*******************THE SCOREBOARD*******************
INDIANA SRN BOYS BASKETBALL POLL
4A
- BEN DAVIS
- PENN
- BROWNSBURG
- CATHEDRAL
- HAMMOND CENTRAL
3A
- MISHAWAKA MARIAN
- NORTH DAVIESS
- NORTHWOOD
- NORWELL
- SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON
2A
- LINTON STOCKTON
- FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK
- SOUTH SPENCER
- TAYLOR
- WAPAHANI
1A
- BLOOMFIELD
- ORLEANS
- LOOGOOTEE
- TRI
- BETHESDA CHRISTIAN
INDIANA SRN GIRLS BASKETBALL POLLS
4A
- SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON
- ZIONSVILLE
- HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
- NOBLESVILLE
- FISHERS
3A
- TWIN LAKES
- NORWELL
- EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL
- JAY COUNTY
- INDIAN CREEK
2A
- CENTRAL NOBLE
- NORTH KNOX
- BLACKFORD
- ANDREAN
- PIONEER
1A
- TRI
- LANSEVILLE
- TRINITY LUTHERAN
- CASTON
- NORTHEAST DUBOIS
INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL SECTIONAL PAIRINGS
4A
1. LAKE CENTRAL (7)
G1: HAMMOND MORTON VS. HAMMOND CENTRAL. TUES
G2: MUNSTER VS. MERRILLVILLE. WED
G3: LAKE CENTRAL VS. EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL. WED
G4: GARY WEST SIDE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
2. LOWELL (7)
G1: KANKAKEE VALLEY VS. HOBART. TUES
G2: CROWN POINT VS. VALPARAISO. WED
G3: LOWELL VS. CHESTERTON. WED
G4: PORTAGE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
3. PLYMOUTH (7)
G1: MISHAWAKA VS. SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON. TUES
G2: MICHIGAN CITY VS. LAPORTE. WED
G3: SOUTH BEND RILEY VS. PLYMOUTH. WED
G4: SOUTH BEND ADAMS VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
4. CONCORD (6)
G1: PENN VS. NORTHRIDGE. TUES
G2: CONCORD VS. WARSAW COMMUNITY. TUES
G3: GOSHEN VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: ELKHART VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
5. DEKALB (6)
G1: FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE VS. DEKALB. TUES
G2: CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) VS. FORT WAYNE NORTHROP. TUES
G3: FORT WAYNE SNIDER VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: EAST NOBLE VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
6. HUNTINGTON NORTH (6)
G1: FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE VS. NEW HAVEN. TUES
G2: COLUMBIA CITY VS. HOMESTEAD. TUES
G3: HUNTINGTON NORTH VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: FORT WAYNE WAYNE VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
7. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON (6)
G1: KOKOMO VS. MCCUTCHEON. TUES
G2: LOGANSPORT VS. MARION. TUES
G3: HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
8. NOBLESVILLE (6)
G1: CARMEL VS. FISHERS. TUES
G2: WESTFIELD VS. ZIONSVILLE. TUES
G3: NOBLESVILLE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
9. MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE) (7)
G1: GREENFIELD-CENTRAL VS. PENDLETON HEIGHTS. TUES
G2: NEW PALESTINE VS. RICHMOND. WED
G3: MUNCIE CENTRAL VS. ANDERSON. WED
G4: MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE) VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
10. LAWRENCE CENTRAL (7)
G1: NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) VS. LAWRENCE NORTH. TUES
G2: INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL VS. INDIANAPOLIS
CRISPUS ATTUCKS. WED
G3: WARREN CENTRAL VS. LAWRENCE CENTRAL. WED
G4: INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
11. SOUTHPORT (7)
G1: SOUTHPORT VS. BEN DAVIS. TUES
G2: PERRY MERIDIAN VS. FRANKLIN CENTRAL. WED
G3: DECATUR CENTRAL VS. RONCALLI. WED
G4: PIKE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
12. TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO (5)
G1: PLAINFIELD VS. TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO. TUES
G2: TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO VS. AVON. FRI
G3: BROWNSBURG VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. SAT
13. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (6)
G1: BLOOMINGTON SOUTH VS. MOORESVILLE. TUES
G2: CENTER GROVE VS. GREENWOOD COMMUNITY. TUES
G3: MARTINSVILLE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: BLOOMINGTON NORTH VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
14. SHELBYVILLE (6)
G1: FRANKLIN COMMUNITY VS. COLUMBUS NORTH. TUES
G2: COLUMBUS EAST VS. EAST CENTRAL. TUES
G3: WHITELAND COMMUNITY VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: SHELBYVILLE VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
15. BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (7)
G1: BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE VS. JENNINGS COUNTY. TUES
G2: FLOYD CENTRAL VS. SILVER CREEK. WED
G3: NEW ALBANY VS. SEYMOUR. WED
G4: JEFFERSONVILLE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
16. EVANSVILLE HARRISON (6)
G1: JASPER VS. EVANSVILLE HARRISON. TUES
G2: CASTLE VS. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL. TUES
G3: EVANSVILLE REITZ VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: EVANSVILLE NORTH VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
3A
17. GRIFFITH (7)
G1: BOONE GROVE VS. GRIFFITH. TUES
G2: CALUMET VS. HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL. WED
G3: HANOVER CENTRAL VS. RIVER FOREST. WED
G4: HIGHLAND VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
18. BREMEN (6)
G1: GLENN VS. CULVER ACADEMIES. TUES
G2: BREMEN VS. ROCHESTER COMMUNITY. TUES
G3: KNOX VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: TIPPECANOE VALLEY VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
19. MISHAWAKA MARIAN (5)
G1: MISHAWAKA MARIAN VS. JIMTOWN. TUES
G2: SOUTH BEND CLAY VS. SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH. FRI
G3: NEW PRAIRIE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. SAT
20. FAIRFIELD (5)
G1: NORTHWOOD VS. WAWASEE. TUES
G2: WEST NOBLE VS. FAIRFIELD. FRI
G3: LAKELAND VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. SAT
21. FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN (7)
G1: HERITAGE VS. FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER. TUES
G2: LEO VS. FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN. WED
G3: GARRETT VS. ANGOLA. WED
G4: WOODLAN VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
22. BENTON CENTRAL (7)
G1: TWIN LAKES VS. NORTH MONTGOMERY. TUES
G2: BENTON CENTRAL VS. WESTERN. WED
G3: RENSSELAER CENTRAL VS. FRANKFORT. WED
G4: WEST LAFAYETTE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
23. NORWELL (7)
G1: PERU VS. MACONAQUAH. TUES
G2: BELLMONT VS. OAK HILL. WED
G3: NORTHWESTERN VS. MISSISSINEWA. WED
G4: NORWELL VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
24. HAMILTON HEIGHTS (7)
G1: CENTERVILLE VS. JAY COUNTY. TUES
G2: DELTA VS. FRANKTON. WED
G3: NEW CASTLE VS. YORKTOWN. WED
G4: HAMILTON HEIGHTS VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
25. LEBANON (7)
G1: LEBANON VS. WESTERN BOONE. TUES
G2: CRAWFORDSVILLE VS. DANVILLE COMMUNITY. WED
G3: TRI-WEST HENDRICKS VS. MONROVIA. WED
G4: CASCADE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
26. OWEN VALLEY (7)
G1: SOUTH VERMILLION VS. BROWN COUNTY. TUES
G2: WEST VIGO VS. EDGEWOOD. WED
G3: INDIAN CREEK VS. OWEN VALLEY. WED
G4: NORTHVIEW VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
27. BREBEUF JESUIT (6)
G1: HERRON VS. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN. TUES
G2: GUERIN CATHOLIC VS. INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD. TUES
G3: INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: BREBEUF JESUIT VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
28. SPEEDWAY (6)
G1: BEECH GROVE VS. SPEEDWAY. TUES
G2: INDIANAPOLIS GEORGE WASHINGTON VS. CHRISTEL HOUSE.
TUES
G3: PURDUE POLYTECHNIC VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
29. RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED (7)
G1: SOUTH DEARBORN VS. CONNERSVILLE. TUES
G2: FRANKLIN COUNTY VS. BATESVILLE. WED
G3: GREENSBURG VS. RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED. WED
G4: LAWRENCEBURG VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
30. CORYDON CENTRAL (6)
G1: SALEM VS. MADISON CONSOLIDATED. TUES
G2: CHARLESTOWN VS. CORYDON CENTRAL. TUES
G3: SCOTTSBURG VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: NORTH HARRISON VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
31. PRINCETON COMMUNITY (6)
G1: HERITAGE HILLS VS. SOUTHRIDGE. TUES
G2: PIKE CENTRAL VS. PRINCETON COMMUNITY. TUES
G3: VINCENNES LINCOLN VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: WASHINGTON VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
32. MT. VERNON (6)
G1: EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL VS. MT. VERNON. TUES
G2: BOONVILLE VS. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI. TUES
G3: EVANSVILLE BOSSE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: GIBSON SOUTHERN VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
2A
33. ANDREAN (8)
G1: LIGHTHOUSE CPC VS. NORTH NEWTON. TUES
G2: 21ST CENTURY-GARY VS. WHITING. TUES
G3: ILLIANA CHRISTIAN VS. BOWMAN. WED
G4: LAKE STATION EDISON VS. ANDREAN. WED
G5: WINNER OF G1 VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
G6: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G5 VS. WINNER OF G6. SAT
34. NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE (6)
G1: HEBRON VS. SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS). TUES
G2: NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE VS. LAVILLE. TUES
G3: SOUTH BEND CAREER VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: WHEELER VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
35. CENTRAL NOBLE (6)
G1: CHURUBUSCO VS. WESTVIEW. TUES
G2: CENTRAL NOBLE VS. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS. TUES
G3: FREMONT VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: EASTSIDE VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
36. LEWIS CASS (5)
G1: WABASH VS. PIONEER. TUES
G2: NORTH MIAMI VS. WINAMAC COMMUNITY. FRI
G3: LEWIS CASS VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. SAT
37. BLUFFTON (6)
G1: BLUFFTON VS. MANCHESTER. TUES
G2: SOUTH ADAMS VS. WHITKO. TUES
G3: ADAMS CENTRAL VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
38. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (6)
G1: SEEGER VS. DELPHI COMMUNITY. TUES
G2: CARROLL (FLORA) VS. COVINGTON. TUES
G3: LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: CLINTON PRAIRIE VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
39. BLACKFORD (7)
G1: EASTBROOK VS. MADISON-GRANT. TUES
G2: EASTERN (GREENTOWN) VS. BLACKFORD. WED
G3: TAYLOR VS. TIPTON. WED
G4: ELWOOD COMMUNITY VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
40. WAPAHANI (7)
G1: WAPAHANI VS. LAPEL. TUES
G2: MUNCIE BURRIS VS. WES-DEL. WED
G3: MONROE CENTRAL VS. WINCHESTER COMMUNITY. WED
G4: ALEXANDRIA MONROE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
41. HAGERSTOWN (5)
G1: HAGERSTOWN VS. NORTHEASTERN. TUES
G2: KNIGHTSTOWN VS. SHENANDOAH. FRI
G3: UNION COUNTY VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. SAT
42. TRITON CENTRAL (5)
G1: EASTERN HANCOCK VS. TRITON CENTRAL. TUES
G2: INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA VS. RIVERSIDE. FRI
G3: IRVINGTON VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. SAT
43. UNIVERSITY (4)
G1: UNIVERSITY VS. SHERIDAN. FRI
G2: PARK TUDOR VS. COVENANT CHRISTIAN. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G1 VS. WINNER OF G2. SAT
44. GREENCASTLE (7)
G1: SOUTHMONT VS. GREENCASTLE. TUES
G2: SOUTH PUTNAM VS. RIVERTON PARKE. WED
G3: PARKE HERITAGE VS. NORTH PUTNAM. WED
G4: CLOVERDALE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
45. SWITZERLAND COUNTY (5)
G1: NORTH DECATUR VS. SOUTH RIPLEY. TUES
G2: HAUSER VS. MILAN. FRI
G3: SWITZERLAND COUNTY VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. SAT
46. AUSTIN (7)
G1: EASTERN (PEKIN) VS. PROVIDENCE. TUES
G2: HENRYVILLE VS. SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER). WED
G3: CLARKSVILLE VS. AUSTIN. WED
G4: BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
47. EASTERN GREENE (8)
G1: PAOLI VS. NORTH DAVIESS. TUES
G2: SULLIVAN VS. SOUTH KNOX. TUES
G3: LINTON-STOCKTON VS. EASTERN GREENE. WED
G4: NORTH KNOX VS. MITCHELL. WED
G5: WINNER OF G1 VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
G6: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G5 VS. WINNER OF G6. SAT
48. FOREST PARK (6)
G1: CRAWFORD COUNTY VS. SOUTH SPENCER. TUES
G2: FOREST PARK VS. NORTH POSEY. TUES
G3: PERRY CENTRAL VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: TELL CITY VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
1A
49. KOUTS (6)
G1: DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN VS. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. TUES
G2: TRI-TOWNSHIP VS. HAMMOND S&T. TUES
G3: MORGAN TOWNSHIP VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: KOUTS VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
50. CULVER COMMUNITY (7)
G1: MARQUETTE CATHOLIC VS. OREGON-DAVIS. TUES
G2: ARGOS VS. CULVER COMMUNITY. WED
G3: TRINITY GREENLAWN VS. WESTVILLE. WED
G4: TRITON VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
51. FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN (5)
G1: LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN VS. HAMILTON. TUES
G2: FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN VS. BETHANY
CHRISTIAN. FRI
G3: ELKHART CHRISTIAN VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. SAT
52. TRI-COUNTY (6)
G1: FRONTIER VS. TRI-COUNTY. TUES
G2: WEST CENTRAL VS. NORTH WHITE. TUES
G3: SOUTH NEWTOWN VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: CASTON VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
53. SOUTHERN WELLS (5)
G1: SOUTHWOOD VS. FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY. TUES
G2: LAKELAND CHRISTIAN VS. SOUTHERN WELLS. FRI
G3: NORTHFIELD VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. SAT
54. ATTICA (6)
G1: CLINTON CENTRAL VS. FAITH CHRISTIAN. TUES
G2: NORTH VERMILLION VS. FOUNTAIN CENTRAL. TUES
G3: ATTICA VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: ROSSVILLE VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
55. TRI-CENTRAL (4)
G1: DALEVILLE VS. TRI-CENTRAL. FRI
G2: ANDERSON PREPARATORY VS. COWAN. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G1 VS. WINNER OF G2. SAT
56. RANDOLPH SOUTHERN (6)
G1: CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN VS. RANDOLPH SOUTHERN. TUES
G2: TRI VS. UNION CITY. TUES
G3: BLUE RIVER VALLEY VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: UNION (MODOC) VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
57. BLOOMFIELD (7)
G1: NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) VS. SHAKAMAK. TUES
G2: BLOOMFIELD VS. LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN. WED
G3: WHITE RIVER VALLEY VS. CLAY CITY. WED
G4: DUGGER UNION VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
58. BETHESDA CHRISTIAN (4)
G1: INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE VS. TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN.
FRI
G2: BETHESDA CHRISTIAN VS. INDIANA DEAF. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G1 VS. WINNER OF G2. SAT
59. EMINENCE (5)
G1: GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN VS. TINDLEY. TUES
G2: INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN VS. EMINENCE. FRI
G3: CENTRAL CHRISTIAN VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. SAT
60. SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) (7)
G1: WALDRON VS. JAC-CEN-DEL. TUES
G2: OLDENBURG VS. SOUTH DECATUR. WED
G3: MORRISTOWN VS. EDINBURGH. WED
G4: SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
61. BORDEN (6)
G1: WEST WASHINGTON VS. SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH). TUES
G2: CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA VS. ROCK CREEK. TUES
G3: BORDEN VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: LANESVILLE VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
62. RISING SUN (6)
G1: SHAWE MEMORIAL VS. TRINITY LUTHERAN. TUES
G2: RISING SUN VS. MEDORA. TUES
G3: CROTHERSVILLE VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G4: NEW WASHINGTON VS. WINNER OF G2. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G3 VS. WINNER OF G4. SAT
63. SPRINGS VALLEY (7)
G1: VINCENNES RIVET VS. LOOGOOTEE. TUES
G2: BARR-REEVE VS. SHOALS. WED
G3: WASHINGTON CATHOLIC VS. ORLEANS. WED
G4: SPRINGS VALLEY VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
G5: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G4 VS. WINNER OF G5. SAT
64. TECUMSEH (5)
G1: EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN VS. NORTHEAST DUBOIS. TUES
G2: CANNELTON VS. TECUMSEH. FRI
G3: WOOD MEMORIAL VS. WINNER OF G1. FRI
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINNER OF G2 VS. WINNER OF G3. SAT
INDIANA WRESTLING SECTIONAL BRACKETS: HTTPS://WWW.TRACKWRESTLING.COM/LOGIN.JSP?TIM=1672955797754&TWSESSIONID=WAENAMISOK&TOURNAMENTINDEX=0&TNAME=IHSAA%20SECTIONAL
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TEMPLE 56 #1 HOUSTON 55
#3 PURDUE 58 MARYLAND 55
#15 UCONN 86 BUTLER 56
ELSEWHERE:
INDIANA 82 MICHIGAN STATE 69
MICHIGAN 60 MINNESOTA 56
MEMPHIS 75 CINCINNATI 68
OREGON STATE 68 CALIFORNIA 48
WICHITA STATE 71 SMU 69
COLORADO 58 WASHINGTON STATE 55
COMPLETE SCOREBOARD: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/CBK/SCOREBOARD.ASP?CONF=-1&DAY=20230122
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#1 SOUTH CAROLINA 92 ARKANSAS 46
#4 STANFORD 62 #24 COLORADO 49
#7 NOTRE DAME 76 VIRGINIA 54
#8 UTAH 87 CALIFORNIA 62
#9 UCLA 73 WASHINGTON STATE 66
#11 MARYLAND 69 NEBRASKA 54
#12 VIRGINIA TECH 74 WAKE FOREST 57
#13 DUKE 62 SYRACUSE 50
#17 NORTH CAROLINA 70 GEORGIA TECH 57
#19 ARIZONA 80 ARIZONA STATE 67
#20 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 63 LOUISVILLE 51
#21 ILLINOIS 67 NORTHWESTERN 64
#25 TEXAS 68 BAYLOR 55
ELSEWHERE:
IUPUI 85 OAKLAND 69
INDIANA STATE 71 BRADLEY 60
ILLINOIS STATE 78 EVANSVILLE 46
PURDUE FORT WAYNE 72 WRIGHT STATE 55
NORTHERN KENTUCKY 73 CLEVELAND STATE 69
CLEMSON 67 BOSTON COLLEGE 57
FLORIDA 73 VANDERBILT 55
FLORIDA STATE 74 PITTSBURGH 37
SOUTH FLORIDA 83 CENTRAL FLORIDA 51
GREEN BAY 71 ROBERT MORRIS 54
MICHIGAN STATE 85 RUTGERS 63
MARQUETTE 80 SETON HALL 61
MASSACHUSETTS 79 DAYTON 60
MISSISSIPPI STATE 77 KENTUCKY 76
TENNESSEE 68 MISSOURI 60
MISSOURI STATE 77 MURRAY STATE 61
TEXAS A&M 75 GEORGIA 73
USC 63 WASHINGTON 54 OT
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 61 MILWAUKEE 51
AUBURN 77 OLE MISS 76 OT
PENN STATE 74 WISCONSIN 69
COMPLETE SCOREBOARD: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/WCBK/SCOREBOARD.ASP?CONF=-1&DAY=20230122
*********************NFL PLAYOFF SCOREBOARD*******************
CINCINNATI 27 BUFFALO 10…..BOX SCORE: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/FB/BOXSCORE.ASP?GAMECODE=20230122002&HOME=2&VIS=4&FINAL=TRUE
SAN FRANCISCO 19 DALLAS 12……. BOX SCORE: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/FB/BOXSCORE.ASP?GAMECODE=20230122025&HOME=25&VIS=6&FINAL=TRUE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 29
NFC: 3:00 PM (ET) NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (FOX, FOX DEPORTES)
AFC: 6:30 PM (ET) AFC CHAMPIONSHIP (CBS, PARAMOUNT+)
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LA CLIPPERS 112 DALLAS 98
MIAMI 100 NEW ORLEANS 96
TORONTO 125 NEW YORK 116
OKLAHOMA CITY 101 DENVER 99
PHOENIX 112 MEMPHIS 110
BROOKLYN 120 GOLDEN STATE 116
LA LAKERS 121 PORTLAND 112
BOX SCORES: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/NBA/SCOREBOARD.ASP
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NEW JERSEY 2 PITTSBURGH 1
BOSTON 4 SAN JOSE 0
WINNIPEG 5 PHILADELPHIA 3
LOS ANGELES 2 CHICAGO 1
ARIZONA 4 VEGAS 1
BOX SCORES: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/NHL/SCOREBOARD.ASP
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AP SOURCE: CHIEFS’ MAHOMES SUSTAINED HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Patrick Mahomes sustained a right high ankle sprain in the Kansas City Chiefs’ divisional playoff win over the Jaguars, a person familiar with the nature of the injury told The Associated Press on Sunday, but the All-Pro quarterback expects to play in next weekend’s AFC championship game.
Mahomes was hurt late in the first quarter Saturday when a Jacksonville defender landed on him. X-rays taken during the game came back negative, and Mahomes returned after halftime to lead Kansas City to the 27-20 victory.
Mahomes underwent an MRI on Sunday and it showed no structural damage, a person familiar with the results told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity because the team did not disclose the test results.
“I don’t want to jump to things right now, but let’s just see how it goes here the next couple days,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Saturday night. “It’s going to be sore, I know, but let’s see where he’s at. He’s had this before and he was able to keep pushing through, actually against Jacksonville whenever – a couple of years ago, same type of deal.
“The main thing is that he’s safe,” Reid said, “or as safe as you can be on a football field. That’s the important thing.”
The Chiefs will play the winner of Sunday’s game between Cincinnati and Buffalo. If it’s the Bengals, their rematch of last year’s AFC title game would be played at Arrowhead Stadium. If it’s the Bills, the game would occur in Atlanta.
Mahomes said after the game Saturday night that his ankle “feels better than I thought it would feel now.”
“Obviously, I have a lot of adrenaline going right now. We’ll see how it feels but I’ll hop right into treatment tonight and try to do whatever I can to be as close to 100% by next week,” he said. “Luckily for us we played the early game on Saturday, so we get an extra almost half a day that I can let that ankle rest.”
Still, high ankle sprains can be potentially serious injuries. Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire sustained one in late November and landed on injured reserve, and only last week did he return to practice.
“Pain is pain,” Mahomes said. “You’re going to have to deal with it.”
Mahomes missed most of the second quarter against the Jaguars but still threw for 195 yards and two scores. The second of them was a throw to Marquez Valdes-Scantling in the fourth quarter that ultimately provided the winning margin.
While Mahomes was out, backup Chad Henne also led the Chiefs on a 12-play, 98-yard touchdown drive.
“I’ve got to tell you, 15 is tough as nails, being able to come back in,” Chiefs safety Justin Reid said. “Even staying in after the injury and handing the ball off while he’s basically hobbling on one leg. The guy – that just shows you his love for the game and his character and his will to just be out there for his team and doing everything he can to help us win.”
BENGALS RETURN TO AFC CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 27-10 ROUT OF BILLS
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals threw a big wrench into the highly anticipated travel plans of the Buffalo Bills, their fans and perhaps even the NFL offices.
Burrow threw two touchdown passes and Cincinnati’s defense swarmed Josh Allen on a snow-slicked field in a 27-10 win Sunday to send the Bengals to the AFC championship game for the second straight year.
And it’ll be in Kansas City again – instead of in Atlanta, the neutral site where the game would’ve been played if Buffalo had beaten Cincinnati.
“Better send those refunds,” Burrow said, referring to the 50,000 or so tickets already sold for a game that will never be played.
“See y’all in Atlanta,” one Bengals player was heard yelling sarcastically while the team made its way to the locker room, where cornerback Eli Apple and a couple of teammates conducted interviews smoking cigars.
The Bengals entered the game already feeling disrespected when the NFL began selling tickets for a would-be game at Atlanta, that was dependent on the Bills and Chiefs winning this weekend.
The league decided on the first of its kind conference championship neutral site setting because the Bills (13-3) finished the season a half-game behind the Chiefs (14-3) after their game at Cincinnati was canceled on Jan. 2 when Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated on the field.
Hamlin’s inspirational presence while watching the game from an end-zone suite was not enough to spark the Bills.
Instead, it was “Joe Cool” showing poise while playing in a persistent snowfall.
Burrow completed his first nine passes for 105 yards as Cincinnati raced to a 14-0 lead after its first two possessions. Ja’Marr Chase opened the scoring with a 28-yard TD catch 3:20 into the game, followed by Burrow’s 15-yard TD throw to Hayden Hurst eight minutes later. Joe Mixon scored on a 1-yard run, and Evan McPherson made field goals from 20 and 28 yards in a game the Bengals never trailed.
“The bigger the moment gets, the calmer he gets,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said of Burrow, who improved his playoff record to 5-1. “Our guys believe. They walk on the field ready to attack.”
Cincinnati advanced to consecutive AFC championship games for the first time in franchise history and will prepare for a rematch of last year’s title game. The Bengals defeated Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs 27-24 to advance to last year’s Super Bowl, which they lost to the Los Angeles Rams.
“It’s going to be a fun one,” said Burrow, who went 23 of 36 for 242 yards Sunday. “Two of the top guys in the league, two of the top teams in the league, great defenses, great overall teams, great coaches.”
Cincinnati has won the past three meetings against Kansas City, including a 27-24 victory last month. The Chiefs are making their fifth straight appearance in the AFC championship game following a 27-20 win over Jacksonville on Saturday.
The Bills’ playoff run ended in the divisional round for a second straight season, including a 42-36 overtime loss to Kansas City last year.
Bills receiver Stefon Diggs was so upset, he was spotted leaving the locker room with much of his gear on shortly after the game ended before being coaxed by a teammate to return.
“He’s a competitive guy. What makes him good is what you saw,” coach Sean McDermott said of Diggs. “It hurts. I wouldn’t want a guy that doesn’t hurt. We put it all on the line out there and tonight it wasn’t good enough.”
It was a dud of an outing for the Bills, who opened the season with Super Bowl aspirations, and eventually ran out of emotional and physical gas. Aside from the stunning sight of Hamlin’s collapse, the Bills had their schedule twice disrupted by severe winter storms.
Injuries also played an issue. The Bills’ pass rush, missing Von Miller since he sustained a season-ending knee injury in November, generated very little pressure against a Bengals offensive line missing three starters due to injuries.
“We were expecting their best punch and they came out and punched us,” said Allen, who finished 25 of 42 for 265 yards, and scored on a 1-yard plunge. “We just didn’t have it today.”
The Bengals mixed in their running attack to keep the Bills off balance in a first half during which Cincinnati outgained Buffalo in total yards by a margin of 274-135, and 412-325 overall. Mixon’s 105 yards rushing alone were 1 short of how many the Bengals combined in their past two games, both against Baltimore.
“Domination from start to finish,” Burrow added. “That’s what we expected. Job’s not finished.”
The Bengals held one of the NFL’s top offenses to season-low 10 points. And the unit got a chance to celebrate by making snow angels in the end zone after Cam Taylor-Britt intercepted Allen’s attempt at the goal line to essentially end the game with 62 seconds remaining.
Hamlin was whisked into the stadium in a security vehicle, and led directly into the Bills’ locker room about an hour before kickoff. He was later joined by his mother, Nina, and younger brother, Damir. He watched the game from a suite in one end zone and was pictured on the videoboard at the 2-minute warning in the first half, with Cincinnati facing second-and-goal at Buffalo’s 5.
Hamlin raised his arms in his suite to a roar of cheers, before making a heart sign with his hands. The Bills limited the Bengals to a field goal, and trailed 17-7 at the half.
“We’ll be back,” Hamlin tweeted a few hours after the game. “Don’t even trip.”
STREAKS AND STATS
The Bengals extended their franchise-best streak to 10 straight wins. They haven’t lost since a 32-13 defeat at Cleveland on Halloween. The Bengals’ 30 first downs were a franchise postseason record.
They were the most allowed by the Bills since allowing 30 in last year’s playoff loss at Kansas City.
The Bills dropped to 13-2 when hosting an NFL playoff game. And they were 4-0 under McDermott.
49ERS BEAT COWBOYS 19-12 TO ADVANCE TO NFC TITLE GAME
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Brock Purdy rolled to his left and saw his first few options covered. At the last second, George Kittle broke free running deep, Purdy threw across his body and Kittle made a juggling catch that sparked San Francisco’s only touchdown drive.
That one big play proved to be enough to send the 49ers to their second straight NFC title game, thanks to a suffocating defensive performance.
Christian McCaffrey capped that drive with a go-ahead 2-yard run and the defense buckled down from there, sealing a 19-12 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
“Man, we’re just excited that we won,” said Purdy, the 49ers’ unbeaten rookie quarterback. “Everyone did their part. It’s playoff football, it’s never easy, but we’re moving on.”
The 49ers (15-4) used back-to-back long scoring drives in the second half to wear down the Cowboys (13-6) and win their 12th straight game. San Francisco advanced to play the Eagles in the NFC title game next Sunday in Philadelphia after losing in that round to the Rams a year ago.
The Cowboys lost for the record seventh straight time in the divisional round and have failed to make it to the NFC title game since winning their fifth Super Bowl title following the 1995 season.
Dak Prescott threw two interceptions and Brett Maher missed his fifth extra point of the postseason when his attempt was blocked. He later made two field goals.
“Just disappointment,” Prescott said. “Defense gave us an opportunity to win this game. They played hard against a really, really good offense, a really good team. For us to only put up the points that we did, that’s unacceptable. It starts with me. I’ve got to be better. There’s no other way to sugarcoat it.”
The key play came on the second play of the drive late in the third quarter with the game tied at 9. Purdy ran a bootleg that Dallas covered perfectly.
But he waited long enough for Kittle to improvise and turn upfield. Purdy then delivered a strike.
“We needed something,” Purdy said. “We needed a spark to get the ball rolling.”
Kittle bobbled the ball a few times before finally corralling it for a 30-yard gain, giving credit to his rookie QB for delivering it.
“I’m not even in the read, so I just kind of saw a space and he hadn’t thrown it yet so I was just going up the field,” Kittle said. “He gave me a catchable ball and I was just trying to be dramatic. Just for TV.”
McCaffrey capped the 91-yard drive with his TD run.
The Cowboys still had a shot late when they took over at their own 18 with 2:59 remaining, trailing 19-12 after Robbie Gould’s fourth field goal of the game capped a nearly eight-minute drive.
But Prescott threw two straight incompletions and was sacked on third down. Coach Mike McCarthy opted to punt on fourth-and-10 with all three timeouts left.
Purdy started the next drive with a 16-yard completion to Kittle and San Francisco didn’t give the ball back to Dallas until there were 45 seconds left. The Cowboys took over at their 6 and never got close from there.
“I like to be in those positions,” Prescott said. “We just weren’t able to get anything going.”
Purdy, the last pick in the draft last April, improved to 7-0 as a starter since replacing an injured Jimmy Garoppolo early in Week 13.
He went 18 for 28 for 215 yards with no turnovers against the Cowboys, joining Joe Flacco (2008) and Mark Sanchez (2009) as the only rookie QBs to win two playoff starts.
“I’m not shocked anymore,” McCaffrey said. “It’s just who he is now.”
The NFL’s top two scoring teams over the past 13 weeks had trouble getting going as the defenses led by All-Pros Nick Bosa of San Francisco and Micah Parsons of Dallas controlled the play.
The Niners picked off Prescott twice in the first half, turned those into field goals by Gould and led 9-6 at the break.
The Cowboys scored the only TD of the first half with Prescott connecting with tight end Dalton Schultz for the third time this postseason. But Maher’s low extra-point attempt was blocked by Samson Ebukam.
Maher got some redemption when he made a 25-yard field goal that tied the game at 9 early in the third quarter after Ray-Ray McCloud fumbled a punt return at the San Francisco 21.
“That felt like legit playoff football,” Bosa said. “That’s a really good team.”
JUST FOR KICKS
The Cowboys’ decision to stick with Maher after his four missed extra points last week looked questionable when he missed the early extra point. Maher’s five missed PATs are the second most by any NFL kicker in the playoffs. Roy Gerela missed six tries in 43 attempts in the 1970s for Houston and Pittsburgh.
There had been a dustup pregame when Maher was warming up. Trent Williams and other 49ers players tried to interfere with his attempts from San Francisco’s side of the field, leading to a brief argument.
INJURIES
Cowboys: RB Tony Pollard left late in the first half after injuring his left ankle while getting tackled following a reception. He didn’t return to the game. … DT Calvin Watkins (calf) left in the first half.
49ers: DE Charles Omenihu (oblique) left briefly in the first half but returned to the game.
UP NEXT
The 49ers would reach their second Super Bowl in the past four seasons with a win at Philadelphia.
69 PLAYERS GRANTED SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR 2023 NFL DRAFT
The National Football League announced today the names of 69 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2023 NFL Draft and 13 underclassmen who have fulfilled their degree requirements with college football eligibility remaining and are also eligible for selection in the April 27-29 Draft in Kansas City, Missouri.
Each of the 69 players listed below have met the league’s three-year eligibility rule and have renounced their college football eligibility by submitting written notification to the league office on or before the January 16 deadline. Consequently, they are eligible for selection:
The players granted special eligibility for the 2023 NFL Draft:
| Name | Pos | College | |
| 1 | Abanikanda, Israel | RB | Pittsburgh |
| 2 | Achane, Devon | RB | Texas A&M |
| 3 | Addison, Jordan | WR | Southern California |
| 4 | Anderson, M.J. | DE | Iowa State |
| 5 | Anudike-Uzomah, Felix | DE | Kansas State |
| 6 | Austin, Alex | DB | Oregon State |
| 7 | Banks, Deonte | DB | Maryland |
| 8 | Bigsby, Tank | RB | Auburn |
| 9 | Boutte, Kayshon | WR | LSU |
| 10 | Bradford, Anthony | G | LSU |
| 11 | Branch, Brian | DB | Alabama |
| 12 | Bresee, Bryan | DT | Clemson |
| 13 | Carter, Jalen | DT | Georgia |
| 14 | Dexter, Gervon | DT | Florida |
| 15 | Downs, Josh | WR | North Carolina |
| 16 | Evans, Zach | RB | Mississippi |
| 17 | Forbes, Emmanuel | DB | Mississippi State |
| 18 | Gibbs, Jahmyr | RB | Alabama |
| 19 | Gonzalez, Christian | DB | Oregon |
| 20 | Harrison, Anton | T | Oklahoma |
| 21 | Herbig, Nick | LB | Wisconsin |
| 22 | Hill, Brandon | DB | Pittsburgh |
| 23 | Hyatt, Jalin | WR | Tennessee |
| 24 | Jarrett, Rakim | WR | Maryland |
| 25 | Johnson, Antonio | DB | Texas A&M |
| 26 | Johnston, Quentin | WR | TCU |
| 27 | Jones, Broderick | T | Georgia |
| 28 | Jones, Jaylon | DB | Texas A&M |
| 29 | Joseph, Brandon | DB | Notre Dame |
| 30 | Kancey, Calijah | DT | Pittsburgh |
| 31 | Kraft, Tucker | TE | South Dakota State |
| 32 | Mayer, Michael | TE | Notre Dame |
| 33 | McBride, DeWayne | RB | Alabama-Birmingham |
| 34 | McKee, Tanner | QB | Stanford |
| 35 | Miller, Kendre | RB | TCU |
| 36 | Mims, Marvin | WR | Oklahoma |
| 37 | Mitchell, Cameron | DB | Northwestern |
| 38 | Mitchell, Keaton | RB | East Carolina |
| 39 | Murphy, Myles | DE | Clemson |
| 40 | Nichols, Lew | RB | Central Michigan |
| 41 | Ojulari, B.J. | DE | LSU |
| 42 | Pelley, J-Min | DT | Calgary (Canada) |
| 43 | Phillips, Clark | DB | Utah |
| 44 | Porter, Joey | DB | Penn State |
| 45 | Richardson, Anthony | QB | Florida |
| 46 | Ricks, Eli | DB | Alabama |
| 47 | Ringo, Kelee | DB | Georgia |
| 48 | Robinson, Bijan | RB | Texas |
| 49 | Roy, Jaquelin | DT | LSU |
| 50 | Sanders, Drew | LB | Arkansas |
| 51 | Scott, Tyler | WR | Cincinnati |
| 52 | Sewell, Noah | LB | Oregon |
| 53 | Skoronski, Peter | T | Northwestern |
| 54 | Smith, Cam | DB | South Carolina |
| 55 | Smith-Njigba, Jaxon | WR | Ohio State |
| 56 | Strange, Brenton | TE | Penn State |
| 57 | Stroud, C.J. | QB | Ohio State |
| 58 | Tippmann, Joseph | C | Wisconsin |
| 59 | Torrence, Rashad | DB | Florida |
| 60 | Tucker, Sean | RB | Syracuse |
| 61 | Tuipulotu, Tuli | DE | Southern California |
| 62 | Valentine, Carrington | DB | Kentucky |
| 63 | Van Ness, Lukas | DE | Iowa |
| 64 | Vaughn, Deuce | RB | Kansas State |
| 65 | Washington, Darnell | TE | Georgia |
| 66 | Washington, Parker | WR | Penn State |
| 67 | Williams, Garrett | DB | Syracuse |
| 68 | Wooden, Colby | DE | Auburn |
| 69 | Wypler, Luke | C | Ohio State |
The following 13 underclassmen have in timely fashion under NFL rules officially notified the league office that they have fulfilled their degree requirements. Consequently, they are eligible for selection:
| Name | Pos | College | |
| 1 | Anderson, Will | LB | Alabama |
| 2 | Douglas, Demario | WR | Liberty |
| 3 | Foskey, Isaiah | DE | Notre Dame |
| 4 | Hickman, Ronnie | DB | Ohio State |
| 5 | Hull, Evan | RB | Northwestern |
| 6 | Johnson, Paris | T | Ohio State |
| 7 | McClendon, Warren | T | Georgia |
| 8 | Morris, Mike | DE | Michigan |
| 9 | Simpson, Trenton | LB | Clemson |
| 10 | Smith, Mazi | DT | Michigan |
| 11 | Spears, Tyjae | RB | Tulane |
| 12 | Turner, D.J. | DB | Michigan |
| 13 | Young, Bryce | QB | Alabama |
The following players inquired about their draft status and are eligible for selection without the need for special eligibility; however, such players may be eligible to remove their name from consideration on or before the February 3, 2023 deadline to opt out of the Draft:
| Name | Pos | School | |
| 1 | Bachmeier, Hank | QB | Boise State |
| 2 | Billingsley, Jahleel | TE | Texas |
| 3 | Musgrave, Luke | TE | Oregon State |
| 4 | Smith, Ainias | WR | Texas A&M |
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DUNN SCORES 16, TEMPLE DEFEATS NO. 1 HOUSTON 56-55
HOUSTON (AP) Damian Dunn scored 16 points and made the go-ahead free throw as Kur Jongkuch blocked Houston’s go-ahead attempt in the final seconds as Temple held on and defeated the top-ranked Cougars 56-55 on Sunday.
Temple improved to 3-18 against No. 1 ranked teams. The Owls (12-9, 6-2 American Athletic Conference) earned their first win over a No. 1 ranked team since a 77-69 win at No. 1 Cincinnati on Feb. 20, 2000.
Tied at 55, Dunn made a free throw with 1:06 left to give Temple a one-point lead. Jamal Shead missed a 3-pointer and Nick Jourdain grabbed the rebound. Dunn missed a layup with 8 seconds left, and Jongkuch grabbed the rebound, but the Owls were whistled for a shot clock violation upon review.
Trailing by one, Shead drove to the basket but Jongkuch blocked it out of the bounds with 1.3 seconds left. Tramon Mark’s tip-in attempt fell short at the buzzer to give the Owls the win.
Zach Hicks added 12 points for Temple, which snapped a six-game losing streak to Houston. The Owls shot 31% but were 20 of 22 from the free throw line.
Shead scored 13 points, and Marcus Sasser added 12 points for Houston (18-2, 6-1), which saw its nine-game winning streak snapped.
Houston shot 34% but were 11 of 21 from the free throw line.
Tied at 47, Temple used an 8-1 spurt to open up a 55-48 lead on two free throws by Jourdain with 6 1/2 minutes remaining. Houston responded with a 7-0 run to tie it at 55.
BIG PICTURE
Temple: The Owls improved to 2-0 this season against ranked opponents. . Temple did not make a field goal of the final 7:18 and were 5 of 21 from the field in the second half. . The Owls had 11 assists on 14 field goals.
Houston: With the game tied at the half at 30 apiece, it marked the first time this season the Cougars have not led at the half. . Coach Kelvin Sampson was issued a technical foul in the second half for arguing a foul call. . Houston outrebounded Temple 39-33.
ASTROS IN THE HOUSE
Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker, third base coach Gary Pettis and closer Ryan Pressly sat courtside for the game.
UP NEXT
Temple: Hosts South Florida on Wednesday.
Houston: At Central Florida on Wednesday.
NC STATE’S SMITH DAY-TO-DAY AFTER SCARY FALL IN UNC LOSS
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State guard Terquavion Smith is day-to-day after a scary fall led to him being wheeled off the court on a stretcher in Saturday’s loss at North Carolina, the school said Sunday.
Smith reported neck and elbow pain as well as numbness in his right arm after being fouled on a drive by UNC’s Leaky Black, who was ejected for a Flagrant Two foul, the school said.
Medical personnel used the backboard and stretcher due to his report of neck pain, though X-rays at the UNC Medical Center were negative for any fractures.
Smith was released from the hospital and returned to Raleigh.
Smith leads the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring at 18.7 points per game.
N.C. State hosts Notre Dame on Tuesday.
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BOSTON SETS RECORD, NO. 1 GAMECOCKS TOP ARKANSAS 92-46
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Aliyah Boston showed once more her consistency is every bit as important as her enormous talent.
Boston had her program record-setting 73rd double double with 13 points and 14 rebounds as No. 1 South Carolina moved to 20-0 with a dominating 92-46 victory over Arkansas on Sunday.
Boston’s coach, Dawn Staley, has watched the 6-foot-5 All-American stay engaged and focused despite junk defenses with three or four players aiming to limit her production. Very little has worked the past four seasons.
“Mentally tough, mentally strong. Those are the separators for Aliyah,” Staley said.
Boston takes in the information and knows in the end she’ll get the better of things in nearly every game, Staley said.
“She’s at a place,” the coach said. “Where you really can’t stop her.”
Zia Cooke scored 24 points to lead the Gamecocks (8-0 Southeastern Conference), who won their 26th straight and seventh in a row over the Razorbacks (17-5, 4-3). And just like much of the past four seasons, the 6-foot-5 Boston was right in the center of things.
Boston, who tied the school mark set by Sheila Foster from 1979-82 at Vanderbilt this past Thursday, came out quickly with seven points and three boards in the first quarter. She was up to 11 points and six rebounds at the break.
Boston clinched the record with three rebounds on one offensive possession that she finished with a basket. She was taken out with 1:18 left in the third quarter to a loud ovation from the crowd – and South Carolina cruising 73-33.
“Hey, y’all got room for another statue?” asked Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors, referring to the statue of South Carolina great A’ja Wilson outside the arena.
It’s not that far fetched – except for the ultra humble Boston, who typically deflects attention to her teammates. She surprised herself with her steady play over the years.
“Coming in (to college), I didn’t really know this was a record,” Boston said. “To do it, is very exciting because, wow, who’d have thought.”
Foster, now second in South Carolina double doubles, was in attendance. She smiled and waved to the crowd after Boston surpassed her.
Boston is 13 away from catching LSU great Sylvia Fowles for the SEC mark of 86 double-doubles set from 2004-08.
The NCAA mark is way out of reach. Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris had 128 from 2006-09 and Boston is widely expected to be the WNBA’s No. 1 overall pick after this season.
Cooke, the team’s top scorer this season, had 19 points by halftime as South Carolina blew things open in the second quarter by outscoring Arkansas 28-7 to lead 53-24.
Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina’s 6-7 backup, ended with 12 points and tied her career best with 16 rebounds.
Samara Spencer had 15 points to lead Arkansas, which was outrebounded 74-17 overall and 32-2 on the offensive boards.
BIG PICTURE
Arkansas: The Razorbacks took No. 3 LSU down to the wire before falling 79-76 this past Thursday. Facing the SEC’s two undefeated teams on the road in consecutive games proved too much for Arkansas. Neighbors said he expects his team to flush this performance and continue a solid season as it competes for a top-four seed to the SEC Tournament.
South Carolina: The Gamecocks are the first in Division I to 20 victories – 19-0 Ohio State and LSU play on Monday – and have started 20-0 for just the third time in coach Dawn Staley’s 15 seasons. Both previous perfect runs in 2015 and 2016 got to 22-0 and were ended by UConn. South Carolina has two games to play before heading to UConn on Feb. 5
REBOUNDING MARK
South Carolina put on a rebounding show against Arkansas, grabbing 74 boards to its opponents 17. ESPN posted that the 57 rebound edge was the highest in women’s basketball against a Division I opponent in 20 years. The Gamecocks did even better on the offensive glass, winning that battle 32-2.
UP NEXT
Arkansas returns home to play Alabama on Thursday night.
South Carolina plays at Alabama on Jan. 29.
JUMP LEADS NO. 4 STANFORD WOMEN PAST NO. 24 COLORADO 62-49
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Hannah Jump scored 21 points, Haley Jones added 11 and a season-high 18 rebounds and fourth-ranked Stanford beat No. 24 Colorado 62-49 on Sunday to claim sole possession of first place in the Pac-12.
Cameron Brink scored 14 points for her 13th straight game in double-figures. She also had six of the Cardinal’s season-high 14 blocks. Brink reached 72 blocks for the season, swatting at least one shot in every game.
Jaylyn Sherrod led Colorado with 16 points and three steals. Quay Miller had 14 points and nine rebounds and Aaronette Vonleh added 13 and 10 boards as the Buffaloes saw their seven-game win streak end.
Stanford (19-2, 7-1 Pac-12) used a 12-0 run in the first quarter to surge to a 16-4 lead. Colorado (15-4, 6-2) cut the lead to 10 in the fourth quarter after trailing by as many as 17.
The Cardinal gained a major advantage at the free-throw line, making 17 of 22 attempts compared to the Buffaloes’ 6-of-16 rate.
Stanford won its 19th straight home conference game and held its 22nd consecutive Pac-12 opponent under 70 points. The Cardinal have not allowed more than 77 points since the 2019-20 season.
BIG PICTURE
Colorado: The Buffaloes entered the game winning six of their first seven Pac-12 contests, marking their best conference start since the 2003-04 season. Their 15-3 overall record matched their best 18-game start since 2012-13. … Despite the loss, Colorado has won seven of its last eight games, including two victories over top-15 opponents.
Stanford: Freshman G Indya Nivar moved into the starting lineup in place of the injured Talana Lepolo, who suffered a left ankle injury Friday against Utah. Nivar had two points and an assist in 17 minutes. … Stanford leads the all-time series vs. Colorado 26-5, including a perfect 14-0 mark at home. … The Cardinal has outrebounded every opponent this season.
UP NEXT
Colorado: Returns home to face UCLA on Friday night.
Stanford: Hosts Oregon State on Friday night, seeking a 12th straight win over the Beavers.
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LEONARD, GEORGE LEAD CLIPPERS PAST MAVERICKS, 112-98
DALLAS (AP) Kawhi Leonard scored a game-high 30 points, Paul George had 21 and Norman Powell added 19 off the bench to give the Los Angeles Clippers a 112-98 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.
With the score tied at 79 going into the fourth quarter, the Clippers scored the first six points and pulled away to build their largest lead at 110-95 with two minutes to play. Powell scored 11 in the quarter, including nine in the first part of it.
Luka Doncic led the Mavericks with 29 points and 10 rebounds. Tim Hardaway Jr. added 22 points and Spencer Dinwiddie had 21.
The Clippers won consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 26-27, while the Mavericks have lost four of their last five games and seven of 10.
The Mavericks led by as many as 10 points during the first half and were up 54-49.
WORDS MATTER
Doncic received his 10th technical foul of the season, with one rescinded, late in the first quarter. After Nicolas Batum blocked a Doncic shot inside, Doncic expressed his dissatisfaction to official Ashley Moyer-Gleich on his way back down the court.
FAN FRIENDLY
Tipoff time was moved to 1:30 p.m. PST from 6:30 to avoid a conflict with the Dallas Cowboys’ playoff game at San Francisco, which was scheduled to kick off at 5:30 p.m. PST.
TIP-INS
Clippers: Leonard and George played in the same game for the 18th time in 49 games this season, the third time in Los Angeles’ last nine starting lineups.
Mavericks: Doncic, fourth in the NBA averaging 8.8 assists per game going into Sunday, had four – and none in the first half. . Dallas shot 15 for 26 from the free-throw line.
UP NEXT
Clippers: Are the designated visiting team against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday.
Mavericks: Finish a four-game homestand Tuesday against the Washington Wizards. It’s likely to be the first Dallas appearance for Kristaps Porzingis since he was traded to the Wizards almost a year ago.
HERRO SCORES 26, HEAT COME FROM 16 DOWN, TOP PELICANS 100-96
MIAMI (AP) Tyler Herro scored 26 points, Kyle Lowry had nine straight for Miami in the final moments and the Heat rallied to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 100-96 on Sunday.
Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler each scored 18 for Miami, which trailed by 16 in the first half. Lowry scored 17 for the Heat, the last nine of those coming in a span of 1:42 down the stretch.
Trey Murphy III had 17 for New Orleans, which got 14 points and 16 rebounds from Jonas Valanciunas. CJ McCollum scored 13 and Larry Nance Jr. added 12 for for the Pelicans.
New Orleans’ 25th turnover came on a five-second violation with 15.1 seconds left, with the Heat up by two. The Heat needed two time-outs before they could get the ball inbounds, and wound up losing a jump ball anyway with 12.2 seconds remaining.
McCollum got a good look at a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession, but it rimmed out and Victor Oladipo put the game away with two free throws.
The Heat turned those 25 New Orleans turnovers into 28 points. New Orleans turned 22 Miami turnovers into 31 points.
The Heat had eight turnovers turned into 15 points in the first quarter alone, the last three coming when Devonte’ Graham intercepted a pass at midcourt and swished a 45-footer. Graham then opened the second quarter with a more conventional 3, giving him six points in a span of 22 seconds and helping New Orleans take a big lead early.
The Pelicans led by 16 points on two occasions in the first half, the last coming when Murphy had a dunk with 3:52 left. That made it 47-31, and that was still the score 2 minutes later when Herro made a 3 to begin what was a 10-0 run to end the half by the Heat.
That cut the deficit to six at halftime, and it stayed a single-digit game the rest of the way.
TIP-INS
Pelicans: Brandon Ingram (toe) missed his 28th consecutive game, but played 5-on-5 on Saturday and is “progressing,” coach Willie Green said. … Zion Williamson is in his fourth season, and still hasn’t played before fans in Miami. He has missed six of the eight Heat-Pelicans games since he entered the league, and his only time playing in Miami was Christmas 2020, when the building was empty because of the pandemic.
Heat: Some of the FTX signage is gone from the building, which is being called Miami-Dade Arena for now. The logo of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange has been removed from the playing floor. … Dewayne Dedmon did not play for the fifth consecutive game, not including the one he missed while suspended for an Jan. 10 incident against Oklahoma City.
JUMPING WEATHER
Green had a windmill dunk during the team’s practice in Miami on Saturday, the video captured and shared by Daniel Bove – New Orleans’ Director of Sports Science and Performance. “You get in this humidity and it warms your ligaments up a bit,” Green said. “I don’t know if I could do the same thing in Cleveland or Detroit.”
ANOTHER CLOSE ONE
The game was the 35th for Miami decided by eight points or less this season. The Heat are now 19-16 in such games.
UP NEXT
Pelicans: Host Denver on Tuesday.
Heat: Host Boston on Tuesday.
PAUL RETURNS, SUNS HOLD ON FOR 112-110 WIN OVER GRIZZLIES
PHOENIX (AP) Chris Paul played so well in his return from a hip injury that it appeared the Phoenix Suns would have a surprise snoozer on Sunday night.
The Memphis Grizzlies had other ideas, but couldn’t quite complete a monster comeback.
Paul had 22 points and 11 assists after missing the past seven games and the Suns built a 29-point lead early in the third quarter before hanging on in the final seconds for a 112-110 win over the Grizzlies.
The Suns have been hit hard by injuries over the past couple months. Now the team is starting to get its best players back, but the chemistry is a work in progress. Paul believes the adversity will help in the long run.
“We’ve just got to build confidence,” Paul said. “Over the past few years, that’s when we’ve been at our best, the last four or five minutes of the game. You build that confidence by being put in those situations.”
The Suns grabbed a 32-18 lead by the end of the first quarter and led 72-43 with about eight minutes remaining in the third quarter.
But the Grizzlies methodically cut into that advantage and Ziaire Williams hit a 79-foot heave at the third quarter buzzer to slice the Suns’ lead to 87-72.
The Grizzlies continued to chip away and Desmond Bane’s free throws cut the margin to 110-106 with a little less than a minute left. After a Phoenix turnover, Ja Morant was fouled and made two more free throws to cut it to 110-108 with 28.6 seconds remaining.
Phoenix forward Dario Saric hit two free throws after being fouled on the ensuing possession and the Grizzlies finally ran out of time.
“We won the game, so that’s the goal,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. “If everyone could keep a 20-or 30-point lead they would, but most teams make a run. I’m proud the guys were able to withstand the moment.”
The 6-foot-10 Saric had one of his best games this season with 14 points and eight rebounds. He missed all of last season after tearing his ACL in Game 1 of the NBA Finals in 2021.
The Suns have won three straight, pushing back to .500 for the season. The Grizzlies have dropped two in a row after their 11-game winning streak was snapped by the Lakers on Friday.
Mikal Bridges led the Suns with 24 points, while Torrey Craig added a season high 20. Morant scored 27 for the Grizzlies, while Bane added 24.
“It was a tale of two halves,” Morant said. “They put their foot on the gas in the first half. We did in the second half and were able to cut the lead to two.”
The Suns were closer to full strength than they’ve been in a few weeks, though All-Star guard Devin Booker is still out with a groin injury.
Paul was stellar in the first half, scoring 17 points to lead the Suns to a 62-37 halftime lead. The Grizzlies shot just 15 of 50 (30%) before the break.
“When you come back from any injury, you never know how it’s going to feel until you actually play 5-on-5,” Paul said.
ANGRY BROOKS
Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks was called for a flagrant foul in the second quarter after smacking Cam Johnson on the face. Brooks – who has a reputation as a hard-nosed player – was also called for five fouls.
Brooks said he believes the officials are keeping a close eye on him and it’s a problem.
“They are picking on me every night,” Brooks said. “Can’t play my game. They are not letting me play physical every night and I don’t appreciate it.”
ROAD BLUES
The Grizzlies are one of the best teams in the NBA with a 31-15 mark that’s second-best in the Western Conference. But the home-road splits are jarring. Memphis is 20-3 at home, but fell to 11-12 on the road after Sunday’s loss.
“It doesn’t matter who is in the lineup, who we are playing,” Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said. “We’ve got to be better on the road. “
TIP-INS
Grizzlies: Williams’ 79-foot basket was the longest basket in franchise history.
Suns: C Deandre Ayton missed his second straight game with a non-COVID-19 illness. Guards Cameron Payne and Landry Shamet were also out.
UP NEXT
Grizzlies: At Sacramento on Monday.
Suns: Host the Hornets on Tuesday.
JAMES SCORES 37, LAKERS RALLY PAST TRAIL BLAZERS 121-112
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) LeBron James said the Lakers had a choice when trailing by 25 points at halftime against the Trail Blazers.
“I guess it’s only one or two ways, you can either go out and you can lay down and get ready for the next game or you can see what happens in the third quarter, make a game of it,” James said. “And for us as competitors, and our team and our makeup this year, we’re not a lay-down team. That’s just not the makeup of our club.”
James finished with 37 points and 11 rebounds, and the Lakers rallied in the second half to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 121-112 on Sunday night.
Thomas Bryant added 31 points and 14 rebounds for the Lakers in the comeback, tied for second-biggest halftime deficit that the team has erased for a win in franchise history.
Anfernee Simons had 31 points for the Blazers, who have lost three straight. Damian Lillard added 24 points and 10 assists.
The Lakers outscored Portland 40-20 to cut the margin in the third quarter. Troy Brown Jr. made a 3-pointer that got the Lakers within 97-95, before they took the lead on Bryant’s 3 with 7:54 left.
James made a pair of free throws with 4:36 left that pushed the Lakers’ lead to 107-103. After Lillard made free throws, Dennis Schroder’s 3-pointer put Los Angeles up by five again.
Bryant’s dunk gave the Lakers a 114-107 lead with 2:23 left and they held off Portland for the win.
Portland was struggling, with wins in just two of the last nine games. The Blazers were coming off a 105-95 loss to the 76ers on Thursday.
“Right now, we’re just not getting it done,” Lillard said when asked if the Blazers should try to deal before the trade deadline. “I do want to win. I don’t think it’s a secret that I want to win. I think we’ve got to do whatever we need to do to be in a position to win.”
The Lakers have likewise struggled this season because of injuries, notably to Anthony Davis, who is currently dealing with a foot injury that has kept him out for 19 games.
James was questionable going into the game with a sore ankle but played. James is closing in on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA scoring record of 38,387 points. James is 233 points away from matching the record after Sunday’s game.
Despite the rivalry, the mood was somber at times at the Moda Center following the death on Saturday of longtime broadcaster Bill Schonely who coined the expression “Rip City!” Schonely was 93.
Schonely called Blazers games for nearly 30 years, starting the team’s first season in 1970 and including the team’s championship run in 1977. Following his broadcasting career, he was an ambassador for the team until his retirement last year.
The Lakers jumped out to an 18-4 lead early, but Portland caught up, closing to 26-24 on Nassir Little’s 3-pointer before the end of the first quarter.
Simons’ 3-pointer gave the Blazers a 39-38 lead. Lillard hit a nearly half-court shot to push the lead to 68-46, and the Blazers led 71-46 at halftime. Portland outscored the Los Angeles 35-13 in the second quarter alone.
Beverley and James hit back-to-back layups to get the Lakers within 81-74 and cap a 16-2 Los Angeles run. A driving layup from James made it even closer at 88-82.
“We’ve been through it a lot. And I just want to try to continue to keep improving, throughout late games and one-possession games, two-possession games when we’re down late,” James said. “And tonight we did a good job of being able to execute defensively and offensively.”
It was the third meeting between the Lakers and the Blazers this season. They split the first two.
TIP INS
Lakers: Davis went through a full-contact scrimmage with the team’s “stay ready” group on Saturday. Davis has missed 19 games with a right foot stress injury and is easing his way back. Coach Darvin Hamm said Davis “looked phenomenal.” … James was questionable going into the game with a sore ankle but played. … The Lakers’ 13 second quarter points were a season low.
Trail Blazers: Gary Payton II, who missed the last game with a sore calf, played. … It was the second of the six-game homestand. … The Blazers were also mourning the death last week of cameraman John Curry, who had been with the team for 39 years.
UP NEXT
Lakers: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday.
Trail Blazers: Host the Spurs on Monday night.
VANVLEET SCORES 28, RAPTORS HAND KNICKS 4TH STRAIGHT LOSS
TORONTO (AP) Fred VanVleet scored 28 points, Gary Trent Jr. had 24 before fouling out and the Toronto Raptors snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the New York Knicks 125-116 Sunday.
Pascal Siakam scored 24 points, Scottie Barnes had 19 and Precious Achiuwa added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Raptors, who scored 26 points off 17 New York turnovers.
RJ Barrett scored 30 points and Julius Randle had 23 points and 19 rebounds as the Knicks lost their fourth straight.
“There were stretches where we did good things,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. “We’re just not doing enough good things to win.”
Jalen Brunson scored 21 points and Obi Toppin had 14, but the short-handed Knicks were without guard Immanuel Quickley (left knee) and center Mitchell Robinson, who missed his second game after surgery to repair a fractured right thumb.
“It’s tough,” Randle said of being without the injured pair. “They bring a lot to our team. They do a lot on both ends of the floor for us.”
New York overcame a 17-point deficit to take the lead late in the third quarter. The game was tied to begin the fourth before the Raptors pulled away with an 11-0 run that saw Toronto score seven points at the free throw line.
“We fouled, we gave up offensive rebounds, and we turned the ball over,” Thibodeau said of the decisive stretch. “That’s usually a recipe to get you beat.”
Toronto had lost its previous two games, at Minnesota and home to Boston, despite holding double-digit leads in each. The Raptors failed to score 20 points in the fourth quarter in both of those defeats. They scored 39 in the fourth quarter Sunday.
VanVleet returned after sitting out Saturday’s loss to Boston because of soreness in his right ribs. Toronto was without O.G. Anunoby, who left Saturday’s game in the second half because of a sore right ankle.
The Raptors started 5 for 5 from 3-point range and shot 7 for 11 from distance in the first, while New York went 2 for 9. Toronto led 37-22 after one.
“We just came out with a good focus and intensity,” VanVleet said. “We’ve got to find ways to increase that consistently throughout the game.”
Toppin scored 12 points and shot 4 for 5 from long range as the Knicks closed the gap in the second. The Raptors were up 62-53 at the half.
Brunson’s 3 with 1:26 left in the third capped a 10-1 spurt that put the Knicks up by one, 84-83, giving New York its first lead since Barrett scored the opening two points of the game at the free throw line. The score was tied at 86 heading to the fourth.
TIP-INS
Knicks: Randle had eight assists. His season-high is nine. . Jericho Sims scored 10 points. . Robinson is expected to miss three weeks.
Raptors: Achiuwa started his second straight game. He had double-doubles in each. . Trent matched his season-high with six made 3-pointers. . Attendance was 19,261, Toronto’s first non-sellout crowd of the season. Capacity is 19,800. Sunday was the Raptors’ 27th home game.
HEAD TO HEAD
The Raptors won for the third time in four meetings with the Knicks this season. The home team won for the first time in those games.
GO WEST!
The Raptors begin a season-high, seven-game trip against Western Conference opponents in Sacramento on Wednesday. After a back-to-back against Golden State and Portland, Toronto visits Phoenix, Utah, Houston and Memphis. The Raptors are 6-15 on the road. Their next home game is Feb 8 against San Antonio.
UP NEXT
Knicks: Host Cleveland on Tuesday.
Raptors: Visit Sacramento on Wednesday.
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CANUCKS FIRE COACH BOUDREAU, HIRE TOCCHET AS REPLACEMENT
(AP) — The team announced the change Sunday, less than a week since president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford said “major surgery” was needed to fix the Canucks, who have only made the playoffs once in the past eight years. Rick Tocchet was hired as Boudreau’s replacement for a Vancouver team that has lost 28 of 46 games this season.
“This was not an easy decision to make but one that we felt was necessary for this franchise,” general manager Patrik Allvin said in a statement thanking Boudreau for his contributions.
Boudreau waved to the crowd after the Canucks’ latest defeat Saturday night, their third in the past four games. Chants of “Bruce, there it is!” to the tune of Tag Team’s “Whoomp! (There It Is)” echoed around the arena as a tribute to the well-respected 68-year-old hockey lifer who ranks among the top regular-season coaches in NHL history.
He’s the second coach Vancouver has fired in under 14 months. Boudreau took over in December 2021 when previous coach Travis Green and general manager Jim Benning were let go 25 games into last season.
Assistant Trent Cull was also relieved of his duties, the team said Sunday. Adam Foote was named as an assistant and Sergei Gonchar a defensive development coach on Tocchet’s staff.
Tocchet previously coached the Tampa Bay Lightning for parts of two seasons from 2008-10 and the Arizona Coyotes for four years from 2017-21. He won the Stanley Cup as a player with the Pittsburgh Penguins and then twice as an assistant for them.
“Rick Tocchet brings a wealth of knowledge to this team from both a coach and player perspective,” Allvin said. “He has had more than two decades of coaching experience, guiding teams of various styles.”
The Canucks have missed the playoffs the past two seasons since reaching the second round in the COVID-19 bubble in 2020.
Boudreau was with his fourth NHL organization after stints with Washington, Anaheim and Minnesota. He won the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year in 2007-08 when he was elevated from the minors to coach the Capitals on Thanksgiving and got them to the playoffs.
Teams coached by Boudreau for a full season have made the playoffs nine out of 10 times. His .626 points percentage ranks fourth among coaches with at least 500 games behind the bench, and his 617 wins are tied for 20th in league history.
But a Canucks team in disarray did not give him much of a chance to keep that success going. Rutherford in a news conference Monday said big changes would be coming in the offseason, citing the need for the team to get younger.
They could happen before that, especially with captain Bo Horvat unsigned beyond this season and attracting attention ahead of the March 3 trade deadline.
HAMILTON SCORES IN OT TO GIVE DEVILS 2-1 WIN OVER PENGUINS
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Dougie Hamilton scored on the power play in overtime and Vitek Vanecek made 25 saves to give the New Jersey Devils a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.
Jack Hughes and Nico Hischier assisted on Hamilton’s 11th goal of the season at the 2:07 mark.
Pittsburgh’s Marcus Pettersson appeared to score the winner earlier in overtime, but the Penguins were called for a too-many-men penalty on the play.
“I just found some space over there and was hoping to get it and just took a swing at it,” Hamilton said of his winning goal. “I’m obviously happy it went in.”
The Devils have won two straight at home in overtime, beating the Rangers 4-3 on Jan. 7 in the same manner. New Jersey had a 4-0-1 trip between the overtime victories at Prudential Center.
“Not every game is going to be a Picasso. We found a way to win a hockey game,” Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. “We played the game the right way.”
New Jersey moved 10 points ahead of Pittsburgh in the Metropolitan Division, and the Devils are two points behind division-leading Carolina. They have three games in four days later this week before the All-Star break.
Hughes opened the scoring 56 seconds into the game, beating Penguins netminder Tristan Jarry (23 saves) on the glove side for his 30th of the season. Hamilton got the lone assist.
The 21-year-old Hughes, in his fourth season with New Jersey, is the second player in Devils history to reach the 30-goal mark before his 22nd birthday. Brendan Shanahan reached the milestone on March 29, 1990.
Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby tied the contest with his 22nd goal of the season – and the 539th of his career – at 6:25 of the first period with assists from Jake Guentzel and defenseman Jeff Petry.
“We played well enough to win. I thought we did a really good job defending,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “There was a lot to like about this game. Our team is playing hard, giving us chances to win.”
Crosby leads the Penguins with 54 points in his 18th NHL season. He has 39 goals and 49 assists in 88 career games against the Devils, Crosby’s third-highest total against one franchise (52 vs. Philadelphia and 40 vs. the Islanders).
The only active player with 40 or more goals against three different franchises is Washington’s Alex Ovechkin, who has done so against eight teams.
The Penguins are 2-0-2 in their last four games.
“It was a tight game. We had some looks they didn’t go in,” Crosby said. “They got a power play and that was the difference. We have to find that type of game consistently and that will give us a chance to win.”
Vanecek won his seventh straight decision, improving to 19-5-2 in his first season with the Devils.
“I’m trying to help the team win the games, trying to help them as much as possible,” Vanecek said. “That was really tight game. Both teams scored really early so you’re thinking it’s going to be a long game, so many goals, but they didn’t.”
NOTES
The Devils are 17-10-2 against the Eastern Conference and 9-5-2 against division opponents . The Devils scratched forwards Alexander Holtz and Fabian Zetterlund and defenseman Nikita Okhotiuk . The Penguins scratched defensemen Ty Smith, Jan Rutta and forward Kasperi Kapanen . The Devils won the previous meeting, 4-2 on Dec. 30 in Pittsburgh . The teams meet again Feb. 18 in Pittsburgh and Apr. 4 in Newark.
UP NEXT
Devils: Host the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday.
Penguins: Host the Florida Panthers on Tuesday.
ANDERSON-DOLAN SCORES 2, KINGS BEAT BLACKHAWKS 2-1
CHICAGO (AP) Jaret Anderson-Dolan scored twice and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Sunday night.
Kevin Fiala had two assists and Pheonix Copley stopped 18 shots to help the Kings snap a four-game losing streak.
“We were better in a lot of areas,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “We were tighter, checked well, and for two periods we broke out quickly. If we finished more chances, we would have been in a much more comfortable situation in the end.”
Defenseman Ian Mitchell scored his first goal of the season for Chicago, spoiling Copley’s shutout bid with 3:15 remaining. Petr Mrazek finished with 25 saves. The Blackhawks had won three straight and six of their previous seven.
“With their 1-3-1 defense, they were kind of mugging it up on us,” Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said. “It’s legal moving interference, and we didn’t have the energy to break through it.”
Anderson-Dolan had an open net for his rebound of Fiala’s shot 9:29 into the game, easily sending it past Mrazek to cap a 2-on-1 to put Los Angeles up 1-0.
“Obviously that’s one of the easier ones I’ve had, just sitting there for me,” Anderson-Dolan said. “I think we were good defensively and had a lot of O-zone time.”
The 23-year-old made it 2-0 at 6:07 of the second as his soft wrist shot from the left circle befuddled Mrazek as it went by his blocker.
Anderson-Dolan had his first two-goal game, and came in his 84th NHL games. They were the 11th and 12th of his career, further cementing his spot in the lineup after replacing the injured Brendan Lemieux in mid-November. Lemieux has since returned, but Anderson-Dolan’s two way play has kept him in the lineup.
Copley faced only three shots in the first period, and the Blackhawks barely picked up the pace thereafter, even with two power plays.
“I think everyone was a little frustrated (after the last two games), and we played with a little more attitude and a little more urgency in our game,” Copley said. “I think it was big for everybody.”
TALKS WITH KANE, TOEWS EXPECTED
Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson said he expects to sit down with star forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, each of whom have no-trade contracts, and agent Pat Brisson within the next two weeks, and no later than mid-February. The trade deadline is March 3.
“To get a sense of where everyone’s at, what they’re feeling, as we approach the (trade) deadline,” Davidson said on NBC Sports Chicago. “We their thoughts on what they intend to do. They’re in full control of their destinies. We’ll get a better sense of that in short order.”
Davidson said mid-February was necessary “as a buffer” if either player wants to be moved. Both Kane and Toews are in their last contract year and have a $10.5-million cap hit.
UP NEXT
Kings: At Philadelphia on Tuesday night to continue a six-game trip.
Blackhawks: At Vancouver on Wednesday night to open a three-game trip.
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COLTS FOOTBALL: COLTS INTERVIEW NEW YORK GIANTS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR DON ‘WINK’ MARTINDALE FOR HEAD COACH POSITION
The Colts on Sunday completed an interview for the team’s head coaching position with New York Giants defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale.
Martindale joined the playoff-bound Giants under head coach Brian Daboll as defensive coordinator in 2022. In Martindale’s first year in New York, the Giants ranked fifth on third down (35.1 percent) and fifth in red zone touchdown rate (49.2 percent).
Prior to the Giants, Martindale was the Baltimore Ravens’ defensive coordinator from 2018-2021 and the Ravens’ linebackers coach from 2012-2017. Martindale began his NFL coaching career in 2004 as the Oakland Raiders’ linebackers coach, a post he held until 2008. He was the Denver Broncos’ linebackers coach in 2009 and defensive coordinator in 2010 before being hired by head coach John Harbaugh with the Ravens.
Martindale also has had coaching stops across several levels of college football, starting as a secondary coach and defensive coordinator at his alma mater, Defiance College (1986-1987). He also served as a defensive assistant at Notre Dame (1994-1995), defensive ends and special teams coordinator/linebackers at Cincinnati (1996-1998), defensive coordinator/linebackers at Western Illinois (1999) and special teams coordinator/inside linebackers and defensive coordinator/inside linebackers at Western Kentucky (2001-2003). Martindale also coached high school football in Ohio from 1988-1993.
INDY FUEL: INDY FALLS TO WHEELING TO FINISH WEEKEND
INDIANAPOLIS – The Fuel hosted the Wheeling Nailers for a Sunday afternoon matchup in an attempt to win their fifth straight game and their fourth against the Nailers this season. Despite scoring the first goal of the game, three third period goals for Wheeling gave them the win, 3-1.
1ST PERIOD
The first period started off slowly, with just a pair of tripping penalties handed out before the halfway point. Zach Driscoll made some flashy saves as Wheeling seemed to dominate possession. Cam Hillis took a holding penalty at 17:57 but the Fuel were able to kill it off just before time expired.
The first period ended with no score and the Nailers outshooting Indy 5-4.
2ND PERIOD
The second period started similarly to the first, with just one penalty handed out in the first half to Indy’s Andrew Perrott for cross-checking which was killed off.
By the halfway point in regulation, there were just seventeen shots on goal between both teams and no scoring. It was Cam Hillis who scored first at 12:51 to put the Fuel up 1-0.
There were a few more minor penalties handed out in the period but ultimately the second period ended with the lone goal by Hillis. The Fuel outshot Wheeling 21-9 through two, holding the Nailers to just four shots in the second period.
3RD PERIOD
The beginning of the third frame matched the energy of the rest of the game with a lot of neutral zone battles for the puck and very few shots or whistles blown.
Despite only putting up four shots in the second period, Wheeling came out with much more energy in the third. The Nailers were able to break the shutout with their first goal of the game at 12:16 by Chase Zieky.
Less than three minutes after that, Davis Bunz put the Nailers up 2-1 with the help of Cédric Desruisseaux and Carter Johnson.
The Fuel had a few good chances towards the end of the period, but Samuel Tremblay scored the empty net goal to make it 3-1 and put the game away for Wheeling.
The Fuel return to Indiana Farmers Coliseum on Friday, January 27 where they host the Jacksonville Icemen for the first time this season.
INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL: INDIANA DOWNS MICHIGAN STATE 82-69 FOR THIRD-STRAIGHT VICTORY
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana was built for this — tough-minded defense, frontcourt and backcourt offensive versatility, a refusal to lose.
Case in point — Sunday’s 82-69 come-from-behind victory over Michigan State, a third straight impressive win that evened IU’s Big Ten record at 4-4. It’s 13-6 overall.
Contributions came from those you’d expect (senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis) and maybe those you wouldn’t (guards Trey Galloway and Tamar Bates) in such a high-profile game.
“This team was put together for that reason,” coach Mike Woodson said. “Everybody had to play a role.
“We’ve had ups and downs in terms of guys stepping up. The last three games, everybody who played had a major role. It’s not just Trayce driving the car. The supporting cast has done its job.”
Consider the earlier glitches — three straight Big Ten defeats, blowout losses to Arizona and Kansas — as learning-curve necessities in building a team, and then overcoming the loss of two starters (forward Race Thompson, point guard Xavier Johnson).
The Hoosiers certainly have.
“When everything is clicking,” Jackson-Davis said, “we’re a tough team and hard to beat.
“We finally got acclimated to a new unit after losing Race and X. We’re playing for each other. Guys are stepping up. We have to keep rolling.”
With starting point guard Jalen Hood-Schifino banged up early in the game, Woodson rode the hot-shooting combination of Galloway and Bates, and was rewarded in spectacular fashion (8-for-9 three-point shooting).
Galloway started and totaled 17 points and three assists.
Bates came off the bench for 17 points and three rebounds.
“It’s all about trust,” Woodson said. “Tamar had been struggling. He stepped up and played. Gallo has been solid. He plays hard. He does all the intangible things.
“Jalen took a big blow. He was hobbling around, so I rode those guys.”
Preparation started last summer, with Galloway and Bates running the second unit against Johnson and Hood-Schifino.
“Gallo and Tamar had a lot of duties,” Woodson said. “They were matched up against X and Jalen, and had to be players.
“We worked on a lot of ball handling drills to make them comfortable when they played for real. The work they put in led to the trust.”
Added Galloway: “It’s hard to go against X and Jalen every day. It made me better. Getting that experience helped, and it showed today.”
Adding to Bates’ big day, his daughter, Leilani, won the halftime baby race competition in come-from-behind fashion.
“It was a comeback win,” Bates said with a smile. “We’ll take it. It’s her first competition ever. She’s undefeated.”
Jackson-Davis continued his dominating play with 31 points (his second straight 30-point game), 15 rebounds, five blocks and four assists. He is tied with Jeff Newton for the IU career block record. They both have 227.
“You’re looking at a complete player,” Woodson said. “For four years, he’s done it at a high level.”
Michigan State rocked IU early with a 10-0 run. The Hoosiers rocked back with a 21-4 run.
Game on, and then over.
“We’re staying locked in,” Bates said. “We focus in on every opponent. Stick to what’s working. It starts with defense. Control what we can control. Do what we do best, and live with the results.”
Competitive ferocity on both sides produced a double technical foul and several chippy moments.
“It’s competition,” Woodson said. “Anytime you play a (Michigan State coach Tom Izzo) team, they push you to play hard. If you don’t, you lose. Our guys matched their energy.”
Thompson was back after missing the four previous games with a leg injury. He played four off-the-bench minutes as IU works to get him back in form.
Galloway made early impact with a pair of three-pointers for an 8-7 IU lead. Michigan State responded with that 10-0 run to go ahead 17-8.
IIU picked up its defense. A Malik Reneau steal led to a Hood-Schifino layup. Bates motioned freshman guard CJ Gunn into the right offensive position, and the result was a pair of Gunn free throws. Jackson-Davis scored off a Reneau assist. A long Galloway pass produced a Jackson-Davis dunk. A pair of Bates free throws completed the 10-0 run for a 26-25 Hoosier lead.
The Hoosiers kept surging en route to a 21-4 run and a 37-29 edge. The Spartans scored the final three points of the half for a 37-32 score. Jackson-Davis had 13 points and six rebounds. Bates had eight points.
Michigan State scored the first five points of the second half. Indiana forward Jordan Geronimo countered with a three-pointer. The Spartans countered back with seven straight points — broken up by double-technical fouls on Spartan forward Joey Hauser and Geronimo — to take a 44-42 lead with 16 minutes left.
Galloway ended that run with his third three-pointer, and then a pair of free throws. IU built a pair of eight-point leads, one via a Miller Kopp dunk, got it to nine on a Jackson-Davis free throw, to 12 on a Bates three-pointer, and then to 15.
The Spartans were finished.
Next up — a Wednesday game at Minnesota (7-11, 1-7), and another chance to stay within range of Big Ten leader Purdue (7-1).
“They’re not quitters,” Woodson said about his Hoosiers. “They are playing for something. The Big Ten title is still out there. They have to stay competitive and humble.”
PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL: #3 PURDUE HOLDS OFF MARYLAND 58-55
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue coach Matt Painter kept imploring his team to focus on the simple things Sunday, like passing and catching.
It worked perfectly in the first half. Then, the Boilermakers spent the final 20 minutes scrambling to replicate it.
Zach Edey finished with 24 points and 16 rebounds and Braden Smith made two free throws with 3.9 seconds left to help No. 3 Purdue fend off Maryland’s furious second-half charge for a 58-55 victory.
“It’s just making good plays,” Painter said after his team nearly blew a 16-point lead. “If they clamp down, pass the ball. That’s all it really comes down to, just execute and take what they’re giving you.”
Usually, Purdue is one of America’s most efficient teams. They’ve now won six straight to become the fifth Big Ten team to go 19-1 since 2000 and the first ever at Purdue. But on a day Edey had his 16th double-double of the season, the Boilermakers, who are 8-1 in conference play, weren’t themselves.
The Terrapins routinely switched from man-to-man defense to zone and back again, while also applying full-court pressure, which caused Purdue to commit eight second-half turnovers, go 0 for 6 on 3-pointers and shoot just 26.9% from the field.
All of it led to Maryland (12-7, 3-5) nearly pulling off a stunning comeback after trailing by as many as 16 points in the first half and 35-21 at halftime.
Julian Reese scored 19 points to help the Terrapins rally, and Jahmir Young had 10 — though his 30-foot heave at the buzzer hit nothing but the backboard.
“We’re pretty used to it,” first-year Maryland coach Kevin Willard said when asked about the big early deficit. “We’ve not gotten off to good starts on the road. Being down 14, I though was a win because I knew we had a run in us.”
Did they ever.
Reese spurred Maryland’s 9-3 run to open the second half and his layup with 7:03 to play got the Terrapins within 52-49, the first of four times they cut the deficit to three in the closing minutes.
But in a game Purdue led wire-to-wire, Maryland made only two more baskets and couldn’t get closer than three until Young made two free throws with 5.3 seconds to go. Smith answered with two more for Purdue and Young’s long but off-the-mark heave had Purdue fans and Painter breathing a sigh of relief.
“Each game, especially when you have young players on your team, you have some guys who are always learning,” Painter said. “We were fortunate to win this game because as I said earlier, it could have gone either way.”
BIG PICTURE
Maryland: Instead of building momentum after Thursday’s victory over Michigan, the Terrapins started slow again and came up short again on the road. Maryland, which once reached No. 13 in The Associated Press poll, hasn’t won a true road game since Nov. 29 and must solve the road mystery to stay in the NCAA Tournament hunt.
Purdue: The Boilermakers have held 21 consecutive opponents to 70 or fewer points and are 52-5 at home since 2014-15 when classes are in session. But Purdue needs a stronger knockout punch to avoid the kind of nail-biting finishes its had in two of the last three games.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Purdue began the day as one of four Division I teams with only one loss — and the lone Power Five representative on the list. Thanks to Saturday’s loss by No. 2 Kansas and Sunday’s loss by No. 1 Houston, the Boilermakers should climb back to No. 1 in Monday’s poll.
UP NEXT
Maryland: Returns home Wednesday to host Wisconsin.
Purdue: Visits Michigan on Thursday, its second trip north of the state line in two weeks.
(Postgame Notes)
No. 3-ranked Purdue improved to 19-1 overall and 8-1 in the Big Ten Conference with a 58-55 victory over Maryland in front of the 51st straight sellout at Mackey Arena. The win was Purdue’s sixth in a row.
Purdue became the fifth Big Ten team since 2000 to start a season 19-1 (2019 Michigan; 2013 Michigan; 2011 Ohio State; 2005 Illinois). The 19-1 record is the best 20-game start in Purdue history.
Purdue improved to 8-5 all-time against Maryland. Of the 13 games played with Maryland, 11 of them have been decided by single-digits and eight of them by five or fewer points, including four straight contests (3, 1, 1, 3 points).
Purdue’s 58 points in a home win were its fewest scored since Feb. 27, 2020, vs. Indiana (57-49).
Purdue has held three of its last four opponents to 55 or fewer points (Nebraska – 55; Minnesota – 39; Maryland – 55). Over the last four games, Purdue is holding foes to 53.0 points per game.
Over the last four games, Purdue has trailed for a total of 12:41 of a possible 160 minutes. It didn’t trail in wins over Nebraska, Minnesota and Maryland.
Purdue has held every opponent to 70 points or less, one of two teams nationally that can say that (Saint Mary’s).
Purdue now owns an 8-1 record against top-40 teams in KenPom, the most wins against the KenPom top-40 nationally.
Purdue is now 173-7 (.961) under Matt Painter when holding teams to 59 or fewer points. Purdue has won 17 straight game when holding foes to 59 or fewer points.
The win was Purdue’s 75th in Big Ten play since the 2017-18 season (75-31 record). Purdue owns the league’s best record by 4.5 games in that span over Michigan State (71-36).
Zach Edey scored 24 points with 16 rebounds, two blocks and an assist for his 16th double-double of the season. He already ranks eighth on Purdue’s single-season double-double list. His 28th career double-double in ninth in school history.
Edey recorded his 250th rebound of the season in his 19th game. Just eight players since 2010-11 have had more rebounds in their first 19 games of the year. He is the only player since 2010-11 to have 400 points and 250 rebounds through the first 19 games.
Edey recorded his fourth 24-16 game of the season. The rest of the country has 11 and no player has more than one.
Based on a 35-game schedule, Edey is on pace for 751 points, 460 rebounds and 82 blocked shots. The only player we can find in the Sports-Reference database with 750 points, 450 rebounds and 75 blocks in a season is Navy’s David Robinson (796-455-207 in 1985-86; 35 games played). No one since 1992-93 has even done 700-400-75.
Ethan Morton had four points, five rebounds and two blocks, but held Maryland’s Jahmir Young to 4-of-18 shooting from the field.
Braden Smith has had at least four assists in eight straight games.
PURDUE WRESTLING: PURDUE EARNS 3 UPSETS IN LOSS TO #13 MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Purdue wrestling earned three ranked upset wins, but came up short against No. 13 Minnesota 20-12 to wrap up the weekend on the road.
Matt Ramos, Parker Filius and Hayden Copass all picked up upsets and Kendall Coleman battled for a ranked win of his own as the Boilermakers (4-7, 0-4 B1G) young squad brought the fight to the Golden Gophers in Maturi Pavilion.
Just days after recording the highest ranked upset of his career, the redshirt-sophomore No. 10 Ramos outdid himself once again by taking down No. 5 Patrick McKee 4-2 in the opening match of the dual. Ramos, who transferred to Purdue from Minnesota, did not give up a takedown to his former teammate and used a second period roll through to get two on a reversal to take the win.
No. 15 Filius followed Ramos’ lead and rolled a tricky reversal into a two-point nearfall to win an 8-5 decision over #11 Jakob Bergeland. The move nearly resulted in a pin for Filius but was left at two points after review. It is his fifth ranked win of the year, second most on the team behind Ramos.
Redshirt-senior No. 3 Coleman was no less impressive in his 5-2 win over No. 16 Brayton Lee. The match was action packed, and saw a lot of shots from both sides from the whistle. Coleman jumped out in front thanks to a pair of doubles in the first and did not look back. He once again did not allow a takedown for his opponent and has only done so in four of his 25 matches on the season.
The wins from Ramos, Filius and Coleman all came against the three former All-Americans on the roster for the Gophers.
The final match of the afternoon ended in dramatic fashion as redshirt-freshman Hayden Copass overpowered No. 27 Garrett Joles for a takedown as time expired to win a 5-3 decision. Copass timed his re-attack perfectly to catch Joles in a bad position to help the Boilermakers end the dual on a high note. It was the first career ranked win for the Georgetown, Ill., native.
Purdue will look to build off the positives as they head into a rivalry match with Indiana next Sunday at 4:00 p.m. ET in Holloway Gymnasium.
Purdue 12 – #13 Minnesota 20
125: #10 Matt Ramos (PUR) over #5 Patrick McKee (MINN) (Dec 4-2)
133: Jake Gliva (MINN) over Dustin Norris (PUR) (Dec 4-2)
141: #15 Parker Filius (PUR) over #11 Jakob Bergeland (MINN) (Dec 8-5)
149: #16 Michael Blockhus (MINN) over Jaden Reynolds (PUR) (MD 13-4)
157: #3 Kendall Coleman (PUR) over #16 Brayton Lee (MINN) (Dec 5-2)
165: #26 Andrew Sparks (MINN) over Stoney Buell (PUR) (Dec 4-0)
174: #15 Bailee O`Reilly (MINN) over Cooper Noehre (PUR) (Dec 8-3)
184: #11 Isaiah Salazar (MINN) over Ben Vanadia (PUR) (Dec 10-3)
197: #28 Michial Foy (MINN) over Hayden Filipovich (PUR) (MD 13-5)
285: Hayden Copass (PUR) over #27 Garrett Joles (MINN) (Dec 5-3)
BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL: NO. 15 UCONN DEFEATS BUTLER SUNDAY AFTERNOON
No. 15/14 UConn cruised to an 86-56 win over Butler Sunday afternoon at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.
It marked a season-high in points allowed by the Bulldogs and was Butler’s largest margin of defeat this season.
With the result, Butler falls to 11-10 overall and 3-7 in BIG EAST play. UConn is now 16-5 (5-5 BIG EAST).
STAT OF THE NIGHT:
UConn had a 48-22 rebounding advantage over the Bulldogs and held a 42-18 edge in points scored in the paint.
HOW IT TRANSPIRED:
UConn used a 17-3 run in the middle of the first half to take a 32-13 advantage with 4:07 remaining in the opening stanza.
UConn’s 45-23 halftime lead was the largest deficit of the first 20 minutes.
UConn erased any thought of a comeback by scoring the first nine points of the second half.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
Jordan Hawkins led UConn with 20 points, while Adama Sanogo posted a double-double of 17 points and 14 rebounds.
Chuck Harris led Butler with 16 points; he had 14 of Butler’s 23 first-half points.
Simas Lukosius added 12 points and a team-high six rebounds.
UConn shot 48 percent from the field and committed only eight turnovers.
The Bulldogs were limited to 33-percent shooting, including only 6-for-25 in the opening half.
OF NOTE:
Butler leading scorer and rebounder Manny Bates missed his third consecutive game with an injured knee.
Butler went a perfect 16-for-16 from the free throw line Sunday, the fourth time in program history making 15 or more free throws without a miss.
Harris set a career-high with five steals.
UConn won the first match-up between the two teams this season Dec. 17 by a score of 68-46. That game was played at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
UP NEXT: The Bulldogs have their second consecutive road game against a Top 25 opponent as Butler travels to Providence Wednesday night. The 8:30 p.m. tip will air on FS1.
IUPUI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: KENT SCORES CAREER-HIGH 30 POINTS IN JAGUAR WIN OVER OAKLAND, 85-69
INDIANAPOLIS – Rachel Kent dropped a career-high 30 points to lead the Jaguar’s to victory over Oakland on Sunday afternoon, 85-69. Four Jags including Kent scored in double figures to secure their third straight Horizon League win.
“This was a great win against a very good Oakland team,” said head coach Kate Bruce. “I was very happy with our offensive execution, specifically our ball movement. Rachel Kent is an elite shooter and her teammates did a great job creating open shots for her and getting her the ball.”
Oakland grabbed the early lead scoring nine straight before the Jags secured a bucket and kept the lead to end the first quarter 19-17. The Golden Grizzlies didn’t hold it for long as Kent tied it up at 21-21 with a layup then Destiny Perkins took the lead with free-throws.
At the half, IUPUI held an 11-point lead over Oakland, 45-34 and kept that lead in the third quarter with a score of 64-53. The Jags scored three threes in the fourth quarter to seal the win at 85-69.
Senior Kent scored a career-high 30 points shooting 6-for-8 from the three-point line and 11-13 from the floor. She also totaled eight rebounds tied for the team-high with Jazmyn Turner who scored 15 points. Perkins and Natalie Andersen each scored 13 points with Perkins adding seven assists and Andersen bringing down five boards. Ali Berg came up big with timely threes shooting 3-for-5 from the arc and totaling three rebounds.
As a team, IUPUI shot 62.8 percent (30-for-48) from the floor and 45.8 percent from behind the arc (11-for-24) while holding Oakland to just 23.8 percent from three. The Jags outrebounded the Golden Grizzlies 33 to 31.
IUPUI will now go on a four-game stretch on the road starting at Milwaukee on January 28 with a tipoff at 2:00 PM.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: IRISH DOMINATE HOOS, MABREY EXITS WITH KNEE INJURY
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — No. 7 Notre Dame (16-2, 7-1) earned a 22-point win over a visiting Virginia team (14-6, 3-6) on Sunday, 76-54. But what was a suffocating performance from start to finish was classified as a “bittersweet” victory by Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Coach Niele Ivey.
Less than 2 minutes into the game, graduate senior and team heartbeat Dara Mabrey picked off the ball for a steal and went for the fastbreak bucket. In the process, she was fouled and went down holding her right knee. Mabrey remained on the ground for several minutes before being helped off the court, unable to put any pressure on the affected leg. She missed the remainder of the game.
Mabrey’s status moving forward is unknown, as she will undergo further evaluation on Monday.
“It was a little bit emotional for us, and I’m very proud of the way we responded,” Ivey said after the conclusion of Notre Dame’s fourth-straight win. “I’m proud of our grit, our poise.”
Ivey did her press conference flanked by two players, guards Sonia Citron and Jenna Brown. The former is a permanent starter who went 6-7 on the day from deep and finished with a game-leading 20 points and 9 rebounds. Citron’s six 3-pointers were a career-high. The latter came off the bench and navigated Ivey’s offense in an emotional situation. Brown’s stat line was not particularly eye-popping — 2 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists — but her readiness stuck out to Ivey.
“Obviously, it’s really hard to watch not only a teammate but a sister go down like that,” Brown said. “I was very encouraged by my teammates and how mentally tough we all stayed.”
Brown will be taking the future day by day, knowing that she may be called upon again should Mabrey be out for a while.
“It’s always better to be ready and not be called than to be called and not be ready,” Brown added.
Notre Dame will be at home once again on Thursday, as the Irish host Florida State (18-4, 7-2). The Seminoles are led by standout freshman Ta’Niya Latson, who is firmly in various player of the year conversations. Thursday’s game will tip off at 8 p.m. ET and will be televised on regional sports networks.
INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: GLANTON’S SEASON-BEST DAY, WILLIAMS’ NEAR-TRIPLE-DOUBLE WILL SYCAMORES TO ROAD WIN OVER BRADLEY
PEORIA, Ill. – Mya Glanton scored a season-high 21 points Sunday afternoon and Del’Janae Williams nearly recorded a triple-double, propelling Indiana State to a 71-60 win over Bradley inside Renaissance Coliseum.
Williams finished with eight points, nine rebounds and nine assists, setting career-highs in both rebounds and assists. Anna McKendree finished with 14 points, while Chelsea Cain had a double-double for the second straight game with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Indiana State used a 13-2 run spanning the end of the first quarter and start of the second to take the lead for good. The Sycamores led for the final 30:50, pushing their advantage to double-digits in the third and fourth quarters behind 15 second-half points from Glanton. Bradley made it a one-possession game late in the fourth, but three-point plays by Caitlin Anderson and Glanton inside the last two minutes and lights-out free throw shooting led the Sycamores to their third MVC win of the season, all of which have come on the road.
First Half
Cain opened the scoring with a pair of free throws and McKendree hit a 3-pointer a few possessions later to even the score at 5-all. Bradley scored seven straight points to take the lead, but Indiana State closed the quarter strong. Williams and Westerfeld made layups to kickstart an 11-2 run to close the quarter, which was followed by a 3-pointer by Finnegan. A jumper by Glanton inside the final minute of the quarter gave Indiana State a 16-14 lead heading into the second.
Glanton tacked on to the Sycamore lead with a putback layp to begin the second quarter, and McKendree added a fastbreak layup to give the Sycamores their largest lead of the half at 23-17. Bradley cut its deficit to one late in the half, but free throws by Hattie Westerfeld and Williams helped the Trees take a 31-28 lead into the intermission.
Second Half
Glanton came out of the locker room on fire with 10 points in the first five minutes of the third quarter. Indiana State opened the second half on an 8-0 run, with Glanton accounting for six of those points, taking a 39-28 lead in the process. Bradley cut the Sycamore lead down to six midway through the quarter, but baskets by Williams and Glanton pushed the advantage back into double-digits at 47-37 heading into the media timeout. Indiana State’s lead grew to 52-40 following a 3-pointer by McKendree late in the quarter, but Bradley closed the period with five straight points as the Sycamores took a 52-45 lead into the fourth.
Bradley carried its momentum into the early stages of the fourth quarter, opening the period on an 8-2 run to cut Indiana State’s lead to 54-53. McKendree made a layup off a backdoor feed from Glanton to end the run, and both Anderson and Glanton converted clutch three-point plays inside the final two minutes for the Blue and White. With Bradley forced to foul late, Indiana State knocked down 9-of-11 fourth quarter free throw attempts to seal its third conference win of the season, 71-60.
Inside the Numbers
Indiana State’s 71 points were its most in an MVC game this season. The Sycamores are 3-0 this season when scoring 70-plus points and 10-1 in head coach Chad Killinger’s tenure when reaching the 70-point mark.
Indiana State’s 36 points in the paint were its most in an MVC game this season. The Sycamores improved to 6-2 this season when scoring 30-plus points in the paint.
The third quarter proved to be a difference maker for the Sycamores. Indiana State scored 32 points in the first half, but followed with 21 points on a 9-for-14 shooting performance in the third quarter.
All seven players who saw the floor for Indiana State in Sunday’s game scored at least for points and grabbed at least two rebounds.
Indiana State had the advantage in paint points (36-26), second chance points (12-10) and fastbreak points (12-7). The Sycamores’ 12 second chance points came off 10 offensive rebounds, marking the fourth straight game that Indiana State pulled down double-digit boards on the offensive glass.
News & Notes
Del’Janae Williams finished two points, one rebound and one assist shy of becoming just the second player in program history to record a triple-double. Amy Walker recorded the only triple-double in program history with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Illinois State on Feb. 18, 1995.
Mya Glanton’s season-high 21 points also marked her first double-digit scoring game of the season. Glanton, who had three 20-point, 10-rebound games last year, came into Sunday’s game averaging under four points per game.
Indiana State went the first 14 games of this season without a double-double, but has seen one player record a double-double in each of the last three games. Anna McKendree had 14 points and 10 assists against Drake, while Chelsea Cain had double-doubles in both ends of the Sycamores’ current two-game road trip (16 points and 11 rebounds at Illinois State, 11 points and 10 rebounds at Bradley).
Indiana State played just seven players in Sunday’s win, the first time this season that fewer than nine players saw game time for the Sycamores.
Indiana State snapped a three-game losing streak with Sunday’s win. The Sycamores have also now won three straight games over Bradley, recording a sweep of the season series last year and taking Sunday’s game in Peoria.
Up Next
Indiana State begins a three-game homestand Friday at 6 p.m. against Belmont. The game against the Bruins is the first of two games during Alumni Weekend for the Sycamores.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: 3-POINT BARRAGE PROPELS MASTODONS TO 17-POINT LEAGUE WIN
DAYTON, Ohio – Purdue Fort Wayne women’s basketball hit 13 three-pointers against Wright State on Sunday (Jan. 22), leading to a 72-55 road win.
The ‘Dons shot a scorching 54.2 percent (13-of-24) from 3-point land, which marked their best 3-point percentage against a Division I foe since North Dakota on January 5, 2020. Their 13 threes was the most in a league game since February 6, 2015.
The triples came from all around; six Mastodons had at least one 3-pointer. Amellia Bromenschenkel, Shayla Sellers and Ryin Ott had three each.
It was not a pretty start for Purdue Fort Wayne. Wright State scored the first 13 points of the contest. From this point on, however, the Mastodons out-scored the Raiders by 30 over the final 35 minutes. This was due to massive second (29-15) and fourth (23-9) quarters.
The Mastodons shot a ridiculous 78.6 percent from the floor and 83.3 percent from 3-point range in the second quarter. It’s been just over a year since the ‘Dons have shot over 70 percent in a quarter.
Jazzlyn Linbo had back-to-back putbacks midway through the third quarter to force a Raider timeout. This put the ‘Dons up 10, the largest of the day to that point.
Wright cut the lead to one just moments into the fourth quarter, but that would be short-lived. The Mastodons used the 3-ball to bury the Raiders in a hurry. Two threes from Bromenschenkel, two free throws from Aubrey Stupp and a triple from Ott put the ‘Dons up 12 behind an 11-0 run. Purdue Fort Wayne out-scored the home team 23-9 in the final 10 minutes. The Raiders fouled for the final 91 seconds, allowing the lead to balloon to as many as 17, the margin of the final score.
The Mastodons dominated on the glass, out-rebounding Wright State 37-25. It is their largest rebounding margin since meeting with the Raiders last season on February 5.
Purdue Fort Wayne was good from the free throw line as well, cashing in on 11-of-13 for 84.6 percent.
Sellers and Ott led all scorers with 16 points each. Sellers added five rebounds, five assists and a steal. Ott had four assists, three steals and one board. Bromenschenkel joined them in double-figures with 11. Linbo led the rebounding effort with seven, followed by Stupp with six.
Purdue Fort Wayne improves to 7-13 and 4-6 in the Horizon League through the halfway point of league play. Wright State tumbles to 2-18, 1-9. The Mastodons are set to take on Oakland next on Thursday (Jan. 26) in Rochester, Michigan.
EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: REDBIRDS PULL AWAY IN SECOND HALF AS COLD-SHOOTING TRIPS UP ACES
NORMAL, Ill. – Despite a day in which it competed for much of the opening 25 minutes, the University of Evansville women’s basketball team could not overcome its cold shooting in a 78-46 loss to Illinois State on Sunday afternoon.
For the second-straight game, senior guard/forward Abby Feit reached the 20-point mark and hit four three-pointers to lead the way for the Aces back in her hometown. Feit was the lone Ace in double-figures, but UE was boosted by a strong performance from redshirt junior Celine Dupont, who tallied nine points and five boards off the bench. The Redbirds were led by the duo of Paige Robinson and Deanna Wilson, who combined for 49 points on the afternoon.
A cold-shooting stretch to open the game caused Evansville to have to battle back from an early deficit as the Redbirds opened up a 13-3 lead over the Aces in the first quarter. A three from Feit, her first of the day, with under a minute left in the quarter helped keep the deficit manageable at 17-9 going into the second period.
The second quarter proved to be the bright spot on the day for Evansville as the Aces shot 42% (5-12) from the field in the period. The aforementioned Feit and Dupont powered Evansville in the opening half with the two combining for 22 of UE’s 26 points in the first 20 minutes with Dupont scoring all nine of her points in the game in the second quarter. As was true in the first frame, a three-pointer from Abby Feit helped to narrow the lead late in the quarter, getting Evansville to within six at 32-26 before Wilson hit a layup in the final second to push the Redbirds lead back to eight at the break.
In the second half, Evansville showed the ability to rebound both offensively and defensively as UE was only out-rebounded 39-37 in the game. Evansville generated plenty of second-chance opportunities in the game by securing 15 offensive rebounds, but turned those chances into just 12 points. As was true early in the opening quarter, the Aces were doomed by shooting woes in the second half, hitting just five of their 34 attempts in the final 20 minutes as Illinois State pulled away for the 78-46 win.
Evansville returns home for a pair of important home contests inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse this upcoming weekend. On Friday, the Aces play host to Murray State at 6 PM with the first 100 students inside Meeks receiving a script Aces crossbody bag. Closing-out the weekend against Belmont on Sunday, Evansville celebrates National Girls & Women in Sports Day with a 1 PM tip-off against the Bruins back inside Meeks.
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SPORTS EXTRA
*************NBA STANDINGS***********
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||
| W | L | Pct | Conf GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Last 10 | Streak | |||
| 1 Boston | 35 | 12 | .745 | — | 18-5 | 17-7 | 6-0 | 20-8 | 9-1 | 9 W | ||
| 2 Philadelphia | 30 | 16 | .652 | 4.5 | 17-7 | 13-9 | 4-3 | 17-10 | 8-2 | 5 W | ||
| 3 Milwaukee | 29 | 17 | .630 | 5.5 | 18-5 | 11-12 | 5-4 | 17-13 | 6-4 | 1 L | ||
| 4 Brooklyn | 29 | 17 | .630 | 5.5 | 13-7 | 16-10 | 5-3 | 20-8 | 5-5 | 2 W | ||
| 5 Cleveland | 29 | 19 | .604 | 6.5 | 20-5 | 9-14 | 8-3 | 18-8 | 5-5 | 1 W | ||
| 6 Miami | 26 | 22 | .542 | 9.5 | 15-9 | 10-13 | 5-2 | 10-13 | 6-4 | 1 W | ||
| 7 New York | 25 | 23 | .521 | 10.5 | 11-13 | 14-10 | 2-6 | 16-14 | 5-5 | 4 L | ||
| 8 Atlanta | 24 | 23 | .511 | 11.0 | 13-10 | 11-13 | 5-4 | 17-16 | 7-3 | 1 L | ||
| 9 Indiana | 23 | 25 | .479 | 12.5 | 15-9 | 8-16 | 2-3 | 16-12 | 2-8 | 7 L | ||
| 10 Chicago | 21 | 24 | .467 | 13.0 | 12-10 | 8-14 | 5-3 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 2 W | ||
| 11 Toronto | 21 | 27 | .438 | 14.5 | 15-12 | 6-15 | 4-9 | 15-19 | 5-5 | 1 W | ||
| 12 Washington | 20 | 26 | .435 | 14.5 | 12-10 | 8-16 | 5-3 | 13-15 | 5-5 | 2 W | ||
| 13 Orlando | 17 | 29 | .370 | 17.5 | 11-12 | 6-17 | 2-6 | 7-19 | 4-6 | 1 L | ||
| 14 Charlotte | 13 | 34 | .277 | 22.0 | 5-16 | 8-18 | 4-6 | 6-23 | 3-7 | 2 W | ||
| 15 Detroit | 12 | 36 | .250 | 23.5 | 6-16 | 6-19 | 0-7 | 4-22 | 3-7 | 3 L | ||
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||
| W | L | Pct | Conf GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Last 10 | Streak | |||
| 1 Denver | 33 | 14 | .702 | — | 22-4 | 11-10 | 9-4 | 24-10 | 9-1 | 1 L | ||
| 2 Memphis | 31 | 15 | .674 | 1.5 | 20-3 | 11-12 | 6-2 | 15-12 | 8-2 | 2 L | ||
| 3 Sacramento | 26 | 19 | .578 | 6.0 | 15-10 | 11-9 | 5-5 | 14-9 | 7-3 | 1 L | ||
| 4 New Orleans | 26 | 21 | .553 | 7.0 | 17-6 | 9-15 | 7-3 | 16-10 | 3-7 | 4 L | ||
| 5 Dallas | 25 | 23 | .521 | 8.5 | 17-8 | 8-15 | 6-2 | 18-11 | 3-7 | 1 L | ||
| 6 LA Clippers | 25 | 24 | .510 | 9.0 | 13-11 | 12-13 | 3-4 | 15-15 | 4-6 | 2 W | ||
| 7 Phoenix | 24 | 24 | .500 | 9.5 | 17-7 | 7-17 | 8-0 | 19-13 | 4-6 | 3 W | ||
| 8 Minnesota | 24 | 24 | .500 | 9.5 | 16-10 | 8-14 | 6-6 | 15-15 | 7-3 | 2 W | ||
| 9 Utah | 24 | 25 | .490 | 10.0 | 15-9 | 9-16 | 4-4 | 18-14 | 5-5 | 1 L | ||
| 10 Golden State | 23 | 24 | .489 | 10.0 | 17-6 | 6-18 | 4-4 | 13-9 | 4-6 | 1 L | ||
| 11 Oklahoma City | 23 | 24 | .489 | 10.0 | 14-9 | 9-15 | 4-6 | 11-13 | 7-3 | 1 W | ||
| 12 LA Lakers | 22 | 25 | .468 | 11.0 | 12-11 | 10-14 | 1-8 | 11-16 | 6-4 | 2 W | ||
| 13 Portland | 21 | 25 | .457 | 11.5 | 11-10 | 10-15 | 4-7 | 15-15 | 2-8 | 3 L | ||
| 14 San Antonio | 14 | 32 | .304 | 18.5 | 9-16 | 5-15 | 2-7 | 5-25 | 2-8 | 1 L | ||
| 15 Houston | 10 | 36 | .217 | 22.5 | 6-15 | 4-21 | 1-8 | 5-27 | 0-10 | 13 L |
*************NHL STANDINGS***********
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | ROW | GF | GA | Home | Road | L10 | ||
| 1 Boston Bruins | 46 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 78 | 35 | 177 | 96 | 22-1-3 | 15-4-1 | 9-1-0 | |
| 2 Carolina Hurricanes | 46 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 66 | 26 | 151 | 124 | 14-5-2 | 15-4-6 | 5-3-2 | |
| 3 New Jersey Devils | 46 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 64 | 29 | 161 | 121 | 12-10-2 | 18-2-2 | 7-1-2 | |
| 4 Toronto Maple Leafs | 47 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 64 | 28 | 158 | 125 | 17-3-4 | 11-8-4 | 5-3-2 | |
| 5 Tampa Bay Lightning | 45 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 59 | 28 | 163 | 135 | 17-4-1 | 12-11-0 | 6-4-0 | |
| 6 New York Rangers | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 57 | 23 | 145 | 123 | 11-9-4 | 14-5-3 | 6-2-2 | |
| 7 Washington Capitals | 49 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 56 | 25 | 156 | 139 | 13-8-3 | 12-10-3 | 4-5-1 | |
| 8 Pittsburgh Penguins | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 54 | 22 | 148 | 138 | 13-5-4 | 10-10-4 | 4-4-2 | |
| 9 Florida Panthers | 48 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 51 | 22 | 163 | 163 | 12-6-3 | 11-14-2 | 7-2-1 | |
| 10 New York Islanders | 48 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 51 | 23 | 141 | 136 | 13-9-2 | 10-11-3 | 2-5-3 | |
| 11 Buffalo Sabres | 45 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 172 | 155 | 11-12-2 | 12-7-1 | 5-4-1 | |
| 12 Philadelphia Flyers | 48 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 47 | 20 | 133 | 155 | 10-12-1 | 10-9-6 | 6-4-0 | |
| 13 Detroit Red Wings | 45 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 46 | 18 | 138 | 153 | 11-10-3 | 8-8-5 | 3-6-1 | |
| 14 Ottawa Senators | 46 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 133 | 152 | 12-11-1 | 8-12-2 | 4-6-0 | |
| 15 Montreal Canadiens | 47 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 125 | 171 | 11-12-0 | 9-12-3 | 5-5-0 | |
| 16 Columbus Blue Jackets | 46 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 119 | 180 | 11-15-1 | 3-15-1 | 3-7-0 | |
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | ROW | GF | GA | Home | Road | L10 | ||
| 1 Dallas Stars | 48 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 63 | 27 | 167 | 124 | 13-5-3 | 15-8-4 | 5-4-1 | |
| 2 Vegas Golden Knights | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 60 | 26 | 156 | 139 | 14-13-0 | 15-4-2 | 5-5-0 | |
| 3 Winnipeg Jets | 48 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 63 | 31 | 159 | 126 | 17-6-0 | 14-10-1 | 7-3-0 | |
| 4 Seattle Kraken | 46 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 59 | 27 | 166 | 144 | 11-9-3 | 16-5-2 | 7-2-1 | |
| 5 Los Angeles Kings | 49 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 58 | 22 | 159 | 167 | 14-9-2 | 12-8-4 | 5-5-0 | |
| 6 Minnesota Wild | 45 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 54 | 22 | 143 | 130 | 13-8-1 | 12-8-3 | 5-3-2 | |
| 7 Edmonton Oilers | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 57 | 27 | 178 | 156 | 12-11-2 | 15-7-1 | 7-2-1 | |
| 8 Colorado Avalanche | 45 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 53 | 21 | 141 | 124 | 11-8-3 | 14-9-0 | 6-4-0 | |
| 9 Calgary Flames | 47 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 53 | 21 | 147 | 142 | 13-8-2 | 9-8-7 | 5-3-2 | |
| 10 Nashville Predators | 46 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 50 | 20 | 129 | 136 | 12-7-3 | 10-11-3 | 6-4-0 | |
| 11 St. Louis Blues | 47 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 49 | 20 | 149 | 167 | 10-11-2 | 13-10-1 | 6-4-0 | |
| 12 Vancouver Canucks | 46 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 154 | 183 | 8-13-1 | 10-12-2 | 2-8-0 | |
| 13 San Jose Sharks | 48 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 37 | 13 | 145 | 184 | 5-12-7 | 9-13-2 | 3-5-2 | |
| 14 Arizona Coyotes | 47 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 35 | 13 | 123 | 170 | 9-7-2 | 6-20-3 | 2-8-0 | |
| 15 Chicago Blackhawks | 45 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 108 | 163 | 9-16-2 | 5-11-2 | 6-4-0 | |
| 16 Anaheim Ducks | 47 | 13 | 29 | 5 | 31 | 10 | 113 | 199 | 8-13-1 | 5-16-4 | 3-6-1 |
*******FOOTBALL HISTORY*******
January 23, 1950 – NFL rule changes which according to the sportattic.com were unlimited free substitution was restored, opening the way for the era of two platoons and specialization in pro football such as offense, defensive and special team specialist.
January 23, 1953 – At the NFL owners meeting the successful sale of the franchise that would become the reincarnation of a Baltimore franchise took just over four weeks as Carroll Rosenbloom became the principal owner of the new Baltimore Colts and absorbed many of the defunct Dallas Texans team. (look back at the December 28 History headlines). Also decided at this meeting was that the NFL’s National & American conference would become Eastern & Western conferences.
January 23, 1978 – Tampa Stadium – At the NFL Pro Bowl the NFC squad edges out the AFC, 14-13. The game’s MVP was Chicago Bears running back Walter Peyton. According to the Tampa Sport History Blogspot the game was broadcast nationwide on ABC and called by the renowned “Monday Night Football” crew of Frank Gifford, “Dandy” Don Meredith and Howard Cosell.
January 23, 1983 – Miami’s Orange Bowl – The New York Jets in the early 1980s were a team built on speed. The worst thing that could have happened to a team of that nature is to have it rain for days on end on a southern Florida natural playing surface, and unfortunately for the Jets it did occur according to a News Day Article. The game has gone down in the annals of NFL history as the “Mud Bowl.” The wet, muddy field negated the Jets significant speed and skill advantage and the Miami Dolphins benefitted as they blanked the New York Jets 14-0 in the AFC Championship Game to advance to the Super Bowl.
January 23, 1994 – Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York – The 1993 season’s AFC Championship game saw the passing offenses almost nullified by the defenses, Bills Running back Thurman Thomas thrived with 186 yards on the ground and 3 touchdowns as the Buffalo Bills beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 30-13 to advance to Super Bowl XXVIII.
January 23, 1994 – Texas Stadium, Irving – Dallas Cowboys punched their tickets into Super Bowl XXVIII to face the Buffalo Bills as they knocked off the San Francisco 49ers, 38-21 in the NFC Championship game.
January 23, 2000 – Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville – Some new names were found in the AFC Championship in the new millennium as the Tennessee Titans beat Jacksonville Jaguars, 33-14 per the Pro-Football-Reference.com. Titans Quarterback Steve McNair had almost as many yards rushing, 91 with three TDs as he did passing, 14 of 23 for 112 yards. With the victory Tennessee earned the right to play in Super Bowl XXXIV.
January 23, 2000 – A defensive battle ensued in the 1999 season’s NFC Championship game played at the Trans World Dome, St. Louis per the Pro-Football-Reference. The St. Louis Rams outscored the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 11-6 to advance to Super Bowl XXXIV to face the Titans.
January 23, 2005 – Heinz Field, Pittsburgh – The New England Patriots ruined the party for the Pittsburgh Steelers as they handily defeated them 41-27 in the AFC Championship game. Patriot wide out Deion Branch scored twice as New England won the Lamar Hunt Trophy.
January 23, 2005 The Philadelphia Eagles knocked around the Atlanta Falcons, 27-10 in the NFC Championship played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philly. Chad Lewis caught two Donovan McNabb passes to help the Eagles advance to Super Bowl XXXIX per the Pro-Football-Reference.
January 23, 2011 – Heinz Field, Pittsburgh – The AFC Championship game had Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall ran 27 times for 121 yards and scored once to help the Pittsburgh Steelers overcome the New York Jets, 24-19 per an ESPN.com story.
January 23, 2011 – The NFC Championship played at Soldier Field in Chicago was a matchup of two long time NFC North rivals. In the game for the right to play in the Super Bowl, it was the Green Bay Packers knocking out the Chicago Bears, 21-14.
HALL OF FAME BIRTHDAYS
January 23, 1935 – Throckmorton County, Texas – Oklahoma’s fantastic fullback, linebacker and center Jerry Tubbs was born. He enjoyed an11-year pro career as linebacker for the Chicago Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, and Dallas Cowboys.
January 23, 1936 – Jordan, Montana – Jerry Kramer the star guard of the University of Idaho was born. Jerry was a fourth round pick of the Green Bay Packers in the 1958 NFL Draft according to the Profootballhof.com website. Kramer was looked upon as the foundation of the Lombardi era’s Packers O-lines as his athletic skill and smarts made him a formidable challenge for any defender to get past. He was a starter in 6 NFL Championships and also two Super Bowls and the Packer only lost one time in those eight games! Jerry was named to the All-NFL team 5 times in his 11 year Pro career and played in 3 Pro Bowls. This man had special skills that even empmoyed him as the Packers kicker in the 1962 and 63 season and even a little bit in his last year in the League. In fact his three field goals in the 1962 NFL Championship propelled Green Bay to victory over the Giants. In 2018 Jerry Kramer slipped on a brand new Gold Jacket and was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
January 23, 1952 – East St. Louis, Illinois – Washington University of St Louis linebacker Shelby Jordan arrived into this life. According to the footballfoundation.org Shelby was a 6-foot-7, 270-pound beast, as he led WUSL in tackles for three consecutive seasons en route to being named a Kodak First Team All-American during his senior campaign. The National Football Foundation voters selected Shelby Jordan to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013. After graduation Jordan went in the seventh round of the 1973 NFL Draft as he was picked by the Houston Oilers. Eventually Shelby became a six-year starter with the New England Patriots at offensive tackle and later won Super Bowl XVIII with the Los Angeles Raiders.
January 23, 1971 – Savannah, Georgia – The great offensive lineman from the LSU Tigers, Kevin Mawae was born. Kevin Mawae played in the NFL for 16 seasons according to his Hall of Fame Bio on the Profootballhof.com website. He played in 8 Pro Bowls over that span and was on the 2000’s all decade teams as a center. Kevin was originally drafted in the second round of the 1994 NFL Draft by Seattle and played guard for the first two seasons in the League. He then changed to the position of Center where he thrived for the rest of his long career. He played 4 seasons with the Seahawks, 8 with the Jets and four final years as a member of the Tennessee Titans. The Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrined Kevin Mawae in the class of 2019.
******BASEBALL HISTORY******
1958 The Red Sox trade outfielder Albie Pearson and first baseman Norm Zauchin to the Senators for shortstop Pete Runnels. En route to capturing the American League’s batting crown in 1960 and 1962, Boston’s newest infielder will compile a .320 batting during his five years with the team.
1962 The BBWAA elects Dodger infielder Jackie Robinson (77.5%) and Indians right-hander Bob Feller (93.8%) to the Baseball Hall of Fame, marking the first time in MLB history that the writers select two players in their first year on the ballot. The Veterans Committee previously chose center fielder Edd Roush, a lifetime .323 hitter during his 18 years as a major leaguer, and manager Bill McKechnie, who compiled a record of 1896-1723 (.524) in his 25-year tenure with five teams, to also be inducted into the Cooperstown shrine this summer.
1967 The Cardinals named their former standout Stan Musial, four years removed from the playing field, as the team’s general manager, replacing Bob Howsam, who resigned to take a similar post with Cincinnati. Although his tenure will last only ten months, ‘The Man,’ who turned down the position shortly after he retired in 1963, will become the first GM to win a world championship in his first season on the job.
1968 Outfielder Joe Medwick, who captured the National League triple crown in 1937, is selected by the BBWAA to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. ‘Ducky,’ best known for his years with the Cardinals as a member of the Gashouse Gang, ended his 17-year career with a .324 batting average.
1973 The Hall of Fame Special Veterans Committee select nineteenth-century players Mickey Welch and Mike Kelly for enshrinement in Cooperstown. ‘Smiling Mickey,’ who posted a 307-210 (.594) during his 13 years in the National League, and ‘King Kelly,’ baseball’s first matinee idol, will be joined Billy Evans, nicknamed ‘The Boy Umpire,’ who, at age 22, became the youngest arbitrator in major league history.
1975 By the slimmest of margins, Ralph Kiner is elected into the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA, receiving 273 votes on the 362 ballots cast by the writers, just enough to reach the 75% needed to be selected. During his brief ten-year major league career, the former Pirates slugger led the National League in home runs for seven consecutive seasons, starting with his rookie campaign in 1946.
1979 In his first year of eligibility, Willie Mays is selected by the BBWAA as a member of the Hall of Fame, receiving 409 of the 432 (94.7%) ballots cast. The center fielder, a five-tool player known mostly for his 21-year tenure with the Giants, is the only player elected by the writers for induction this summer, but 23 scribes inexplicably leave the ‘Say-Hey Kid’ off their ballots.
1981 The Red Sox, due to a front office mistake, are forced to trade Fred Lynn, along with Steve Renko, to the Angels, for Jim Dorsey, Joe Rudi, and Frank Tanana. Boston had failed to mail their outfielder a new contract by the deadline, allowing the former Rookie of the Year to become a free agent.
2002 The Rangers avoid salary arbitration with 29-year-old Jeff Zimmerman, who saved 28 games for the team last season after replacing an injured Tim Crabtree when their closer agrees to a $10 million, three-year contract. Unfortunately, the right-hander will never throw another pitch in a major league game, suffering an injury in spring training that leads to three major surgeries on his elbow, including a pair of Tommy John surgeries.
2006 In a surprising move, the Reds fire Dan O’Brien with spring training scheduled to begin in a few weeks. Cincinnati’s new owner Bob Castellini makes it clear the team’s former GM’s performance is not the reason for dismissal but that he wanted to place his ‘own’ person in the position.
2008 The Indians, avoiding salary arbitration, sign Rafael Betancourt (5-1, 1.47) to a $5.4 million, two-year deal. The 32-year-old right-handed reliever was used primarily last season as an eighth-inning set-up man for Cleveland’s closer, Joe Borowski.
2008 Kevin Towers, the longest-tenured active major league general manager, gets a two-year contract extension from the Padres, which goes through the 2010 season. Although the club would not reveal financial details, the deal reportedly makes the 46-year-old one of the top five or six highest-paid G.M.s in the game.
2008 Troy Tulowitzki (.291, 24, 99 ) and the Rockies agree on a six-year, $31 million deal, including a club option for 2014. The National League champs’ second baseman was the runner-up for the Rookie of the Year award, narrowly outpointed (128-126) for the BBWAA honor by Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun.
2008 To add experience for an unseasoned rotation, the Marlins sign 33-year-old southpaw Mark Hendrickson (4-8, 5.21) to a one-year, $1.5 million deal, which includes an additional $500,000 in performance bonuses. The 6-foot-9 former NBA player pitched for the Blue Jays, Devil Rays, and the Dodgers.
2010 Major League Baseball announces the Dodgers, who in 1993 became the first big league club to play in Taiwan, will return to the island in March to play a pair of exhibition games against a Chinese Professional Baseball League team. During their first trip, L.A. played a squad of Chinese All-Stars.
2010 Arbitration-eligible Hunter Pence (.282, 25, 72) signs a $3.5 million, one-year deal with the Astros. The 26-year-old All-Star outfielder with the rifle arm earned only $464,000 last year, his third season with Houston.
**********************SPORTS IN NUMBERS*******************
January 23, 1934 – Murray Murdoch, Number 9 on the New York Rangers roster, played in his 400th straight NHL game on this date. The Rangers skated past the Ottawa Senators 5-2 in the game. Mr. Murdoch’s streak continued until he hit the milestone of 508 consecutive games.
January 23, 1959 – Elgin Baylor, who wore Number 22 for most of his NBA career, was voted as the Co-MVP of the NBA All-Star game with Forward Bob Pettit. Baylor who was the Rookie Strong Forward of the Minneaplois Lakers also wore the number 34 for a small segment of that season on the hardwoods in Minnesota.
January 23, 1965 – Do you think one player can make a difference? Led by newly acquired Wilt Chamberlain, wearing Number 13, the Sixers forced Boston Celtics’ center Number 6, Bill Russell to miss all 14 of his shots as the 76ers cruised to a 104-100 victory.
January 23, 1968 – Joe Medwick, who wore Number 7 for the majority of his MLB career with the St Louis Cardinals was selected to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame on this date.
January 23, 1968 – 18th NBA All-Star Game, Madison Square Garden, NYC: East beats West, 144-124; MVP chiosen for the game was none other than Philadelphia 76ers, PG, Number 15, Hal Greer
January 23, 1972 – 22nd NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: AFC beats NFC, 26-13; MVPs chosen for their top notch play in the game were a pair of Kansas City Chiefs teammates, Place Kicker, Number 3, Jan Stenerud and Linebacker, Number 63, Willie Lanier
January 23, 1973 – 23rd NBA All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium: East beats West, 104-84; MVP selected for the contest was Boston Celtics, C, Number 18, Dave Cowens
January 23, 1975 – Former Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Number 4, Ralph Kiner was honored with selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame
January 23, 1978 – NFL Pro Bowl, Tampa Stadium: NFC beats AFC, 14-13; MVP selected for the game was Chicago Bears, RB, Number 34, Walter Payton
January 23, 1979 – Former New York and San Francisco Giants as well as New York Mets center fielder, Number 24, Willie Mays was elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
January 23, 1981 – New York Islanders star Number 22, Mike Bossy became the first in NHL history to score 50 goals in 50 games
January 23, 1998 – NBA legend, Chicago Bulls, Number 23, Michael Jordan scored in double figures for 800th consecutive game in a 100-98 OT win over New Jersey; adds 40 more double-figure scoring games to his NBA record before retiring for the second time (1998)
January 23, 2015 – Golden State Warriors guard Number 11, Klay Thompson scored the most NBA points in a quarter (37) and most 3-pointers in a quarter (9) in Warrior’s 126-101 win over Sacramento Kings
January 23, 2018 – Cleveland Cavaliers Forward, Number 23, LeBron James became the 7th and youngest (33 years 24 days) to reach the 30,000 NBA point milestone during 114-102 loss to San Antonio Spurs
January 23, 2022 – Buffalo wide receiver Number 13, Gabriel Davis scored an NFL playoff record 4 TDs in the Bills’ epic 42-36 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in their divisional-round playoff at Arrowhead Stadium
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| NCAA BASKETBALL GAMES – MEN’S | TIME ET | TV |
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| Grambling State at UAPB | 8:30pm | – |
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| NHL REGULAR SEASON GAMES | TIME ET | TV |
| Florida at NY Rangers | 7:00pm | Bally Sports MSG |
| NY Islanders at Toronto | 7:00pm | MSGSN Sportsnet |
| Buffalo at Dallas | 8:30pm | Bally Sports MSG-BUF |
| Columbus at Calgary | 9:30pm | ESPN+ HULU |
| SOCCER MATCHES | TIME ET | TV |
| Serie A: Bologna vs Cremonese | 12:30pm | Paramount+ |
| Serie A: Internazionale vs Empoli | 2:45pm | CBSSN |
| English Premier League: Fulham vs Tottenham Hotspur | 3:00pm | USA |
| La Liga: Valencia vs Almería | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Australian Open | 9:00pm | ESPN2 |