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INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL SECTIONAL FINALS
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1. HOBART | 9 AM CT | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL, PORTAGE.
2. CROWN POINT | 8 AM CT | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: CROWN POINT, LAPORTE.
3. PENN | 9 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: MISHAWAKA, PLYMOUTH.
4. LOGANSPORT | 10 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, WINAMAC COMMUNITY.
5. GOSHEN | 9:30 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: ELKHART, WEST NOBLE.
6. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) | 8 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: CARROLL (FORT WAYNE), NEW HAVEN.
7. PERU | 8 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: PERU, OAK HILL.
8. JAY COUNTY | 8 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: DELTA, JAY COUNTY.
9. NORTH MONTGOMERY | 8 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: CRAWFORDSVILLE, FRANKFORT.
10. PENDLETON HEIGHTS | 9:30 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: ELWOOD, INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL.
11. PERRY MERIDIAN | 9 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: WARREN CENTRAL, SOUTHPORT.
12. RICHMOND | 8 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: SOUTH DEARBORN, SHENANDOAH.
13. MOORESVILLE | 8 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: AVON, MOORESVILLE.
14. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH | 8 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: BLOOMINGTON NORTH, SOUTHRIDGE.
15. JEFFERSONVILLE | 8 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: JEFFERSONVILLE, JENNINGS COUNTY.
16. CASTLE | 9 AM CT | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: CASTLE, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL.
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#21 INDIANA 79 #1 PURDUE 74
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#2 TENNESSEE 46 #25 AUBURN 43
#4 ALABAMA 79 LSU 69
#5 ARIZONA 84 OREGON STATE 52
VIRGINIA TECH 74 #6 VIRGINIA 68
#10 TEXAS 69 #7 KANSAS STATE 66
#13 IOWA STATE 68 #8 KANSAS 53
#9 UCLA 76 WASHINGTON STATE 52
#11 BAYLOR 89 TEXAS TECH 62
#18 ST. MARY’S 78 #12 GONZAGA 70
#14 MARQUETTE 16 BUTLER 52
OKLAHOMA STATE 79 #15 TCU 73
#16 XAVIER 96 ST. JOHN’S 71
#19 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 67 CHARLOTTE 52
#23 MIAMI FLORIDA 78 #20 CLEMSON 74
#24 UCONN 68 GEORGETOWN 62
IUPUI 68 GREEN BAY 53
WAKE FOREST 81 NOTRE DAME 64
DETROIT 85 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 52
INDIANA STATE 99 MURRAY STATE 56
ILLINOIS CHICAGO 70 EVANSVILLE 61
DRAKE 85 VALPARAISO 82 2OT
MOREHEAD STATE 71 SOUTHERN INDIANA 60 OT
RUTGERS 61 MICHIGAN STATE 55
IOWA 81 ILLINOIS 79
MARYLAND 81 MINNESOTA 46
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 72 GEORGIA TECH 64
FLORIDA STATE 81 LOUISVILLE 78
SYRACUSE 77 BOSTON COLLEGE 68
DUKE 63 NORTH CAROLINA 57
WEST VIRGINIA 93 OKLAHOMA 61
CREIGHTON 66 VILLANOVA 61
WRIGHT STATE 82 ROBERT MORRIS 67
OAKLAND 92 CLEVELAND STATE 89 OT
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 74 NORTHERN KENTUCKY 56
OHIO 78 MIAMI OHIO 68
BUFFALO 85 WESTERN MICHIGAN 76
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 86 BOWLING GREEN 78
TOLEDO 84 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 59
BRADLEY 77 NORTHERN IOWA 69
BELMONT 90 ILLINOIS STATE 75
USC 80 WASHINGTON 74
OREGON 75 ARIZONA STATE 70
VANDERBILT 74 OLE MISS 71
ARKANSAS 65 SOUTH CAROLINA 63
MISSISSIPPI STATE 63 MISSOURI 52
KENTUCKY 72 FLORIDA 67
TEXAS A&M 82 GEORGIA 57
COMPLETE SCOREBOARD: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/CBK/SCOREBOARD.ASP?CONF=-1&DAY=20230204
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
BAYLOR 76 #12 IOWA STATE 70
#17 GONZAGA 78 SAN FRANCISCO 56
#19 VILLANOVA 78 BUTLER 58
#20 OKLAHOMA 93 WEST VIRGINIA 58
TEXAS SAN ANTONIO 58 #21 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 53
#24 TEXAS 68 KANSAS 65
#25 S. FLORIDA 65 SMU 63
IUPUI 93 WRIGHT STATE 80
BALL STATE 80 KENT STATE 71
ROBERT MORRIS 71 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 63
DRAKE 87 EVANSVILLE 48
WESTERN MICHIGAN 76 AKRON 71
BOWLING GREEN 88 MIAMI OHIO 59
EASTERN MICHIGAN 68 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 54
SETON HALL 77 PROVIDENCE 52
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 72 BUFFALO 62
CLEVELAND STATE 81 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 48
CREIGHTON 81 ST. JOHN’S 65
HOUSTON 65 TEMPLE 60
OKLAHOMA STATE 77 TCU 65
TOLEDO 66 OHIO 55
UNLV 98 AIR FORCE 57
COLORADO STATE 66 WYOMING 63
CINCINNATI 53 TULANE 50
DEPAUL 93 XAVIER 48
NEW MEXICO 83 SAN DIEGO STATE 78
COMPLETE SCOREBOARD: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/WCBK/SCOREBOARD.ASP?CONF=-1&DAY=20230204
NBA
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BROOKLYN 125 WASHINGTON 123
PHOENIX 116 DETROIT 100
LA CLIPPERS 134 NEW YORK 128 OT
CHICAGO 129 PORTLAND 121
MILWAUKEE 123 MIAMI 115
OKLAHOMA CITY 153 HOUSTON 121
GOLDEN STATE 119 DALLAS 113
DENVER 128 ATLANTA 108
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MAHANEY LEADS NO. 18 SAINT MARY’S PAST NO. 12 GONZAGA IN OT
MORAGA, Calif. (AP) The clock counted down, the Saint Mary’s players celebrated and the students stayed in their seats.
Beating Gonzaga used to be a season-defining event for the Gaels highlighted by court storming fans.
After doing it for a second straight season with a 78-70 overtime win Saturday night, they want to show it’s expected.
“We actually were hoping that they weren’t going to stay on the court for that reason,” star freshman guard Aidan Mahaney said. “We are making this a thing now where we want to be able to rival with them every time. This isn’t an upset or anything like that. We’re not going to just talk about it. We’re going to put in the work.”
Mahaney did just that, scoring 18 points and taking the game over in crunch time to lead No. 18 Saint Mary’s over No. 12 Gonzaga for the Gaels’ 12th straight victory.
Mahaney scored or assisted on 19 of 21 points in a stretch that started with the Gaels (21-4, 10-0 West Coast Conference) trailing by four points with five minutes to play in regulation.
The freshman shook off a rough start to the game and put Saint Mary’s in control in overtime when he banked in a 3-pointer and then found Mitchell Saxen with a no-look pass for a layup that made it 70-64.
“He just has it,” coach Randy Bennett said. “A lot of guys would fold and just kind of hang their head and just kind of finish the game like that. That’s where he’s kind of special. He’s got great belief and he really, really competes to win. That’s where he’s special.”
The Bulldogs (19-5, 8-2), who didn’t trail for the final 37 minutes of regulation, couldn’t catch up and fell two games behind in the conference race.
Drew Timme scored 23 points to lead Gonzaga, but got little help offensively from the rest of his team.
“It was hard to generate offense, especially down the stretch,” coach Mark Few said. “It got really, really physical
Saxen added 15 points for Saint Mary’s and Alex Ducas scored 14.
The Gaels have been the only team really to challenge the Bulldogs in the WCC for more than the past decade, with their 10 wins against Gonzaga since the start of the 2009-10 season more than triple the second-best team.
This was the 10th time these teams have met when both were ranked, with Gonzaga winning eight of the first nine. But the Gaels came into this one as the favorite for a change and followed up last year’s home win over the Bulldogs with another one.
“I don’t know if I’ve been part of a better game,” Bennett said. “Two really good teams. Unbelievable crowd.”
Saint Mary’s played from behind for most of the night as Gonzaga got out to an 11-point lead in the first half.
But the Gaels got back into it late in the second half.
Mahaney, who started the game 1 for 10, hit four straight drives to help Saint Mary’s tie it at 57 with 3:22 to play.
“I just trusted myself and trusted the work I put in,” Mahaney said. “I figure the ball is going to go in eventually if I just keep trusting and keep shooting. It’s just about confidence. My confidence isn’t fake because I work.”
The teams traded baskets in the final minute of regulation with Julian Strawther hitting a floater with 33.8 seconds left and Saxen answering with 5.5 seconds remaining for Saint Mary’s to send it to overtime.
BIG PICTURE
Gonzaga: Timme moved past Jim McPhee (2,015 points) for second place on Gonzaga’s career scoring list with 2,031 points. He again came up in key spots for the Bulldogs and still has a shot to break Frank Burgess’ school record of 2,196 points.
Saint Mary’s: The Gaels didn’t get much from Johnson, who fouled out with 4:51 to play after shooting just 4 of 14 from the field for 12 points. But Mahaney carried them down the stretch to get the win.
UP NEXT
Gonzaga: Hosts San Francisco on Thursday night.
Saint Mary’s: Visits Loyola Marymount on Thursday night.
JAMES LEADS NO. 2 TENNESSEE OVER NO. 25 AUBURN, 46-43
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Josiah-Jordan James scored 15 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 2 Tennessee to a 46-43 victory over No. 25 Auburn on Saturday in a game in which every point was difficult and nothing flowed.
“Both teams played as hard as they could,” said Tennessee coach Rick Barnes. “Every possession was a grind.”
The Volunteers (19-4, 8-2 Southeastern Conference) shot just 27% from the field and 9.5% from the 3-point line. They were recovering from a Wednesday loss to Florida in which they shot 28%.
Tennessee had a 47-42 edge on the boards and 15-8 on the offensive glass.
“A game like this shows a lot of character,” said James. “I knew coming in (rebounding) was what I’d be called to do. I had to use the body God’s given me.”
“Both teams did a fantastic job,” said Auburn coach Bruce Pearl. “To hold Tennessee to 27% … It doesn’t get any better than that.”
“I don’t think there’s a more physical league in the country,” said Barnes.
The Tigers (17-6, 7-3) were led by Johni Broome with 11 points and nine rebounds and K.D. Johnson off the bench with 10 points. Auburn managed only 24% from the field and 11% from the 3-point line.
Jaylin Williams made two free throws with 2:47 to play cut Tennessee’s lead to 40-38. Santiago Vescovi hit his first 3-pointer of the game and got a four-point play out of it for a 44-38 lead. A 3-pointer by Wendell Green Jr. cut the advantage to 44-41 with 30 seconds left.
A turnover on the inbounds play gave Auburn the ball with 23 seconds to play. Broome got a tip-in to make it a one-point game, and Zakai Zeigler made two free throws.
Green’s last-second 3-point to tie clanked out.
“At the end, Wendell Green got the shot off and got fouled,” said Pearl. “Nothing got called.”
Auburn scored eight straight points to start the game. Tennessee followed with a six-point run and an eight-point spurt early in the second half. Those were the longest runs of the game.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Tennessee was in the No. 2 spot in the poll for two days before falling at Florida. Under Barnes, the Vols now have 25 wins over teams ranked in the Top 25. . Auburn had been clinging to the elite at No. 25 this week. The Tigers have been ranked as high as No. 11, coming in the fifth week of the season.
STAT SNACKS
Since statistics started being kept in 1999-2000, Tennessee is on pace to be the all-time leader in field-goal percentage defense (.348; Stanford, 1999-2000, is second .352) and 3-point defense (.225; Norfolk State, 2004-05, is second .253). . Through 22 games, the similarities between last year’s Vols point guard Kennedy Chandler (now with the Memphis Grizzlies) and this year’s Ziegler are striking (points per game: Chandler 13.5, Ziegler 11.4; rebounds: 3.0, 3.0; assists: 4.95, 5.05).
UP NEXT
Auburn: The Tigers will host Texas A&M on Tuesday night.
Tennessee: The Vols will tackle in-state rival Vanderbilt in Nashville on Wednesday.
BISHOP HELPS NO. 10 TEXAS RALLY PAST NO. 7 K-STATE, 69-66
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Christian Bishop was as frustrated as anyone in a Texas jersey in the first half Saturday. He’d been held without a point by Kansas State and, not surprisingly, the No. 10 Longhorns were facing a double-digit deficit on the road.
Maybe that’s why he punctuated every bucket in the second half with a fist pump.
Bishop poured in 14 points after the break to lead the Longhorns’ comeback, including the go-ahead lay-in with 37 seconds to go, and the new Big 12 leaders held on for a 69-66 victory over the No. 7 Wildcats on Saturday.
“Christian’s been working really hard over the last couple of games to get him back to the level he was playing four or five games ago,” interim Texas coach Rodney Terry said. “He really came out and rebounded and gave our team an incredible lift the way he played the second half.”
Red-hot guard Sir’Jabari Rice also had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Longhorns, and it was his two free throws with nine seconds left that forced the Wildcats into needing a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime.
After a quick timeout, the Wildcats’ Ismael Massoud got an open look from the wing but came up well short of the basket, allowing the Longhorns to hold on for their fifth win over a Top 25 team this season.
Tyrese Hunter and Marcus Carr added 10 points apiece for Texas (19-4, 8-2), which took over sole possession of first place in the rough-and-tumble Big 12 by avenging its overtime loss to the Wildcats (18-5, 6-4) early last month.
“Our league, we don’t have any bad teams,” Terry said. “To come in on a home court against a top-10 team and have this kind of performance, I’ll stack it up with one of the best wins I’ve been part of in 30 years of coaching.”
Keyontae Johnson struggled through foul trouble but still had 16 points to lead the Wildcats, who have lost back-to-back games for the first time this season. Desi Sills scored 11 points and Markquis Nowell had 10, but he also had six turnovers, including one with less than a minute to go and Kansas State down by one.
“I don’t want to wash this one. I want to live with this one for 36 hours,” Wildcats coach Jerome Tang said. “Everybody in our arena did our job except the coaches and players on the floor.”
Kansas State and Texas played one of the most entertaining games of the season in Austin, when they went bucket-for-bucket through regulation and into overtime. The Wildcats eventually escaped with a 116-103 victory.
Early on Saturday, Texas looked as if it would struggle to score half as much.
With the Wildcats clamping down on the perimeter, the Longhorns kept throwing the ball away, and at one point had seven turnovers against just five made shots. They also went a stretch of more than 7 minutes with just one field goal.
Kansas State took advantage of their offensive malaise.
Despite the sure-handed Nowell’s turnover trouble, and leading scorer Johnson picking up his third foul with 5 1/2 minutes left in the half, the Wildcats steadily built a lead. It reached as many as 14 before Texas made three free throws in the final second to get within 36-25 heading to the locker room.
It was the spark the Longhorns needed: They made their first six shots of the second half, and their run spanning the break eventually reached 17-4 while getting them within 40-39 with 15 minutes left in the game.
“There were points in the second half we did get rushed,” Nowell said, “and it led to turnovers and fast-break points.”
Rice’s 3-pointer a few minutes later gave Texas its first lead since the opening minutes. And when the Wildcats went on a nearly 5-minute scoring drought, Bishop began to assert control, the Creighton transfer scoring 11 points over a 6-minute stretch and punctuating each of them with a roar and a fist pump.
Just like their first meeting Jan. 3, though, the rematch Saturday was destined to go down to the wire.
“There’s no blowouts in our league,” Tang said.
BIG PICTURE
Texas could do nothing right in the first half and nothing wrong in the second, shooting 57% from the floor over the final 20 minutes. Most of the success came in the paint; the Longhorns were just 4 of 16 from the 3-point arc.
Kansas State couldn’t overcome 19 turnovers, including six by Nowell, who had 36 points, nine assists and eight rebounds when the teams met in Austin. He had just six rebounds and three assists on Saturday.
UP NEXT
Texas heads down Interstate 70 to face eighth-ranked Kansas on Monday night.
Kansas State wraps its homestand against No. 15 TCU on Tuesday night.
NO. 13 IOWA STATE ROLLS PAST EIGHTH-RANKED KANSAS 68-53
AMES, Iowa (AP) Jaren Holmes scored all 15 of his points in the second half as No. 13 Iowa State rolled past No. 8 Kansas 68-53 on Saturday.
Osun Osunniyi added 13 for the Cyclones (16-6, 7-3 Big 12), who stayed within at least a game of front-running Texas in the conference standings. Tamin Lipsey added eight rebounds and 10 assists.
“Today, we came out and played desperate,” Holmes said.
Jalen Wilson led the Jayhawks (18-5, 6-4) with 26 points for his sixth straight game with at least 20. No other Kansas player had more than 8 points.
“It’s not a formula for success for us,” Jayhawks coach Bill Self said. “We need balance from our starting five. If one guy feels like he’s got to go do it all on his own, it crashes the offense.”
The Cyclones led for all but 1:14 of the game, building a 34-16 scoring edge in the paint. Kansas struggled early, making just two of their first 10 shots and committing 11 turnovers in the first 20 minutes.
Iowa State shot 46% for the game.
“From the beginning, we gave them some easy buckets,” Wilson said. “That’s something we’ve struggled with (defensively) … the easiest way to get comfortable is easy buckets, layups, stuff like that.”
Iowa State was up 33-21 at the break.
Holmes missed all four shots in the first half, but after getting sick at halftime, he helped the Cyclones stretched the lead to 42-31 early in the second half with a 3-pointer and layup.
“I felt a little nauseous the whole day,” he said. “I’ve been dealing with some sickness over the past week and a half.”
BIG PICTURE
Kansas: The Jayhawks dropped to 3-4 during a stretch in which six of its seven opponents were ranked. The lone unranked foe was Kentucky. … Kansas committed a season-high 20 turnovers Saturday. … The loss to Iowa State was Self’s first in five meetings with second-year Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger.
Iowa State: Improved to 12-0 at home this season and 5-0 in the Big 12. It was also the Cyclones’ fifth win over a top-10 opponent in the past two seasons.
UP NEXT
Kansas: Hosts No. 10 Texas on Monday.
Iowa State: Travels to West Virginia on Wednesday.
PEDULLA’S 22 POINTS LIFT VIRGINIA TECH PAST NO. 6 VIRGINIA
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Sean Pedulla scored 22 points and Virginia Tech beat No. 6 Virginia 74-68 on Saturday, snapping the Cavaliers’ seven-game winning streak.
Pedulla made 6 of 13 from the floor as the Hokies (14-10, 4-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) posted their biggest win of the season. He added 8 of 9 from the free-throw line. Justin Mutts added 17 points.
Virginia Tech never trailed and shot 50% from the floor for the fourth straight game.
“There was no pouting (after the Miami loss). Just back to practice the next day,” Virginia Tech coach Mike Young said of his team, which lost 92-83 to No. 23 Miami on Tuesday. “Yeah, we’ve got Virginia coming in. Yes, in-state and all of that stuff. We’ve got another opportunity to play another really good opponent. We’ve got a chance to play Virginia Tech basketball and fight and compete and adhere to the things that are important to us – and we did that by and large on both ends of the floor.”
Jayden Gardner’s 20 points led Virginia (17-4, 9-3), which saw its usually stingy defense struggle. Kihei Clark finished with 17 points for the Cavaliers, while Reece Beekman had 15. Armaan Franklin, who had scored in double figures in 10 straight games, had six.
The Cavaliers tied the game at 38 on Gardner’s basket with 15:09 remaining, but the Hokies outscored Virginia 17-7 over the next seven minutes and never looked back.
Mutts hit 7 of 11 from the floor and added eight assists and four rebounds. Grant Basile had 14 points and Hunter Cattoor scored all 10 of his points in the second half for the Hokies.
“The heart was there, but to win in this setting against a team that’s playing good basketball, and Tech is, and they’ve got the players, you’ve got to be hard and smart,” Virginia coach Tony Bennett said. “You can’t just be all hard. We were (hard and smart) for stretches, and they made us make some adjustments that helped a little bit, but they made the big shots.”
TIP-INS
Virginia: The Cavaliers suffered a rare poor outing on the defensive end, and it cost them. They led the ACC in scoring defense (60.2 ppg) going in, but allowed the Hokies to score 74 points and shoot 50.9% (27 of 53) from the floor. The Hokies became just the third team this season to shoot better than 50% against Virginia and scored 40 points in the paint.
“They run a lot of action, whether it’s dribble handoffs, fakes, they keep you on your toes, and it takes an incredible, and I think disciplined (effort) to keep them in front and keep them out of the paint,” Bennett said.
Virginia Tech: After losing eight of their previous 10 games, the Hokies needed a big win to help their thin NCAA Tournament resume. Registering 19 assists and turning the ball over just eight times were keys.
“Obviously, we keep up with stuff throughout the year, like `Oh, this would be a huge win on our resume,'” Pedulla said. “We do think about (the NCAA Tournament), and we obviously want to get there again. We know our team’s capable of it. We’re focused on it and we’re just trying to stack those wins on top of each other. I think this win definitely helps us.”
POLL IMPLICATIONS
The Cavaliers were one-point underdogs going into the game, so they shouldn’t drop more than a few spots in Monday’s poll.
UP NEXT
Virginia: Hosts N.C. State on Tuesday.
Virginia Tech: Takes on Boston College in Blacksburg on Wednesday.
NO. 9 UCLA ROUTS WASHINGTON STATE 76-52; 13-0 AT HOME
LOS ANGELES (AP) Just over a week removed from a spirit-crushing loss to crosstown rival Southern California, UCLA gave itself an attitude check.
Senior David Singleton gathered his teammates and reminded them that their time together is short. March is on the horizon and the ninth-ranked Bruins want to make a national championship run.
“We’re playing for something bigger than ourselves,” Singleton told them. “I just wanted to make them think about it.”
Jaime Jaquez Jr. heard his fellow senior loud and clear. It showed in UCLA’s 76-52 win over Washington State on Saturday night.
Jaquez had 24 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in the Bruins’ 21st consecutive home victory.
“We took the pressure off ourselves. A lot of times you get pressure from outside sources, media, people telling us this or that. Today we came together,” Jaquez said. “We played with a lot different attitude, a lot more positive attitude, not thinking about anything other than winning a game.”
The Bruins (19-4, 10-2 Pac-12) own the nation’s longest active home winning streak, including a 13-0 mark at Pauley Pavilion this season.
“It was closer to playing 40 minutes with the intensity that we want,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said. “We needed it.”
Washington State (10-15, 5-9) was without second-leading scorer DJ Rodman. The senior missed both games in Los Angeles because of illness. The Cougars were led by TJ Bamba with 19 points. Justin Powell added 17, hitting five 3-pointers.
The Cougars lost to the Bruins by one point at home on Dec. 30 after leading for over 35 minutes in the game. This time, WSU kept it close early in the first half before UCLA twice pulled away to leads of 10 points.
“We did a good job of not letting them get comfortable even though they came out firing,” Cronin said.
The Bruins dominated the second half. Jaquez scored 10 of their first 15 points. He had four in a row to lead an 11-0 run that stretched UCLA’s lead from single digits to 57-38.
“He’s got great talent,” Cronin said. “He can do whatever you need him to do.”
The Cougars committed 11 of their 15 turnovers in the first half. UCLA scored 19 points off WSU’s miscues.
BIG PICTURE
Washington State: The Cougars are trending in the wrong direction with six games left in the regular season. They’ve lost five of six and two straight. Of their remaining games, two are against teams that are below them in the Pac-12 standings.
UCLA: The Bruins have eight regular-season games remaining in which to preserve their Pac-12 lead. The biggest one comes at the end when they host No. 5 Arizona, the team chasing them in the standings. The Wildcats won 58-52 in Tucson last month, snapping UCLA’s 14-game winning streak.
BETTER IN EVERY CATEGORY
The Bruins were better than the Cougars in every category. They outscored WSU 36-12 in the paint and their bench outscored WSU’s reserves, 17-0. Singleton had eight points off the bench to go with three rebounds, three steals and two assists.
“I only have so many games left, so I decided I wanted to play my heart out,” he said. “It’s not even about points, it’s about the hustle plays.”
UP NEXT
Washington State: Hosts rival Washington on Feb. 11.
UCLA: Visits Oregon State on Thursday.
NBA NEWS
CURRY INJURES LEFT LEG LEADING WARRIORS OVER MAVS 119-113
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Stephen Curry had 21 points, seven assists and six rebounds before injuring his left leg defending a drive, and the Golden State Warriors defeated Dallas 119-113 on Saturday night and the undermanned Mavericks team missing injured star Luka Doncic.
The Warriors said X-rays for Curry were negative, and he will have an MRI exam.
Draymond Green added 17 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, while JaMychal Green scored 14 points and Jonathan Kuminga and Donte DiVincenzo each had 13 in another big performance by the bench that helped Golden State build a 40-23 lead after the first.
Spencer Dinwiddie scored 25 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. 22 and Dorian Finney-Smith 18 points to lead the Mavs, who had won two straight and three of four. They had won the last three facing the Warriors and 10 of 12 overall in the series.
But Doncic accounts for 33.4 points, 8.9 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game for Dallas. He bruised his right heel in the third quarter of 111-106 home victory against New Orleans on Thursday night. Coach Jason Kidd said Doncic also would miss Monday’s game at Utah then the team would see how he’s progressing.
The Warriors have struggled closing out games and let the Mavericks get within 116-111 on Hardaway’s 3-pointer with 1:28 left but pulled it off even with No. 30 watching.
Dinwiddie moved into the starting lineup for Doncic and shot 9 for 17, receiving a technical at the 6:10 mark of the opening quarter after an offensive foul called against him.
Green and Klay Thompson each started for the defending champions after coming into the game listed as questionable, Green with a right calf tightness and Thompson a non-COVID illness. Thompson scored 14 points.
Dallas began a second five-game road trip in about a month. It marked the Mavs’ first visit to Chase Center since the Warriors advanced to the NBA Finals with a Game 5 win in their Western Conference final matchup.
Golden State made 5 of its first 8 shots to jump ahead 11-2 and force a Mavericks timeout 2:36 into the game.
Dallas won the first meeting this season 116-113 in November.
KUMINGA’S FEAT
Second-year forward Kuminga reached 1,000 points and at 20 years, 121 days became the youngest Warriors player in franchise history to accomplish the milestone.
TIP-INS
Mavericks: With four steals, Dwight Powell passed Finney-Smith to move into 14th place on the team’s all-time list with 355. … F Davis Bertans, who exited Thursday with a strained left calf, is expected to be out until after the All-Star break. … F Christian Wood (fractured left thumb) scrimmaged and did fine and will continue to progress in the on-court work. … F/C Maxi Kleber (torn right hamstring) is improving and went through a good rehab session Friday, Kidd said.
Warriors: Andrew Wiggins continues to progress after a tough a stretch in which he missed 15 games and then another three with both a strained thigh muscle and non-COVID illness. He returned for the three games of the recent road trip and coach Steve Kerr noted: “I think in all three games on the trip he looked much more like himself physically and aggression-wise. I fully expect him to keep that going, and as that happens the shots will start to go in.” … Golden State got 16 first-quarter bench points and led 40-23, with 12 assists on 17 field goals. The Warriors wound up with 33 assists.
UP NEXT
Mavericks: Visit Utah on Monday night.
Warriors: Host Oklahoma City on Monday night having won seven straight overall and three in a row at home against the Thunder.
JAMES CLOSES ON NBA SCORING RECORD, LAKERS FALL TO PELICANS
NEW ORLEANS (AP) When LeBron James was pulling up his dribble to float an alley-oop pass to Anthony Davis, or diving into the stands in an attempt to regain the ball for the Lakers, he appeared far more concerned with immediate team goals than making NBA history.
Yet, after nearly 40 minutes on the court, James couldn’t stop Los Angeles from losing ground in the standings, even as he gained on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s scoring mark.
James moved 36 points away from breaking the NBA career scoring record in the Lakers’ 131-126 loss to New Orleans on Saturday night that ended the Pelicans’ losing streak at 10 games.
“I just want to win,” James said. “You know, you play the game the right way and see what happens.”
James had 27 points to go with nine rebounds and six assists as he continued to close in on Abdul-Jabbar’s record total of 38,387 points.
“I’m tired as hell,” James said, but added, “I’ll be ready to go on Tuesday,” when the Lakers play next.
Brandon Ingram had his best game since returning 10 days earlier from a nearly two-month injury absence, scoring 35 points for the Pelicans on an array of drives and jumpers, sometimes in heavy traffic as he was fouled.
CJ McCollum had 23 points, highlighted by a late 3 to help New Orleans close out the final 3:14 on a 9-5 run that kept the Lakers at bay.
“We just continued to attack across the board,” said Pelicans coach Willie Green, whose team won for just the fourth time in 19 games. “Every guy on our team that touched the floor came in and played with force and played with confidence. That is what is going to take for us to get over the hump.”
Davis had 34 points and 14 rebounds for the Lakers. They led by 12 when James’ finger role made it 84-72 in the third quarter.
The Pelicans chipped away and closed the period with five quick points on McCollum’s transition floater and Jose Alvarado’s 3 after he caught a deflected inbound pass.
That sequence cut the Lakers’ advantage to 106-103, and New Orleans surged in front when Trey Murphy hit back-to-back 3s, the second from 27 feet, to make it 114-108.
The game remained tight thereafter, but the Pelicans didn’t allow Los Angeles to regain the lead.
Murphy finished with 21 points and Alvarado 18.
Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points and 14 rebounds for New Orleans but left late in the third quarter with a right knee injury and did not return.
Russell Westbrook scored 15 points but did not play during the final 11 minutes.
“Whatever decision they make, that’s up to them,” Westbrook said, brushing off questions about the possibility of being shipped out of Los Angeles before the Feb. 9 trade deadline. “I’ve been all in since Day 1. I’m very supportive of my teammates. I compete every night.
“Whatever decision that they make, I’ll make sure I’m very professional like I always have been and always will be,” Westbrook added.
James said trade deadline rumors should not distract the Lakers from what they need to do to win games.
“It shouldn’t be an issue. The trade deadline happens every single year,” James said. “You go out and focus, no matter what happens. You’re still a professional.”
And while James said he didn’t want to speak for the Lakers’ front office about possible trades, he didn’t quibble with the notion that Kyrie Irving, who has requested a trade and won a title with James in Cleveland, could help the Lakers.
“That’s a `duh’ question when talking about a player like that,” James said.
TIP-INS
Lakers: Went 2-3 during their five-game road trip that concluded in New Orleans and came in 12-16 on the road overall. … Davis was playing in his third straight game and for the fifth time in six games since missing 20 games with a right foot injury. He reached 20 points for the 26th time in 30 games played this season and 30 points for the 11th time. … Got 43 bench points including 13 from Troy Brown Jr. and 11 from Lonnie Walker.
Pelicans: Larry Nance Jr. had 10 points and nine rebounds. … Have given up at least 70 first-half points in two straight. … Shot 52% (52 of 100) for the game despite going 9 of 30 from deep, missing 11 straight 3s during the first half.
WARM WELCOME
Fans cheered James during introductions and when he scored, particularly after his end-to-end transition dunk in the third quarter. In the fourth, when James dove into the stands chasing the ball, fans patted him on the back supportively as he lay across them and helped him up.
UP NEXT
Lakers: Host Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.
Pelicans: Host Sacramento on Sunday night.
ZACH LAVINE SCORES 36 AS BULLS BEAT TRAIL BLAZERS 129-121
CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Bulls tried all sorts of defensive coverages on Damian Lillard. He kept scoring anyway.
Just not enough to hold down Zach LaVine and company.
LaVine scored 36 points, DeMar DeRozan had 27 and the Bulls topped Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers 129-121 on Saturday night.
Nikola Vucevic added 23 points and 11 rebounds as Chicago won for the third time in four games, erasing a 17-point deficit in the second half. Ayo Dosunmu had 13 points, including a key 3-pointer in the third quarter.
The Bulls shot 60% (48 for 80) from the field and finished with 32 assists.
“We were able to get in transition, get some easy baskets,” LaVine said. “Then when they started doubling, it was just picking it out where the rotation was.”
Lillard scored 40 points for Portland, and Anfernee Simons had 27. But the Trail Blazers looked a little tired in the second half of their third game in four nights.
Portland had won five of six, including a 124-116 victory at Washington on Friday after trailing the Wizards 69-51 at halftime.
“I think it is a factor. You start to feel some fatigue,” Lillard said. “You have some mistakes and some breakdowns and stuff like that, and I think that’s probably something that comes from being out there back to back nights.”
Lillard and Simons took advantage of the absence of Alex Caruso, Chicago’s best perimeter defender. Caruso sprained his right foot during Thursday night’s 114-98 victory over Charlotte.
Portland trailed by one with 8:07 left, but Chicago put it away with a 12-0 run. Vucevic made two foul shots to give the Bulls a 117-104 lead with 5:13 remaining.
“Tonight, we just (weren’t) able to weather that storm in the second half,” Lillard said.
Portland opened an 80-63 lead on Lillard’s fourth 3-pointer with 6:38 left in the third quarter. But Dosunmu responded with a 3 on the other end, sparking a 24-4 run for Chicago.
LaVine converted a three-point play, a conventional 3-pointer and two foul shots to give the Bulls an 87-84 lead with 1:47 left. Andre Drummond’s foul shot sent Chicago into the fourth with a 92-87 advantage.
“I think that when we got down, we were in, I think, a mindset where we were trying to solve problems, and I think that’s where we’ve got to be,” Bulls coach Billy Donovan said.
Lillard started heating up in the second quarter. The seven-time All-Star went 7 for 7 at the line while scoring 19 points in the period, helping Portland to a 70-59 lead at the break.
HE’S GOOD
Lillard is averaging 40 points and 7.1 assists over his last seven games. He is shooting 55.9% (85 for 152) during the torrid stretch.
TIP-INS
Trail Blazers: The NBA trade deadline is Thursday, and coach Chauncey Billups said his playing career comes in handy this time of year. He was often the subject of trade rumors. “You have to learn how to handle that,” Billups said, “and how to continue to keep playing and not even worry about it.” … F Justise Winslow remained sidelined by a left ankle sprain. He hasn’t played since Dec. 21.
Bulls: Donovan said Caruso felt much better Friday morning, but there hadn’t been a lot of change since then. “Still having some discomfort, but not at the level it was after the game,” Donovan said. … F Patrick Williams played more than 31 minutes after he tweaked his right ankle against the Hornets. … DeRozan also had seven assists and seven rebounds.
UP NEXT
Trail Blazers: Host the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night in the opener of a five-game homestand.
Bulls: Host the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night.
ANTETOKOUNMPO HAS TRIPLE-DOUBLE; BUCKS WIN 7TH STRAIGHT
MILWAUKEE (AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo had a triple-double with 35 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the short-handed Miami Heat 123-115 on Saturday night for their seventh straight victory.
“You kind of know what to expect from the Miami team,” Antetokounmpo said. “We’ve played them so many times. I’ve played them so many times throughout my years. They’re going to help one another. They’re going to be aggressive on defense. You’ve just got to make the right pass, just keep oon being aggressive and making as many good decisionsn as you can throughout the game.”
Jimmy Butler scored 32 points and Tyler Herro added 24 for the Heat, who had just nine available players. Notable injured Miami players included Kyle Lowry (sore left knee) and Victor Oladipo (sprained right ankle).
Antetokounmpo had his third triple-double of the season and 32nd of his career. The 11 assists matched his season high.
“We know that Miami’s going to throw a lot of people at him, a lot of bodies,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. “He’s got to be willing to pass and play with is teammates, and we’ve got to make shots. I think he did that. It starts with him being aggressive, him drawing extra defenders. His teammates have got to make plays around him. We did enough of that, had enough defense, particularly in the fourth quarter, to grind out a win tonight.”
Antetokounmpo had 26 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists in a victory at Minnesota on Nov. 4. He had 30 points, 21 and 10 assists in an overtime win at Toronto on Jan. 4.
The two-time MVP’s latest triple-double came two nights after he scored 54 points in a 106-105 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. During the Bucks’ winning streak, Antetokounmpo is averaging 39.4 points, 14.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists.
Khris Middleton scored a season-high 24 points and put the Bucks ahead for good with a tiebreaking buzzer beater to end the third quarter. Grayson Allen added 19, Jrue Holiday 15 and Pat Connaughton 14.
“They’re a great team, so they’re going to find ways to change the rhythm of the game, change the pace a little bit, figure out a way to get back in the game,” Middleton said. “They did. … We were just able to sustain the things we were doing and not let their changes affect us as much.”
The Bucks gained a measure of revenge after losing consecutive games in Miami on Jan. 12 and 14. Antetokounmpo didn’t play in either of those games.
Miami’s Gabe Vincent had a career-high 28 points in one of the Heat’s victories over the Bucks and 27 in the other. Vincent had just seven points Saturday while shooting 3 of 9.
The loss completed a 1-3 road swing for the Heat.
“You definitely have to go home disappointed,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “You have to maximize every opportunity when you’re on a road trip like this. It’s hard to win on the road. We’ll gather ourselves.”
TIP-INS
Heat: This game represented a homecoming for Herro, who had his jersey retired Friday night at nearby Whitnall High School in Greenfield. Herro’s Heat teammates and Spoelstra attended the ceremony. Earlier this season, they attended a similar ceremony when Heat veteran Udonis Haslem got his jersey retired at Miami High. “The guys really do care about each other and want to support each other,” Spoelstra said before the game. “You also love seeing guys back in their old environment.”
Bucks: Now that they’ve finished a four-game homestand, the Bucks are about to begin a demanding stretch of their schedule. They go on a three-game West Coast trip before returning home to face the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Celtics on Feb. 14.
UP NEXT
Heat: Host Indiana on Wednesday night.
Bucks: At Portland on Monday night.
NFL NEWS
SCHOTTENHEIMER NEW COWBOYS OC WHILE MCCARTHY CALLS PLAYS
FRISCO, Texas (AP) Brian Schottenheimer has been named offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys after serving the past season as a consultant for the team.
Coach Mike McCarthy announced the move Saturday, three days after team owner Jerry Jones said McCarthy is set to call plays in 2023 after the club parted ways with offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.
Schottenheimer has 22 years of NFL coaching experience, 12 as an offensive coordinator. In his role as consultant for the Cowboys, who haven’t been past the divisional round of the playoffs since their last Super Bowl 27 years ago, he studied future opponents and assisted both the offensive and defensive units with game planning and self-scouting.
“He has been an important part of our staff already and has a great grasp of where we are and where we want to go,” McCarthy said. “Brian also has an exceptionally strong foundation, history and relationships beyond his time here that translate very well into understanding what our approach to operating and executing will be for the future.”
The Cowboys moved on from Moore in what McCarthy last weekend called “a mutual decision to part ways.” Moore was then hired by the San Diego Chargers as their new OC.
At the Senior Bowl this week, Jones said McCarthy plans to run a version of the West Coast offense he used when calling plays as head coach in Green Bay from 2006-18. Moore had kept the play-calling role for three seasons after McCarthy was hired.
Schottenheimer was passing game coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021 after three seasons as the Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator. He previously was the quarterbacks coach for the Indianapolis Colts from 2016-17, after serving as OC for the St. Louis Rams (2012-14) and New York Jets (2006-11). He has also been on staffs with the San Diego Chargers (2002-05), Washington Commanders (2001) and Kansas City Chiefs (1998).
“I am thrilled and thankful for this exciting opportunity and embrace the high standards and expectations that come with this role and the Dallas Cowboys organization,” Schottenheimer said. “Having long-standing, great respect and appreciation for Mike McCarthy as a person, a leader and a head coach makes this a very rewarding and compelling moment for me.”
NHL NEWS
MVP MATTHEW TKACHUK LIFTS ATLANTIC TO NHL ALL-STAR GAME WIN
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk was right at home at the NHL All-Star Game.
Again.
Detroit’s Dylan Larkin had a hat trick, Toronto’s Mitch Marner had three assists and the Atlantic Division topped the Central Division 7-5 in the All-Star Game final on Saturday.
All-Star Game MVP Matthew Tkachuk – playing alongside his brother Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators – had seven points on the day, after a five-point outburst in a semifinal win over the Metropolitan Division. Larkin had five goals in the Atlantic’s two games.
“We wanted to get a win for the home crowd, the fans,” Montreal’s Nick Suzuki said. “They did a good job of cheering on the Atlantic Division. We just wanted to put on a good show for them.”
And for the MVP, winning in front of Panthers fans meant more than just winning.
“It’s been an honor to play in front of them this whole year and it’s great that the other players in the league can see what a great place this is to play,” Matthew Tkachuk said. “I’m as happy as can be here.”
Arizona’s Clayton Keller, Dallas’ Jason Robertson, Colorado teammates Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen all had goals for the Central in the final. Makar also had two assists.
It was the first time the Atlantic won the All-Star Game, after six previous tries in the divisional format. The 11 players – nine skaters and two goalies – on the Atlantic roster split $1 million for the win.
“It was so much fun,” said Larkin, who had five goals in the two games. “I’m proud of how we won it. What a great group of guys … it was just a great weekend.”
Matthew Tkachuk has now been on the winning team in both of his All-Star appearances, and both times, he enjoyed the comforts of home. He helped the Pacific win the 2020 All-Star title in St. Louis, his hometown and one of the many spots that his father – Keith Tkachuk, who was in the crowd Saturday – played during his career.
“I’ve been very fortunate, the two that I’ve been in that I know the ins and the outs of everything that goes on away from the rink,” Matthew Tkachuk said. “It just made it so much more comfortable for me and extra special.”
And this one truly had home-ice advantage. Matthew Tkachuk – the former Calgary standout who picked Florida this past offseason, despite much speculation that he would be going to St. Louis – had three goals and two assists in the Atlantic’s 10-6 win over the Metropolitan in the second semifinal.
It was 3-0 Atlantic after the first half of the 20-minute final; all games under this All-Star format are 3-on-3, 20 minutes in length with a brief break after 10 minutes. The lead got to 4-0 early in the second half of the final, giving the Atlantic 10 consecutive goals; it trailed 6-4 in the semifinal before closing on a 6-0 run.
Larkin scored with 1:06 left to make it 6-2, the first of five goals in a frantic finish.
“It’s been a blast,” said Buffalo defenseman Rasmus Dahlin, who scored for the Atlantic with 36 seconds left to make it 7-3. “I met a lot of great people.”
NOTES: The NHL gets right back to play on Monday with six games, including a home game for Florida – meaning it’ll be a quick turnaround for the arena. … The Central Division is now the only one yet to win an All-Star Game in this format. The Pacific has three wins, the Metropolitan has three wins and now the Atlantic has one. … Florida was supposed to host this game in 2021, only to have it canceled by the pandemic. The Panthers hosted All-Star weekend in 2023. … Attendance was a sellout, 19,250.
SEMIFINAL 1: CENTRAL 6, PACIFIC 4
Keller had two goals and an assist, MacKinnon scored twice and the Central moved into the title matchup. St. Louis’ Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and three assists for the Central. Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson had two goals, while San Jose’s Erik Karlsson and Edmonton’s Connor McDavid also scored for the Pacific.
SEMIFINAL 2: ATLANTIC 10, METROPOLITAN 6
The teams combined for a record-tying – in the 3-on-3 era, anyway – 16 goals. Matthew Tkachuk had three goals and two assists, tying a single-game record for the format. Larkin scored twice and Brady Tkachuk had a goal and three assists for the Atlantic. Columbus’ Johnny Gaudreau had three goals for the Metropolitan. Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby had two goals and Washington’s Alex Ovechkin had the other.
UP NEXT
The next NHL All-Star weekend is Feb. 2-3, 2024 in Toronto.
MEN’S GOLF
STRONG WIND SUSPENDS THIRD ROUND AT PEBBLE BEACH
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) A strong wind was more than just a menace at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. It brought the tournament to a halt Saturday because of two holes on one of the courses, and set up a Monday finish without the amateurs.
Keith Mitchell made it through the worst stretch of wind at Pebble Beach, so strong that he hit an 8-iron on the 106-yard seventh hole. And right when he thought he was off the hook by getting through the ocean holes, the horn blew to stop play.
“We knew going into today that those were going to be the tough holes. That was going to be the hardest stretch potentially all week,” Mitchell said. “If we could make it through that stretch in a relatively good score, I would be set up for the weekend.”
He made it through, and after a big drive on No. 11 with the wind at his back, he suddenly had the rest of the day off.
Peter Malnati was atop the leaderboard at 12 under with six holes left in his round at Pebble Beach. He started on the back nine along the ocean in benign conditions, and he was on the fourth green, coming off three straight birdies, when play stopped.
Mitchell, playing alongside Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, and Joseph Bramlett, playing with Welsh soccer star Gareth Bale, were at 10 under.
Kurt Kitayama, the 36-hole leader, and Hank Lebioda were three shots behind. They were at Spyglass Hill.
The culprit was the Shore course at Monterey Peninsula, particularly the stretch that runs along the ocean. Gary Young, the PGA Tour’s chief referee, began getting reports that balls were moving on the greens. He said one amateur hit a putt and the wind began to blow it back toward the player.
With a three-course rotation, play has to stop at all three courses. The PGA Tour was hopeful of restarting later in the afternoon, except the wind was relentless and the forecast didn’t provide any optimism.
The third round was to resume Sunday morning, and the amateurs had the option to return and complete a pro-am that will be only 54 holes.
Mitchell was asked if he expected Allen to be among the amateurs to finish.
“I haven’t spoken with him. But the guy was out practicing in the rain and the wind this afternoon when everybody was inside,” he said. “I can’t imagine him not showing up. The weather’s better tomorrow morning than in Buffalo right now, I can promise you that.”
Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers was leading. His partner is Ben Silverman of Canada, and they were at 25-under par. That would point to some amazing golf by Rodgers, who plays off a 10 handicap and is getting limited help from Silverman, who was 2 over for the tournament.
The 54-hole cut typically is top 60 to account for the 25 amateurs. Now it will revert to top 65 and ties, and it will be professionals only for the final round. Young anticipates the lead group getting in nine holes.
The Monday finish will be the second time Pebble wasn’t decided on a Sunday since Tiger Woods came from five shots behind to win in 2000. Phil Mickelson had to play two holes Monday morning to win in 2019, and Dustin Johnson was declared the 54-hole winner in 2009 the final round couldn’t be played on Monday.
The wind had been expected later in the day, one reason for moving up the starting times by an hour. Weather at Pebble, however, is rarely predictable.
It arrived about three hours after the round began, and it was ferocious.
Mitchell smashed a drive on the par-5 sixth and had 235 yards up the hill, and he came up some 30 yards short of the green. Then came the chip 8-iron down the hill at the picturesque par-3 seventh.
With the wind and their backs on the eighth, in which the second shot is over a corner of the ocean, Allen hit 6-iron off the tee, and then he hit another 6-iron to 12 feet on the fringe. Mitchell and Allen were six shots behind Rodgers.
For others, it was tough to hang on. Jordan Spieth figured he needed to be 3 or 4 under through the opening stretch at Pebble. The wind showed up on the par-3 fifth, where Spieth pulled it left into a bunker and made bogey. He finished the front nine with a bogey and a double bogey for a 39, leaving him on the cut line.
Mitchell had the toughest stretch of Pebble in the wind, but it was tough all over. Bramlett, who played college golf at Stanford, had 136 yards into the wind on No. 9 and hit 8-iron short of the green. On the par-5 14th, with the wind at his back, he had 210 yards up the hill and hit 8-iron over the green.
“It’s a guessing game,” Bramlett said. “We’re just doing our best.”
TOP INDIANA NEWS
INDIANA/PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL
JACKSON-DAVIS, NO. 21 INDIANA BEAT EDEY, NO. 1 PURDUE 79-74
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Trayce Jackson-Davis returned to Indiana so he could celebrate a banner season.
On Saturday, the fourth-year forward added another big piece to his legacy.
He scored 25 points and then watched Jalen Hood-Schifino break free for the clinching dunk with 2 seconds left to give No. 21 Indiana a 79-74 victory over No. 1 Purdue – and a quick storming of the court.
It’s the fourth time the Hoosiers have beaten the nation’s top-ranked team at Assembly Hall, and the first since upsetting Michigan almost exactly 10 years earlier.
“I just think it’s a toughness factor,” Jackson-Davis said, explaining why this team is different. “I feel like teams in the past that I’ve been on just weren’t that tough, honestly. We’ve kind of played with a chip on our shoulders since we got punked by Rutgers and we’ve kind of found our niche and that’s what we’re doing.’
The only guy that’s been even close to Jackson-Davis’ productivity over the past month has been Purdue’s Zach Edey, who had 33 points and 18 rebounds.
But it was Jackson-Davis who walked away with his sixth win in seven games by moving within 16 points of becoming the first Indiana player to ever score 2,000 and grab 1,000 rebounds. He finished with seven rebounds and five blocks, becoming the first player to have 25 points and five blocks against a No. 1-ranked team since Marcus Camby in November 1995 against Kentucky.
Fittingly, Jackson-Davis and the Hoosiers (16-7, 7-5 Big Ten) celebrated with their fellow students, who rekindled memories of Christian Watford’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer to beat No. 1 Kentucky in December 2010. And this time, the fans lingered on the court long after the final buzzer as they pumped fists and danced to the sweet sounds emanating from the pep band.
It marked the first time in the 216-game series Purdue (22-2, 11-2) was ranked No. 1.
“They were our sixth man honestly and we fed off of it,” Jackson-Davis said. “That was the most electric crowd since I’ve been here. They really helped us.”
But Indiana also played pretty well, forcing 16 turnovers and shooting 52.6% from the field against a defense that had held 24 consecutive opponents to 70 or fewer points. It won despite getting outrebounded 38-22 and nearly blowing a 16-point lead.
The 7-foot-4 Edey positioned Purdue for the charge by scoring eight of Purdue’s first 10 second-half points to cut a 15-point deficit to nine. He then added the final six points in a 12-4 spurt that make it 67-65 with 5:40 to play. And when Braden Smith’s layup made it 71-70 with 2:03 left, even Boilermakers coach Matt Painter sensed the fans’ angst.
“If you can flip that or tie it or take the lead there, it’s just a different feeling,” he said. “It’s really hard to overcome that, the air kind of goes out of it, things get quiet in your own arena.”
Instead, the Hoosiers forced three turnovers and eventually closed it out with four free throws, a layup from Hood-Schifino and the dunk off a perfectly designed inbound pass from second-year coach Mike Woodson, who has won both home meetings against Indiana’s archrival.
“I didn’t know the play was going to go that way, obviously,” said Hood-Schifino, who had 16 points. “But in the last timeout, I told coach I’m going to get this last bucket, so I was happy.”
BIG PICTURE
Purdue: Even on an uncharacteristic day, the Boilermakers showed why they are the nation’s top team. The matchup with Edey is so difficult, Purdue can exploit it at will.
Indiana: The Hoosiers did everything they needed early – making shots, ramping up the pace and making life generally difficult for the Boilermakers. And down the stretch they showed the mettle of a team that was the preseason conference favorite.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Purdue entered the day with a nine-game winning streak and as the only one-loss team in Division I, so another loss may not knock them out of the top spot. Indiana, which reappeared Monday in the Top 25, has solidified its spot despite losing earlier this week at Maryland.
SPECIAL MOMENTS
Indiana Athletics Hall of Fame radio announcer Don Fischer was honored at halftime for calling his 50th season of play-by-play. He’s tied for the fourth-longest active tenure in Division I basketball with Kevin McKinney of Wyoming. Then during the final media timeout, the Hoosiers thanked ESPN color analyst Dick Vitale with a video tribute to his career. Vitale stood and waved to the crowd in appreciation.
UP NEXT
Purdue: Returns home Thursday against Iowa.
Indiana: Hosts Rutgers on Tuesday.
PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
PURDUE HOSTS #4 INDIANA IN FRONT OF SOLD-OUT MACKEY
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The best rivalry in college basketball is set for its 94th meeting, as the Purdue women’s basketball team is set to host No. 4/5 Indiana in front of a sold-out Mackey Arena on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Jason Ross Jr. and Christy Winters Scott will have the call on FS1. Tim Newton and Jane Schott will be courtside for the Purdue Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
Sunday will be Purdue’s celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Purdue will also give out 1,000 KG Era headbands similar to what head coach Katie Gearlds wore when she played for the Boilermakers.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (15-6, 6-5) vs. No. 4/5 Indiana (21-1, 11-1)
Sunday, Feb. 5
Time: 2 PM
TV: FS1
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers made history with their first top-five win on the road in program history. Purdue knocked off No. 2 Ohio State on the road, 73-65, in Columbus last Sunday. The Boilermakers connected on 13 3-pointers, while holding Ohio State to just seven on 25% shooting from deep. Abbey Ellis dropped 26 points with five 3-pointers, and Cassidy Hardin finished with all her 15 points coming from behind the arc.
NOTES
• Purdue leads the all-time series with Indiana 55-38.
• For just the third time in program history and the first time since 2000, Mackey Arena will be sold out for a women’s basketball game. The previous two sellouts came during the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons.
• Abbey Ellis earned a spot on the Big Ten Honor Roll last week after averaging 21 points and four rebounds per game, while shooting 60% from the field. Ellis is one of four players nationally shooting over 50 FG%, 40 3PT% and 88 FT% and averaging double figures (11.9 ppg, 50 FG%, 41.8 3PT%, 88.7 FT%).
• Following her performance at No. 2 Ohio State (8 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds), Jeanae Terry racked up her 10th game this season with at least six points, six rebounds and six assists. Terry, Rori Harmon (Texas) and Caitlin Clark (Iowa) are the only players to hit that mark 10 times.
• The Boilermakers made a season-high 13 3-pointers at Ohio State. Purdue has hit 10 or more triples four times this year.
• Purdue scored 20 or more points off turnovers in three of the last five games, taking the season average to 17.6 points per game.
• Jeanae Terry is one of three players in the nation averaging six points, assists and rebounds per game.
• Purdue is in a stretch of three straight games against ranked opponents in No. 22 Illinois (W, 62-52), No. 2 Ohio State (W, 73-65) and No. 4 Indiana. The last time Purdue faced three straight ranked teams in the regular season came against No. 4 Notre Dame, No. 20 LSU and No. 14 Stanford.
• Ranking third on the team with 11.1 points per game, Caitlyn Harper is 1-of-8 players in the Big Ten averaging over 10 points per game while shooting 55% or better from the field (11.1 ppg, 58.2%).
PURDUE WRESTLING
FOUR MATCH WINS NOT ENOUGH AS PURDUE LOSES TO #10 NEBRASKA
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Wrestling got decision wins at four different weights, but took a 22-12 loss at the hands of No. 10 Nebraska on Saturday night in Holloway Gymnasium.
The Boilermakers (4-9, 0-6 B1G) earned two sets of back-to-back wins against the Cornhuskers, as Hayden Copass and No. 3 Matt Ramos gave Purdue points on either side of the intermission before Jaden Reynolds and No. 6 Kendall Coleman helped head coach Tony Ersland’s team end on a high note with victories in the final two matches of the evening.
The most exciting match of the dual came in Jaden Reynolds’ 6-4 win in sudden victory over Blake Cushing. The redshirt-freshman Reynolds won his first career dual match in a back-and-forth affair that saw both wrestlers get takedowns before being knotted up at 4-4 after the third period. Caught in a bad position in sudden victory, Reynolds did well to fight through it, keep wrestling and eventually wind up on top.
Fellow redshirt-freshman Hayden Copass was the first to put points on the board for Purdue with an 8-2 decision over Cale Davidson in the heavyweight battle. The Georgetown, Illinois native got a quick takedown to start the first and followed it up by getting in on a single-leg for two as time expired in the period. Four more points in the third gave him a commanding decision over Davidson.
Fans in Holloway did not get either of the highly anticipated top-10 matchups at 125 and 157 pounds, but No. 3 Matt Ramos and No. 6 Kendall Coleman took care of the business in front of them. Ramos picked up a 5-3 decision over Jacob Van Dee thanks to takedowns in the first and second and Coleman cruised to a 6-3 win over Antrell Taylor in his match to wrap up the night. Once again neither surrendered a takedown, bringing the number of matches in which either have done so this season down to 16.7% (nine of their 54 total).
Purdue faces a unique weekend ahead to close out dual season. The team starts with a road matchup on Friday at Maryland at 7:00 p.m. ET in College Park before coming home for Senior Day on Sunday in Holloway against No. 13 Northwestern at noon ET.
Purdue 12- Nebraska 22
165: Bubba Wilson (NEB) over Cooper Noehre (PUR) (Dec 5-4)
174: Elise Brown Ton (NEB) over Macartney Parkinson (PUR) (Dec 6-3)
184: Lenny Pinto (NEB) over Ben Vanadia (PUR) (MD 12-3)
197: Silas Allred (NEB) over Hayden Filipovich (PUR) (Fall 1:20)
285: Hayden Copass (PUR) over Cale Davidson (NEB) (Dec 8-2)
125: Matt Ramos (PUR) over Jacob Van Dee (NEB) (Dec 5-3)
133: Kyle Burwick (NEB) over Dustin Norris (PUR) (Dec 5-3)
141: Brock Hardy (NEB) over Parker Filius (PUR) (Dec 4-0)
149: Jaden Reynolds (PUR) over Blake Cushing (NEB) (SV-1 6-4)
157: Kendall Coleman (PUR) over Antrell Taylor (NEB) (Dec 6-3)
BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL
BUTLER FALLS TO NO. 14 MARQUETTE SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN MILWAUKEE
Marquette forced Butler into 19 turnovers in taking a 60-52 win Saturday afternoon at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
#14/12 Marquette improves to 19-5 and stays on top of the BIG EAST standings at 11-2.
With the result, Butler falls to 11-13 (3-10 BIG EAST).
TOP DAWG:
Jayden Taylor led the Bulldogs with 19 points, his third-best scoring output of the season. He added a team-high seven rebounds that also set a new career-high for the sophomore.
STAT OF THE DAY:
Marquette’s defense forced Butler into 19 turnovers and turned those Bulldog miscues into 22 points. Marquette held a 22-9 advantage in points off turnovers.
HOW IT TRANSPIRED:
Marquette opened the game by making four of their first seven attempts from three-point range, leading to an early 16-3 advantage.
Butler clawed back into the contest with an immediate 10-0 response.
Marquette scored the final seven points of the first half to take a 32-20 lead.
After Marquette took its largest lead of the game at 47-32 with 10:32 to play, the Bulldogs countered with a 16-6 spurt, capped by a Simas Lukosius three-pointer, to trim the lead to only five at 53-48 with 4:54 to play.
The Bulldogs could only muster four points after that point in the game, leading to the final margin.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
Lukosius had 15 points and tied his career-high with seven assists. He added five rebounds.
Lukosius and Taylor combined for 34 of Butler’s 52 points.
Ali Ali added seven points and five rebounds.
Tyler Kolek led Marquette with 13 points and eight assists. He was one of three Golden Eagles in double figures.
Marquette shot 46 percent from the field compared to 38 percent for the Bulldogs.
Half of Butler’s 50 attempts came from behind the three-point arc.
Butler held a 32-28 rebounding advantage.
OF NOTE:
Butler’s defense limited Marquette to only 60 points, which was the second-lowest total of the season for the Golden Eagles. Marquette entered the game averaging 82.2 points per game, which is 14th nationally.
Butler played without junior guard Chuck Harris, who sustained a concussion in Butler’s last game (Jan. 28 vs. Seton Hall).
Prior to Saturday’s road game at a Top 15 opponent, Butler had already played the 13th-toughest schedule nationally according to KenPom.
Saturday’s loss was Butler’s fifth straight defeat.
Butler and Marquette will meet again Feb. 28 at Hinkle Fieldhouse, which will serve as the Bulldogs’ final regular season home game of the season.
UP NEXT: The Bulldogs return to Hinkle Fieldhouse for a pair of home games next week, hosting St. John’s Tuesday night and Xavier Friday night. Tickets remain available for both contests.
BUTLER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SIEGRIST SCORES 31 TO LEAD #19 VILLANOVA PAST BUTLER 78-58
INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women’s basketball team moved to 7-16 on the season after taking a 78-58 loss to #19 Villanova on Saturday afternoon. Maddy Siegrist, Lucy Olsen and Christina Dalce combined for 62 of the 78 points to guide the Wildcats to their 20th win of the year.
How It Happened
Villanova held an eight-point lead over Butler after the first quarter, but the Wildcats would outscore the Bulldogs 25-10 in the second to take a commanding lead. Lucy Olsen stirred the pot in the opening stages of the game for Villanova by hitting three 3-pointers for a quick nine points. Siegrist added eight in the first even though her first field goal didn’t come until the 3:35 mark.
The nation’s leading scorer had 16 in the first half and would reach 31 total points on 13-of-19 shooting. Olsen hit half of her shots from behind the arc to net 18 points and Dalce was in the box score with a double-double by posting 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
Butler was led by Sydney Jaynes and her team-high 16 points. Jaynes added a team-high six rebounds, two steals and an assist.
The Bulldogs were limited to 37 percent shooting while Nova connected on 53 percent of their attempts. The Wildcats came out smoking hot by shooting 68 percent in the first half.
Stat of the Game
Maddy Siegrist scored 31 points in less than 31 minutes and only made one 3-pointer.
Inside the Box Score
– Sydney Jaynes scored 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting and was perfect from the line (4-4)
– Shay Frederick came off the bench to score eight points
– Frederick went 2-for-3 from 3-point range
– Jordan Meulemans also hit two 3-pointers for BU to net eight points
– Rachel McLimore was the third ‘Dawg to register eight points vs. Nova
– Butler shot 11-for-12 from the free throw line
Up Next
The Bulldogs will play DePaul Wednesday night in Chicago. Tip on FloSports.com will go up at 8 PM ET, 7 PM CT.
IUPUI MEN’S BASKETBALL
BRADY, JACKSON LEAD JAGUARS PAST GREEN BAY, 68-53
INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI basketball team stopped its skid with an emphatic 68-53 victory over Green Bay inside Indiana Farmers Coliseum on Saturday (Feb. 4). Freshmen Vincent Brady II and DJ Jackson scored a team-high 16 points apiece and Chris Osten hit 5-of-6 shots to close with 12. Sophomore guard Jlynn Counter added eight points and a season-high eight assists in the victory.
Cade Meyer paced Green Bay with 16 points.
“Our guys have stuck with it all year long and today they were rewarded,” head coach Matt Crenshaw said. “We’ve been close and today I thought we did a good job of staying on the gas when we got a lead. We played a long stretch of the second half without (Counter) because of foul trouble and our freshmen really played well in that scenario.
“Those guys have really grown up right in front of us.”
IUPUI (4-21, 1-13 HL) led 31-25 at the break, in large part due to shooting 57.7 percent in the opening half, fueled by Jackson’s 10 points. Jackson was all substance early, knifing through the Green Bay (2-22, 1-12 HL) for an array of finishes around the rim. Osten put the Jaguars up 10 with 17:32 to play with a pair of free throws and the Jaguars maintained a three possession lead for the remainder of the day.
The Jaguars led by as many as 13 with 8:58 left when Jonah Carrasco scored in close on back-to-back possessions, the first coming off an Amhad Jarrard no look pass. The lead grew to 14 with 4:04 left when Carrasco scored again and Brady authored the finisher just moments later.
Working against a full-court press, Boston Stanton III sent a pass to Brady near midcourt and the Jaguars’ freshman drove into the middle of paint before elevating for an eyebrow raising one-handed dunk to seal the win. Two possessions later, Brady swished a wing three to cap his 16-point effort.
IUPUI shot 52 percent overall and held Green Bay to just 34.6 percent on 18-of-52 shooting. The Jags also dominated the glass, outrebounding the Phoenix by a 40-27 margin as Jackson and John Egbuta grabbed six apiece. The Jags relied heavily on the interior, outscoring the Phoenix 46-24 in the paint.
IUPUI will return to action on Wednesday night (Feb. 8) when the Jaguars take on Wright State at 7:00 p.m. inside the Nutter Center.
IUPUI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MOVES BACK IN WIN COLUMN WITH 93-80 WIN OVER WRIGHT STATE
DAYTON, Ohio – The IUPUI women’s basketball team earned their ninth Horizon League win with a 93-80 victory at Wright State on Saturday afternoon. Destiny Perkins led the offense with 26 points while Rachel Kent collected her third double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Ali Berg started the game off with a three off the assist from Natalie Andersen to start a 12-0 run to give the Jags the lead which IUPUI held the entire game. IUPUI finished out the first quarter with a 25-10 lead over the Raiders and held onto the lead going into the half at 44-32.
IUPUI continued their hot streak from the three-point line shooting 71.4 percent (5-for-7) from behind the arc in the third quarter. With two minutes left and the starters on the bench, IUPUI closed out the game with the lead at 93-80.
Five Jaguars finished in double figures with Perkins putting up 26 points going 6-for-8 from behind the arc. Perkins dished out four assists as well. Senior Kent collected her third double-double of the season with 16 points and a season-best 12 rebounds. Jazmyn Turner added 15 points and seven rebounds while Ali Berg shot 3-for-5 from the three point line adding a total of 11 points and seven rebounds. Logan Lewis chipped in 11 points while Andersen added a team-high six assists.
Overall, the Jaguars recorded 14 threes shooting 50.0 percent (14-for-28) while holding Wright State to 37.1 percent from behind the arc. IUPUI outrebounded the Raiders 45-28.
IUPUI is now 13-9 overall and 9-4 in #HLWBB play and will close out the four-game road trip on Monday at Northern Kentucky with tipoff scheduled for 7:00 PM.
IUPUI VOLLEYBALL
IUPUI NAMES TODD GARVEY AS HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH
INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI Athletics Department and Director of Athletics Dr. Roderick Perry have announced the hiring of Todd Garvey as the Jaguars’ next head volleyball coach. Garvey spent the past five seasons as head coach at Jacksonville State where he amassed a 103-39 mark (.725) with the Gamecocks, including a 24-6 record in 2022. He becomes the ninth head coach in IUPUI program history.
“This is a great day for our volleyball program,” Perry said. “I would like to welcome Coach Garvey to the IUPUI family. He brings a tremendous amount of successful Division I experience, as both a head and assistant coach.
“He is highly regarded around the country, and we look forward to him building on the previous tradition of success as we start to transform and compete for Horizon League Championships.”
Garvey’s .725 winning percentage ranks 25th nationally among active Division I head coaches as he won 20-or-more matches in three of his first five campaigns at JSU. Last season, his squad collected road wins at Indiana and Clemson and just missed a perfect non-conference record as his squad fell 3-2 to Auburn in its final non-league tilt.
“I really enjoyed my time at JSU but am excited to get back closer to home and am thrilled it is at a great university like IUPUI,” Garvey said. “Thanks to Dr. Perry, Renia Edwards and everyone at IUPUI for this great opportunity. We have a lot of hard work ahead of us, but I’m excited to see where we can take this program.
“There are so many talented volleyball players in Indianapolis and surrounding areas that it will be great for recruiting. IUPUI has great academics, a nice campus and the city of Indianapolis seems like an amazing city to live in. I look forward to meeting the team and getting started.”
Garvey helped steer the JSU program through turbulent times as an EF-3 tornado struck campus in his first two months on the job, leaving him to find new meeting spaces, practice facilities, locker rooms and game day venue. His first career win came on August 24, 2018 with a 3-0 sweep of rival North Alabama. Using a temporary facility from JSU’s physical recreation program, he finished his debut season 17-13 and 9-7 in Ohio Valley Conference play to earn the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament. The Gamecocks went on to beat SIUE for the program’s first postseason win in nine years.
In year two, his squad exceeded all expectation from outsiders, rolling to a 13-3 league record to claim the 2019 Ohio Valley Conference regular season championship – the program’s first in 10 years. He was tabbed OVC Coach of the Year and coached the league’s Setter of the Year and three first team all-conference performers.
Following the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic in early 2020, his third season at JSU was also challenging, but his squad responded by beginning an abbreviated spring schedule with a 15-0 start. JSU held the second-longest winning-streak in Div. I volleyball at one point and held a top-20 RPI throughout the season. They finished the regular-season 15-1 and claimed its second consecutive OVC crown before losing a tiebreaker with co-champion Morehead State for the top-seed. JSU then reached the OVC title match for the first time since 2009 before falling to MSU to close the season at 16-2.
His 2021 season saw a 25-7 overall record for the program’s most wins in a single-season since 2009. In addition, JSU finished 15-1 at home, marking the most home wins in the program’s history. This past season, his team went 12-4 in the Atlantic Sun and 24-6 overall with an 11-3 mark at home.
Garvey has made similar coaching stops at Lipscomb University in Nashville, where he spent the 2017 season as the Associate Head Coach. In his lone season with the Bisons, he coached the 2017 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, who also earned all-region honors and was one of 12 players named to the U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team for its China Tour.
Garvey joined the collegiate ranks in 2015 at Purdue as a volunteer assistant. He needed just one season to secure a full-time assistant position at Ohio University, where the 2016 Bobcats went 16-14 overall and 11-5 in Mid-American Conference play.
Prior to Purdue, he put together a remarkable run at the high school level, quickly ascending up the prep ranks as he led the Mercy Academy program in Louisville, Ky., from 2007-14. There, he amassed a 320-41 record, winning three state championships and a national title. His 2008 team went 40-1 overall as Garvey was named National Coach of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and USA Volleyball Magazine. Mercy would go on to repeat as state champions in 2009 and again in 2014, while finishing as runners-up in 2010 and 2012. His final squad finished 40-1 and crowned 2014 Prep Volleyball National Champions. Overall, Garvey saw six of his eight teams earn a Top 20 national ranking.
Garvey was previously one of the AVCA’s 30 Under Thirty Award recipients in 2009 and received the Kentucky Region 6 High School Coach of the Year award seven times and coached the AVCA Under Armour High School All-America game in 2008. He also has extensive club experience, starting with MAVA and later Union Volleyball Club in Louisville. In addition to coaching multiple USAV national qualifiers, his 2006 13’s team won the USAV Junior Olympics title. A year later, his 14’s team finished second in the AAAU National Championship open division.
Garvey is a Louisville-native and graduated from the University of Louisville in 2003. He is expected to begin duties at IUPUI on Feb. 8.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT TODD GARVEY
“This is a home run hire and a great fit. Todd is a person with great character and is a teacher of the game. Players are going to enjoy playing for him. He’s an extremely hard worker and is constantly looking for ways to learn. He knows the Midwest well and the contacts and relationships he’s built will be helpful in recruiting.”
Kelly Sheffield, University of Wisconsin Head Coach
“I’m excited for Todd to be closer to home where he is confident he can recruit outstanding student-athletes to IUPUI. Todd creates success wherever he goes. From high school, club, and Division I, all Todd has experienced is winning. I learned quickly when Todd joined our staff that his former players had incredible admiration for his efforts and our players enjoyed Todd’s style and skill-set. I fully expect to see Todd take IUPUI to unprecedented levels and do it quickly.”
Dave Shondell, Purdue University Head Coach
BALL STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
NO. 8 MEN’S VOLLEYBALL TAKES 3-1 MATCH FROM NO. 11 BYU
MUNCIE, Ind. – The No. 8 Ball State men’s volleyball team competed at a high level this afternoon in Worthen Arena taking a 3-1 match from No. 11 BYU.
Tonight’s rematch against Ball State (5-3) and BYU (6-2) was close from start to finish, consisting of 22 ties and seven lead changes
At first, the Cardinals struggled from the service line in the opening set with nine errors which caused Ball State to fall behind BYU by five (17-12) late in the set. Ball State slowly made its way back to knot the score 22-22 after a service ace from Mason Connor. The Cardinals tied the match again 24-24 after a Cougar served one into the net but BYU claimed the next two points to win the frame, 26-24.
Ball State did take the lead early in the second frame, but it became a heated competition the remainder of the set as both teams went point-for-point. The Cardinals and the Cougars took slight leads over one another, but BYU jumped out to a 20-18 edge late in the frame. Ball State didn’t back down though and tied it up again with some crucial blocks at the net. A massive kill by Tinaishe Ndavazocheva sealed set two for the Cardinals, 25-23.
The Cardinals then carried that same momentum into sets three and four against the Cougars as Ball Sate took both sets in somewhat dominating fashion, 25-19, after hitting .429 in frame three and then mimicked almost that same performance in set four, 25-23, to seal today’s victory.
For the second-straight contest, Ndavazocheva led the Cardinals offensively with 19 kills while teammate Dyer Ball turned in a 12-kill performance. David Flores dished out 45 assists and Vanis Buckholz led in defense with eight block assists.
The reigning 2022 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament and regular season champions Ball State men’s volleyball team will conclude its eight-match home streak when it opens MIVA action Thursday in Worthen Arena against Lewis. First serve is at 7 pm ET.
BALL STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MOVES PAST KENT STATE; REMAINS UNDEFEATED AT HOME
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Cardinals team effort today went unmatched as the Ball State women’s basketball team moved past Kent State earning an 80-71 victory Saturday afternoon in Worthen Arena.
With the win, Ball State (19-4, 8-1 MAC) extended its win streak to seven while also remaining undefeated at home (11-0). Kent State fell to 14-7 for the season and 6-4 in league play.
It’s always a dog fight when these two teams meet, and today’s game wasn’t any different. Both the Cardinals and the Golden Flashes are known for their tough defense and today both squads put on a show for the fans in Worthen Arena.
To start the game, Ball State and Kent State traded baskets but the Cardinals were able to take over the lead at the 7:22 mark and remained in control throughout the rest of the competition.
Kent State would stay close to Ball State as time was winding down, so close in fact that the Golden Flashes made it a three-point (62-59) ball game at the 8:24 mark of the final quarter.
Sophomore Ally Becki’s layup on the ensuing possession sparked a 7-0 run which was capped off by a basket from sophomore Marie Kiefer to put Ball State back up by 11 (70-59).
With 49.8 seconds left, back-to-back layups from Bischoff, free throws from Kiefer, a layup from redshirt senior Anna Clephane along with some key Cardinal rebounds allowed Ball State to stop Kent State in its tracks for a potential comeback.
For the game, Bischoff led the Cardinals with 20 points while Becki had 14 points, she also dished out eight assists. Kiefer finished the contest with 12 points, Clephane chipped in 11 and sophomore Alex Richard closed out the day with 10.
The Cardinals shot 50 percent from the field had 44 points in the paint and out- rebounded the Golden Flashes, 38-29.
The Ball State women’s basketball team will return to the road for two games starting Wednesday night at 7 pm ET against Eastern Michigan.
NOTRE DAME HOCKEY
HOCKEY DROPS WEEKEND SERIES AT MSU
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The University of Notre Dame hockey team dropped a hard fought battle Saturday night at Michigan State, 3-2, to fall to 13-14-3 on the season.
It took the Irish just over five minutes to fire their first shot on net but a quick shot off the stick of Solag Bakich at 5:05 of the first led to two good looks on net but no goals.
Likewise, through seven minutes of action, the Irish defensive corp allowed just one shot on net with Ryan Bischel easily casting it aside to remain scoreless halfway through the first.
On their second shot on net, the Spartans capitalized on a four-on-three advantage to make it 1-0 with 8:17 to play in the opening frame.
Landon Slaggert tied it up moments later off a pass from Chayse Primeau at 13:14 of the first period to make it 1-1.
The Spartans took a 2-1 lead following a battle along the boards. MSU carried the puck through the far circle before centering it in front of an outstretched Bischel in net. The Spartan forward lifted the puck over the glove of Bischel for the go-ahead tally heading into the first intermission.
Despite plenty of action at either end of ice in the second, the score remained the same until Primeau tallied his second point of the night with a powerplay goal at 17:45 of the frame to knot it up 2-2.
MSU upended an Irish defenseman with 5:00 left on the clock and were sent to the box for the rest of the period. The Irish capitalized once on the five-minute major with Primeau’s tally to make it 2-2 heading into the final period of regulation.
The Irish were whistled for delay of game early in the third after a lengthy discussion by the officials and MSU scored off the ensuing powerplay to make it 3-2 just four minutes into the third period.
With 9:09 to play in the third, the Irish were called for their fourth penalty of the night. Despite successfully killing it off, Notre Dame was still in search of the game-tying goal with less than seven minutes left in the period.
In a last-ditch effort, the Irish pulled their senior netminder in favor of the extra attacker with just under two minutes to play. A valiant try by the Irish offensive side turned up empty handed though and the team fell by a 3-2 final.
GOALS
Junior alternate captain Landon Slaggert scored his fourth of the year, skating the puck up along the boards and into the slot before ripping off a wrist shot for the 1-1 tally. Chayse Primeau fed the puck to Slaggert along the boards after picking up a pass from Zach Plucinski.
Chayse Primeau now boasts four goals and seven points in his last six games following his goal late in the second period to even it out, 2-2. Chase Blackmun fed a pass across the blueline to Justin Janicke who skated up through the far faceoff dot before feeding the puck over to Primeau who one-timed it behind Dylan St. Cyr in the MSU crease.
KEY STATS
With a goal and an assist Saturday night, Chayse Primeau now leads the team with 20 points. The center has seven points in his last six games, including four goals.
Ryan Bischel made 25 saves between the pipes.
The Irish blueliners jumped in front of seven shots as well in the contest, with three individuals blocking two shots each.
With five shots on goal, Hunter Strand led the Irish in the category.
UP NEXT
The Irish return to Compton Family Ice Arena for the regular season home finale next weekend against Ohio State. Friday night features fan appreciation night festivities with puck drop set for 7:35 p.m. Notre Dame then closes out the regular season home slate with a 6 p.m. puck drop Saturday. Fans are asked to stay following the conclusion of game two as the team honors its 10 seniors and graduate students for their contribution to Irish hockey.
NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL
IRISH RUN INTO WAKE FOREST THREE-POINT BARRAGE, FALL 81-64
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame men’s basketball team (10-13, 2-10) was in control early, building a 12-point lead in the first half. Then Wake Forest (15-9, 7-6) found its stroke and converted 11 three-pointers in the second half to take it 81-64 inside Purcell Pavilion on Saturday afternoon.
It was just a one-point game at the half, with the Demon Deacons holding the slight edge at 27-26; however, the visitors exploded for 54 points in the second half behind 58.6 percent shooting, plus 11-of-19 from deep (they were 3-for-11 in the first half).
Nate Laszewski led the Irish in scoring for the seventh time this season with 18 points on 7-of-15 shooting. Both Laszewski and Dane Goodwin had a team high seven rebounds. Goodwin added six points to see his double-digit scoring streak end at 10 games.
Ryan posted his fourth game in a row in double figures, 14th overall on the year, with 12 points. Marcus Hammond added 10 points and five boards.
Wake Forest was led by Damari Monsanto, who poured in a career high 28 points, and did most of the damage behind the arc with eight three-pointers.
How It Happened
Marcus Hammond scored five points early and got Notre Dame off to a 10-4 start at the first media timeout at 14:39. The Irish ultimately fired off a 16-2 run over a near six-minute stretch, connecting on 6-of-7 from the field during that time. Defensively, ND forced seven turnovers in seven minutes and held Wake scoreless from 18:07-9:49, building a lead as large as 16-4.
Then Wake Forest flipped the script and from 9:48-3:58 they connected on 7-of-10 from the floor and evaporated the Notre Dame lead to one possession at 22-20. By 1:44 remaining in the first half, Wake took the lead at 24-25, capping a 12-2 run.
The Demon Deacons then took a 26-27 halftime lead. Both sides made exactly 12 field goals in the half, except the Irish had nine more attempts, thus a lower shooting percentage. However, the Irish defense did force 11 turnovers in the half.
Furthermore, at the midway point, all seven Irish players that saw time on the court had points, though no one had more than Ryan’s six at the time.
Wake Forest than just couldn’t miss from three to begin the second half, starting 7-of-9 from deep to go up 46-58. That three-point shooting mark then became 9-of-15 and a 55-72 advantage. Wake’s hot shooting and constant conversions from three negated an Irish attempt to rally for at one point midway through the second ND made 7-of-10 from the field.
Notre Dame cut it to as low as seven but the 11 threes were too much as the Demon Deacons rolled off with the 81-64 win.
Up Next
The Irish head to Atlanta on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and look to complete a season-sweep of Georgia Tech. Game will air on RSN at 7 p.m. ET.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
NOTRE DAME, DUKE SET TO BATTLE FOR TOP ACC SPOT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The top game in the ACC this weekend will take place in Northeast Indiana, as No. 8/9 Notre Dame and No. 16/15 Duke face off with first place in the ACC on the line.
“It’s going to be a track meet,” Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Coach Niele Ivey said earlier this week. “They’re playing great basketball this year. They are very defensive-minded and press for 40 minutes. It’s going to be an incredible matchup.”
The Blue Devils bring a more than balanced attack to the table. Guard Celeste Taylor is pacing the group in points per game (11.9), forward Elizabeth Balogun leads with 5.5 rebounds a contest, and junior Jordyn Oliver is leading the team with 2.5 assists per game. Shayeann Day-Wilson has had the hot hand lately for Duke, as the sophomore guard is averaging 17 points per game since Jan. 19.
Defensively, Duke is allowing just 51.7 points per game, which leads the ACC by a wide margin. In conference play that number jumps up a bit to 54.8, but it is clear that Duke head coach Kara Lawson has her team locked in on that side of the ball. They also have the best turnover margin in the ACC (+2.09).
The Irish won at Boston College on Thursday, taking control in the second half to bring home a 72-59 win. Sonia Citron had 23 points, and Olivia Miles had 22. It was the second time this season both sophomore guards eclipsed the 20-point mark in the same game (Northwestern). With 10 assists against the Eagles, Miles also became the first Irish guard to post at least 20 points and 10 assists in multiple games in her career since at least 1999.
Now Notre Dame has four games at home, a much-welcomed situation. The Irish are averaging 83.9 points per game in Purcell Pavilion this year. Their only loss came on a buzzer-beater at the hands of Maryland, who is currently ranked in the AP Top 10.
“We are really excited to be at home for two weeks,” Ivey said. “You never really get a chance to have such a long stretch in front of our fans, their energy and the comfort of being at home.”
Notre Dame has never lost to Duke in South Bend, and the Irish are 17-3 all-time against the Blue Devils. Sunday’s contest tips off at 1 p.m. ET and will be televised on regional sports networks.
INDIANA STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
SYCAMORES SHOW OUT ON NATIONAL STAGE, SMASH PROGRAM RECORDS WITH DOMINANT WIN OVER MURRAY STATE
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Indiana State Sycamores handed Murray State its worst loss since 1960 Saturday on national television with a 43-point victory over the Racers, marking ISU’s largest margin of victory against a Valley opponent in program history.
The Sycamores also set a program record for 3-pointers in a single game with 19. Eight different Sycamores connected on a triple while six had two or more, led by Courvoisier McCauley with five. McCauley paced all scorers in the game with 23 points, and Julian Larry was solid on both ends of the court, shooting 5-of-5 from the field with 11 points, nine assists, and zero turnovers
After leading by 12 at halftime, Indiana State (16-9, 9-5 MVC) outscored Murray State (13-11, 8-6 MVC) by 31 in the second half to earn the season series split against the Racers. Both teams opened the game shooting 3-of-3 with a 3-pointer to be tied at 7-7 two minutes into the game. The Racers led 11-9 with 15:18 to go in the first half, but after that, it was all Indiana State starting with a Robbie Avila triple to take a 12-11 lead at 15:19.
The Sycamore lead reached 10 points with three straight buckets including a trey from Xavier Bledson with just under 10 minutes to go in the opening half, and the lead hit 10 again at 4:30 when Trenton Gibson pulled down an offensive rebound and then nailed a three to make it 30-20. ISU closed the first half on an 8-1 run to hold a 40-28 lead at the break.
Murray State opened the second half 0-of-3 while ISU opened with seven straight points to push the lead to 47-28 on a continuation of the run from the first half. The Sycamores went up 55-33 on three straight stop and scores, including a Larry steal to a Cooper Neese three, an Avila defensive board to a McCauley three, and then a Cameron Henry steal to a Henry dunk.
The 3-pointers continued to rain down in Hulman Center as the Sycamores shot 5-of-5 beyond the arc in a span of 2:37 to go up by 30 at 74-44 with 9:46 to play. Masen Miller checked in for the final 4:46 and drilled three straight triples to get the Sycamores to the record-breaking 19th 3-pointer of the game.
Inside the Numbers
The Sycamores shot 56.9 percent from the field, their second-best shooting clip of the season behind shooting 60 percent at Illinois State Jan. 4. ISU held Murray State, which averages 71.6 points per game and 44.9 percent from the field, to just 56 points and 37.3 percent from the field.
ISU committed just one turnover in the first half and finished the game with four, the second lowest overall this season and lowest against a Valley opponent.
The Sycamores had 13 assists on 16 buckets in the first half and finished with 27 assists on 37 buckets.
ISU outrebounded Murray State 36-26 in the game and allowed the Racers just five offensive boards.
ISU’s program record 19 3-pointers in today’s game mark the 10th time this season the Sycamores have hit 10 or more in a game. The Sycamores are 9-1 in those games.
News & Notes
According to current records on hand, today’s 43-point win is Indiana State’s largest margin of victory in program history, breaking the previous margin of 36 points against Evansville Feb. 21, 2001.
Also according to current records on hand, today’s 19 3-pointers sets a program record for 3-pointers in a single game, breaking the previous record of 18 against Arizona State Dec. 2, 1988.
Masen Miller’s three 3-pointers marks an Indiana State career-high for the first-year transfer as well as a Sycamore career-high nine points.
Julian Larry dished out a career-high number of assists in his second straight game, posting nine to surpass his previous high of seven set at Evansville Feb. 1.
Courvoisier McCauley’s 23 points mark his seventh 20+-point effort of the season.
With the win, the Sycamores remain within one game of first place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings.
Up Next
The Sycamores remain in Terre Haute for their next game as they host Valparaiso at the Hulman Center Wednesday, Feb. 8. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SYCAMORES START THREE-GAME ROAD SWING AT NORTHERN IOWA
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State kicks off a three-game road trip Sunday afternoon when it heads to Northern Iowa for a 3 p.m. tip. The game will be carried on ESPN+. No radio stream will be available.
Last Time Out
Indiana State was unable to sustain its strong start Wednesday evening, as the Sycamores fell to visiting Evansville 68-66 inside Hulman Center.
Bella Finnegan led the Trees with a career-high 17 points, all of which came in the second half. Del’Janae Williams and Anna McKendree finished with 14 points apiece, while Chelsea Cain added eight points and eight rebounds.
Similar to the previous meeting this season, Indiana State quickly jumped out to a double-digit lead in the first quarter and led 24-10 after the opening 10 minutes. Evansville rallied back to take the lead in the third quarter, though, as Indiana State’s strong start fizzled. The Sycamores retook the lead midway through the fourth but a late run for the visitors was enough for them to prevail. Indiana State had a chance to win at the buzzer, but Williams’ 3-point attempt was off the mark.
Road Warriors
Indiana State has found success on the road during conference play, as three of the Sycamores’ four MVC wins have come away from home. Included in those are a pair of wins in which the Trees overturned early deficits.
The Sycamores trailed by 11 at Valparaiso before coming back to win 66-58, and also trailed by seven at Bradley before going on to win 71-60. Indiana State used season-best performances to win both of those games, as Del’Janae Williams had 25 points against Valpo and Mya Glanton had 21 points against Bradley.
Milestone Watch
Two members of the Indiana State women’s basketball programs are nearing career milestones, with one also occurring earlier this season.
Chelsea Cain hit 1,000 points for her collegiate career with a layup in the first quarter at Evansville. Cain scored 857 points in three seasons at Nicholls State and has 227 points for the Sycamores this year, giving her 1,084 career points.
Del’Janae Williams is also closing in on 1,000 career points, as she is currently 31 points away from reaching the milestone. Williams would become the 29th player in program history to accomplish the feat and the first since the 2014-15 season.
Head coach Chad Killinger is also nearing a career milestone on the sidelines, as the Sycamore leader needs just one wins to reach 300 for his head coaching career.
Freshmen Stepping Up
Indiana State has just two freshmen on the roster this season, and both of them have come through in big ways in recent weeks.
Bella Finnegan has been a mainstay in the starting lineup since the season flipped to conference play, and has averaged 6.6 points and 2.4 rebounds per game this season. Finnegan had a career-best 17 points against Evansville, all of which came in the second half.
Lily Niebuhr played 20-plus minutes in back-to-back games for the first time in her career last week, earning 26 minutes against Murray State and 21 minutes against Evansville. Niebuhr averaged 3.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in those contests, with a career-high five points against Evansville and a career-high six rebounds against Murray State
Lone Opportunity
With three new members in the MVC this year, the league opted for a 20-game conference schedule and, with that, came some adjustments. Indiana State plays everyone home-and-away this season, with the exception of Drake and Northern Iowa.
Sunday’s matchup between the Sycamores and Panthers is the only meeting between the teams this season.
Northern Iowa at a Glance
Northern Iowa enters Sunday’s game at 14-6 overall and 9-2 in MVC play. The Panthers are coming off a 49-47 win over rival Drake, in which Maya McDermott hit a buzzer-beater to win the game.
Grace Boffeli leads the Panthers in scoring and rebounding at 15.8 points and 8.6 boards per game. McDermott (14.6) and Emerson Green (10.9) are also averaging double-figure scoring for UNI, with McDermott also dishing out a team-leading 66 assists.
Now in her 16th season at the helm, Northern Iowa head coach Tanya Warren is the longest-tenured head coach in the MVC and has built the Panthers into a perennial conference title contender. Warren is three wins shy of reaching 300 career victories, all of which have come at Northern Iowa.
Series History Against Northern Iowa
Indiana State owns a 42-39 in the all-time series, though Northern Iowa has won each of the last four meetings. Indiana State’s last win in Cedar Falls came in the 2013-14 season.
Last Game Against Northern Iowa (Mar. 3, 2022)
Indiana State had three players score in double-figures, but visiting Northern Iowa outlasted the Sycamores, 61-55, inside Hulman Center.
Arianna Smith, Marie Hunter and Del’Janae Williams each had 10 points for the Sycamores, while Tonysha Curry had a team-high eight rebounds and a game-high five assists. Williams, Hunter and Mya Glanton all grabbed five boards.
Indiana State shot 50 percent from the field in the first half and built a 14-point lead at the halftime break, but a slow third quarter proved costly for the Blue and White. Northern Iowa outscored the Sycamores 26-4 in the third to overturn Indiana State’s double-digit lead and led by as many as 13 early in the fourth. Indiana State managed to tie the game late in the fourth quarter, but the Panthers used a 7-2 run inside the last two minutes to escape the Hulman Center with a win.
Up Next
Indiana State continues its three-game road trip Friday at Murray State, with tipoff slated for 7 p.m.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
MASTODON MVB WINS MARATHON CONTEST AT GEORGE MASON
FAIRFAX, Va. – Purdue Fort Wayne men’s volleyball won the DC Challenge on Saturday night (Feb. 4) with an instant classic five-set victory over George Mason 20-25, 25-22, 29-31, 25-22, 17-15. There were 50 tie scores and 26 total lead changes in Saturday’s two-hour and 42-minute contest.
The Mastodons were down 11-7 in the final set before storming back on the shoulders of Jon Diedrich. Diedrich had yet to register a kill to that point in the fifth set, but he had four kills and an ace in the 10-4 finishing run.
Diedrich was phenomenal all night. He finished with 27 kills while still managing to hit .377 on 53 swings. He added five blocks (three solo), four digs and two aces. His 27 kills are the most in a match for him since his first match as a collegiate player.
After George Mason took the first set, the Patriots led 21-19 in set two and were nearing a 2-0 start to the match. Bryce Walker took over from that point, however. He had three blocks and a kill on the 7-1 run to even up the match. Davey Singer served the ‘Dons back into the match.
Walker nearly willed the Mastodons to a third set win as well. On George Mason set point at 28-27, he had back-to-back kills to bring up set point for the ‘Dons, but the Patriots got a 3-0 push to close the set and take a 2-1 lead. There were no blocks either way in the third set, but both teams still hit under .300, in large part to the defense. Noah Melendez had five of his match-high 13 digs in the third.
Diedrich was virtually unstoppable again in the fourth, notching nine more kills. Purdue Fort Wayne overcame a 5-0 Patriot run in set four to go up 13-11 by going on a 5-0 run of its own. The Mastodon run included a kill and block from Diedrich, a block from Walker and Sergio Carrillo and a red card on the home team. Then Diedrich sent the match to a fifth with another kill.
Purdue Fort Wayne had 52 digs, its most since the regular season finale of 2022. The Mastodons out-blocked the Patriots 15-11.
Carrillo finished with 48 assists, pacing the ‘Dons to a .275 hitting percentage. The Patriots hit .233. Wilmer Hernandez had a career-high 12 digs and Mark Frazier added a career-high of nine. Walker tied his career-high with seven blocks to go with his season-high 14 kills.
With Saturday’s win, Purdue Fort Wayne moves to 8-1. George Mason falls to 1-8. The Mastodons will return to the court on Wednesday when they visit Maryville for an 8 p.m. first serve. MIVA play opens two days later at Lindenwood.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WBB
PINK OUT GAME GOES TO ROBERT MORRIS
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Purdue Fort Wayne women’s basketball team fell to Robert Morris 71-63 on Saturday (Feb. 4) in the Mastodons’ 16th annual Pink Out game. The loss snapped a four-game win streak for the ‘Dons.
Halftime saw the annual on-court celebration of breast cancer survivors as well as a check for $5,430 presented to the Very Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer. A luncheon was held prior to the game with the events presented by the Lutheran Health Network. In addition, the Mastodons donned their special pink uniforms.
The final box score of the game saw a free throw battle go to the Colonials. Robert Morris finished 20-of-27 from the line. The ‘Dons were 26-of-29. It is the most free throws the ‘Dons have made in a game since making 28-of-31 against North Dakota State in an 85-69 victory on Feb. 27, 2016.
The difference came at the hands of Robert Morris’ Phoenix Gedeon. She had a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Colonials.
Robert Morris built their lead to as many as 19 with 6:11 left before the ‘Dons started to chip away with a 10-2 run. The Colonials’ lead floated around a single digit for most of the final minutes of the game as the ‘Dons forced seven turnovers in the final five minutes of the contest. This is the sixth time this season that the Mastodons have forced a team
Ryin Ott finished with a team-high 16 points. Shayla Sellers had a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds. Amellia Bromenschenkel added 11 points and seven rebounds.
The loss moves the ‘Dons to 10-14 (7-7 Horizon League). Robert Morris improves to 9-14 (3-11 Horizon League). The ‘Dons are in action again on Thursday (Feb. 9) at IUPUI.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MBB
MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS IN ROAD GAME AT DETROIT MERCY
DETROIT – Purdue Fort Wayne was looking to take both games in their weekend trip through the Detroit Metropolitan Area after winning at Oakland on Thursday, however Saturday’s (Feb. 4) contest at Detroit Mercy went to the Titans 85-52.
Detroit Mercy didn’t extend their lead until late in the first half, finishing the period on a 12-0 run to turn a 26-24 Titan lead to double-digits at the break. It was a 15-0 Detroit Mercy push in the second half that put the game away.
Bobby Planutis lead the ‘Dons with 11 points. Jarred Godfrey had 10 points. Antoine Davis had a game-high 32 points for the Titans. He helped Detroit Mercy shoot 51.5 percent (35-of-68) in the game.
The Titans improve to 10-15 (6-8 Horizon League). The ‘Dons fall to 15-10 (7-7 Horizon League). The ‘Dons are back in action on Friday (Feb. 10) evening against Youngstown State at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.
EVANSVILLE WBB
ACES FALL TO HOT-SHOOTING DRAKE ON THE ROAD
DES MOINES, Iowa – Facing one of the top five teams in the MVC, the University of Evansville women’s basketball team ran into a hot-shooting Drake Bulldogs squad, falling 87-48 on the road on Saturday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa.
Leading the way for Evansville, senior guard/forward Abby Feit notched her 77th career double-figure performances, scoring 13 points and adding six boards in 25 minutes of play. With her six rebounds, Feit moves into sole possession of second place in the Aces record book for career rebounds with 843. Off the bench, freshman guard Kynidi Mason Striverson tallied 11 points, hitting all five of her attempts at the free-throw line. Rounding-out UE’s double-digit scorers was fifth-year guard A’Niah Griffin with 10 points on the day. Finishing with a game-high 23 points, Maggie Bair powered Drake, while Anna Miller scored nine points and grabbed 17 rebounds for the Bulldogs.
Evansville showed its ability early on to compete with some of the best teams in The Valley as the Aces battled with the Bulldogs in the opening minutes. After Drake grabbed an 11-4 lead, the Aces worked themselves back within a pair at 11-9 on a three-pointer from Feit. The Bulldogs would answer with a 17-4 run to close the quarter, earning the home side a 28-13 lead after 10 minutes.
Despite struggling to find its rhythm offensively in the game, Evansville’s defense shined in the second quarter, helping the Aces to stay within striking distance. In the second period, UE recorded a pair of blocks and forced three Drake turnovers and won the rebounding battle 15-10, as the Aces went to the half trailing, 42-25.
The second half was nearly a repeat of the opening quarter as Drake’s offense returned to form, nearly shooting 50% in the final 20 minutes of action. Evansville struggled to get its offense going in the third and fourth quarters, shooting just 6-31 (19.4%) in the second half as the home side pulled away for the 87-48 win.
In the midst of a busy schedule, Evansville returns home for a non-conference matchup with UT Martin inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse at 6 PM on Monday night in a rescheduled contest originally to be played back in December.
EVANSVILLE MEN’S BB
KENNY STRAWBRIDGE JR. SCORES 20 AGAINST FLAMES
CHICAGO – For the first time since scoring 21 points against Bellarmine on Dec. 21, Kenny Strawbridge Jr. reached the 20-point mark in Saturday’s 70-61 loss to UIC inside Credit Union 1 Arena.
Strawbridge drained nine of his career-high 23 attempts in the game to score a game-high of 20 points. Antoine Smith Jr. and Marvin Coleman II registered 10 apiece. UIC was led by Steven Clay’s 17 points. Jace Carter posted 15 points and 12 rebounds while Tre Anderson added 15 tallies.
“We had some good moments today but we need to sustain and build on it,” UE head coach David Ragland said. “I thought we did a lot of good things in the first half and took UIC out of their rhythm. Even when things were not looking good in the second half, our guys continued to respond and fight back.”
UIC opened the game with a 3-pointer but it was Evansville who would quickly take the lead and hold it for the majority of the period. Yacine Toumi posted six of the Purple Aces’ first eight points of the game while Kenny Strawbridge Jr. took a steal the length of the floor for a layup that put UE up 8-5.
Triples from Marvin Coleman II and Strawbridge solidified a 14-9 edge and UE would continue to add to it. Antoine Smith Jr. converted Evansville’s third triple of the game at the 6:17 mark to give his team a 26-16 lead. Unfortunately, the rest of the half belonged to the Flames, who outscored the Aces by a 13-4 margin to cut UE’s lead to 30-29 at the half.
With 2:05 remaining in the half, Evansville held a 30-24 lead before UIC took advantage of a late turnover to complete the half on a 5-0 run to make it a 1-point game.
Two free throws on the first possession of the final period gave UIC its first lead since the opening minutes of the game. Smith wasted little time on the ensuing trip down the floor as his putback saw Evansville retake the advantage. Evansville went up by a 34-31 score with the Flames countering with six in a row.
As the game entered the final 13 minutes, a triple pushed the UIC lead to 44-37 while making it a double-digit game for the first time when a jumper by Christian Jones gave the Flames a 48-37 lead. Evansville had opportunities to get back within single digits but UIC slowly added to its lead, which held strong at 59-43 inside of four minutes remaining in the game.
After UE made a free throw to get within 15, UIC put the game out of reach with a 5-0 run that made it a 20-point game. Despite the deficit, the Aces continued to fight back, getting with 12 with just over a minute showing on the clock. Preston Phillips added a dunk in the final minute to cut the deficit to nine, but the run came up just short with the Flames taking the game by a 70-61 final.
In total, the Flames opened the second half on a 35-14 run to establish the 20-point advantage. They shot 43.5% for the game but excelled in the final stanza, shooting 53.8%. Evansville wrapped up the day at 33.9%.
UE returns home on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. game against UNI.
SOUTHERN INDIANA MBB
USI LOSE A HEARTBREAKER IN OVERTIME, 71-66
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball lost a heart-breaker in a wild overtime game to Morehead State University, 71-66, Saturday afternoon in front of a Screaming Eagles Arena record crowd of 3,644 on Homecoming. The Eagles go to 13-12 overall and 6-6 in the OVC, while the MSU Eagles are 16-9, 9-3 OVC.
The loss dropped USI into a tied for sixth in the OVC with Tennessee State University with identical 6-6 conference records. USI also is a game out of third place in the OVC.
USI found itself is down by six, 35-29, at the end of the first 20 minutes. The six-point Morehead margin at the break was the largest by either team in the half that featured nine lead changes and two ties.
The second half did not start off in favor of the Screaming Eagles as the MSU Eagles extended the halftime margin to 11 points, 40-29, with 17:47 left. USI erased the deficit the with an 18-6 run to regain the lead, 47-46, on a hook shot by senior forward Jacob Polakovich (Grand Rapids, Michigan) with 9:29 on the clock.
The USI run would extend to 23-6 over a 10 minute span and expanded the Screaming Eagles’ lead to six points, 52-46. USI was a blistering 10-of-14 from the field and three-of-four from downtown and was led by graduate forward Trevor Lakes (Lebanon, Indiana) with eight of the 23 points.
USI would maintain the six-point advantage for several minutes before Morehead State used a 6-0 run to tie the game, 54-54 with 1:50 to play. The MSU Eagles regained the lead and led 59-56 when freshman guard Jack Campion (Milton, Wisconsin) hit a three from the right side with no time on the clock to send the game into overtime, 59-59.
In the overtime, USI and Morehead State traded buckets until the MSU Eagles took the lead for good on a pair of free throws with 25 seconds left, 67-66. Morehead State would add four free throws on a foul and a USI bench technical to close out the 71-66 final. USI’s final lead of the game came at 66-65 on a three-point bomb by senior guard Jelani Simmons (Columbus, Ohio).
Individually for the Screaming Eagles, USI was led by sophomore guard Isaiah Swope (Newburgh, Indiana) with 21 points. Swope was nine-of-17 from the field, one-of-four from beyond the arc, and two-of-two from the field.
Lakes rounded out the double-digit scorers for the Eagles with 16 points. The graduate forward was six-of-13 from the field and four-of-10 from long range.
Next Up For USI:
USI returns to the road next week for a quick trip to play Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. and will air live on ESPNU.
The game also will be streamed on ESPN+ (with cable subscription) in addition to being heard on ESPN 97.7FM and 95.7FM The Spin.
TTU watched its season go to 11-14 overall and 7-5 in the OVC after defeating Southeast Missouri State University, 82-80, this afternoon at home. The Golden Eagles were led by graduate forward Jaylen Sebree with 22 points.
Thursday match-up between USI and TTU will be the first meeting between the two programs in men’s basketball.
Following the quick trip to TTU, the Eagles come home February 11 and will host Lindenwood University for Senior Day. Tipoff is tentatively scheduled for 8 p.m.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WBB
EAGLES DISPLAY TOUGHNESS IN 58-46 WIN TO SNAP SKID
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball got back in the win column on Homecoming at Screaming Eagles Arena on Saturday, as the Screaming Eagles displayed a high level of toughness in a 58-46 victory against Morehead State University.
Saturday’s win was highlighted by a gritty fourth quarter from Southern Indiana, leading to a win that snapped a four-game skid for USI. The victory improved USI’s record to 10-13 overall and 4-8 in the Ohio Valley Conference. Saturday’s win also moved USI into a tie for seventh in the OVC standings. Morehead State’s record dropped to 9-14 overall and 5-7 in OVC play, good for a fifth-place tie in the OVC standings.
The game started slow offensively, as each side tried to find its flow shooting. Multiple possessions in the first quarter went deep into the shot clock. USI jumped on the scoreboard first on a jumper by senior forward Hannah Haithcock (Washington Courthouse, Ohio). Each team had scoreless droughts that lasted over a couple of minutes due to strong efforts on the defensive end. Southern Indiana and Morehead State were all square at seven after the first period.
Southern Indiana quickly grabbed a three-point lead at the start of the second quarter after sophomore guard Vanessa Shafford (Linton, Indiana) canned a triple. Shafford ended up giving USI a 12-9 lead after a layup, scoring the first five USI points of the second quarter. Near the six-minute mark, senior guard Soffia Rieckers (Evansville, Indiana) splashed home a three to push USI’s lead to five, 17-12. After a layup by Haithcock with three minutes remaining in the first half, USI obtained its biggest lead in the opening half of nine points, 21-12. Morehead State chipped away before halftime, as USI took a 22-17 lead into the break.
Out of halftime, the Screaming Eagles increased their advantage to double digits following a basket by Haithcock and a banked-in three-pointer from Shafford with the shot clock winding down. USI went ahead 27-17 with 8:27 left in the third quarter. Once again, Morehead State chipped away to cut USI’s margin down to three near the midway point of the third, 27-24. Two minutes later, Haithcock snapped a two-minute scoreless skid for USI with a crafty post move. USI finished the third quarter on an 8-0 run with six of the eight points coming from Haithcock. Southern Indiana led 38-27 entering the fourth quarter.
At the start of the fourth period, Rieckers drove the right baseline and got a mid-range shot to fall to give USI a 13-point advantage, 40-27. Morehead State responded by cutting USI’s lead down to six, 41-35, with just over seven minutes left in the fourth. USI’s Shafford answered with a three-pointer to move the Screaming Eagles’ lead back up to nine, 44-35.
Following the halfway point of the fourth, the intensity ramped up. Morehead State kept fighting, trimming USI’s lead down to eight with four minutes remaining. Seconds later, Southern Indiana got a big basket and a foul by junior forward Meredith Raley (Haubstadt, Indiana), giving USI an 11-point lead, 49-38. Near the three-minute mark, Morehead State got back within seven. Raley responded with a basket before a shot-clock violation to push USI’s margin back up to nine, 51-42. About a minute later, Shafford drained a three to seemingly give USI the needed insurance for the win, as Raley and USI closed out the victory with made free throws.
Southern Indiana had three players finish in double figures. Shafford posted her fourth double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds. It was her 18th game scoring 10 or more and her sixth game with 10 or more rebounds. Haithcock recorded 18 points with 13 coming in the second half. She also grabbed eight boards. Raley tallied a dozen with nine points coming in the final frame. For the game, USI shot 19-56 for 33.9 percent, 15-19 for 78.9 percent at the line, and made five threes. Southern Indiana outrebounded Morehead State 46-38 with 17 offensive rebounds that led to 19 second-chance points.
For Morehead State, senior guard Veronica Charles led the team with 17 points. Morehead State was 17-61 for 27.9 percent shooting, 5-6 for 83.3 percent at the stripe, and hit seven triples.
Next up, the Screaming Eagles will hop on the bus Thursday for a 5 p.m. road game at Tennessee Tech University. Thursday will be the first meeting between USI and Tennessee Tech. The game can be seen live with a subscription to ESPN+ and heard on 95.7 FM The Spin (http://957thespin.com).
VALPO MEN’S BB
DRAKE EDGES VALPO IN DOUBLE OVERTIME AT ARC
The Valparaiso University men’s basketball team led for 42 minutes, 30 seconds on Saturday night at the Athletics-Recreation Center. But when the final horn sounded after 50 minutes of play, Missouri Valley Conference preseason favorite Drake prevailed 85-82 in double overtime in front of an electric atmosphere and large student section. Valpo was led in scoring by Ben Krikke (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada / Jasper]), who poured in 27 points before fouling out with 1:59 remaining in the first overtime.
How It Happened
Krikke drained a pair of 3-pointers in the first two minutes of the game, helping Valpo race out to an 8-2 lead.
Valpo held the lead throughout the first half, and built the edge to seven when Connor Barrett (Chicago, Ill. / Loyola Academy) hit a trey at the 10:44 mark to make it 23-16. Kobe King (La Crosse, Wis. / La Crosse Central) later expanded the gap to nine with a 3 of his own.
Drake rallied to within two late in the half and Valpo eventually carried a 35-31 edge into the locker room.
The lead fluctuated between one and five early in the second half before a 6-0 spurt helped Valpo to a 47-39 lead with just under 13 minutes remaining. The lead reached double figures when a steal by Darius DeAveiro (Kanata, Ottawa, Canada / Orangeville Prep) led to a fastbreak dunk by Krikke to make it 49-39 with 11:45 on the clock.
The lead again ballooned to 10 when Maximus Nelson (Appleton, Wis. / Appleton North) buried a 3 with 11:08 remaining, and it was still double figures with under nine minutes to go.
Drake went on an 8-1 spurt, but Quinton Green (Columbus, Ohio / Homeschool [Cedarville]) doubled the lead back to six with 6:50. Drake’s Tucker DeVries hit a 3, then Nelson responded with a long ball of his own.
Valpo continued to own a slight lead until DeVries was fouled shooting a 3 with 25 ticks on the clock and made all three free throws to level the score at 66. That was the game’s first tie since 0-0 as Valpo led from the 19:43 mark of the first half to the 25 second mark of the second half. The game went to overtime at 66 all.
Nelson hit a 3 early in the first overtime, but Drake eventually took its first lead with 58 seconds to go in OT on a second-chance basket that turned into a traditional 3-point play.
King had a second-chance hoop of his own to tie the game, then both teams had empty possessions late in OT to force a second extra session.
Nelson hit a key 3 to put Valpo on top early in double OT as well. But Drake fought right back with a traditional 3-point play. Green became the second Valpo player to foul out with 4:08 to go in double OT. DeVries hit a big 3 that broke a 78-all tie with 2:56 on the clock, and Drake led the rest of the way.
Inside the Game
Krikke accrued 27 points including a career-high 11 made free throws. He became the first Valpo player with 11 made free throws in a game since Bakari Evelyn on Nov. 25, 2017 vs. UNC Wilmington.
Nelson had the biggest day of his young Beacon career, racking up a career-high 18 points, outdoing his previous best of 10 that came on Jan. 4 vs. UNI. Nelson drilled six triples in nine attempts.
Nelson also shared the team lead in the rebounding department as he, Green and Ibra Bayu (Flevoland, The Netherlands) gobbled up six boards apiece.
Edwards handed out seven assists, while DeAveiro dished out six helpers. DeAveiro also swiped four steals.
The two teams had the exact same shooting percentage as both went 25-of-65 (38.5 percent). Valpo had a season-high 12 made 3s while also going 20-of-22 (90.9 percent) at the free-throw line.
Valpo has played overtime in back-to-back games. The Beacons slip to 1-3 in OT games and 0-3 in overtime games in league play this year. The double overtime was Valpo’s first since Feb. 5 of last season, a 79-72 win over Indiana State. Drake played even more basketball than Valpo this week as the Bulldogs also won in double overtime on Wednesday vs. UNI.
King was the third Valpo player in double figures with 13 points and has been in double figures in all 25 games this season.
Krikke moved up two more spots on Valpo’s all-time scoring list and now sits in 12th with 1,422 after passing John Wolfenberg (1970-73) and Jim Ford (1985-89).
The attendance was a season-high 3,137.
Postgame Press Conference
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Up Next
Valpo (10-15, 4-10 MVC) will attempt to bounce back on Wednesday night with a game at Indiana State in Terre Haute, Ind. The game will begin at 6 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. ET.
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BEACONS FALL AT SIU SATURDAY
The Valpo women’s basketball team was within nine points of host Southern Illinois in MVC action Saturday afternoon in Carbondale, Ill., but the Salukis pulled away over the final 10 minutes for a 77-47 victory.
How It Happened
Junior Leah Earnest (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) had eight points in the first quarter to help the Beacons stay within striking distance, as Valpo trailed just 13-10 at the end of one period.
SIU extended its lead out to 33-18 with 2:26 to play in the second quarter, but Valpo scored the final five points of the half — including a 3-point play from fifth-year Maya Dunson (Dayton, Ohio/Wayne [Loyola]) — to cut the Saluki edge to 33-23 at intermission.
Southern Illinois again extended its lead in the third quarter, pushing its edge to as many as 14 points, but Valpo again fought back. The Beacons scored five straight late in the period on consecutive possessions thanks to a 3-pointer by Earnest and a pair of free throws from freshman Ali Saunders (Depauw, Ind./North Harrison), cutting the deficit to seven. The Salukis eventually ended the third period up 48-39 with 10 minutes to play.
SIU opened the fourth quarter on an 11-1 run to put the game away, as the Salukis limited Valpo to just one field goal in the final period.
Inside the Game
Earnest paced Valpo on Saturday with 13 points and a game-high eight rebounds.
Saunders scored 11 points off the bench, including a career-best seven made free throws, and handed out a trio of assists.
Sophomore Katie Beyer (McHenry, Ill./McHenry) had the second-highest scoring game of her Valpo career, going 3-of-4 from the field and 2-of-2 from the foul line for eight points.
Valpo shot just 31% from the field on Saturday — its second-worst mark in MVC play to date — and was held to a season-low three made 3-pointers. The Beacons were 18-of-23 from the foul line for their second-highest number of made free throws this season.
The Beacons committed 27 turnovers — just one off their season high — and forced just 11 SIU miscues. The Salukis held a 32-2 advantage in points off turnovers and a 44-20 edge in points in the paint.
Next Up
Valpo (4-17, 2-10 MVC) has nearly a full week before its next game, as the Beacons return to the ARC Friday evening to host Drake at 6 p.m. on Heart Health Awareness Night. The game can be seen live on ESPN3.
U OF I WRESTLING
#6 WRESTLING CELEBRATES SENIOR DAY WITH TWO WINS
INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Indianapolis wrestling team celebrated their annual senior day prior to the start of the Greyhound Duals early Saturday afternoon. The Greyhounds battled in-region Kentucky Wesleyan and GLVC-foe Quincy on the day, winning both matches.
SENIOR DAY
For this year’s senior day festivities, the Hounds celebrated eight members of their program in Breyden Bailey, Jack Eiteljorge, Drew Krietzer, Wade Monebrake, Kyle Saez, Griffin Stine, Chase Wilkerson and Owen Zablocki.
#6 UINDY – 55 VS. KENTUCKY WESLEYAN – 0
The Greyhounds opened up this year’s Greyhound duals against the Panthers of Kentucky Wesleyan, speeding to a 55-0 victory. The young-gun Aidan Sprague got the Hounds out on fire, scoring a fall in 50 seconds. After KWC forfeit at 133, Ray Rioux opened the floodgates with a pin in 1:19. Jackson Hoover’s major at 149 and Saez’s major at 184 marked the only matches for the Hounds that did not end in fall.
125 – Aidan Sprague over Bryson Rowley Fall 0:50
133 – Chase Wilkerson over Unknown Forf
141 – Ray Rioux over Gabe Adams Fall 1:19
149 – Jackson Hoover over Will Keener Maj 15-2
157 – Logan Bailey over Cade Johnson Fall 1:08
165 – Jack Eiteljorge over Caden Moore TF 23-5
174 – Owen Butler over Shevan Griffith Fall 1:07
184 – Kyle Saez over Cameron Baker Maj 10-1
197 – Derek Blubaugh over Drayden McKerrow Fall 2:26
285 – Cale Gray over Robert Ward Fall 1:41
#6 UINDY – 40 VS. QUINCY – 6
In a weather-induced make-up match, the Greyhounds helped their GLVC standings with a dominant win over the Quincy Hawks. Despite a 125 loss, UIndy kept the foot on the pedal, picking five extra point wins in a row, with Hoover, Eiteljorge and Owen Butler picking up a tech falls and Logan Bailey his second fall of the day (:28). Bailey’s two pins on the day moves him to 10 on the season vs. DII opposition, moving him up the rankings for the most dominant wrestler award. No. 1 Derek Blubaugh and Cale Gray ended the dual with a pair of falls, Blubaugh in 1:30 and Gray in 4:03.
125 – Isaac Bourge over Noah Cantu Dec 2-1
133 – Chase Wilkerson over Carter Silva Dec 5-0
141 – Ray Rioux over Mar-Trece Smith Maj 16-4
149 – Jackson Hoover over Easton Norris TF 15-0
157 – Logan Bailey over Gavin Morawitz Fall 0:28
165 – Jack Eiteljorge over Aaron Taylor TF 19-4
174 – Owen Butler over Ricardo Adame TF 18-0
184 – Brian Holloway over Kyle Saez Dec 5-3
197 – Derek Blubaugh over Kayden Garrett Fall 1:30
285 – Cale Gray over Matthew Ludwig Fall 4:03
HOUND BYTES
Wilkerson on the teams dubs on senior day…
“It feels great, and not only a couple dubs, but a couple major victories. I just think it shows that our team is on the up and we’re going to finish out the year strong. It shows a lot about the four years that we’ve put in. We get to leave a legacy, hopefully, and leave a team that’s going to stay in the top ten rankings.”
Eiteljorge on what worked well for him…
“Staying aggressive, I’ve been trying to get into my offense, having confidence in myself. I’m glad we were able to pick up two dubs, two blowout wins, overall great senior day for me.”
U OF I MEN’S BB
GREYHOUNDS SLIP PAST HAWKS, REACH 20 WINS
INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 7 UIndy men’s basketball team (20-2) reached 20 wins for the first time in three years on Saturday, slipping by Quincy (13-10, 9-6 GLVC) from Nicoson Hall, 76-70.
Jesse Bingham led all scorers with 18 points, while Jarvis Walker led the Hounds off the bench with 10 points and three rebounds.
With the victory, the Greyhounds have now won their last 14 contests, stretching back to Dec. 6.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Looking to avenge its early-season loss to the Hawks, UIndy came out ready to fight. The first half witnessed five lead changes and four ties, with Walker drilling his first 3-pointer of the afternoon at the 7:59 mark to give the Hounds a 20-17 lead.
Seven different Greyhounds tallied points in the first 20 minutes, including 3s from David Ejah and Aaron Etherington to help build a four-point advantage at the break.
Quincy stuck around in the second half despite not leading for a single second down the stretch. Kendrick Tchoua stepped up, recording 13 of his 16 points after intermission, along with six of his eight boards. The fourth-year Greyhound is now just six points from 1,000 in his career.
The Hounds scored 14 of the final 22 points after the Hawks knotted the game at 62 apiece with under five minutes remaining. Helping ice the game away was Jakobie Robinson, who scored all 11 of his points in the second half.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
– Feeding into the bench frenzy was Sean Craig, who drilled a pair of 3-balls in nearly 15 minutes of action.
– After starting 2-for-6 from the free throw line, UIndy sunk 15 of its 19 attempts in the second half.
– Bingham led the team with six assists, as the team dished out 15 on 26 made field goals.
– UIndy committed just six turnovers on Saturday, its second-best mark of the winter. The Hounds turned the ball over on 10 possessions in their last meeting the Hawks, a 62-57 loss in Quincy.
– The Greyhounds have now attempted 25 free throws on six occasions this season.
MORE NOTES
Tchoua is also 18 rebounds away from 600 in his career … Bruno Williams tallied half of his eight points from the charity stripe … Quincy’s Zion Richardson led the Hawks with 14 points and four assists … the Hounds grabbed the rebounding edge at the end of the game, 35-34, with three impactful offensive boards from Julian Steinfeld.
UP NEXT
UIndy will now bring its 14-game winning streak to Kansas City, Mo., for an 8:30 p.m. ET tip at Rockhurst on Thursday. The Hawks handed the Hounds their last loss, which came more than two months ago on Dec. 3.
MARIAN MEN’S BASKETBALL
HUNTINGTON HANDS KNIGHTS SECOND CONSECUTIVE LOSS
INDIANAPOLIS – Despite a strong first half effort that put Marian in front 39-35 going into the break, Marian was unable to stop the combination of Lane Sparks and Zach Goodline, as Huntington took down the Knights 87-79 Saturday afternoon. The Knights’ second straight loss drops them to 8-7 in Crossroads League action, and 18-7 overall.
Josh Bryan and Gavin Foe helped the Knights jump out to a lightning fast start, knocking down three pointers on two of the first three possessions to jump in front 6-2 on the Foresters. After a one minute drought Marian got back in a groove, with a Bryan steal and score pairing with a Christian Harvey layup to take a 10-4 lead. Harvey was whistled for a techincal following his score, which allowed Huntington to get their first rhythm after the media timeout.
The Foresters surged ahead 11-10, igniting a series of back and forth basketball with each team answering the other. Marian would push in front by four with Jackson Ames and Luke Heady getting on the board, however constat scoring from Zach Goodline and Lane Sparks kept Huntington in play, as they recaptured the lead multiple times before standing on top 23-19 with 9:12 to play in the opening half. The Knights got six consecutive points from Harvey as he willed the game back to a tie, and with 5:26 to go in the half Hayden Langkabel sunk a three to push in front 30-27. The trey allowed the Knights to hold a lead or stay on the right side of a tied game, as a closing 6-2 run featuring a slam from Ames gave the home team a 39-35 lead at the break.
Harvey kept his rhythm going after the intermission with a second chance strike on the first possession, but things went immediately in Huntington’s favor as back to back misses helped aid a 6-0 Forester run. With the game tied up, a quick timeout was called by the Knights bench to regroup the team and stall the run. Foe quieted the surge with a quick score, and the lead ballooned to six with three different players adding to their totals.
The final score in the surge from Langkabel gave Marian a 51-45 lead, however the tandem of Goodline and Sparks attacked again, whittling the lead to one before eventually pushing in front 58-52. Huntington’s second half spurts were fueled by multiple droughts, as Marian was held scoreless for stretches of 2:37 and 4:36. The second drought came after a made three by Heady that had tied the game at 58 each, and in the stretch multiple turnovers aided Huntington’s 14-point lead.
Marian would break their skid with a score from Harvey, and were able to get within eight points on three separate occasions in the final five minutes, but the comeback was not great enough as Huntington stole the 87-79 win from Marian.
The Knights shot 49 percent from the field in the loss, committing 14 turnovers in the defeat. Huntington held a 29-15 advantage in free throw attempts as they earned their way to the line, scoring 13 points from the freebies. Harvey led Marian with a 22-point game, while Brody Whitaker scored 14 off the bench. Bryan finished with 11, and Luke Gohmann grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.
Marian will aim to snap their losing streak when they welcome Spring Arbor on Wednesday night. Tip is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in the PE Center.
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FIVE PLAYERS SCORE IN DOUBLE FIGURES TO DOWN HUNTINGTON 71-54 ON SENIOR DAY
INDIANAPOLIS – No. 6 Marian defeated Huntington on Saturday afternoon 71-54 to highlight Senior Day. Five Knights scored in double figures to help the team pick up the win and move to 23-2 overall, 14-1 in Crossroads League play.
Marian got out to the 6-2 start after Ella Collier worked the Huntington defense with the spin move to score the first points of the game. A jumper by the Foresters ended the run before the Knights got eight straight points, with four coming from Abbey McNally during the spurt to give Marian the 14-4 lead. HU managed to cut the deficit to single digits to close out quarter one 18-9.
The Foresters were able to get within six at the 9:01 mark after a quick layup and three-pointer. Kinnidy Garrard put her team back up ten after she made the post move, but the visitors responded right back with jumper at the top of the lane. Huntington cut the Marian lead down to five with 2:44 to play in the period, but it was the Knights closing out the first half with a 9-2 run behind the efforts of Tamia Perryman. Perryman canned a triple and hit the layup with 26 seconds left to give her team the 37-25 advantage at the break.
Huntington found some life to them after the break as they cut the deficit to 39-31 behind a 6-2 start. Perryman and Aliyah Evans gave a big spark as the duo combined for 13 of their teams 19 points in the quarter. With 2:23 to play in the quarter Evans connected with Perryman for the transition layup to put Marian up 51-36. HU came back with a pair of freebies, but it was Evans scoring the last five points of the quarter to help her team take the 17-point lead at 56-39 after the third.
Marian saw their largest lead at the start of the fourth quarter when they got up to as many as 22 after Evans and Collier scored. The Foresters got back-to-back triples from Emily Seboe, but it was Evans and Collier teaming up again to go ahead 65-45. Huntington never stopped fighting as they were able to cut the score down to 71-54 after hitting the jumper with 52 ticks remaining. The Score would remain as is, with Marian picking up the win.
Collier and Evans each scored 14 to lead Marian. Perryman added 13 points and two blocks, while Garrard picked up the double double with 10 points and 10 boards, while also having three blocks. McNally scored 10 and corralled seven rebounds, Wehner had six points and Sara Majorosova led the team in assists with six.
The Knights will be on the road Wednesday, February 8 at Spring Arbor for a 7 p.m. tipoff.
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SPORTS EXTRA
NBA STANDINGS
| EASTERN CONFERENCE | ||||||||||||
| ATLANTIC DIVISION | ||||||||||||
| W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | DIV | CONF | LAST 10 | STREAK | |||
| BOSTON | 37 | 16 | .698 | — | 20-7 | 17-9 | 7-1 | 21-11 | 6-4 | 1 L | ||
| PHILADELPHIA | 34 | 17 | .667 | 2.0 | 20-8 | 14-9 | 5-3 | 19-11 | 9-1 | 2 W | ||
| BROOKLYN | 32 | 20 | .615 | 4.5 | 16-8 | 16-12 | 6-5 | 22-11 | 5-5 | 1 W | ||
| NEW YORK | 28 | 26 | .519 | 9.5 | 13-15 | 15-11 | 3-7 | 19-15 | 3-7 | 1 L | ||
| TORONTO | 24 | 30 | .444 | 13.5 | 15-12 | 9-18 | 4-9 | 15-19 | 4-6 | 1 W | ||
| CENTRAL DIVISON | ||||||||||||
| W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | DIV | CONF | LAST 10 | STREAK | |||
| MILWAUKEE | 36 | 17 | .679 | — | 23-5 | 13-12 | 7-4 | 21-13 | 9-1 | 7 W | ||
| CLEVELAND | 32 | 22 | .593 | 4.5 | 22-6 | 10-16 | 8-3 | 18-10 | 5-5 | 1 W | ||
| CHICAGO | 25 | 27 | .481 | 10.5 | 15-11 | 10-16 | 5-4 | 20-15 | 6-4 | 2 W | ||
| INDIANA | 25 | 29 | .463 | 11.5 | 17-11 | 8-18 | 3-4 | 17-14 | 2-8 | 1 W | ||
| DETROIT | 14 | 40 | .259 | 22.5 | 7-20 | 7-20 | 0-8 | 6-23 | 3-7 | 1 L | ||
| SOUTHEAST DIVISION | ||||||||||||
| W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | DIV | CONF | LAST 10 | STREAK | |||
| MIAMI | 29 | 25 | .537 | — | 17-9 | 12-16 | 6-3 | 13-16 | 5-5 | 2 L | ||
| ATLANTA | 27 | 27 | .500 | 2.0 | 13-11 | 14-16 | 5-4 | 17-17 | 5-5 | 1 L | ||
| WASHINGTON | 24 | 28 | .462 | 4.0 | 12-11 | 12-17 | 5-3 | 13-16 | 6-4 | 2 L | ||
| ORLANDO | 21 | 32 | .396 | 7.5 | 13-13 | 8-19 | 2-7 | 10-22 | 5-5 | 1 W | ||
| CHARLOTTE | 15 | 39 | .278 | 14.0 | 7-16 | 8-23 | 5-6 | 8-26 | 4-6 | 3 L | ||
| WESTERN CONFERENCE | ||||||||||||
| NORTHWEST DIVISION | ||||||||||||
| W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | DIV | CONF | LAST 10 | STREAK | |||
| DENVER | 37 | 16 | .698 | — | 25-4 | 12-12 | 9-4 | 27-10 | 7-3 | 3 W | ||
| MINNESOTA | 28 | 27 | .509 | 10.0 | 19-12 | 9-15 | 6-6 | 19-17 | 6-4 | 1 L | ||
| UTAH | 27 | 27 | .500 | 10.5 | 18-10 | 9-17 | 4-5 | 19-15 | 6-4 | 1 L | ||
| PORTLAND | 26 | 27 | .491 | 11.0 | 14-11 | 12-16 | 5-7 | 18-15 | 5-5 | 1 L | ||
| OKLAHOMA CITY | 25 | 27 | .481 | 11.5 | 16-11 | 9-16 | 4-6 | 12-15 | 6-4 | 1 W | ||
| PACIFIC DIVISION | ||||||||||||
| W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | DIV | CONF | LAST 10 | STREAK | |||
| SACRAMENTO | 29 | 22 | .569 | — | 16-11 | 13-11 | 5-5 | 17-10 | 6-4 | 1 L | ||
| LA CLIPPERS | 30 | 26 | .536 | 1.5 | 14-11 | 16-15 | 4-4 | 17-15 | 7-3 | 1 W | ||
| PHOENIX | 29 | 26 | .527 | 2.0 | 19-9 | 10-17 | 8-0 | 20-14 | 8-2 | 2 W | ||
| GOLDEN STATE | 27 | 26 | .509 | 3.0 | 20-6 | 7-20 | 4-4 | 16-11 | 6-4 | 1 W | ||
| LA LAKERS | 25 | 29 | .463 | 5.5 | 13-12 | 12-17 | 1-9 | 12-18 | 5-5 | 1 L | ||
| SOUTHWEST DIVISION | ||||||||||||
| W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | DIV | CONF | LAST 10 | STREAK | |||
| MEMPHIS | 32 | 20 | .615 | — | 21-4 | 11-16 | 6-2 | 15-16 | 3-7 | 2 L | ||
| DALLAS | 28 | 26 | .519 | 5.0 | 19-9 | 9-17 | 7-2 | 20-13 | 4-6 | 1 L | ||
| NEW ORLEANS | 27 | 27 | .500 | 6.0 | 18-9 | 9-18 | 7-4 | 17-14 | 1-9 | 1 W | ||
| SAN ANTONIO | 14 | 39 | .264 | 18.5 | 9-21 | 5-18 | 2-7 | 5-30 | 1-9 | 8 L | ||
| HOUSTON | 13 | 40 | .245 | 19.5 | 8-18 | 5-22 | 1-8 | 7-28 | 3-7 | 2 L |
NHL STANDINGS
| EASTERN CONFERENCE | ||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | ROW | GF | GA | HOME | ROAD | L10 | ||
| 1 BOSTON BRUINS | 51 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 83 | 37 | 192 | 111 | 22-1-3 | 17-6-2 | 7-2-1 | |
| 2 CAROLINA HURRICANES | 51 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 76 | 31 | 173 | 136 | 17-5-2 | 17-4-6 | 9-0-1 | |
| 3 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS | 52 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 70 | 31 | 175 | 141 | 20-5-4 | 11-8-4 | 5-4-1 | |
| 4 NEW JERSEY DEVILS | 49 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 68 | 31 | 171 | 131 | 13-10-2 | 19-3-2 | 8-1-1 | |
| 5 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING | 48 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 65 | 31 | 175 | 141 | 20-4-1 | 12-11-0 | 8-2-0 | |
| 6 NEW YORK RANGERS | 49 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 62 | 25 | 157 | 129 | 13-9-4 | 14-5-4 | 6-2-2 | |
| 7 WASHINGTON CAPITALS | 53 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 60 | 26 | 166 | 152 | 14-8-3 | 13-12-3 | 4-6-0 | |
| 8 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS | 49 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 57 | 23 | 161 | 153 | 14-6-4 | 10-10-5 | 4-3-3 | |
| 9 BUFFALO SABRES | 50 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 56 | 25 | 186 | 170 | 11-13-2 | 15-7-2 | 6-2-2 | |
| 10 NEW YORK ISLANDERS | 52 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 55 | 25 | 148 | 144 | 15-9-2 | 10-13-3 | 3-5-2 | |
| 11 FLORIDA PANTHERS | 52 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 54 | 23 | 178 | 183 | 13-7-3 | 11-15-3 | 5-3-2 | |
| 12 OTTAWA SENATORS | 50 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 51 | 23 | 151 | 159 | 14-11-1 | 10-12-2 | 6-4-0 | |
| 13 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS | 51 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 51 | 21 | 142 | 162 | 10-12-2 | 11-9-7 | 5-3-2 | |
| 14 DETROIT RED WINGS | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 50 | 20 | 145 | 160 | 12-10-3 | 9-9-5 | 5-4-1 | |
| 15 MONTREAL CANADIENS | 51 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 44 | 16 | 134 | 189 | 11-14-1 | 9-13-3 | 4-5-1 | |
| 16 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS | 51 | 15 | 32 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 131 | 198 | 11-15-2 | 4-17-2 | 3-5-2 | |
| WESTERN CONFERENCE | ||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | ROW | GF | GA | HOME | ROAD | L10 | ||
| 1 DALLAS STARS | 51 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 66 | 27 | 173 | 133 | 13-5-6 | 15-8-4 | 4-2-4 | |
| 2 SEATTLE KRAKEN | 49 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 63 | 29 | 177 | 151 | 13-10-3 | 16-5-2 | 6-3-1 | |
| 3 WINNIPEG JETS | 52 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 65 | 32 | 166 | 137 | 18-8-0 | 14-11-1 | 5-5-0 | |
| 4 LOS ANGELES KINGS | 53 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 63 | 24 | 173 | 183 | 14-9-2 | 14-9-5 | 5-4-1 | |
| 5 VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS | 51 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 62 | 26 | 160 | 148 | 14-13-0 | 15-5-4 | 2-6-2 | |
| 6 MINNESOTA WILD | 48 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 58 | 23 | 151 | 138 | 15-8-1 | 12-9-3 | 5-4-1 | |
| 7 EDMONTON OILERS | 50 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 60 | 28 | 187 | 162 | 13-11-3 | 15-7-1 | 7-1-2 | |
| 8 COLORADO AVALANCHE | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 57 | 23 | 151 | 133 | 13-9-3 | 14-9-0 | 7-3-0 | |
| 9 CALGARY FLAMES | 50 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 57 | 23 | 157 | 152 | 14-9-2 | 10-8-7 | 5-3-2 | |
| 10 NASHVILLE PREDATORS | 48 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 54 | 22 | 137 | 141 | 14-7-3 | 10-11-3 | 6-4-0 | |
| 11 ST. LOUIS BLUES | 51 | 23 | 25 | 3 | 49 | 20 | 156 | 185 | 10-12-2 | 13-13-1 | 3-7-0 | |
| 12 VANCOUVER CANUCKS | 49 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 165 | 193 | 10-13-1 | 10-13-2 | 3-7-0 | |
| 13 SAN JOSE SHARKS | 51 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 41 | 14 | 157 | 196 | 5-12-7 | 10-13-4 | 3-4-3 | |
| 14 ARIZONA COYOTES | 50 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 38 | 14 | 131 | 177 | 10-8-2 | 6-20-4 | 3-6-1 | |
| 15 ANAHEIM DUCKS | 50 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 37 | 13 | 125 | 205 | 9-13-1 | 7-16-4 | 4-5-1 | |
| 16 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS | 48 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 118 | 176 | 9-16-2 | 6-13-2 | 6-4-0 |
FOOTBALL HISTORY
FEBRUARY 5, 1969 – VINCE LOMBARDI BECAME A PART OWNER, A VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL MANAGER, HEAD COACH, GIVEN LIFETIME SUPPLY OF TWIZZLERS AND WHATEVER ELSE IT WOULD TAKE TO GET HIM TO LEAVE GREEN BAY, TO JOIN THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS FRANCHISE. THE SLICE THE LIFE WEBSITE SHARES A GREAT ARTICLE ON THE SUBJECT. LOMBARDI WHO WAS THE LEGENDARY HEAD COACH OF THE GREEN BAY PACKERS FROM 1959-67 TURNED THAT FRANCHISE FROM THE DOORMAT OF THE LEAGUE INTO A PERENNIAL CHAMPION FOR MOST OF A DECADE! AFTER WHAT IS NOW REFERRED TO AS SUPER BOWL II, LOMBARDI SEEMED TO HAVE HIT A WALL WHERE THE COACHING JUICES HAD BURNED UP, HE WAS SPENT SO HE SPENT THE 1968 SEASON AS THE PACKERS GENERAL MANAGER BUT FOUND NOT BEING IN CHARGE OF THE SIDELINE MADE HIM ANXIOUS. THE WORD ON THE STREET WAS THAT VINCE LOMBARDI WAS LOOKING TO RETURN TO COACHING AND THE IMMEDIATE SUITORS FOR HIS SERVICE INCLUDED THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AND BOSTON PATRIOTS BUT THE REDSKINS PRESIDENT EDWARD BENNETT WILLIAMS PUSHED ALL OF HIS CHIPS TO THE CENTER OF THE TABLE AND OFFERED LOMBARDI A PART OWNERSHIP OF THE TEAM. THERE WAS A LOT HAPPENING IN D.C. AT THAT TIME, NIXON JUST ENTERED THE WHITE HOUSE, TED WILLIAMS WAS HIRED AS MANAGER OF THE WASHINGTON SENATORS MLB CLUB AND ACROSS THE NFL CHUCK NOLL WAS HIRED BY THE STEELERS WHILE OAKLAND PUT JOHN MADDEN ON THE PAYROLL AND NOW LOMBARDI WITH THE REDSKINS! VINCE LOMBARDI WAS ABLE TO SERVE ONE SEASON OF HIS CONTRACT WITH THE TEAM, BUT IMPROVED THEM TO A 7-5-2 RECORD BUT UNFORTUNATELY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN AGGRESSIVE FORM OF COLON CANCER IN EARLY 1970 AND DIED ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1970 AT 57. WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT THE GREAT COACH COULD HAVE DONE WITH THE FRANCHISE FROM THERE BUT HE DID LAY A FOUNDATION WHERE THE REDSKINS APPEARED IN SUPER BOWL VII IN 1973 AND GAVE THE UNDEFEATED DOLPHINS A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY AND MOVED ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS IN THE 1980’S.
FEBRUARY 5, 1995 – ALOHA STADIUM, HONOLULU- THE AFC STARS KNOCKED AROUND THE NFC SQUAD, 41-13 IN THE 1994 SEASON’S NFL PRO BOWL GAME. THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER OF THIS CONTEST WAS NONE OTHER THAN MARSHALL FAULK WHO AT THE TIME PLAYED FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AS A RUNNING BACK.
FEBRUARY 5, 2006 – FORD FIELD, DETROIT – THE BIG STORY LINE GOING INTO SUPER BOWL XL WAS THAT THE MOTOR CITY’S FAVORITE SON (SORRY ARNIE CHAPMAN IT’S NOT YOU), THE BUS, JEROME BETTIS MAY RETIRE AFTER THE GAME. BETTIS WAS THE STARTING FULLBACK FOR THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS AND WAS COERCED OUT OF RETIREMENT A YEAR EARLIER BY ROOKIE QUARTERBACK BEN ROETHLISBERGER WHO PROMISED HIM A CHAMPIONSHIP IF HE RETURNED. THE STEELERS WOULD FACE A TALL CHALLENGE FROM THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS LED BY VETERAN COACH MIKE HOLMGREN PER A BLEACHER REPORT ARTICLE. THE GAME IS FOREVER REMEMBERED UNFORTUNATELY FOR WHAT MANY CALL PHANTOM OFFICIATING AS SEATTLE HAD A COUPLE OF CLOSE CALLS NOT GO THEIR WAY INCLUDING A GOAL LINE PLAY WHERE ROETHLISBERGER RAN A QB SNEAK AND CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE TO OVERTURN A TD CALLED ON THE FIELD WAS NOT APPARENT. THEN LATER AN APPARENT TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM MATT HASSELBECK TO DARRELL JACKSON WAS NEGATED BY AN OFFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE FOUL AGAINST JACKSON. THE SEAHAWKS SETTLED FOR A FIELD GOAL. WITH THE STEELERS LEADING 14-10 EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, A HASSELBECK COMPLETION TO JERRAMY STEVENS AT THE 1-YARD LINE WAS NEGATED BY A HOLDING PENALTY ON OFFENSIVE LINEMAN SEAN LOCKLEAR. FORD FIELD WAS POPULATED WITH 80% STEELERS FANS BASED ON COMMENTS BY BROADCASTER AL MICHAELS AND THIS ADDED TO THE SOUR TASTE THAT SEATTLE FANS HAD OF THE GAME. THE STEELERS DID MAKE SOME BIG PLAYS THOUGH INCLUDING A WILLIE PARKER 75 YARD TD RUN AND A GADGET PLAY WHERE ON AN APPARENT END AROUND, WIDE OUT ANTWAAN RANDLE EL STOPPED AND LAUNCHED A 43 YARD TD STRIKE TO FELLOW RECEIVER HINES WARD. THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS OVERCAME THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, 21-10 WITH THE GAME’S MVP GOING TO HINES WARD.
FEBRUARY 5, 2011 – THE LEGENDARY FILMMAKER, ED SABOL, CO-FOUNDER OF NFL FILMS, WAS ELECTED FOR ENSHRINEMENT INTO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME AS A CONTRIBUTOR. ED’S NFL FILMS CREATION IS AN INTERESTING STORY ACCORDING TO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME WEBSITE. APPARENTLY IN 1962 ED CREATED A COMPANY NAMED BLAIR PRODUCTIONS, AFTER HIS DAUGHTER. IN ORDER TO GET THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO THE 1962 NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FILMING, ED DOUBLED THE NEXT CLOSEST BID OF $1500. COMMISSIONER PETE ROZELLE ACCEPTED THE OFFER AND BLAIR PRODUCTIONS WAS IN BUSINESS ROLLING TAPE AT THE NEW YORK GIANTS VS GREEN BAY PACKER TITLE GAME! TWO YEARS LATER AFTER EXPERIENCING SUCCESS, THE COMPANY WAS RENAMED NFL FILMS. SABOL USED MULTIPLE CAMERAS TO CAPTURE ASPECTS OF THE GAME THAT THE AVERAGE TELEVISION VIEWER DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SEE SUCH AS THE SIDELINES. WHEN HE MIXED THAT WITH THE LEGENDARY VOICE OF NARRATOR JOHN FACENDA, WOW WHAT AN EXPERIENCE FANS COULD HAVE IN THEIR LIVING ROOMS!
FEBRUARY 5, 2012 – LUCAS OIL STADIUM, INDIANAPOLIS – WE REFLECTED YESTERDAY THAT AT SUPER BOWL XLII THE GIANTS RAINED ON THE PATRIOTS PERFECT SEASON THE TWO TEAMS MET AGAIN 4 YEARS AND A DAY LATER IN SUPER BOWL XLVI. BUT THERE WAS A FAMILIAR VIBE TO THE GAME. THE GIANTS DEFENSE AGAIN PRESSURED TOM BRADY AND KEPT THE JUGGERNAUT NEW ENGLAND OFFENSE OFF KILTER MOST OF THE EVENING. ANOTHER SIMILARITY WAS THAT ELI MANNING LED THE G-MEN ON ANOTHER NEAR GAME ENDING DRIVE. THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS THAT THE GIANTS, WHO WERE TRAILING BY TWO POINTS, DROVE 88 YARDS TO THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN ON A SIX-YARD RUN BY TAILBACK AHMAD BRADSHAW WITH 57 SECONDS LEFT. NEW YORK GIANTS ONCE AGAIN DEFEATED THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS IN THE BIG GAME, THIS TIME BY THE SCORE OF 21-17. ELI MANNING WAS SELECTED AS THE GAME’S MOST VALUABLE PLAYER.
FEBRUARY 5, 2017 – NRG STADIUM, HOUSTON, TEXAS – SUPER BOWL LI WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST COMEBACKS IN MODERN FOOTBALL HISTORY. THE ATLANTA FALCONS LOOKED UNSTOPPABLE AS THEY SHREDDED THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS FOR MOST OF THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME. THE HALFTIME SCORE WAS 21-3 AND IN THE THIRD QUARTER IT GOT EVEN WORSE FOR THE PATRIOTS AS ATLANTA WENT UP 28-3 AFTER QUARTERBACK MATT RYAN FOUND TEVIN COLEMAN ON A SIX YARD TD PASS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRD. THAT WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED THOUGH. THE PATRIOTS THEN REELED OFF 25 UNANSWERED POINTS IN A LITTLE OVER A QUARTER TO TIE THE GAME WITH 57 SECONDS LEFT WITH JAMES WHITE’S ON YARD TD RUN AND A SUBSEQUENT 2 POINT CONVERSION TO SEND THE GAME INTO THE SUPER BOWL’S FIRST OVERTIME IN HISTORY PER ESPN.COM. IN THE EXTRA SESSION THE PATRIOTS DROVE 75 YARDS IN 8 PLAYS AND WHITE RAN IN ANOTHER SHORT TOUCHDOWN TO LIFT THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS OVER THE ATLANTA FALCONS, 34-28. IT SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD BUT THE MVP WAS ONCE AGAIN TOM BRADY OF NEW ENGLAND.
HOF BIRTHDAYS
FEBRUARY 5, 1915 – FAIRFIELD, ALABAMA – THE AWESOME CENTER FROM AUBURN UNIVERSITY TIGERS, WALTER GILBERT WAS BORN. THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION SELECTED WALTER GILBERT FOR ENTRANCE INTO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1956.
FEBRUARY 5, 1942 – CINCINNATI, OHIO – THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND NAVAL ACADEMY’S LEGENDARY QUARTERBACK ROGER STAUBACH CELEBRATED HIS DAY OF BIRTH.
FEBRUARY 5, 1943 – FLINT , MICHIGAN – CRAIG MORTON THE QUARTERBACK FROM CALIFORNIA WAS BORN. IN 1964 CRAIG WAS NAMED AS AN ALL-AMERICA SELECTION BY THE FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION, FOOTBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION, SPORTING NEWS, AND TIME MAGAZINE THOUGH HIS TEAM FINISHED WITH A 7-7 RECORD. THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION SELECTED CRAIG MORTON FOR ENTRANCE INTO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1992. AFTER HE LEFT CAL HE PLAYED 18 YEARS IN THE NFL, PLAYING WITH THE COWBOYS, GIANTS AND BRONCOS.
AMAZINGLY ENOUGH THESE TWO QUARTERBACKS THAT SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY, WERE THE STARTING SIGNAL CALLERS ON THE TWO SUPER BOWL TEAMS OF SB XII, STAUBACH WITH THE COWBOYS AND MORTON WITH THE DENVER BRONCOS. THE COWBOYS TRIUMPHED 27-10 ON JANUARY 15, 1978.
FEBRUARY 5, 1947 – JACKSONVILLE. FLORIDA – THE TOP NOTCH WIDE RECEIVER FROM FLORIDA STATE RON SELLERS CELEBRATED HIS ARRIVAL INTO THE WORLD. ACCORDING TO HIS BIO ON THE FOOTBALLFOUNDATION.ORG WEBSITE SELLERS IN THREE SEASONS AT FLORIDA STATE CAUGHT 212 PASSES FOR 3,598 YARDS. HIS CAREER YARDAGE WAS A NATIONAL RECORD IN 1968 AND LASTED 19 YEARS. RON SELLERS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1988. RON SPENT FIVE SEASONS IN THE NFL WITH THE PATRIOTS, COWBOYS AND DOLPHINS.
FEBRUARY 5, 1950 – MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA – WIDE RECEIVER TERRY BEASLEY OF AUBURN WAS BORN. BEASLEY WAS ON THE HEISMAN BALLOT, FINISHING 8TH AFTER CATCHING 55 PASSES FOR 12 TOUCHDOWNS IN 1971 AND THE MAN THAT WON THE AWARD WAS HIS QUARTERBACK PATRICK SULLIVAN. THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION SELECTED TERRY BEASLEY FOR ENTRANCE INTO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1986.
FEBRUARY 5, 1951 – FRESNO, CALIFORNIA – THE GREAT SOUTHERN CAL TIGHT END, CHARLES YOUNG ARRIVED INTO THIS LIFE. CHARLES WAS A UNANIMOUS FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA IN 1972 AS HE WAS PART OF THE TROJAN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM THAT SEASON PER THE NFF. CHARLES YOUNG WAS INDUCTED INTO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN 2004. AFTER SCHOOL, YOUNG EARNED NFL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR HONORS WITH THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES IN 1973 AND WENT ON TO PLAY FOR 13 SEASONS IN THE NFL WITH FOUR TEAMS. HE EARNED ALL-PRO HONORS FOUR TIMES AND WON A SUPER BOWL WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS IN 1983.
SPORTS IN NUMBERS
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FEBRUARY 4, 1952 – LEGENDARY ATHLETE JACKIE ROBINSON WHO NOT ONLY HELPED TO BREAK THE COLOR BARRIERS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CLIMBED OVER ANOTHER HURDLE. ON THIS DATE, NUMBER 42 BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN -AMERICAN TO BECOME AN EXECUTIVE AT A MAJOR TELEVISION STATION WNBC IN NEW YORK.
FEBRUARY 4, 1979 – AT THE 29TH ANNUAL NBA ALL-STAR GAME WHICH WAS HELD AT THE PONTIAC SILVERDOME, PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, THE WEST STARS OUTLASTED THE EAST STANDOUTS BY THE TUNE OF 134-129. THE GAME’S MVP WAS NUMBER 33 OF THE DENVER NUGGETS SHOOTING GUARD DAVID THOMPSON.
FEBRUARY 4, 1986 – 38TH NHL ALL-STAR GAME, HARTFORD CIVIC CENTER: WALES CONFERENCE BEATS CAMPBELL CONFERENCE, 4-3 (OT); MVP WAS GOALIE GRANT FUHR, NUMBER 31 OF THE EDMONTON OILERS. FUHR GOT HIS PROFESSIONAL START IN THE AJHL WITH THE SHERWOOD PARK CRUSADERS AND THEN MOVED INTO THE WHL’S VICTORIA COUGARS ACCORDING TO ELITEPROSPECTS.COM.
HE THEN MADE HIS NHL DEBUT WITH WAYNE GRETZSKY AND THE EDMONTON OILERS AGAINST THE WINNIPEG JETS ON OCTOBER 14, 1981. FUHR BECAME AN INTEGRAL PIECE OF THE OILERS DYNASTY IN THE 1980S, BY ALMOST BECOMING AN IMPENETRABLE STONE WALL IN FRONT OF THE EDMONTON GOAL FOR MOST OF THE NEXT DECADE. GRANT WAS PART OF THE EDMONTON SQUADS THAT WON FOUR STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FIVE YEARS AND IT WASN’T JUST THE GREAT ONE SCORING, BUT THE DEFENSE OF THE OILERS NET WAS A BIG PART OF THE TEAM’S SUCCESS TOO. IN TEN SEASONS FUHR HAD 11059 SAVES WITH THE OILERS IN 423 GAMES PLAYED. HIS AVERAGE OF SAVING ABOUT 90% OF SHOTS FIRED ON HIS NEVER REALLY WAIVERED MUCH THROUGHOUT HIS STELLAR CAREER.
EVERYTHING WAS GOING PRETTY WELL FOR THE YOUNG NET MINDER. THEN ALMOST OUT OF THE BLUE IN 1989 THE FUTURE HALL OF FAME GOALIE THREATENED TO WALK AWAY FROM THE GAME AT 26-YEARS OF AGE, AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS TALENTED RUN, THANKS TO AN APPARENT DISPUTE WITH GLEN SATHER AND SOME REALLY BAD ADVICE FROM HIS AGENT RITCH WINTER. MUCH OF THIS STEMMED FROM WINTER NOT GETTING ALONG WITH SATHER. ALLEGEDLY THE TWO HAD A CONFRONTATION IN WHICH THEY ENGAGED IN A SESSION OF SHOVING EACH OTHER WHILE TRYING TO WORK OUT A NEW DEAL FOR THE FUHR BACK IN 1987. PERHAPS THE SAVING GRACE FOR EDMONTON, WHO NOTORIOUSLY WAS KNOWN TO UNDERPAY THEIR TOP TALENT, WAS THAT RICH WINTER WAS ABLE TO SECURE FUHR A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE PEPSI-COLA, THAT WOULD’VE SEEN THE FUTURE HALL OF FAMER HAS A PEPSI LOGO ON EACH OF HIS PADS, STARTING IN THE UPCOMING 1989-90 SEASON. THE CONTRACT WITH PEPSI WAS QUITE A GOOD SALARY SUPPLEMENT ON PAPER FOR FUHR. THERE WAS ONE PROBLEM THOUGH HOWEVER WITH IT, THE NHL DID NOT ALLOW FOR INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE ADVERTISING ON THEIR PERSONS. THEY WANT A STANDARD UNIFORM ON EVERY PLAYER ON THE TEAM. THIS FUELED THE HEAT BETWEEN FUHR AND THE OILERS EVEN FURTHER. HE LITERALLY FILED THE RETIREMENT PAPERS WITH THE CLUB, BUT SATHER NEVER FILED THEM WITH THE LEAGUE OFFICES. EVENTUALLY, THINGS SETTLED DOWN IN THE DISPUTE.
ROB SORIA ON THE THEHOCKEYWRITERS.COM ARTICLE FROM JULY OF 2021 WROTE THIS:
“AFTER COMING TO THE REALIZATION IT WAS THE NHL AND NOT THE OILERS WHO WAS PROHIBITING HIM FROM PUTTING THE DEAL WITH PEPSI INTO ACTION, HIS STANCE SOFTENED. ON AUGUST 24TH, 1989, IT WAS MADE OFFICIAL THAT FUHR WOULD BE REMAINING WITH THE ORANGE AND BLUE. THOUGH HIS AGENT DID HIM NO FAVORS WITH THE APPROACH HE TOOK, THE FACT THIS SITUATION TURNED INTO THE FIASCO IT DID WAS ON THE PLAYER.”
AFTER A COUPLE MORE LUKEWARM SEASONS OF CONTRACT DISPUTE, SUSPENSION AND INJURY, FUHR WAS SET TO MAKE HIS RETURN IN THE CREASE IN THE 59TH GAME OF THE 1990 SEASON. IT HAD BEEN NEARLY TWO YEARS SINCE HE WAS ON THE ICE HEALTHY. THE GOALIE SHED HIS NORMALLY COLORFUL PADS AND WORE MAINLY WHITE ONES TO REPRESENT HIS CLEAN NEW START. APPARENTLY IN THE BACKGROUND HE HAD BEEN BATTLING SOME DEMONS AND NOW AFTER A YEAR OF MENDING HE WAS READY TO REKINDLE HIS HICKEY CAREER. HIS COMEBACK GAME AGAINST THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS SHOWED HE WAS BACK AS THE OILER WON 4-0. HE ENDED UP REGAINING HIS STATUS AS THE TOP GOALIE ON THE SQUAD AND CONVINCED THE LEAGUE THAT HE WAS INDEED BACK TO OLD FORM.
FURH DEPARTED THE OILERS IN 1991 AND WENT ON TO PLAY FOR TORONTO, BUFFALO, LOS ANGELES, CALGARY, AND ST LOUIS BEFORE CALLING IT A CAREER AFTER THE 1999 SEASON.
WE SALUTE NUMBER 31 GRANT FUHR FOR OVERCOMING HIS PERSONAL OBSTACLES AND GIVING TO OTHERS INSPIRATION AND HOPE THAT MAY BE IN THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCE THAT THEY TOO CAN RECOVER AND THRIVE IN LIFE.
FEBRUARY 4, 1990 – NFL PRO BOWL, ALOHA STADIUM, HONOLULU, HI: NFC BEATS AFC, 27-21; MVP: JERRY GRAY, LA RAMS, DB
1996 NFL PRO BOWL, ALOHA STADIUM, HONOLULU, HI: NFC BEATS AFC, 20-13; MVP WAS NUMBER 80 OF THE 49ERS WIDE RECEIVER JERRY RICE.
FEBRUARY 4, 1997 – PITTSBURGH PENGUINS NUMBER 66 STAR MARIO LEMIEUX BECAME 7TH NHL PLAYER REACH THE PLATEAU OF SCORING 600 GOALS.
FEBRUARY 4, 2001 – NFL PRO BOWL, ALOHA STADIUM, HONOLULU, HI: AFC BEATS NFC, 38-17. MVP WAS NONE OTHER THAN NUMBER 12 OF THE OAKLAND RAIDERS QB RICH GANNON.
2001 – NUMBER 13 OF THE BOSTON BRUINS, RW BILL GUERIN WAS SELECTED AS THE MVP OF THE 51ST NHL ALL-STAR GAME PLAYED AT THE PEPSI CENTRE, DENVER, CO. NORTH AMERICA BEATS WORLD, 14-12.
2007 SUPER BOWL XLI, DOLPHIN STADIUM, MIAMI GARDENS, MIAMI, FL: INDIANAPOLIS COLTS EASED BY THE CHICAGO BEARS, 29-17. THE GAME’S MVP AS INDIANAPOLIS, QB PEYTON MANNING, NUMBER 18.
2018 SUPER BOWL LII TOOK PLACE AT US BANK STADIUM IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES SURPRISED THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS, 41-33 TO TAKE HOME THE LOMBARDI GUIDED BY THE PHILLY SPECIAL PLAY. THE GAME’S MVP TROPHY WAS GIVEN TO THE RECIPIENT OF THAT NOW FAMOUS PASS PLAY PHILADELPHIA QUARTERBACK NICK FOLES, WHO WORE NUMBER 9 IN THE BIG GAME
OUR SPORTS JERSEY TAKE OF THE DAY IS BY RAY DURBIN OF ROW ONE BRAND AS HE SPEAKS OF THE COMPARISONS OF HIS TWO FAVORITE NUMBER 40’S CRAZY LEGS HIRSCH AND GALE SAYERS. MAKE SURE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ABOVE FOR THAT!
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1930 THE REDS SELECT LEO DUROCHER (.246, 0, 32) OFF WAIVERS. THE 24-YEAR-OLD SHORTSTOP, AN UNPOPULAR PLAYER IN THE YANKEES CLUBHOUSE, FALLS OUT OF FAVOR IN NEW YORK AFTER A SALARY DISPUTE WITH ED BARROW, THE CLUB’S GENERAL MANAGER.
1931 HACK WILSON, WHO SET NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORDS LAST SEASON WHEN HE DROVE IN 191 RUNS AND HIT 56 HOME RUNS, A MARK SINCE SURPASSED IN 1998 BY MARK MCGWIRE AND SAMMY SOSA, SIGNS FOR $35,000. THE 31-YEAR-OLD CUB OUTFIELDER’S 1930 RBI TOTAL REMAINS ONE OF THE GAME’S MOST ENDURING RECORDS.
1934 A DAY BEFORE BABE RUTH’S 39TH BIRTHDAY, FUTURE ALL-TIME HOME RUN LEADER HAMMERIN’ HANK AARON IS BORN IN MOBILE, ALABAMA. THE SLUGGER, WHO WILL FINISH HIS CAREER HITTING 755 HOME RUNS PLAYING FOR THE BRAVES AND BREWERS, WILL SURPASS THE ‘BAMBINO’S’ RECORD OF 714 HOME RUNS IN 1974 AFTER RECEIVING MUCH HATE MAIL FROM PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WANT TO SEE A BLACK MAN BREAK BASEBALL’S HALLOWED MARK.
1951 CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR EARL WARREN DENIES THE RUMOR THAT HE IS UNDER CONSIDERATION TO BE BASEBALL’S NEXT COMMISSIONER. THE US SENATE WILL CONFIRM THOMAS DEWEY’S 1950 REPUBLICAN RUNNING MATE AS THE 14TH CHIEF JUSTICE IN 1954.
1977 THE CUBS DEAL SOUTHPAW DAROLD KNOWLES TO THE RANGERS FOR A PLAYER TO BE NAMED LATER AND CASH. THE LEFT-HANDER WILL POST A 5-2 RECORD FOR TEXAS, AND OUTFIELDER GENE CLINES, WHO MADE PART OF THE TRADE TEN DAYS LATER, WILL HELP HIS NEW CLUB, BATTING A RESPECTABLE .293 WHILE PLAYING IN 101 GAMES FOR CHICAGO.
1983 THE ROYALS TRADE MINOR LEAGUE PROSPECT CECIL FIELDER TO THE BLUE JAYS FOR 32-YEAR-OLD OUTFIELDER LEON ROBERTS, WHO WILL RETIRE AFTER HAVING TWO MEDIOCRE SEASONS IN KANSAS CITY. ‘BIG DADDY’ WILL ENJOY SEVERAL MVP-CALIBER SEASONS DURING HIS 13-YEAR TENURE IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES, HAVING HIS BEST YEARS PLAYING FOR THE TIGERS.
1999 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WILL START RECOGNIZING THE BEST HITTER IN EACH LEAGUE WITH THE HANK AARON AWARD. THE ALL-TIME HOME RUN KING LEARNS ABOUT THE HONOR ON HIS 65TH BIRTHDAY AT AN EVENT THAT INCLUDES PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, ERNIE BANKS, AND REGGIE JACKSON.
2002 THE LATIN AMERICAN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME MUSEUM INDUCTS LUIS ARROYO, BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS 1961 SEASON WITH THE YANKEES (15-5, 29 SAVES). THE PUERTO RICAN RELIEVER, WHO MADE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STAR SQUAD AS A ROOKIE WITH THE CARDINALS IN 1955, HAD AN EIGHT-YEAR CAREER MARK OF 40-32, SAVING 36 GAMES WITH A 3.93 ERA.
2002 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ANNOUNCES THE WITHDRAWAL OF ITS PLAN FOR CONTRACTION THIS UPCOMING SEASON, BUT THE SPORT IS STILL DETERMINED TO ELIMINATE TWO TEAMS IN 2003. ATTEMPTS TO CONTRACT THE TWINS AND EXPOS THIS SEASON DID NOT HAPPEN DUE TO A SERIES OF LEGAL DECISIONS AND FIERCE OPPOSITION FROM THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION.
2002 TROY PERCIVAL’S SEVEN-YEAR TENURE WITH ANAHEIM, THE LONGEST ON THE CURRENT ROSTER, WILL INCREASE WHEN THE ALL-STAR RELIEVER SIGNS A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION TO STAY WITH THE CLUB. THE 32-YEAR-OLD RIGHT-HANDER, THE ANGELS’ ALL-TIME LEADER WITH 210 CAREER SAVES, CONVERTED 39 OF 42 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES LAST SEASON.
2002 THE ASTROS FILE A MOTION IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, ASKING THE COURT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE 30-YEAR NAMING AGREEMENT WITH ENRON SIGNED IN 1999 SHOULD CONTINUE. THE TEAM DOES NOT WANT TO CALL ITS STADIUM ENRON FIELD DUE TO THE FINANCIAL BURDEN MANY HOUSTON-AREA RESIDENTS FACE DUE TO THE BANKRUPT ENERGY COMPANY’S BUSINESS PRACTICES.
2008 ALEX RIOS (.297, 24, 85) AND THE BLUE JAYS AGREE ON A $4,835,000, ONE-YEAR DEAL, INCLUDING A $3.5 MILLION SIGNING BONUS WITH A BASE SALARY OF $1,335,000. THE 26-YEAR-OLD ALL-STAR OUTFIELDER WILL NOT BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AGENCY UNTIL THE END OF THE 2010 SEASON.
2008 FREDDIE SANCHEZ SIGNS AN $11 MILLION, TWO-YEAR CONTRACT TO CONTINUE TO PLAY SECOND BASE FOR THE PIRATES. THE 2006 NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING CHAMP COULD ADD ANOTHER $8 MILLION IN 2010 IF THE BUCS EXERCISE THEIR OPTION TO RETAIN HIS SERVICES.
2008 SCOTT PODSEDNIK (.243, 2, 11) AGREES TO A $750,000 MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACT WITH THE ROCKIES, APPEARING IN 93 GAMES IN A PART-TIME ROLE FOR THE THIRD-PLACE CLUB. THE SPEEDY 31-YEAR-OLD OUTFIELDER, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE IN THE 2005 WHITE SOX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN BY INJURIES DURING THE PAST TWO SEASONS.
2008 DAVE BUSH (12-10, 5.12), VYING TO STAY IN THE STARTING ROTATION, SIGNS A $2.55 MILLION, ONE-YEAR DEAL TO PITCH FOR THE BREWERS. THE DURABLE 28-YEAR-OLD RIGHT-HANDER, WHO MADE AT LEAST 31 STARTS EACH OF THE PREVIOUS TWO SEASONS, WILL MAKE AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 AS PART OF THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT IF HE PITCHES 210 INNINGS.
2009 IN AN ARRANGEMENT SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, ODALIS PEREZ AND THE NATIONALS AGREE TO A NON-GUARANTEED MINOR LEAGUE DEAL, WHICH WILL REWARD THE SOUTHPAW WITH AN $850,000 MAJOR LEAGUE CONTRACT IF HE MAKES THE CLUB THIS SEASON DURING SPRING TRAINING. A YEAR AGO, THE LEFT-HANDER MADE 30 STARTS FOR WASHINGTON, POSTING A 7-12 RECORD WITH A 4.34 ERA FOR THE LAST-PLACE TEAM.
2009 JOSEPH REAVES, DODGERS DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, ANNOUNCES THAT THE MAY 16 REGULAR-SEASON GAME BETWEEN THE MEXICO CITY DIABLOS ROJOS AND THE MONTERREY SULTANES WILL OCCUR AT DODGER STADIUM. THE CONTEST BETWEEN THE TWO MOST STORIED FRANCHISES SOUTH OF THE BORDER MARKS THE FIRST TIME A MEXICAN LEAGUE GAME HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS.
2010 THE TWINS AND DODGER FORMER INFIELDER ORLANDO HUDSON (.283, 9, 62) AGREE TO A $5 MILLION, ONE-YEAR CONTRACT. THE 32-YEAR-OLD FREE-AGENT SECOND BASEMAN, KNOWN AS O-DOG, IS EXPECTED TO BAT SECOND IN THE MINNESOTA LINEUP, HITTING BETWEEN LEADOFF MAN DENARD SPAN AND AL MVP JOE MAUER.
2010 THE BALL ALEX RODRIGUEZ HIT FOR HIS 500TH HOME RUN IS SOLD AT AN AUCTION FOR $103,579 TO AN ANONYMOUS BIDDER. THE HISTORIC HORSEHIDE, WHICH CLEARED THE LEFT FIELD WALL AT YANKEE STADIUM ON AUGUST 4, 2007, WAS RECOVERED BY 6-FOOT-4-INCH WALTER KOWALCZYK, A RUTGERS UNIVERSITY STUDENT WHO USED HIS 250-POUND FRAME TO PROTECT HIS PRIZED POSSESSION FROM THE SCRUM OF SOUVENIR SEEKERS.
2014 THE DODGERS AGREE TO A MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACT WITH FREE-AGENT JUSTIN TURNER, WHO WAS NON-TENDERED BY THE METS AFTER HITTING .265 IN 301 GAMES WITH THE TEAM OVER FOUR SEASONS. SINCE HIS ARRIVAL, THE ALL-STAR THIRD BASEMAN’S STEADY FIELDING AND CONSISTENT HITTING PROVE TO BE A SIGNIFICANT ASSET IN LA’S STRING OF TITLES.
TV SUNDAY
| COLLEGE BASKETBALL – MEN’S | TIME ET | TV |
| FORDHAM AT RICHMOND | 12:00PM | USA |
| DEPAUL AT SETON HALL | 12:00PM | FS1 |
| LA SALLE AT SAINT JOSEPH’S | 12:00PM | ESPNU |
| OHIO STATE AT MICHIGAN | 1:00PM | CBS |
| MISSOURI STATE AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| NIAGARA AT SIENA | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| RIDER AT MANHATTAN | 2:00PM | ESPN3 |
| IONA AT FAIRFIELD | 2:00PM | ESPN3 |
| MOUNT ST. MARY’S AT QUINNIPIAC | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| CANISIUS AT MARIST | 2:00PM | ESPN+ |
| WICHITA STATE AT TULSA | 3:00PM | ESPN+ |
| PENN STATE AT NEBRASKA | 4:30PM | BTN |
| HOUSTON AT TEMPLE | 6:00PM | ESPN2 |
| CALIFORNIA AT UTAH | 6:00PM | ESPNU |
| NORTHWESTERN AT WISCONSIN | 6:30PM | BTN |
| STANFORD AT COLORADO | 7:00PM | FS1 |
| COLLEGE BASKETBALL – WOMEN’S | TIME ET | TV |
| GEORGIA TECH AT MIAMI | 12:00PM | ACCN |
| NORTH CAROLINA AT LOUISVILLE | 12:00PM | ESPN2 |
| KANSAS ST. AT TEXAS TECH | 2:00PM | ESPNU |
| LSU AT TEXAS A&M | 2:00PM | ESPN2 |
| VIRGINIA AT PITTSBURGH | 2:00PM | ACCN |
| OHIO STATE AT MARYLAND | 4:00PM | ESPN2 |
| FLORIDA AT MISSISSIPPI | 4:00PM | ESPNU |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| PGA TOUR: AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM | 3:00PM | GOLF |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| NASCAR CUP: BUSCH LIGHT CLASH AT THE COLISEUM | 8:00PM | FOX |
| NBA REGULAR SEASON GAMES | TIME ET | TV |
| ORLANDO AT CHARLOTTE | 1:00PM | BALLY SPORTS |
| CLEVELAND AT INDIANA | 5:00PM | BALLY SPORTS |
| PHILADELPHIA AT NEW YORK | 6:00PM | ESPN NBCS-PHI MSG |
| TORONTO AT MEMPHIS | 6:00PM | BALLY SPORTS SPORTSNET |
| DENVER AT MINNESOTA | 7:00PM | ALT BALLY SPORTS |
| SACRAMENTO AT NEW ORLEANS | 7:00PM | NBCS-CA BALLY SPORTS |
| NFL | TIME ET | TV |
| PRO BOWL | 3:00PM | ABC |
| SOCCER MATCHES | TIME ET | TV |
| SERIE A: SPEZIA VS NAPOLI | 6:30AM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP: ST. JOHNSTONE VS CELTIC | 7:00AM | CBSSN |
| LIGUE 1: CLERMONT VS MONACO | 7:00AM | BEIN SPORTS |
| LA LIGA: MALLORCA VS REAL MADRID | 8:00AM | ESPN+ |
| ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: NOTTINGHAM FOREST VS LEEDS UNITED | 9:00AM | USA |
| LIGUE 1: LORIENT VS ANGERS SCO | 9:00AM | BEIN SPORTS |
| LIGUE 1: AUXERRE VS REIMS | 9:00AM | BEIN SPORTS |
| LIGUE 1: STRASBOURG VS MONTPELLIER | 9:00AM | BEIN SPORTS |
| SERIE A: TORINO VS UDINESE | 9:00AM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| BUNDESLIGA: STUTTGART VS WERDER BREMEN | 9:30AM | ESPN+ |
| ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR VS MANCHESTER CITY | 11:30AM | NBC |
| LA LIGA: GIRONA VS VALENCIA | 10:15AM | ESPN+ |
| LIGUE 1: BREST VS LENS | 11:00AM | BEIN SPORTS |
| BUNDESLIGA: WOLFSBURG VS BAYERN MÜNCHEN | 11:30AM | ESPN+ |
| SERIE A: FIORENTINA VS BOLOGNA | 12:00PM | CBSSN |
| LA LIGA: REAL SOCIEDAD VS REAL VALLADOLID | 12:30PM | ESPN+ |
| LIGA MX: PUMAS UNAM VS ATLAS | 1:00PM | TUDN |
| SERIE A: INTERNAZIONALE VS MILAN | 2:45PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| LIGUE 1: OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE VS NICE | 2:45PM | BEIN SPORTS |
| LA LIGA: BARCELONA VS SEVILLA | 3:00PM | ESPN+ |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: ARSENAL VS ESTUDIANTES | 3:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: INDEPENDIENTE VS PLATENSE | 3:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: BOCA JUNIORS VS CENTRAL CÓRDOBA SDE | 5:15PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| LIGA MX: GUADALAJARA VS QUERÉTARO | 6:00PM | UNIVERSO PEACOCK |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: ATLÉTICO TUCUMÁN VS TALLERES CÓRDOBA | 7:30PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: GODOY CRUZ VS COLÓN | 7:30PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: UNIÓN SANTA FE VS INSTITUTO | 7:30PM | PARAMOUNT+ |
| LIGA MX: CRUZ AZUL VS TIGRES UANL | 8:10PM | TUDN |