considerably scaled down because of the pandemic.
LOVE PICKS MIAMI; AP SOURCE SAYS HEAT ALSO TO SIGN ZELLER
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Kevin Love says he has picked the Miami Heat.
Love said Sunday that he will sign with the Heat for the remainder of the season once he clears waivers, a major add for a Miami team that is looking to move up in the Eastern Conference before the postseason begins.
“Miami it is, yes,” Love said in a text message to The Associated Press.
Also Sunday, a person with knowledge of the matter said the Heat are finalizing plans to add another big man in free agent center Cody Zeller, with that deal expected to be completed before the team gathers in Miami to begin practice following the All-Star break. That person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because Zeller’s contract has not been signed.
Love’s decision was first reported by ESPN.
The 6-foot-9 forward and the Cleveland Cavaliers agreed to buyout terms on Saturday, ending his nine-year run with the team that he helped win the 2016 NBA championship.
Over parts of 15 NBA seasons with Cleveland and Minnesota, Love has averaged 17.2 points and 10.5 rebounds. He averaged career-lows of 8.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 20 minutes per game in 41 games, almost all as a reserve, this season for Cleveland and didn’t play in the team’s final 12 games before the All-Star break.
That prompted buyout talks, and once they were done, Love chose Miami.
“It would give us another vet, another guy who’s been through the playoffs, another guy who knows what it takes to win and get to where we want to go,” Heat center Bam Adebayo said.
Love is a five-time NBA All-Star, an Olympic champion and FIBA World Cup champion as part of USA Basketball, and his combination of size and 3-point shooting ability would seem to fit perfectly into the Heat system.
The Heat will come out of the All-Star break seventh in the Eastern Conference at 32-27, five games back of Cleveland for the No. 4 spot. The top four teams in each conference will have home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, and the top six in each conference will avoid the play-in tournament to determine the seventh and eighth seeds.
Miami will become Zeller’s third NBA city. He has averaged 8.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in 494 games with Charlotte and Portland. The 6-foot-11 center was the fourth pick in the 2013 draft.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
ROBERTS, SASSER SCORE 20, NO. 2 HOUSTON BEATS MEMPHIS 72-64
HOUSTON (AP) J’Wan Roberts had a career-high 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Marcus Sasser also scored 20 points as No. 2 Houston held off Memphis 72-64 on Sunday.
Jamal Shead added 10 points for Houston (25-2, 13-1 American Athletic Conference). The Cougars shot 45% but struggled from deep, going 3 of 17 on 3-pointers.
The Cougars forced 18 turnovers, which they converted into 22 points. Houston has won seven straight games.
Elijah McCadden had 20 points and six rebounds, DeAndre Williams added 18 points and Damaria Franklin scored 10 for Memphis (20-7, 10-4). The Tigers shot 44%, including 6 of 15 on 3-pointers.
Memphis was without leading scorer Kendric Davis, who averages over 21 points per game. Davis went through warm-ups but was out of the lineup with an injury.
After trailing 32-21 at the half, Memphis opened the second half by shooting 5 for 7 and cutting the lead to 38-34 on a 3-pointer by Franklin with 16 minutes remaining, which capped a 6-0 run.
Houston responded with a 9-2 spurt to regain an 11-point lead at 47-36 on a layup by Roberts with 12 minutes remaining.
The Tigers closed within 63-58 with 2:24 remaining on a layup by Williams, but that was as close as Memphis was get as Houston made nine of its last 10 free throws to put away the game.
Houston used a 17-3 run over a five-minute stretch of the first half to open up a 30-16 lead on Sasser’s jumper with 3:47 left in the half. Sasser scored seven points in the run.
BIG PICTURE
Memphis: The Tigers fell to 1-2 against ranked opponents this season. . Memphis missed a chance to help its NCAA Tournament resume, falling to 7-6 in Quad 1 and 2 games, including 2-3 in Quad 1 games. . Memphis outrebounded Houston 34-30.
Houston: The Cougars improved to 12-1 in Quad 1 and 2 games. . Houston shot 23 of 26 from the free throw line, including making 13 straight at one point in the second half. . The Cougars held a 38-32 advantage in points in the paint.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Following losses to No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Purdue last week, Houston could regain the top spot in the AP Top 25 for a third time this season.
UP NEXT
Memphis: At Wichita State on Wednesday.
Houston: Hosts Tulane on Wednesday.
JOINER, NO. 23 NC STATE PULL AWAY LATE TO BEAT RIVAL UNC
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) DJ Burns Jr. knew North Carolina State teammate Jarkel Joiner was ready for a big moment.
“He came out of a timeout, he looked me dead in my face and he said, `Set me some ballscreens, I’m hot,'” Burns said.
Joiner backed it up, too.
The graduate transfer took over for No. 23 N.C. State during a critical second-half stretch, matching his season high with 29 points to lead the Wolfpack past rival North Carolina 77-69 on Sunday.
Joiner had 20 of his points after the break for the Wolfpack (21-7, 11-6 Atlantic Coast Conference). That included an impressive flurry in a tight game that finally gave N.C. State some breathing room that turned into a strong finishing kick.
“Just confidence, man,” Joiner said of his big second half. “My teammates and my coaches trust in me.”
Joiner’s arrival from Mississippi has been a critical piece to Kevin Keatts’ sixth-season surge, providing scoring and heady veteran play for a team needing an infusion of experience. It’s why N.C. State (21-7, 11-6) has bounced back from last year’s 21-loss season and took Round 2 with the Tar Heels (16-11, 8-8) after losing last month’s meeting in nearby Chapel Hill.
“It’s tough in this league when you don’t have a quarterback, when you don’t have a point guard,” Keatts said. “And he makes us better.”
The Tar Heels didn’t have an answer for him, with Joiner making 8 of 11 shots after the break. That included a huge transition 3-pointer from right in front of the Wolfpack bench – which pushed N.C. State to a 67-60 lead with 4:47 left, the largest lead by any team to that point.
He followed a bit later with a tough stepback jumper against Caleb Love that pushed the lead to nine, capping a 12-1 that had given the Wolfpack control and turned PNC Arena into a screaming frenzy of unleashed rivalry spite from the Wolfpack crowd.
Burns added 14 of his 18 points after halftime for N.C. State, which shot 64.5% in the second half and had just three turnovers for the game.
Love scored 20 points to lead UNC, while Armando Bacot had 16 points and 14 rebounds. But the Tar Heels continued a February crash that has put their NCAA Tournament chances in growing jeopardy, falling for the fifth time in six games after shooting just 35.5%.
“They got hot, Joiner got hot, and it kind of erupted the crowd,” Love said. “Playing in a place like this, it’s tough. you’ve got to execute at the highest level and we didn’t do that.”
BIG PICTURE
UNC: The Tar Heels have gone from preseason No. 1 in the AP Top 25 to scrapping for an NCAA bid. They entered Sunday with an 0-8 record in Quadrant 1 games, the top tier on a postseason resume. This one could’ve helped, but it instead ended with Wolfpack fans chanting at them in the final seconds: “NIT! NIT!”
“Coach (Hubert) Davis said he’s not giving up on us and we’re going to continue to battle,” said R.J. Davis, who had seven points on 2-for-13 shooting. “I mean, that’s the only thing you can do right now.”
N.C. State: In the AP Top 25 for the first time in four years, Keatts’ squad is pursuing its first NCAA berth since 2018. Sunday was about staying on that track and, of course, beating a rival that has largely owned the series of late by winning 36 of 41 meetings entering Sunday.
CELEBRATORY MOMENTS
The Wolfpack eventually went up 75-63 when Ernest Ross ran down a long pass ahead and saved it behind him to a trailing Casey Morsell for a layup that elevated the ear-ringing noise even more with only 89 seconds left.
The Tar Heels called timeout, and N.C. State players began to celebrate, with Terquavion Smith walking near the baseline with arms raised to motion for more noise from courtside fans. Burns stood a few feet away, popping the front of his jersey to the roaring fans in the end zone.
UP NEXT
UNC: At Notre Dame on Wednesday.
N.C. State: Hosting Wake Forest on Wednesday.
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PELLINGTON, NO. 18 ARIZONA WOMEN STYMIE NO. 21 BUFFS 61-42
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Shaina Pellington scored 19 points with five assists and No. 18 Arizona smothered No. 21 Colorado 61-42 on Sunday, ending the Buffaloes’ five-game winning streak.
The Wildcats (21-6, 11-5 Pac 12 Conference) held the Buffaloes to their lowest total of the season and their worst shooting game, 28.3% overall (15 of 53), 1 of 12 from 3-point range (8.3%).
Esmery Martinez had 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting and seven rebounds for the Wildcats, who were coming off a 10-point win over No. 4 Utah and have won five of six.
Tameiya Sadler led the Buffaloes with 12 points and Quay Miller added 10 with 10 rebounds. Other than an early 86-85 loss to Texas Tech, Colorado has failed to reach 60 points in its five other losses and in four of those shot less than 32%.
Cate Reese hit a 3-pointer to kick off a 10-0 run late in the first quarter, which put the Wildcats on top 17-10. Colorado missed its last four shots and had two turnovers in the last four minutes. The Buffaloes were 4 of 14 and Arizona went 3 of 5 behind the arc.
Colorado missed its first six shots of the second quarter, made four and then missed five, but only trailed 31-20 despite shooting 28% for the half.
Shooting woes continued for Colorado in the third quarter when the Buffs went 3 of 12 while the Wildcats were 7 of 16 to stretch the lead to 48-27. Pellington had a pair of three-point plays in a 15-0 run that left the lead at 48-25.
Colorado opened the fourth quarter with a 10-1 run to get within 49-37 with six minutes to go but went 1 of 7 the rest of the way.
Arizona closes the regular season with its Oregon trip, starting Thursday at Oregon. Colorado is home Thursday against No. 13 Stanford.
NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA SURVIVES 64-57 IN OVERTIME AT OLE MISS
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Zia Cooke scored five of her 24 points in overtime to help No. 1 South Carolina remain unbeaten with a 64-57 victory over Mississippi on Sunday.
The defending national champion Gamecocks (27-0, 14-0 Southeastern Conference) got one of their biggest scares of the season before winning their 33rd straight game. The Rebels (20-7, 9-5) never trailed by more than six points in regulation and flirted with their first win over a No. 1 team in 46 years.
Cooke had six rebounds and four assists to help off-set a 7-of-18 shooting performance. Aliyah Boston added 13 points and 11 rebounds on 4-of-14 shooting and didn’t score in the first quarter.
The deep Gamecocks didn’t get their usual supply of scoring help for the two stars, though Kamilla Cardoso had eight points and 11 boards.
Angel Baker led Ole Miss with 17 points. Snudda Collins added 11 while Marquesha Davis had nine points and seven rebounds. Rita Igbokwe blocked six shots.
It was only the third single-digit margin and second overtime game for the defending national champions, who had been winning by an average of 33.5 points. The first two came against No. 3 Stanford (76-71 in overtime) and No. 6 UConn (81-77). South Carolina dominated overtime, 9-2.
Cooke’s second basket of overtime matched South Carolina’s biggest lead to that point, 63-57, with 1:33 left. The teams swapped turnovers but Ole Miss missed three shots trying to stay alive, including two straight 3-point tries by Baker after offensive rebounds.
Cooke, who had scored South Carolina’s first eight points of the game, then made one of two foul shots.
Ole Miss had rallied from a six-point deficit over the final 7 minutes to force overtime.
Baker had a steal and layup and then gave Ole Miss its first lead since the opening minutes with a jumper to go up 55-54 with 1:20 left. Then Igbokwe blocked two shots by Boston to preserve the edge.
With 30 seconds left, Boston made 1 of 2 free throws to tie it up. Ole Miss turned it over without getting a shot off, and Boston couldn’t make one at the buzzer as South Carolina finished regulation on a 1-of-11 slump.
BIG PICTURE
South Carolina: Made only 23 of 61 shots (37.7%) but outrebounded the Rebels 49-36. The nation’s top scoring defense put the clamps on in overtime.
Ole Miss: Has dropped 17 in a row against South Carolina. … Had six players with two points in the first quarter, trailing 16-12. … The 1977 team had beaten eventual national champion and No. 1 Delta State 73-72 in Oxford.
UP NEXT
South Carolina visits Tennessee on Thursday night.
Ole Miss hosts Missouri on Thursday night.
DAVIS LEADS DETROIT MERCY WITH 31, TRAILS MARAVICH BY 124
DETROIT (AP) Antoine Davis continued his pursuit of Pete Maravich’s all-time scoring record, scoring 31 points to lead Detroit Mercy over IUPUI 81-68 on Sunday.
Davis has 3,543 career points, 124 points behind Maravich’s record of 3,667. The Titans have two regular-season games remaining before the Horizon League Tournament.
Davis made only seven field goals in 22 attempts – going 4-for-12 from 3-point distance – and added 13 free throws in 14 attempts.
Davis added to his NCAA records for most career 3-pointers (now 569), most consecutive games in double figures (140) and most games in double figures overall (140).
Davis also had five assists and six steals for the Titans (13-16, 9-9 Horizon League). A.J. Oliver II added 12 points and eight rebounds. Gerald Liddell also scored 12 points.
The Jaguars (4-25, 1-17) were led in scoring by Vincent Brady II, who finished with 13 points and three steals. IUPUI also got 11 points from John Egbuta and 10 points from Chris Osten.
Detroit Mercy hosts Northern Kentucky on Thursday and Wright State on Saturday.
NHL NEWS
STUTZLE, TKACHUK POWER SENATORS TO 7-2 WIN OVER BLUES
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) Tim Stutzle and Brady Tkachuk had three-point games to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 7-2 win over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.
Stutzle had two goals and an assist and extended his point streak to four games (four goals, six assists).
“I just try to play my game every night and get better every day at practice, too, and I think as a team we’re playing way better than we did,” Stutzle said. “We’re holding on to pucks making plays and it’s a lot of fun playing.”
Stutzle’s teammates are enjoying his development.
“You guys can see it, his confidence is very high right now,” Thomas Chabot said. “He’s such a talented player. Anytime he gets the puck something happens and I think we’ve all seen that since he’s been here.
“Obviously, it’s taken to another level, but I think he’s going to keep that going.”
Tkachuk extended his career-best point streak to seven games (5 goals, 6 assists) with a goal and two assists.
Shane Pinto, Alex DeBrincat, Drake Batherson and Ridley Greig also scored for Ottawa. Mads Sogaard made 30 saves.
The Senators were coming off a disappointing 4-3 overtime loss to Chicago on Friday. They also wanted to take advantage of the fact the Blues were coming off a 4-1 loss to the Avalanche on Saturday and traveled from Colorado, not to mention the trade of some key players in the past 48 hours.
“I think people on the outside made so much noise about losing to Chicago, but any team can beat any team, we’re witness to that,” Senators coach D. J. Smith said. “I think our guys knew we didn’t play the right way, they turned the page, which is a good sign because if you win a game you’re not going to be too high either and I think that’s where the leadership has gotten a lot better.”
Colton Parayko and Tyler Pitlick scored for the Blues. Thomas Greiss stopped 27 shots.
“They have to figure it out,” Blues coach Craig Berube said. “You’ve got to get over what’s going on. We have veterans in there that are good players and they’ve got to take control of the team and they’ve got to understand the situation we’re in.”
Stutzle scored his second goal of the game early in the second period, beating Greiss through the pads to make it 6-0.
The Blues spoiled Sogaard’s shutout bid when Parayko got a shot off through traffic, and Pitlick scored his third of the season, tipping in Justin Faulk’s shot from the blue line two minutes later.
Greig scored his first career NHL goal with just over one minute remaining in regulation, picking up a loose puck in front.
Leading 1-0 to start the second, the Senators scored four consecutive goals and raced out to a 5-0 lead.
DeBrincat scored a one-timer on the power play to make it 2-0. Stutzle had a great move to get Greiss moving for his 25th of the season and Tkachuk made it by 4-0 tipping a shot by Claude Giroux. Batherson got in on the action, beating Greiss.
Pinto opened the scoring late in the first period, taking a pass from Batherson and scoring a one-timer for his 14th of the season.
TRADE
The Senators acquired forward Julien Gauthier and a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2023 from the New York Rangers in exchange for Tyler Motte. Should the Rangers advance past the first round of the playoffs, the pick will improve to the lower of the Rangers’ or the Winnipeg Jets 2023 sixth-round selection.
NOTES: Ottawa recalled defenseman Dillon Heatherington from AHL Belleville. … After missing Saturday’s game against Colorado with an undisclosed injury Torey Krug was back in the lineup for the Blues.
UP NEXT
Senators: At the Boston Bruins on Monday.
Blues: At the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday.
WILD TOP PREDS 4-3 ON HARTMAN REBOUND WITH 21 SECONDS LEFT
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Wild led Nashville by two with less than five minutes to go. When they lost it with 47 seconds left, captain Jared Spurgeon gave his teammates a calm word of encouragement.
Then, just like that, Spurgeon helped set up the go-ahead goal.
Ryan Hartman knocked in a rebound of Jonas Brodin’s shot with 21 seconds left, a mere 26 seconds after Nino Niederreiter tied the game for Nashville, and the Wild beat the Predators 4-3 on Sunday.
“Just looking for one opportunity,” said Spurgeon, who held a loose puck in the offensive zone before feeding Brodin. The assist moved Spurgeon past Ryan Suter for the most career points by a defenseman in Wild history.
Kirill Kaprizov scored twice and Brandon Duhaime had the first goal for Minnesota, which won – barely – in regulation for the first time in 13 games since Jan. 17.
“There was no frustration. There was no panic. There was no slamming the door. There was no breaking a stick. There was no yelling,” Wild coach Dean Evason said. “We were just saying, ‘Well, OK, here we go.'”
Tommy Novak and Roman Josi each scored for Nashville and assisted on Niederreiter’s goal, but Filip Gustavsson – who stopped 23 shots – still managed to improve to 9-1-1 in his last 11 home starts despite the late lapse.
Josi scored with 4:56 remaining to pull the Predators within 3-2. Novak also got them within one goal by scoring late in the second period.
Kaprizov reignited the crowd at the 1:23 mark of the third period when he tracked down an outlet pass from Hartman to start a breakaway and snapped a shot past the glove of Juuse Saros.
Kaprizov, who scored earlier on a power-play rebound after Joel Eriksson Ek redirected a slap shot by Mats Zuccarello, is eighth in the NHL with 33 goals. He had a game-high six shots on goal.
“Obviously it kind of gives everyone confidence so that – not just me – everyone can start scoring, the team starts playing better, and more wins will come,” Kaprizov said through his Russian translator. “Live and see what happens.”
The Wild sharpened up their game this week after an ominous stretch when they lost six of eight without any regulation wins. After backstopping a 2-1 shootout win over Central Division leader Dallas on Friday, Gustavsson got the call over veteran Marc-Andre Fleury for his fifth start in seven games. The 24-year-old is 13-4-1 in his last 18 turns.
The Predators badly needed this win for a boost in the Western Conference wild card race, now trailing the Wild (30-21-5) by seven points for the last spot with Calgary in between.
“Every game is so huge, especially a division game like tonight,” Niederreiter said. “It’s tough to find words for tonight. Just frustrating we didn’t get it done.”
The Predators played at home the day before, posting a 7-3 win over Florida, and they were sluggish after the short turnaround. After Kaprizov was called for hooking to trigger a power play in the first period, they yielded two different short-handed breakaways to the Wild.
Saros saved them with a pair of pad saves to deny Eriksson Ek and later Connor Dewar. Mason Shaw’s one-timed rebound of Dewar’s shot on that second breakaway was blocked in traffic.
The Wild’s reward came just 9 seconds into the second period. Frederick Gaudreau’s shot was deflected by a screening Duhaime, sending the puck scraping across the shoulder of Saros and into the net. That tied a Wild record for the fastest goal in a second period in team history.
GAME NOTES
Novak, one of two Predators playing in their native city of St. Paul along with defenseman Ryan McDonagh, had two goals for Nashville on Saturday. … Niederreiter got a double minor in the third period for a high stick that drew blood on Brodin, his former teammate. … Saros made 31 saves. … Hartman’s goal was the third-latest go-ahead goal in Wild history. Marcus Foligno has the record with 8 seconds left on Oct. 15, 2021.
UP NEXT
Predators: Host Vancouver on Tuesday, their first of two home games in an 11-game, 23-day stretch.
Wild: Host Los Angeles on Tuesday to wrap up a seven-game homestand.
RANTANEN’S GOAL LATE IN OT LIFTS AVALANCHE PAST OILERS 6-5
DENVER (AP) Mikko Rantanen scored with 21 seconds remaining in overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 on Sunday.
Nathan MacKinnon and J.T. Compher each had a goal and an assist, and Artturi Lehkonen, Valeri Nichushkin and Logan O’Connor added goals for Colorado, which won its third straight. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 35 shots.
After the Oilers iced the puck to set up a faceoff in their zone, Rantanen made them pay with his 36th goal of the season.
Edmonton lost its third straight game after regulation and its fourth in a row overall. The Oilers, who haven’t won in Denver since Dec. 11, 2018, have blown three-goal leads in consecutive games and have dropped six straight to the Avalanche.
Warren Foegele scored twice, Mattias Janmark had a goal and an assist and Tyson Barrie and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers. Jack Campbell had 36 saves.
The Oilers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second period on two goals by Foegele and Draisaitl’s 33rd of the season. Colorado got goals 4:14 apart from MacKinnon and Nichushkin to make it 3-2, but Barrie’s goal late in the period made it 4-2 heading into the third.
MacKinnon scored his second of the game and 20th of the season 26 seconds into the third period. Janmark answered at 3:58 to make it 5-3, and O’Connor made it a one-goal game at 9:30.
TRADING PLACES
Colorado swapped defensemen for Sunday’s game, with Josh Manson in and Cale Makar out. Manson didn’t make the trip to St. Louis on Saturday – a planned day off after he missed 31 games with an lower-body injury – and Makar was out Sunday after taking a hit to the head in the win over the Blues.
Makar missed three games in early February after he took a hit in the head from Pittsburgh’s Jeff Carter.
KANE OUT
Edmonton scratched left-winger Evander Kane (upper-body injury) and recalled Devin Shore from Bakersfield of the AHL. Kane’s injury is considered day to day. The Oilers played with 11 forwards.
UP NEXT
Oilers: Host Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
Avalanche: At Winnipeg on Friday night.
AUTO RACING
RICKY STENHOUSE JR. WINS LONGEST DAYTONA 500 IN HISTORY
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has had a rollercoaster career in which he had to fight to keep a job, lost his seat at a NASCAR powerhouse team and opened his 14th season mired in a five-year losing streak.
To say this Daytona 500 was a milestone race was an understatement – for Stenhouse and for NASCAR.
Stenhouse won the Daytona 500 in double overtime and under caution on Sunday in the longest running of “The Great American Race.” The two overtimes pushed the 65th running of the race to a record 212 laps – a dozen laps beyond the scheduled distance and a whopping 530 miles.
It provided anxious moments before a landmark celebration: The first Daytona 500-winning team co-owned by a Black man and a woman.
Stenhouse’s win for JTG Daugherty Racing was the third of his career. JTG is the first single-car team to win the Daytona 500 since The Wood Brothers Racing did it with Trevor Bayne in 2011.
The team is owned by Tad and Jodi Geschickter along with former NBA player Brad Daugherty.
Daugherty, who left the track earlier Sunday with an eye irritation, is the first Black car owner to win the race and Jodi Geschickter joined Teresa Earnhardt as female car owners to win the Daytona 500. Earnhardt ran Dale Earnhardt Inc. when Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Daytona 500 in 2003 and 2004.
To get to victory lane Sunday, JTG stuck with Stenhouse and even reunited him this season with the crew chief who led him to a pair of Xfinity Series titles years ago.
Mike Kelly’s biggest task was convincing Stenhouse that he can indeed win races. So ahead of the Daytona 500, he taped a note inside the Chevrolet. The message? The team believes in the driver.
“When I woke up today I told myself that I was going to do something that I used to do for Ricky when we had tough days,” Kelly said. “I just wrote him a note that only he would see. It was on top of the roll bar in front of him, and it just said, `We believe.’ That’s been our motto the whole offseason – that we believe.
“We’re trying to get people to believe in Ricky Stenhouse Jr. again.”
Stenhouse’s only other victories came in 2017, at Talladega and the summer race at Daytona.
Now the 35-year-old from Olive Branch, Mississippi, has a repeat win at Daytona in NASCAR’s biggest race of the season.
“I think this whole offseason Mike just preached how much we all believed in each other. They left me a note in the car that said they believe in me and to go get the job done,” Stenhouse said. “Man, this is unbelievable. This was the site of my last win back in 2017. We’ve worked really hard. We had a couple shots last year to get a win and fell short.
“It was a tough season, but man, we got it done, Daytona 500.”
Kyle Larson was collected in the race-ending crash after he jumped out of line too early in an attempt to win the race. His disappointment was alleviated by Stenhouse’s victory.
“Happy that Ricky won. I’m super happy. That’s all I could think about after I crashed, waiting to hear that he won,” Larson said. “He’s one of my best friends, so I was like yelling into my helmet when I helped push him to the lead there. I was hoping it was going to stay green so it would have been me or him win.
“I can’t wait to go get changed and go give him a big hug because he is one of my great buddies.”
Reigning Cup champion Joey Logano finished second in a Ford for Team Penske, which won the race last year with Austin Cindric.
“Second is the worst, man,” Logano said. “Congratulations to Ricky. There’s nothing like winning the Daytona 500. That’s why it stings so much finishing second.”
Christopher Bell was third in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing and followed by Chris Buescher in a Ford for RFK Racing and pole-sitter Alex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports in a Chevrolet. It marked the first time the pole-sitter has finished in the top five since Bill Elliott in 2001.
AJ Allmendinger was sixth for Kaulig Racing, Daniel Suarez seventh for Trackhouse Racing, and Ryan Blaney eighth for Team Penske. Ross Chastain of Trackhouse and Riley Herbst of Rick Ware Racing rounded out the top 10.
Action sports star Travis Pastrana finished 11th in his Daytona 500 debut, and Kevin Harvick was 12th in his final Daytona 500. Harvick is retiring at the end of the year.
Kyle Busch dropped to 0 for 18 in the Daytona 500, but contended for his new Richard Childress Racing team. He was the leader ahead of teammate Austin Dillon with three laps remaining in regulation when a spin by Daniel Suarez brought out the caution and sent the race to overtime.
“Back in 1998, that would be the win, boys,” Busch radioed his team in deliberate reference to how the late Dale Earnhardt won his only Daytona 500. There was no overtime then and Earnhardt won under caution.
Busch wound up 19th after the race-ending crash in second overtime.
“I think this is the first time I led lap 200, so I wish it was 1998 rules. But, no, it’s just par for the course, just used to it and come down here every year to just find out when and where I’m going to crash and what lap I come out of the care center,” Busch said. “Who won? I don’t even know who lucked into it.”
Busch was told Stenhouse was the victor.
“There you have it,” he replied.
Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson made his return to the series and ran inside the top 15 for most of the race. He was collected in one of the crashes in overtime and finished 31st. Johnson has returned from two years racing in the IndyCar Series as part owner of Legacy Motor Club and he plans to enter a handful of races.
Brad Keselowski led a race-high 42 laps, but finished 22nd. He declined to speak to reporters after dropping to 0 for 14 in a race he desperately wants to win.
NEXT UP
The Cup Series races at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, next Sunday in the final race in the track’s current configuration. It will be renovated into a short track after the race – a project that will prevent the track from hosting any racing in 2024. Kyle Larson won last year’s race.
MEN’S GOLF
RAHM HOLDS ON TO WIN AT RIVIERA AND RETURN TO NO. 1 IN WORLD
LOS ANGELES (AP) Jon Rahm returned to No. 1 in the world on Sunday by winning the Genesis Invitational with a performance that left no doubt who’s playing the best golf.
Caught in a battle with hometown favorite Max Homa at Riviera, Rahm delivered two big moments with a 45-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the par-3 14th and then a tee shot to 2 feet for birdie on the par-3 16th.
He closed with a 2-under 69 for a two-shot win over Homa.
“Pretty incredible,” Rahm said. “(To win) at a golf course with this legacy, this history and hosted by Tiger Woods, is such an honor.”
Patrick Cantlay got within one shot on the back nine until two bogeys. He had a 67 to finish alone in third, moving him to No. 4 in the world.
Woods had four bogeys in an eight-hole stretch and shot 73 to tie for 45th.
“Unfortunately, my streak continues,” Woods said with a smile, alluding to his 12 appearances at Riviera as a pro without ever winning.
His success was measured in progress. It was his first time playing 72 holes since the Masters last April – Woods only played twice more since then as he tries to cope with leg and back injuries that will make PGA Tour appearances rare. He did not know if he would play again before the Masters.
Woods still had the largest gallery all the way to the end, thousands of fans packed on the hill over the 18th green to watch him close out with a par in that familiar red shirt under a black vest.
And then the spectators turned their attention to a terrific duel between Rahm and Homa, each with two victories on the PGA Tour this season.
Rahm now has five wins in his last nine starts worldwide, dating to his win in the Spanish Open. He has not finished out of the top 10 in his last 10 tournaments.
It was his third win in five starts on the PGA Tour this year, and he already has earned more than $9 million the last two months.
This wasn’t as easy as it looked at the end.
“That was a tough week and a tough Sunday,” Rahm said.
Homa, who won at Riviera two years ago, began the final round three shots back. He quickly closed to within one shot, only for the Spaniard to come within inches of holing out from the fairway at No. 8 for a tap-in birdie, while Homa made bogey from behind the green to slip three shot behind again.
And then it changed quickly.
After Homa birdied the ninth from 15 feet, he drove to the far edge of the 10th green and got down in two for a birdie. Rahm went well left. His pitch was short and rolled down the back of the green, behind a bunker. He pitched onto – and then over – the green into another bunker, and he had to make a 6-footer for bogey.
Two holes later, Homa took the lead for the first time when Rahm three-putted for bogey, only for Homa to give it back with a bogey from a bad tee shot.
The par 3s won it for Rahm, with his putter and a full swing. He finished at 17-under 267 and earned $3.6 million from the $20 million purse, the second straight elevated event on the PGA Tour.
Rahm now has won just over $9.4 million in the last two months on the PGA Tour – wins at Kapalua and the California desert and on the classic course of Riviera off fabled Sunset Boulevard. He finished third in Phoenix and tied for seventh at Torrey Pines in his other two starts this year.
This is the fifth time Rahm has been No. 1 in the world, and the way he’s playing, it looks as if he might stay there for some time.
Rory McIlroy, who began the year at No. 1 and won his first event of the year in Dubai on the European tour, was not a factor for the second straight week. McIlroy had a 73-71 weekend and tied for 29th.
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INDIANA WBB
HOOSIERS EARN SHARE OF BIG TEN CROWN WITH SENIOR DAY VICTORY OVER PURDUE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 2/2 Indiana clinched at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title on Sunday afternoon with a win over Purdue, 83-60, inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
KEY MOMENTS
The game went back-and-forth in the first as Indiana stuck a pair of threes by freshman guard Yarden Garzon and senior guard Sara Scalia to lead 13-9. IU would lead by as many as eight in the opening frame, but Purdue would have the answer with seven seconds left to cut the lead to 20-15.
Indiana (26-1, 16-1 B1G) pushed its lead to as many as 10 on two occasions in the second but failed to score in the final 3:18 of the half. It however held on to a 37-34 lead going into the locker room at the break.
The momentum swung in the Hoosiers’ favor in the third quarter, as they outscored the Boilermakers (17-8, 8-7 B1G) 27-12 in the frame. Junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil scored eight of her 14 points in the third while senior forward Mackenzie Holmes added six points. It helped build its lead up to 18, 64-46, with just one quarter to play.
IU would cruise in the fourth, pushing the lead up to as many as 27 at one point.
NOTABLE
Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes was the first into double figures, finishing the day with 20 points. It marked her 32nd-career game with 20+ points.
She entered the day with 1,795 points. After adding 20 on the afternoon, she now has 1,815 for her career. Holmes remains eighth on the program’s all-time list, just 13 away from passing Rachelle Bostic (1981-84) for seventh.
The Gorham, Maine native tallied four blocks in the victory, passing the 200-block total for her career.
Graduate student guard Grace Berger recorded her ninth career double-double with 14 points and 10 assists on her senior day.
Junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil poured in 14 points. She has scored in double figures in four of the last five games.
She also hit a career high four three pointers in the victory.
Junior guard Sydney Parrish recorded her fourth double-double of the season, putting up 13 points and 10 rebounds in 32 minutes of action.
All five starters scored in double figures for just the third time this season.
The Hoosiers recorded the 26th win of the season in the victory, extending what is already a single-season program record.
Their 16th Big Ten win of the season matches a single-season program record set in the 2020-21 campaign. A win at Iowa next Sunday would put the 2022-23 squad clear in the record books with 17 regular season Big Ten victories.
IU set a women’s basketball attendance record at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, selling all 17,222 tickets. The program’s first sellout was also the third-biggest crowd in Big Ten Women’s Basketball history.
It is also the fourth-biggest crowd in Division One Women’s Basketball this season.
The Hoosiers earned a share of the Big Ten Regular Season Championship, its first regular season conference title since 1983. They can win the conference outright with an Iowa loss at Maryland on Tuesday or a win at Iowa next Sunday.
IU finished the regular season with a perfect home record, the first time going undefeated inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall since the 2015-16 season.
QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
“Fabulous crowd once again, were so grateful for all the people who decided to spend their afternoon with us. It was so instrumental, there was tremendous energy in the building on a day where we could clinch a Big Ten championship, I think that makes it extra special that we could share it with all of our fans. Really happy, I have not looked at the stat sheet but other than us getting the win, I thought that we had several pieces that showed dup today. Obviously, Mack, and looks like Yarden (had big games). But it always takes all of them because everybody has to guard the ball collectively as a team. I thought we were much better in the second half than we were in the first. I thought things opened up for us in the second half offensively as well. I thought it was great that we could build the lead, and I am always so excited where we can get everybody in and they can all get an opportunity to get on the floor. Just really proud of this group, they set out to do this so I’m not surprised, this is one of their goals but they have other goals as well. This is sort of what their expectations were, and our staff is just here to help and cheer them on. At the end of the day, the players do the work, so I am really happy for not just this program, but also for those kids in the locker room.”
UP NEXT
The regular season concludes on Sunday, February 26 at Iowa at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN.
INDIANA BASEBALL
SINNARD, SLAM LEAD TO WIN AT AUBURN
AUBURN, Ala. – It’s said that in baseball hitting is contagious and on Sunday (Feb. 19) the Indiana baseball program saw seven different Hoosiers rack up 14 hits on the way to an 11-2 victory over Auburn inside Samford Stadium-Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park.
Eight runs over the first three innings staked Indiana (1-2) to an early lead with four in the first, one in the second and three more in the third. Auburn (2-1) got one run back in the fourth, before IU scored two in the seventh and one in the eighth to take an 11-1 lead. A solo home run in the eighth accounted for the final Auburn run.
While the offense was clicking, sophomore starting pitcher Luke Sinnard (1-0) worked five innings to earn his first victory for the Cream and Crimson. The right-hander allowed one run on five hits, walked one and struck out four in the outing. Sophomore Ryan Kraft allowed one run over three innings with four punchouts, and junior Seti Manase struck out one in a clean ninth inning of work.
Sophomore Carter Mathison had the loudest at-bat in the game with a first-inning grand slam for his 20th career home run. In all, he chipped in two hits, scored one run, and ended the day with four RBIs. Senior Hunter Jessee was on base five times in the game to extend his reached base streak to 22 straight games. He singled twice, had two doubles, and walked, with three RBIs and one run scored in the game.
A three-hit game from sophomore Josh Pyne rounded out the multi-hit games for Indiana, as he added two RBIs and one run scored. Seniors Phillip Glasser and Peter Serruto each had one hit and scored twice, as all nine Hoosier starters reached base safely at least once.
For Auburn, Ike Irish had a pair of hits and Bryson Ware chipped in three hits and one RBI. Justin Kirby hit a solo home run for his lone hit. Drew Nelson (0-1) took the loss with two-thirds of an inning of work in the start and four runs allowed on two hits. He walked three and hit one batter.
Scoring Recap
Top First
After the leadoff hitter was retired, Hunter Jessee walked, Josh Pyne singled and Matthew Ellis was hit-by-pitch to load the bases. Carter Mathison took the second pitch over the right-centerfield fence for the grand slam.
Indiana 4, at Auburn 0
Top Second
Phillip Glasser walked and moved to third on a Jessee double, before Pyne’s sacrifice fly scored him.
Indiana 5, at Auburn 0
Top Third
Three straight two-out hits produced runs, as Glasser and Jessee pushed runs across with singles and Pyne doubled to cap the scoring in the frame.
Indiana 8, at Auburn 0
Bottom Fourth
A pair of singles bookended two outs for IU starting pitcher Luke Sinnard, before Bryson Ware’s two-out base hit scored the first run of the game for the home team.
Indiana 8, at Auburn 1
Top Seventh
Evan Goforth and Peter Serruto singled to put two runners on with two outs and Jessee pounded a ball off the monster in left field for a two-RBI double.
Indiana 10, at Auburn 1
Top Eighth
Ellis walked and was pinch run for by Ethan Vecrumba, who stole second base and moved to third on a Bobby Whalen single. He came in to score on a wild pitch.
Indiana 11, at Auburn 1
Bottom Eighth
Justin Kirby hit a solo home run to lead off the inning.
Indiana 11, at Auburn 2
Up Next
Indiana returns home to take on Miami (Ohio) (0-3) in the home opener at Bart Kaufman Field starting at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, February 21. The game will be available on Big Ten Plus and IUHoosiers.com/Audio.
INDIANA WRESTLING
NO. 23 INDIANA WRESTLING HANDLES CHATTANOOGA, 32-3
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. –––– It was a solid Sunday for No. 23-ranked Indiana Wrestling who dominated Chattanooga on the road in a 32-3 dual victory at Maclellan Gym.
It was Indiana’s largest margin of victory in a dual this season as nine of the ten Hoosiers who hit the mat came away with a win.
Indiana got started with a 6-0 lead after a Chattanooga forfeit at 125. That was followed by No. 24-ranked Henry Porter picking up a ranked win over No. 21 Brayden Palmer in an 8-3 decision.
The Rooks brothers followed suit with Cayden winning by decision at 141, 3-1, and Graham winning 6-4 thanks to a buzzer-beating takedown in the third period at 149.
Derek Gilcher (157) and Nick South (165) got Indiana’s lead up to 21-0 as each grappler won by decision and a 4-1 score.
Then, No. 11 Donnell Washington and Chattanooga’s No. 10-ranked Rocky Jordan faced off in the best bout of the day at 174. Washington picked up an early takedown in the first and owned control for the rest of the bout. A second period escape and riding time point were enough cushion to secure the top-ten win for Washington in a 4-1 decision. Jordan only scored on a first period escape.
The dual was closed out by Nick Willham at 197, winning in a 2-1 decision, and a 17-1 tech fall victory for Jacob Bullock (285).
With the win, Indiana finished the dual season at 8-5 and 3-5 in Big Ten duals.
The team’s eight wins are its most since the 2016-2017 season. This season also marks the program’s most wins over Division I opponents since the 2010-11 season.
NOTABLES
• The 8-5 record is the best mark in Angel Escobedo’s tenure as Indiana head coach.
• Henry Porter (133) picked up his second ranked win of the season in his decision over No. 21-ranked Brayden Palmer. Porter’s season record improved to 19-7 with the win.
• No. 11 DJ Washington’s win over No. 10 Rocky Jordan was his third ranked win of the season.
• Graham Rooks (149) has won four of his last five bouts.
UP NEXT
• Indiana Wrestling will have some extended time off as the regular season has concluded. The team’s next action will be at the Big Ten Championships, which take place on March 4-5 in Ann Arbor, Mich.
FULL RESULTS
125:Jacob Moran (IU) wins by forfeit |Forfeit | Score: IU up 6-0
133: No. 24 Henry Porter (IU) def. No. 21 Brayden Palmer (UTC) |Dec. 8-3 | Score: IU up 9-0
141: Cayden Rooks (IU) def. Dayne Dalrymple (UTC) |Dec. 3-1 | Score: IU up 12-0
149: No. 30 Graham Rooks (IU) def. Noah Castillo (UTC) |Dec. 6-4 | Score: IU up 15-0
157: No. 20 Derek Gilcher (IU) def. Lincoln Heck (UTC) |Dec. 4-1 | Score: IU up 18-0
165: Nick South (IU) def. Jackson Hurst (UTC) |Dec. 4-1 | Score: IU up 21-0
174: No. 11 DJ Washington (IU) def. No. 10 Rocky Jordan (UTC) |Dec. 4-1 | Score: IU up 24-0
184: No. 31 Matthew Waddell (UTC) def. Drayton Harris (IU) |Dec. 5-2 | Score: IU up 24-3
197: Nick Willham (IU) def. Jake Boyd (UTC) |Dec. 2-1 | Score: IU up 27-3
285: No. 22 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. Nick Benton (UTC) |TF, 17-1 (5:19) | Score: IU up 32-3
FINAL TEAM SCORE: No. 23 INDIANA 32, CHATTANOOGA 3
INDIANA MEN’S TENNIS
INDIANA MEN’S TENNIS TAKES CARE OF WESTERN MICHIGAN ON SUNDAY
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––––– It was an intense Sunday at the IU Tennis Center where Indiana defeated Western Michigan, 5-2, in a very competitive match.
The match started out with strong doubles play from both sides. Luka Vukovic and Ekansh Kumar locked up No. 3 doubles quickly for Indiana, with a 6-3 victory. The freshmen duo of Sam Landau and Luc Boulier battled from a 4-4 tie to win their match at No. 2 doubles, 6-4, to secure Indiana a 1-0 lead heading into singles play.
In singles, Landau kept up with his winning ways, winning in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3 singles to give Indiana a 2-0 lead. Western Michigan bounced back to win at No. 4 and No. 2 singles to tie the match at 2-2.
From there, the Hoosiers dug deep and found momentum to win out the final three singles matches. Kumar won at No. 6 singles, 6-3, 7-5 to start the run, followed by Jagger Saylor’s win at No. 5 singles, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 to secure a team victory.
Patrick Fletchall’s win at No. 1 singles was the cherry on top of a great win, defeating Western Michigan’s Benjamin George, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4.
The win improved Indiana’s season record to 9-2.
Indiana will be back in action next week on the road at Cornell.
FINAL RESULTS
INDIANA 5, WESTERN MICHIGAN 2
Singles competition
1. Patrick Fletchall (IU) def. Benjamin George (WMU), 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
2. Anton Arzhankin (WMU) def. Luka Vukovic (IU), 6-2, 6-2
3. Sam Landau (IU) def. Peter Kuszynski (WMU), 6-2, 6-1
4. Arjun Honnappa (WMU) def. Ilya Tiraspolsky (IU), 6-2, 6-4
5. Jagger Saylor (IU) def. Fynn Lhose (WMU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
6. Ekansh Kumar (IU) def. Jackson Boone (WMU) 6-3, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. P. Fletchall/I. Tiraspolsky (IU) vs. P. Kuszynski/F. Schlueter (WMU), 5-6, unfinished
2. S. Landau/L. Boulier (IU) def. F. Lohse/A. Arzhankin (WMU), 6-4
3. L. Vukovic/E. Kumar (IU) def. B. George/B. Pierce (WMU), 6-3
Order of finish
Singles: 3, 4, 2, 6, 5, 1
Doubles: 3, 2, unfinished
INDIANA SOFTBALL
SOFTBALL CLOSES TAXACT CLEARWATER INVITE WITH LOSS TO NO. 10 ARIZONA
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Indiana Softball (3-6) closed out the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational on Sunday afternoon with a 10-1 loss in five innings against the No. 10 Arizona Wildcats at Eddie C. Moore Complex.
INDIANA 1, ARIZONA 10
KEY MOMENTS
• Arizona started the run game in the top of the second inning as they scored two runs on three hits.
• In the third inning, the Wildcats capitalized on two Hoosier errors as they scored seven runs on five hits, 9-0.
• Sophomore Kinsey Mitchell singled to left field to reach base, but Arizona closed the inning on a fielder’s choice.
• UA tacked on one more run in the fourth inning to extend the lead.
• Freshman Taryn Kern and sophomore Brianna Copeland earned the Hoosiers two walks to start the bottom of the fourth inning, but a couple of fly outs a fielder’s choice would complete the inning.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Arizona’s pitcher would walk sophomore Taylor Minnick. Kinsey Mitchell would reach on a fielder’s choice. An RBI double to right field from senior Cora Bassett would send Mitchell home, but the Hoosiers run ended in the fifth with the eight-run rule.
NOTABLES
• Bassett leads the team with seven hits this season. She has also recorded two doubles, one home run and five RBI.
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will travel to Greensboro, N.C., to participate in UNC-Greensboro’s tournament on Feb. 24-26. IU will face UCONN at 11:00 a.m. ET and Delaware at 1:30 p.m. ET in a double header on Friday.
INDIANA WOMEN’S GOLF
INDIANA FINISHES SIXTH OVERALL AT GREAT WATERS
EATONTON, Ga. – The Indiana Hoosiers women’s golf team moved up another spot to sixth at the conclusion of the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational at Great Waters on Sunday. The team shot a 905 (315-297-293; +41) over 54 holes of play.
Indiana finished the tournament 10 strokes away from the team championship. The Hoosiers shot a 590 (+14) over the final two rounds of play, the third-lowest total in the field.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational • Eatonton, Ga.
Great Waters
Par 72 • 6001 yards
Live Results: GolfStat
Team Standings: 6th/12 – 905 (315-297-293; +41)
Top Indiana Player: Alexis Florio – 220 (76-71-73; +4)
CHIP-INS
• Fifth-year senior Alexis Florio finished in a tie for fourth place with another strong effort in the third round. She played a card of 73 (+1) that had three birdies on her front nine. Her final tally of 220 (76-71-73; +4) gave Florio her third top-10 individual finish this season.
• Senior Valerie Clancy earned her third top-20 finish of the year after tying for 15th at 225 (78-75-72; +9). Her final round of 72 (E) was aided by a team-high-matching three birdies.
• Junior Dominika Burdová was a steady force on Sunday after shooting a 72 (E) with one birdie. She tied for 20th overall at 227 (82-73-72; +11). The Gardner Webb transfer has finished inside the top-20 of four tournaments in her debut season with the Hoosiers. She has finished inside the top-30 in five-of-six events played.
• Senior Hanna Tanaka provided the Hoosiers with the biggest individual highlight of the weekend with a hole-in-one on the 157-yard, par-3 No. 4. She played a three-round scorecard of 237 (83-78-76; +21).
• Sophomore Beatriz Junqueira knocked down an eagle conversion on the par-5 second hole. She finished the tournament at 244 (79-82-83; +28).
HOOSIERS IN THE STANDINGS
t-4. Alexis Florio – 220 (76-71-73; +4)
t-15. Valerie Clancy – 225 (78-75-72; +9)
t-20. Dominika Burdová – 227 (82-73-72; +11)
t-51. Hanna Tanaka – 237 (83-78-76; +21)
64. Beatriz Junqueira – 244 (79-82-83; +28)
UP NEXT
Indiana will be off for the remainder of the month before stepping back to the tee box at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz. The tree-day tournament will be played from March 10-12 and be hosted by Notre Dame.
PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL
#3 PURDUE GETS BACK ON TRACK IN 82-55 WIN OVER OHIO STATE
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Zach Edey had 26 points and 11 rebounds for his 21st double-double this season to lead No. 3 Purdue past Ohio State 82-55 on Sunday.
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 11 points and David Jenkins Jr. added nine points for the Boilermakers (24-4, 13-4 Big Ten). Mason Gillis contributed seven points and 10 rebounds for Purdue, which had a 44-21 rebounding edge.
Brice Sensabaugh led the Buckeyes (11-16, 3-13) with 20 points. Sean McNeil added 10 points for Ohio State, which lost its eighth consecutive game.
Purdue shot 50% while holding Ohio State to 40%.
The Boilermakers pulled away in the second half by outscoring the Buckeyes 44-26, leading by as many as 31 points. Edey scored 16 points on 7 of 11 shooting in the first half to help Purdue to a 38-29 halftime lead. Edey had a rebound dunk just before intermission.
Purdue did most of its damage from the foul line in the first half as Ohio State committed 13 fouls. The Boilermakers made 15 of 19 free throws and 10 of 23 shots in the opening half.
The Buckeyes were without starting forward Zed Key, who was sidelined with a shoulder injury.
BIG PICTURE
Ohio State: The Buckeyes’ free fall continues, losing for the 13th time in the last 14 games. The slide started with a 71-69 loss to Purdue on Jan. 5.
Purdue: After dropping three of their last four games, the Boilermakers were able to get back on track against the struggling Buckeyes. With his eighth rebound on Sunday, Edey became the second Purdue player after Joe Barry Carroll to have at least 1,250 points and 750 rebounds by the end of his junior season.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Following a 14-point loss at Maryland on Thursday, Purdue rebounded with a victory over Ohio State. However, Purdue likely will drop a couple of spots when the new rankings are released Monday.
(Postgame Notes)
Purdue improved to 24-4 overall and 13-4 in the Big Ten with an 82-55 win over Ohio State on Sunday afternoon in Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers snapped a two-game losing skid and won their sixth straight game at home.
Purdue now leads the all-time series with Ohio State by a 93-92 advantage. The Buckeyes had been the only Big Ten team to have a record of .500 or better against Purdue.
Purdue’s three straight wins against Ohio State are its longest winning streak against Ohio State since winning nine straight from 1994 to 1998.
Purdue is now 15-1 on the season when NOT ranked No. 1 in the country.
The 27-point margin of victory was the second-largest margin against Ohio State this century, behind an 86-51 (35-point) win on March 2, 2019.
Purdue’s six straight home wins have come by an average of 16.3 points per game (Nebraska, Maryland, Michigan State, Penn State, Iowa, Ohio State).
Purdue’s 24 regular-season wins are now tied for the seventh most in school history. With three games left, Purdue can tie the school record set during the 1987-88 season (27).
Purdue is 53-12 since the start of last season, the fourth-most wins in America.
Purdue’s +23 (44-21) rebound margin was its largest against Ohio State since Feb. 14, 1976 (+24).
Purdue is now 174-7 under Matt Painter when holding foes to 59 or fewer points, having won 18 straight games.
Zach Edey recorded his 21st double-double of the season with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocked shots, in just 25 minutes. It marked his 13th game this season of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. No other player nationally has more than nine.
Edey moved into 10th place on the school’s career rebounds list, now with 753 career rebounds. His 344 rebounds this season are tied for third all-time behind just Caleb Swanigan (436) and Joe Barry Carroll (352).
Zach Edey now has 1,374 career points and 753 rebounds. He becomes just the second Purdue player to have at least 1,250 points and 750 rebounds before the end of his junior season.
His 44-game double-figure scoring streak are the third-longest for a Purdue player since 1980 (56 – Glenn Robinson; 45 – Carsen Edwards).
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 11 points with three rebounds in just 15 minutes. His 11 points were his most since having 11 against Florida A&M (Dec. 29) and most in a Big Ten game.
PURDUE SB
PURDUE FALLS SHORT IN ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE FINALE
RALEIGH, N.C. – A three-game winning streak was snapped by the NC State Wolfpack, as the Purdue Boilermakers dropped a 1-4 decision in the final game of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
Despite being down, 1-4 heading into the bottom of the seventh, the Boilermakers notched back-to-back home runs, but were unable to find the tying run to push the game to extras.
With the result, Purdue moves to 5-3 on the season, while NC State improves to 2-7.
The Boilermakers out-hit the Wolfpack, 12-9 in the game, however their 11 runners left stranded compared to the opponents’ five were the difference-maker.
Fifth year UMBC transfer continued her three-game batting tear, earning an RBI double for Purdue’s run in the fifth, and following it up with her second home run in 24 hours to open Purdue’s batting in the bottom of the seventh.
Over the three-day tournament, Lonchar totaled four RBI and three runs, two of which came in home run fashion.
Tyrina Jones secured her second home run on the heels of Lonchar’s own, marking the fourth consecutive game with a run for the sophomore shortstop. Meanwhile, pinch runner Kyndall Bailey scored Purdue’s first run on an RBI double by Lonchar.
After tying the game up in the bottom of the fifth, 1-1, the Wolfpack responded with three runs in the sixth, including a homer. At the bottom of the inning, the Boilermakers loaded the bases with no outs on the board, but a trio of pop-ups silenced Purdue’s best efforts.
Relief pitcher Alex Echazarreta is credited the loss with the three runs allowed in the sixth. With the result, the fifth year moves to 1-3 on the season after throwing a one-hitter in yesterday’s 4-0 victory.
The Boilermakers will be back in action next weekend in Orlando, Florida, for the UCF Knights Classic. The tournament, which will run Friday, February 24-25, will include opponents Columbia, Bradley and UCF.
PURDUE WGOLF
WOMEN’S GOLF TAKES WINNING WAYS TO LAS VEGAS
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Coming off a victory at the Tulane Classic to start the spring, Purdue Women’s Golf looks to continue winning in Las Vegas. The Boilermakers join 14 other teams for 54 holes in the desert, competing in The Show at Spanish Trail Country Club (Feb. 20-21).
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Monday, Feb. 20: Rounds 1 and 2 (Shotgun Start beginning at 11 a.m. ET)
Tuesday, Feb. 21: Round 3 (Shotgun Start beginning at 11 a.m. ET)
THE LINEUP (+2 INDIVIDUALS)
Ashley Kozlowski – Jr.
Reigning B1G Women’s Golfer of the Week, becoming the first Boilermaker to earn the honor since 2019
Led Purdue to a win at the Tulane Classic, placing runner-up for the best finish of her career
Playing in her 22nd tournament as a Boilermaker, including her fifth of the season
Holds a 74.2 stroke average this season after recording a 75.1 stroke average over 12 tournaments last season
Preseason B1G honoree
Led Purdue in birdies (86) and pars (379) throughout the 2021-22 season
2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten
Danielle du Toit – Sr.
Has played in 39 tournaments as a Boilermaker, the most on the team, totaling 107 rounds
Ranks second on the team in stroke average (73.1)
Placed a career-best third to help Purdue win the Tulane Classic to start the spring
Tied for the team’s best performance at the Illini Invitational, placing 26th at 3-under (72-67-74—218)
Her 67 (-5) in the second round of the Illini Invitational matched a career low and was the best round of the season by a Boilermaker; it was also her 100th round at Purdue
Preseason B1G honoree
Won a men’s tournament over the summer, capturing the IGA Challenge Tour’s Road to #5 at Akasia Golf Club in her home country of South Africa
Momo Sugiyama – So.
Ranked No. 50 in Golfstat’s national rankings
Has led Purdue in four tournaments as a Boilermaker, including a fourth-place finish (75-74-69—218) at the Windy City Collegiate Classic
Leads the team in scoring average (72.1), birdies (51) and pars (170)
Has produced the lowest score eight out of 15 rounds this season, including four rounds in the 60s
Has placed in the Top 5 in two of her five tournaments for Purdue
Making her sixth appearance as a Boilermaker but playing in her 17th collegiate tournament
Transferred to Purdue after earning First Team All-Big West accolades as a freshman at Hawaii
Set new Hawaii single-season records for stroke average (73.40), rounds of par-or-better (13), birdies (85) and 54-hole score (211)
Kan Bunnabodee – Sr.
Appearing in her 21st tournament as a Boilermaker
Made her season debut at last week’s Tulane Classic, tying for 17th to help Purdue capture the team title
Missed the entire fall due to injury
Earned First Team All-Big Ten accolades last season, becoming the first Boilermaker to earn first team honors since 2018
Ranked in the Top 100 of Golfstat’s national rankings throughout the 2021-22 season
Recorded a 73.69 stroke average a season ago, which included three rounds in the 60s
2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten
Jocelyn Bruch – R-So.
Making her 15th appearance as a Boilermaker, including the fifth of the season
Fired a career-best 70 (-2) in the second round of the Illini Invitational before leading the Boilermakers in the final round with a 1-over 73
Holds a 75.3 stroke average after recording a 76.52 stroke average last season
Tied for ninth at the 2022 Michigan PGA Women’s Open over the summer, competing against professionals; her performance featured a hole-in-one during the opening round
Started last spring by going 3-0 in Big Ten Match Play, helping Purdue finish runner-up
2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten
Jade Gu – R-Fr. (Competing as an individual)
Playing in her fifth tournament of the season, which also matches her career appearances as a Boilermaker
Competing as an individual for the second straight event
Tied for 26th in her Purdue debut, second best on the team, at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship with a 3-over 216 (73-71-72)
Finished runner-up at the 2022 Pennsylvania Women’s Am
Tied for 16th at the 2022 Canadian Women’s Am
Redshirted a season ago
Daniela Ballesteros – Sr. (Competing as an individual)
Making her 14th career appearance as a Boilermaker, including the second time this season
Cracked the lineup for the Landfall Tradition to end the fall
Played in seven tournaments a season ago, recording a 77.65 stroke average
Tied for 34th at last season’s Columbia Classic as an individual (79-74—153), the best finish of her career
Helped Purdue finish runner-up at 2022 Big Ten Match Play, going 2-1 in her three matches
Won the 2022 South American Amateur Open in Ecuador
2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten
THE FIELD
Charlotte
Denver
Furman
Kent State
#6 Mississippi State
Nevada
New Mexico
North Florida
Old Dominion
Pepperdine
Purdue
Texas State
UNLV
USF
Washington State
THE COURSE
Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., Spanish Trail Country Club features three 9-hole, par 36 courses to total 27 holes.
The tournament will be contested on the Canyon Course and the Lakes Course, measuring 6,388 yards.
The Canyon Course is the longest of the three tracks, while water comes into play for six of the nine holes on the Lakes Course.
Spanish Trail will host an NCAA Regional in 2024.
TULANE CLASSIC CHAMPIONS
Purdue began the spring season on the right note, defeating 17 teams to win the Tulane Classic at English Turn Golf & Country Club in New Orleans (Feb. 12-14).
In just the fifth tournament under first-year head coach Zack Byrd, the Boilermakers captured their first team title since winning the 2018 Illini Women’s Invitational.
The Boilermakers (+33) used Top-5 individual performances from Ashley Kozlowski (second), Danielle du Toit (third) and Momo Sugiyama (fifth) to secure a four-shot victory.
The Boilermakers recorded 37 birdies throughout the 54-hole tournament, the most by any team. Purdue also paced the field in par-3 scoring (E) and par-5 scoring (+1) on the difficult par 72 course.
KOZLOWSKI NAMED B1G GOLFER OF THE WEEK
After leading Purdue Women’s Golf to a team championship at the Tulane Classic (Feb. 12-14), Ashley Kozlowski was named Big Ten Golfer of the Week.
Kozlowski earned the weekly accolade for the first time in her career, becoming the first Boilermaker to be named B1G Golfer of the Week since Micaela Farah in 2019.
The Purdue junior finished runner-up on the individual leaderboard at 5-over (71-72-78—221), helping the Boilermakers secure a four-shot victory and their first tournament title since 2018.
The second-place showing was a career best for Kozlowski, as well as her third Top-10 finish as a Boilermaker.
She dominated par 5s throughout the week, playing them 4-under to rank second in the 96-player field.
WELCOME BACK TATA
Making her season debut and returning to the lineup, 2022 First Team All-B1G golfer Kan Bunnabodee (nicknamed “Tata”) helped Purdue capture the Tulane Classic by tying for 17th and earning her seventh career Top 20 finish.
Bunnabodee, the first Boilermaker to earn first team honors since 2018, missed the entire fall after getting surgery over the summer.
The Chonburi, Thailand, native was ranked in Golfstat’s Top 100 throughout the 2021-22 season, while dealing with her injury.
The senior has been a staple in the Purdue lineup throughout her career, as she makes her 21st appearance for the Old Gold & Black.
THE AUTUMN OF SUGIYAMA
Sophomore transfer Momo Sugiyama, the first signee by Zack Byrd, has made an immediate impact since joining the Boilermakers from Hawaii, leading Purdue in four tournaments.
Recording a 72.1 stroke average throughout the fall, Sugiyama has vaulted up Golfstats’s national rankings to sit at No. 50.
Sugiyama has made a team-high 51 birdies this season, while leading the Boilermakers in pars (170) as well.
The Australian has produced a pair of Top 5 finishes, including a fifth-place performance last week that helped the Boilermakers win the Tulane Classic.
Sugiyama paced Purdue at the Windy City Collegiate Classic, tying for fourth against a competitive field; her final round 69 (-3) included seven birdies.
BOILERS GO LOW IN FALL
The Boilermakers produced a spectacular second round at the Illini Invitational (Oct. 10). Purdue fired an 11-under 277 at Medinah Country Club, the second-lowest round in school history and just two strokes off the program record.
Danielle du Toit and Momo Sugiyama led Purdue with rounds in the 60s. Du Toit matched her career low with a 67 (-5), while Sugiyama carded a 68 (-4) to tie her best round of the year.
Jocelyn Bruch added a career-low 70 (-2), while Ashley Kozlowski rounded out the team score with an even-par 72.
BYRD ERA UNDERWAY
Following the retirement of legendary coach Devon Brouse, Zack Byrd was named the new head coach of Purdue Women’s Golf.
One of the top recruiters in the country, Byrd made the move to West Lafayette after spending four seasons at Ole Miss.
Byrd helped the Rebels capture the 2021 NCAA National Championship, the first women’s team national championship in Ole Miss history.
Prior to beginning his coaching career, Byrd spent 10 years as a professional golfer; his career featured an appearance in the 2011 U.S. Open and qualifying for the final stage of PGA Tour Q School.
Byrd hired Lauren Guiao as assistant coach; Guiao made the move to coaching and returned to the program after playing in 20 tournaments over her Purdue career (2017-21).
NEXT ON THE TEE
Following back-to-back tournaments to begin the spring, the Boilermakers have a month off before returning to action.
Purdue returns to the course for the FSU Match Up in Tallahassee, Florida (March 17-19), the first of three straight weekends of competition.
BUTLER MBB
GEORGETOWN TAKES 68-62 WIN OVER BUTLER AT HINKLE
Visiting Georgetown held Butler to only eight points over the final 11 minutes to take a come-from-behind 68-62 win Sunday afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
With the result, Georgetown is now 7-21 (2-15 BIG EAST), while Butler falls to 13-15 (5-12 BIG EAST).
TOP DAWG PERFORMANCE: Seventeen of Jayden Taylor’s game-high 21 points came in the first half as the sophomore made three of his eight attempts from behind the arc.
STAT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Georgetown out-rebounded Butler, 45-29, Sunday thanks in large part to 14 offensive caroms. Eight of those rebounds belonged to Qudus Wahab, who returned to the Georgetown line-up after missing the last two games. Butler was without center Manny Bates, who missed the game after injuring his shoulder in Tuesday’s game at Villanova.
HOW IT TRANSPIRED:
Butler looked to run away with the contest early, jumping out to a 19-6 lead.
Georgetown responded with 12 straight to climb back into the contest.
Taylor’s play provided the Bulldogs with some breathing room and a 37-32 halftime lead.
An Ali Ali jumper with 11:12 remaining gave Butler a 54-47 lead, matching the largest margin of the second half.
The next eight points belonged to Georgetown, which gave the Hoyas a 55-54 advantage, their first lead since 3-2.
Butler scored only eight points in the final 11 minutes, missing 13 of their final 17 shots.
Georgetown hit six free throws down the stretch, but did not have a made field goal over the final four minutes.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
Butler only committed eight turnovers, but Georgetown turned those into 14 points.
Georgetown went 17-for-22 from the free throw line, while Butler only attempted six.
Taylor registered his fifth 20-point game of the season and the sixth of his career.
Ali’s 11 points were a season-high for the transfer from Akron.
Jalen Thomas matched a career-high with four steals for Butler.
Brandon Murray led Georgetown with 17 points.
Wahab added 14 points.
Butler held Georgetown to 39-percent shooting.
Butler went 7-for-26 from three-point range, but made only one of 13 attempts in the second half.
OF NOTE:
Butler won the first match-up this season with Georgetown New Year’s Day in the nation’s capital by a score of 80-51.
This is Butler’s first loss of the season when leading at the half (now 12-1).
Butler has losses in each of its last two games despite shooting a better field goal percentage than its opponent, the first two times that has happened this season (now 12-2).
UP NEXT: The Bulldogs make the drive up I-65 for a Wednesday night tip with DePaul in Chicago. The 8:30 p.m. (Eastern, 7:30 p.m. Chicago) contest will air on FS1. Butler’s final home game of the season is Feb. 28 against Marquette, which will be Senior Night for the Bulldogs. Tickets are still available for that game.
BUTLER BASEBALL
FDU SCORES LATE TO EVEN SERIES 2-2
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Fairleigh Dickinson pushed across a run in the top of the ninth inning to come back and defeat Butler on Sunday afternoon by the final score of 10-9. The ‘Dawgs had a runner on third in the bottom half of the inning, but wouldn’t be able to even the score moving each team’s record to 2-2 after opening weekend.
Butler led FDU 7-1 after four full innings, but the Knights would charge back with three runs in the fifth, a solo score in the seventh and four in the eighth to tie the game.
Scott Jones helped BU open up an advantage with a two-RBI triple in the third inning that scored Dominic Milano and Garret Gray. The game moved to 6-1 in the fourth after a two-run home run from Joey Urban.
Momentum shifted in the fifth after a two-run bomb from Ruscitti. It was the first of three home runs for FDU as Cantwell and Sierra both homered in the eighth to tie the game at 9-9.
FDU kept their foot on the gas in the ninth and scored the game-winning run off a wild pitch.
Lukas Galdoni and Jude Baxt would be the pitchers of record. Galdoni was one of four Bulldogs to take the hill on Sunday. He tossed 1.1 innings, but took the loss. Voss got the start for BU and threw four innings before exiting the game for Grant Brooks.
Cheeseman had the start for FDU, but the right-hander only made it three innings. Jude Baxt would get the final six outs for the Knights to earn his first win of the year.
BUTLER SOFTBALL
BUTLERSOFTBALL’S COMEBACK FALLS JUST SHORT IN MIAMI
MIAMI – The Butler softball team rallied in the late innings of its final contest at the Panther Invitational at FIU but ultimately fell to Florida International, 3-2.
Game 5: FIU- 3, Butler- 2 (7 innings)
FIU scored two in the first inning and one in the third to carry a 3-0 lead through five complete innings.
In the top of the sixth, Cate Lehner singled and advanced to second before Teagan O’Rilley launched a two-run home run to pull Butler to within one. The Bulldogs were unable to put the tying run across in the remainder of the sixth or the seventh.
Sydney Cammon (0-2) pitched a complete game for the Bulldogs and took the loss. In 6 innings, she allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits while striking out six.
Bulldog Bits
Teagan O’Rilley’s home run was her first of the season and the fifth of her career.
O’Rilley had seven hits over the five games of the Panther Invite, going 7-for-15 (.467).
Sydney Cammon’s complete game in the circle was her first after transferring to Butler.
Up Next
Butler heads to Birmingham, Alabama, for the UAB Invite from Feb. 24-Feb. 26. Opponents include Louisiana-Monroe, Cleveland State, and the host school.
BALL STATE GYMNASTICS
10 STRAIGHT; GYMNASTICS TOPS KENT STATE
KENT, Ohio – – The Ball State gymnastics program used strong performances on floor and vault to earn a hard-fought 196.125-195.725 victory over Kent State Sunday afternoon in a Mid-American Conference dual at the M.A.C. Center.
“We battled hard today,” head coach Joanna Saleem said. “It took every person on this team to get this win, and that comes from trusting each other and not making a big deal of out of any of the little errors.”
It was the 10th straight head-to-head victory for the Cardinals (12-4; 3-0 MAC) who finished the day with the fourth-best team score in program history.
“We continue to talk about our intentions for each practice; for each competition,” Saleem added. “Individually, they have to have something they are focusing on and something they are trying to improve. It’s those little details we continue to talk about, and work on, that are driving us forward each time out.”
Individually, junior Suki Pfister turned in Ball State’s best score of the day, registering a 9.900 to win the vault competition. Despite the loss, the Golden Flashes (5-6; 2-2 MAC), had the highest scorers on the other three events and in the all-around.
Despite not winning the all-around competition, juniors Hannah Ruthberg and Victoria Henry turned in a pair of brilliant performances. Ruthberg tied the 10th-best score in program history at 39.250, while Henry tied the 15th-best at 39.200.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
Rotation 1 – Bars (48.925)
– Senior Megan Teter led the way for the Cardinals on bars, placing second overall with a 9.800
– Hannah Ruthberg was not far behind, taking third at 9.800
– The Cardinals also counted 9.775s from senior Grace Evans and freshman Zoe Middleton, along with a 9.750 from Victoria Henry
Rotation 2 – Vault (49.100)
– Ball State’s score of 49.100 tied as the sixth-best team vault score in program history
– Suki Pfister posted her fourth score of 9.900-or-higher this season, winning the vault competition with a 9.900
– Victoria Henry was a close second, tying her season-best score with a 9.875
– The Cardinals also counted a 9.825 from junior Hannah Ruthberg, a 9.775 from Zoe Middleton, and a 9.725 from freshman Leah White
Rotation 3 – Floor (49.225)
– Ball State’s score of 49.225 tied as the 10th-best team vault score in program history
– Suki Pfister and Megan Teter both turned in beautiful routines, tying for the team lead and third overall with 9.875s
– The Cardinals also counted a 9.850 from Victoria Henry, a 9.825 from Zoe Middleton, and a 9.800 from Hannah Ruthberg
Rotation 4 – Beam (48.875)
– Senior Lauren Volpe and Hannah Ruthberg tied for the top spot on the squad with scores of 9.825
– Senior Taylor Waldo closed the competition with a mark of 9.800
– Ball State also counted a 9.725 from Victoria Henry and a 9.700 from Grace Evans
All-Around:
– Hannah Ruthberg placed second overall in the all-around at 39.250, with all four of her routines scoring at least a 9.800 … She counted 9.825s on vault and beam, as well as 9.800s on bars and floor
– Victoria Henry was not far behind, scoring 39.200 … She earned a 9.875 on vault, a 9.850 on floor, a 9.750 on bars, and a 9.725 on beam
More From Saleem:
– We came in here wanting to be a little sharper; a little crisper on some of the lines and some of the detail work we didn’t have last week. I think we did that. We were also able to make a mistake or two on an event and say hey, it’s okay, we are moving on and not bringing that with us from one place to another.
Next Time Out:
The Ball State gymnastics team returns to Worthen Arena next Sunday, when it hosts Central Michigan for Alumni Day starting at 1 p.m.
BALL STATE SOFTBALL
RUSSO’S NO-HITTER LEADS SOFTBALL PAST LINDENWOOD
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – – Sunday was a perfect getaway day for the Ball State softball team which ended play in the Blazer Bash with a dominating 10-1 (5) victory over Lindenwood.
Leading the way was sophomore pitcher Angelina Russo who registered just the 18th no-hitter for the Cardinals (2-3) dating back to 1980. Russo, who improved to 2-0 on the season, held the Lions (2-8) to just one walk and retired 15 of the 17 batters she faced. Russo also tallied three strikeouts in the game.
On offense, Ball State scored a season-high 10 runs, including a six-run barrage in the fourth. Eight of Ball State’s starting nine players recorded at least one hit, led by a perfect 3-for-3 effort from junior right fielder Kaitlyn Mathews.
Mathews drove in the first two runs of the game with an RBI single in the opening inning. Meanwhile, redshirt freshman McKenna Mulholland smashed her first career home run to open the bottom of the second to give BSU all the momentum in the game.
HIGHLIGHTS
The Cardinals scored a season-high 10 runs in Sunday’s win, with its six-run fourth inning being the biggest inning of the young season.
Angelina Russo now owns two of Ball State’s 18 recorded no-hitters since 1980, including her perfect game last season.
Russo finished the weekend with a 0.53 ERA, allowing just one earned run over 13.1 innings of work.
Fifth-year senior shortstop Amaia Daniel led the Ball State offense with three RBI on Sunday, including a two-run double in the fourth.
Sophomore transfer Maddie Weaver added her first hit as a Cardinal with an RBI single in the fourth to cap the scoring in the game.
SCORING SUMMARY
B1 | Mathews’ first of three hits in the game drove in redshirt senior designated player Jazmyne Armendariz and redshirt sophomore first baseman McKayla Timmons (2-0)
B2 | Mulholland went yard for the first time in her career to open the inning (3-0)
B2 | A Daniel fielder’s choice drove in junior left fielder Remington Ross who singled and stole second (4-0)
T4 | An RBI groundout from Mya Bethany got Lindenwood on the board (5-1)
B4 |Senior third baseman Haley Wynn singled to right field to drive home junior center fielder Hannah Dukeman (5-1)
B4 | Daniel followed with a two-run double (7-1)
B4 | A Lindenwood error on a Mathews single helped bring home Armendariz and Timmons (9-1)
B4 | Weaver’s RBI single to left field capped the scoring in the game (10-1)
UP NEXT
The Ball State softball team opens play in the Velvet Milkman Invitational hosted by Murray State on Friday, with games versus Bellarmine (11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT) and the host Racers (3:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. CT).
BALL STATE WTENNIS
WOMEN’S TENNIS CLOSES OUT TWO-MATCH HOME WEEKEND WITH WIN OVER OAKLAND
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State women’s tennis team (6-2) earned a 7-0 sweep over Oakland (0-4) Sunday afternoon at the Northwest YMCA.
For the second-straight day, the Cardinals took the doubles point from their opponent in dominating fashion. Emily Desai along with her No. 3 doubles partner Elena Malykh gave up only one game to Oakland’s Emma Hultqvist and Mia Melnizki to take the first double win, 6-1.
Shortly after, the duo of Amy Kaplan and Ella Hazelbaker clinched the doubles point for BSU with their 6-3 victory over Nirva Patel and Yasmin Glazbrook.
In singles, Ball State took first sets on all six courts. Kaplan made a quick exit at the No. 4 slot to push the Cardinals lead over the Grizzlies, 2-0. Mariya Polishchuk finished next on the top court earning a 6-2, 6-2 decision against Liza Mladentseva.
The Cardinals only needed one more point to win the match over the Grizzlies. Malykh’s 6-0, 6-1 defeat against Oakland’s No. 4 singles player, Tegan Heaton sealed the victory for BSU.
Three courts did remain after the Cardinals wrapped up the win. Mullville, Peeler and Desai all took down their respective opponents in two frames to complete the sweep for Ball State.
The Ball State women’s tennis team will remain at home when it hosts a double-header Sunday, Feb. 26 against Dayton (1 pm ET) and Eastern Illinois (4:30 pm ET) at the Northwest YMCA.
NOTRE DAME BASEBALL
IRISH DROP FINAL GAME OF WEEKEND SERIES
NASHVILLE, TN – The Notre Dame baseball team (1-2) fell to Lipscomb 4-2 in the final game of the three-game series on Sunday afternoon at Dugan Field in Nashville. After taking the lead 2-1 after six, a big eighth inning for the Bison would be enough to take the series win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Both teams struggled to get their offenses rolling as it was a scoreless game through the first five innings. While Casey Kmet and Zack Prajzner each got a hit in the top of the third, the Irish didn’t score until three innings later in the sixth.
The Notre Dame offense was the first to strike as Jack Penny crushed a ball to left field for his first home run of the year and his fifth homer in his career. The sophomore finished the day with two RBI after scoring Carter Putz and gave the Irish a 2-0 advantage.
The Bisons responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the sixth and brought it within one before making it a tied ball game at 2-2 in the eighth. The Bisons would tack on two more runs before the inning closed and would go on to take the 4-2 win in the final game of the series.
UP NEXT
The Irish are back on the road this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for another three-game series as they travel to UNCG. Friday’s game is set for 4:00 p.m. at the UNCG Baseball Stadium in Greensboro, NC.
NOTRE DAME WLAX
IRISH WIN BIG OVER CENTRAL MICHIGAN
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame women’s lacrosse team took a dominant win over the Central Michigan Chippewas on Sunday afternoon with a 24-5 victory.
The Irish had nine players tally goals and had Anna Kenney, Kasey Choma, Mary Kelly Doherty, and Jackie Wolak earn hat tricks. Wolak led the Irish with six points in total with four goals and two assists.
“I am so proud that we saw our team, you know, we had a quick turnaround from Northwestern and out of that turnaround we focused on a couple of areas of efficiency in scoring and shooting. So to see us shoot the ball better than fifty percent today against two lefties was great to see. Also, we really took care of business in the draw control, that’s an area of strength we are seeing,” said head coach Chris Halfpenny.
“Today we were able to see our second line offense come in and do a lot of damage. There were 15 total goal scorers, that’s really a big deal. It allows us to pocket some timeouts and utilize our depth and experience.”
Kelly Denes added to her draw control tally picking up seven draws throughout the day.
“We tightened up areas of our defense, it was great to see all of that come together with that high of a clip of caused turnovers and then having defense turn into offense.”
On the defensive end the Irish caused 17 turnovers and picked up 19 ground balls. Doherty led the Irish with five caused turnovers and three ground balls.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Things started out fairly even when the Irish got on the board first with a goal from Kristen Shanahan that was then answered immediately by Central Michigan. The Irish took off with nine unanswered goals from Anna Kenney, Hannah Dorney, Jane McAvoy, Choma and Ahern to finish off the quarter with a 10-1 lead.
The second quarter was much of the same story as Wolak, Mary Kelly Doherty, Denes, and Kenney tallied Notre Dame’s five goals of the quarter. The Irish went into the half with a 15-1 lead. The third quarter had the Irish expand the lead even further with goals from Shanahan, Wolak, McAvoy, Doherty, and Choma to take a 21-2 lead. At the end of the quarter eight players scored two or more goals.
Notre Dame closed out the game with a great defensive effort as they only allowed two more goals from Central Michigan. They also put up a great final effort on offense as Kenney and Abby Maichin tallied goals for a final score of 23-4.
STATS OF THE GAME
Anna Kenney tallied her first career goal in the first quarter of the game. She went on to score 3 goals in the contest.
Franny O’Brien earned her first goal of her career.
Wolak, Doherty, and Choma all tallied hat tricks in the game.
NOTRE DAME NOTES
With the win, the Irish will have posted their third straight win over Central Michigan with at least 20 goals.
Anna Kenney claimed her first career goal in the first quarter of the matchup. She went on to tally three goals for her first hat trick of the season.
O’Brien tallied her first career goal in the fourth quarter of the game.
15 players tallied points, and eight players tallied two or more goals in the win over Central Michigan.
Jackie Wolak tallied her ninth hat trick of her career, and tallied her career high with
Mary Kelly Doherty tied her career high with three goals on the day.
Choma now has tallied a hat trick in every game of the 2023 season.
The three headed monster of Choma, Ahern and Wolak combined for 15 points.
UP NEXT
Notre Dame takes on Clemson for the first time in program history. The matchup will be hosted at Notre Dame on Saturday February 25. The matchup will have live stats and live stream available on ACCNX.
NOTRE DAME MLAX
#2 IRISH ROLL IN 18-8 WIN OVER CLEVELAND STATE
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish won its second game within the last week, defeating Cleveland State in impressive fashion with an 18-8 victory at Arlotta Stadium on Sunday.
The Kavanagh brothers put on an attacking masterclass, each finishing with eight points on the day. Chris paced the Irish in scoring with 4 goals and added a career-high four assists while Pat pulled the strings for the attack, finishing with six assists and two goals.
The Kavanaghs were joined by Eric Dobson and Quinn McCahon who each posted their first hat tricks of the season with three goals apiece. Reilly Gray and Bryce Walker each added two goals in the win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
For the second straight game, the Irish scored on the opening possession, as Bryce Walker got the Irish going with the first goal of the game. Four minutes later the Vikings tied it up at 1-1 but Notre Dame’s attack finished the quarter with a flurry, scoring four times in the final four minutes, including a few highlight reel plays from the Kavanaghs, to take a 5-1 lead after the opening 15 minutes of action.
Cleveland State struck first in the second quarter to trim the lead to 5-2 but the Irish defense put the clamps on the visitor’s attack the rest of the half, not allowing another score. Notre Dame put three straight past the Vikings’ goalie to take an 8-2 advantage into the halftime break.
Notre Dame came out firing in the second half, scoring four times in the first six minutes to push the lead to 10 at 12-2. Both teams added two more goals for the rest of the third to make the score 14-4 heading into the final frame.
The Irish tacked on four more goals in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter, making the score 18-4. Cleveland State then managed to score the final four goals of the afternoon to make the final score 18-8.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
The Kavanagh brothers combined for 16 points in the win, the most points posted in program history in a game between two Irish players. The two each produced a highlight reel play in the victory, Chris throwing an incredible no look pass to set up a goal and Pat scoring a behind the back goal.
STAT OF THE GAME
The Irish dominated the ground ball battle in the game, picking up 47 to the visitors’ 27. Will Lynch led the team with eight while Pat Kavanagh grabbed six.
NOTRE DAME NOTES
The 39 goals over the last two games are the second most in program history in consecutive contests, just one shy of the record 40 set in the 1992 season.
The victory pushes Notre Dame’s active winning streak to eight games, the longest active streak in the country for men’s DI lacrosse.
Notre Dame is now 43-7 in games played in the month of February during Baumer Family Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Kevin Corrigan’s tenure, including a mark of 34-4 since the beginning of the 2006 season.
The Irish improved to 3-0 against Cleveland State in the all-time series.
With eight points, Pat Kavanagh moves into eighth place on the Notre Dame career points list, totaling 158. He passed Conor Doyle (151) with the performance.
Dobson’s hat trick was his fifth of his career and first of the season
McCahon posted his first hat trick of the year and fourth of his career
Walker has now scored multiple goals in back-to-back games
UP NEXT
Notre Dame hits the road for the first time in the 2023 season, traveling out east to take on Georgetown at noon ET on Saturday, Feb. 25. The game will air on FloLive (subscription required).
NOTRE DAME WBASKETBALL
TEAM EFFORT HELPS NOTRE DAME SUFFOCATE PITTSBURGH, 83-43
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — If there were any questions about how the Irish would come out after an emotional Thursday night win over Louisville, they put them to rest on Sunday.
No. 10 Notre Dame (22-4, 13-3) eviscerated Pittsburgh (10-17, 3-13) this afternoon, 83-43. It is the Irish’s largest margin of victory in a conference game since February 2019, and it is tied for the program’s eighth-largest victory ever over an ACC opponent.
“On both defense and offense, it was a great overall team performance,” said Niele Ivey, Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Coach. “I knew this was going to be a hard game after [Thursday], so I told the team to not be complacent and to make sure we come out locked in. They were like that from the beginning.”
It was complete domination from the tip, as Notre Dame jumped out to a 24-8 lead in the first quarter and allowed just 16 points through 20 minutes. Pittsburgh did not hit a shot from deep until the final frame and shot just 28.1 percent on the day. The Panthers turned the ball over 17 times, and Notre Dame scored 25 off of those mishaps.
A Panthers staple this year has been their bench scoring, and they had posted 50+ bench points in back-to-back games coming into Sunday. Notre Dame held their non-starters to just 21. Panthers guard Dayshanette Harris carved up the Irish when the Panthers visited Notre Dame on Feb. 9, posting 20 points. She had 1 on Sunday.
On the offensive side for Notre Dame, there were contributions from everyone. Seven players had at least 8 points. Maddy Westbeld and Sonia Citron paced the team with 13 each. Citron continues to have the hot hand from deep, hitting her first three attempts from behind the arc and finishing 3-4.
Olivia Miles had 10 points and 11 rebounds to grab her 10th double-double of the year. The Notre Dame record for a guard is held by Jackie Young (12). The ACC assist leader also had 5 assists.
Notre Dame’s bench players saw significant time, including more than 17 minutes from Jenna Brown. Brown had 9 points including her first 3-pointer in an Irish uniform. She went 3-5 from the floor in total.
“Coach Ivey has been preaching to stay ready and make sure we are paying attention all year,” Brown said. “That way we can see where we can take advantage of the game when we come in. The bench did a great job, but I also think the starters did a great job of setting the tone.”
She added a shoutout to freshman KK Bransford, whose steal and subsequent bucket got the scoring started on Sunday. She finished with 8 points and a career-high 4 assists.
Notre Dame will host its final regular season game on Thursday, as the Irish welcome Georgia Tech to Purcell Pavilion for senior night. The game will be televised on regional sports networks and will tip off at 6 p.m.
INDIANA STATE SB
SYCAMORES FALL TO MARSHALL, DEFEAT HOST CHATTANOOGA TO CLOSE OUT WEEKEND
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Indiana State softball split a pair of games on Sunday, falling to Marshall 1-0 then defeating the host Chattanooga 4-2 to close out the weekend in Tennessee.
The Sycamores are now 3-2 on the season and will continue their pre-conference slate next weekend at the Easton Bama Bash in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Game One
Similar to Saturday, it came down to the wire against the Thundering Herd. Both teams got strong efforts from their starting pitchers as Cassi Newbanks and Sydney Nester both went the distance.
Marshall scored on an RBI double in the top of the first inning which would end up being the winning run as the Sycamores were not able to get anything going offensively all afternoon.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Olivia Patton ended Nester’s no-hit bid with an infield single. Patton stole second but was left stranded as Marshall kept ISU off the scoreboard.
Newbanks finished with three strikeouts in the complete game loss, allowing four hits and five walks. She is now 0-2 on the season. Nester struck out five Sycamores while walking one batter and allowing just one hit.
With the ISU loss, they drop to 2-5 all time against Marshall.
Game Two
The Sycamore bats were much more active in game two, getting off to a quick start with two runs in the first inning. Olivia Patton led off the game with a single then stole second base. She came around to score after a Chattanooga error to put ISU up 1-0. Two batters later, Isabella Henning singled to left field to drive in Abi Chipps to give Indiana State a 2-0 lead after one inning.
TeAnn Bringle added to the Sycamore lead in the third inning with a double down the left field line which scored Isabella Henning to put ISU up 3-0.
In the bottom of the third, Chattanooga put a dent in the lead with a single up the middle to make it a 3-1 game. ISU starter Lexi Benko got her third strikeout of the game to end the inning and limit the damage from the Mocs. That would be her final frame as she would be replaced by Lauren Sackett. Benko finished with three strikeouts and allowed just one run on three hits and a walk.
Abi Chipps began the fifth inning with a leadoff walk and would move to second on a wild pitch. Isabella Henning drove her in with a single through the right side for her second RBI and third hit of the game which put ISU up 4-1. Lauren Sackett escaped a bases loaded jam in the bottom half of the frame to maintain the three-run lead.
Henning picked up her fourth hit of the day in the top of the seventh with a double to left field to finish a perfect 4-4.
Chattanooga would tack on a run in the bottom half of the seventh to make it 4-2 but Lauren Sackett was able to limit the damage and pick up her second victory of the season. She finished with five strikeouts, allowing one run on two hits and three walks across four innings.
Indiana State finished with nine hits, getting multi-hit efforts from Isabella Henning (4), Olivia Patton (2) and Kennedy Shade (2). TeAnn Bringle’s double in the third inning rounded out the hit total for ISU.
The victory for the Sycamores moves the all time series to 6-4 in favor of the Mocs.
INDIANA STATE WBB
LATE SURGE LEADS FLAMES OVER SYCAMORES
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Bella Finnegan led all scorers with 17 points Sunday afternoon, but visiting UIC narrowly defeated Indiana State, 56-50, inside Hulman Center.
Del’Janae Williams added nine points and was one of three Sycamores with a team-high five rebounds. Caitlin Anderson scored nine points off the bench, while Mya Glanton finished with eight.
Neither team led by more than five in the opening 20 minutes, but UIC came out of the locker room strong to open up an eight-point advantage. A technical foul on the Flames gave Indiana State momentum, as the Sycamores went on a 13-2 run to retake the lead early in the fourth quarter. Indiana State led 48-47 with less than three minutes remaining, but a 9-0 run by the visitors proved to be the difference.
First Half
Indiana State scored the first five points of the game on a Williams 3-pointer and a Finnegan jumper. Finnegan had the hot hand in the early stages, with eight points in the opening quarter. UIC came back to take a four-point lead midway through, but Indiana State responded with a pair of 3-pointers from Finnegan and a second-chance basket from Glanton to pull ahead 15-11. The teams combined for just one basket in the final three minutes of the quarter, as Indiana State took a 15-14 lead into the second.
Indiana State struggled to find an offensive rhythm early in the second quarter but back-to-back baskets from Williams and Anna McKendree, the latter’s being a 3-pointer, put the Sycamores ahead 24-22. UIC scored four straight points to regain the advantage, but a fastbreak layup from Anderson inside the last 30 seconds sent the teams to the intermission even at 26.
Second Half
Hattie Westerfeld opened the second half with a layup and Finnegan added another 3-pointer, but UIC went on a lengthy scoring run to take a 41-33 lead midway through. The Flames were whistled for a technical foul for unsportsmanlike conduct, and Indiana State closed the quarter strong after that. Finnegan hit both free throws after the technical, and Anderson converted a three-point play to make it 41-38. The Sycamores ended up closing the quarter on a 9-2 run, cutting their deficit to 43-42 heading into the fourth.
Williams opened the final quarter with a layup and a pair of Anderson free throws put the Sycamores ahead 46-43. Indiana State’s offense struggled for a period of time following the trip to the charity stripe, which allowed UIC to retake the lead at 47-46. Glanton gave Indiana State the lead once more with a layup with just under three minutes remaining, but a 9-0 UIC run proved costly for the Sycamores. Williams made a layup just before the buzzer, but it came as a consolation as the Flames earned a split of the season series.
Inside the Numbers
Despite the loss, Indiana State limited UIC to a 35.7 percent clip from the field.
Bella Finnegan, Mya Glanton, Del’Janae Williams and Caitlin Anderson combined to scored 43 of Indiana State’s 50 points.
News & Notes
Bella Finnegan has scored in double-figures in three of the last four games, and is averaging 15.0 points per game in that span.
Sunday’s loss snapped a streak of four straight wins for Indiana State against UIC.
Up Next
Indiana State heads back on the road for the next two games, starting Thursday at 7 p.m. at Southern Illinois.
INDIANA STATE SWIMMING
SYCAMORES MAKE HISTORY WITH SECOND-PLACE FINISH AT 2023 MVC SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Indiana State swimming and diving made school history on Saturday night as the Sycamores posted their first top-two team finish at the 2023 Missouri Valley Swimming & Diving Championships.
The Sycamores finished second overall with 1200.5 points to snap a stretch of four consecutive seasons finishing third in the team standings. Indiana State was runner-up to Missouri State as the Bears took home the team championship with 1326 points. Illinois State (997), Northern Iowa (881), and Southern Illinois (854) rounded out the top five in the team standings.
Marni Gray highlighted the final day of the championships as the senior claimed the 200-yard Fly championship. Gray was fourth overall in the field through the first 100 yards in the event before the Toronto native pulled away from the field with a personal-best 2:00.75. It marked the second time Gray won the 200-yard Fly at the MVC Championships after previously topping the field in 2021.
Alexa Szadorski (100 Free) and Zoe Smith (3M Diving) finished second overall in their respective events to add podium finishes on the field day. Szadorski shattered the ISU school record in the 100-yard Freestyle finishing second in the field in 50.24 to earn All-Conference recognition. Smith became the first diver in ISU history to earn All-Conference recognition in the 3M diving event after finishing second with a score of 276.90.
Overall, Indiana State featured six All-Conference honors and 10 All-Conference Honorable Mentions as the Sycamores saw success from across the roster throughout the championships.
“I’m so proud of and thankful for every member of this team and coaching staff,” head coach Josh Christensen said. “This weekend and this season have been a huge leap forward for our young program. We’ve put so much work into developing our program culture and identity. This weekend solidified what it means to be a Sycamore. We’re excited to keep growing and taking this program to new heights.”
The Indiana State Sycamore senior class was recognized prior to the start of Saturday evening’s finals as a part of the conference’s recognition of all the seniors across the MVC. The 2023 ISU senior class has special meaning to Christensen as the group was a part of his inaugural recruiting class.
“This senior group means the world to me and this program,” Christensen said. “It’s been rewarding to watch them grow and become the women and leaders they are today. They are leaving a tremendous legacy and their fingerprints will be all over the future success this program has.”
Saturday Evening Finals
Olivia DiRuzza and Madie Rutan paced the Sycamores in the 200-yard Backstroke event to open up Saturday evening’s finals at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. DiRuzza led the way finishing sixth overall in the A-Finals in 2:01.07, while Rutan touched the wall in 2:05.72 to place eighth in the field. Kalli Agapios (2:02.40, 11th), Carmen Alard Vegas (2:02.53, 12th), and Alexandria Cotter (2:05.86, 16th) took on the field in the B-Finals to add to the Indiana State point totals.
Alexa Szadorski took a full half-second off the Indiana State record in the 100-yard Freestyle as the sophomore finished second overall in the field in the A-Finals. Szadorski touched the wall in 50.24 to get her first podium finish, while Chloe Farro placed fifth in 50.54 in a new personal-best. Peyton Heagy (51.76, 20th) and Sarah Moreau (52.36, 23rd) competed in the C-Finals for the Sycamores.
Dorotea Bukvic finished seventh in the 200-yard Breastroke field in 2:15.19 to lead the Sycamores in the A-Finals of the event. Kaimi Matsumoto finished second in the B-Finals and 10th overall in 2:16.68 to highlight her evening.
Marni Gray recorded her second career conference championship in the 200 Fly as the senior touched the wall in 2:00.75. Katie Dougherty added a top-five finish in the A-Finals after touching the wall in 2:03.02. Haley Halsall (2:05.59, 12th) and Raine Boles (2:06.72, 15th) finished among the leaders in the B-Finals to wrap up the individual swimming events on the weekend.
Zoe Smith took on the field in the 3M Diving A-Finals as the junior battled her way to a second-place finish in the field. Smith became the second ISU diver to earn All-Conference recognition and first diver to earn the honors in the 3M event after scoring 276.90.
Indiana State set a new school record in the 400-yard Freestyle Relay as the Sycamores cut nearly two full seconds off the previous mark set at the Tim Welsh Classic. Chloe Farro, Kaimi Matsumoto, Peyton Heagy, and Alexa Szadorski combined to touch the wall in 3:22.09 to set a new school mark in finishing third in the event.
Saturday Morning Prelims
Four Sycamores finished in the top-10, while five athletes advanced to Saturday evening’s 200-yard Backstroke finals to open up the competition on the final day of the 2023 MVC Championships. Olivia DiRuzza was the top finisher for the Sycamores in 2:00.54 placing fourth, while Madie Rutan also advanced to the A-Finals in 2:01.49. Carmen Alard Vegas (2:02.90, 9th), Kalli Agapios (2:03.05, 10th), and Alexandria Cotter (2:03.34, 15th) all moved on to the B-Finals to cap the first event.
Chloe Farro took down the ISU record in the 100-yard Freestyle as the sophomore eclipsed her previous-best mark by finishing fifth in the field in 50.82. Alexa Szadorski joined her teammate in the A-Finals with a time of 50.95 to place seventh, while Peyton Heagy (51.82, 19th) and Sarah Moreau (52.10, 23rd) both advanced to the C-Finals.
Dorotea Bukvic was back in the A-Finals in the 200-yard Breaststroke as the sophomore placed seventh in the field in 2:16.33. Kaimi Matsumoto also advanced to the B-Finals for the Sycamores finishing 11th in the field in 2:18.97.
Marni Gray was the top overall finisher in the 200-yard Fly as the senior finished first in the field in the event in 2:01.54. Katie Dougherty joined Gray in the A-Finals after finishing eighth in the field in 2:04.35, while Haley Halsall (2:05.54, 12th) and Raine Boles (2:07.56, 16th) advanced to the B-Finals.
Advanced to A-Finals
200-yard Back: Olivia DiRuzza (2:00.54, 4th), Madie Rutan (2:01.49, 7th)
100-yard Free: Chloe Farro (50.82, 5th), Alexa Szadorski (50.95, 7th)
200-yard Breast: Dorotea Bukvic (2:16.33, 7th)
200-yard Fly: Marni Gray (2:01.54, 1st), Katie Dougherty (2:04.35, 8th)
Advanced to B-Finals
200-yard Back: Carmen Alard Vegas (2:02.90, 9th), Kalli Agapios (2:03.05, 10th), Alexandria Cotter (2:03.34, 15th)
200-yard Breast: Kaimi Matsumoto (2:18.97, 11th)
200-yard Fly: Haley Halsall (2:05.54, 12th), Raine Boles (2:07.56, 16th)
Advanced to C-Finals
100-yard Free: Peyton Heagy (51.82, 19th), Sarah Moreau (52.10, 23rd)
INDIANA STATE TRACK
SYCAMORES SHINE IN FINAL MEET BEFORE MVC CHAMPIONSHIPS
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State took home 13 event wins in its final meet before the MVC Indoor Championships, as the Sycamores showcased their talents across the board Saturday at the ISU Open.
Every event group had at least one event winner, with the Sycamores sweeping the throws events on both the men’s and women’s side. Also included were sweeps of the high jump and 3000m.
Among the event winners for Blue and White were Niesha Anderson (shot put, weight throw), Daryl Black (60m hurdles), Cami Farmer (3000m), Layton Hall (3000m), Nyla Jones (60m), Kevin Krutsch (high jump), Cael Light (mile), Brett Norton (weight throw), Daniel O’Laughlin (pole vault), Wyatt Puff (shot put), Eva Grace Quinlan (high jump) and Brittney Walker (long jump).
Event Winners
Nyla Jones – 60m (7.69)
Cael Light – mile (4:14.06)
Layton Hall – 3000m (8:56.18)
Cami Farmer – 3000m (10:58.17)
Daryl Black – 60m hurdles (8.55)
Kevin Krutsch – high jump (2.11m/6-11.00)
Eva Grace Quinlan – high jump (1.68m/5-06.00)
Daniel O’Laughlin – pole vault (4.65m/15-01.00)
Brittney Walker – long jump (5.71m/18-09.00)
Wyatt Puff – shot put (17.01m/55-09.75)
Niesha Anderson – shot put (13.64m/44-08.75), weight throw (19.26m/63-02.25)
Brett Norton – weight throw (19.67m/64-06.50)
Top-Three Finishes
Jhivon Wilson – 60m (second, 6.88)
Zoe Sullivan – 200m (second, 25.51)
Quincy Armstrong – 400m (second, 50.58)
Emily Lowe – 400m (second, 1:01.57)
Emerson Fayman – mile (second, 4:21.67)
Sara Skaff – mile (second, 5:11.35)
Ryann Porter – 60m hurdles (second, 8.68), long jump (third, 5.44m/17-10.25)
Trevor Thompson – high jump (second, 2.08m/6-09.75)
Kelsey Bowlds – high jump (second, 1.60m/5-03.00)
Brooklyn Giertz – pole vault (second, 3.90m/12-09.50)
Dominique Wood – long jump (5.51m/18-01.00), triple jump (second, 11.47m/37-07.75)
Ali Ilupeju – triple jump (second, 13.46m/44-02.00)
Elias Foor – shot put (second, 16.51m/54-02.00)
Noah Bolt – weight throw (second, 19.59m/64-03.25), shot put (third, 16.24m/53-03.50)
Josie Hapack – shot put (second, 13.41m/44-00.00), weight throw (second, 17.20m/56-05.25)
Daunte Majors – 60m (third, 6.90)
Saadiya Mitchell – 200m (third, 27.43)
Brendan Rogers – 400m (third, 51.21)
Ayana Parchman – 400m (third, 1:03.23)
Nicholas Burns – 800m (third, 1:58.13)
Morgan Dyer – mile (third, 5:11.46)
Collette Wolfe – 60m hurdles (third, 8.98)
Essence Johnson – high jump (third, 1.55m/5-01.00)
Landis Brandon – pole vault (third, 3.75m/12-03.50)
Mitch Conard – long jump (third, 6.96m/22-10.00)
Wyatt Puff – weight throw (third, 19.15m/62-10.00)
Sprints/Hurdles
Nyla Jones had the highlight performance of the sprints group, taking home the 60m title with a finals time of 7.69. Jones also had the best prelims time in the field at 7.70. On the men’s side, Jhivon Wilson (6.88) and Daunte Majors (6.95) both earned top-three finishes in the 60m.
Joining Jones as an event winner Saturday was Daryl Black, who took home top spot in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.55. Indiana State also had a pair of podium finishes in the women’s 60m hurdles with Ryann Porter (8.68) and Collette Wolfe (8.98) placing second and third, respectively.
In the 200m, Zoe Sullivan ran a career-best time of 25.51 to place second in the event. The Sycamores also had strong showings in the 400m, with Quincy Armstrong (50.58) and Brendan Rogers (51.21) earning top-three finishes on the men’s side and Emily Lowe (1:01.57) and Ayana Parchman (1:03.23) placing in the top three on the women’s side.
Distance
Indiana State put together a strong showing in the distance events, with a trio of Sycamores taking home event wins.
Cami Farmer (10:58.17) and Layton Hall (8:56.18) swept the 3000m titles for the Blue and White, with Ethan Baitz (9:18.27) also placing in the top five on the men’s side. Cael Light paced the first half of the 3000m for the Sycamores and also won the mile Saturday with a meet-record time of 4:14.06.
Indiana State also had top-three finishes in the women’s mile from Sara Skaff (5:11.35) and Morgan Dyer (5:11.46), with Cassidy Bagby right behind them in fourth (5:11.56). Napoleon Hernandez paced the first half of the men’s 800m for the Sycamores, in which Nicholas Burns placed third in 1:58.13.
Jumps/Pole Vault
A sweep of the high jump highlighted the day for Indiana State’s jumps and pole vault group. Kevin Krutsch continued his strong season on the men’s side with a clearance of 2.11m (6-11.00), with teammate Trevor Thompson clearing 2.08m (6-09.75) in the event. On the women’s side, Eva Grace Quinlan took home the top spot after clearing 1.68m (5-06.00).
Indiana State also got a win in the long jump from Brittney Walker, with the Sycamores taking each of the top three spots in the event. Walker’s top mark was 5.71m (18-09.00), with Dominique Wood (5.51m/18-01.00) and Porter (5.44m/17-10.25) rounding out the top three. Mitch Conard gave the Trees a top-three finish in the men’s long jump with a top mark of 6.96m (22-10.00).
Rounding out the winners from the jumps and pole vault group was Daniel O’Laughlin, who cleared 4.65m (15-01.00) to take top spot in the pole vault. On the women’s side, Brooklyn Giertz cleared 3.90m (12-09.50) and Landis Brandon cleared 3.75m (12-03.50) to earn top-three finishes.
Indiana State had a pair of triple jump competitors, with both placing second. Dominique Wood narrowly missed out on the top spot on the women’s side with a mark of 11.47m (37-07.75), while Ali Ilupeju had a top jump of 13.46m (44-02.00) on the men’s side.
Throws
Indiana State swept all four throws events in what was a banner day for the Blue and White. Niesha Anderson took the women’s shot put (13.63m/44-08.75) and weight throw (19.26m/63-02.25) titles, with Josie Hapack placing second in both events for the Sycamores with marks of 13.41 (44-00.00) in the shot put and 17.20 (56-05.25) in the weight throw.
On the men’s side, Brett Norton continued his dominance in the weight throw with a top mark of 19.67m (64-06.50) to place first. Fellow Sycamores Noah Bolt (19.59m/64-03.25) and Wyatt Puff (19.15m/62-10.00) rounded out the top-three in the event. Puff wound up winning he shot put with a top throw of 17.01m (55-09.75), with Elias Foor (16.51m/54-02.00) and Bolt (16.24m/53-03.50) giving the Sycamores another sweep of the top three.
Up Next
Indiana State looks to defend its MVC Indoor Championship titles Feb. 26-27 at Gately Park in Chicago.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MBB
DAMIAN CHONG QUI BEATS WRIGHT STATE WITH SHOT FROM THE LOGO
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne’s Damian Chong Qui made a buzzer-beater from just past mid-court to defeat Wright State 77-75 on Sunday (Feb. 19) in Horizon League men’s basketball play.
Chong Qui’s shot came after Wright State’s Trey Calvin put the Raiders up one at 75-74 with 2.8 seconds left in the game. It was Wright State’s only lead of the game. The ‘Dons quickly inbounded the ball to Chong Qui after Calvin’s basket. Chong Qui raced up court, set his feet on the U of the Purdue Fort Wayne logo and let the ball go with .4 left on the clock. He fell to the court as he watched the shot go in and waited for his teammates to mob him.
The Mastodons took a lead as large as 12 in the first half before ending the first 20 minutes with a 37-32 advantage. Godfrey and Chong Qui led the ‘Dons with eight each in the first half. Wright State shot 63.0 percent (17-of-27) in the second half to chip away at the deficit. They tied it at 70 with 2:28 left before Quinton Morton-Robertson and Ra Kpedi added layups to give the Mastodons a 74-70 advantage with 57 seconds left. Brandon Noel hit a 3-pointer seven seconds later to make the score 74-73. That is how it stayed before Calvin and Chong Qui traded baskets in the final seconds.
Chong Qui finished with 16 points. Jarred Godfrey had a game-high 25 points with six steals, five rebounds and three assists. Chong Qui, Godfrey, Bobby Planutis and Ra Kpedi were honored prior to the game as part of Senior Day festivities. Kpedi tied a career high with 15 rebounds while Planutis totaled seven points.
Wright State falls to 16-13 (9-9 Horizon League). Purdue Fort Wayne improves to 16-13 (8-10 Horizon League). The ‘Dons will hit the road to Milwaukee on Thursday (Feb. 23) in an 8:30 p.m. ET start.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE BASEBALL
MASTODONS RECORD 11 RUNS IN LOSS AT ALABAMA STATE
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Purdue Fort Wayne baseball team out-hit Alabama State but fell to the Hornets 13-11 on Sunday (Feb. 19) afternoon.
The Mastodons threw six pitchers with Mac Ayres starting and going the first three. Colin Bauer suffered the loss. He is 0-1. Justin Miller tossed a scoreless eighth.
Offensively, the ‘Dons were led by newcomer Grant Thoroman, who went 3-for-4 on the day with a triple, a walk and five RBI. Cade Nelis hit his first home run as a Mastodon when he hit a solo shot in the second to give the ‘Dons a 1-0 lead.
Purdue Fort Wayne lost the lead they built in the second, but got back on the board in the fourth trailing 2-1. Purdue Fort Wayne picked up two runs when a single from Thoroman brought home Eli Tencza and Tyler Nelson, which brought the score to 3-2 in favor of the Mastodons.
Alabama State led 8-3 when the Mastodons tied up the game at eight with five runs in the sixth. Braedon Blackford had a key two-RBI triple in the frame.
The ‘Dons out-hit Hornets 12-11 and earned five walks.
Alabama State was led offensively by freshman Jayden Sloan, who went 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBI. Alabama State scored three runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh.
Alabama State improves to 3-1. The ‘Dons are 1-3. Purdue Fort Wayne returns to action next weekend at Bethune-Cookman.
EVANSVILLE BASEBALL
LATE RALLY FALLS SHORT AT TROY
TROY, Ala.—A furious late-inning rally came up one-run short on Sunday for the University of Evansville baseball team, as the Purple Aces dropped the series finale at Troy by an 11-10 score at Riddle-Pace Field in Troy, Alabama.
“I thought that it was a great effort fighting back from our offense today,” said UE head coach Wes Carroll. “We just didn’t pitch well enough at times to secure a win against a talented Troy team. We just have to bounce back Tuesday at UK.”
Troy jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning on a solo home run by third baseman Caleb Bartolero. UE would respond in the third inning with a pair of runs on an RBI single by junior second baseman Kip Fougerousse and an RBI fielder’s choice by senior third baseman Brent Widder to take a 2-1 lead.
The lead would not last long, though, as Troy exploded for two runs each in the third, fifth, and sixth innings, and three more in the fourth to build a 10-2 lead. UE would then take advantage of an inning-opening error in the eighth inning to claw back into the contest.
A Widder sacrifice fly opened the scoring in the eighth inning before the UE offense exploded five two-out runs. Fifth-year outfielder Danny Borgstrom scored junior shortstop Simon Scherry with a triple to left-center field to begin the onslaught. Junior catcher Brendan Hord then followed with an RBI double before fifth-year designated hitter Eric Roberts hit a long two-run home run to right field to cut the deficit to 10-7.
Sophomore outfielder Ty Rumsey would then reach on a wild pitch, advance to scoring position on another wild pitch, and score on an RBI single by Fougerousse. UE would eventually load the bases in the eighth inning, but could not score again as the Troy lead stood at 10-8. Troy then got a key solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to push the lead to 11-8.
In the ninth, Evansville would rally one final time. The first three UE batters reached base, before Roberts delivered an RBI ground out to cut the Troy lead to 11-9. Pinch-hitter Ben Stuart then delivered a sacrifice fly to center field to cut the deficit to 11-10 and put the game-tying run at third base. Troy closer Noah Manning was able to get Fougerousse to ground out to second base though to end the rally and the contest.
Fougerousse and Scherry both had three hits to lead UE offensively, with Fougerousse driving in two runs, and Scherry scoring a pair of runs. Rumsey also had a two-hit game, and Roberts drove in three.
Bartolero went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI to lead Troy. Four additional Trojan hitters had two-hit games as well.
Evansville (0-3) will continue on its season-opening four-game road trip on Tuesday, as the Purple Aces will travel to Lexington, Kentucky to take on the Kentucky Wildcats. First-pitch is set for 3 p.m. central time and Tuesday’s game can be seen live on the SEC Network Plus.
SOUTHERN INDIANA BASEBALL
USI TAKES OPENING SERIES WITH 5-4 WIN
MILLINGTON, Tenn. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball used a three-run eighth inning rally to defeat Western Illinois University, 5-4, Sunday afternoon at USA Stadium in Millington, Tennessee. The Screaming Eagles take the opening series of the year and pushed their record to 3-1, while the Leathernecks go to 1-3.
USI freshman second/third baseman Caleb Niehaus (Newburgh, Indiana), who led the way for the Eagles by going three-for-four with two runs scored and four RBIs, gave USI an early 1-0 lead in the third on his second home run of the season. The lead was short lived as Western Illinois responded with three unanswered runs to lead 3-1 after four innings.
The Eagles got a run back in the top of the fifth when junior shortstop Ricardo Van Grieken (Venezuela) singled up the middle to score Niehaus and make the score 3-2. The WIU 3-2 lead would stand up until the eighth inning when Niehaus struck again.
The freshman infielder stroked a three-run triple to right field for a 5-3 Eagles’ lead. Western Illinois would get a run in the bottom half of the eighth after loading the bases with no one out, while USI junior right-hander Cory Anderson (Linton, Indiana) finished the game by striking out the only batter he would face with the bases full of Leathernecks in the ninth for his first save of the year.
USI junior right-hander Carter Stamm (Jasper, Indiana) picked up the win in relief, entering the game in the fifth. Stamm (1-0) pitched three scoreless frames, allowing two walks and striking out four.
Up Next for the Eagles:
The Eagles continue the season opening road swing with a visit to Lipscomb University Tuesday for a 3 p.m. first pitch. Lipscomb opened the 2023 with a three-game series win over the University of Notre Dame, taking games one (5-4) and three (4-20) and falling in the middle game (8-4).
Lipscomb leads the series, 11-1, with USI winning the last meeting after splitting a doubleheader in 1980.
USI opens the 2023 home schedule February 24-26 when the Eagles host Bellarmine University at the USI Baseball Field. The series opens with a 3 p.m. start February 24; continues with a 1 p.m. game February 25; and concludes with a noon contest February 26.
VALPO WBB
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL EARNS WEEKEND SWEEP WITH WIN AT EVANSVILLE
Two days after using its best defensive performance of the season to earn a win at Indiana State, the Valpo women’s basketball team flipped the script and used perhaps its best offensive effort this year on Sunday to pick up a 74-68 victory at Evansville and complete the weekend sweep of the downstate road swing.
How It Happened
The Beacons started the game strong, hitting 6-of-11 from the floor in the opening quarter, including four 3-pointers. Valpo’s advantage was as many as seven points in the first quarter before Evansville closed to within 20-17 at the end of the period.
Valpo maintained its advantage throughout the second quarter, but was never able to push its lead past six points. It was a 35-33 Beacon lead going into intermission.
Evansville came out of halftime and scored on five of its first seven possessions, putting together an 11-2 run to take the lead and push it out to 44-37, forcing a Valpo timeout with 6:09 to play in the third quarter.
With the deficit still seven approaching four minutes to play in the period, fifth-year Maya Dunson (Dayton, Ohio/Wayne [Loyola]) helped erase nearly the whole Purple Aces lead, hitting two 3-pointers in a four-possession span as part of an 8-2 run which brought Valpo back to within one.
Later in the quarter, senior Olivia Brown (East Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids [St. Bonaventure]) connected on a 3-pointer to level the game with 47 seconds to play in the period. Evansville scored the final basket of the quarter, however, to lead 55-53 with 10 minutes remaining.
Much like a 10-0 run on Friday in the fourth quarter proved to be the vital stretch in that victory, the Beacons scored seven straight in a span of 1:23 to open the fourth quarter Sunday to take the lead for good.
Fifth-year Ilysse Pitts (Aurora, Ill./Montini Catholic) opened the period with a driving layup and then came up with a steal on the defensive end, feeding junior Leah Earnest (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) for a basket which put Valpo in front.
The next time down the floor, it was Brown who finished at the rim through contact and completed the old-fashioned 3-point play, and all of a sudden, Valpo led 60-55 with 8:37 to play.
The Beacons maintained at least a three-point lead, and a 3-pointer by Earnest with 4:58 remaining pushed the edge to 65-59. A layup from Earnest with 3:17 to play again made it a six-point advantage.
Evansville came down and hit a triple mere seconds later, though, and for the first time since the spurt at the beginning of the quarter, the Purple Aces had the ball with a chance to tie on each of their next two possessions. But two missed shots were both cleaned up by Beacon rebounders.
Freshman Ali Saunders (Depauw, Ind./North Harrison) was fouled on each of Valpo’s next two possessions and hit 3-of-4 from the foul line around a pair of Evansville free throws, making it 70-66 Valpo with 1:10 to play.
The biggest plays of the game on both sides of the ball came within the next 40 seconds. On the defensive end, the Beacons forced a loose ball which was eventually corralled by Dunson. Valpo then ran down the shot clock nearly the entire 30 seconds offensively before Earnest drove and finished to make it 72-66 Beacons with 31.5 seconds to play, a basket which essentially closed the door on the Purple Aces.
Inside the Game
The win completed a weekend sweep of the downstate Indiana road trip for the Beacons. This is the third straight season (excepting the COVID-affected 2020-21 campaign) that Valpo has swept both halves of the Indiana State/Evansville road swing — the first time in program history it has swept the same two-game conference road trip three straight times.
Sunday was Valpo’s first victory when trailing after three quarters since coming from behind to win at Drake on Feb. 4, 2022.
As mentioned, Sunday was right there for the Beacons’ best offensive performance of the season. Valpo shot at a 51.1% clip (24-of-47) from the field, a season-best percentage from the floor.
The Beacons were 10-of-18 from behind the 3-point line, the fifth time this season they have reached double digits in 3-pointers. Seven different Valpo players hit at least one triple.
The 55.6% clip from deep was the program’s best since hitting 75% at Southern Illinois on Feb. 27, 2021.
Valpo also committed just 13 turnovers in the victory, tied for its second-fewest within MVC play this season.
It was a balanced effort on the offensive end, with four players scoring in double figures and two others recording at least seven points. For the second straight game, Brown led the way for Valpo with 16 points — doing so on Sunday on 5-of-7 shooting from field, including 3-of-4 from deep.
Earnest scored nine of her 14 points in the final quarter while also adding five rebounds.
Playing in front of a strong contingent of family members and friends, Saunders helped ice the game by going 5-of-6 from the foul line down the stretch to close out a 10-point afternoon, while Dunson hit a pair of 3-pointers to score 10 points as well, reaching double figures for the second time this year.
Redshirt junior Emma Tecca (Tallamadge, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban [Akron]) continued her strong recent play with nine points on 4-of-7 shooting.
Pitts chipped in seven points, led Valpo with eight rebounds to tie a career best and dished out a game-high five assists to tie her season high.
Next Up
Valpo (6-19, 4-12 MVC) continues its current stretch of home games on Thursday as it attempts to make it three victories in a row when the Beacons visit Bradley. Game time is slated for 7 p.m., and the game can be seen live on ESPN+.
VALPO MBB
KRIKKE POSTS CAREER HIGH IN SINGLE-POINT LOSS AT UIC
Playing with his parents in attendance for the first time in his collegiate career, Valparaiso University men’s basketball standout Ben Krikke (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada / Jasper Place) continued to play at an elite level, this time racking up a career-high 34 points on Sunday afternoon at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago. Krikke’s effort could not quite get Valpo over the hump in a heartbreaking 74-73 loss to host UIC.
How It Happened
The game got off to a zany start as both teams had 9-0 runs within the first four minutes of the contest. Valpo rattled off the day’s first nine points, a run that was capped by a Maximus Nelson (Appleton, Wis. / Appleton North) triple at the 17:22 mark.
The Flames responded with a 9-0 burst of their own that came in less than a minute of game time. Three UIC 3s fell, including a pair by Jalen Jackson.
Valpo held a 13-11 lead at the 13:00 mark, but UIC went on another 9-0 run to take a 20-13 lead. The final seven points of that run came during Krikke’s brief time on the bench, forcing Matt Lottich to use a timeout at the 9:21 mark of the half to get his star player back on the court.
The UIC lead reached double figures at 30-19 with 6:38 remaining, but it was Valpo’s turn for a 7-0 run with a second-chance triple by Krikke slicing the deficit to three at 30-27 with 4:25 left in the half.
Valpo again got back to within three points on a second-chance 3-pointer at the 2:46 mark, when Kobe King (La Crosse, Wis. / La Crosse Central [Wisconsin]) connected from distance. A fastbreak bucket by Quinton Green (Columbus, Ohio / Homeschool [Cedarville]) cut the deficit to one, but UIC had the lead back to five at 41-36 by the break.
The UIC advantage was seven early in the second half, but Valpo ripped off eight straight points to go ahead 44-43 by making the team’s first five 2-point attempts of the half.
The game was played within four points either way for an extended stretch in a back-and-forth affair. King hit a 3 on a Nick Edwards (Atlanta, Ga. / Grayson [Glenville State]) assist to make it 57-53 Valpo with 10:51 on the clock.
Krikke made a go-ahead basket with 5:01 to go, and then scored on the next possession on another Edwards assist to put the team up 68-66. UIC tied the game at 68 before Nelson hit an enormous 3 with 2:28 to go to put Valpo on top 71-68.
The game’s next four points were UIC free throws to put the Flames up one, then Krikke drained two freebies to have Valpo back on top with 44 seconds remaining.
Carter scored with 30 seconds on the clock to put UIC up one. Nelson tried a go-ahead 3 with 19 seconds to go but misfired, and Valpo fouled with 14 seconds remaining. UIC missed both free throws to keep the door ajar, but Green’s contested layup was off the mark and his second-chance jumper was also no good before the final seconds ticked off.
Inside the Game
Krikke’s 34 points outdid his previous career high of 31 that was set on Dec. 4 vs. Murray State.
Krikke’s first basket of the day allowed him to pass Harry Bell (1984-88; 1,508) on the program’s all-time scoring list, moving into the career top 10. By the end of the day, Krikke had lifted his career point total to 1,541 and moved into eighth in program history. He surpassed Dick Jones (1965-68; 1,520) and Bruce Lindner (1967-70; 1,539) as well.
Krikke’s 34 points were the second-highest single game scoring output by any Missouri Valley Conference player this season. The only greater effort came from Belmont’s Ben Sheppard, who scored 35 on Feb. 1, 2023 at Murray State.
Krikke delivered the highest single-game scoring output by a Valpo player since Alec Peters had 35 on Dec. 22, 2016 vs. Santa Clara, a game that went to double overtime.
Krikke had the highest scoring output by a Valpo player in a regulation game since Peters had 36 on Nov. 12, 2016 vs. Trinity Christian. This was the highest scoring output by a Valpo player in a road game since Peters had a career-high 39 on Jan. 10, 2016 at Detroit Mercy.
Krikke is up to 567 points for the season, six away from reaching the program’s single-season top 10.
Krikke also led the team with 10 rebounds, four of which came on the offensive glass. This was his second double-double of the season and first since the season opener on Nov. 7 at Toledo. It was Valpo’s fifth double-double of the year.
This was the first “30&10” game by a Valpo player since Javon Freeman-Liberty on Nov. 12, 2019 at SIUE.
Krikke’s career high 14 made field goals tied with Alec Peters’ 14 vs. Trinity Christian on Nov. 12, 2016 for the most by a Valpo player in the last decade. The 14 field goals were the most by any MVC player in a game this season.
King registered 15 points and has been in double figures in all 29 games this season. With his performance on Sunday, he has tied a program record for consecutive double-figure scoring outputs within the same season, joining Alec Peters and Javon Freeman-Liberty.
Edwards handed out eight assists, lifting his season total to 144. He is one assist away from cracking the program’s single-season top 10.
Valpo slipped to 0-6 in MVC games that are decided by fewer than five points or go to overtime this season.
This was Valpo’s first game decided by the slimmest of margins since Dec. 11, 2021, a 68-67 loss to Charlotte. The last one-point game in conference play was a 66-65 win at SIU on Feb. 21, 2021.
UIC connected on nine of its 18 first-half 3-point attempts (50 percent), but cooled off to 18.2 percent (2-of-11) from long range after the break.
Up Next
Valpo (11-18, 5-13 MVC) will close out the home portion of the season on Wednesday night at the Athletics-Recreation Center as Bradley will be in town for Senior Night, a game that begins at 6 p.m. For ticket information, visit valpoathletics.com/tickets.
U OF I MTENNIS
TENNIS FINISHES AS RUNNER-UP FOR ITA TEAM INDOORS
INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 7-ranked UIndy men’s tennis team fell in the championship of the ITA DII National Men’s Team Indoor Championship to the No. 3-ranked Saint Leo Lions by a score of 4-1.
INS AND OUTS
Championship Sunday brought all the excitement in the world to the UIndy Tennis Center, with an even bigger crowd than the one the day prior coming to support the Hounds attempt at getting some new hardware for their trophy case. Doubles, as has been most of the season, was a strong suit for the Hounds, with Jason Gerweck and Nikolaj Talimaa jumping out fast to a 6-1 victory.
The Lions rattled back a win of their own at No. 2 doubles, leaving the point in the hands of the No. 1 duo, Edgar Destouet and Tom Zeuch. The Lions had dominated early in the battle between No. 1 and No. 14, winning the first two games. Multiple game wins by Zeuch and Destouet evened the score and eventually gave them the lead. The match continued to be back and forth with the Hounds coming out on top in the end.
Despite losing the doubles point, the Lions were far from down. They started with a win the back half of their lineup over August Ehrnrooth, 6-4, 6-4. The No. 37-ranked singles player Vincent Theil was next, scoring a win over Talimaa at the No. 3 slot in straight sets.
Destouet, battling a rolled ankle in the first set, held on for all he could, playing through gritted teeth, but it was not enough, as he fell in straight sets. The final match of the tournament came from Tom Zeuch and Martin Soukal. The Lion Soukal jumped Zeuch early, winning the first set 6-3, but Zeuch answered back big, winning the second 6-2. The third was an extremely close battle, with both teams cheering on their teammates, neither wanting to quit. Finally, Soukal outlasted Zeuch, claiming the final set 7-5, securing the championship for the Lions.
HOUND BYTES
Head Coach Malik Tabet on the tournament and his team’s performance…
“It was a great match; we probably played the best team in division II. We win the doubles point, and we were in a really position after that. Every match was extremely competitive, I could not be more proud of my players in the way they introduced themselves today, and how they competed and represented out institution today.”
UP NEXT
The gauntlet of ranked foes it not over for the No. 7 team in the nation, as they welcome back in a familiar foe in Wayne State for a rematch of the semifinals on March. 4 at 5 p.m.
U OF I SOFTBALL
SMITH SPINS NO-HITTER ON FINAL DAY AT MUSIC CITY INVITE
SMYRNA, Tenn.—UIndy’s All-America pitcher Kenzee Smith notched her third career no-hitter Sunday, blanking in-region Parkside, 5-0, at the Music City Invitational just outside of Nashville, Tenn.
As a team, the 14th-ranked Greyhounds settled for a split on their final two games of the weekend, as they followed the Parkside win with a tough 5-4 defeat at the hands of Harding.
GAME 1 | UIndy 5, Parkside 0
Smith retired the first six batters she faced, pitched around a leadoff walk in the third, and all but cruised the rest of the way. She struck out the side in the fourth before finishing with nine Ks against just two walks for the game.
The feat happened on the one-year anniversary of her last no-no, as she no-hit Tiffin at last year’s Music City Invitational exactly 365 days ago.
Offensively, the Hounds got all their runs in the second inning. UIndy batted around in the productive frame, with Emily O’Connor punctuating the scoring with a two-run double – the only extra-base hit of the game. Lexy Rees, Jocelyn Calvin and Megan Nichols also recorded hits in the inning, with Nichols plating two runs with a single to center field.
GAME 2 | Harding 5, UIndy 4
UIndy had its eight-game winning streak snapped by a talented Harding club. Trailing 3-1 through three innings, the Greyhounds surged ahead in the top of the fifth to earn a 4-3 edge – their first lead of the game. Back-to-back hits from Rees (double) and Dominique Proctor (single) fueled the rally.
However, the Lady Bisons found new life down the stretch, plating single runs in the fifth and sixth frames to slip by the Hounds.
Smith (5-2) was tagged with the loss, as she surrendered the final two runs during her 3 2/3 innings of relief.
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds head down to Owensboro, Ky., this coming Friday and Saturday for four games at the Blue Bridge Battle. They’ll kick things off with a rematch versus Davenport.
U OF I WLAX
MALCOLM SCORES 10 POINTS, HOUNDS DROP FINDLAY 22-2 ON SUNDAY
INDIANAPOLIS – Quinn Malcolm scored 10 points on Sunday afternoon in helping guide the No. 8 University of Indianapolis women’s lacrosse team to a dominating 22-2 victory over the Findlay Oilers at Key Stadium. The winning streak for the UIndy women’s lacrosse team has now been extended to 20 games dating back to last season.
The 10 points scored is a new career high for Malcolm and was only three points shy of tying the single-game points record, which was set at 13 by Destinie Katz in 2019. Along with this, the five goals she produced matched her career high and the five assists she dished out set her new career high.
In total, 10 different players had one or more point this afternoon. Megan Dunn matched Malcolm’s five goals scored while Christina Sato matched Malcom’s five assist afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Greyhounds raced out to an 8-0 lead after the opening period and continued to pile on goals as they took a 15-0 advantage into the halftime locker room. Findlay finally found the scoreboard with 3:55 remaining in the third and then once again with 1:01 left in the fourth, but by this time the Hounds were firmly in the driver’s seat.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-The Greyhounds ended with 37 total shots while the Oilers managed just seven in return.
-UIndy was a perfect 8-of-8 on clear attempts while Findlay was just 3-of-8.
-A total of 15 ground balls were scooped up by the Greyhounds. The Oilers had just seven.
-Joey Fowler ended second on the team with seven points after scoring four goals and dishing out three assists.
-Amy Vegh managed a team-high two caused turnovers.
HOUND BYTES
Initial thoughts on the win from head coach Elaine Jones…
“I was very pleased with our team’s effort and intensity. It’s never easy playing back-to-back games, but I thought the players rose to the challenge and I love the way they responded.”
Jones’ thoughts on the offensive and defensive performances of her team…
“On offense, I was really happy with the variety of scorers involved and the balance of goals and assists. We didn’t shoot well versus Walsh yesterday so that was one area we knew we had to fix. The defense communicated well as a cohesive unit and turned in a stellar performance.”
Jones on Malcolm scoring 10 points this afternoon…
“Quinn did a great job facilitating our attack while also being a threat both feeding and scoring the ball.”
UP NEXT
The Hounds will now prepare to head to Cleveland, Tenn., next Saturday to battle Lee University. Action is set to begin at noon ET.
U OF I BASEBALL
HOUNDS FINISH OFF FALCONS WITH SERIES SWEEP
INDIANAPOLIS—The UIndy baseball team wrapped up its opening weekend with a series sweep, taking the third and final game versus visiting Notre Dame College by a final score of 13-1. After a record-breaking offensive outburst Saturday, the Greyhounds tacked on a baker’s dozen to its season run total, which now stands at 62 after just three games.
INS & OUTS
Starting pitcher Logan Peterson put in a solid outing before being pulled after loading the bases with just one out in the top of the sixth. E.J. White came on in relief with the Hounds up 6-1 and the bases juiced, and needed just two pitches to induce a tailor-made double-play ball to end the threat.
UIndy officially snatched back the momentum the next half inning when Drew Donaldson put the cherry on his impressive weekend with a two-run triple. The Hounds went on to plate seven runs in the bottom of the sixth to all but put it away.
Peterson (1-0) finished with a line of 5 1/3 innings, seven Ks, two walks and just one earned run allowed. White and Wyatt Phillips combined to pitch 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, with Phillips striking out the side in the top of the seventh before the 10-run rule was enforced.
DH Brady Ware had his second homer of the weekend with an absolute bomb in the third inning. First baseman Denton Shepler and catcher Isaac Bair added two doubles apiece, while the latter also threw out a pair of would-be base stealers from behind the dish.
Caleb Vaughn managed a double and two stolen bases and Easton Good finished with three hits.
UP NEXT
UIndy continues its lengthy season-opening home stand next weekend when it hosts in-region Grand Valley State for a three-game set starting Saturday, Feb. 25.
MARIAN MEN’S TENNIS
MARIAN DEFEATS GEORGETOWN 5-2
INDIANAPOLIS – The Marian men’s tennis team picked up their first win of the spring season on Sunday as they defeated Georgetown College 5-2 at the Indy Healthplex. Marian’s record on the season is 7-5 with the win.
The Knights jumped out to an early lead taking the doubles point. Ashwin Bhat and Jake Giles picked up the first win at the No. 3 spot, winning 6-2 over Chase Hechemy and Andrew Kennedy, while at No. 1 doubles, Jacob Wittenbaum and Jared Thomas fell to Parker Clarke and Tsugu Hirose 6-3. With the score even, Mark Griffin and Jona Henze defeated Logan Smallwood and Leo Schrimer 7-5 at No. 2 to clinch the doubles point.
Marian continued to battle after doubles, picking up four of the six singles points. Dmitrii Voshchenkov claimed the first win at No. 3 singles as he won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0 over Clarke, followed by Griffin at the No. 1 spot who defeated Maxcene Barriere 6-2, 6-3. Georgetown got their first singles win at No. 2 with Henze falling 6-4, 7-5, but Bhat clinched the win for the Knights after he won 6-3, 6-3 over Stephen Taylor. Gavin Dardeen got the last point as he took down Smallwood 6-0, 6-2 at No. 6 singles, before Max Sternberg fell 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) to Hirose.
Marian will play IU East on Sunday at the Indy Healthplex with the match starting at 3 p.m.
MARIAN WTENNIS
KNIGHTS SWEEP GEORGETOWN 7-0
INDIANAPOLIS – The Marian women’s tennis team picked up their first win of the spring season, defeating Georgetown College 7-0 on Sunday at the Indy Healthplex. Marian’s record on the season is 10-4 with the win.
The Knights started the match strong by winning the doubles point, as Betija Dusele and Katharina Bopst kicked the day off with a 6-0 win at No. 1 doubles, defeating Sam Spady and Emma Hill. Isadora Muller and Dana Savarino followed with a 6-0 win over Lydia Prince and Maddie Gill at the No. 2 spot. Emma Chrome and Josie Yarbrough went unfinished in their match on at No. 3 doubles, trailing 2-4.
In singles, Marian rolled, claiming victory in all six matches. Bopst started singles with a swift win at No. 1, earning the 6-2, 6-3 win over Hill. Dusele would finish next at No. 1 singles with the 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (7-5) win over Bailee Martin. At the No. 3 spot was Muller picking up the three-set victory, as she took down Spady 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 1-0 (10-6). Chrome followed with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 4, downing Gill, while Savarino picked up the 6-0, 6-1 win at the No. 4 spot by defeating Hana Dixon. Yarbrough finished up the match by winning her match 6-0, 6-0 against Abby Moss at the No. 6 spot.
Marian will play IU East on Sunday at the Indy Healthplex with the match starting at 3 p.m.
SMALL COLLEGE ATHLETIC SITES:
INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/
EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/
WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/
FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/
ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/
ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index
TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index
BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/
DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/
HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/
MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/
HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/
OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx
ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index
IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/
IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/
IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/
PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/
INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx
GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/
ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/
GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/
HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php
TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/
VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index
SPORTS EXTRA
NBA STANDINGS
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||
| Atlantic Division | ||||||||||||
| W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Last 10 | Streak | |||
| Boston | 42 | 17 | .712 | — | 24-7 | 18-10 | 8-1 | 25-12 | 7-3 | 1 W | ||
| Philadelphia | 38 | 19 | .667 | 3.0 | 23-8 | 15-11 | 7-5 | 22-13 | 7-3 | 4 W | ||
| Brooklyn | 34 | 24 | .586 | 7.5 | 18-11 | 16-13 | 6-7 | 24-13 | 5-5 | 1 W | ||
| New York | 33 | 27 | .550 | 9.5 | 16-15 | 17-12 | 5-8 | 23-16 | 6-4 | 3 W | ||
| Toronto | 28 | 31 | .475 | 14.0 | 18-13 | 10-18 | 4-9 | 17-19 | 6-4 | 2 W | ||
| Central Divison | ||||||||||||
| W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Last 10 | Streak | |||
| Milwaukee | 41 | 17 | .707 | — | 24-5 | 17-12 | 8-4 | 23-13 | 10-0 | 12 W | ||
| Cleveland | 38 | 23 | .623 | 4.5 | 25-6 | 13-17 | 11-3 | 22-11 | 8-2 | 1 L | ||
| Chicago | 26 | 33 | .441 | 15.5 | 16-13 | 10-20 | 5-7 | 20-20 | 3-7 | 6 L | ||
| Indiana | 26 | 34 | .433 | 16.0 | 18-14 | 8-20 | 4-5 | 18-17 | 2-8 | 1 W | ||
| Detroit | 15 | 44 | .254 | 26.5 | 8-21 | 7-23 | 0-9 | 6-27 | 3-7 | 2 L | ||
| Southeast Division | ||||||||||||
| W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Last 10 | Streak | |||
| Miami | 32 | 27 | .542 | — | 19-10 | 13-17 | 7-3 | 15-17 | 5-5 | 2 L | ||
| Atlanta | 29 | 30 | .492 | 3.0 | 15-12 | 14-18 | 5-5 | 17-19 | 4-6 | 2 L | ||
| Washington | 28 | 30 | .483 | 3.5 | 14-12 | 14-18 | 6-3 | 15-17 | 6-4 | 2 W | ||
| Orlando | 24 | 35 | .407 | 8.0 | 14-15 | 10-20 | 3-8 | 12-25 | 5-5 | 1 L | ||
| Charlotte | 17 | 43 | .283 | 15.5 | 9-18 | 8-25 | 6-8 | 9-29 | 3-7 | 2 W | ||
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||
| Northwest Division | ||||||||||||
| W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Last 10 | Streak | |||
| Denver | 41 | 18 | .695 | — | 27-4 | 14-14 | 10-5 | 29-11 | 7-3 | 3 W | ||
| Minnesota | 31 | 30 | .508 | 11.0 | 20-13 | 11-17 | 8-7 | 22-19 | 5-5 | 1 L | ||
| Oklahoma City | 28 | 29 | .491 | 12.0 | 17-12 | 11-17 | 5-6 | 15-17 | 5-5 | 1 W | ||
| Utah | 29 | 31 | .483 | 12.5 | 18-12 | 11-19 | 4-6 | 19-18 | 4-6 | 1 L | ||
| Portland | 28 | 30 | .483 | 12.5 | 16-14 | 12-16 | 5-8 | 20-16 | 5-5 | 1 L | ||
| Pacific Division | ||||||||||||
| W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Last 10 | Streak | |||
| Sacramento | 32 | 25 | .561 | — | 17-12 | 15-13 | 5-6 | 20-13 | 5-5 | 1 L | ||
| LA Clippers | 33 | 28 | .541 | 1.0 | 15-13 | 18-15 | 6-4 | 19-16 | 6-4 | 2 W | ||
| Phoenix | 32 | 28 | .533 | 1.5 | 20-10 | 12-18 | 9-1 | 21-15 | 7-3 | 1 L | ||
| Golden State | 29 | 29 | .500 | 3.5 | 22-7 | 7-22 | 4-6 | 17-14 | 5-5 | 1 L | ||
| LA Lakers | 27 | 32 | .458 | 6.0 | 14-14 | 13-18 | 2-9 | 14-20 | 4-6 | 1 W | ||
| Southwest Division | ||||||||||||
| W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Last 10 | Streak | |||
| Memphis | 35 | 22 | .614 | — | 24-5 | 11-17 | 6-2 | 17-16 | 4-6 | 1 W | ||
| Dallas | 31 | 29 | .517 | 5.5 | 19-10 | 12-19 | 7-2 | 23-16 | 5-5 | 3 L | ||
| New Orleans | 30 | 29 | .508 | 6.0 | 20-10 | 10-19 | 7-4 | 19-15 | 4-6 | 1 L | ||
| San Antonio | 14 | 45 | .237 | 22.0 | 9-21 | 5-24 | 2-7 | 5-30 | 0-10 | 14 L | ||
| Houston | 13 | 45 | .224 | 22.5 | 8-20 | 5-25 | 1-8 | 7-31 | 2-8 | 7 L |
NHL STANDINGS
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | ROW | GF | GA | Home | Road | L10 | ||
| 1 Boston Bruins | 55 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 207 | 117 | 23-2-3 | 19-6-2 | 6-3-1 | |
| 2 Carolina Hurricanes | 55 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 82 | 34 | 188 | 147 | 19-6-2 | 18-4-6 | 9-1-0 | |
| 3 New Jersey Devils | 56 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 79 | 36 | 195 | 149 | 16-10-2 | 21-4-3 | 7-2-1 | |
| 4 Toronto Maple Leafs | 57 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 76 | 34 | 194 | 153 | 22-6-4 | 12-9-4 | 6-4-0 | |
| 5 New York Rangers | 56 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 75 | 30 | 191 | 152 | 16-9-4 | 17-5-5 | 8-0-2 | |
| 6 Tampa Bay Lightning | 55 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 73 | 33 | 195 | 162 | 21-4-2 | 14-13-1 | 6-2-2 | |
| 7 Pittsburgh Penguins | 55 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 63 | 26 | 178 | 174 | 15-7-4 | 12-12-5 | 4-4-2 | |
| 8 New York Islanders | 59 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 63 | 28 | 171 | 168 | 17-10-3 | 11-14-4 | 5-3-2 | |
| 9 Washington Capitals | 58 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 62 | 27 | 175 | 170 | 14-11-3 | 14-13-3 | 3-7-0 | |
| 10 Florida Panthers | 59 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 62 | 26 | 205 | 207 | 15-8-3 | 13-17-3 | 5-4-1 | |
| 11 Buffalo Sabres | 54 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 60 | 27 | 201 | 187 | 11-14-2 | 17-8-2 | 6-3-1 | |
| 12 Detroit Red Wings | 55 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 60 | 24 | 172 | 179 | 14-11-3 | 12-10-5 | 7-3-0 | |
| 13 Ottawa Senators | 55 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 58 | 25 | 171 | 176 | 16-12-2 | 11-12-2 | 7-2-1 | |
| 14 Philadelphia Flyers | 57 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 54 | 21 | 153 | 183 | 11-14-3 | 11-11-7 | 2-5-3 | |
| 15 Montreal Canadiens | 56 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 50 | 19 | 151 | 205 | 14-14-1 | 9-15-3 | 4-5-1 | |
| 16 Columbus Blue Jackets | 57 | 18 | 34 | 5 | 41 | 17 | 146 | 212 | 12-17-2 | 6-17-3 | 4-4-2 | |
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | ROW | GF | GA | Home | Road | L10 | ||
| 1 Vegas Golden Knights | 56 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 72 | 31 | 184 | 157 | 17-13-0 | 17-5-4 | 6-2-2 | |
| 2 Dallas Stars | 57 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 72 | 28 | 185 | 148 | 15-7-7 | 15-8-5 | 3-2-5 | |
| 3 Los Angeles Kings | 57 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 71 | 27 | 196 | 193 | 17-9-2 | 15-9-5 | 7-2-1 | |
| 4 Seattle Kraken | 56 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 70 | 32 | 197 | 174 | 15-10-3 | 17-8-3 | 5-4-1 | |
| 5 Winnipeg Jets | 56 | 34 | 21 | 1 | 69 | 33 | 176 | 147 | 20-8-0 | 14-13-1 | 5-5-0 | |
| 6 Colorado Avalanche | 55 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 67 | 27 | 173 | 155 | 14-9-4 | 17-10-1 | 6-2-2 | |
| 7 Edmonton Oilers | 57 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 68 | 30 | 214 | 191 | 13-11-5 | 17-8-3 | 4-1-5 | |
| 8 Minnesota Wild | 56 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 65 | 24 | 167 | 161 | 18-10-2 | 12-11-3 | 5-4-1 | |
| 9 Calgary Flames | 56 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 63 | 25 | 177 | 172 | 15-10-2 | 11-9-9 | 5-3-2 | |
| 10 Nashville Predators | 54 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 58 | 24 | 152 | 163 | 15-10-3 | 11-12-3 | 5-5-0 | |
| 11 St. Louis Blues | 56 | 26 | 27 | 3 | 55 | 23 | 175 | 205 | 13-13-2 | 13-14-1 | 3-7-0 | |
| 12 Arizona Coyotes | 57 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 49 | 17 | 155 | 199 | 13-8-2 | 7-20-7 | 5-1-4 | |
| 13 Vancouver Canucks | 56 | 22 | 30 | 4 | 48 | 19 | 191 | 226 | 11-15-1 | 11-15-3 | 4-5-1 | |
| 14 San Jose Sharks | 57 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 45 | 16 | 170 | 213 | 5-14-7 | 12-15-4 | 3-5-2 | |
| 15 Chicago Blackhawks | 55 | 18 | 32 | 5 | 41 | 18 | 136 | 201 | 11-16-3 | 7-16-2 | 4-5-1 | |
| 16 Anaheim Ducks | 56 | 17 | 33 | 6 | 40 | 14 | 141 | 236 | 9-16-1 | 8-17-5 | 4-5-1 |
FOOTBALL HISTORY
February 20, 1892 – Atlanta, Georgia – The University of Georgia Bulldogs played its second game ever in a 10-0 loss against the Auburn Tigers according to the University of Georgia web post. The game would be the first in what is now known as ‘The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry’, with 120 games having been played between the schools entering the 2017 season. In 1892 University of Georgia journeyed to Atlanta to play Auburn University’s team, from Auburn, Alabama. It was the first game of what has become the South’s oldest college football rivalry, and many of the sport’s historians consider February 20, 1892, to be the birth date of college football in the South.
HALL OF FAME BIRTHDAY FOR FEBRUARY 20
February 20, 1912 – Chicago, Illinois – The awesome Michigan Wolverine Tackle, Francis Whitey Wistert was born. According to the National Football Foundation Whitey had absolutely no prior gridiron experience when he arrived on campus at Michigan in the early 1930’s. The Wolverines were 7-0-1 in the 1933 season aided in part by Whitey’s quick diagnosing of the opposition’s plays. Francis Wistert received the great honor of being selected for inclusion into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1967. Amazingly great football ran in his family’s bloodline as his brothers Albert, who played 1940-1941, and Alvin, who played 1947-1949, are also Hall of Fame enshrinees that played at Michigan.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1923 Giants attorney Emil Fuchs and Christy Mathewson, who becomes the principal owner and team president, put together a syndicate that buys the Boston Braves for $300,000. The future Hall of Famer right-hander’s deteriorating health reduces him no more than a figurehead, turning over the presidency to Fuchs at the end of the season.
1929 The Red Sox announce the team will play its newly allowed Sunday games at Braves Field, the home of their National League rivals located on Commonwealth Avenue at Babcock Street. The team will not play Sunday contests at Fenway Park until 1932 because the blue laws restrict the venue’s use due to its proximity to churches.
1953 August A. Busch, seeing the purchase as a marketing tool, convinces the Board of Directors of Anheuser-Busch to buy the Cardinals from Fred Saigh for $3.75 million. The beer baron convinces the former owner, convicted of tax evasion, as a matter of civic pride to take less money than the offer from an ownership group that would move the Redbirds to Houston.
1963 The Cubs officially put an end to their radical approach in using multiple field bosses when they hire Bob Kennedy as their only manager. With the “College of Coaches” system disbanded, the club will post an 82-80 record under their lone skipper.
1963 After leading the Giants to the pennant, Willie Mays becomes the game’s presently highest-paid player, signing a $100,000 contract, a ten-thousand-dollar increase from last season. The 31-year-old outfielder, who slugged a major league-leading 49 home runs last year, joins Stan Musial, Joe DiMaggio, and Ted Williams to ink a six-figure deal.
1984 Pedro Guerrero becomes the highest-paid Dodger when he signs a five-year, seven-million dollar contract to play in Los Angeles. The 27-year-old Dominican Republic native, a .305 lifetime hitter who paced the team last season with 32 homers and 103 RBIs, made it clear he would not accept anything less than $1.2 million for the upcoming campaign.
1992 After Homer Simpson’s team qualifies for the league final, power plant owner Montgomery Burns hires nine major league players to win a $1 million bet with rival Shelbyville. Darryl Strawberry, the only big-leaguer to play due to a series of bizarre pregame accidents, hits nine home runs, but Burns replaces the southpaw slugger with Homer in the last inning because he wants a righty to face the opponent’s left-hander.
1996 The Yankees officially sign Dwight Gooden, who didn’t play last season due to being suspended for drugs, to a one-year deal with two option years. The complicated contract, necessitated by the hurler’s past addictions, calls for a salary of $1M in 1996, then $2M in 1997 and $3M in 1998, and requires the 31-year-old right-hander to be tested for drugs three times a week while participating in a 12-step program.
2008 “My, oh my,” Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus goes into the Baseball Hall of Fame. On his 73rd birthday, the veteran announcer, the team’s lead play-by-play announcer from their inaugural season in 1977 until his death after the 2010 season, learns he is the recipient of the 2008 Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence.
2009 Tom Glavine, with the most wins among active pitchers, agrees to a one-year, $1 million deal to stay with the Braves. The 42-year-old southpaw, who underwent surgery for a torn ligament in his left elbow, posted a 2-4 record with a 5.54 ERA in 13 starts for Atlanta before being shut down for the season last August.
2009 Baltimore inks Brian Roberts to a four-year contract extension reportedly worth $40 million. Along with Nick Markakis, who recently signed a six-year, $66 million deal, the 31-year-old talented second baseman becomes the second home-grown Oriole player within a month to agree to a long-term pact to stay with the last-place club.
2009 Avoiding arbitration, the Nationals and Ryan Zimmerman (.283, 14, 51) agree to a one-year, $3.3 million contract. The 24-year-old third baseman is Washington’s all-time leader in almost every offensive category, including homers, RBI, runs, and hits, as well as games, since the franchise relocated from Montreal four seasons ago.
SPORTS IN NUMBERS
1 – 24 – 7 – 9
February 20, 1919 – One of the founding clubs of the NHL, the Toronto Arenas have the need araise to cease operations due to financial difficulties. This club would later become Toronto St. Patricks who would in turn be known as the Toronto Maple Leafs.
February 20, 1926 – The Montreal Maroons and the Ottawa Senators hockey game ends in just the second scoreless tie in NHL history. Tending the nets were Clint Benedict of the Maroons and Senators goal keeper Alex Connell, Number 1. Ironically but less than a decade later Connell would be minding the crease of the Maroons. We are not quite sure what number Benedict wore on his sweater but we do know that he was one of if not the first goalie to wear a face mask in NHL history.
February 20, 1952 – Emmett Ashford becomes the first black umpire in organized baseball as he gained cerification on this day. The legendary trail bazing Ump had to wait until the 1966 season though to make it into the “Big Leagues” for his MLB debut on the field.
February 20, 1963 – The legendary Willie Mays, Number 24, a Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder of the future at the time, became the highest-paid player in MLB, signing a record $100,000 contract with the San Francisco Giants.
February 20, 1971 – The Boston Bruins legend, Phil Esposito became the record holder for NHL’s quickest to score 50 goals in a season. Esposito wore the Number 7 proudly on his Bruins jersey.
February 20, 1971 – Not to be outdone that day, Number 9 of the Red Wings, “Mr. Hockey,” Gordie Howe, scores a goal and adds 3 assists, including his 1,800th career NHL point, in 6-5 Red Wings’ win over Buffalo in Detroit. Howe hit this milestone in his 1,670th game, so do the math…he was very productive in almost every game offensively.
February 20 , 1993 – The NY Islanders retired Billy Smith’s Number 31 jersey digit from further use.
TV MONDAY
| NCAA BASKETBALL GAMES – MEN’S | TIME ET | TV |
| UC San Diego at UC Davis | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Louisville at Duke | 7:00pm | ESPN |
| Oklahoma State at West Virginia | 7:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Coppin State at Norfolk State | 7:30pm | – |
| Howard at Morgan State | 7:30pm | – |
| A&M-Commerce at Nicholls | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Bethune-Cookman at Alabama State | 8:30pm | – |
| UAPB at Texas Southern | 8:30pm | – |
| Kansas at TCU | 9:00pm | ESPN |
| Minnesota at Illinois | 9:00pm | BTN |
| Florida A&M at Alabama A&M | 9:00pm | ESPNU |
| Mississippi Valley State at Prairie View A&M | 9:00pm | – |
| Cal State Fullerton at UC Santa Barbara | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Hawai’i at CSU Bakersfield | 10:30pm | ESPN+ |
| UC Irvine at Cal Poly | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UC Riverside at CSUN | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| COLLEGE BASKETBALL – WOMEN’S | TIME ET | TV |
| Missouri at Texas A&M | 7:00pm | SECN |
| Ohio State at Michigan | 7:00pm | FS1 |
| Rutgers at Wisconsin | 7:00pm | BTN |
| UCLA at Stanford | 9:00pm | ESPN2 |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON GAMES | TIME ET | TV |
| Anaheim at Florida | 1:00pm | NHLN Bally Sports |
| Ottawa at Boston | 1:00pm | Sportsnet NESN |
| Seattle at San Jose | 4:00pm | NBCS-CA Root Sports |
| Philadelphia at Calgary | 4:00pm | NBCS-PHI Sportsnet |
| NY Islanders at Pittsburgh | 7:00pm | NHLN MSGSN ATTSN-PIT |
| Winnipeg at NY Rangers | 7:00pm | Sportsnet MSG |
| SOCCER MATCHES | TIME ET | TV |
| Serie A: Torino vs Cremonese | 2:45pm | Paramount+ |
| La Liga: Getafe vs Valencia | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Primeira Liga: Benfica vs Boavista | 4:15pm | GOLTV |
| Argentina Primera División: Sarmiento vs San Lorenzo | 5:15pm | Paramount+ |
| Argentina Primera División: Atlético Tucumán vs Vélez Sarsfield | 7:30pm | Paramount+ |