“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
| ADAMS CENTRAL | 63 | TIPTON | 46 | |
| ANDERSON PREP | 69 | INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL | 60 | |
| ANDERSON | 71 | LAWRENCE CENTRAL | 64 | |
| ANDREAN | 73 | MARQUETTE CATHOLIC | 49 | |
| ANGOLA | 52 | FAIRFIELD | 39 | |
| BATESVILLE | 72 | HAUSER | 64 | OT |
| BENTON CENTRAL | 52 | FOUNTAIN CENTRAL | 36 | |
| BLACKFORD | 56 | JAY COUNTY | 41 | |
| BLOOMFIELD | 43 | EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN | 36 | |
| BLOOMINGTON SOUTH | 73 | SILVER CREEK | 63 | |
| BLUFFTON | 48 | MADISON-GRANT | 41 | |
| BROWNSBURG | 71 | MACONAQUAH | 52 | |
| BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL | 66 | CORYDON CENTRAL | 52 | |
| CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN | 85 | MTI KNOWLEDGE | 50 | |
| CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) | 39 | YORKTOWN | 36 | |
| CASCADE | 47 | NORTH PUTNAM | 44 | |
| CENTERVILLE | 50 | CONNERSVILLE | 43 | |
| CHARLESTOWN | 65 | HENRYVILLE | 41 | |
| CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 64 | BORDEN | 36 | |
| CHURUBUSCO | 73 | ARGOS | 49 | |
| CLAY CITY | 59 | WHITE RIVER VALLEY | 31 | |
| CLINTON PRAIRIE | 65 | WESTERN | 56 | |
| COLUMBIA CITY | 65 | NEW HAVEN | 57 | |
| COLUMBUS EAST | 56 | BLOOMINGTON NORTH | 47 | |
| COLUMBUS NORTH | 64 | WHITELAND | 63 | |
| COOPER (KY.) | 73 | JENNINGS COUNTY | 62 | |
| COVENANT CHRISTIAN | 74 | SHERIDAN | 65 | |
| COWAN | 60 | WES-DEL | 52 | |
| CULVER ACADEMY | 62 | PERU | 39 | |
| DALEVILLE | 78 | MUNCIE BURRIS | 33 | |
| DEKALB | 65 | HUNTINGTON NORTH | 58 | |
| DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN | 54 | FAITH CHRISTIAN | 50 | |
| DELPHI | 56 | FRONTIER | 54 | |
| EAST CENTRAL | 53 | RUSHVILLE | 36 | |
| EAST NOBLE | 61 | NORWELL | 46 | |
| EASTERN (GREENTOWN) | 46 | WABASH | 34 | |
| EASTERN (PEKIN) | 46 | SALEM | 42 | |
| EASTERN GREENE | 66 | CLOVERDALE | 37 | |
| EASTERN HANCOCK | 58 | TRITON CENTRAL | 49 | |
| EVANSVILLE BOSSE | 63 | TERRE HAUTE SOUTH | 59 | |
| EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL | 66 | BOONVILLE | 46 | |
| EVANSVILLE REITZ | 65 | FLOYD CENTRAL | 54 | |
| FISHERS | 80 | CARMEL | 39 | |
| FOREST PARK | 69 | PAOLI | 48 | |
| FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK | 56 | FORT WAYNE WAYNE | 52 | |
| FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY | 48 | HAMILTON | 30 | |
| FRANKTON | 52 | TRI-CENTRAL | 38 | |
| GARY WEST | 60 | INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY | 38 | |
| GIBSON SOUTHERN | 48 | WASHINGTON | 44 | |
| GREENCASTLE | 60 | TRI-WEST | 51 | |
| GREENFIELD-CENTRAL | 68 | MUNCIE CENTRAL | 39 | |
| GREENWOOD | 53 | INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI | 49 | |
| HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN | 77 | PENDLETON HEIGHTS | 59 | |
| HEBRON | 70 | RENSSELAER CENTRAL | 55 | |
| HERITAGE HILLS | 70 | SOUTH SPENCER | 47 | |
| HERITAGE | 58 | EASTSIDE | 33 | |
| HOBART | 71 | WHEELER | 49 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL | 84 | WINTON WOODS (OHIO) | 66 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE | 52 | BETHESDA CHRISTIAN | 42 | |
| JAC-CEN-DEL | 52 | TRINITY LUTHERAN | 36 | |
| KIPP INDY LEGACY | 69 | LIBERTY CHRISTIAN | 68 | OT |
| KOKOMO | 78 | LEWIS CASS | 32 | |
| KOUTS | 81 | BOWMAN ACADEMY | 51 | |
| LAPORTE | 47 | CONCORD | 41 | |
| LAFAYETTE JEFF | 83 | PURDUE POLY ENGLEWOOD | 49 | |
| LAKELAND CHRISTIAN | 71 | SOUTHERN WELLS | 52 | |
| LAPEL | 66 | OAK HILL | 51 | |
| LAWRENCE NORTH | 81 | HAMMOND MORTON | 48 | |
| LEO | 71 | BELLMONT | 30 | |
| LINTON | 77 | NORTH KNOX | 46 | |
| LOOGOOTEE | 50 | EVANSVILLE MATER DEI | 43 | |
| MADISON | 63 | NORTH HARRISON | 49 | |
| MARION | 81 | MICHIGAN CITY | 74 | |
| MCCUTCHEON | 76 | SEEGER | 35 | |
| MONROVIA | 71 | IRVINGTON PREP | 45 | |
| MOORESVILLE | 62 | PARKE HERITAGE | 58 | |
| MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) | 59 | HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) | 37 | |
| NEW ALBANY | 69 | JASPER | 52 | |
| NEW CASTLE | 65 | MONROE CENTRAL | 58 | |
| NEW PALESTINE | 97 | INDIAN CREEK | 49 | |
| NOBLESVILLE | 54 | GUERIN CATHOLIC | 39 | |
| NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) | 70 | HERITAGE CHRISTIAN | 57 | |
| NORTH DECATUR | 57 | TRI | 44 | |
| NORTH MONTGOMERY | 48 | NORTH VERMILLION | 39 | |
| NORTHEAST DUBOIS | 59 | WOOD MEMORIAL | 57 | |
| NORTHVIEW | 71 | CRAWFORDSVILLE | 30 | |
| NORTHWESTERN | 52 | CARROLL (FLORA) | 50 | OT |
| OLDENBURG ACADEMY | 49 | WALDRON | 46 | |
| ORLEANS | 50 | NORTH DAVIESS | 34 | |
| PENN | 57 | GOSHEN | 42 | |
| PERRY CENTRAL | 56 | CRAWFORD COUNTY | 19 | |
| PIKE | 61 | ZIONSVILLE | 55 | |
| PIONEER | 63 | SOUTH NEWTON | 34 | |
| PLAINFIELD | 51 | LEBANON | 38 | |
| PRINCETON | 52 | NORTH POSEY | 38 | |
| PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY | 57 | LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN | 40 | |
| RICHMOND | 60 | FORT WAYNE SOUTH | 59 | |
| RISING SUN | 64 | CROTHERSVILLE | 50 | |
| RIVER FOREST | 81 | LAKE STATION | 51 | |
| ROCHESTER | 69 | NORTH MIAMI | 58 | |
| SHAKAMAK | 68 | NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) | 66 | |
| SHAWE MEMORIAL | 65 | TRIMBLE COUNTY (KY.) | 56 | |
| SOUTH ADAMS | 31 | WHITKO | 29 | |
| SOUTH BEND RILEY | 65 | NORTHRIDGE | 58 | |
| SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON | 68 | CROWN POINT | 64 | |
| SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) | 57 | CLARKSVILLE | 38 | |
| SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) | 57 | NEW PRAIRIE | 46 | |
| SOUTH KNOX | 55 | SHOALS | 25 | |
| SOUTH PUTNAM | 67 | MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN | 40 | |
| SOUTH RIPLEY | 49 | LAWRENCEBURG | 39 | |
| SOUTHPORT | 54 | FRANKLIN | 47 | |
| SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) | 75 | SOUTH DEARBORN | 52 | |
| SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) | 86 | INDIANAPOLIS HERRON | 56 | |
| SWITZERLAND COUNTY | 79 | MILAN | 64 | |
| TELL CITY | 57 | SPRINGS VALLEY | 51 | |
| TERRE HAUTE NORTH | 54 | BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE | 42 | |
| TRI-COUNTY | 42 | CASTON | 35 | |
| TRITON | 49 | NORTH JUDSON | 33 | |
| UNION CITY | 61 | BLUE RIVER | 39 | |
| UNION COUNTY | 53 | SHENANDOAH | 44 | |
| UNIVERSITY | 60 | INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN | 45 | |
| VALPARAISO | 57 | MUNSTER | 53 | |
| VINCENNES RIVET | 79 | DUGGER UNION | 43 | |
| WARREN CENTRAL | 63 | INDIANAPOLIS TECH | 49 | |
| WARSAW | 65 | ELKHART | 40 | |
| WASHINGTON TWP. | 63 | CULVER | 17 | |
| WAWASEE | 48 | LAKELAND | 47 | |
| WEST CENTRAL | 82 | KNOX | 50 |
INDIANA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
| BOONVILLE | 67 | TECUMSEH | 56 | |
| CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 67 | KENTUCKY COUNTY DAY | 21 | |
| CLAY CITY | 46 | EASTERN GREENE | 45 | |
| EASTERN GREENE | 63 | LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN | 28 | |
| ELKHART CHRISTIAN | 62 | CAREER ACADEMY | 15 | |
| HAMMOND NOLL | 62 | WHITING | 46 | |
| HERITAGE HILLS | 57 | MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) | 27 | |
| LAFAYETTE JEFF | 67 | CARROLL (FLORA) | 35 | |
| MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN | 37 | TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN | 36 | |
| NORTHFIELD | 57 | CHURUBUSCO | 47 | |
| PORTLAND CHRISTIAN (KY.) | 63 | KIPP INDY LEGACY | 25 | |
| SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) | 69 | CLARKSVILLE | 30 | |
| LOVC TOURNAMENT | ||||
| OPH (ILL.) | 61 | DUGGER UNION | 34 | |
| DUGGER UNION | 45 | RED HILL (ILL.) | 38 | |
INDIANA BOYS WRESTLING SECTIONAL RESULTS
1. EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (9) | 9 AM CT | TICKETS | RESULTS
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL, GARY WEST SIDE, HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL, HAMMOND CENTRAL, HAMMOND MORTON, LAKE CENTRAL, MERRILLVILLE, MUNSTER, WHITING
2. PORTAGE (8) | 9 AM CT | TICKETS | RESULTS
ANDREAN, CALUMET, GRIFFITH, HIGHLAND, HOBART, LAKE STATION EDISON, PORTAGE, RIVER FOREST.
3. CROWN POINT (10) | 9 AM CT | TICKETS | RESULTS
BOONE GROVE, CROWN POINT, HANOVER CENTRAL, HEBRON, ILLIANA CHRISTIAN, KANKAKEE VALLEY, LOWELL, NORTH NEWTON, SOUTH NEWTON, WHEELER.
4. LAPORTE (7) | 9 AM CT | TICKETS | RESULTS
CHESTERTON, GLENN, KNOX, LAPORTE, MICHIGAN CITY, NEW PRAIRIE, VALPARAISO
5. MISHAWAKA (8) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
LAVILLE, MISHAWAKA, MISHAWAKA MARIAN, PENN, SOUTH BEND ADAMS, SOUTH BEND RILEY, SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON
6. PLYMOUTH (10) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
BREMEN, CASTON, CULVER ACADEMIES, CULVER COMMUNITY, NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE, PLYMOUTH, ROCHESTER COMMUNITY, TRITON, WARSAW COMMUNITY, WINAMAC COMMUNITY.
7. TWIN LAKES (9) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
BENTON CENTRAL, FRONTIER, LOGANSPORT, NORTH WHITE, PIONEER, RENSSELAER CENTRAL, TRI-COUNTY, TWIN LAKES, WEST CENTRAL
8. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON (10) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
ATTICA, CARROLL (FLORA), DELPHI COMMUNITY, FAITH CHRISTIAN, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, MCCUTCHEON, SEEGER, WEST LAFAYETTE
9. ELKHART (8) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
CONCORD, ELKHART, FAIRFIELD, GOSHEN, JIMTOWN, NORTHRIDGE, NORTHWOOD, WAWASEE
10. WEST NOBLE (9) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
ANGOLA, CENTRAL NOBLE, DEKALB, EAST NOBLE, FREMONT, LAKELAND, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, WEST NOBLE, WESTVIEW
11. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (9) | 8 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE), CHURUBUSCO, COLUMBIA CITY, EASTSIDE, FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER, FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, GARRETT, WHITKO
12. NEW HAVEN (10) | 8:30 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS, FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE SNIDER, FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE WAYNE, HERITAGE, HOMESTEAD, LEO, NEW HAVEN, WOODLAN
13. PERU (10) | 8 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
LEWIS CASS, HUNTINGTON NORTH, MACONAQUAH, MANCHESTER, NORTH MIAMI, NORTHFIELD, PERU, SOUTHWOOD, TIPPECANOE VALLEY, WABASH
14. OAK HILL (11) | 8 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
EASTBROOK, EASTERN (GREENTOWN), KOKOMO, MADISON-GRANT, MARION, MISSISSINEWA, NORTHWESTERN, OAK HILL, TAYLOR, TRI-CENTRAL, WESTERN
15. JAY COUNTY (9) | 8:30 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
ADAMS CENTRAL, BELLMONT, BLACKFORD, BLUFFTON, JAY COUNTY, NORWELL, SOUTH ADAMS, SOUTHERN WELLS, UNION CITY
16. DELTA (10) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
COWAN, DALEVILLE, DELTA, MONROE CENTRAL, MUNCIE CENTRAL, RANDOLPH SOUTHERN, WAPAHANI, WES-DEL, WINCHESTER COMMUNITY, YORKTOWN
17. CRAWFORDSVILLE (11) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
COVINGTON, CRAWFORDSVILLE, FOUNTAIN CENTRAL, NORTH MONTGOMERY, NORTH VERMILLION, PARKE HERITAGE, RIVERTON PARKE, SOUTH VERMILLION, SOUTHMONT, WESTERN BOONE, ZIONSVILLE
18. FRANKFORT (10) | 8 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
CARMEL, CLINTON CENTRAL, CLINTON PRAIRIE, FISHERS, FRANKFORT, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, LEBANON, ROSSVILLE, SHERIDAN, WESTFIELD
19. ELWOOD COMMUNITY (10) | 8:30 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
ALEXANDRIA MONROE, ANDERSON, ELWOOD COMMUNITY, FRANKTON, GUERIN CATHOLIC, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, LAPEL, NOBLESVILLE, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, TIPTON
20. INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL (12) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
BREBEUF JESUIT PREPARATORY, INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL, INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD, INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER, INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL, INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS, INDIANAPOLIS GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMUNITY, KIPP INDY LEGACY, MTI SCHOOL OF KNOWLEDGE, PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC – BROAD RIPPLE
21. SOUTHPORT (9) | 8 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
BEECH GROVE, CHRISTEL HOUSE, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, LAWRENCE NORTH, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), PERRY MERIDIAN, RONCALLI, SOUTHPORT
22. PURDUE POLYTECHNIC (DOWNTOWN) (@ BROAD RIPPLE HS) (9) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
FRANKLIN CENTRAL, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN, INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA MEMORIAL, NEW PALESTINE, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC – DOWNTOWN, SHELBYVILLE, TRITON CENTRAL, WARREN CENTRAL
23. CENTERVILLE (11) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
BLUE RIVER VALLEY, CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN, CENTERVILLE, EASTERN HANCOCK, HAGERSTOWN, KNIGHTSTOWN, NEW CASTLE, NORTHEASTERN, RICHMOND, SHENANDOAH, TRI
24. FRANKLIN COUNTY (10) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
BATESVILLE, CONNERSVILLE, EAST CENTRAL, FRANKLIN COUNTY, GREENSBURG, LAWRENCEBURG, MILAN, RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED, SOUTH DEARBORN, UNION COUNTY
25. AVON (11) | 8:30 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
AVON, BEN DAVIS, BROWNSBURG, DANVILLE COMMUNITY, GREENCASTLE, NORTH PUTNAM, PIKE, PLAINFIELD, SOUTH PUTNAM, SPEEDWAY, TRI-WEST HENDRICKS
26. MOORESVILLE (10) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
CASCADE, CENTER GROVE, CLOVERDALE, DECATUR CENTRAL, EMINENCE, GREENWOOD COMMUNITY, MARTINSVILLE, MONROVIA, MOORESVILLE, WHITELAND COMMUNITY
27. BLOOMINGTON NORTH (11) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, BROWN COUNTY, EDGEWOOD, NORTHVIEW, OWEN VALLEY, SULLIVAN, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO, WEST VIGO
28. SOUTHRIDGE (10) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
FLOYD CENTRAL, FOREST PARK, JASPER, MITCHELL, NEW ALBANY, NORTH KNOX, PAOLI, PIKE CENTRAL, SOUTHRIDGE, TELL CITY
29. JENNINGS COUNTY (13) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
COLUMBUS EAST, COLUMBUS NORTH, EASTERN (PEKIN), FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, INDIAN CREEK, JENNINGS COUNTY, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, SALEM, SCOTTSBURG, SEYMOUR, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER), SWITZERLAND COUNTY, WEST WASHINGTON
30. JEFFERSONVILLE (11) | 9 AM ET | TICKETS | RESULTS
BORDEN, CHARLESTOWN, CLARKSVILLE, CORYDON CENTRAL, CRAWFORD COUNTY, HENRYVILLE, JEFFERSONVILLE, NEW WASHINGTON, NORTH HARRISON, PROVIDENCE, SILVER CREEK
31. CASTLE (9) | 9 AM CT | TICKETS | RESULTS
BOONVILLE, CASTLE, EVANSVILLE BOSSE, EVANSVILLE HARRISON, EVANSVILLE REITZ MEMORIAL, HERITAGE HILLS, SOUTH SPENCER, TECUMSEH, WASHINGTON
32. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (9) | 9 AM CT | TICKETS | RESULTS
EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ, EVANSVILLE MATER DEI, EVANSVILLE NORTH, GIBSON SOUTHERN, MT. VERNON, NORTH POSEY, PRINCETON COMMUNITY, VINCENNES LINCOLN.
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
#15 ST. JOHN 68 PROVIDENCE 66
#8 TENNESSEE 64 #5 FLORIDA 44
#20 MISSOURI 88 #14 MISSISSIPPI STATE 61
#1 AUBURN 92 #23 OLE MISS 82
KANSAS STATE 80 #3 IOWA STATE 61
#17 WISCONSIN 75 NORTHWESTERN 69
OKLAHOMA 97 #24 VANDERBILT 67
GEORGIA TECH 77 #21 LOUISVILLE 70
#4 ALABAMA 90 GEORGIA 69
BAYLOR 81 #11 KANSAS 70
USC 70 #7 MICHIGAN STATE 64
#22 TEXAS TECH 82 #6 HOUSTON 81 OT
#2 DUKE 87 NORTH CAROLINA 70
#25 CONNECTICUT 77 #9 MARQUETTE 69
#13 TEXAS A&M 76 SOUTH CAROLINA 72
ARKANSAS 89 #12 KENTUCKY 79
ELSEWHERE:
WASHINGTON 71 MINNESOTA 68
WAKE FOREST 76 PITTSBURGH 74
WESTERN MICHIGAN 61 EASTERN MICHIGAN 54
CREIGHTON 62 VILLANOVA 60
ARIZONA 81 ARIZONA STATE 72
DETROIT 67 GREEN BAY 57
CLEMSON 68 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 58
BOSTON COLLEGE 77 FLORIDA STATE 76
IU INDY 84 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 79
TOLEDO 89 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 85
INDIANA STATE 88 ILLINOIS CHICAGO 83
OKLAHOMA STATE 81 UTAH 72
MISSOURI STATE 77 MURRAY STATE 56
MIAMI OHIO 73 OHIO 69
MICHIGAN 66 RUTGERS 63
BOISE STATE 82 FRESNO STATE 60
OAKLAND 75 NORTHERN KENTUCKY 84
VIRGINIA TECH 75 VIRGINIA 74
BYU 81 CENTRAL FLORIDA 75
TENNESSEE TECH 78 SOUTHERN INDIANA 65
ILLINOIS STATE 86 VALPARAISO 78
BALL STATE 89 BUFFALO 76
SMU 85 STANFORD 61
TEXAS 89 LSU 58
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 90 BOWLING GREEN 71
SAN DIEGO STATE 63 WYOMING 61
MIAMI FLORIDA 63 NOTRE DAME 57
NEW MEXICO 82 UTAH STATE 63
SYRACUSE 75 CALIFORNIA 66
NEVADA 71 UNLV 65
SAN FRANCISCO 75 WASHINGTON STATE 51
ST. MARY’S 62 GONZAGA 58
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
TOP 25:
#21 WEST VIRGINIA 54 #24 OKLAHOMA STATE 37
ELSEWHERE:
CENTRAL FLORIDA 70 HOUSTON 56
GEORGE MASON 86 DAYTON 53
BOWLING GREEN 76 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 69
MIAMI OHIO 72 OHIO 34
KENT STATE 73 AKRON 51
BALL STATE 61 WESTERN MICHIGAN 51
OAKLAND 77 DETROIT 63
BUFFALO 84 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 58
ILLINOIS CHICAGO 58 INDIANA STATE 53
WASHINGTON STATE 67 SAN DIEGO 60
TENNESSEE TECH 81 SOUTHERN INDIANA 62
AIR FORCE 75 COLORADO STATE 71
SETON HALL 72 DEPAUL 55
TULSA 56 WICHITA STATE 42
MEMPHIS 75 E. CAROLINA 69
WYOMING 79 BOISE STATE 45
NEW MEXICO STATE 64 WESTERN KENTUCKY 59
HAWAII 54 CAL STATE FULLERTON 47
IDAHO STATE 52 IDAHO 44
UNLV 68 NEVADA 59
OREGON STATE 80 ST. MARY’S 45
FRESNO STATE 99 SAN JOSE STATE 85
CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 65 CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD 51
SANTA CLARA 59 SAN FRANCISCO 50
GONZAGA 68 PACIFIC 64
VALPARAISO 66 EVANSVILLE 54
BYU 77 ARIZONA STATE 67
NBA SCORES
UTAH 113 ORLANDO 99
INDIANA 132 ATLANTA 127
DENVER 107 CHARLOTTE 104
OKLAHOMA CITY 144 SACRAMENTO 110
WASHINGTON 105 MINNESOTA 103
BROOKLYN 110 HOUSTON 98
LA LAKERS 128 NEW YORK 112
MIAMI 105 SAN ANTONIO 103
PORTLAND 127 PHOENIX 108
NHL SCORES
FLORIDA 5 CHICAGO 1
BOSTON 6 NY RANGERS 3
WINNIPEG 5 WASHINGTON 4 0T
LOS ANGELES 4 CAROLINA 2
NY ISLANDERS 3 TAMPA BAY 2 OT
TORONTO 4 EDMONTON 3
PITTSBURGH 3 NASHVILLE 0
OTTAWA 6 MINNESOTA 0
DETROIT 3 CALGARY 1
TOP NATIONAL SPORTS RELEASES/HEADLINES
NBA NEWS
REPORT: LAKERS LAND LUKA DONCIC, TRADE ANTHONY DAVIS TO MAVS
The Lakers and Mavericks have sent the NBA world into a frenzy, with ESPN reporting early Sunday morning that the teams had completed a trade that will send Luka Doncic to Los Angeles and Anthony Davis to Dallas.
While the two stars are at the center of the deal, the Lakers will also get Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris while the Mavericks will receive Max Christie and a 2029 first-round draft pick, per the report.
ESPN reported that the Utah Jazz are also involved in the trade and will get Jalen Hood-Schifino and a pair of second-round picks in this year’s draft.
Doncic, 25, has averaged 28.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 7.8 assists in 22 games (all starts) this season.
The 31-year-old Davis has put up averages of 25.7 points, 11.9 boards, 3.4 assists and 2.1 blocks across 42 games (all starts).
CLIPPERS ARE TRADING TUCKER AND BAMBA TO THE JAZZ FOR EUBANKS AND MILLS, AP SOURCE SAYS
The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to trade P.J. Tucker and Mo Bamba to the Utah Jazz for Patty Mills and Drew Eubanks, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Saturday.
There is a future second-round draft pick involved in the deal as well, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the trade had not yet received NBA approval.
ESPN first reported the agreement. The trade deadline is Thursday afternoon.
The move would get the Clippers under the luxury tax threshold and provide potential flexibility for other additions this season. Bamba appeared in 28 games this season for the Clippers, averaging 4.6 points and 4.3 rebounds.
Tucker has not played for the Clippers this season. He and the team agreed in October that he would not be around the club, which has been trying to trade the 39-year-old for some time.
Tucker joined the Clippers last season after being part of the deal that also landed James Harden from the Philadelphia 76ers. He’s in the final year of a three-year, $33 million contract and could be a buyout candidate.
Eubanks, who turned 28 on Saturday, averaged 5.8 points for the Jazz this season. Mills — an NBA veteran who was part of San Antonio’s 2014 championship team — averaged 4.4 points in 17 appearances with Utah.
PELICANS SAY DEJOUNTE MURRAY RUPTURED HIS ACHILLES TENDON AND HIS SEASON IS OVER
Dejounte Murray’s season is over, with the New Orleans Pelicans confirming Saturday that the standout guard ruptured his right Achilles tendon and now faces a lengthy rehab process.
It’s the latest blow in an injury-dominated season for the Pelicans, who came into the year hoping a star trio of Murray, Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram would be able to lead them back to the playoffs.
Those three players were never on the court at the same time this season.
Murray got hurt Friday night in a game against the Boston Celtics, the noncontact injury immediately prompting speculation that he tore his Achilles tendon. Murray had driven into the lane and took a shot, then went to chase after his miss. But he fell to the court and grabbed at the back of his right foot, then hobbled toward the bench.
The Pelicans said an MRI that showed the rupture was performed Friday night. Players and coach Willie Green indicated after the 118-116 loss to the reigning champion Celtics that they already knew Murray had suffered a serious injury even before the diagnosis was announced.
“It sucks, bro,” guard Jose Alvarado said. “That’s my dawg. At the end of the day, we’re human beings and when I saw it, I felt bad for him. I can’t really explain it. It’s something that I knew wasn’t looking good. … He loves this game and I know how much he loves it. It’s unfortunate. And when I’d seen that, I couldn’t put it into words.”
This is the second major leg injury for the 28-year-old Murray in his NBA career. He missed the 2018-19 season when he tore his right ACL, which happened in the preseason before what would have been his third year with the San Antonio Spurs.
The Pelicans (12-37) entered Saturday next-to-last in the Western Conference and well out of the playoff picture. And injuries are among the biggest reasons why this year has gone horribly wrong for New Orleans.
Murray already missed 17 games earlier this season with a broken hand. Williamson has missed 36 games for a variety of reasons, the bulk of those absences because of left hamstring issues. Ingram has missed the Pelicans’ last 25 games with a sprained left ankle.
Herb Jones — one of the league’s best defenders — has missed 29 games with a right shoulder issue. CJ McCollum missed 13 games with an adductor strain. Alvarado missed 23 games with a hamstring issue.
Add it all up, and the season simply never had a chance to get on the track that the Pelicans hoped for. There’s also been lessons learned from off-the-court issues that overshadow anything that happens in basketball, Green said — seemingly referencing the New Year’s Eve truck attack in New Orleans’ French Quarter that killed 14 people, and the plane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia this week that led to 73 more deaths.
“This is NBA difficulty,” Green said. “What we just saw on the news, that’s real-life difficulty. And keeping that in perspective is important. We lose a game in the NBA, we get to wake up tomorrow and get back after it. When you keep life in perspective — and for me, keeping God first and staying steady through challenges — you’re able to overcome them and come out on the other end OK.”
Murray ends his season averaging 17.5 points, 7.4 assists and 6.5 rebounds per game. He’s in the first year of a four-year, $114.2 million contract and was the highest-profile addition to New Orleans’ roster last summer, when he was traded to the Pelicans by Atlanta.
Achilles tendon tears can require a recovery period of up to a year in some cases, and Murray’s rehab is certain to last several months at minimum. That would leave Murray’s availability for the start of next season — opening night is typically in mid-to-late October — in some doubt.
THE NBA TRADE DEADLINE IS COMING, WITH BUTLER AND FOX PERHAPS AVAILABLE FOR TEAMS LOOKING TO DEAL
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler remains part of the Miami Heat, for now. De’Aaron Fox is still with the Sacramento Kings, for now. And Golden State coach Steve Kerr seemed to indicate that the Warriors are seriously weighing their options.
It’s NBA trade deadline countdown time.
There could be chaos. There might not be much of anything. By Thursday afternoon’s deadline, there will be answers — although perhaps not the answers some fans are looking for from their teams.
“We don’t have enough to separate ourselves from the rest of the West,” Kerr said Friday before Golden State played Phoenix. “The point is, we’re not in a position where we can just say, ‘No, we’re good. Let’s stand pat.’ That’s the reality of where we are.”
Butler wants a trade out of Miami and the Heat are trying to accommodate him; Golden State is believed to be one of the places where he’d like to land. Another is Phoenix, a team still looking to move out of the Western Conference’s play-in range and secure one of the six guaranteed playoff spots.
“The front office, regardless of your record, is always trying to make your team better, trying to find ways to improve,” Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said Friday. “They have the same mindset of our team, of our players — we’re always trying to get better. I’m happy with the group. We feel like we’ve got a very good team. Gonna coach them up and if there’s any changes, then I think it’s going to be made to improve us. I don’t really have any idea if anything will happen.”
Fox’s future has been a talking point in Sacramento for the last several days, and Kings teammate DeMar DeRozan told FanDuel on Friday that the uncertainty of it all is weighing on his mind.
“Not knowing the future of that, it does make it tougher,” DeRozan said.
This much is certain: San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama is not getting traded by the Spurs before Thursday’s deadline.
The Spurs have been mentioned as a possible suitor for Fox, the Sacramento point guard who could be on the move. But the whole notion — trading players — is still something that seems odd to Wembanyama.
“Every team has made trades,” Wembanyama said Friday night after San Antonio downed Milwaukee. “It’s still something hard to realize that you can be traded, kind of like an object. It’s super weird.”
The Heat left Miami for a four-game road trip on Friday that won’t bring them back home until after the trade deadline. Butler wasn’t on the trip — he’s still serving an indefinite suspension that will last at least three more games — but it remains entirely possible that the names of those players on the flight Friday and the names of players who land in Miami when the trip ends will be different.
“We’ve got all the chaos going on,” Heat captain Bam Adebayo said. “But these are the times where we go on the road and get that collective grit and huddle together and depend on one another.”
Kerr said he and Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy speak daily about what’s happening. Warriors guard Stephen Curry is still one of the game’s best players, and there have been times this season — like a win over Oklahoma City earlier this week — when Golden State shows its potential. There have also been plenty of times when it seems like Curry and the Warriors need help to get back to title contention.
“Mike’s doing his due diligence, doing his job,” Kerr said. “If there’s something that makes sense, he’s going to do it. And if not, then I’m very comfortable going forward with this team because I know what we’re capable of and I believe in the guys.”
NBA ROUNDUP: WIZARDS STUN WOLVES, END 16-GAME SKID
Kyle Kuzma scored a season-high 31 points to help the visiting Washington Wizards snap a 16-game losing streak with a 105-103 win over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday.
The Wolves cut the deficit to 105-103 on Mike Conley’s three foul shots with 15.1 seconds left. They had a chance to tie the game after Nickeil Alexander-Walker stole the ball, but he missed a final 3-point attempt.
Jordan Poole scored 19 points for Washington, which avoided a franchise-record-setting 17th straight loss and won for the first time since beating the visiting Chicago Bulls 125-107 on Jan. 1. Bilal Coulibaly added 14 points, Jonas Valanciunas recorded 13 points and 10 rebounds and Kyshawn George had 11 points for the Wizards.
Minnesota’s Jaden McDaniels collected 23 points and 12 rebounds and Rudy Gobert had 16 and 16, respectively. Stars Anthony Edwards (illness) and Julius Randle (groin) were both unavailable, and Naz Reid did not return after exiting with a right finger sprain as the Timberwolves had their five-game winning streak snapped.
Lakers 128, Knicks 112
LeBron James put on another show at Madison Square Garden, posting a triple-double as Los Angeles pulled away from host New York.
James, who turned 40 in December, led all players Saturday with 33 points and 12 assists while adding 11 rebounds as he improved to 23-8 all-time at Madison Square Garden. He raised his averages in games there to 28.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 7.6 assists. The triple-double was James’ 10th of the season.
Austin Reaves added 27 points for the Lakers, who have won eight of their last 10 games. Former Lakers player Josh Hart had 26 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists for his seventh triple-double of the season for the Knicks. New York had its five-game winning streak snapped and also lost forward OG Anunoby to a right foot sprain.
Nets 110, Rockets 98
D’Angelo Russell scored 18 points, Ziaire Williams flirted with a double-double and visiting Brooklyn knocked off Houston.
After snapping a seven-game losing streak with a road win over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday, the Nets recorded back-to-back victories for the first time since late November. They did so by shooting 49.4 percent from the floor, posting a 60-50 advantage in paint points, and limiting Houston to 40 percent shooting from the floor.
Six Nets players scored in double figures. Among them, Williams paired 21 points with eight rebounds, while Day’Ron Sharpe tallied 13 points off the bench. Jalen Green scored a game-high 29 points for the Rockets, who played a second consecutive game without All-Star center Alperen Sengun (calf). Steven Adams posted 11 points, seven boards and three blocks filling in for Sengun.
Thunder 144, Kings 110
Aaron Wiggins recorded a career-high 41 points and 14 rebounds to lift host Oklahoma City to a victory over Sacramento.
Wiggins’ previous career highs were 28 points as a rookie in 2021-22 and 10 rebounds the following season. Wiggins was in the starting lineup as a replacement of All-Star Jalen Williams, who was out with a right wrist sprain.
The Thunder have won four of their last six games, while the loss was the fourth in five games for the Kings. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 29 points and nine assists before sitting the entire fourth quarter with Oklahoma City having the game well in hand. De’Aaron Fox led Sacramento with 20 points.
Pacers 132, Hawks 127
Pascal Siakam had a team-high 20 points to lead seven scorers in double figures, helping Indiana Pacers to a win over Atlanta in Indianapolis.
Trae Young had 34 points and 17 assists for Atlanta, which dropped its eighth straight contest. Dyson Daniels supplied 23 points, and Zaccharie Risacher scored 17.
Young hit a 3-pointer with 27.1 seconds left to trim the Hawks’ deficit to two, but the Pacers hit five free throws in the final 22.1 seconds to seal the win.
Heat 105, Spurs 103
Bam Adebayo capped a 30-point performance by sinking a jumper at the buzzer, lifting visiting Miami to a win over short-handed San Antonio.
Kel’el Ware rebounded a miss by Chris Paul with 3 seconds left and the Heat called time out to set up a final shot in regulation. Adebayo, who added 12 rebounds and nine assists, canned the game winner from 19 feet to allow Miami to win the first contest of a four-game road trip.
Keldon Johnson led San Antonio with 19 points off the bench while Devin Vassell scored 18. Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama missed the game with an undisclosed illness. San Antonio was playing the second game of a home back-to-back after beating Milwaukee 144-118 on Friday.
Nuggets 107, Hornets 104
Nikola Jokic produced a triple-double and provided some crucial offense in the final minute and Denver scored the game’s final seven points for a victory against host Charlotte.
To record his 22nd triple-double this season, Jokic racked up 28 points, 17 assists and 13 rebounds as the Nuggets won for the second straight night. Christian Braun’s 24 points and Jamal Murray’s 20 boosted the Nuggets, who squandered a 17-point lead and scored only 17 points in the fourth quarter.
Miles Bridges poured in 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Mark Williams notched 20 points and 15 boards, but the Hornets were stuck with their fourth straight loss.
Jazz 113, Magic 99
Collin Sexton had 22 points and eight assists and John Collins scored 19 points to help Utah snap a season-worst eight-game losing streak with a victory over Orlando in Salt Lake City.
The victory was the Jazz’s first since a 112-111 overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets on Jan. 12. Utah, which had six scorers in double figures, led by as many as 21 and held a double-digit lead for the entirety of the second half.
Franz Wagner led all scorers with 37 points for Orlando, doing a good portion of his damage at the free-throw line thanks to an 18-for-20 performance. Still, the Magic struggled offensively en route to their third consecutive defeat.
Trail Blazers 127, Suns 108
Deandre Ayton scored 24 points on 11-of-12 shooting to lead Portland to a victory over visiting Phoenix in the first of two games in three days between the teams.
Jerami Grant added 20 points for the Trail Blazers, who led by as many as 27 points while winning their third straight game and seventh in their past eight. Toumani Camara recorded 18 points, 10 rebounds and four steals, Anfernee Simons had 16 points and seven assists, and reserve Shaedon Sharpe also scored 16 for Portland.
Devin Booker scored 37 points for his second straight 30-point outing for the Suns, who fell for just the fourth time in their past 13 games. Kevin Durant had 22 points, marking the 24th time in his last 25 games that he has scored at least 20. The teams play again Monday, also in Portland.
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TOP 25 ROUNDUP: KANSAS ST. ENDS NO. 3 IOWA STATE’S HOME STREAK
Dug McDaniel scored 20 points on 8-for-17 shooting as Kansas State stunned No. 3 Iowa State with an 80-61 win in a Big 12 Conference matchup on Saturday afternoon in Ames, Iowa.
Coleman Hawkins finished with 17 points and seven rebounds for Kansas State (10-11, 4-6), which won its third game in a row. Brendan Hausen scored 15 points and Max Jones chipped in 12.
Tamin Lipsey scored 20 points to lead Iowa State (17-4, 7-3), which lost on its home court for the first time since Feb. 27, 2023. The Cyclones had won their previous 29 home games, which marked the second-longest active streak in the nation.
Kansas State shot 44.8 percent (26-of-58) from the field and 50 percent (10-of-20) from beyond the arc. Iowa State shot 36.5 percent (19-of-52) overall and 44.4 percent (8-of-18) from 3-point range.
No. 1 Auburn 92, No. 23 Ole Miss 82
Johni Broome totaled 20 points and 12 rebounds for his 13th double-double this season and the top-ranked Tigers remained perfect on its SEC slate with a win over the Rebels in Oxford, Miss.
Chad Baker-Mazara scored 18 points, while Denver Jones and Miles Kelly had 16 and 15, respectively, as Auburn (20-1, 8-0 Southeastern Conference) beat Ole Miss for the seventh straight time. Dylan Cardwell produced 10 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and two steals as the Tigers won their 13th consecutive game and moved to 5-0 on the road in conference play.
The Rebels (16-6, 5-4) got a strong showing from leading scorer Sean Pedulla, who had a season-high 29 points plus five rebounds and three steals. Matthew Murrell had 17 points. Jaemyn Brakefield collected 12 and five boards.
No. 2 Duke 87, North Carolina 70
Freshmen Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel made memorable debuts in the Tobacco Road rivalry as the Blue Devils used a dominant first half to clobber the visiting Tar Heels in Durham, N.C.
Flagg racked up 21 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and three steals for Duke (19-2, 11-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which extended the longest active winning streak in the country to 15 games. Meanwhile, Knueppel scored 13 of his game-high 22 points in the second half and added five rebounds and five assists.
RJ Davis and Drake Powell each scored 12 points and Seth Trimble netted 10 for North Carolina (13-10, 6-5), which lost for the fourth time in five outings. Duke snapped a two-game losing streak in the series.
No. 4 Alabama 90, Georgia 69
Grant Nelson had 16 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks as one of five scorers in double figures, leading the Crimson Tide to a rout of the Bulldogs in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
In winning their fifth straight game, the Crimson Tide (19-3, 8-1 SEC) shot 52.6 percent from the field, including an 11-of-26 showing on 3-pointers, despite committing 20 turnovers. Mark Sears had a game-high 20 points to go with six assists and five rebounds. Chris Youngblood and Aden Holloway scored 10 apiece.
Asa Newell totaled 16 points, seven rebounds and five steals for Georgia (15-7, 3-6). RJ Godfrey had 10 points, but the slumping squad fell to 1-5 in its past six outings.
No. 8 Tennessee 64, No. 5 Florida 44
Chaz Lanier made five 3-pointers and scored 19 points as the Volunteers toppled the Gators in a Southeastern Conference showdown in Knoxville, Tenn.
Jordan Gainey added 16 points and three steals as Tennessee (18-4, 5-4 SEC) controlled the second half while avenging a horrific 30-point road loss to Florida on Jan. 7. The Volunteers prevailed without star Zakai Zeigler (knee) and Igor Milicic Jr. (flu-like symptoms). They used just seven players but quickly took over in the second half, outscoring the Gators 40-23.
Walter Clayton Jr. had 10 points but was just 3-of-13 shooting for Florida (18-3, 5-3), which had a three-game winning streak halted. The Gators scored their fewest points of the season, making just 24.5 percent (13 of 53) of their field goal attempts, including a measly 14.8 percent (4 of 27) from behind the arc.
No. 22 Texas Tech 82, No. 6 Houston 81 (OT)
Chance McMillian hit a pair of free throws with 14 seconds to play as the short-handed Red Raiders outlasted the host Cougars in overtime in a Big 12 Conference slugfest.
McMillian led all scorers with 23 points, while Elijah Hawkins added 17 points for Texas Tech, with Kerwin Walton scoring 14, Darrion Williams 13 and Christian Anderson 10.
The Cougars had their 13-game winning streak snapped along with their nation-leading 33-game home winning streak and 19-game Big 12 victory run. LJ Cryer led Houston (17-4, 9-1) with 22 points while J’wan Roberts finished with 18 and Milos Uzan 10.
Southern California 70, No. 7 Michigan State 64
Desmond Claude scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Trojans to an upset win over the Spartans in Los Angeles.
Wesley Yates scored 15 points and Chibuzo Agbo added 14 for USC (13-8, 5-5 Big Ten), which never trailed and has won four of its last six games. Neither team shot the ball well as both sides knocked down 24-of-57 shots from the floor (42.1 percent).
The Spartans (18-3, 9-1) suffered their first Big Ten loss of the season, snapping a 13-game winning streak. Jeremy Fears scored 12 points and Jaden Akins had 11 in defeat for Michigan State, which saw 10 different players score.
No. 25 UConn 77, No. 9 Marquette 69
Solo Ball had 25 points and Alex Karaban added 15 as the Huskies held off a second-half rally by the Golden Eagles in the Big East matchup in Milwaukee.
Samson Johnson added 13 points for UConn (16-6, 8-3 Big East), which shot 59.5 percent from the field, including 12 of 19 from 3-point range. Ball hit 7 of 11 shots, including 7 of 9 beyond the arc.
Kam Jones had 22 points and Chase Ross added 19 for Marquette (18-4, 9-2), which trailed by as many as 22 points in the first half. The Golden Eagles lost for just the second time in 13 home games.
Baylor 81, No. 11 Kansas 70
Freshman guard Robert Wright III scored a career-high 24 points to lead the short-handed Bears to an upset over the Jayhawks in Waco, Texas.
VJ Edgecombe scored 14 points but didn’t return after he went to the locker room with what was reported as a lower-body injury with 14:38 left in the game. Norchad Omier had a double-double with 18 points and 16 rebounds.
Jalen Celestine added 12 points and shot 4 of 8 from 3-point range for the Bears (14-7, 6-4 Big 12), who trailed by 19 at the half but outscored the Jayhawks 60-30 in the second half. Hunter Dickinson led Kansas (15-6, 6-4) with 20 points. Dajuan Harris Jr. scored 12 points and dished out eight assists in his return from an ankle injury.
Arkansas 89, No. 12 Kentucky 79
With a thunderous mix of cheers and boos, fans of Kentucky greeted former Wildcats coach John Calipari in his first game at Rupp Arena since taking over as the head coach at Arkansas.
Calipari walked away a winner as former Kentucky player Adou Thiero collected 21 points and eight rebounds in the Razorbacks’ win in Lexington, Ky. Calipari guided Kentucky to a national championship, four Final Four appearances and a 410-123 record in 15 seasons.
Johnell Davis scored 18 points and former Wildcat D.J. Wagner poured in all 17 of his points in the second half and finished with eight assists for Arkansas (13-8, 2-6 SEC). Amari Williams collected 22 points and 11 rebounds and Jaxson Robinson added 20 points for the Wildcats (15-6, 4-4), who lost for the third time in their last four games.
No. 13 Texas A&M 76, South Carolina 72
Wade Taylor IV hit seven 3-pointers in scoring 25 points to lead the Aggies to a grind-it-out win over the Gamecocks in a Southeastern Conference clash in Columbia, S.C.
Texas A&M (17-5, 6-3 SEC) led by a baker’s dozen just over one minute into the second half before South Carolina rallied, with the Gamecocks clawing within three points, 73-70, on a layup by Murray-Boyles with 10 seconds left. But the Aggies clinched the victory with Manny Obaseki and Henry Coleman III combining for three free throws in the final seven seconds. Coleman finished with 12 points for Texas A&M, which has won four of its past five games.
Murray-Boyles led South Carolina (10-12, 0-9) with 22 points, while Jamarii Thomas scored 15 and Zachary Davis and Morris Ugusuk had 12 apiece.
No. 20 Missouri 88, No. 14 Mississippi State 61
Caleb Grill scored 20 points in 22 minutes off the bench to lead the Tigers to an upset of the Bulldogs on Saturday in Starkville, Miss.
Tamar Bates added 14 points and Josh Gray had 10 points and 11 rebounds for Missouri (17-4, 6-2 Southeastern Conference). The Tigers made 15 of 32 shots (46.9 percent) from 3-point range, with seven different players hitting shots from beyond the arc. Grill led the way with 6-for-11 shooting from distance. Overall, Missouri shot 55 percent from the floor and got points from 11 of the 13 players it deployed.
Josh Hubbard scored 24 points and KeShawn Murphy had 16 points and nine rebounds for Mississippi State (16-6, 4-5 SEC). The Bulldogs shot just 36.4 percent from the floor and missed 18 of 26 shots from 3-point range.
No. 15 St. John’s 68, Providence 66
Kadary Richmond hit a free-throw line jumper with 3 seconds left as the Red Storm held off a strong second-half rally by the Friars on Saturday in New York.
Along with 24 points overall, Richmond also had eight rebounds and eight assists for St. John’s, who are winners of eight straight games and are 14-0 at home. RJ Luis Jr. scored 19 points and had eight rebounds and Zuby Ejiofor chipped in 13 points for the Red Storm (19-3, 10-1 Big East).
Jabri Abdur-Rahim hit 8 of his 11 3-point shots and led Providence with 27 points off the bench. Jayden Pierre added 11 points for the Friars (11-11, 5-6). St. John’s built a 19-point second-half lead, then withstood a 32-13 Providence run.
No. 17 Wisconsin 75, Northwestern 69
John Tonje had 27 points and reserve Carter Gilmore added a career-high 15 as the Badgers overcame a sluggish first half to get a Big Ten victory over the Wildcats in Evanston, Ill.
Max Klesmit added 11 points and Nolan Winter 10 for Wisconsin (17-5, 7-4 Big Ten), which avoided a third consecutive road loss.
Jalen Leach had 23 points, Nick Martinelli 15, and Ty Berry 14 for Northwestern (12-10, 3-8). Brooks Barnhizer (foot) of the Wildcats sat out, and coach Chris Collins announced after the game that Barnhizer will miss the rest of the season.
Georgia Tech 77, No. 21 Louisville 70
Lance Terry scored a game-high 23 points, helping lead the Yellow Jackets to a victory over the visiting Cardinals in Atlantic Coast Conference play in Atlanta.
Naithan George added 15 points and nine assists, while Baye Ndongo collected 12 points and 11 rebounds as Georgia Tech (10-12, 4-7 ACC) rallied from a 13-point deficit for its first win over a ranked team this season. Javian McCollum had 12 points and Duncan Powell — Georgia Tech’s only reserve — chipped in 11.
Louisville (16-6, 9-2) was led by Terrence Edwards Jr.’s 22 points and Chucky Hepburn’s 17. J’Vonne Hadley scored 16, Aboubacar Traore had 10 and James Scott collected a team-high 11 rebounds for the Cardinals, who had their 10-game winning streak snapped.
Oklahoma 97, No. 24 Vanderbilt 67
Freshman guard Jeremiah Fears responded from Tuesday’s scoreless performance at Texas A&M with a team-high 21 points as the Sooners blew out the Commodores in Norman, Okla.
The Sooners (16-5, 3-5 Southeastern Conference) took their first lead just under two minutes into the second half as part of a 23-0 run to take a 59-42 advantage with 13:24 left in regulation. Fears, who was 0-for-5 from the field in the 75-68 loss on Tuesday, was 8-for-12 on Saturday. Jalon Moore scored 19 points and Dayton Forsythe 14.
Devin McGlockton (game-high 22 points) and Jason Edwards (21) led the Commodores (16-5, 4-4) in scoring but had little help.
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NO. 21 WEST VIRGINIA SMOTHERS NO. 24 OKLAHOMA STATE
Sydney Shaw scored 18 points and JJ Quinerly added 15 as No. 21 West Virginia stifled No. 24 Oklahoma State during a 54-37 win Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va.
Kyah Watson paired seven points with nine rebounds for the Mountaineers (17-4, 7-3 Big 12), who have won four of their last five games. West Virginia shot 40.4 percent overall and hit just 4 of 17 attempts from 3-point range. Shaw connected on 3 of 6 tries from deep.
Alexia Smith tallied 15 points and 11 rebounds to pace the Cowgirls (18-4, 8-3), who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Oklahoma State finished a season-worst 21.2 percent from the field and missed 21 of its 23 3-point attempts.
The Mountaineers opened the second quarter with six straight points to build a 16-6 lead. They held a 23-14 halftime edge before Micah Gray scored five in a row to bring the Cowgirls within 25-19 early in the third quarter.
Buckets from Shaw and Quinerly pushed the margin back to 12 entering the fourth quarter, and West Virginia rattled off the game’s final eight points to seal the win.
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NHL ROUNDUP: IN ELITE CLASH, JETS TOP CAPS IN OT
Defenseman Josh Morrissey capped a two-goal performance by scoring 1:57 into overtime, lifting the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-4 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday in a battle of the NHL’s two top teams.
Winnipeg’s Cole Perfetti and defenseman Dylan Samberg each collected a goal and an assist and Alex Iaffalo also scored. Vladislav Namestnikov and defenseman Neal Pionk each notched two assists and Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves for the Western Conference-leading Jets, who have won six in a row and nine of their last 11 games.
Superstar Washington captain Alex Ovechkin scored with a blast from the point to forge a 4-4 tie with 7:39 remaining in the third period. It was his team-leading 24th goal of the season and 877th career, moving him 18 goals shy of breaking Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.
Former Jet Pierre-Luc Dubois, Tom Wilson and Taylor Raddysh also scored goals for Washington. Defenseman Matt Roy notched three assists and Thompson turned aside 25 shots for the Eastern Conference-leading Capitals, who also dropped a 5-4 overtime decision in Ottawa on Thursday.
Islanders 3, Lightning 2 (OT)
Defenseman Tony DeAngelo scored on a breakaway 33 seconds into overtime as New York extended the NHL’s longest winning streak to seven games, edging host Tampa Bay.
Another newcomer, defenseman Adam Boqvist, scored in his Islanders debut, and Kyle Palmieri notched a goal in his second consecutive match. Goalie Ilya Sorokin stopped 28 shots as the club secured its fifth straight road win.
Jake Guentzel and Nikita Kucherov scored for the Lightning, who got 33 saves from Andrei Vasilevskiy but dropped to 2-4-1 in their past seven outings.
Maple Leafs 4, Oilers 3
Mitch Marner and Matthew Knies each had a goal and an assist and Toronto ended its three-game losing streak by holding on for a victory over host Edmonton.
William Nylander and Bobby McMann also scored for Toronto, while Auston Matthews picked up a pair of assists. Goaltender Joseph Woll made 45 saves in the victory. Marner tallied what ended up being the game-winning goal 18 seconds into the third period, zipping through a crowd of Oilers for his 16th tally of the season.
That put the Leafs up 4-1, but Edmonton then rallied. Zach Hyman found the back of the net at 6:04 of the third. Corey Perry then fooled Toronto’s goalie with a snap shot from the blue line that cut the deficit to 4-3 at 11:33. Evan Bouchard also scored for the Oilers and Stuart Skinner finished with 24 saves.
Senators 6, Wild 0
Defenseman Jake Sanderson collected a goal and three assists and rookie Leevi Merilainen faced just 16 shots for his third shutout this season, lifting Ottawa to a 6-0 victory over visiting Minnesota.
Tim Stutzle and Drake Batherson each recorded a goal and two assists and captain Brady Tkachuk had one of each to send Ottawa to its fourth straight win. Josh Norris registered his second straight short-handed tally and Michael Amadio also scored for the Senators, who recorded a season-high 52 shots.
Filip Gustavsson made 46 saves for the Wild, who entered with an NHL-best 20-5-3 road mark. They were thoroughly outplayed, however, after allowing three combined goals to win the first three contests of a current five-game away stretch.
Bruins 6, Rangers 3
David Pastrnak registered his first hat trick of the season and an assist to lead Boston to a 6-3 win over visiting New York.
The Bruins never looked back after Pastrnak scored a go-ahead goal in the first period. The star winger is riding a 10-game point streak (10 goals, 13 assists). Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist, Charlie McAvoy and Charlie Coyle scored and Brad Marchand and Matt Poitras each dished out two assists for the Bruins, who snapped a two-game skid. Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves.
J.T. Miller scored two goals for New York less than 24 hours after being reacquired in Friday’s blockbuster trade with the Vancouver Canucks. Jonny Brodzinski netted the other. Igor Shesterkin stopped 19 shots for New York, which has lost three straight.
Penguins 3, Predators 0
Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for his first shutout of the season and ninth of his career as Pittsburgh blanked visiting Nashville.
Sidney Crosby scored and added an assist, Philip Tomasino and Bryan Rust added goals and Erik Karlsson and Rickard Rakell each picked up two assists. Pittsburgh has won back-to-back games after snapping a three-game skid in Utah on Wednesday. The Penguins have points in 13 of their last 15 games against the Predators (11-2-2).
Juuse Saros, who was scratched due to illness on Friday in Buffalo, made the start Saturday and stopped 33 shots. Nashville has dropped four straight games.
Panthers 5, Blackhawks 1
Sam Reinhart scored his 30th goal of the season and contributed two assists for Florida in a win against visiting Chicago in Sunrise, Fla.
Carter Verhaeghe contributed a goal and an assist, while Jonah Gadjovich, Matthew Tkachuk and Evan Rodrigues also scored. Aleksander Barkov had two assists and Sergei Bobrovsky made 24 saves for the Panthers, who have won three of their last four.
Landon Slaggert scored the fastest goal in Chicago franchise history to start a game – seven seconds in – and Petr Mrazek made 39 saves for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five of six (1-3-2). Chicago’s previous mark for its fastest goal was by Brent Sutter in eight seconds in a win over Vancouver on Feb. 5, 1995, according to the NHL.
Kings 4, Hurricanes 2
Kevin Fiala scored twice as Los Angeles doubled up Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.
Phillip Danault had a goal and an assist and Trevor Moore also scored for the Kings, who broke a four-game losing streak. Quinton Byfield had two assists and Darcy Kuemper stopped 26 shots.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Eric Robinson scored for the Hurricanes, who had their seven-game point streak snapped. Frederik Andersen made 22 saves. Defenseman Brent Burns tallied his 900th career point, an assist, in the loss.
NFL NEWS
SUPER BOWL FACTS YOU HAVE TO KNOW
Many of us will be attending family gatherings and Super Bowl parties to watch the game. Here are some interesting facts that could impress your fellow attendees.
With Super Bowl LIX days away, the Crescent City will officially tie South Florida, with each having hosted 11 Super Bowls. Three of New Orleans’ games were played in historic Tulane Stadium (IV, VI, and IX). The remaining games were hosted in the SuperDome (XII, XV, XX, XXIV, XXXI, XXXVI, and XLVII).
Four NFL franchises have never been to the Big Dance: Detroit, the Texans, the Browns, and the Jaguars.
One of the most popular features of the entire event is the TV commercials. Budweiser has spent $529 million of their all-time budget on Super Bowl ads. Pepsi is right behind, accounting for $341.9 million of their all-time budget. Coca-Cola has spent $202 million, Doritos $120.3 million, Ford Motor Company $109.8 million, and McDonald’s $108.9 million.
Super Bowl 30-second commercials for this year will set you back $7 million each. In 1967 (the first Super Bowl), a 30-second spot cost $37,500. The most popular TV commercial each year receives a $1 million bonus.
Culinary carryover
Super Bowl Sunday is ranked as the second-highest single day for food consumption annually, behind only Thanksgiving Day. The most popular game-day delicacies are:
4) Pizza
3) Spinach artichoke dip
2) Buffalo chicken dip
- Chicken wings
Each participating team receives 108 NFL footballs: 54 for practice and 54 for game day. Normally, 120 footballs are used for Super Bowl game day.
Louisiana-born signal-callers
Seven Pelican State quarterbacks have played in the Super Bowl: Terry Bradshaw, Doug Williams, David Woodley, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Stan Humphries, and Jake Delhomme.
To the winner go the spoils
Victorious players receive $171,000 per player for being on the winning side. Losers have to settle for $96,000 for the day’s work.
The road to the Super Bowl brings additional funding to each player:
- Winning the wild card game means an additional $54,500
- Winning the divisional round, another $54,500
- The conference champions earn an added $77,000
All of this on top of their annual salary.
Clyde Edwards-Helaire, a former Catholic High, LSU star, former Kansas City Chiefs 1st round pick, and now a member of the Saints, will earn a bonus if his former team wins. The 5-year vet spent 9 weeks of the 2024 season on the Chiefs’ roster, making him eligible for a $248,000 bonus if they win. He has won a pair of Super Bowls with the Chiefs during his time there.
Super Bowl Bling
The NFL contributes $5,000–$7,000 per ring to the winning team. The franchise’s allotment of 150 total rings averages a cost of $30,000–$50,000 per ring. There have been exceptions. Here are the most expensive rings:
5) Patriots XXXVIII: $58,000 per ring
4) Colts XLI: $60,000 each
3) Patriots XXXIX: $65,000
2) Packers Super Bowl I: $100,000
- Giants XXV: $230,000 each ring
Tom Brady’s 7 Super Bowl rings have a total value of $2,414,489. Lawrence Taylor sold his Super Bowl ring for $230,000.
The Patriots have made the most Super Bowl appearances, with 11.
Super Bowl Ticket Prices
The least expensive ticket for Super Bowl 59 is $5,258 in the Caesars Superdome upper level. Attendance is expected to be 74,295. In the 100 section (bowl level), tickets are $14,152. Suites are going for between $460,000 and $630,000.
For Super Bowl I, the Packers vs. the Chiefs, tickets cost $10 each. There were 30,000 unoccupied seats in the 93,607-seat LA Coliseum.
The Lombardi Trophy
The Lombardi Trophy, awarded to the winning team, weighs 7.1 lbs., takes 4 months to make, and costs $50,000 per copy. The first time it was presented was at Super Bowl V, the Colts vs. Dallas.
Super Bowl MVPs
Tom Brady has brought home 4 MVPs, Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes each with 3, Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw, and Eli Manning with 2.
Dallas defensive linemen Harvey Martin and Randy White shared the MVP honors in Super Bowl XII, the only time it was shared.
Cowboys’ linebacker Chuck Howley was the only MVP on a losing team, in 1971 vs. the Colts.
Quarterbacks have won the MVP 33 times, wide receivers 8 times, running backs 7 times, and linebackers 4 times.
Desmond Howard was the only special teamer to earn MVP (Super Bowl XXXI in New Orleans). He returned a Super Bowl record 90-yard punt return and a 99-yard kick return for touchdowns, as the Packers defeated the Patriots.
The first three Super Bowl MVPs went to former Alabama quarterbacks: Bart Starr (I, II) and Joe Namath (III).
Peyton Manning is the only starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl with two different clubs: the Colts and the Broncos.
Six head coaches have led two different NFL teams to the Super Bowl:
- Don Shula (Miami, Colts)
- Bill Parcells (Giants, Patriots)
- Dick Vermeil (Rams, Eagles)
- Dan Reeves (Denver, Falcons)
- John Fox (Carolina, Denver)
- Mike Holmgren (Packers, Seattle)
University of California Super Bowl Quarterbacks
The University of California has sent 5 quarterbacks to the Super Bowl: Joe Kapp, Craig Morton, Vince Ferragamo, Aaron Rodgers, and Jared Goff.
Alabama is next with 4 quarterback alums: Bart Starr, Snake Stabler, Joe Namath, and Jalen Hurts.
LSU has sent 3: Joe Burrow, Stan Humphries, and David Woodley.
Notre Dame has sent 3 to the Super Bowl: Darryl Lamonica, Joe Theismann, and Joe Montana.
NFL Franchise Super Bowl Appearances
New England has made the most Super Bowl appearances with 11. Dallas and Pittsburgh each have 8.
The Chiefs are going for a Super Bowl “three-peat,” but one NFL franchise has recorded 3 consecutive NFL titles before the Super Bowl era. The Green Bay Packers captured NFL championships in 1929–31 and again in 1965–67. The last 2 years (1966 and 1967) were the first 2 Super Bowl titles as well.
Entertainer Lineup
Entertainers for the Super Bowl event are not paid a single dime! In fact, they jump at the chance to perform on the big stage. It’s a perceived honor to be asked, and the event is a cherished addition to the performer’s resume.
Metairie native and St. Augustine alum Jon Batiste will perform the national anthem for this Super Bowl. He has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Grammy, and a BAFTA Film Award.
The halftime show will feature Kendrick Lamar, the multi-Grammy award winner. New Orleans native Lil’ Wayne is expected to make an appearance, as well as Crescent City’s own Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews, his real name).
Coldest Weather Conditions
The coldest weather conditions that teams have had to endure both came in Super Bowls played in Tulane Stadium, a facility torn down five decades ago in New Orleans:
- January 16, 1972, Super Bowl VI: Dolphins vs. Cowboys, 39°F
- January 12, 1975, Super Bowl IX: Vikings vs. Steelers, 46°F
Perks
Each participating player gets a loaner car to drive around the host city. Players’ close friends and immediate family receive residual gifts, getting to enjoy time at the team hotels, attend practices, and team functions.
Super Bowl halftimes last 20 minutes, longer than a normal NFL halftime, forcing the players to warm up off the field prior to re-entering the arena for the 3rd quarter. The outcome is too important to risk a muscle pull.
3 MORE MASSAGE THERAPISTS ACCUSE RAVENS’ TUCKER OF SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT, REPORT SAYS
BALTIMORE (AP) — Three additional massage therapists have accused Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of sexually inappropriate conduct, the Baltimore Banner reported Saturday.
The news website said nine massage therapists from five spas and wellness centers now have shared accounts with the Banner. In its initial report Thursday, the Banner said it spoke to six massage therapists who recounted firsthand experiences with Tucker from 2012 to 2016. Several therapists said they ended Tucker’s sessions early or refused to work on him again, and managers from two spas said they banned him from returning.
Tucker said Thursday in a statement that he has never received any complaints from a massage therapist or been told he was not welcome at a spa or other place of business.
The NFL has said it will look into the matter, and the Ravens said they would continue to monitor the situation.
NFL OFFICIALS SPOTTING THE FOOTBALL ISN’T GOING AWAY DESPITE SEVERAL TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
The NFL will engage its Competition Committee on technology to take virtual line-to-gain measurements next season, but officials will continue to spot the football.
There’s no current technology being considered that would help determine forward progress, which became a point of contention after Josh Allen was stopped short on a sneak on fourth-and-1 early in the fourth quarter of Buffalo’s 32-29 loss to Kansas City in the AFC championship game.
The league tested Sony’s Hawk-Eye tracking services for virtual line-to-gain measurements in the preseason and in the background during the regular season. The optimal tracking system notifies officiating instantly if a first down was gained after the ball is spotted by hand.
The key word is after. This technology replaces the chain measurement. The NFL has long used two bright orange sticks and a chain — the chain gang — to measure for first downs. That method would remain in a backup capacity.
“What this technology cannot do is take the place of the human element in determining where forward progress ends,” NFL executive Kimberly Fields told The Associated Press on Friday. “There will always be a human official spotting the ball. Once the ball is spotted, then the line-to-gain technology actually does the measurement itself. So I think it’s probably been a point of confusion around what the technology can and can’t do. There will always be a human element because of the forward progress conversation.”
Fields said an average of 12 measurements took place each week during the regular season. The new technology would’ve dropped the time spent to measure from 75 seconds to 35 seconds.
NFL balls have been equipped with Zebra microchips since 2017, powering the NFL’s Next Gen Stats data product. The chips are also affixed to players’ pads. They provide various data and metrics that help clubs, media and fans with player evaluation and analysis of team performance. But these chips can’t determine where a player was tackled, whether a player is down by contact or which team gained possession of a loose ball to the precision necessary for officiating use.
The league also began using boundary line cameras in Week 5 to assist with replay reviews. The cameras were installed in each of the 30 stadiums along the end line, goal line and sideline. Usage was limited to scores, plays with under two minutes remaining and turnovers.
Discussion for expanding its use to coaches’ challenges and replay assist is ongoing and would have to be approved by the Competition Committee.
Fields said the league also experimented with providing back judges smart watches to assist with objective information so they can make decisions faster, specifically as it relates to the play clock.
“We want to make the game efficient and more accurate,” Fields said. “The things that we do around technology, if it’s not going to make the process better, if it’s not going to assist our officials, then we shouldn’t be doing it. Everything that we do is going through a rigorous testing process to make sure we are making things easier and more efficient.”
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
NEBRASKA’S SPRING GAME LIKELY CANCELED AS TRANSFER PORTAL HAS MADE IT DETRIMENTAL, RHULE SAYS
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska spring game, one of the best-attended in college football and a major revenue producer, likely won’t be held going forward because of coach Matt Rhule’s concern about other teams poaching his players.
“The word ‘tampering’ doesn’t exist anymore,” Rhule said Saturday at his midwinter news conference. “It’s just an absolute free open common market. I don’t necessarily want to open up to the outside world and have people watch our guys and say, ‘He looks like a pretty good player. Let’s go get him.’”
The spring game has a long tradition at Nebraska. Last year the event drew 60,452 to Memorial Stadium, fourth-highest in the nation behind spring games at Ohio State, Alabama and Penn State. The Cornhuskers’ game also was televised on the Big Ten Network.
“I dealt with a lot of people offering our players a lot of opportunities after that,” Rhule said. “So you go out and bring in a bunch of new players and showcase them for all the other schools to watch? Doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.”
Six Nebraska players entered the transfer portal the week after last year’s spring game.
The spring portal period ends April 25 this year, the day before Nebraska’s spring practice wraps up. However, players can switch schools without entering the portal, as was notably the case with Wisconsin safety Xavier Lucas’ recent move to Miami.
Rhule said exposing his players to other schools is more of a concern to him than risking injuries in a spring game. Receiver Demitrius Bell and cornerback Blye Hill were hurt in last year’s spring game and missed the season. Rhule said there would continue to be live tackling in scrimmages during spring practice.
“Guys are being compensated now, and you’re putting money behind some people, a whole other set of parameters,” Rhule said. “Yet at the same time you have to get good. Honestly, to me, it’s about protecting the roster and protecting through that portal period.”
Rhule said that even though it is “highly doubtful” a spring game will be held with a scrimmage format, he does want to “show off” his players to the fans in some fashion. Athletic director Troy Dannen said on his radio show last week that a to-be-determined event would be held on April 26, possibly one that involves football and other fall sports.
GOLF NEWS
SEPP STRAKA LEADS BY ONE AFTER 54 HOLES AT PEBBLE BEACH
Austria’s Sepp Straka recovered from a rough stretch on the back nine to finish strong for a 2-under-par 70 on Saturday and hold the lead after three rounds of AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Straka is at 16 under and will take a one-stroke lead into Sunday’s final round.
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Ireland’s Shane Lowry shot matching 65s to sit one shot back.
Straka carried a three-stroke lead into the day, but bogeys on the first three holes of the backside were troublesome before he recovered for birdies on four of the last five holes.
McIlroy, making his season debut on the PGA Tour, posted birdies on three of the final four holes.
Lowry played the last eight holes in 4 under due to four birdies. He played the first three holes in 4 under, boosted by an eagle 3 on No. 2.
It sets up with the potential for numerous golfers to rise to the top during the final round.
Australia’s Cam Davis (69), England’s Justin Rose (68) and South Korea’s Tom Kim (68) are tied for fourth at 14 under.
Lucas Glover (68) is seventh at 13 under, followed by Russell Henley (71) at 12 under and Austin Eckroat (71) at 11 under.
Scottie Scheffler (69) is at 10 under in his season debut, but Jordan Spieth’s first tournament of the season has gone sour after his third-round 79 put him at 5 over.
Defending champion Wyndham Clark (71) is out of contention at 2 over.
A LIM KIM CONTINUES TO STAY ON TOP AT TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
South Korean A Lim Kim stayed atop the leaderboard at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions on Saturday, posting a 5-under 67 in the third round of the event in Orlando.
Kim, who led after the first and second rounds, now sits at 15-under 201 heading into Sunday. She holds a three-shot advantage over Linn Grant of Sweden, who also carded a 67 at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club.
Even though she has been in front of the pack after each of the first three rounds, Kim doesn’t plan on taking her foot off the gas during her final 18 holes.
“Safer not my style. I feel I want to go just hit it,” Kim said. “That’s all. I really focus on my line. That’s my goal.”
Kim cruised through the front nine on Saturday, picking up two birdies and an eagle at the par-5 ninth. She also sank birdies at Nos. 11 and 14 before settling for her lone bogey of the day at the 18th hole to close out her round.
Grant went birdie-birdie-bogey over her first three holes but was bogey-free the rest of the way, finishing with six birdies in all. While she does want to rally for a victory on Sunday, she is more concerned with fine-tuning her game for the rest of the season. The Tournament of Champions is the first event of the 2025 campaign.
“I think for now my mindset is … really trying to figure out where I’m at, all the changes I’ve done, how that feels, and really just trying to get every shot as good as possible,” Grant said. “I think that mindset is good to have any week. It’s just easier now than in the middle of the season.”
Reigning champion Lydia Ko of New Zealand had the low round of the day with a 7-under 65 and is tied for third with Nelly Korda (67 on Saturday). Ko and Korda are both four strokes back.
Lauren Coughlin (68) is in sole possession of fifth at 8-under 208 for the week. South Korea’s Jin Young Ko (70) and Japan’s Rio Takeda (71) are tied for sixth, while Celine Boutier of France (69) and Leona Maguire of Ireland (72) are T8.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS RELESES/HEADLINES
GAME REWIND: PACERS 132, HAWKS 127
The Indiana Pacers arrived at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday evening seeking to extend a 2-game winning streak before leaving on a 4-game road trip next week. With the win, the Pacers passed the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference standings, taking over the fourth seed from their playoff foes from a season ago. They defeated the Hawks to move up a spot, 132-127.
Indiana opened the contest with a flashy fastbreak play – Tyrese Haliburton stole the ball and took it the length of the court before throwing a lob pass to a cutting Bennedict Mathurin. Mathurin slammed it down to tie the game at four points all. Mathurin was active early in the game on both ends – after finishing a highlight play on the offensive end, he broke up a lob pass to Atlanta’s Zaccharie Risacher on the other.
The Pacers carried that momentum to a 22-8 run in the first quarter, powered by Haliburton. His versatility was on full display throughout the first frame as he tallied eight points, three assists, a rebound, a block, and a steal in just nine minutes.
The first quarter was a productive one for Indiana – the Pacers shot 61.5% from the field, including 50% from 3-point range. Myles Turner’s three defensive rebounds in the first quarter were enough to pass Reggie Miller on the franchise’s all-time defensive rebounds list. Turner now occupies the 7th-best slot on that list.
The Blue and Gold carried a 16-point advantage into the second quarter after a convincing opening quarter against the Hawks, 40-24.
Garrison Mathews showed some fight for Atlanta early in the second quarter as he knocked down two triples to bring the Hawks within 13 points. Indiana’s offense sputtered briefly after holding a lead of as many as 18 points, but six second quarter points from Mathurin lifted the Pacers to a 4-point halftime lead.
The Blue and Gold’s efficient outing continued through the second frame as Indiana recorded 45.5% shooting from the field, but connected on just one of its eight tries from deep range. The Pacers won the first-half rebound battle, however, as they collected 24 to Atlanta’s 18.
Haliburton recorded 12 points on just seven shots at the halftime break, and dished out five assists.
The Hawks erased the 4-point deficit just 1:33 into the second half, and continued on to tally a 13-5 run to open the third quarter. Indiana would string together a comeback from the 6-point deficit through a series of hustle plays that reflect the attitude the Blue and Gold bring to the floor.
With just over five minutes to play in the third quarter, Haliburton whipped a no-look pass to Turner on the block, and was already back to half-court when Turner dunked it home to cut Atlanta’s lead down to four points. Ben Sheppard won a jump ball on the consecutive play, and Aaron Nesmith took it the length of the court to finish a layup through contact. Nesmith converted the 3-point play to bring Indiana back within one point of Atlanta’s lead, 86-85.
The Pacers recaptured the lead on the next trip down the floor after Obi Toppin converted another layup through a foul, and made the free throw following the play. With less than a minute remaining in the quarter, Toppin hammered down an aggressive dunk to put Indiana back on top by six points. Toppin’s presence was vital in Indiana’s third quarter attack – he scored nine points and grabbed five rebounds in his five minutes in the frame. His play helped the Pacers carry a 4-point lead into the fourth quarter, 99-95.
Tyrese Haliburton also recorded his sixth assist in the third quarter, and passed Billy Keller for eighth place in Pacers franchise history.
The final quarter opened with six lead changes through the first five minutes, and intensified as it progressed. Each offensive trip down the floor ended in hard-earned baskets on both sides, stoking the fire of competition as the clock approached zero.
Trae Young drained a deep 3-pointer to give Atlanta a 3-point advantage with 4:25 remaining, but Nembhard converted an and-1 opportunity for Indiana to level the score at 119. Pascal Siakam’s 3-pointer found the bottom of the net with just over three minutes to play, then Siakam went on to assist an Aaron Nesmith 3-pointer that gave the Pacers a 6-point advantage in the final three minutes.
“We made some big plays down the stretch,” Haliburton said postgame. “Pascal [Siakam] had a big shot, Drew [Nembhard] was amazing tonight, [we] just had a lot of different guys chip in. We just had to get stops when we needed them, and we were able to do that tonight.”
Siakam’s play down the stretch solidified the win for the Pacers – he led Indiana in scoring with his 20 points, and added nine rebounds and five assists to his totals.
Young finished with 34 points to lead the Hawks, and tallied 17 assists.
The Pacers shot better than 50% from the field and recorded 35 assists – just two off of their season-high mark of 37. Seven Pacers posted double-digit scoring totals, and all seven of them scored 13 or more points in the contest. The victory over Atlanta is the Pacers’ third straight win and the Hawks’ eighth straight loss.
The Blue and Gold take the floor again on Monday in Utah as they face off with the Jazz, 9:00 PM ET.
Inside the Numbers
The Pacers had seven players record double-digit scoring totals.
Indiana was just four points shy of its season-high point total of 136.
Indiana recorded 35 assists and just 11 turnovers.
Aaron Nesmith recorded a game-high +21 plus/minus off of Indiana’s bench.
INDY FUEL
FUEL FALL TO GREENVILLE, 5-2 ON SATURDAY
FISHERS– The Fuel hosted the Swamp Rabbits for the second game in a row. After a loss on Friday night, Indy fell 5-2 to Greenville on Saturday night.
1ST PERIOD
Just 43 seconds into the game, Carter Savoie scored for the Swamp Rabbits to put them up 1-0.
Tate Singleton, who scored a hat trick last night, added to their lead to make it 2-0 at 3:29. He was credited with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at the same time while Fuel captain Chris Cameron took a roughing minor.
At 5:22, Kevin Lombardi took a holding penalty to give Greenville an advantage for seven seconds.
Bryce Brodzinski scored at 6:33 on the power play, to make it 3-0 in favor of the Swamp Rabbits.
Things heated up between the two teams that got chippy last night and boiled over at 8:18 when Cam Hausinger and Greenville’s Kaleb Lawrence took offsetting roughing minors. Nathan Burke took a high sticking call at the same time, putting the Fuel on the penalty kill.
At 9:44, Parker Berge was called for tripping giving the Fuel about a minute of power play time after some time playing 4-on-4.
Jordan Martin took a hooking penalty at 17:43, putting the Fuel back on the penalty kill. That penalty was killed before time expired on the first frame where Greenville outshot Indy 11-9.
2ND PERIOD
At 2:35, Austin Saint took a roughing minor, putting the Fuel back on the power play. Greenville killed it off.
Singleton took a slashing penalty after that at 5:10, but again Indy could not score on the power play.
Colton Young was called for interference at 16:30 of the second frame, giving the Fuel their third power play change of the period. Again, they were scoreless.
The Fuel had a few chances at the end of the frame but time expired with shots tied 16-16 through two. The score remained 3-0 in favor of the Swamp Rabbits.
At the end of the period, Ty Farmer was assessed an interference minor with an official penalty to be served in the third period.
3RD PERIOD
Tate Singleton scored his fifth goal of the series at 3:13 to make it 4-0.
At 3:46, Mikael Robidoux and Lucas Brenton each took five minutes for fighting, but Brenton took an additional unsportsmanlike conduct call.
Singleton completed his second hat trick in two nights with a power play goal at 5:44 to make it 5-0 in favor of Greenville.
Max Coyle took a slashing penalty at 11:33, giving Indy another power play opportunity; however they did not score.
At 14:08, Hausinger and Tyson Fawcett took offsetting unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.
Hausinger took another unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at 15:31 to put the Fuel on the penalty kill.
Chris Cameron took a cross checking penalty at 16:47 but Singleton took a slashing penalty soon after forcing 4-on-4 play.
Once the Fuel were back to full strength, Nick Grima scored his second goal of the season with the help of Jordan Martin and Ethan Manderville to break the shutout and make it 5-1.
Six seconds later, Nathan Burke scored to make it 5-2. That goal was unassisted.
Those two goals set a franchise record for fastest consecutive Fuel goals, being just six seconds apart.
Time expired soon after, and despite the late game comeback, the Fuel fell to the Swamp Rabbits 5-2. Indy outshot them 26-23.
INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
PINK OUT FOR CANCER AWARENESS ON SUNDAY AGAINST NEBRASKA
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana resumes action at home on Sunday afternoon when it welcomes Nebraska to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in a Pink Out to support cancer awareness.
| GAME DAY INFO |
| Indiana (13-7, 5-4 B1G) vs. RV/RV Nebraska (16-5, 7-3 B1G) |
| Sunday, February 2, 2025 • 12 p.m. ET |
| Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Ind. |
| Broadcast: FS1 (Sloane Martin, Nicole Cardaño-Hillary) |
| Radio: B97 (Austin Render) |
| Live Stats: Statbroadcast |
| Social Media: Facebook | X | Instagram |
| Promotions: Pink Out – Fans are encouraged to wear pink to show support for cancer awareness. |
ABOUT THE HUSKIES
Nebraska held off a late rally by Purdue to win 74-70 at Mackey Arena on Thursday night. Senior forward Alexis Markowski leads the way with 14.9 points and 7.8 rebounds per game while freshman guard Britt Prince adds 13.8 points and 3.1 assists per outing. The Huskers are averaging 76.3 points per game while shooting 44.2 percent from the floor. They also boast a 35.2 percent clip from 3-point range, the seocnd-best mark in the Big Ten.
SERIES HISTORY
Indiana leads 12-6
LAST MEETING
1/7/24 – W, 91-69 (Lincoln, Neb.)
NOTES
A career day by junior guard Yarden Garzon lifted Indiana to a 73-70 win over Washington on Monday (Jan. 27) at Alaska Airlines Arena to complete its west coast road swing. Graduate student guard Sydney Parrish added 16 points while senior forward Karoline Striplin put up 11.
Garzon went off for a new career-high 35 points on eight made 3-pointers in the win over Washington on Monday night. It was the most point scored by a Hoosier since Amanda Cahill had 38 points in a four overtime win against Michigan State in 2018. Her eight 3-pointers also set the second-best mark in a single game in school history. Overall, Garzon went 13-for-18 from the floor and 8-for-10 from the field. Her 13 made field goals also ties the program record for field goals made in a game. Garzon also joined IU’s 1,000-point club in the victory, becoming the 33rd player in school history to record the feat.
Parrish is finding her midseason form as she has posted double figures in Indiana’s last six outings. She’s coming off a 16-point effort in a win at Washington on Monday night, where she went 4-for-6 from the 3-point line. The Fishers, Ind. native leads the Hoosiers on the glass with 6.0 rebounds per game this season. She has scored in double figures 10 times and has hit multiple 3-pointers in six games this season.
The Hoosiers have won eight of the last nine in the series against Nebraska, winning the only meeting between the two schools last year in Lincoln. Indiana has won the last six at home in the series which included a 74-62 overtime win in the last meeting at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Jan. 1, 2023.
UP NEXT
Rutgers pays a visit to the Hall on Thursday in a game set for 6 p.m. ET on BTN.
INDIANA WRESTLING
NO. 23 INDIANA HANDLES NORTHWESTERN
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– No. 23 Indiana Wrestling got the best of Northwestern on Saturday afternoon, jumping out to a 12-0 lead through three matches and never looking back for a 25-13 final score at Wilkinson Hall.
The Hoosiers would end up taking seven of the 10 bouts with five of them being bonus-point victories, including two wins by tech fall and three wins by major decision.
With the win, Indiana improved its season record to 7-3 overall and to 3-3 in the Big Ten. The seven dual victories marks three consecutive seasons with seven or more wins for the program.
KEY MOMENTS
• In the first three bouts, Indiana took wins by tech fall, decision and major decision from No. 18 Jacob Moran (125), No. 29 Angelo Rini (133) and No. 26 Henry Porter, respectively to build a 12-0 lead out of the gate.
• Northwestern would draw the score closer with three consecutive wins from 149 through 165 lbs. to make the team score, 12-10, in favor of the Hoosiers.
• No. 28 Derek Gilcher (174) would give Indiana the momentum back, as he defeated Aiden Vandenbush by major decision, 14-2.
• No. 29 DJ Washington (184) recorded his fifth win by tech fall this season when he topped Jon Halvorsen, 21-5 (5:32).
• To close the dual, No. 19 Jacob Bullock (285) won in dominant fashion against Dirk Morley, defeating him by major decision, 17-5.
NOTABLES
• Six Hoosier wrestlers were honored as part of Senior Day: Angelo Rini, Mason Alley, Zack Rotkvich, Robert Major, Jacob Bullock and DJ Washington.
• Porter’s win was one of his most impressive to date, as Cannon was an NCAA All-American in 2021 and 2022.
• Gilcher’s major decision win marked his third since bumping up to 174 lbs. and his first bonus-point victory at the new weight.
• Indiana won seven of the ten bouts with five of them being bonus-point victories.
• That was Indiana’s first win over Northwestern since 2021 and it was the first dual between the two programs since 2017.
MATCH RESULTS
125: No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU) def. Patrick Adams (NU) |TF, 21-6 (5:44) | Score: IU up 5-0
133: No. 29 Angelo Rini (IU) def. Massey Odiotti (NU) |Dec. 15-9 | Score: IU up 8-0
141: No. 26 Henry Porter (IU) def. No. 33 Chris Cannon (NU). |MD, 12-1 | Score: IU up 12-0
149: No. 24 Sam Cartella (NU) def. Joey Buttler (IU) |Dec. 9-2 | Score: IU 12-3
157: No. 9 Trevor Chumbley (NU) def. Ryan Garvick (IU) |MD, 11-2 | Score: IU up 12-7
165: No. 19 Maxx Mayfield (NU) def. No. 16 Tyler Lillard (IU) |Dec. 9-6 | Score: IU up 12-10
174: No. 28 Derek Gilcher (IU) def. Aiden Vandenbush (NU) |MD, 14-2 | Score: IU up 16-10
184: No. 29 DJ Washington (IU) def. Jon Halvorsen (NU) |TF, 21-5 (5:32) | Score: IU up 21-10
197: No. 13 Evan Bates (NU) def. No. 21 Gabe Sollars (IU) |Dec. 6-2 | Score: IU up 21-13
285: No. 19 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. Dirk Morley (NU) |MD, 17-5 | Score: IU up 25-13
UP NEXT
• Indiana will stay in Bloomington for the week as it prepares for its final home dual of the season against Ohio State on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. in Wilkinson Hall.
PURDUE WRESTLING
PURDUE HALTED AT #13 ILLINOIS
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Purdue Wrestling team fell in a 35-8 dual decision at No. 13 Illinois in Huff Hall on Saturday afternoon.
Two nationally ranked Boilermakers were victorious in the loss, including one bonus point win and one ranked victory.
No. 1 Matt Ramos had no rust coming out of the bye week, earning a 19-1 technical fall over Caelan Riley at the top of the card.
Winning in just 2:32 with a furious offensive pace, it was the fastest tech fall of the redshirt senior’s career.
Ramos’ win put him back on top as the national tech fall leader with 12 this season, tied with one other wrestler (No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink, Penn State, 165 pounds).
No. 7 Joey Blaze also prevailed at 157 lbs., beating No. 31 Jason Kraisser 8-1 for his sixth ranked victory of the year.
The sophomore Blaze improved to 4-0 in Big Ten Conference action after a takedown, a pair of reversals and a riding time point secured his match win.
Also of note, redshirt freshman Orlando Cruz took No. 12 Edmond Ruth down to the wire with a 2-0 lead heading into the third period.
The Crown Point, Indiana, native gave up a takedown in overtime, but ultimately impressed in a hard-fought 5-2 decision loss (SV-1) to the No. 12-ranked wrestler at 184 lbs.
The Boilermakers fell to 8-4 (1-3 B1G) after the Fighting Illini (9-3, 4-1 B1G) took six bonus point victories and two decisions in Saturday’s dual.
UP NEXT
Purdue will hit the road one last time in the regular season next weekend, making stops at Wisconsin (Friday night) and Minnesota (Sunday afternoon) before returning home for the final two duals.
Friday night’s bout with the Badgers is set for 10 p.m. ET at UW Field House in Madison. Big Ten Network will host the live broadcast.
RESULTS
125 | #1 Matt Ramos (PUR) over Caelan Riley (ILL) – TF 19-1 (2:32) | PUR 5-0
133 | #4 Lucas Byrd (ILL) over Jacob Macatangay (PUR) – TF 25-8 (6:17) | TIED 5-5
141 | #15 Danny Pucino (ILL) over Christian White (PUR) – TF 20-4 (6:18) | ILL 10-5
149 | #13 Kannon Webster (ILL) over Isaac Ruble (PUR) – TF 19-4 (5:23) | ILL 15-5
157 | #7 Joey Blaze (PUR) over #31 Jason Kraisser (ILL) – D 8-1 | ILL 15-8
165 | #13 Braeden Scoles (ILL) over Stoney Buell (PUR) – Fall (3:44) | ILL 21-8
174 | #23 Danny Braunagel (ILL) over #26 Brody Baumann (PUR) – D 15-8 | ILL 24-8
184 | #12 Edmond Ruth (ILL) over Orlando Cruz (PUR) – D 5-2 (SV-1) | ILL 27-8
197 | #16 Zac Braunagel (ILL) over #27 Ben Vanadia (PUR) – MD 17-3 | ILL 31-8
285 | #10 Luke Luffman (ILL) over Hayden Filipovich (PUR) – MD 9-1 | Final: ILL 35-8
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
CHRIS ASH NAMED BOB HINTON DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
Chris Ash, a veteran coach with experience in the college and professional ranks, will join the Notre Dame Football coaching staff as Bob Hinton Defensive Coordinator. The hiring will be effective at the conclusion of the University’s standard employment process.
“Chris’ experience of coordinating and leading great defensive units at multiple places really resonated with me,” said Dick Corbett Head Football Coach Marcus Freeman. “His experience both in the NFL and as a head coach are valuable assets he can bring to our program. Chris has a great reputation of being a coach who builds strong relationships, while simultaneously developing his players, and that makes him a great fit for this role.”
Ash enters his 30th season of coaching and has seen success throughout his career in multiple posts, including as a position coach, coordinator and head coach.
Most recently a scout for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Ash spent two seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders as defensive backs coach after a season in Jacksonville as safeties coach. In his first season with the Raiders in 2022, Ash led a unit that saw 13 different defensive backs record snaps, tied for the second-most in a single season for the Raiders since 2000. His unit produced two defensive touchdowns in 2022, tied for the fourth-most among defensive back units in the NFL and tied for the most by a Raiders defensive back unit since 2010.
On the collegiate level, Ash has coordinated multiple successful college defenses, including for the 2014 National Champion Ohio State squad. He also served as the head coach at Rutgers, from 2016-19.
In 2020, Ash served as the defensive coordinator and safeties coach for Texas and helped guide the team to a 7-3 record and victory in the Alamo Bowl. In 2020, the Longhorns ranked ninth nationally in fourth-down defense (0.333), 10th in turnover margin (1.00), 16th in fumbles recovered (9), 19th in turnovers gained (19) and 23rd in team tackles for loss (7.3).
Ash spent eight years in the Big Ten Conference, including four as a defensive coordinator with four Big Ten championships. Ash led four groups that ranked in the top 25 statistically, including a top-10 defensive unit in 2015 at Ohio State.
Serving as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Ohio State, the 2015 Buckeye defense ranked second nationally in scoring defense, ninth in total defense and ninth in sacks. In his first season (2014), OSU’s defense ranked fourth nationally with 24 interceptions, fifth in turnovers gained (33), 13th in sacks (3.00 per game) and 14th in tackles for loss (7.3 per game) en route to a Big Ten and National Championship.
He played a role in the development of several notable players, including defensive end Joey Bosa, a unanimous first-team All-American, Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten, along with several others including cornerback Eli Apple, defensive back Doran Grant, defensive tackle Michael Bennett, linebacker Joshua Perry, defensive tackle Adolphus Washington, safety Vonn Bell and linebacker Darron Lee.
Ash served as defensive coordinator and coached the secondary at Arkansas in 2013. He helped improve Arkansas’ pass defense, with the Razorbacks defense finishing 72nd nationally in passing yards allowed after ranking 113th in 2012.
Ash spent three seasons at Wisconsin, the last two of which were as defensive coordinator (2011-12) with the first as defensive backs coach (2010). The Badgers were Big Ten champions in all three of Ash’s seasons in Madison. Ash spent eight seasons over two different stints at lowa State, finishing as defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator. Ash spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons at San Diego State in the same role as his time with the Cyclones.
Ash began his coaching career as a defensive graduate assistant at his alma mater, Drake, in 1997. He was promoted to defensive coordinator for the next two seasons before moving to lowa State in 2000.
THE ASH FILE
- Hometown: Ottumwa, Iowa
- High School: Ottumwa
- College: Drake (1996), Iowa State (Master’s Degree, 2005)
- Wife: Doreen
- Children: Tanner, Brady, Jacey, Alexis
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
- 1992-95 Drake (Safety)
COACHING CAREER
- 1997 Drake Graduate Assistant
- 1998-99 Drake Defensive Coordinator
- 2000-01 Iowa State Graduate Assistant
- 2002-05 Iowa State Defensive Backs Coach
- 2006 Iowa State Defensive Backs Coach and Recruiting Coordinator
- 2007-08 San Diego State Defensive Backs Coach and Recruiting Coordinator
- 2009 Iowa State Defensive Backs Coach and Recruiting Coordinator
- 2010 Wisconsin Defensive Backs Coach
- 2011-12 Wisconsin Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Backs Coach
- 2013 Arkansas Defensive Coordinator and Secondary Coach
- 2014-15 Ohio State Co-Defensive Coordinator and Safeties Coach
- 2016-19 Rutgers Head Coach
- 2019 Texas Defensive Analyst
- 2020 Texas Defensive Coordinator and Safeties Coach
- 2021 Jacksonville Jaguars Safeties Coach
- 2022-23 Las Vegas Raiders Defensive Backs Coach
- 2024 Jacksonville Jaguars Scout
BOWLS/PLAYOFFS COACHED
- 2000 Insight.com Bowl (Iowa State)
- 2001 Independence Bowl (Iowa State)
- 2002 Humanitarian Bowl (Iowa State)
- 2004 Independence Bowl (Iowa State)
- 2005 Houston Bowl (Iowa State)
- 2009 Insight Bowl (Iowa State)
- 2011 Rose Bowl (Wisconsin)
- 2011 Big Ten Championship (Wisconsin)
- 2012 Rose Bowl (Wisconsin)
- 2012 Big Ten Championship (Wisconsin)
- 2014 Big Ten Championship (Ohio State)
- 2015 CFP Semifinal (Ohio State)
- 2015 CFP National Championship (Ohio State)
- 2016 Fiesta Bowl (Ohio State)
- 2019 Alamo Bowl (Texas)
- 2020 Alamo Bowl (Texas)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Ash earned his undergraduate degree from Drake in 1996, and was a two-time letterwinner at defensive back for the Bulldogs.
COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Ash served in the professional ranks for four seasons, both as an NFL position coach and an NFL scout. He spent the 2024 season as a scout with the Jacksonville Jaguars, and two seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders as defensive backs coach, after a season with the Jaguars (2021) as safeties coach.
- In his first season with the Raiders in 2022, Ash led a unit that saw 13 different defensive backs record snaps, tied for the second-most in a single season for the Raiders since 2000. His unit produced two defensive touchdowns in 2022, tied for the fourth-most among defensive back units in the NFL and tied for the most by a Raiders defensive back unit since 2010.
- In his one season in Jacksonville (2021), Ash helped the Jaguars to a 10-spot improvement in pass defense, finishing 17th in the league after ranking 27th in 2020.
- Ash served as the defensive coordinator and safeties coach for Texas in 2020 and helped guide the team to a 7-3 record and victory in the Alamo Bowl. In 2020, the Longhorns ranked ninth nationally in fourth-down defense (0.333), 10th in turnover margin (1.00), 16th in fumbles recovered (9), 19th in turnovers gained (19) and 23rd in team tackles for loss (7.3).
- Linebacker Joseph Ossai was drafted 69th overall (third round) in the 2021 NFL Draft, DT Ta’Quon Graham was drafted 148th overall (fifth round) and S Caden Sterns was selected 152nd overall (fifth round).
- Ash spent eight years in the Big Ten Conference, including four as a defensive coordinator with four Big Ten championships. Ash led four groups that ranked in the top 25 statistically, including a top-10 defensive unit in 2015 at Ohio State.
- Ash served from 2016-19 as head coach at Rutgers. Ash’s tenure saw four players selected in the NFL Draft, including DE Kemeko Turay (2018 second round, 52nd overall), DT Sebastian Joseph-Day (2018 sixth round, 195th overall), DB Saquan Hampton (2019 sixth round, 177th overall) and DB Blessuan Austin (2019 sixth round, 196th overall).
- Ash joined Rutgers after serving as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Ohio State. In 2015, the Buckeyes’ defense ranked second nationally in scoring defense, ninth in total defense and ninth in sacks. The Buckeyes earned a berth in the Fiesta Bowl, finishing the season with a 12-1 record
- In his first season (2014), OSU’s defense ranked 19th nationally in total defense (342.4 yards per game), 26th in scoring defense (22.0 points per game), 13th in pass efficiency defense (108.17) and 28th in pass defense (201.1 yards per game). The Buckeyes also ranked fourth nationally with 24 interceptions, fifth in turnovers gained (33), 16th in third-down defense (34.4 percent), 13th in sacks (3.00 per game) and 14th in tackles for loss (7.3 per game) en route to a Big Ten and National Championship.
- Defensive end Joey Bosa was a unanimous first-team All-American, Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten, along with DB Doran Grant, while DT Michael Bennett and LB Joshua Perry were second-team. Grant and Bennett went on to both be selected in the 2015 NFL Draft.
- In 2015, the Ohio State defense continued its strides under Ash, ranking second nationally in scoring defense (15.1 points per game) and ninth in total defense (311.3 yards per game), as well as 16th in passing defense (184.5 yards per game) and 22nd in rushing defense (126.8 yards per game). It also ranked sixth in pass efficiency defense (104.78) and ninth in sacks (2.92 per game). The No. 7 Buckeyes defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 44-28, in the Fiesta Bowl, finishing the year with a 12-1 record and a No. 4 ranking in both The Associated Press and Coaches Polls.
- Bosa was named consensus All-America and Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year. Defensive tackle Adolphus Washington and safety Vonn Bell earned first-team All-America honors from the Sporting News, while Bell also was an Associated Press first-team All-American. Perry earned first-team All-Big Ten recognition, while LB Darron Lee and CB Eli Apple earned second-team honors.
- The 2016 NFL Draft saw numerous players from Ash’s unit selected, including the first overall defensive player in Bosa, who was picked third by the San Diego Chargers. In all, the draft featured six players from the Ohio State defense, all in the first four rounds with three in the first round. Along with Bosa, Apple was chosen 10th overall by the New York Giants, and Lee was selected 20th by the New York Jets. Bell was taken in the second round, while Washington was picked in the third, and Perry in the fourth.
- Prior to taking over the OSU defense, Ash held the defensive coordinator post and coached the secondary at Arkansas in 2013. He helped improve Arkansas’ pass defense in his one season in Fayetteville, with the Razorbacks defense finishing 72nd nationally in passing yards allowed after ranking 113th in 2012.
- Ash was first promoted to the level of defensive coordinator at a Power Five school while at Wisconsin, where he spent three seasons, the last two of which were as coordinator (2011-12) with the first as defensive backs coach (2010). His 2011 defense ranked fourth nationally in fewest passing yards allowed (163.6 yards per game), 13th in scoring defense (19.0 points per game) and 15th in total defense (316.4 yards per game). In 2012, the UW defense again ranked 15th nationally in total defense (322.5), along with 17th in scoring defense (19.1 points per game), 18th in fewest passing yards allowed (193.6 yards per game), 22nd in pass efficiency defense and 24th against the run (128.9 yards per game).
- Ash spent eight seasons over two different stints at lowa State. Ash served as a graduate assistant with the Cyclones in 2000-01 before being promoted to defensive backs coach for a total of six seasons, adding the title of recruiting coordinator for 2006 and 2009. Ash spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons at San Diego State as the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator.
- Ash began his coaching career as a defensive graduate assistant at his alma mater, Drake, in 1997. He was promoted to defensive coordinator for the next two seasons before moving onto lowa State in 2000.
NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL
IRISH FALL SHORT ON THE ROAD AGAINST MIAMI
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-11, 4-6) fell 63-57 on Saturday night to Miami (5-17, 1-10) in a tough one on the road.
Despite Notre Dame leading at halftime, the Hurricanes were able to string together runs in the second half to outscore the Irish 38-21 in the final 20 minutes of play.
Notre Dame finished the night shooting 23-54 (42.6%) from the floor with Miami going 23-50 (46%). While the Irish knocked down nine threes, they were just 2-9 from the free throw line in comparison to Miami’s 13-17 from the charity stripe.
The Irish were led by Markus Burton with 17 points, two assists, and two rebounds, while going 7-17 from the floor.
He was followed by Braeden Shrewsberry, who finished with 14 points, knocking down four three’s on eight attempts. Tae Davis finished in double-figures as well, putting up 11 points and grabbing three boards.
The rebounding efforts were led by Matt Allocco and Kebba Njie, finishing with eight and seven, respectively.
HOW IT HAPPENED
It was a slow start for the Irish as they trailed 4-0 early until an Allocco jumper in the paint put the Irish on the board at 16:52.
The Irish would take the first lead of the game at 14:22 as a hustle play led to an offensive rebound for Julian Roper, where he found Shrewsberry open on the wing for a knockdown three to put Notre Dame up 7-6.
Roper’s hustle plays continued to keep the Irish in front as another Roper offensive board led to a Njie triple from the corner. It was followed by back-to-back finishes at the rim from Davis, whose dunk made it 19-11 with 9:17 remaining in the half.
Several Irish players had the hot hand as Shrewberry was heating up too with back-to-back threes to extend the lead 25-13 to force a Miami timeout.
The Hurricanes worked to chip away at the deficit, cutting it to five at 30-25 with 1:49 left in the half until a Mohammad corner three, a Burton free throw, and a Shrewsberry layup would close out the half to make it an 11 point ballgame at 36-25 going into the second half.
The Irish shot 46.2% from behind the arc in the first half as they were 6-13 from deep. Notre Dame was 14-30 (46.7%) from the floor, while the Hurricanes were 11-23 (47.8%) from the floor and 2-9 (22.2%) from three.
Shrewsberry led the offensive charge in the first 20 minutes of play with 11 points, going 3-6 from deep.
The Irish opened up the second half with a pair of Burton layups followed by a three and a layup from Davis to make it 45-33 heading into the first media timeout.
A 6-0 run from the Hurricanes closed the gap to six at 45-39 to force a Notre Dame timeout. Miami’s offensive surge continued as they went on another 7-0 run and closed the gap to two at 48-46 with 10:45 remaining.
The Irish were in dire need of an offensive spark and while a Burton triple stopped the run, the Hurricanes had an answer for each Notre Dame bucket.
It was a two-point ballgame at 53-51 heading into the 7:52 media timeout, but it would become an even 53-all after a pair of Miami free throws.
The Hurricanes reclaimed the lead 55-53 for the first time since the 14:22 mark in the first half.
After another 9-0 run from Miami, the Irish answered with a tough finish at the rim from Burton to bring Notre Dame back within two at 57-55 with 5:09 remaining.
A Davis dunk tied it up yet again at 57-57 with 3:40 left, which would be Notre Dame’s final basket of the evening as the Hurricanes closed it out to win 63-57.
UP NEXT
The Irish will stay in Florida as they head to Tallahassee to take on Florida State (13-9, 4-7) on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. ET.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
NO. 3 NOTRE DAME, LOUISVILLE SET FOR SUNDAY ESPN2 MATINEE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — No. 3 Notre Dame (18-2, 9-0) will play its third road contest in as many games on Sunday, closing out the swing away from Purcell Pavilion with ACC rival Louisville (15-6, 8-2). Notre Dame is seeking a 10-0 start in ACC play for the first time since the team went undefeated in conference play in 2015-16, and the last ACC team to do so was NC State in 2021-22 before Notre Dame beat the Wolfpack.
The Irish are coming off of a 77-61 victory at Virginia Tech on Thursday night. All-American Hannah Hidalgo dropped 30 points for the third time this season and eighth time in her career, passing Jewell Loyd for second all-time in 30-point games. She trails only Irish legend Arike Ogunbowale (11).
Against the Hokies, Liza Karlen had her best ACC game to date. She went 5-5 from the floor and knocked down two 3-pointers, finishing with 12 points and a win over her former head coach Megan Duffy, who is now in Blacksburg.
Turning to this weekend, the Irish and the Cardinals have become one of the nation’s top women’s basketball rivalries. Louisville has been a dangerous but hot and cold team this year.
Junior forward Nyla Harris has been Louisville’s most consistent shooter, leading the team with a 60.8 field goal percentage and a 64.9 mark in ACC play. Harris, Tajianna Roberts and Jayda Curry are all averaging double-figure points, and Roberts leads the group with 13.7. The freshman was the No. 25 recruit in the country in the 2024 class and played her high school basketball at IMG Academy in Florida.
Irish veterans Sonia Citron, Olivia Miles and Maddy Westbeld have had great success recently against Louisville, as Notre Dame has won four of the last six meetings. In eight career games against the Cardinals, Citron has averaged 15.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest. The last meeting came in the quarterfinals of last year’s ACC Tournament, and Citron had 26 points and 10 made free throws.
Notre Dame is 20-14 all-time against Louisville and 6-6 at their place. Sunday’s game starts at noon and will be on ESPN2. Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo and Holly Rowe will be on the call.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
‘DONS SWEEP NO. 19 HARVARD
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Purdue Fort Wayne men’s volleyball team won its second game in the Harvard Invitational on Saturday (Feb. 1), this time besting No. 19 Harvard 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 30-28).
The win over No. 19 Harvard is head coach Donny Gleason’s first win over a ranked foe as the head coach of the Mastodons.
The match between the Mastodons and Crimson was as tight of a match as you could have, each set seeing a 20-20 tie. Logan Muir and Axel Melendez Watts combined for 31 of the ‘Dons 45 kills in the match.
The beginning of the first set held Purdue Fort Wayne’s largest lead of the match when the ‘Dons found themselves up 10-5. But the Crimson battled back through the set, going on a 7-3 run to force the 20-20 tie late in the set. Melendez Watts and Muir both had two kills in the final 5-3 stretch to win the set. The Mastodons hit .524 in the frame. Both Muir (6-of-6) and Casey Lyons (3-of-3) finished perfect after the set.
Neither team was able to extend past a three-point lead in the second set, holding three lead changes. After the set’s 20-20 mark, the ‘Dons pulled away with a 5-2 run to finish the second. Muir led all hitters after two sets, with 10 kills on a .563 clip.
The third set echoed the theme of the first two sets, ending up tied at 23 different points. Following the set’s 20-20 tie, the contest evened out to 25-25 with Harvard forcing an extended set. The Crimson halted three match points before eventually falling to back-to-back Melendez Watts kills.
Muir finished with a match-high 16 kills on .429. Melendez Watts added 15 kills on .500 to go along with a match-high eight digs. Andrej Polomac assisted on 36 kills.
Purdue Fort Wayne returns home at 5-2, while Harvard falls to 2-4. The ‘Dons will begin MIVA play against No. 8 Ball State on Thursday (Feb. 6).
ANDERSON MEN’S BASKETBALL
RAVENS FEND OFF PIONEER SURGE
(RV) Anderson University men’s basketball team (17-3, 12-1) fended off a late Transylvania University (11-9, 9-4) surge 85-74 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) action on Saturday in Anderson.
Anderson entered Saturday’s game, receiving votes in the latest D3hoops.com poll.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Anderson converted 28-of-58 (48.3 percent) shots from the floor, while Transylvania connected on 29-of-64 (45.3 percent) attempts.
The Ravens hit 15-of-30 (50.0 percent) shots from 3-point range, while the Pioneers made 6-of-22 (27.3 percent) attempts from beyond the arc.
Anderson drained 14-of-17 (82.4 percent) shots at the free-throw line, compared to Transylvania’s 10-of-19 (52.6 percent) shots.
The Ravens converted 20 Pioneer Turnovers into 25 points, compared to the Pioneers scoring 17 off of 16 Raven turnovers.
Transylvania outrebounded Anderson 39-32
Raven of the Game – Kenney Troutman – 17 Points, 57.1 3PT% (4-7), 4 Rebounds, 3 Assists
Tate Ivanyo – 15 Points, 75.0 3 PT% (3-4), 5 Assists, 3 Rebounds, 3 Steals
Rob Davidson – 12 Points, 7 Rebounds, 5 Steals
Nolan Swan – 11 Points, 2 Assists
Axel Laby – 8 Points, 4 Rebounds, 4 Blocks, 2 Assists, 2 Steals
Bryce Williams – 8 Points, 2 Rebounds, 2 Assists
Elisha Moore – 8 Points, 5 Rebounds
Marco Beverly – 4 Points, 2 Rebounds
Jacob Scruggs – 2 Points, 1 Steal
Ayden Brobston – 3 Rebounds
Josiah Marshall – 1 Rebound
Cedric Anderson – 1 Steal
COACH CARTER COLLINS’S COMMENTS
I’m definitely pleased with the team’s performance [on Saturday].
I thought that we played the first ten minutes of the game well on both ends of the court – we came ready to go.
We built a big lead and saw a decent slice of it diminish throughout the game, but Transylvania is a great team, and we knew they would have their moments.
We were able to finally get some stops in the second half and converted some fast break buckets to seal the victory.
UP NEXT
The Ravens continue their homestand against Manchester University (7-13, 2-11) in HCAC action on Wednesday, February 5, at 7:30 p.m.
ANDERSON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
TRANSYLVANIA PULLS AWAY FROM ANDERSON
Transylvania University (14-5, 11-1) pulled away from the Anderson University women’s basketball team (10-9, 7-6) by a score of 57-39 during Saturday’s Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) matchup in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Transylvania led Anderson 16-11 after the first quarter.
Anderson outscored Transylvania 8-7 in the second quarter and 13-11 in the third quarter. The Ravens trailed the Pioneers 34-32 through three quarters.
Anderson tied the game at 34-34 and again at 36-36 in the fourth quarter.
Transylvania’s Sadie Wurth drained a 3-pointer while getting fouled to put the Pioneers ahead 39-36. She drained her free throw to put Transylvania up by four.
The Pioneers controlled the remainder of the game, closing the final 6 minutes, 29 seconds on a 17-3 run.
Wurth led the Pioneers with 26 points and 12 rebounds.
The Pioneers converted 20-of-59 (33.9 percent) shots from the field while the Ravens made 14-of-66 (21.2 percent) attempts from the floor.
Transylvania drained 9-of-30 (30 percent) shots from 3-point range while Anderson was held to 2-of-17 (11.8 percent) shooting from the perimeter.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Raven of the Game – Victoria Detraz – 14 Rebounds, 10 Points, 2 Blocks
Bella Larrison – 7 Rebounds, 10 Points, 1 Block
Ella Turner – 4 Points
Makynlee Taylor – 1 Block, 2 Points
UP NEXT
Anderson faces off with Manchester University (7-12, 4-8) in HCAC action on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. in North Manchester.
TAYLOR BASEBALL
SUTTER’S GO-AHEAD HIT PAYS OFF FINE PITCHING IN GAME ONE OF DOUBLEHEADER
SURPRISE, Ariz. – The 19th-ranked Taylor baseball team (4-3) struck for six runs in the ninth inning of a come-from-behind, 6-3 win in game one of its doubleheader split with RV Ottawa (6-1) on Saturday afternoon.
Brody Fine was excellent in his second start for the Trojans, and the lineup broke a string of 17 scoreless innings against OUAZ pitching when it came back from down 3-0 in the top of the ninth frame. Luke Sutter’s go-ahead single was the first of three straight one-out, run-scoring hits that sealed TU’s victory.
Taylor opened the ninth inning with its top of the order due up against the Spirit’s starting pitcher, who had blanked the Trojans through eight frames. Luke Picchiotti drew a leadoff walk to chase the host’s starter, and Mason David greeted the new arm with an RBI-double. Kaleb Kolpien, Sam Gladd and Brayden Manning all walked to make it 3-2, before Brennan Frickel tied the game with a sacrifice fly.
Then, Sutter knocked in the game-winning run, and Ben Kennedy and Ryan Sommer notched a double and single, respectively, to provide the Trojans with some insurance, 6-3.
Dalton Swinehart entered in the bottom of the ninth and collected his second save of the season.
Fine pitched 5.1 innings to open the game, striking out seven Spirit batters against no walks while allowing just one hit and one run.
Jake Boyer and Conner Miller kept TU within reach as they combined to work through the eighth inning, allowing one run each. Miller (3-0) continued to serve as a good omen, collecting a third win in is as many relief appearances to start his season.
Despite the impressive comeback victory in game one, Taylor could not sustain momentum in the nightcap, losing 16-3.
At the plate, Brayden Manning homered and tripled in game two, accounting for all three RBIs in the contest. Manning’s triple brought his season total to three, eclipsing his two three-baggers in 2024 and already putting the junior in a tie for the third-most single-season triples in the program since 2006.
Freshman right-hander Lane Lewis logged his first collegiate inning on the mound, picking up two strikeouts in a scoreless frame.
Gage Gongwer and freshman southpaw JJ Prendergast helped close the series out, racking up a combined five strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work.
No. 19 TU is off until Feb. 13 when it opens a four-game series against RV St. Thomas (5-2) in Miami Gardens, Florida, at 6 p.m.
TAYLOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
NO. 15 MARIAN TOO MUCH FOR TROJANS TO HANDLE
UPLAND, Ind. – Ava Henson scored 20 points and snatched three steals Saturday afternoon, but the Trojans could not stop No. 15 Marian (17-5, 10-2 CL) in a 92-63 loss.
MU’s size proved too much for Taylor to handle throughout the day, as it outrebounded the hosts 51-22 and recorded six blocks.
Whitney Warfel scored the first basket of the game off a turnover, stolen by Emma Fohl, but the 2-0 lead lasted only 15 seconds as Marian controlled the remainder of the quarter.
Henson trimmed the Knights’ lead to 42-29 on a bucket with three minutes remaining in the half. MU finished the second quarter on a 9-2 run, however, giving it a 51-30 advantage at the intermission.
Though Taylor struggled shooting from the floor, Warfel and Henson were bright spots for the Purple and Grey through 20 minutes, combining to shoot 7-of-13 for 18 points.
TU showed fight in the third period, highlighted by a trio of treys from Henson. The Trojans cut the deficit to 15 at multiple points, but Marian had its lead back to 21 at 69-48 with one quarter to play.
Despite impressive back-to-back and-one opportunities for Kendall Wayne and McKayah Musselman, respectively, midway through the fourth frame, the Knights ran away with the contest.
Henson added three assists and three steals to her stat line by day’s end. Quinn Kelly and Warfel both finished in double figures, with Kelly contributing a team-high six rebounds and Warfel accumulating two assists and two steals.
The Trojans won the turnover battle, 14-12, while racking up 10 steals defensively as Fohl and Musselman also had two steals apiece.
Taylor (6-16, 1-11 CL) takes to the road Wednesday to play Grace (9-13, 2-10) at 5:30 p.m. in a crucial game for TU’s Crossroads League Tournament chances.
VINCENNES MEN’S BASKETBALL
NO. 16 TRAILBLAZERS PICK UP BIG REGION 24 ROAD WIN AT JOHN A. LOGAN
CARTERVILLE, Ill. – The No. 16-ranked Vincennes University Trailblazers were on the road again Saturday afternoon as the Blazers headed to Carterville, Ill. for a tough Region 24 road showdown with the Volunteers of John A. Logan.
The Trailblazers got going early and were able to close out the game strong at the free throw line as VU picked up the 80-74 victory over the Volunteers.
The Trailblazers opened the game Saturday afternoon with another excellent start, jumping out to an early 10-1 lead and later building a 19-5 advantage over the Volunteers.
The VU lead would hold at 14 before the Volunteers offense began to chip away at the deficit, using a 13-5 run to cut the Trailblazer advantage down to six.
John A. Logan would get as close as five points in the first half before the Trailblazers closed out the first half strong to take a 39-31 lead into the locker room.
The two teams opened the second half trading baskets before Vincennes looked to be in complete control of the game with an 8-0 scoring run to take a 60-46 lead.
John A. Logan would fire back in front of the home crowd and use an 8-0 run to help get back within three at 70-67.
The Trailblazers would weather the storm from the Vols and come through big, first with a clutch three by freshman Travelle Bryson (Anderson, S.C.) and later at the free throw line by sophomore and 2024 NJCAA All-American Lebron Thomas (Bishopville, S.C.).
Vincennes would connect at the free throw line and come away with their seventh straight wire-to-wire Region 24 victory by the final score of 80-74.
“I thought we were locked in early,” VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Todd Franklin said. “I thought we were locked into the game plan. The things that we wanted to do, we did. The things that we wanted to take away from them, we did.”
“I thought several guys were good early,” Franklin added. “I thought Dayton Williams was good early. He maybe got a little tired as the game went along, but early in the game he was good. I just thought we were locked in. They had five points after quite a bit of time and they were five that they shouldn’t have had. We had a couple of busted assignments otherwise we would have pitched a shutout to that point.”
“As the game went on, we got a little relaxed and it’s hard to continue it against teams with that much talent at home,” Franklin said. “But I thought it was a good effort. I thought Hussein Elmaraghy was huge. Bryan came out to by physical. Sometimes it can be a wild ride with Bryan, but he gave us a physical presence and an active presence. Hussein, I thought, was just tremendous. One thing you worry about with Hussein is defense but he was really good there. He was in the right spots. This was a game where I thought he could do that and he did and offensively he was really good. He was on the offensive glass and he took advantage of that we were getting downhill on them and they like to block shots. We talked about that extensively and Hussein took that to heart and did a good job today and that was huge.”
“Travelle Bryson hit a big shot late and he made some big defensive plays at times,” Franklin added. “He was active with his hands and got some deflections and pick offs which were big stops when we needed them. Christian Andrews did a good job off the bench. He held the fort and allowed us to keep Lebron out of foul trouble and keep him fresh for the finish. We made a concerted effort and knew that it would probably come down to a grind like that down the stretch. So those were all huge in this basketball game.”
The Trailblazers were led offensively by Lebron Thomas who finished with 22 points and a team-high four assists, while hitting 10 big free throws in the game.
Sophomore Hussein Elmaraghy (Cairo, Egypt) stepped up big for the Trailblazers in the post off the bench, finishing his night with a season-high 16 points and seven rebounds.
Sophomore Bryan Akanmu (Paris, France) was the third VU scorer in double figures, finishing the game with 13 points and nine rebounds, while freshmen Dayton Williams (Louisville, Ky.) and Travelle Bryson finished with eight points each.
Bryson would come through for the Blazers on the defensive end as well, matching Akamnu’s team-high with nine rebounds in the game and finishing with a team-high five steals.
The Trailblazers will look to keep their 13-game winning streak going as the Blazers return home to the Physical Education Complex Wednesday, Feb. 5 when VU hosts Lincoln Trail College at 7 p.m. eastern on Community Schools Night at the P.E. Complex.
“This is a big win for us,” Franklin said. “I think this legitimizes us in every way. It legitimizes this streak and it legitimizes this team that has not lost a game with its full team. I don’t think we’ve trailed much with our full team available here. But we’ve got a long way to go to get what we want. What we want is to be the last team standing when everybody is done. I think we certainly should be in the conversation with those teams today. Maybe we’ll go on to do nothing the rest of this year, it guarantees nothing. But right now, today, there is no way that that is the 16th ranked team in the country. That ball club should definitely be in the top five, six or seven without any question about it.”
“Then when you take into account that our losses happened against pretty good teams and when we didn’t have our full team,” Franklin added. “We were young and new but we also didn’t have all of our guys. Travelle has made some big plays and he didn’t play in two of our losses. Ali Sakho didn’t play in any of them. Now we’ve had them all back and that puts people in the right places and positions and since that’s happened and we got a little bit of practice time together, we’ve been pretty good. But we can get a lot better because we’ve had a lot of times where those guys couldn’t practice. So we’re still catching up. So there’s still another punch or two left in us to move up.”
“That’s where we’ve got to get,” Franklin said. “We’ll go home and we’ll enjoy it, take a big breathe and then come back and we’ve got two big home games next week. Both will be very quality games. Lincoln Trail has a nice team and SWIC is hot. Since we beat them, Coach Harrington has rallied the troops. He played Logan really tough and he’s won ever since. So they will be ready for us on Saturday.”
“The home folks need to come out,” Franklin added. “We’ve got two home games and then we’re not going to have any home games until the first of March and we’ve only got four left period. This is a basketball team that deserves their attention. This 13 game winning streak, against Division I teams, league games, two over Logan, one over Triton, at SWIC and at Wabash. It’s been quality. So I think at this point in time, this team has earned the right for people to come see them and people should want to come see them because they are a fun team to watch. Sometimes they are a wild ride for me, but it should be a fun team for everybody to watch and I think our best basketball is still in front of us. We’ll see if we can do it, but I think it is.”
WABASH WRESTLING
LITTLE GIANTS EARN FOUR TITLES, 19 TOP-SIX FINISHES AT WABASH WRESTLING OPEN
The Wabash College wrestling team scored 19 top-six finishes, and four individual titles at the Little Giants’ annual non-scoring open meet held Saturday at the Knowling Fieldhouse.
James Day (133 pounds), Daniel Uribe (149 pounds), and Chase Baczek (197 pounds) all finished 3-0 for the tournament to capture first-place finishes in their respective weight classes. Day picked up two pins in his three matches, Uribe scored a pin and a tech fall, and Baczek picked up two pins and a tech fall to capture his title. Titus Waters posted four wins with three pins to earn the heavyweight crown.
Andrew Punzalan placed second at 125 pounds with a tech fall and a decision for his two victories in the bracket. Ayden Lutes scored two decisions in matches in the 157-pound weight class to earn a second-place finish overall. Mawuli Nevis earned a decision and a major decision to capture second place at 165 pounds. Jaylen Young added a second-place finish at 174 pounds by earning four victories in the bracket with two pins and a tech fall. Zachary Huckaby also captured second place at 184 pounds by winning two matches by pins to advance to the championship round. Spencer Watson placed third in the heavyweight category after earning three wins in the tournament.
Quentin Keen finished with two wins for the day to earn a fourth-place finish at 125 pounds.
Andrew Ross finished with victories in his final three matches to capture fifth place at 157 pounds, earning a pin in his final match of the competition. Elorm Nevis battled back from a second-round loss to win his final three bouts, scoring three tech falls overall in the tournament, to finish in fifth place in the 174-pound bracket. Sammy Saunder placed fifth in the 184-pound weight class with a major decision and a 6-3 win in his final two matches. Hadyn Ball scored a fifth-place finish at 197 pounds with two pins in his final two matches.
Mason Weyant won a pair of matches to earn a sixth-place finish at 141 pounds. Laban Green scored a pin in the consolation semifinals at 149 pounds to finish in sixth place in the weight class. Trescott Duffy picked up a sixth-place finish with a win in the 197-pound weight class.
Wabash competes at the University of Indianapolis Greyhound Open on Sunday, February 9.
WABASH VOLLEYBALL
WABASH REMAINS UNBEATEN WITH TWO VOLLEYBALL VICTORIES ON SATURDAY
The Wabash College volleyball improved to 5-0 on the season by rallying for a pair of home victories Saturday afternoon. The Little Giants defeated the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 3-2 in the opening match before taking the final three sets to earn a 3-1 win over Greenville University in the nightcap.
The 5-0 start is the best in the program’s five-year history.
Wabash took an early lead over UW-Stevens Point (6-4) by winning the opening set 28-26. The Pointers won sets two and three by identical 26-24 scores before the Little Giants forced a fifth set with a 26-24 win of their own in the fourth set. Wabash raced out to a 4-1 lead in the deciding set on the way to a 15-10 victory to claim the 3-2 win.
Sophomore Bawibawi Thang set a Wabash five-set record by putting away 33 kills. He finished the match with a .404 attack percentage. Zev Wolverton and Jackson Leeper added 15 kills apiece for the Little Giants. Beikes also turned in a record-setting performance, with 59 assists in the five sets. He also made 15 digs, as did libero Piotr Wolan.
Wabash lost the opening set 25-15 to Greenville (0-7) before responding with three consecutive wins to earn a 4-1 victory and improve to 5-0 for the season. The Little Giants won set two 25-21, followed by a 25-19 victory in the third set. Wabash closed out the match with a 25-16 win.
Thang picked up 22 kills with a .415 attack percentage for Wabash in the victory. Beikes gave out 38 assists. Wolan led the team with 17 digs in the match.
Wabash returns to action next Saturday with a match against Maranatha Baptist before facing Greenville in a rematch in the second contest.
VINCENNES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
LADY BLAZERS LATE COMEBACK COMES UP JUST SHORT AT JOHN A. LOGAN
CARTERVILLE, Ill. – The Vincennes University Lady Trailblazers were on the road again Saturday afternoon for a tough Region 24 road matchup against the Lady Volunteers of John A. Logan College.
The Lady Blazers played from behind for most of the game and looked to be building momentum with a late comeback in the fourth quarter, but just ran out of time as VU fell to the Lady Vols 76-73.
The Lady Blazers got off to a great start Saturday afternoon, riding an early 7-0 scoring run to take an 11-8 lead over the Lady Vols.
VU would hold this lead for most of the first quarter before John A. Logan closed out the opening period of play with seven straight points to take a 20-14 lead into the second quarter.
The two teams traded small scoring runs to open the second quarter of action with VU’s offense having a hard time finding the bottom of the net as the Lady Blazers headed into the locker room break trailing John A. Logan 37-24.
John A. Logan looked to put the game away early in the second half, building their largest lead of the night at 48-28 before the Lady Blazers gained some momentum with eight straight to cut the Logan lead to 12.
The Lady Vols would hold off the VU comeback in the third quarter, getting their lead back to 16 and taking a 61-45 lead into the fourth quarter.
John A. Logan continued to add to their lead early in the fourth quarter and built a 70-51 advantage but the Lady Blazers refused to go away quietly.
Vincennes continued to battle and ramped up the defensive pressure to ride a 22-4 run to get back within one.
John A. Logan would hit a pair of free throws to put the Lady Vols up by three in the final seconds, with VU getting one last attempt to send the game to overtime but were unable to convert as VU unfortunately just ran out of time to complete their late comeback, falling to the Lady Vols 76-73.
The Lady Blazers were led offensively by sophomore Marta Gutierrez (Alicante, Spain) who was close to completing a triple double with 20 points, eight rebounds and a team-high eight assists.
Freshman Delora Pricop (Satu Mare, Romania) also matched Gutierrez with 20 points in Saturday’s game, while also grabbing nine rebounds for the Lady Blazers.
Freshman Ahmya Thomas (Phoenix, Ariz.) was the third VU scorer in double figures, finishing her day with 16 points, four assists and three steals.
Freshman Jazmyn Robey (Sellersburg, Ind.) came away with nine points, eight rebounds and four assists in the game.
The Lady Trailblazers will look to bounce back and get back in the win column when VU returns home to the Physical Education Complex Wednesday, Feb. 5 as VU hosts Lincoln Trail College at 5 p.m. eastern on Community Schools Night at VU.
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Football History Headlines
February 2, 1913 – The New York Giants baseball club signed Jim Thorpe. If you remember it was this was right after his Olympic Gold medals earned at the 1912 Games were stripped from him due to playing a little bit on the diamond in 1910. Thorpe was a great athlete but his dabbling in Major League baseball for 6 of the next 8 years were not his top moments in athletic history. He resumed football in 1920 when the fledgling NFL under the guise of the APFA hired Thorpe to be their marquis players and president to give the League credibility per the History.com website article.
February 2, 1959 – Vince Lombardi signed a 5 year contract to coach the Green Bay Packers. What he did in the next decade with that franchise may never be repeated again in the NFL. Per the PFR Lombardi led the Pack to three NFL Championships and two Super Bowl victories is a pretty good item to have on your coaching legacy!
February 2, 1986 – Aloha Stadium, Honolulu – At the NFL Pro Bowl for the 1985 season the NFC beat the AFC, 28-24. The MVP of the game was Giants Quarterback Phil Simms.
February 2, 1992 – Aloha Stadium, Honolulu – NFC outlasted their AFC counterparts, 21-15 at the NFL Pro Bowl. Michael Irvin, the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, earned the MVP of the game.
February 2, 1997 – Aloha Stadium, Honolulu – Quarterback Mark Brunell of the Jacksonville Jaguars won a game MVP honor as he helped his AFC teammates overcome the NFC in an exciting overtime 26-23 victory at the NFL Pro Bowl for the 1996 season.
February 2, 2003 – Aloha Stadium, Honolulu – At the 2002 seasons NFL Pro Bowl, the AFC dominated the NFC with a final score of 45-23, the contest’s MVP was Dolphins running back Ricky Williams.
February 2, 2014 – MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey – Super Bowl XLVIII was a fairly one sided affair as the Seattle Seahawks knocked around the Denver Broncos, 43-8. The famed Legion of Doom defense of the Seahawks made life miserable for veteran QB Peyton Manning, as they picked off two of his passes and harassed and hurried the legendary thrower all game. The game started with a bad snap by the Bronco which led to 36 unanswered points until Denver finally got on the board with Manning pass to Demaryius Thomas TD strike of 14 yards on the last play of the 3rd quarter. Seattle linebacker Malcolm Smith took home the game’s MVP trophy per the PFR.
February 2, 2020 – Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida – Super Bowl LIV saw a team that had not been in the big game in a half century! The Kansas City Chiefs were down in every playoff game leading up the Super Bowl and the big game was no different. The San Francisco 49ers held a 20-10 lead with over six minutes to play in the game only to watch it evaporate with Mahomes orchestrating 21 unanswered points in less than 6 minutes! The Kansas City Chiefs captured the NFL title with a victory over the San Francisco 49ers, 31-20. The young gun Patrick Mahomes quarterback of the Chiefs grabbed the MVP honors and gave Kansas City its first championship victory in 50 years! Mahomes threw 2 picks but also had a couple of TD tosses as he passed for 286 yards and ran another score in with his legs per the Pro Football Reference.
February 2, 2022 – The Washington Football Team of the NFL, after departing two years earlier from the nickname of Redskins announced that they would now be the Washington Commanders going forward. The franchise rolled out three different uniforms, two of them with the traditional maroon and gold and one that sported almost entirely black in color from helmet to pants.
HOF Birthdays
February 2, 1895 – Where would we be in Pro Football without the great contributions of George Halas who was born on this day. Maybe a better question would be if we have Pro football without Mr. Halas. Halas was a very good player, In College Halas caught a Touchdown pass from Paddy Driscoll as the Great Lakes Naval Station team cruised to a 17-0 Rose Bowl victory over the Mare Island Marines squad. Halas went on to help organize and coach the Decatur Staleys, was handed ownership of the franchise by Mr. Staley himself and then moved the team to the Windy City and re-branded them as the Chicago Bears. In 1920 Papa Bear met with other professional teams across the midwest to organize the APFA, the early name of the NFL in Ralph Hay’s Hupmobile Showroom over a bucket of beer! Halas also coached the Bears squad for 40 seasons stepping away once to serve in World War II. George Halas according to his bio on the HOF site finished with 318 regular-season wins and 324 total victories which were both long-standing NFL records until Don Shula surpassed them in 1993. His Chicago Bears teams won six NFL titles, the first coming in 1921 after the Staleys moved to Chicago. The Pro Football Hall of Fame recognized George Halas when they enshrined him in the inaugural induction ceremony in 1963.
February 2, 1952 – Bemidji, Minnesota – The awesome University of Notre Dame Tight End, Dave Casper was born. The NFF has an excellent bio on Dave Casper in which they state that he earned All-America honors on the field and in the classroom. Casper led the Fighting Irish to a national championship while earning consensus All-America honors. Casper caught three passes for 75 yards in No. 5 Notre Dame’s 24-23 win over No. 1 Alabama in the 1973 Sugar Bowl. The National Football Foundation voters selected Dave Casper for entrance into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012. As we learned a few days ago in the Football History Headlines, Casper was picked in the second round of the 1974 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. He played 10 seasons with the Silver and Black and one with the Vikings and was named as an All- Pro in four consecutive years according to the ProFootballHOF.com site garnering the honor five times overall in his brilliant career. Casper was part of NFL history as he scored on the infamous Holy Roller Play that led to a Raiders victory over San Diego. The Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrined Dave Casper into their museum of legends in 2002.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Feb. 2
1876 — The National League forms, consisting of teams in Philadelphia, Hartford, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and New York.
1936 — Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson are the first members elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1954 — Bevo Francis of Rio Grande College scores 113 points in a 134-91 victory over Hillsdale. Francis, breaking his own record for small colleges (84) set two weeks earlier against Alliance College.
1959 — Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach NFL Green Bay Packers.
1962 — Using a fiberglass pole, John Uelses becomes the first man to vault more than 16 feet, indoors or out. Uelses, a Marine Corps corporal, clears 16¼ during the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden in New York.
1970 — Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points.
1977 — Toronto’s Ian Turnbull scores five goals to set an NHL record for defensemen, leading the Maple Leafs past the Detroit Red Wings 9-1.
1991 — New Hampshire’s basketball team ends its 32-game losing streak at home with a 72-56 win over Holy Cross. The NCAA-record streak started on Feb. 9, 1988.
1994 — Lenny Wilkens gets his 900th NBA victory, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Orlando Magic 118-99. Wilkens runs his regular-season mark to 900-760, trailing only Red Auerbach’s 938 in NBA regular-season victories.
1999 — Austria’s Hermann Maier and Norway’s Lasse Kjus ski to an unprecedented tie in the super-G to mark the start of the world championships.
2001 — Stacy Dragila breaks her world indoor pole vault record by a half-inch with a 15-2 1/4 vault at the Millrose Games.
2003 — Atlanta Thrashers star Dany Heatley joins Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux by scoring a record-tying four goals in the NHL All-Star Game. His Eastern Conference team loses the first All-Star shootout 6-5.
2009 — Kobe Bryant breaks the current Madison Square Garden record with 61 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 126-117 victory over New York. Bryant, who hits all 20 of his free throws, tops the previous visitor record of 55 points held by Michael Jordan and the overall record of 60 by Bernard King.
2012 — Sam Gagner has four goals and four assists in the NHL’s first eight-point game in 23 years, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8-4.
2013 — California Institute of Technology’s baseball team ends a 228-game losing streak with a 9-7 victory against Pacifica, the Beavers’ first win in nearly 10 years. Caltech hadn’t won since Feb. 15, 2003, 5-4 against Cal State-Monterey Bay.
2014 — The Seattle Seahawks win their first Super Bowl title, crushing the favored Denver Broncos 43-8. The Seahawks led 36-0 before Denver finally scored on the last play of the third quarter.
2014 — The Seattle Seahawks win their first Super Bowl title in overpowering fashion, punishing Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos 42-8 at the New Jersey Meadowlands.
2017 — Patrick Marleau scores his 500th career goal, Chris Tierney tallies twice and San Jose beat Vancouver 4-1. Marleau becomes the 45th NHL player to reach 500 goals, scoring in the first period on a power play.
2020 – Super Bowl LIV, Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL: Kansas City Chiefs beat San Francisco 49ers, 31-20; MVP: Patrick Mahomes, KC Chiefs, QB; Chiefs’ 1st victory in 50 years.
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Feb. 3
1944 — Syd Howe of the Detroit Red Wings scores six goals in a 12-6 victory over the New York Rangers. Howe is the first player to score six goals in a game since Cy Denneny of the Ottawa Senators in 1921.
1956 — Austria’s Toni Sailer wins the men’s downhill to become first Olympic skier to sweep three Alpine events.
1976 — Washington’s Dave Bing, in his final NBA All-Star game apperance, wins the MVP and leads the East to a 123-109 victory over the West in Philadelphia. Bing has 16 points and four assists.
1980 — Larry Bird hits the first 3-point shot in the history of the NBA All-Star Game. Bird’ 3 came in overtime. The East wins 144-136.
1982 — Steve Mahre, twin brother of overall champion Phil Mahre, becomes the first American male skier to win a gold medal in an Olympics or world championship competition when he edges Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark in the giant slalom at the worlds.
1990 — Bill Shoemaker, the world’s winningest jockey, finishes fourth on Patchy Groundfog in his final ride at Santa Anita. The 58-year-old Shoemaker finishes his 40-year career with $123,375,524 in earnings, a record 8,833 wins, 6,136 seconds and 4,987 thirds in 40,350 starts.
1998 — Dino Ciccarelli becomes the ninth NHL player to reach 600 goals when he scores on a power play with 5:09 remaining in the third period to give the Florida Panthers a 1-1 tie against the Detroit Red Wings.
2000 — World Wrestling Federation mastermind Vince McMahon unveils his latest creation: the XFL, a new pro football league.
2001 — One year later, the XFL muscles its way onto the national sports scene with its first two games. With exuberant cheerleaders and trash-talking players, the Las Vegas Outlaws beat the New York/New Jersey Hitmen 19-0, while the Orlando Rage beat the Chicago Enforcers 33-29 before a crowd of 35,603 in Orlando.
2002 — Adam Vinatieri’s 48-yard field goal as time expires gives Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots their first Super Bowl title with a 20-17 win over the two-touchdown favorite St. Louis Rams.
2006 — Martin Brodeur becomes the third goaltender in NHL history to reach 100 shutouts when New Jersey blanks Carolina 3-0. Brodeur joins Terry Sawchuk (115) and George Hainsworth (102).
2008 — Eli Manning and the New York Giants end New England’s unbeaten season and pull off one of the great Super Bowl upsets. Manning throws a 13-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left to beat the Patriots 17-14.
2013 — The Baltimore Ravens survive a power outage at the Super Bowl to edge the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. Jacoby Jones returns the second-half kickoff 108 yards, a Super Bowl record, to give Baltimore a 28-6 lead. Moments later, lights lining the Superdome fade. When action resumes 34 minutes later, Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers score 17 consecutive points, getting as close as 31-29. Baltimore stops San Francisco on fourth-and-goal from the 5 with under 2 minutes left when Kaepernick’s pass sails beyond Michael Crabtree in the end zone.
2017 — Tara VanDerveer becomes the second NCAA women’s coach to reach 1,000 career victories when No. 8 Stanford beats Southern California 58-42 to give the Hall of Famer a milestone before a home crowd at Maples Pavilion.
2019 – Super Bowl LIII, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA: New England Patriots beat Los Angeles Rams, 13-3; MVP: Julian Edelman, NE Patriots, WR; Patriots’ 6th SB victory
Feb. 4
1861 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, N.Y., with the players wearing ice skates.
1924 — The first Winter Olympics close in Chamonix, France. Sixteen countries competed in 17 events from seven sports.
1932 — The Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, N.Y., the first Winter Games in the United States.
1957 — Joe McCarthy and Sam Crawford are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1969 — The 24 major league owners unanimously select Bowie Kuhn as commissioner for a one-year term at a salary of $100,000.
1971 — The Baseball Hall of Fame establishes a separate section for players from the old Negro Leagues. In July, commissioner Bowie Kuhn, along with Hall president Paul Kirk, announce a change of heart and scrap plans for the separate section.
1976 — U.S. District Court Judge John W. Oliver upholds the ruling of arbitrator Peter Seitz that declared Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents.
1977 — Rick Martin scores two goals in the third period, including the game-winning goal with under two minutes to play, to lead the Wales Conference to a 4-3 win over the Campbell conference in the NHL All-Star game at Vancouver.
1979 — Denver’s David Thompson scores 25 points on 11-of-17 shooting to lead the West Conference to a 134-129 victory over the East at the 1979 NBA All-Star Game in Detroit. Thompson also grabs five rebounds and is named the games MVP. Philadelphia’s Julius Erving leads all scorers with 29 points and san Antonio’s George Gervin adds 26 for the East.
1987 — The Sacramento Kings have the worst first quarter since the inception of the shot clock in 1954. The Kings set the NBA record with only four points in the opening quarter of a 128-92 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
1987 — Stars & Stripes, skippered by Dennis Conner, sweeps Kookaburra III 4-0 at Fremantle, Australia, to bring sailing’s America’s Cup back to the United States.
1991 — The doors of Cooperstown are slammed shut on Pete Rose when the Hall of Fame’s board of directors votes 12-0 to bar players on the permanently ineligible list from consideration.
1997 — Mario Lemieux scores his 600th goal, an empty netter, to help the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 6-4 win against the Vancouver Canucks. Lemieux is the first player to score 600 goals while spending his NHL career with one team.
2003 — Jaromir Jagr scores three goals, including his 500th, for his 11th career hat trick as Washington beat Tampa Bay 5-1.
2007 — Peyton Manning is 25-of-38 for 247 yards and a touchdown as he rallies Indianapolis to a 29-17 Super Bowl victory over Chicago in the South Florida rain. Tony Dungy becomes the first black coach to win the championship, beating good friend and protege Lovie Smith in a game that featured the first two black coaches in the Super Bowl.
2012 — Lindsey Vonn captures her 50th World Cup victory, winning the downhill with temperatures plunging to minus 13 on the demanding Kandahar course in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
2017 — Gregg Popovich becomes the winningest coach with a single franchise in NBA history, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 121-97 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Popovich earns his 1,128th victory to pass former Utah coach Jerry Sloan for the mark.
2018 — The Philadelphia Eagles win a record-setting shootout between Nick Foles and Tom Brady in the Super Bowl. Foles, the backup quarterback, leads a pressure-packed 75-yard drive to the winning touchdown, 11 yards to Zach Etrz with 2:21 to go. Then the defense makes two final stands to win 41-33.
2022 – XXIV Olympic Winter Games open in Beijing, China.
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Feb. 5
1913 — The New York State Athletic Commission bans boxing matches between fighters of different races.
1919 — Charges against Cincinnati’s Hal Chase of throwing games and betting against his team are dismissed by National League president John Heydler. Two weeks later, Chase is traded to the New York Giants.
1948 — After landing the first double axel in Olympic competition, Dick Button becomes the first American to win the Olympic gold medal in figure skating. Gretchen Fraser becomes the first U.S. woman Olympic slalom champion.
1960 — Bill Russell grabs 51 rebounds in the Boston Celtics’ 124-100 victory over the Syracuse Nationals. Russell is the first player in NBA history to pull in 50 or more rebounds.
1972 — Bob Douglas is the first black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame. Known as “The Father of Black Professional Basketball,” Douglas owned and coached the New York Renaissance from 1922 until 1949.
1976 — Austrian Franz Klammer wins the Olympic gold medal in the downhill at Innsbruck, Austria. Bill Koch wins a silver in the 30-kilometer cross-country race to become the first American to win a medal in a Nordic event.
1980 — Gordie Howe plays his 23rd and final All-Star Game. Howe doesn’t score, but sets up the final goal of the game, by Real Cloutier, in the Wales Conference’s 6-3 win against the Campbell Conference at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
1990 — Notre Dame bucks the College Football Association and becomes the first college to sell its home games to a major network, agreeing to a five-year contract with NBC beginning in 1991.
1991 — Dave Taylor of the Los Angeles Kings has two assists in a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers to become the 29th player in NHL history with 1,000 points.
1999 — Patrick Roy, at 33, becomes the youngest goalie in NHL history to earn 400 wins when he makes 26 saves in the Colorado Avalanche’s 3-1 win against the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena.
2003 — Bode Miller of the United States captures his first major title, winning the gold medal in the combined at the world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
2006 — Pittsburgh wins a record-tying fifth Super Bowl, but its first since 1980 with a 21-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
2009 — Tennessee’s Pat Summitt becomes the first Division I basketball coach — man or woman — to win 1,000 career games after her Lady Vols beat Georgia 73-43.
2011 — Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia wins the men’s 3,000 at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix, after losing his right shoe at the start of the race. Gebremeskel stays close to the lead throughout the race and takes over on the final lap to finish in 7:35.37. Britain’s Mo Farah finishes second in 7:35.81.
2012 — Eli Manning and the Giants one-up Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute score to beat New England 21-17 for New York’s fourth Super Bowl title.
2017 — Tom Brady leads one of the greatest comebacks in sports, let alone Super Bowl history, lifting New England from a 25-point hole to the Patriots’ fifth NFL championship in the game’s first overtime finish. The Patriots score 19 points in the final quarter, including a pair of 2-point conversions, then marches relentlessly to James White’s 2-yard touchdown run in overtime beating the Atlanta Falcons 34-28.
2022 – Six days before his 50th birthday, 11-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater wins his 8th Pipeline title beating 22-year old Hawaiian Seth Moniz in the final.
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Feb. 6
1943 — Montreal’s Ray Getliffe scores five goals to lead the Canadiens to an 8-3 triumph over the Boston Bruins.
1958 — Ted Williams signs a contract with the Boston Red Sox for $135,000, making him the highest paid player in major league history.
1967 — Muhammad Ali successfully defends his world heavyweight title with a 15-round decision over Ernest Terrell in the Houston Astrodome.
1970 — The NBA expands to 18 teams with the addition of franchises in Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston and Portland.
1981 — Wayne Gretzky scores three goals and three assists in a 10-4 Edmonton victory over the Winnipeg Jets, giving him 100 points in the season.
1985 — Seventeen-year-old Dianne Roffe becomes the first U.S. woman to win a gold medal in a World Alpine Ski Championship race, capturing the giant slalom in 2:18.53.
1988 — Chicago’s Michael Jordan wins the NBA Slam Dunk contest with a perfect score of 50 on his final dunk, in front of a hometown crowd at Chicago Stadium.
1990 — Brett Hull of the St. Louis Blues scores his 50th goal, making him and his Hall of Famer father, Bobby Hull, the only father-son combination in NHL history to reach that milestone.
1993 — Riddick Bowe easily wins his first defense of his WBA and IBF heavyweight boxing titles by beating Michael Dokes in the first round of their championship bout held at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
2000 — Randy Moss sets records with nine catches for 212 yards, and Mike Alstott scores three touchdowns in the NFC’s 51-31 victory over the AFC, the highest-scoring Pro Bowl.
2000 — Pavel Bure records the 11th hat trick in All-Star history and goalie Olaf Kolzig plays a shutout third period as the World team routs North America 9-4 in the NHL’s 50th All-Star game.
2005 — The New England Patriots win their third Super Bowl in four years, 24-21 over the Philadelphia Eagles. It’s their ninth straight postseason victory, equaling Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers.
2011 — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady becomes the first unanimous choice for The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award. Brady gets all 50 votes since the AP began using a nationwide panel of media members who cover the league.
2011 — Aaron Rodgers throws three touchdown passes and Nick Collins returns an interception for another score, leading the Green Bay Packers to a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl.
2022 – NFL Pro Bowl, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada: AFC beats NFC, 41-35; MVPs: Justin Herbert, QB LA Chargers; Maxx Crosby, DE LV Raiders.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1886 Former professional baseball player Albert Spalding begins a sporting goods company with $800. The future Hall of Famer will become the manufacturer of the first official baseball, adding tennis, basketball, golf, and football to his product line.
1938 The University of Illinois suspends Lou Boudreau for taking illegal payments from the Indians. The 19-year-old hoopster goes on to have a 15-year Hall of Fame baseball career in the big leagues as a player-manager for Cleveland and the Red Sox, and, as a broadcaster, he will be traded to the Cubs by radio station WGN to become the team’s skipper.
1942 At a meeting to determine new guidelines necessitated by the US involvement in WWII, the major league owners vote to allow each club to play 14-night games, allocating the Senators 21 contests due to the many government workers in the Washington, DC Metro area. The regulation includes a provision that no inning will start after 12:50 am during the evening tilts.
1957 At a New York BBWAA meeting, Walter O’Malley passes a note to Cubs owner Phil Wrigley, who controls LA’s territorial rights, offering Brooklyn’s Texas League team in Fort Worth in return for the Cubs’ Los Angeles PCL minor league franchise. The swap of farm teams will be announced on February 21st, clearing the Dodgers’ path to move to the West Coast.
1961 Charlie Finley douses an old school bus bearing the sign “the Kansas City-to-New York shuttle” with gasoline and sets it on fire in the left field parking lot of Municipal Stadium. As the vehicle becomes engulfed in flames, the new owner of the A’s tells reporters the stunt symbolizes the team’s end of sending talented young players to the Yankees in exchange for major leaguers well past their prime, a practice deeply resented by the Kansas City fans.
1975 The special Veterans Committee selects second baseman Billy Herman (Cubs, Dodgers, Braves, and Pirates), skipper Bucky Harris (Senators, Tigers, Red Sox, Phillies, and Yankees), and outfielder Earl Averill (Indians, Tigers, and Braves) to the Hall of Fame. An outspoken Averill had informed his family about declining the honor if he was an inductee posthumously; fortunately, eight years before his passing, he will be enshrined in Cooperstown.
1977 The Hall of Fame’s Special Committee on the Negro Leagues selects Cuban natives John Henry Lloyd and Martin Dihigo, previously acknowledged in Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic, for their outstanding accomplishments that included playing all nine positions. Pop Lloyd ended his 27-year career with a batting average of .343 while building a reputation as the greatest shortstop in the history of the Negro Leagues.
1978 Under the financial reorganization of the club, FJ ‘Steve’ O’Neill, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, becomes the principal owner of the Indians. The trucking magnate was once a limited partner of the Tribe but sold his Indians’ interest in the team in 1973 to become part of George Steinbrenner’s syndicate that bought the Yankees.
1979 The Twins trade perennial All-Star and batting champ Rod Carew to the Angels for outfielders Ken Landreaux and Dave Engle and pitchers Paul Hartzell and Brad Havens. The future Hall of Famer will hit .314 during his seven seasons with the Halos.
1982 The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues suspends minor league catcher Angel Rodriguez for a year. The Alexandria backstop, who maintains his innocence, is penalized for tipping off opposing Latin American batters in Spanish of the upcoming pitch about to be thrown in Carolina League contests.
1987 The Expos trade top reliever Jeff Reardon and backstop Tom Nieto to the Twins for pitcher Neal Heaton, catcher Jeff Reed, and two minor leaguers. Minnesota’s new closer will average nearly 35 saves each season during his three years with the club, including 42 during his All-Star campaign in 1988.
1989 The National League chooses Bill White as the circuit’s president, replacing Bart Giamatti, leaving the post to become the baseball commissioner. The appointment makes the former major league first baseman and Yankee broadcaster the highest-ranking black executive in professional sports.
1993 Marge Schott is suspended for one year and fined $25,000 by a committee of her major-league peers for bringing “disrepute and embarrassment” to the national pastime. The 64-year-old will also be required to attend and complete multi-cultural sensitivity training programs due to the numerous racial and ethnic remarks she allegedly made as the Reds’ owner.
1994 Jody Reed agrees to a minor-league contract for undisclosed terms with the Brewers after rejecting a three-year, $7.8 million offer to stay with the Dodgers. In November, LA pulled their proposal to the 31-year-old infielder, who will now attend spring training with Milwaukee as a non-roster player.
1998 The Yankees announce Brian Cashman will replace Bob Watson, who recently resigned as the team’s general manager. During Watson’s brief 2+ year tenure, the Bronx Bombers won their first World Series since 1978.
1999 The Mets tell a surprised Tim McCarver that he will not be returning to the team’s broadcast booth. The franchise’s pitching legend Tom Seaver, who was in the television booth for the Yankees from 1989 to 1993, will replace the highly regarded but outspoken 57-year-old broadcaster, who spent 16 years with the team doing local telecasts.
2002 Yankee catcher Jorge Posada (.277, 22, 95) signs a five-year, $51 million contract with a club option for a sixth season. The 30-year-old Bronx Bomber backstop, with an average annual value of more than $10 million, is the second-highest among major league catchers, trailing only the receiver Mike Piazza, who signed a seven-year, $91 million deal with the Mets in 1998 that averages $13 million annually.
2008 Eli Manning leads the Giants to an upset victory over the previously undefeated Patriots, making it the second consecutive year a Manning has been the quarterback for the victorious NFL Super Bowl team. Eli and Peyton, who QBs for the Indianapolis Colts, join a select group of brothers who have won world championship games in back-to-back years that include Livan (Marlins, 1997) and Orlando Hernandez (1998, Yankees), Irish (Giants, 1922), and Bob Meusel (Yankees, 1923), and Bubba (Colts, 1970) and Tody Smith (Cowboys, 1971).
2009 Oliver Perez agrees to a $36 million, three-year deal to stay with the Mets. The 29-year-old inconsistent southpaw, who has posted a 26-20 record with New York since being obtained from Pittsburgh during the 2006 season, will be part of the team’s starting rotation.
2009 Garrett Atkins (.286, 21, 99) avoids arbitration, agreeing to a one-year deal with the Rockies. The 29-year-old third baseman’s $7.05 million contract makes him the second-highest-paid player on the team, trailing only Todd Helton.
2009 Justin Verlander (11-17, 4.84) agrees to a one-year deal worth $3,675,000 to stay with the Tigers, a dramatic increase from last season. The 2006 AL Rookie of the Year’s original five-year contract, which slated the right-hander for a $600,000 salary in 2009, could be terminated if he had enough service time to become eligible for arbitration.
2009 Rickie Weeks (.234, 14, 89) avoids arbitration with the Brewers, agreeing to a $2.45 million, one-year deal. The 26-year-old second baseman, who has been injury-prone over his first five seasons with the Brew Crew, can earn more with performance bonuses based on plate appearances.
2010 Casey Kotchman and the Mariners, who recently acquired the first baseman in a trade with Boston for Bill Hall, come to terms on a one-year deal worth $3,517,500. The 26-year-old slick-fielding infielder has not made an error in his last 1,584 chances, covering 185 games.
2011 Contending Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz enriched themselves with many years of profitable investing in the Ponzi Scheme while ignoring many warnings that the payoffs might have been fraudulent, victims Bernie Madoff name the Mets owners in a lawsuit. Speculation concerning the team’s sale to meet the financial obligations caused by a possible $1 billion settlement has circulated in the sports and banking industries.
2012 The Cubs and Matt Garza avoid arbitration when they agree to a one-year, $9.5 million deal. The 28-year-old right-hander posted a 10-10 record and a 3.32 earned run average last year, his first season with the team.
TV SPORTS SUNDAY
| NFL | TIME ET | TV |
| Pro Bowl | 3:00pm | ABC |
| NBA REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Chicago Bulls vs Detroit Pistons | 3:00pm | CHSN FanDuel Sports DET |
| Los Angeles Clippers vs Toronto Raptors | 3:30pm | Sportsnet FanDuel Sports SoCal |
| Dallas Mavericks vs Cleveland Cavaliers | 3:30pm | KFAA FanDuel Sports OH |
| Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers | 6:00pm | ESPN NBCS-BOS NBCS-PHI |
| Memphis Grizzlies vs Milwaukee Bucks | 8:30pm | ESPN FanDuel Sports MEM FanDuel Sports WI |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres | 1:00pm | ESPN+ MSGSN MSG-BUF |
| Philadelphia Flyers vs Colorado Avalanche | 3:00pm | ESPN+ NBCS-PHI ALT |
| Montreal Canadiens vs Anaheim Ducks | 4:00pm | ESPN+ Victory+ Sportsnet |
| Columbus Blue Jackets vs Dallas Stars | 6:00pm | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports OH Victory+ |
| New York Islanders vs Florida Panthers | 6:00pm | ESPN+ MSGSN Scripps |
| Vegas Golden Knights vs New York Rangers | 6:00pm | ESPN+ Scripps MSG |
| St. Louis Blues vs Utah Hockey Club | 7:00pm | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports MW Utah16 |
| Detroit Red Wings vs Vancouver Canucks | 8:00pm | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports DET Sportsnet |
| Calgary Flames vs Seattle Kraken | 9:00pm | ESPN+ KONG Sportsnet |
| MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Ohio State at Illinois | 1:00pm | CBS |
| Fairfield at Iona | 1:00pm | ESPN+ |
| South Florida at Florida Atlantic | 2:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Tulsa at Tulane | 2:00pm | ESPNU |
| Furman at ETSU | 2:00pm | CBS Sports Network |
| Quinnipiac at Siena | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Manhattan at Sacred Heart | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Mount St. Mary’s at Saint Peter’s | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Robert Morris at Wright State | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| West Virginia at Cincinnati | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Memphis at Rice | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Purdue Fort Wayne at Milwaukee | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Evansville at Belmont | 4:00pm | ESPN2/U |
| Bradley at UNI | 4:00pm | ESPN2/U |
| Colorado at TCU | 4:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Seton Hall at DePaul | 6:00pm | FS1 |
| Nebraska at Oregon | 7:30pm | BTN |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| PGA Tour: Pebble Beach Pro-AM | 1:00pm | GOLF |
| PGA Tour: Pebble Beach Pro-AM | 3:00pm | NBC |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Serie A: Juventus vs Empoli | 6:30am | Paramount+ fuboTV |
| La Liga: Barcelona vs Deportivo Alavés | 8:00am | ESPN+ fuboTV |
| EPL: Brentford vs Tottenham Hotspur | 9:00am | USA Peacock fuboTV |
| EPL: Manchester United vs Crystal Palace | 9:00am | Peacock fuboTV |
| Ligue 1: Toulouse vs Nice | 9:00am | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| Serie A: Fiorentina vs Genoa | 9:00am | Paramount+ fuboTV |
| Bundesliga: Eintracht Frankfurt vs Wolfsburg | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Scottish Premiership: Motherwell vs Celtic | 10:00am | CBSSN Paramount+ fuboTV |
| La Liga: Valencia vs Celta de Vigo | 10:15am | ESPN+ fuboTV |
| Ligue 1: Rennes vs Strasbourg | 11:15am | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| Ligue 1: Angers SCO vs Le Havre | 11:15am | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| Ligue 1: Reims vs Nantes | 11:15am | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| EPL: Arsenal vs Manchester City | 11:30am | Peacock fuboTV |
| Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen vs Hoffenheim | 11:30am | ESPN+ |
| Serie A: Milan vs Internazionale | 12:00pm | Paramount+ fuboTV |
| La Liga: Osasuna vs Real Sociedad | 12:30pm | ESPN+ fuboTV |
| Liga MX: Pumas UNAM vs Atlas | 1:00pm | TUDN fuboTV |
| Serie A: Roma vs Napoli | 2:45pm | Paramount+ fuboTV |
| Ligue 1: Olympique Marseille vs Olympique Lyonnais | 2:45pm | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| La Liga: Real Betis vs Athletic Club | 3:00pm | ESPN+ fuboTV |
| Liga MX: Santos Laguna vs Puebla | 6:00pm | VIX |
| Liga MX: Atlético San Luis vs Pumas UNAM | 8:00pm | VIX |