“THE SCOREBOARD”
SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
FRIDAY NOV. 8
6A
SECTIONAL 1
CROWN POINT (10-0) AT PENN (8-2)
SECTIONAL 2
FORT WAYNE SNIDER (8-2) AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (8-2)
SECTIONAL 3
ZIONSVILLE (4-6) AT WESTFIELD (9-1)
SECTIONAL 4
FISHERS (6-4) AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (7-3)
SECTIONAL 5
BROWNSBURG (9-1) AT BEN DAVIS (5-5)
SECTIONAL 6
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (6-3) AT LAWRENCE NORTH (10-0)
SECTIONAL 7
PERRY MERIDIAN (5-5) AT WARREN CENTRAL (9-1)
SECTIONAL 8
FRANKLIN CENTRAL (6-3) AT CENTER GROVE (6-4)
5A
SECTIONAL 9
MERRILLVILLE (9-1) AT HAMMOND MORTON (5-4)
SECTIONAL 10
CHESTERTON (6-4) AT VALPARAISO (7-3)
SECTIONAL 11
WARSAW (7-3) AT CONCORD (10-0)
SECTIONAL 12
KOKOMO (5-4) AT LAFAYETTE JEFF (10-0)
SECTIONAL 13
DECATUR CENTRAL (7-2) AT PLAINFIELD (9-1)
SECTIONAL 14
FRANKLIN (4-6) AT EAST CENTRAL (7-3)
SECTIONAL 15
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (6-4) AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH (8-2)
SECTIONAL 16
EVANSVILLE NORTH (5-5) AT CASTLE (8-2)
4A
SECTIONAL 17
HANOVER CENTRAL (9-2) AT NEW PRAIRIE (8-3)
SECTIONAL 18
MISHAWAKA (9-2) AT NORTHWOOD (6-5)
SECTIONAL 19
EAST NOBLE (10-1) AT FORT WAYNE DWENGER (6-5)
SECTIONAL 20
HUNTINGTON NORTH (8-3) AT LEBANON (9-2)
SECTIONAL 21
PENDLETON HEIGHTS (6-5) AT NEW PALESTINE (10-0)
SECTIONAL 22
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (8-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (6-4) INDIANASRN.ORG BROADCAST
SECTIONAL 23
GREENWOOD (4-7) AT MARTINSVILLE (10-1)
SECTIONAL 24
BOONVILLE (6-5) AT EVANSVILLE REITZ (9-2)
3A
SECTIONAL 25
MISHAWAKA MARIAN (6-5) AT KNOX (8-3)
SECTIONAL 26
GARRETT (11-0) AT WEST NOBLE (10-1)
SECTIONAL 27
MACONAQUAH (11-0) AT WEST LAFAYETTE (8-3)
SECTIONAL 28
MISSISSINEWA (11-0) AT FORT WAYNE LUERS (7-4)
SECTIONAL 29
GUERIN CATHOLIC (6-5) AT TRI-WEST (7-4)
SECTIONAL 30
LAWRENCEBURG (10-1) AT BATESVILLE (7-3)
SECTIONAL 31
MADISON (6-4) AT NORTH HARRISON (8-3)
SECTIONAL 32
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (11-0) AT HERITAGE HILLS (10-1) INDIANASRN.ORG BROADCAST
2A
SECTIONAL 33
BREMEN (7-4) AT ANDREAN (7-4)
SECTIONAL 34
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (10-0) AT NORTH MONTGOMERY (5-6)
SECTIONAL 35
ADAMS CENTRAL (10-1) AT EASTSIDE (6-5)
SECTIONAL 36
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (7-4) AT TIPTON (7-4)
SECTIONAL 37
MONROVIA (9-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (10-1)
SECTIONAL 38
LAPEL (8-3) AT TRITON CENTRAL (9-2)
SECTIONAL 39
LINTON (9-2) AT GREENCASTLE (5-6)
SECTIONAL 40
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (11-0) AT TELL CITY (6-5)
1A
SECTIONAL 41
LAVILLE (6-5) AT NORTH JUDSON (11-0)
SECTIONAL 42
TAYLOR (6-5) AT PIONEER (8-3)
SECTIONAL 43
TRITON (8-3) AT NORTH MIAMI (9-2)
SECTIONAL 44
SOUTH ADAMS (6-5) AT MADISON-GRANT (10-1)
SECTIONAL 45
SOUTH PUTNAM (9-2) AT RIVERTON PARKE (8-3)
SECTIONAL 46
CLOVERDALE (5-4) AT SHERIDAN (6-5)
SECTIONAL 47
NORTH DECATUR (10-1) AT MILAN (7-4)
SECTIONAL 48
NORTH DAVIESS (8-3) AT PROVIDENCE (10-0)
INDIANAPOLIS ALL-CITY FOOTBALL TEAM
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: HARRISON FORESTAL, BISHOP CHATARD
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JACK LOCKHART, CATHEDRAL
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: DEVAUGHN SLAUGHTER, CATHEDRAL
COACH OF THE YEAR: ANTHONY KING, CRISPUS ATTUCKS
QUARTERBACKS
ELI NIX, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
SANTANA ALLEN, CARDINAL RITTER
RUNNING BACKS
DARRELL TAYLOR, CRISPUS ATTUCKS
KEVIN GETTER, TINDLEY
JONQUIL MUSE, PURDUE POLY
JEREMIAH DOWDELL, COVENANT CHRISTIAN
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
ZION HANEY, BISHOP CHATARD
ELI GIGERICH, CATHEDRAL
DAVON COLEMAN, CRISPUS ATTUCKS
NOAH STUCZYNSKI, SCECINA
TERRY ROBINSON, CARDINAL RITTER
TIGHT END
HARRISON FORESTAL, BISHOP CHATARD
KICKER
VAN KRISILOFF, CATHEDRAL
DEFENSIVE LINE
MICHAEL MCGINLEY, BISHOP CHATARD
AARON QUALLS, CARDINAL RITTER
AMIEL FALK, CRISPUS ATTUCKS
SAM UTZIG, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
KENDALL MOORE, PURDUE POLY
LINEBACKERS
KYLE HARDIN, CATHEDRAL
JUSTUS KLINGERMAN, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
EDDIE BENSON, BISHOP CHATARD
ASAPH MOZEE, TINDLEY
DEFENSIVE BACKS
ZACH GANTZ, BISHOP CHATARD
JACK LOCKHART, CATHEDRAL
DAMIR COLEMAN, CRISPUS ATTUCKS
NICK DEARMAN, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
ADEN CHASE, CATHEDRAL
PUNTER
ERIC MONTGOMERY, SCECINA
HONORABLE MENTION
CRISPUS ATTUCKS: JAMAAR BELLAMY, DARREN TAYLOR
BISHOP CHATARD: DECLAN HOSTETTLER
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN: COLE HUNT, NOAH DEARMAN
PURDUE POLY: PAXTON ROBERTS, LAMAR EVANS
SCECINA: ORLANDO ROSS
TINDLEY: TY YARRELL, JUSTUS JOHNSON, KENNETH CHRISTMON
WASHINGTON: NATE MAHONE, TEGAN WILLIAMS, RICKY WILLIAMS, CALVIN WASHINGTON
INDIANA VOLLEYBALL STATE FINALS
11 AM ET | CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
TRINITY LUTHERAN (29-8) VS FAITH CHRISTIAN (28-4)
1:30 PM ET | CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (33-3) VS WESTERN BOONE (25-5)
4:30 PM ET | CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
RONCALLI (34-0) VS ANGOLA (32-4)
7 PM ET | CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
YORKTOWN (33-2) VS CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (32-3)
IBCA PRE-SEASON GIRLS BASKETBALL POLL
1 LAWRENCE CENTRAL (20)
2 HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (2)
3 HOMESTEAD
4 LAWRENCE NORTH
5 CENTER GROVE
6 MCCUTCHEON
7 FRANKLIN CENTRAL
8 FISHERS
9 PLAINFIELD
10 NORTHRIDGE
11 NOBLESVILLE
12 WARSAW
13 BROWNSBURG
14 COLUMBIA CITY
15 GREENSBURG
16 GIBSON SOUTHERN
T.17 SILVER CREEK
T.17 SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON
19 VALPARAISO
20 CARMEL
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY): BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (20-5), BORDEN (20-5), CARROLL-FORT WAYNE (9-15), CHESTERTON (16-8), ELKHART (13-10), EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (20-4), FORT WAYNE SNIDER (22-3), FRANKLIN COMMUNITY (24-4), HAMILTON HEIGHTS (24-3), HAMMOND CENTRAL (19-6), INDIAN CREEK (21-5), INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (10-11), INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (19-9), JEFFERSONVILLE (13-10), JENNINGS COUNTY (23-4), LAKE CENTRAL (26-5), LANESVILLE (29-1), MARQUETTE CATHOLIC (24-5), NORTH KNOX (25-2), NORWELL (23-5), PENDLETON HEIGHTS (15-10), PIKE (12-15), RENSSELAER CENTRAL (22-2), SCOTTSBURG (22-5), SOUTH KNOX (23-2), WASHINGTON (22-5), WESTFIELD (13-10), ZIONSVILLE (16-7).
INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL MONDAY
ALEXANDRIA 69 DALEVILLE 30
PERRY CENTRAL 50 CANNELTON 12
INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL TUESDAY
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, NOV. 5
7:30 P.M. | BOWLING GREEN AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN | ESPN2
8 P.M. | MIAMI (OHIO) AT BALL STATE | ESPN
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6
7 P.M. | OHIO AT KENT STATE | ESPNU
7 P.M. | NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT WESTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN2
THURSDAY, NOV. 7
8 P.M. | APPALACHIAN STATE AT COASTAL CAROLINA | ESPN
8 P.M. | FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT EAST CAROLINA | ESPN2
FRIDAY, NOV. 8
6 P.M. | DARTMOUTH AT PRINCETON | ESPNU
8 P.M. | CAL AT WAKE FOREST | ACC NETWORK
9 P.M. | IOWA AT UCLA | FOX
9 P.M. | RICE AT MEMPHIS | ESPN2
10:30 P.M. | NEW MEXICO AT SAN DIEGO STATE | FS1
SATURDAY, NOV. 9
12 P.M. | FLORIDA AT NO. 5 TEXAS | ABC/ESPN+
12 P.M. | NO. 4 MIAMI (FLA.) AT GEORGIA TECH | ESPN
12 P.M. | PURDUE AT NO. 3 OHIO STATE | FOX
12 P.M. | WEST VIRGINIA AT CINCINNATI | FS1
12 P.M. | MINNESOTA AT RUTGERS | NBC
12 P.M. | TEXAS STATE AT UL MONROE | ESPNU
12 P.M. | NAVY AT SOUTH FLORIDA | ESPN2
12 P.M. | SYRACUSE AT BOSTON COLLEGE | CW NETWORK
12 P.M. | WESTERN CAROLINA AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE | ESPN+
12 P.M. | BROWN AT YALE | ESPN+
12 P.M. | COLUMBIA AT HARVARD | ESPN+
12 P.M. | MORGAN STATE AT DELAWARE STATE | ESPN+
12 P.M. | LONG ISLAND AT SACRED HEART | ESPN+
12 P.M. | LEHIGH AT HOLY CROSS | ESPN+
1 P.M. | LIBERTY AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | CBSSN
1 P.M. | UALBANY AT STONY BROOK | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | BRYANT AT MAINE | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | RHODE ISLAND AT DELAWARE | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | ELON AT WILLIAM & MARY | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | HAMPTON AT TOWSON | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | MONMOUTH AT NEW HAMPSHIRE | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA A&T AT VILLANOVA | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | YOUNGSTOWN STATE AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+
1 P.M. | MARIST AT STETSON | ESPN+
1 P.M. | MOREHEAD STATE AT DAVIDSON | ESPN+
1 P.M. | PENN AT CORNELL | ESPN+
1 P.M. | LAFAYETTE AT COLGATE | ESPN+
1 P.M. | FORDHAM AT BUCKNELL | ESPN+
1:30 P.M. | EASTERN ILLINOIS AT GARDNER-WEBB | ESPN+
1:30 P.M. | MERCER AT VMI | ESPN+
2 P.M. | TARLETON STATE AT WEST GEORGIA | ESPN+
2 P.M. | CENTRAL ARKANSAS AT EASTERN KENTUCKY | ESPN+
2 P.M. | CHATTANOOGA AT THE CITADEL | ESPN+
2 P.M. | UT MARTIN AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN | ESPN+
2 P.M. | SE MISSOURI STATE AT LINDENWOOD | ESPN+
2 P.M. | TENNESSEE STATE AT WESTERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+
2 P.M. | EASTERN WASHINGTON AT NORTHERN COLORADO | ESPN+
2 P.M. | WOFFORD AT FURMAN | ESPN+
2 P.M. | ILLINOIS STATE AT UNI | ESPN+
2 P.M. | INDIANA STATE AT SOUTH DAKOTA | ESPN+
2 P.M. | MISSOURI STATE AT MURRAY STATE | ESPN+
2 P.M. | SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT NORTH DAKOTA | ESPN+
2 P.M. | BUTLER AT VALPARAISO | ESPN+
2:30 P.M. | UCONN AT UAB | ESPN+
3 P.M. | MARSHALL AT SOUTHERN MISS | ESPN+
3 P.M. | NORTH ALABAMA AT SOUTHERN UTAH | ESPN+
3 P.M. | NICHOLLS AT HOUSTON CHRISTIAN | ESPN+
3 P.M. | LAMAR AT UIW | ESPN+
3 P.M. | IDAHO STATE AT WEBER STATE | ESPN+
3 P.M. | SACRAMENTO STATE AT MONTANA STATE | ESPN+
3 P.M. | ALABAMA STATE AT GRAMBLING | ESPN+
3 P.M. | FLORIDA A&M AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | ESPN+
3 P.M. | TENNESSEE TECH AT SAMFORD | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | NO. 2 GEORGIA AT NO. 16 OLE MISS | ABC/ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | NO. 19 CLEMSON AT VIRGINIA TECH | ESPN
3:30 P.M. | MICHIGAN AT NO. 8 INDIANA | CBS
3:30 P.M. | NO. 17 IOWA STATE AT KANSAS | FS1
3:30 P.M. | NO. 18 ARMY AT NORTH TEXAS | ESPN2
3:30 P.M. | DUKE AT NC STATE | ACC NETWORK
3:30 P.M. | SAN JOSE STATE AT OREGON STATE | CW NETWORK
3:30 P.M. | GEORGIA STATE AT JAMES MADISON | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | RICHMOND AT CAMPBELL | FLOSPORTS
3:30 P.M. | SOUTH CAROLINA STATE AT HOWARD | ESPN+
4 P.M. | NO. 21 COLORADO AT TEXAS TECH | FOX
4 P.M. | TEMPLE AT TULANE | ESPNU
4 P.M. | KENNESAW STATE AT UTEP | ESPN+
4 P.M. | ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT AUSTIN PEAY | ESPN+
4 P.M. | IDAHO AT PORTLAND STATE | ESPN+
4:15 P.M. | SOUTH CAROLINA AT NO. 24 VANDERBILT | SEC NETWORK
4:30 P.M. | JACKSONVILLE STATE AT LOUISIANA TECH | CBSSN
4:30 P.M. | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE | ESPN+
5 P.M. | ARKANSAS STATE AT LOUISIANA | ESPN+
6 P.M. | WESTERN KENTUCKY AT NEW MEXICO STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | MARYLAND AT NO. 1 OREGON | BIG TEN NETWORK
7 P.M. | MISSISSIPPI STATE AT NO. 7 TENNESSEE | ESPN
7 P.M. | UCF AT ARIZONA STATE | ESPN2
7 P.M. | OKLAHOMA STATE AT TCU | FS1
7 P.M. | NORTHWESTERN STATE AT SE LOUISIANA | ESPN+
7:30 P.M. | FLORIDA STATE AT NO. 10 NOTRE DAME | NBC
7:30 P.M. | NO. 11 ALABAMA AT NO. 14 LSU | ABC/ESPN+
7:45 P.M. | OKLAHOMA AT MISSOURI | SEC NETWORK
8 P.M. | WASHINGTON AT NO. 6 PENN STATE | PEACOCK
8 P.M. | NEVADA AT NO. 12 BOISE STATE | FOX
8 P.M. | VIRGINIA AT NO. 23 PITT | ACC NETWORK
8 P.M. | NORTHERN ARIZONA AT CAL POLY | ESPN+
9 P.M. | UNLV AT HAWAI’I | CBSSN
9:45 P.M. | FRESNO STATE AT AIR FORCE | FS1
10:15 P.M. | NO. 9 BYU AT UTAH | ESPN
10:15 P.M. | UC DAVIS AT MONTANA | ESPN2
10:30 P.M. | UTAH STATE AT NO. 20 WASHINGTON STATE | CW NETWORK
NFL SCORES
MONDAY, NOV. 4
KANSAS CITY 30 TAMPA BAY 24 OT
WEEK 10
THURSDAY, NOV. 7
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, NOV. 10
NEW YORK GIANTS VS CAROLINA PANTHERS (9:30A NFL NETWORK, MUNICH)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)
BUFFALO BILLS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P CBS)
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)
DENVER BRONCOS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (1:00P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P FOX)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P CBS)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:05P FOX)
NEW YORK JETS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:25P CBS)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT DALLAS COWBOYS (4:25P CBS)
DETROIT LIONS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, NOV. 11
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 11
THURSDAY, NOV. 14
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, NOV. 17
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT DETROIT LIONS (1:00P CBS)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P CBS)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P FOX)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1:00P CBS)
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:05P FOX)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:05P FOX)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT BUFFALO BILLS (4:25P CBS)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:25P CBS)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, NOV. 18
HOUSTON TEXANS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 12
THURSDAY, NOV. 21
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, NOV. 24
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P CBS)
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)
DETROIT LIONS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P CBS)
DALLAS COWBOYS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P FOX)
DENVER BRONCOS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:05P CBS)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (4:25P FOX)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:25P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, NOV. 25
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 13
THURSDAY, NOV. 28 (THANKSGIVING)
CHICAGO BEARS AT DETROIT LIONS (12:30P CBS)
NEW YORK GIANTS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (4:30P FOX)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (8:20P NBC)
FRIDAY, NOV. 29
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (3:00P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, DEC. 1
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P CBS)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1:00P CBS)
HOUSTON TEXANS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P CBS)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT NEW YORK JETS (1:00P FOX)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (4:05P FOX)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (4:05P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (4:25P CBS)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT BUFFALO BILLS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 2
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT DENVER BRONCOS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 14
THURSDAY, DEC. 5
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT DETROIT LIONS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, DEC. 8
NEW YORK JETS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P FOX)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (1:00P FOX)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1:00P CBS)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P CBS)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P CBS)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:05P CBS)
BUFFALO BILLS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (4:25P FOX)
CHICAGO BEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:25P FOX)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 9
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (8:15P ESPN/ABC)
NBA SCORES
CLEVELAND 116 MILWAUKEE 114
GOLDEN STATE 125 WASHINGTON 112
DETROIT 115 LA LAKERS 103
BOSTON 123 ATLANTA 93
BROOKLYN 106 MEMPHIS 104
SACRAMENTO 111 MIAMI 110
UTAH 135 CHICAGO 126
HOUSTON 109 NEW YORK 97
MINNESOTA 114 CHARLOTTE 93
OKLAHOMA CITY 102 ORLANDO 86
PORTLAND 118 NEW ORLEANS 100
INDIANA 134 DALLAS 127
DENVER 121 TORONTO 119
PHOENIX 118 PHILADELPHIA 116
LA CLIPPERS 113 SAN ANTONIO 104
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25
#14 PURDUE 90 TEXAS A&M CC 73
#20 CINCINNATI 109 ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF 54
#12 TENNESSEE 80 GARDNER WEBB 64
#23 KENTUCKY 103 WRIGHT STATE 62
#7 DUKE 96 MAINE 62
CENTRAL FLORIDA 64 #13 TEXAS A&M 61
#5 IOWA 83 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 44
#1 KANSAS 87 HOWARD 57
#4 HOUSTON 97 JACKSON STATE 40
#24 OLE MISS 90 LONG ISLAND 60
#21 FLORIDA 98 S. FLORIDA 83
#18 MARQUETTE 102 STONY BROOK 62
#9 NORTH CAROLINA 90 ELON 76
#2 ALABAMA 110 UNC ASHEVILLE 54
OHIO STATE 80 #19 TEXAS 72
#10 ARIZONA 93 CANISIUS 64
#22 UCLA 85 RIDER 60
#6 GONZAGA 101 #8 BAYLOR 63
ELSEWHERE:
LIBERTY 83 VALPO 63
BUTLER 72 MISSOURI STATE 65
PURDUE FT. WAYNE 99 BLUFFTON 47
GEORGIA STATE 71 BALL STATE 66
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 97 INDIANA STATE 64
DEPAUL 80 SOUTHERN INDIANA 78 OT
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25
#11 DUKE 89 RADFORD 36
#19 FLORIDA STATE 119 N. FLORIDA 46
#15 NORTH CAROLINA 83 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 53
#8 IOWA STATE 96 CHICAGO STATE 56
#3 USC 68 #20 OLE MISS 66
#13 KANSAS STATE 92 GREEN BAY 45
#23 NEBRASKA 88 OMAHA 48
#5 UCLA 66 #17 LOUISVILLE 59
#6 NOTRE DAME 105 MERCYHURST 61
#22 KENTUCKY 98 USC UPSTATE 43
#24 ALABAMA 115 NEW ORLEANS 53
#10 OKLAHOMA 76 SOUTHERN 44
#18 MARYLAND 74 MARYLAND BALTIMORE 32
#25 INDIANA 82 BROWN 60
#1 SOUTH CAROLINA 68 MICHIGAN 62
#7 LSU 95 EASTERN KENTUCKY 44
ELSEWHERE:
LIBERTY 77 VALPO 58
BELLARMINE 88 INDIANA SOUTHEAST 56
BALL STATE 60 OLD DOMINION 46
WESTERN KENTUCK 71 INDIANA STATE 59
SOUTHERN INDIANA 100 BRESCIA 49
NHL SCORES
LOS ANGELES 3 NASHVILLE 0
NEW JERSEY 3 EDMONTON 0
MLS PLAYOFFS
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CHIEFS NEED OT BEFORE BESTING BUCS TO REMAIN UNBEATEN
Kareem Hunt bulled his way in for the decisive 2-yard rushing score with 4:08 left in overtime and the Kansas City Chiefs remained unbeaten with a 30-24 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.
Patrick Mahomes passed for 291 yards and three touchdowns despite aggravating his left ankle injury while helping Kansas City (8-0) win its 14th consecutive game, including the postseason. DeAndre Hopkins caught two touchdown passes in his second game for Kansas City.
The Buccaneers scored a tying touchdown in the final minute of regulation, but the Chiefs won the coin toss at the start of overtime and never allowed Tampa Bay to possess the ball again. It was the first time all season Kansas City reached the 30-point mark.
Hunt rushed for 106 yards on 27 carries, Travis Kelce had 14 receptions for 100 yards and Hopkins had eight catches for 86 yards. Mahomes connected on 34 of 44 passes.
Baker Mayfield completed 23 of 31 passes for 200 yards and two touchdowns for the Buccaneers (4-5). Cade Otton had eight receptions for 77 yards and a touchdown, and Ryan Miller caught the tying 1-yard pass with 27 seconds to play in the fourth quarter.
Kansas City drove 70 yards on 10 plays in overtime.
The Chiefs knotted the score at 17 on Mahomes’ 7-yard touchdown pass to Samaje Perine with 14:14 left in the fourth.
Mahomes reinjured the ankle on the play. He was running toward the line of scrimmage and took an awkward step before making a shot put-like throw to Perine.
Mahomes eventually needed to be helped off the field, and he entered the medical tent. A short time later, Mahomes jogged down the sideline and then returned to the contest when Kansas City next had possession.
Mahomes wasn’t hampered on the Chiefs’ ensuing march as he guided a 15-play, 78-yard drive over 8:26 during pouring rain. He hit Hopkins with a 5-yard scoring pass to give Kansas City a 24-17 lead with 4:17 to go.
The Buccaneers answered with a 10-play, 71-yard drive to force OT.
Tampa Bay trailed by three at the half before using 10 third-quarter points to take a 17-10 lead.
Bucky Irving returned the second-half kickoff 46 yards to the Tampa Bay 49-yard line to get things started. The Buccaneers then moved 51 yards on six plays with Mayfield connecting with Otton on a 11-yard scoring pass with 11:36 left in the third quarter.
The Buccaneers’ lead grew to seven on Chase McLaughlin’s 47-yard field goal with 5:50 left in the period.
Earlier, Kansas City struck first when Harrison Butker kicked a 40-yard field goal with 2:16 left in the first quarter.
Tampa Bay answered with a Rachaad White scoring on a 7-yard run for a 7-3 lead with 10:23 left in the second quarter.
On Kansas City’s next possession, Hopkins made a stellar 35-yard grab between two defenders to give the Chiefs the ball at the 3-yard line. Three plays later, Mahomes threw a 1-yard scoring pass to Hopkins.
SAINTS FIRE DENNIS ALLEN WITH LOSING STREAK AT SEVEN GAMES
Dennis Allen was fired as head coach of the New Orleans Saints on Monday following the team’s seventh consecutive loss.
Allen was 18-25 with the Saints, who won their first two games this season in dominant fashion over the Carolina Panthers and Dallas Cowboys before their current nosedive began.
The Saints named special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
In a team release, Saints owner Gayle Benson said the decision to fire Allen was “very tough for me and our organization” but one “I felt we needed to make at this time.”
New Orleans (2-7) lost 23-22 at Carolina on Sunday, blowing a lead and becoming the first team in 20 seasons to lose despite an advantage of 150-plus yards total offense, rushing for 150-plus yards and winning the turnover margin.
Allen, 52, was promoted from his post as defensive coordinator to replace Sean Payton in 2022, when general manager Mickey Loomis cited his familiarity with the culture and roster as a key factor in the decision.
“This season we have had an avalanche of injuries,” Loomis said in the release. “It took its toll. DA has never offered excuses, he fought each day for this organization and this team and that is what makes today disappointing. Dennis has been an integral part of this team’s success for the better part of 20 years. He will be missed.”
Allen was fired as head coach of the then-Oakland Raiders after an 0-4 start in 2014 and then spent seven seasons as Payton’s defensive coordinator in New Orleans.
In two stints covering parts of six seasons as a head coach, Allen has never taken a team to the playoffs.
Allen is the second NFL coach to be fired this season, joining the New York Jets’ Robert Saleh (Oct. 8).
GIANTS STICKING WITH DANIEL JONES AT QB VS. PANTHERS
Daniel Jones will remain the New York Giants’ starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers in Munich, Germany.
Coach Brian Daboll confirmed to reporters Monday that Jones still has the job and the divvying up of practice reps won’t change, either.
A fourth straight loss Sunday against Washington sent the Giants to 2-7, tied with six other teams for the worst record in the NFL.
But Jones had one of the best games of his season, completing 20 of 26 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. Jones did lose a fumble.
The sixth-year quarterback guided the Giants on two fourth-quarter touchdown drives to apply pressure before the host Commanders closed out a 27-22 win.
Drew Lock remains No. 2 on the Giants’ depth chart, with Tommy DeVito the No. 3 option.
BENGALS ROOKIE TE ERICK ALL (TORN ACL) OUT FOR SEASON
Cincinnati Bengals tight end Erick All will miss the remainder of his rookie season with a torn right ACL.
Head coach Zac Taylor confirmed Monday that All sustained the knee injury in Sunday’s 41-24 home win against the Las Vegas Raiders.
All, 24, had appeared in all nine games for the Bengals (4-5) with six starts, catching 20 of 22 targets for 158 yards and no touchdowns. He had two receptions for 24 yards against the Raiders.
The Bengals selected All in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Iowa, where he dealt with the same injury last October.
REPORT: TITANS LOSE TWO STARTERS TO SEASON-ENDING INJURIES
Tennessee Titans safety Quandre Diggs sustained a season-ending Lisfranc injury in Sunday’s win against the New England Patriots, NFL Network reported.
Diggs, 31, will require surgery on his foot, per the report. He started all eight games for the Titans (2-6), collecting 42 tackles to rank third on the team.
The Titans also lost center Lloyd Cushenberry to a season-ending Achilles injury in Sunday’s 20-17 overtime win, multiple outlets reported.
Titans head coach Brian Callahan confirmed that both players “will miss significant time” and are “very, very likely” headed to injured reserve.
Cushenberry, 26, started the first eight games in his first season with Tennessee. He made 65 starts in four seasons with the Denver Broncos, who drafted him in the third round in 2020.
Diggs made three straight Pro Bowls with Seattle from 2020-22 and has recorded 622 tackles and 24 interceptions in 145 games (20 starts) with the Detroit Lions (2015-19), Seahawks (2019-23) and Titans.
REPORT: BILLS WR KEON COLEMAN (WRIST) UNDERGOING TESTS
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman is undergoing tests on his wrist Monday, The Athletic reported.
The 21-year-old rookie sustained the injury late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 30-27 win over Miami.
Replays showed Dolphins safety Jordan Poyer’s helmet smashing into Coleman’s right wrist or forearm on a deep pass attempt from Josh Allen.
Poyer was flagged for unnecessary roughness on the play and Coleman left the game. Buffalo’s drive ended with a game-winning 61-yard field goal by Tyler Bass.
Coleman had just one catch for 21 yards on Sunday. He ranks second on the Bills (7-2) with 417 yards on 22 catches and shares the team lead with three touchdown receptions.
Buffalo drafted Coleman in the second round (33rd overall) out of Florida State in 2024.
RAIDERS FIRE OC LUKE GETSY, TWO OTHER COACHES
The Las Vegas Raiders fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy late Sunday night after only nine games with the team.
The Raiders also parted ways with offensive line coach James Cregg and quarterbacks coach Rich Scangarello during their respective first seasons with the team.
Las Vegas (2-7) saw its losing streak extend to five games with a 41-24 defeat to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday afternoon.
The Raiders, who are entering their bye week, will visit the Miami Dolphins on Nov. 17.
Sunday’s move marks the fourth time in the past five years in which the Raiders either switched coordinators or head coaches in the middle of the season.
Getsy, 40, joined Las Vegas during the offseason after spending two seasons as the offensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears.
Under Getsy, the Raiders have mustered NFL-worst totals in average rushing yards per game (76.9) and giveaways (19). Las Vegas is averaging just 280.2 total yards per game, which is fourth worst in the league.
Getsy was hired after the Raiders’ offense averaged 19.5 points per game in 2023. Las Vegas was 27th in the NFL last season in overall offense, averaging 289.5 yards a game.
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AP TOP 25 EXTRA POINTS: NO. 13 SMU’S 5-0 START IN ACC IS BEST EVER FOR A FIRST-YEAR POWER FOUR TEAM
This move from a Group of Five conference to the Power Four is working out all right for SMU. Better than all right, actually.
The Mustangs (8-1) were No. 13 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, their highest ranking in 39 years. More important, they are 5-0 in ACC play following their 48-25 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday.
That’s the best start ever for a team in its first year in a power conference, and the buzz is palpable in Dallas. With three regular-season games left, SMU controls its destiny in the race for the ACC championship game and the College Football Playoff spot that goes to the winner.
The Mustangs’ only loss was by three points to Big 12-leading BYU, and they likely will be the second-highest ranked ACC team, behind unbeaten and AP No. 4 Miami, in the first CFP Top 25 to be released Tuesday night.
“Don’t get me wrong, we’ve been humbled to be ranked in the AP poll and the coaches’ poll. That’s a big deal for our program any time, definitely in year one (in the ACC),” coach Rhett Lashlee said. “Now Tuesday night you find out what the group whose rankings matter now the rest of the way think about you. We’re going to find out where we are Tuesday. We know we have a lot to play for these last three games.”
SMU has an open date this week, then plays Boston College at home, visits Virginia and hosts California. All three have losing records in the ACC.
The Mustangs played the previous 11 seasons in the American Athletic Conference. They went unbeaten in league play last year, beat Tulane in the championship game and lost to Boston College in the Fenway Bowl. Their 11 wins were their most since the 1982 “Pony Express” team won the same number.
The Atlantic Coast Conference in September 2023 invited SMU to join Cal and Stanford in the expanded conference. SMU celebrated the move as a return to the big-time. The Mustangs had played in three Group of Five leagues since the Southwest Conference folded in 1995, its demise starting when the NCAA “death penalty” shut down SMU’s program in 1987 for rampant rules violations. The program restarted in 1989.
The Mustangs’ big-play offense is scoring 40 points per game and has than 450 yards of total offense in all five ACC games. Kevin Jennings has thrown for a touchdown of at least 80 yards in three straight games and Miami transfer Brashard Smith averages 100 yards rushing per game. The defense ranks among the best in the league.
“I think it means SMU, our program, belongs at this level and our program is capable of competing at a high level at this level,” Lashlee said. “We’re not done and we’ve not accomplished anything yet. But we’ve put ourselves in position in the middle of November that we’re competing for a conference championship in the ACC in our first year in the league. Our players and staff deserve a ton of credit for that.”
Checking in on five of the Top 25:
No. 1 Oregon
The Ducks continue to show they’re a cut above. They’re No. 1 in a third straight poll and this week are a unanimous choice. They’re 9-0 for the third time in program history, with the two other occasions in 2010 and 2012 when they also spent time atop the poll. Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Dillon Gabriel and a balanced attack produced a dominant 38-17 win at Michigan. The Ducks outgained the Wolverines 470-270 and converted 10 of 15 third downs. Next up is a home game against Maryland.
No. 4 Miami
Say this about the Hurricanes, they make it exciting. Their 53-31 win over Duke marked the third time in their nine wins that they had to erase a double-digit deficit in the second half. Miami is off to its best start in seven years and has its highest ranking since 2017. Cam Ward passed for 400 yards and five touchdowns. His 29 TD passes are tied with Steve Walsh for the school single-season record.
No. 8 Indiana
Another week, another milestone for the unbeaten Hoosiers. Indiana’s 9-0 start is the longest win streak in program history. The Hoosiers trailed for the first time this season when Michigan State got out to a 10-0 lead Saturday. The Hoosiers did the rest of the scoring and won 47-10. QB Kurtis Rourke showed no lingering effects from his surgically repaired right (throwing) thumb injury.
No. 16 Mississippi
Known for putting up ridiculous offensive numbers, the Rebels outdid themselves in a 63-31 win over Arkansas. Their point total tied their most ever against an SEC opponent, their 694 total yards were a season high and their 562 passing yards set a single-game record. Jaxson Dart threw for 515 yards and six of Ole Miss’ school record-tying seven TDs. Overshadowed was a defense that recorded eight sacks, raising its nation-leading total to 41. That’s good mojo heading into No. 2 Georgia’s visit this week.
No. 25 Louisville
Losses in three of four games after a 3-0 start put a damper on Louisville’s season. The Cardinals have rebounded to win two straight, none bigger than their 33-21 victory at Clemson. Louisville went into the game 0-8 all-time against the Tigers. Isaac Brown carried the load for Louisville, running for 156 yards on 20 carries and scoring the game-breaking, 45-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. The Cards (6-3, 4-2) are fifth in the ACC and wrap up league play at Stanford and at home against Pittsburgh before their nonconference rivalry game at Kentucky.
Extra Points
Miami, Indiana and Army have not played a ranked opponent while going unbeaten. Indiana and Army are on track to meet Top 25 teams Nov. 23, the Hoosiers at Ohio State and the Black Knights against Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium. Miami could play at a ranked Syracuse on Nov. 30 if the Orange win their next three games to get to 9-2. … Oregon’s game at Michigan marked the 19th time the No. 1 team played the defending national champion. The No. 1 team has won 12 of those meetings. … Army’s No. 18 ranking is its highest since it was No. 10 on Oct. 1, 1962. Only 10 teams were ranked in that era, and the Black Knights dropped out after losing at Michigan. They weren’t ranked again until 1985.
IOWA, MINNESOTA, UCLA AND WASHINGTON EARN WEEKLY FOOTBALL HONORS
Offensive Player of the Week
Kaleb Johnson, Iowa
RB – Jr. – Hamilton, Ohio – Hamilton
- Tallied his seventh 100-yard game, rushing for 135 yards on 24 attempts and three touchdowns in Iowa’s 42-10 victory against Wisconsin
- Found the end zone for the ninth straight game, the longest streak in school history
- Has three games with three rushing touchdowns and 20 total touchdowns, tying Shonn Greene’s school record, while his 120 points are also tied for the school record
- Last Iowa Offensive Player of the Week honoree: Kaleb Johnson (Sept. 29, 2024)
Defensive Player of the Week
Carson Bruener, Washington
LB – Sr. – Woodinville, Wash. – Redmond
- Led the Huskies to a vital, 26-21, win over longtime rival USC, with two pass breakups and leading both teams with 12 total tackles (five more than any other UW or USC player)
- Notched two interceptions in the game with the first coming early in the opening quarter and led to a UW field goal to give the Huskies a 3-0 lead
- His second interception was in the third quarter, leading to Washington scoring the game’s final touchdown to move in front 26-21
- Earns Washington’s first Defensive Player of the Week award
Special Teams Player of the Week
Dragan Kesich, Minnesota
K – Sr. – Oak Creek, Wis. – Oak Creek
- Went 4-of-4 on field goals, converting from 20, 45, 38, and 46 yards in Minnesota’s 25-17 win against Illinois
- Becomes the fifth kicker in Gopher history with multiple games of four-plus made field goals, while his four made field goals ties a career high and ties for third most in Gopher history
- His 13 points (4 field goals, 1 extra point) at Illinois were a career high, bringing his career total to 36 made field goals, passing Brent Berglund (35) for eighth in program history
- Last Minnesota Special Teams Players of the Week: Dragan Kesich (Oct. 23, 2023)
Freshman of the Week
Kwazi Gilmer, UCLA
WR – Los Angeles, Calif. – Sierra Canyon
- Posted a career-high 88 receiving yards on three catches as UCLA defeated Nebraska on the road, 27-20
- Reeled in his first career touchdown in the second half on a 48-yard touchdown pass from Ethan Garbers
- His 48-yard reception also marked a career best
- Earns UCLA’s first Freshman of the Week honor
HCAC 2024 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK, WEEK 9
Athletes of the Week:
Offensive Player of the Week:
Garrett Cora (Lizton, Ind.) Franklin College | Running Back | Senior – Cora set two more career program records on Saturday and was the driving force behind Franklin’s 35-14 victory….Cora carried the ball 31 times for 211 yards and caught five passes for 14 yards, scoring all five of Franklin’s touchdowns in the league victory, recording the third game of his career that he ran for four scores and the first of his tenure with five touchdowns…broke the 28-year old program record for career rushing yards, surpassing the former record of 3,952 held by Rick Etienne since 1996…moved past former Franklin All-American Kyle Linville and his 53 touchdowns for the most trips to the end zone in program history, as Cora sits with 56 scores with two games to go in his senior season.
Defensive Player of the Week:
Devonte Brown (Bloomington, Ind.) Franklin College | Defensive Line | Junior – Brown was a menace to the Anderson offense on Saturday afternoon, as the junior defensive end record career-highs with 11 tackles, 3.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss in a 35-14 Franklin win…Brown also forced two fumbles and was credited with one QB hurry in the game.
Special Teams Player of the Week:
Tone Hurd (Nashville, Tenn.) Anderson University | Defensive Back | Senior – Tone Hurd returned a 91-yard kickoff for a touchdown. Hurd finished the day with 119 kick return yards on 3 kickoffs.
Notable Performances:
- Ethan Beringer (Findlay, Ohio) Bluffton University | Wide Receiver | Senior – Beringer led the receiving core, hauling in eight catches for 132 yards and he scored both Bluffton touchdowns at Hanover on Saturday, accounting for nearly half of the yardage put up by the Beavers.
- Chris Forehand (Louisville, Ky.) Hanover College | Defensive Back | Senior – Forehand led the defensive effort for the Panthers as they defeated Bluffton on Senior Day. The senior tallied two tackles but had two pass breakups and an interception for 21 yards.
- Austin Oppel (Brandenburg, Ky.) Hanover College | Running Back | Senior – Oppel led Hanover on Senior Day past Bluffton, 49-13. The senior rushed for 125 yards on 12 carries. He added one touchdown of 55 yards.
- David Wall (Sellersburg, Ind.) Hanover College | Linebacker | Senior – David Wall had an impressive day for the Panthers as they defeated Bluffton. The senior finished with a blocked extra point and a blocked field goal. He also paced the Hanover defense with eight tackles and a sack.
- Javion Davis (Marion, Ind.) Manchester University | Defensive Back | Senior – Davis was checking all of the boxes this past weekend as the Senior defensive back tallied eight total tackles, one tackle for loss, one sack for a 17 yard loss, one forced fumble that he recovered himself, and one interception on the day.
- Wyatt Bell (River Falls, Wis.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Defensive Back | Sophomore – Bell opened the scoring on Saturday with a 31-yard pick-six just 17 seconds into the 70-7 Senior Day win over Manchester. Bell also added 2 tackles in the win.
- Daniel Huery (Houston, Texas) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Wide Receiver | Graduate – Huery broke the career receptions record in Rose-Hulman history with his 257th career catch in the win over Manchester. Despite only playing the first half, Huery led the team with 10 catches for 182 yards and 3 touchdowns as he passed 3,000 career receiving yards and 30 career receiving touchdowns in the win.
- Jonathan Oliger (Dalton City, Ill.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Kicker | Senior – Oliger recovered the first onside kick for Rose-Hulman since their last NCAA Tournament appearance in 2021 as the senior surprised everyone with a Pat McAfee style onside kick which he recovered himself. The senior also hit a pair of extra point kicks to highlight his Senior Day performance.
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MAC & SBC EXTEND BASKETBALL CHALLENGE SERIES THROUGH 2026-27
CLEVELAND – The Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Sun Belt Conference (SBC) have announced an extension of their MAC-SBC Challenge in men’s and women’s basketball, extending the series through the 2026-27 season.
The Challenge will see the 13 basketball teams from each conference face off twice per season beginning with the 2025-26 season when UMass joins the MAC. Every matchup will be broadcast on an ESPN network.
“The MAC-SBC Challenge series presents an excellent opportunity to compete against opponents with comparable strengths and to secure additional home games,” said MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher. “This initiative aligns with our tailored scheduling approach, and we enjoy this collaborative effort with the Sun Belt Conference.”
“The MAC-SBC Challenge annually provides our men’s and women’s basketball teams with two quality non-conference games against peer institutions,” said Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Keith Gill. “The NET-driven matchups create engaging games for our membership and fans against comparable competition.”
Ordinal Sports Group will continue to aid in scheduling, using NET data along with geographic and historical matchup frequency to guide the pairings.
The 2024-25 season will kick off with the opening MAC-SBC Challenge matchups on Monday, November 4. Sun Belt men’s teams will host MAC counterparts, while MAC women’s teams will welcome Sun Belt teams. The second round, scheduled for Saturday, February 8, will see the Sun Belt women host MAC teams, with the MAC men hosting the Sun Belt teams.
Highlighted men’s matchups for 2024-25 include reigning Sun Belt tournament champions James Madison taking on MAC preseason favorite Ohio, and MAC champions Akron visiting Sun Belt runner-up Arkansas State. On the women’s side, Sun Belt runner-up James Madison will play against MAC champion Kent State, while Old Dominion will travel to MAC preseason favorite Ball State.
2024-25
Nov. 4 – Sun Belt Women at MAC Women
Nov. 4 – MAC Men at Sun Belt Men
Feb. 8 – MAC Women at Sun Belt Women
Feb. 8 – Sun Belt Men at MAC Men
2025-26
Nov. 3 – MAC Women at Sun Belt Women
Nov. 3 – Sun Belt Men MAC Men
Feb. 7 – Sun Belt Women at MAC Women
Feb. 7 – MAC Men at Sun Belt Men
2026-27
Nov. 2 – Sun Belt Women at MAC Women
Nov. 2 – MAC Men at Sun Belt Men
Feb. 6 – MAC Women at Sun Belt Women
Feb. 6 – Sun Belt Men at MAC Men
TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 6 GONZAGA BULLIES NO. 8 BAYLOR IN OPENER
Nolan Hickman led a balanced attack with 17 points as No. 6 Gonzaga trounced No. 8 Baylor 101-63 on Monday at Spokane, Wash., in the marquee game of the men’s college basketball season’s opening night.
It was the Bulldogs’ biggest margin of victory against a Top 10 team, surpassing their previous mark of 20 points.
Graham Ike added 15 points and eight rebounds for Gonzaga in a rematch of the 2021 NCAA title game that the Bears won 86-70. Braden Huff scored 14 points, Khalif Battle added 12 and Dusty Stromer had 11 for the Bulldogs. Ryan Nembhard dished out a game-high 11 assists.
Miami transfer Norchad Omier led Baylor with 15 points and nine rebounds. Prized Bears freshman VJ Edgecombe had just four points on 2-for-11 shooting from the field.
No. 1 Kansas 87, Howard 57
Zeke Mayo scored 19 points in his team debut to lead the Jayhawks to an easy victory over the Bison in Lawrence, Kan.
Mayo transferred to Kansas from South Dakota State and helped the Jayhawks win their 52nd consecutive home opener. Kansas also had Hunter Dickinson (16 points) and Flory Bidunga (13) score in double figures.
Blake Harper led Howard with 16 points. Anwar Gill and Marcus Dockery each tallied seven points for the Bison.
No. 2 Alabama 110, UNC Asheville 54
Mark Sears scored 20 points in 24 minutes to help the Crimson Tide rout the Bulldogs at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Clifford Omoruyi, a transfer from Rutgers, hit all six of his shots while recording 16 points and eight rebounds for Alabama. Latrell Wrightsell Jr. added 13 points, Mouhamed Dioubate and Aden Holloway tallied 11 apiece and Jarin Stevenson and Labaron Philon each had 10.
Jordan Marsh scored 13 points, Toyaz Solomon added 11 and Kameron Taylor had 10 for UNC Asheville.
No. 4 Houston 97, Jackson State 40
LJ Cryer scored 16 points and J’Wan Roberts added 14 points and six rebounds as the Cougars kicked off their season in style with a victory over the visiting Tigers.
Mylik Wilson turned a late scoring burst into 15 points and Milos Uzan had eight points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and four steals as the Cougars won their season opener for the 16th consecutive season.
Jalen Tatum scored 14 points and Romelle Mansel added seven points and six rebounds for the Tigers. Jackson State went 15-17 overall a season ago and was picked to finish fourth in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
No. 5 Iowa State 83, Mississippi Valley State 44
Keshon Gilbert scored 17 points, Tamin Lipsey added 16 and the Cyclones cruised to an easy win in Ames, Iowa, over the Delta Devils in both teams’ season opener.
Joshua Jefferson and Milan Momcilovic each finished with 10 points for Iowa State, which led by double digits for most of the game. Dishon Jackson had nine points and six rebounds.
Donovan Sanders scored 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Mississippi Valley State. Greg Moore tallied 10 points, and Antonio Sisk had nine.
No. 7 Duke 96, Maine 62
Freshman Kon Knueppel scored 15 of his 22 points in the first half and Cooper Flagg poured in 18 points in his highly anticipated college debut as the Blue Devils opened the season by defeating the Black Bears in Durham, N.C.
Duke began 2024-25 with typically high expectations as it started its third season under coach Jon Scheyer. Flagg, a Maine native who was the top-rated recruit among this year’s college freshmen, was 6-for-15 from the field and had a team-high seven rebounds to go along with five assists and three steals.
Quion Burns had 15 points and Keelan Steele finished with 11 for Maine.
No. 9 North Carolina 90, Elon 76
All-American RJ Davis sank a pair of huge shots and the Tar Heels surged to a win over the Phoenix in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The Tar Heels ended the game on a 21-5 run. They scored 11 consecutive points after falling behind 71-69 with 6:48 left on a pair of free throws from TJ Simpkins.
Elon trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half and was down 69-57 with 10:58 left before ripping off a 14-0 run that included a pair of 3-pointers from Nick Dorn. Dorn finished with 17 points, going 5-for-10 from 3-point range. Simpkins led the Phoenix with 18 points off the bench.
No. 10 Arizona 93, Canisius 64
Caleb Love, Jaden Bradley and KJ Lewis combined for 46 points, 14 assists and only one turnover to propel the Wildcats to a season-opening win over the Golden Griffins in Tucson, Ariz.
Love finished with 17 points, six assists, four rebounds and no turnovers for Arizona. Bradley had 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field, and Lewis scored 14 points, also adding four rebounds and four assists.
Canisius played its first game under coach Jim Christian, who spent 19 years at previous stops Kent State, TCU, Ohio and Boston College. The Golden Griffins were led by Paul McMillan IV’s 20 points.
No. 12 Tennessee 80, Gardner-Webb 64
Chaz Lanier scored 18 points in his team debut to lead the Volunteers to a season-opening victory over the Runnin’ Bulldogs in Knoxville, Tenn.
The Volunteers never trailed and led by as many as 27 in the second half. Lanier, a transfer from North Florida, made seven of his 12 shot attempts.
Darryl Simmons II played well to finish with a game-high 22 points on 8-of-16 shooting to lead Gardner-Webb.
UCF 64, No. 13 Texas A&M 61
Benny Williams scored his only points on a go-ahead dunk with 45 seconds left and the Knights erased a nine-point deficit in the final five minutes to upset the Aggies in Orlando.
The Knights closed the game with a 14-2 run to stun the Aggies, who led most of the contest and pushed their lead to 59-50 on Wade Taylor IV’s 3-pointer from the UCF logo with 4:52 left. UCF fans stormed the court after A&M missed three attempts at a potential game-tying 3-pointer on the game’s final possession.
UCF’s Darius Johnson scored a game-high 24 points and dished out five assists. Pharrel Payne led the Aggies with 15 points and grabbed six rebounds.
No. 14 Purdue 90, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 73
Fletcher Loyer scored 21 points and Braden Smith dished out 15 assists as the Boilermakers fended off the Islanders in the second half for a season-opening win in West Lafayette, Ind.
Trey Kaufman-Renn added 15 points for Purdue, which also got 14 off the bench from Myles Colvin. Daniel Jacobsen, a 7-foot-4 freshman center stepping in for the departed Zach Edey, contributed 13 points and seven rebounds.
Four players scored in double figures for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, led by Owen Dease’s 20 points. Garry Clark added 14, while Isaac Williams netted 12.
No. 18 Marquette 102, Stony Brook 62
Kam Jones poured in 32 points to lead the Golden Eagles to an easy victory over the Seawolves in Milwaukee.
Jones knocked down 14 of 16 shots from the field to come up two points shy of matching his career high. Marquette’s Chase Ross added a career-high 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting.
Joe Octave paced Stony Brook with 12 points, while Ben Wight logged 10 points and eight rebounds.
Ohio State 80, No. 19 Texas 72
Bruce Thornton scored 20 points as the Buckeyes upended the Longhorns in the Hall of Fame Series at Las Vegas.
Ohio State never trailed and took a seven-point lead into halftime. Texas culled the deficit to three points with 7:34 to play, after which Ohio State produced a 10-1 run capped by a 3-pointer by Devin Royal, and the Buckeyes held on.
Micah Parrish added 17 points for Ohio State, while Royal had 16 and John Mobley Jr. scored 14 off the bench. Tre Johnson poured in a game-high 29 points for the Longhorns, establishing a team mark for most points scored by a freshman in his debut.
No. 20 Cincinnati 109, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 54
Simas Lukosius led six players in double figures with 20 points while Dan Skillings Jr. added 17 points and 11 rebounds to help the host Bearcats overwhelm the Golden Lions.
Jizzle James also recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 assists while Texas transfer Dillon Mitchell made his Cincinnati debut with 10 points and eight rebounds.
Dante Sawyer was the only Golden Lion in double figures, finishing with 11 points.
No. 21 Florida 98, South Florida 83
Walter Clayton Jr. and Will Richard combined for 54 points as the Gators rallied for a win over the Bulls in an emotional season opener at the Jacksonville Sports Foundation Invitational.
Clayton had 29 points and Richard added 25 for Florida, which trailed by 13 points in the first half but outscored South Florida 59-43 after halftime.
Jamille Reynolds finished with 17 points and six rebounds for the Bulls, who played just 11 days after head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim died suddenly at age 43 while undergoing a medical procedure. The Gators wore warm-up shirts with Abdur-Rahim’s last name across the back.
No. 22 UCLA 85, Rider 50
Tyler Bilodeau scored 18 points, Kobe Johnson added 12 points and eight rebounds, and the Bruins cruised past the visiting Broncs in Los Angeles.
The Bruins never trailed, jumping out to a 6-0 lead. Their advantage never slipped to fewer than 19 points in the second half and remained at 30 or more for the final 4:19 when Dylan Andrews’ 3-pointer marked the end of a seven-point burst for the UCLA guard. He finished with 14 points.
Rider got 15 points from T.J. Weeks Jr., who shot 4-for-7 from 3-point range. The rest of the Rider lineup shot a combined 1 of 13 from beyond the arc.
No. 23 Kentucky 103, Wright State 62
Otega Oweh scored 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the field and Koby Brea scored 18 points to lead the Wildcats to a comfortable win over the Raiders at Lexington, Ky., in the debut of new Kentucky head coach Mark Pope.
Lamont Butler registered a strong performance, scoring 14 points while leading the Wildcats with five assists. Amari Williams added 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Wright State had an abysmal first-half shooting performance, going 10-for-36 from the field and 3-for-17 from 3-point range. Brandon Noel paced the Raiders with 20 points and eight rebounds.
No. 24 Ole Miss 90, Long Island 60
Hot-shooting Jaylen Murray scored 24 points and the Rebels cruised past the Sharks in the season opener for both teams in Oxford, Miss.
Murray made 7 of 10 field-goal attempts, 5 of 8 3-point attempts and 5 of 5 free throws. Jaemyn Brakefield added 12 points for the Rebels.
Malachi Davis, a transfer from Arizona State who was selected to the Preseason All-Northeast Conference team, and Brent Davis each scored 19 points to lead the Sharks.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 19 FLORIDA STATE PUTS UP 119 POINTS IN OPENER
No. 11 Duke 89, Radford 36
Duke dominated with high-intensity, full-court pressure from the opening tip, holding Radford to 10 total field goals and 23.3 percent shooting in the game.
Turning 34 turnovers into 41 points, the Blue Devils built a double-digit lead that went to 15 points eight minutes into the game on Toby Fournier’s sweeping right-handed layup.
Six Blue Devils hit double figures in scoring led by Jordan Wood with a game-high 13 points. Sophomore guard Oluchi Okananwa had 10 points, five steals and six rebounds. Radford top scorer Cate Carlson had 10 points and two of the Highlanders’ three 3-pointers (17 attempts) in the game.
Duke missed 16 of 20 3-point attempts.
No. 15 North Carolina 83, Charleston Southern 53
Alyssa Ustby paced North Carolina with 18 points, eight rebounds and four assists and Lexi Donarski contributed 14 points for the Tar Heels, who pulled away in the final minute of the second quarter.
Back-to-back Trayanna Crisp jumpers ended the second quarter and Donarski, a transfer from Iowa State making her debut at UNC, ripped the ball from CSU at midcourt to start the third with a layup and followed with a 3-pointer to crank the lead up to 43-23.
Junior forward Catherine Alben led Buccaneers with 18 points.
No. 19 Florida State 119, North Florida 49
Ta’Niya Latson scored 27 points in 20 minutes, Sydney Bowles added 18, Makayla Timpson put up 17 points, 22 rebounds and four assists as the Seminoles forced 26 turnovers that led to 46 points.
Sarah Taub was the lone scorer in double digits for UNF with 12 points. North Florida turned it over on one-third of its possessions.
NBA NEWS
NBA ROUNDUP: CAVS NIP BUCKS, REMAIN UNDEFEATED
Darius Garland sank a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left and set up Jarrett Allen for a layup with 12.2 seconds remaining for the clincher as the Cleveland Cavaliers downed the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 116-114 on Monday.
The Cavaliers equaled a franchise record set in 1976-77 with their eighth straight win to start the season. Cleveland beat the Bucks 114-113 on Saturday when Donovan Mitchell sank a shot with 0.3 seconds left.
Garland finished 39 points to lead the Cavs, with Evan Mobley adding 17 and Jarrett Allen going for 14 points and 15 rebounds.
Milwaukee, which played without star Giannis Antetokounmpo (adductor), lost its sixth game in a row since a season-opening win. Damian Lillard scored 36 points and AJ Green had 21 off the bench for the Bucks.
Kings 111, Heat 110
Domantas Sabonis swished a short put-back in the lane with 0.7 seconds left as Sacramento defeated host Miami.
De’Aaron Fox, whose miss was rebounded by Sabonis, led the Kings with 28 points and DeMar DeRozan added 26. Sabonis had 16 points and game highs in rebounds (16) and assists (seven).
Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro each scored 27 points for the Heat while Bam Adebayo contributed 16 points and nine boards.
Suns 118, 76ers 116
Kevin Durant scored 15 of his game-high 35 points in the fourth quarter, including the decisive driving basket with 24 seconds left, as Phoenix rallied for a victory over visiting Philadelphia.
Durant shot 14-for-20 and had six assists for the Suns, who own a five-game winning streak. Durant’s heroics capped a game-ending 14-3 run for Phoenix. Tyrese Maxey made six 3-pointers and scored 32 points to lead Philadelphia, which has lost five of six games to start the season.
Former Clippers star Paul George made his 76ers debut and scored 15 points on 4-of-14 shooting. George, who missed a tying 23-foot attempt with 3.4 seconds left, sat out the 76ers’ first five games due to a left knee injury.
Clippers 113, Spurs 104
Norman Powell scored 23 points and Amir Coffey added 21 while leading a second-half rally as Los Angeles pulled out a victory over San Antonio for its first win at its new arena in Inglewood, Calif.
Ivica Zubac produced 17 points and 13 rebounds and James Harden added 17 points after a slow start as the Clippers came out on top for the first time in five tries at the $2 billion Intuit Dome.
Victor Wembanyama amassed 24 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocked shots as the Spurs lost without head coach Gregg Popovich, who is not with the team because of an undisclosed illness. San Antonio led by 26 at the end of the first quarter but couldn’t hold on.
Thunder 102, Magic 86
Jalen Williams scored 23 points to help Oklahoma City remain undefeated with a win over visiting Orlando. The 7-0 record marks the Thunder’s best start since moving to Oklahoma City in 2008.
The Thunder led from wire-to-wire and Orlando never drew closer than 10 points after the first quarter.
Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander didn’t attempt a shot until nearly nine minutes into the game but still made an early impact with seven first-quarter assists, a career high for a quarter. He finished with 21 points. Franz Wagner paced the Magic with 22 points.
Celtics 123, Hawks 93
Jayson Tatum posted 28 points and nine assists as Boston breezed host Atlanta, which also lost star guard Trae Young to a rib injury.
Derrick White added 21 while Payton Pritchard scored 18 points off the bench as the Celtics won their third straight.
The injury-riddled Hawks, who lost their fifth game in six tries, were led by Jalen Johnson’s 20 points and 11 rebounds. Young, who came in averaging 27 points per game, was limited to a career-low two points on 1-for-10 shooting from the field, including 0-for-6 from 3-point land. He played 23 minutes, leaving in the third quarter with a right rib sprain.
Pistons 115, Lakers 103
Jaden Ivey had 26 points and host Detroit surprised Los Angeles, snapping a seven-game losing streak against the Lakers.
Cade Cunningham notched 17 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for the Pistons. Tim Hardaway Jr. supplied 19 points, and Tobias Harris had 15 points and seven rebounds.
Anthony Davis led the Lakers with 37 points and nine rebounds. LeBron James had 20 points, eight rebounds and 11 assists, and Austin Reaves added 17 points.
Warriors 125, Wizards 112
Stephen Curry returned from a three-game absence to score 24 points, new sidekick Buddy Hield provided 20 points and Golden State remained unbeaten on the road with a victory over Washington.
Curry, who sprained his left ankle on Oct. 27 against the Los Angeles Clippers, was 4 of 9 from 3-point range, and Hield went 3-for-8 from deep, helping the Warriors improve to 4-0 on the road.
Jordan Poole scored 24 points and Kyshawn George added 20 but the Wizards lost their second straight game.
Rockets 109, Knicks 97
Alperen Sengun posted a double-double, Fred VanVleet added 19 points and Houston held off a second-half charge from visiting New York.
Sengun paired 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting with 14 rebounds and five assists. Jalen Green had 15 points for the Rockets, who finished with a 62-38 advantage on points in the paint.
Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 29 points and eight assists. OG Anunoby hit 5 of 6 3-pointers and totaled 21 points while Karl-Anthony Towns produced 17 points and 19 rebounds.
Timberwolves 114, Hornets 93
Naz Reid came off the bench to score 25 points and grab nine rebounds, and Minnesota cruised past Charlotte in Minneapolis.
Anthony Edwards added 21 points on 6-for-11 shooting overall and 4-for-6 shooting from beyond the arc for the Timberwolves. Donte DiVincenzo scored 14 points off the bench.
LaMelo Ball led the Hornets with 19 points on 6-for-15 shooting. Three Charlotte players, Brandon Miller, Miles Bridges and Tre Mann, scored 10 points apiece.
Jazz 135, Bulls 126
Keyonte George matched his career high with 33 points and John Collins had 28 points and 13 rebounds as visiting Utah topped Chicago for its first victory of the season.
Outscored by 112 points during a six-game losing streak to open the campaign, the Jazz led by as many as 15 against the Bulls, who made a push in the third quarter but couldn’t complete the comeback.
Coby White led Chicago with 28 points on 6-of-9 3-point shooting, Ayo Dosunmu added 25 points and Nikola Vucevic had a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds.
Nets 106, Grizzlies 104
Dorian Finney-Smith hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:13 left as Brooklyn outlasted visiting Memphis for its third win in four games.
Finney-Smith scored all 17 of his points in the second half and hit a season-high five 3-pointers. Cameron Johnson and Dennis Schroder each scored a team-high 20 points for the Nets.
Ja Morant had several highlight-reel plays and scored 25 points for the Grizzlies, who had won two straight. Rookie Zach Edey matched Morant’s point total to set a career high and grabbed 12 rebounds.
Trail Blazers 118, Pelicans 100
Deandre Ayton had a double-double, Dalano Banton scored all 20 of his points in the fourth quarter and the visiting Trail Blazers pulled away to a victory against the Pelicans.
Ayton finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds, Anfernee Simons scored 24 and Jerami Grant and Toumani Camara had 16 each for Portland.
Brandon Ingram, the Pelicans’ leading scorer and the only one of its top five scorers healthy enough to play, had 27 points, Brandon Boston Jr. scored 20.
Nuggets 121, Raptors 119
Nikola Jokic amassed 28 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists, Russell Westbrook scored 21 points and host Denver rallied to beat Toronto.
Michael Porter Jr. added 19 points for Denver, which played without Jamal Murray and lost Aaron Gordon to a right calf strain in the first quarter.
Gradey Dick scored 26 points and Jakob Poeltl had 24 points before fouling out for Toronto. RJ Barrett added 16 points and 10 assists but missed a 3-point attempt at the horn that would have won the game.
Pacers 134, Mavericks 127
Myles Turner made five 3-pointers and finished with season highs of 30 points and 11 rebounds as Indiana beat host Dallas.
Tyrese Haliburton had a season-high 25 points and 12 assists for the Pacers. Pascal Siakam scored 23 points.
Luka Doncic led the Mavericks with 34 points, seven rebounds and a season-high 15 assists. Kyrie Irving scored 27 points, and Naji Marshall added 20.
NHL NEWS
DARCY KUEMPER MAKES 16 SAVES FOR 32ND CAREER SHUTOUT IN THE KINGS’ 3-0 VICTORY OVER THE PREDATORS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Darcy Kuemper made 16 saves for his first shutout of the season and 32nd overall, helping the Los Angeles Kings beat the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Monday night.
Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist and Anze Kopitar and Kevin Fiala also scored. The Kings have won two of their last three.
Juuse Saros made 24 saves for the Predators. They are 1-2-1 in their last four.
Kopitar opened the scoring with 6:36 remaining in the opening period. Saros denied the Kings captain’s first shot, but Kopitar collected the rebound below the goal line and banked it off the netminder’s skate.
Fiala, a former Predator, made it 2-0 35 seconds into the third.
The Kings held Nashville to just three third-period shots on goal, the first coming with 3:55 remaining and Saros pulled for an extra attacker.
Takeaways
Kings: On Saturday night in a shootout loss to Chicago, the Kings held a 2-0 lead after two periods. On Monday, Los Angeles dominated the third period, holding a 12-3 advantage in shots on goal.
Predators: The Predators continue their struggle to score goals. Nashville’s opponents have scored first in nine of 12 games this season. The Predators entered Monday 26th in the NHL with 2.64 goals per game.
Key moment
Just 1:11 into the second period, Kuemper denied Colton Sissons’ backhand shot from the low slot to preserve a one-goal lead.
Key stat
Kuemper improved to 7-2-3 in 13 appearances against Nashville. Three of those wins have come via shutout.
Up next
Los Angeles is at Minnesota on Tuesday night. Nashville is at Washington on Wednesday night.
ALLEN’S 31-SAVE SHUTOUT HELPS DEVILS HANDLE OILERS
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Jake Allen made 31 saves for his second shutout of the season and 26th of his NHL career, helping the New Jersey Devils close their Western Canadian trip with a 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist and Stefan Noesen and Timo Meier also scored. The Devils improved to 8-5-2. They have won three of last four after a four-game skid.
Calvin Pickard made 13 saves for Edmonton. The Oilers (6-6-1) had won two straight.
Takeaways
Devils: Bratt also had his 12th assist of the season to give him nine points in his last eight games and 15 overall.
Oilers: Forward Leon Draisaitl was held pointless after having six points in his previous two games.
Key moment
New Jersey took a 2-0 lead on the power play with 3:26 remaining in the second period. Nico Hischier made a nice feed into the slot to set up Bratt.
Up next
New Jersey hosts Montreal on Thursday night. Edmonton hosts Vegas on Wednesday night.
BASEBALL NEWS
RHP NATHAN EOVALDI DECLINES $20M OPTION WITH RANGERS
All-Star right-hander Nathan Eovaldi declined his $20 million option with the Texas Rangers on Monday and will become a free agent.
Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young told MLB.com the team still has a lot of interest in making a new deal with the two-time World Series winner.
Eovaldi, 34, had a vesting option in his contract for the 2025 season that depended on whether he threw a combined 300 innings in his first two seasons with Texas in 2023 and 2024.
Eovaldi threw a total of 314 2/3 innings over that span, compiling a 24-13 record with a 3.72 ERA in 54 starts. In 2023, he made his second All-Star team (also 2021 with Boston) and won his second World Series (2018 with Boston).
Eovaldi is 91-81 with a 4.07 ERA in 294 games (275 starts) over 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2011-12), Miami Marlins (2012-14), New York Yankees (2015-16), Tampa Bay Rays (2018), Red Sox (2018-22) and Rangers.
GOLF NEWS
NELLY KORDA CLINCHES FIRST ROLEX PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
With three LPGA Tour events remaining, Nelly Korda has clinched her first Rolex Player of the Year award.
“Winning the Rolex Player of the Year means so much to me,” Korda said in a news release Monday. “This season has had its highs and challenges, and I’m just really grateful for the people around me who have helped me get here. It’s been a team effort, and I’m proud to share this moment with them.”
Korda, 26, has claimed six victories and three additional top-10 finishes this season, including her second major title at the Chevron Championship.
She follows Lilia Vu as the second consecutive American to win the award, the first time that happened in back-to-back years since Betsy King in 1993 and Beth Daniel in 1994.
Korda’s campaign included five consecutive victories, a feat previously achieved only by Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05). She also helped the U.S. win the Solheim Cup in September.
Japan’s Ayaka Furue entered last week needing to win the final four events on the schedule to catch Korda but she finished in a tie for 10th at the Toto Japan Classic.
Korda will accept the Player of the Year award and the ANNIKA Major Award at the Rolex LPGA Awards program on Nov. 20.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
COLTS FOOTBALL
COLTS STICKING WITH JOE FLACCO AS QB1 IN WEEK 11
Joe Flacco keeps the job as QB1 of the Colts for “right now” despite the Indianapolis offense scoring six points at Minnesota on Sunday night.
Flacco started in the primetime loss to the Vikings after replacing Anthony Richardson, a move the Colts made official five days before the trip to Minneapolis. Flacco completed 16 of 27 passes for 179 yards with one interception in the 21-13 loss that dropped the Colts to 4-5 this season.
Head coach Shane Steichen appraised the performance of Flacco as “fine” late Sunday night after declaring last week that the 39-year-old gave the team the best chance to win going forward.
“Credit to Minnesota. They do a lot of good things. But again, I’m the head coach. Everything that’s on that field, my name’s on it,” Steichen said.
The Colts did not run a play in the red zone in the game and running back Jonathan Taylor matched his season low with 48 rushing yards. He chalked up the loss to losing more third downs than they won offensively. Indianapolis was 3 of 11 on third downs.
“You definitely don’t want to be 4-5, but we got the pieces — if you look at the roster, we have the pieces,” Taylor said. “But for us, offensively, we got to stay on the field. We gotta find ways to stay on the field.”
Up next for Indianapolis is a home date with the Buffalo Bills (7-2) before a return to “Sunday Night Football” against the Jets. If Flacco remains in the lineup Week 12, it sets up a matchup of the almost-40 quarterback (his birthday is Jan. 16) and 40-year-old Aaron Rodgers at New York (3-6). Flacco played for the Jets from 2020-22.
INDIANA PACERS
GAME REWIND: PACERS 134, MAVERICKS 127
After knocking off the reigning Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics on Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the Pacers (3-4) defeated the reigning Western Conference champs on Monday night in Dallas, holding off the Mavericks (4-3) for a 134-127 win.
Tied at 116 with 5:47 to play, the Pacers reeled off eight straight points to take the lead for good. All five starters took turns hitting big shots down the stretch to seal the victory, with Bennedict Mathurin knocking down a corner three over Luka Doncic that put Indiana up nine with 2:12 remaining and Tyrese Haliburton sealing the victory with a mid-range jumper in the final minute after the Mavs had clawed back within five.
Seven Pacers, including all five starters, finished in double figures in the victory, with Dallas-area native Myles Turner leading the way with a 30-point, 11-rebound performance, going 10-for-17 from the field, 5-for-8 from 3-point range, and 5-for-5 from the free throw line. It was another big-time performance against the Mavericks by the only healthy true center left on Indiana’s roster, as backup big men Isaiah Jackson and James Wiseman have now both undergone surgery for a torn Achilles tendon.
“I don’t know, man, I just get superpowers in this building,” Turner told FanDuel Sports Network’s Jeremiah Johnson after the wing. “I don’t know what it is. I want to continue to keep the good vibes going forward.”
Haliburton also recorded a double-double in the victory, finishing with 25 points and 12 assists, while Pascal Siakam added 23 points, six rebounds, and four assists.
The Pacers got off to a fantastic start on Monday night. Indiana converted on five of its first eight attempts — including the first three from 3-point range — while Dallas started the night 0-for-5 with two turnovers. As a result, the Pacers led 15-2 just 3:39 into the contest.
Turner had a strong opening quarter back in his hometown. The 6-11 center knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and had a posterizing dunk over Doncic on his way to 11 first quarter points.
Doncic, however, helped the Mavericks mount a charge. The All-NBA guard scored 14 of Dallas’ first 20 points, before back-to-back buckets from Naji Marshall cut Indiana’s lead to 27-25.
The Pacers created some separation again late in the frame, as Siakam, Obi Toppin, and Ben Sheppard each knocked down a three in the final two minutes of the quarter. Indiana took a 36-29 advantage into the second quarter.
The Mavs kept coming in the ensuing frame, tying the game three times before briefly taking the lead for the first time on back-to-back threes by Kyrie Irving. But the Blue & Gold closed the half with a flurry, outscoring Dallas 8-2 over the final 1:24 to take a 63-59 lead into the intermission.
The Pacers and Mavs were tied at 67 early in the second half before Indiana created some separation with a 12-3, capped by a three and dunk from Turner. Doncic scored five points during a subsequent 8-0 Dallas run to get back within one before Turner knocked down his fourth and fifth treys of the night on consecutive possessions.
Indiana led 94-86 following a 3-pointer by Tyrese Haliburton with 3:10 remaining in the third quarter. The Mavs reeled off nine unanswered points, capped by a three from Spencer Dinwiddie to briefly take a one-point lead with 37.8 seconds remaining in the frame. But Siakam scored on the other end to put the Pacers up by one entering the fourth quarter.
It would remain a tightly contested game for much of the final frame. The Mavs briefly took the lead for 13 seconds early in the fourth quarter and tied the game five different times in a four-minute span. Each and every time, though, the Pacers scored the next bucket to move back in front, before eventually pulling away in the closing minutes.
“Our team is gaining experience,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said. “We had a lot of close road games last year that we were able to win. Our guys are understanding what these kind of situations are about. They’re a great team. They’ve got real superstar power on that team.
“We needed to keep pace in the game and we needed to stay aggressive and keep attacking the rim. And in the end, our strong will to do that was a big difference.”
Mathurin scored 11 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter to help preserve the win. Andrew Nembhard, who missed Friday’s loss with a sore left knee, was back in the starting lineup on Monday and finished with 11 points and three assists in 29 minutes.
T.J. McConnell tallied 12 points off the bench on 6-of-10 shooting, while Toppin finished with 11 points and six rebounds.
Doncic led all scorers with 34 points to go along with seven rebounds and 15 assists. The All-NBA guard went 9-for-24 from the field and 12-for-15 from the free throw line.
Irving added 27 points, five boards, and four assists for Dallas. Marshall tallied 20 points, five rebounds, and six assists of the bench, while Klay Thompson scored 16 on 4-of-8 3-point shooting.
The Pacers will return home to host Orlando on Wednesday. They make a quick trip to Charlotte on Friday before wrapping up the week with a Sunday matinee against New York at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Inside the Numbers
The Pacers shot 56.8 percent from the field in the victory, while Dallas shot 51.7 percent.
Indiana outscored the Mavs 76-58 in points in the paint.
Turner recorded his first double-double of the season on Monday and became the second Pacer to have a 30-point game this season (Mathurin scored 30 in Wednesday’s overtime win over the Celtics).
After amassing just 11 assists over the first three games of the season, Haliburton has recorded four straight double-doubles.
The Pacers outrebounded the Mavs 46-38 overall and 7-5 on the offensive glass. Indiana is 3-0 on the season when winning the battle of the boards and 0-4 when outrebounded.
You Can Quote Me On That
“We’ve just been waiting to put together 48 minutes of Pacer basketball. I think tonight may have been the first time we’ve seen that from us…I feel like this was our most complete effort of the whole year.” -Haliburton
“Myles Turner, got to be happy for him. He’s from Dallas and he had another terrific game here.” -Carlisle on Turner’s performance
“I just had to keep an aggressive mindset. I think I kind of took a backseat the past couple games. I know that when I’m aggressive, good things happen, teams have to make adjustments, and other guys get going.” -Turner on his big offensive night
“He’s one of the rare big men in the NBA that can protect the rim and make threes from long range. He also has gotten elite at rolling to the basket with Tyrese as the ball-handler. He’s got the inside, he’s got the outside, and the threat of his outside shooting opens up things for other players. He’s a guy that would be very difficult to replace.” -Carlisle on Turner’s value to the Pacers’ offense
“We had a pretty good game plan. We had a lot of days to prepare for that team and everybody was locked in on the right things.
“I can’t be a center averaging five, six rebounds a game. I know that. It’s something that I get criticized for the most. So it’s just putting my attention there and being more intentional about getting on that side of the glass, especially now that we have some guys down. I know I have to step up in that category.” -Turner on putting more focus on his rebounding
“There’s a lot of questions about Tyrese’s scoring and this and that and the other. All that’s going to happen. The thing that he’s doing right now better than he’s ever done is lead this team. His leadership is really great, it’s elite. He’s keeping other people propped up while he’s going through a not easy time. It’s really heartwarming to see that.” -Carlisle on Haliburton’s impact
“The thing you’ve got to understand about Benn Mathurin is at some point he’s going to strike and he’s going to go on a run. It wasn’t happening throughout the game, but in the fourth quarter, the big three in front of the bench, there was an and-one he got, and then there was a transition play where it gave us more separation…He’s gaining a lot of experience, a lot of maturity. And it’s great to see. We really need him.” -Carlisle on Mathurin’s timely baskets down the stretch
“At this point, everybody knows I can score the ball. So I’m going into the game, my assignment was to slow down Luka. The main thing was to win the game. I could have went out there and score 25…but I would rather get a stop, win the game.” -Mathurin on taking pride on the defensive end
Stat of the Night
Myles Turner had 30 points and 11 rebounds in Monday’s victory, the sixth time in his 10-year career that Turner has scored 30 or more points and pulled down 10 or more rebounds. Two of those six games have come against Dallas (he had 30 points and 16 boards in an overtime win over the Mavs in Indianapolis on Oct. 26, 2016).
Noteworthy
The Pacers have won three straight and five of their last six games in Dallas.
Turner surpassed 8,000 career points in Monday’s win. He now has 8,013 points and is the ninth player in NBA franchise history to score over 8,000 points for the Pacers.
Carlisle told the media pregame Jackson underwent successful surgery on Monday after tearing his right Achilles tendon on Friday in New Orleans.
Up Next
The Pacers will host Franz Wagner and the Orlando Magic at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 7:00 PM ET.
POST GAME: https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/rewind-pacers-mavericks-241104
INDIANA FOOTBALL
CURT CIGNETTI MONDAY PRESSER
Opening Statement
CC: Good road win up at Michigan State. I like the way we responded when we were down 10-0 in the first quarter. Guys kept their poise, kept playing, no frustration and picked up a couple of turnovers there defensively in the second quarter, which were key.
Scored 47 straight points, and really dominated the line of scrimmage up front on defense, seven sacks, 15 tackles for loss. Made some big plays in the punt return game. Blocked the punt. Forced a muff which also led to a touchdown. Had a couple of big returns and also got a deflection at the end of the game on a punt.
Offensively, made timely plays. Six of seven touchdowns in the red area. No sacks. And I thought Curtis really played well, and it was good to get a lot of guys involved.
So, all eyes on Michigan. Really tough opponent. Obviously won the national championship last season. Wasn’t much of a game between the two teams last year. And a lot of good players, really stout defense, really good special teams.
They run the ball well. Good tight end, running backs. Offensive line functions well. Settled in on a quarterback. He can spin it. And the receivers are more than capable. So, we’ll have to have a great week of preparation and play our best to have a shot.
On the College Football Playoff rankings coming out on Tuesday…
CC: I’ll see the rankings, but the only thing that really matters is you get the result when you play, and to do that you’ve got to keep the main thing the main thing and eliminate the noise and the clutter and stay focused on what’s going to help you play your best on Saturday to give you the best chance to get the result.
So today we’ve got to have a great meeting, a great walk-through and stack days, moments, hours, to put ourselves in a position to do that and not get sidetracked by all the other stuff.
Every week presents its own new set of circumstances and so there’s a lot of that going on this week. I’m aware of it. But to get kind of caught up on that and lose your focus would be the kiss of death.
On his assessment of Michigan…
CC: I look at them and I see a really good defense, really good special teams. And offensively, they haven’t scored points. They’re not in the 40s and 50s. But they can run the ball from 11, 12 and 13 personnel.
They’ve got weapons. They’ve got good backs. They’ve got good players, and they’re a good football team coming in here with a lot of tradition, a lot of history, a lot of pride, and it’s part of the reason it’s on national TV at 3:30.
To meet that challenge, we’ve got to have a great week of preparation.
On preparation for Colston Loveland…
CC: Well, you’ve got to be aware of him, for sure, down the field and on screens, various things, because when you’ve got size and speed like that, you can create personnel mismatch. So he’s an excellent football player.
They’ve got a lot of really good football players.
On handling Michigan’s blitz packages…
CC: Well, you know, we’re still fairly early in our preparation, but, you know, at this point in the season you’ve seen most of what you’re going to see. They do present a lot of looks, and they do a great job. He does a great job. He’s an excellent coordinator. He coordinated in the NFL a long time. And when you put the tape on, you see a defense that’s very multiple and tries to create problems for offenses and good players that fly around, play hard. It all starts up front with them. They’re good inside and good on the edge. And they’re an aggressive defense.
We’ll have a good plan to be balanced on offense and protect the quarterback and free guys up in the pass game and hopefully good in critical situations, and then we’ve got to go out and execute it.
On when he chooses to insert himself in the game and watching from afar…
CC: I like to stay on top of what’s going on in the game, see what’s going on front in coverage defensively and also game situations, always be thinking a play or two ahead. If it’s third down, our defense is on the field, on the phone with Grant (Cain), “Grant, what are you thinking, are we going to return this or go for the block?” I think we ought to go for the return here.”Those kind of things.
I’m on with the offense. Then I flip over with the defense, just to hear what’s going on. So, I’m trying to manage the game, be on top of the game, and stay out of the way, too, so to speak. But I’ve learned through the years game management is a critical component of being successful, whether to go for it on fourth, two-minute situations, when to call the timeouts. Two minutes before the half whether to push it down the field or not.
To do the best job I can, that’s where I feel like I’m the best, is a little bit removed, let the coaches coach. Every once in a while, if I’ve got something to say, I brought the offense up when we were down 10-0 and said, look, a lot of game left here, one play at a time, okay, nobody has to do anything special. And that’s the way I operate.
On the production from Trey Wedig and Tyrique Tucker…
CC: Trey Wedig, older guy, played a lot of football in his career, from Wisconsin. Coach Bostad coached him at Wisconsin, knew him. He’s been really solid for us at right tackle.
That whole group has been really solid, and he gives you a great day of work every day at practice and on Saturday in the games. He doesn’t talk a lot, but really in that group aside from (Mike) Katic and Carter Smith, the other ones are pretty quiet. Playing good football for us.
Tyrique Tucker also is in that rotation. We rotate four guys inside. He made some really good plays developing as a football player. He’s gotten better every year. I’m really proud of him. I’ve seen where he’s come from, where he’s at today.
He was instrumental in Ponds’ pick-6 two weeks ago when he deflected the pass or hit the quarterback’s arm as he was throwing it.
So that’s a position inside where we are able to rotate guys, keep him fresh, and he’s played really well.
On the recent surge of turnover creation…
CC: We’re normally pretty high in that turnover ratio. We started out the season fairly well. Then we had a little spell there where we got a little bit behind. But they were critical in this pass game between the takeaways on defense and the blocked punts, which I consider a turnover and the muffed punts led to at least 16 points and in the Nebraska game it was 28 points.
We’re doing a good job of protecting the ball on offense, which is where it all starts. Quarterbacks making good decisions in the pass game and the ball carriers, receivers are tucking it away nicely, and on defense we’re swarming the football.
And our pass coverage has been tight. The first interception Aiden Fisher was really good in underneath coverage, deflected the pass and Ferrell made the interception, and on the second interception Ferrell made a really nice break on the ball and a nice catch for the interception.
When you fly around, good things happen on defense. And we’re flying around, and a lot of good things are happening. TFL, sacks, and takeaways.
On wearing opponents down throughout the 60 minutes of a game…
CC: That’s what we preach. Never being satisfied. They’ve responded. They’ve been able to kind of compartmentalize and have an edge, good competitive edge going into the game; and regardless of what the score is, you know, the standard is the standard. We’re doing a pretty good job of that first play to last play.
On holding Michigan State to negative 36 rushing yards and the entire defensive performance…
CC: Well, defensively that’s where it always begins is up front. Being able to win the line of scrimmage both sides of the ball you’ve got to win the line of scrimmage.
Our defense has always been about creating havoc and disruption up front, TFLs and sacks. That hasn’t changed.
We play a little more zone coverage now than we used to play. And the linebackers, we put a lot on those guys, and they’re run-and-hit guys, and involved in the blitzes quite a bit as well. We brought a lot of five-man pressure in this last game.
So, you win championships by having a great defense. And we certainly have played good defense here the last few weeks and all season long been pretty consistent.
FISHER EARNS SEMIFINALIST NOD FROM BUTKUS AWARD
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Awarded to the nation’s best linebacker, the Butkus Award tabbed Indiana football’s Aiden Fisher as one of the 15 semifinalists as revealed today by the Butkus Foundation on Monday (Nov. 4).
Fisher ranks No. 17 nationally and No. 3 in the Big Ten with a team-best 84 tackles. That total includes 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks on the season. He has added three pass breakups, including one that led to an interception in Week 10 at Michigan State.
The junior has at least eight tackles in eight of nine games in 2024, which includes three double-digit tackle games. His season-high 12 tackles came in the season opener versus FIU and again in Week 5 versus Maryland. He added an 11-tackle effort against Nebraska.
For his career, Fisher is looking for back-to-back 100-tackle seasons after posting 108 in 2023 at James Madison. He has 197 career tackles over three seasons with 9.5 tackles for loss and 10 pass breakups.
Finalists will be named November 25 and the winner named by December 10.
A Butkus Award celebration is planned for Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Memorial Stadium on the University of Illinois campus, where the late Dick Butkus established his legendary career. The celebration will be featured in the Butkus Award Special airing on the Big Ten Network. More information at www.butkusfoundation.org.
Butkus Award Semifinalists
Jihaad Campbell, Alabama
Deontae Lawson, Alabama
Shaun Dolac, Buffalo
Barrett Carter, Clemson
Jalon Walker, Georgia
Aiden Fisher, Indiana
Jay Higgins, Iowa
Chandler Martin, Memphis
Chris Paul Jr., Mississippi
Sean Brown, North Carolina State
Sonny Styles, Ohio State
Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma
Anthony Hill Jr., Texas
Carson Schwesinger, UCLA
Shae Suiaunoa, Wyoming
GAME NOTES: HOST MICHIGAN
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – As the fall colors and temperatures descend on the Midwest, Memorial Stadium awaits a sold-out crowd when No. 8/10 Indiana football hosts Michigan for a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff on CBS. The Hoosiers and Wolverines meet for the 11th-straight season, with IU’s last win in the series coming during the 2020 season.
No. 8/10 INDIANA (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten) hosts MICHIGAN (5-4, 3-3 Big Ten)
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, Ind.)
Saturday, Nov. 9 | 3:30 p.m. ET
TV: CBS | RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network
Setting the Scene
• Indiana will host Michigan on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. ET in Memorial Stadium on CBS.
• This will be the 73rd all-time meeting between the two programs with Michigan leading the series, 62-10. Indiana is seeking its first win over Michigan since 2020, when it won, 38-21.
• This will be the 11th consecutive season where the two programs face off, dating back to the 2013 season.
• IU enters the game with a top-10 ranking in both the AP and Coaches Polls. It is the first time that the Hoosiers have been ranked in the top ten since the 2020 season when they were ranked as high as No. 7.
By The Numbers
51 – Indiana’s 55 offensive touchdowns are the most among FBS teams through Week 10.
6 – The 6-0 start in Big Ten play marked the best six-game start to a conference slate and tie for most B1G wins in program history (1967, 1987, 2020).
32 – Indiana’s 32 rushing touchdowns are the most in a season since 2001 (33; 12 games).
9 – The nine-game winning streak is the longest streak in program history. The previous record was eight consecutive games in the 1945 and 1967 seasons.
News & Notes
• Indiana enters the game with an 9-0 record after defeating Michigan State (11/2), 47-10, in Week 10. This is Indiana’s first time in program history starting a season 9-0 and it ties the most wins in a single season in program history.
• Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to start his head coaching tenure with a 9-0 record. He is the first-ever Division I head coach to start 8-0 or better in consecutive seasons at different schools (James Madison, 10-0, 2023; Indiana, 9-0, 2024). MORE ON PAGE 4 & 17
• Indiana is one of five undefeated teams in the FBS (Indiana, Army, Miami (Fla.), BYU, Oregon).
• In his return from injury, Kurtis Rourke went 19-for-29 passing with 263 yards and four touchdowns. He is just the second Big Ten quarterback since 2000 to throw at least 3 touchdown passes in their first three conference road games (Justin Fields, Ohio State; 2020). MORE ON PAGE 7
• Senior running Ty Son Lawton scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. That marked a touchdown in seven of nine games for Lawton. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Junior wide receiver Elijah Sarratt moved his consecutive games with a catch streak to 34-straight games with his 9-yard reception in the first quarter at Michigan State. He also hauled in two touchdowns for his multi-touchdown game as a Hoosier. MORE ON PAGE 10
• Redshirt junior defensive lineman Mikail Kamara had 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks against the Spartans. He owns at least one tackle in all 32 career appearances and at least a half tackle for loss in 29 of 32 career games. The 4.5 tackles for loss are the most in a Big Ten game and are tied for the second most in a game in the FBS this season. MORE ON PAGE 13
• Sophomore Amare Ferrell had a career-high two interceptions at Michigan State to mark the first time since 2020 that Indiana had back-to-back multiple interception games. That season, it was Tiawan Mullen (2; at Michigan State) and Jamar Johnson (2; at Ohio State).
• The zero sacks allowed in back-to-back Big Ten games mark the first time since 2001 that IU hasn’t surrendered a sack in consecutive conference games. IU didn’t allow a sack in five-straight games from Sept. 29-Nov. 3, 2001.
• With its double-digit win, Indiana extended its longest streak of double-digit wins in program history to 10-straight games.
• IU now has three blocked kicks on the season and that is the most since IU blocked four kicks in 2021.
• Michigan State’s minus-36 rushing yards are the fewest allowed by an Indiana defense in program history. The previous mark was minus-32 yards against William & Mary in 2002.
• The rushing mark gives IU six games holding the opponent under 100-yards rushing, to tie the 1990 squad for the most such games in a single season since at least 1950.
COMPLETE GAME NOTES: https://static.iuhoosiers.com/custompages/pdf/fb/2024/24-11-09-Notes_Michigan.pdf
INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
NO. 25/24 IU WINS 12TH-STRAIGHT SEASON OPENER
KEY MOMENTS
After an early 3-point lead by the Bears to begin the first quarter, the Hoosiers went on a 9-0 run, led by a pair of threes from Parrish and junior guard Yarden Garzon.
Indiana (1-0) defense held the Bears to seven points to end the first quarter 18-7, highlighted by a forced turnover from Junior guard Shay Ciezki that led to a fast break layup.
Defensive efforts by IU held the Bears to 0-for-5 shooting to finish the half with a 39-21, led by Parrish who had nine points and seven rebounds.
Garzon tipped off the Hoosiers from the field in the second half with a second-chance three-point jumper assisted by Ciezki.
The home team finished the third frame 50% from the field (6-for-12). Striplin led the Hoosiers scoring 10 of the 21 points.
Parrish, Garzon and Graduate guard Chloe Moore-McNeil helped the Hoosiers start off the fourth quarter strong, coming together to score the first 12 points.
Indiana rounded out the game with perfect shooting from the free throw line in the second half (11-for-11) and 15-for-29 shooting from the field (51.7%).
NOTABLE
Indiana won its 12th-straight season opener including all 11 under head coach Teri Moren.
Moore-McNeil recorded her 100th career victory as a player in the season opening win. She now stands with a 100-25 overall record at IU. The Greenfield, Tenn. native also scored for her consecutive 64th game in a row.
The Hoosiers finished the night with 20 assists on 30 made field goals with a game-high of five by Moore-McNeil.
Striplin goes in for a total of 17 points for her first official game as an Indiana Hoosier. Freshman guard Valentyna Kadlecova and Ciezki also scored their first buckets in an IU uniform.
Four players for the Hoosiers reached double digits – Parrish (20), Striplin (17), Garzon (16) and Meister (13).
Parrish recorded a 20-10 (20 points and 10 rebounds) in the game. Her first 20-10 game of her career and eighth double-double of her career.
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers play another Ivy League opponent in Harvard on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET in Bloomington.
INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL
INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES – GAME 1 VS. SIUE
Opening Tip
• Indiana University will open its 125th season of competition in men’s basketball with a non-conference title against SIUE at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
• Big Ten Network will carry coverage of the game with Connor Onion (pxp) and Robbie Hummel (analyst) on the call.
• Indiana head coach Mike Woodson is 3-0 in home openers and holds an overall record of 18-2 in the month of November during his tenure.
Game Information
Nov. 6, 2024 • 8 PM ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: BTN (Connor Onion, Robbie Hummel)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 2-0
Last Meeting: IU 83, SIUE 60 on Dec. 2, 2016, in Bloomington
Series History
• The Hoosiers are 2-0 against the Cougars and 25-0 against teams currently playing in the Ohio Valley Conference.
• IU topped SIUE by a score of 88-54 on Dec. 17, 2010, the debut matchup between the two sides. Indiana great Christian Watford tallied 18 points in just 19 minutes of run.
• Indiana also claimed an 83-60 victory on Dec. 2, 2016. Former All-Big Ten performer Juwan Morgan scored 18 points on 8-of-8 shooting from the floor and added 10 rebounds in the win.
Indiana Tops Marian in Pat Knight’s Return
• Thirteen Hoosiers entered the scoring column in Indiana’s 106-64 victory over Marian in the exhibition finale on Friday, Nov. 1, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. IU shot 46-of-70 (65.7%) from the floor and scored 70 points in the paint.
• Junior forward Malik Reneau totaled 18 points, eight rebounds, and five assists in 18 minutes of run. In the two exhibition games, Reneau averaged 19.5 points and 8.0 rebounds on 17-of-22 shooting (77.3%) from the floor.
• Freshman wing Bryson Tucker scored a game-high 19 points in his collegiate debut. He connected on 9-of-12 shots from the floor. The Bowie, Md., native also collected three assists and a pair of rebounds.
• Marian head coach Pat Knight, son of legendary Indiana head coach Bob Knight, made his return to Bloomington in his debut season with the Knights. He was hired by athletic director Steve Downing, an All-American forward with the Hoosiers under Coach Knight, on May 8, 2024.
Double Double, Double Double (CAREER)
Oumar Ballo: 34; last vs. Clemson, 3/28/24
Langdon Hatton: 6; last at Kennesaw State, 2/1/24
Malik Reneau: 2; last at Ohio State, 2/6/24
Trey Galloway: 1; at Minnesota, 3/6/24
Mackenzie Mgbako: 1; at Illinois, 1/27/24
Twenty Piece (CAREER)
Oumar Ballo: 8; last vs. Cal, 2/1/24
Malik Reneau: 7; last at Penn State, 2/24/24
Myles Rice: 6; last vs. Cal, 2/15/24
Kanaan Carlyle: 3; last vs. Washington State, 1/18/24
Trey Galloway: 3; last at Ohio State, 2/6/24
Mackenzie Mgbako: 3; last at Maryland, 3/3/24
Langdon Hatton: 2; last at Kennesaw State, 2/1/24
Hoosiers in the NBA
OG Anunoby – New York Knicks
Thomas Bryant – Miami Heat
Eric Gordon – Philadelphia 76ers
Jalen Hood-Schifino – Los Angeles Lakers
Trayce Jackson-Davis – Golden State Warriors
Kel’el Ware – Miami Heat
Cody Zeller – Atlanta Hawks
I’m Lovin’ It
The Indiana men’s basketball program has rostered 34 McDonald’s All-Americans since the debut of the game in the late 70’s.
The Cream and Crimson have been represented by Tom Baker (1977), Ray Tolbert (’77), Landon Turner (’78), Isiah Thomas (’79), John Flowers (’81), Daryl Thomas (’83), Delray Brooks (’84), Rick Calloway (’85), Jay Edwards (’87), Eric Anderson (’88), Greg Graham (’89), Pat Graham (’89), Damon Bailey (’90), Alan Henderson (’91), Sherron Wilkerson (’93), Andrae Patterson (’94), Neil Reed (’94), Jason Collier (’96), Luke Recker (’97), Dane Fife (’98), Jared Jeffries (2000), Bracey Wright (’02), D.J. White (’04), Eric Gordon (’07), Cody Zeller (’11), Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell (’12), Noah Vonleh (’13), James Blackmon Jr. (’14), Thomas Bryant (’15), Romeo Langford (’18), Trayce Jackson-Davis (’19), Kel’el Ware (’22), Mackenzie Mgbako (’23), and Bryson Tucker (’24).
Indiana ranks sixth behind Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, UCLA, and Kansas for most commitments from the McDonald’s All-American game.
The Voice of Indiana Athletics
Veteran voice of the Hoosiers Don Fischer enters his 52nd season as the play-by-play voice of Indiana Men’s Basketball. During that time, he’s called more than 2,000 games and four NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship games. He’s been honored as the National Sports Media Association’s Indiana Sportscaster of the Year 27 times and was awarded the prestigious National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame’s Chris Schenkel Award. He was also awarded with the Indiana University Bicentennial Award in 2019 in recognition for his enormous contributions to Indiana University and IU Athletics. He was induced into the IU Athletic Hall of Fame in the fall of 2022.
Inside Indiana Basketball with Mike Woodson
Inside Indiana Basketball Radio Show with Mike Woodson Presented By CommunityCars.com will air at 7 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 18. The show can be heard statewide on the CareSource Radio Network from Learfield and will be broadcast live from Hoosier Hanks East in Bloomington.
Inside Indiana Basketball Broadcast Dates
November 18
December 2, 16
January 6, 27
February 17, 24
March 10
PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL
#14 PURDUE WINS 12TH STRAIGHT SEASON OPENER WITH VICTORY VS. A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI
[14] Purdue 90, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 73 (Postgame Notes)
No. 14-ranked Purdue opened its season with a 90-73 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in front of the 74th straight sellout in Mackey Arena.
Purdue improved to 19-1 in season openers under Matt Painter, having won 12 straight openers by an average of 29.6 points per game.
The win was Purdue’s 27th straight home win against non-conference teams, now tied for the longest streak in Mackey Arena history.
Purdue has won 22 straight games in the month of November, the second-longest streak in America behind Arizona.
The win was Purdue’s 36th straight regular-season win against a non-conference opponent, dating to a 58-54 loss at Miami, Florida, on Dec. 8, 2020. The 36 straight wins is now tied for the sixth-longest streak in NCAA history.
The victory was Purdue’s 18th straight home win overall, the sixth-longest streak nationally. The 18 straight home wins is tied for the fifth-longest streak in Mackey Arena history.
Purdue is 52-1 in its last 53 games against unranked foes in Mackey Arena.
Purdue is now 14-0 all-time against the current members of the Southland Conference.
Purdue is now 93-3 since the 2017-18 season when scoring at least 80 points.
Purdue is 69-6 since the 2017-18 season when making at least 10, 3-pointers.
Purdue has won 26 straight games when shooting at least 48.0 percent from the field.
Braden Smith’s 15 assists were the most for a Purdue player in a season opener in school history. He narrowly missed a triple-double with 12 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds.
It marked Smith’s third career game of at least 15 assists. Only three players in the last 20 years have had more 15-assist games than Smith (Scott Machado, Kendall Marshall, Yuri Collins).
Smith moved into a tie for sixth on the school’s career assists chart with 460.
Fletcher Loyer tallied 21 points and made his 125th career 3-pointer in the victory.
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 15 points with a career-high nine rebounds and three assists.
In his first career game, Daniel Jacobsen had 13 points, seven rebounds and three blocks in 25 minutes.
Myles Colvin tallied a career-high 14 points with four rebounds.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Fletcher Loyer scored 21 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 14 Purdue beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 90-73 on Monday night.
Also scoring in double figures were Trey Kaufman-Renn with 15 points, Myles Colvin with 14, Daniel Jacobsen with 13 and Braden Smith with 12. Kaufman-Renn had nine rebounds and Smith had 15 assists.
Owen Dease scored 20 for the Islanders. Garry Clark added 14 points.
The Boilermakers led 49-33 at halftime, but the Islanders got as close as three points in the second half before Purdue pulled away. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi shot 54% in the second half to get back into the game.
The Boilermakers shot 56% for the game compared to 45% for the Islanders.
Purdue hung its 2024 NCAA Final Four banner with the national finalist prior to the game. The Boilermakers made the Final Four in 1980 and 1969, finishing runner-up in ’69.
Takeaways
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: The Islanders played well in the first 14 minutes of the second half to battle back from a 16-point halftime deficit to narrow the deficit to three points.
Purdue: The Boilermakers weren’t able to put away the Islanders until the final six minutes. The Boilermakers were hurt by 16 turnovers, seven more than Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Smith committed six of those turnovers.
Key Moment
After Clark’s 3-pointer narrowed Purdue’s lead to 70-67 with 6:43 remaining, Loyer fed Jacobsen for an alley-oop that woke up the crowd. Purdue held a 20-6 edge the rest of the game.
Key stat
Colvin came off the bench to score all 14 of his points in the first half.
PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
HORNUNG SELECTED BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Senior Ali Hornung received her second Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week accolade this season following 3-0 wins at Maryland and at Rutgers.
The libero averaged 5.71 digs per set last week, with 31 total digs in just six sets of action.
Hornung guided Purdue to a league-leading 17.67 digs per set. With near-perfect passes throughout the weekend where she totaled 17 digs at Maryland and 14 at Rutgers. Hornung had a perfect reception % and helped hold opponents to a .159 opponent hitting % last week.
She served up an ace in each of the matches.
On the season, the New Albany, Indiana native is averaging 3.99 digs per set, just .06 digs shy of entering Purdue’s single-season top-10 list. Meanwhile, Hornung is averaging 4.18 digs per set in Big Ten play.
Next week, Purdue will split next week between away and home matches, beginning next Friday with the second match against in-state rival, Indiana, as the squad looks to sweep the series after winning the Monon Spike on October 19 in Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers and Hoosiers will battle in Bloomington at 7 p.m. ET on B1G+.
Then, Purdue returns home for a Sunday matinee vs. Michigan at 1 p.m. ET inside Holloway Gymnasium in Military Appreciation Day. Eight matches remain in the regular-season.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MILES’ TRIPLE-DOUBLE PROPELS NO. 6 IRISH PAST LAKERS, 105-61
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Welcome back, Olivia Miles.
On Monday, No. 6 Notre Dame (1-0) downed Mercyhurst (0-1) in the 2024-25 opener, 105-61. It was the Irish’s 30th consecutive victory in a home opener.
Miles posted a triple-double in her first game back from a February 2023 ACL tear, notching 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. It is her fourth career triple-double, which is the most in Notre Dame history and second most in ACC history. She is also the first player in ACC history to record a triple-double in three different basketball seasons.
“[The assists] just show her unselfishness,” Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Coach Niele Ivey said after the game. “She’s a pass-first point guard, she has incredible vision, and she just wants to share the ball and get her teammates going.
“That just speaks on her character.”
Notre Dame set the tone out of the gate on Monday with a Miles trey and had a lead as large as 32 in the first half. Three Irish reached double-figures through two quarters: Liatu King (18), Hannah Hidalgo (10) and Kate Koval (10). King led the group with 7 boards, Hidalgo in steals (3) and Koval in blocks (3).
In total, Notre Dame had 40 points in the paint in the first half. The Irish averaged 37.6 paint points per game last season.
Mercyhurst played relatively well out of the break, scoring 20 points and holding Notre Dame to 23 in the third. But using a major height advantage, the Irish continued to dominate down low and finished with 42 paint points in the second half for a total of 82 on the night. Notre Dame shot 60 percent from the floor.
By the buzzer, five Notre Dame players finished with at least 17 points: King (24), Miles (20), Hidalgo (19), Koval (18) and Cassandre Prosper (17). In addition to Miles’ triple-double, King had a double-double with 11 rebounds. Other notable marks include Koval’s 5 blocks and Hidalgo’s 6 steals. Koval’s 5 rejections were the most by a Notre Dame player in a season opener since Devereaux Peters did it in 2007. She was also a freshman.
Next up, Notre Dame plays at Purdue on Sunday. The Boilermakers open their season on Wednesday against Purdue Fort Wayne.
NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER
ACC FIRST ROUND PREVIEW: STANFORD
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame opens up postseason play on the West Coast, taking on Stanford in the first round of the ACC Tournament at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 6 in Palo Alto. The match will air on ACCNX and the winner will face the winner of Clemson and Louisville on Sunday Nov. 10.
NOTRE DAME vs. STANFORD
Location: Palo Alto, California | Cagan Stadium
Watch: ACCNX
Live Stats: Click Here
Twitter Updates: @NDMenSoccer
Game Notes: vs. Stanford
THE STANFORD SERIES
• The Irish and Cardinal will meet on the pitch for the third time on Wednesday evening.
• The the series is tied at 1-1-0 with each team winning one game by a goal.
• Notre Dame and Stanford met earlier this season in South Bend, as the Cardinal escaped with a 1-0 victory.
• Wednesday’s match will be the first between the two sides to take place in Palo Alto.
IRISH IN THE ACC TOURNEY
• Notre Dame has an overall ACC Tournament record of 13-8-3 and has reached at least the quarterfinal round now in 10-of-12 seasons in the league.
• The Irish have won one ACC Tournament title in program history, claiming the 2021 championship. Notre Dame didn’t allow a goal over four matches and defeated Duke by a score of 2-0 in the final.
• Notre Dame has reached the semifinal round or beyond in the ACC Championship in six of its 10 seasons as a conference member.
• The Irish have made two appearances in the conference tournament finals.
• The Irish have won at least one match in nine of their 11 previous ACC Championship appearances.
• Prior to joining the ACC, Notre Dame won three Big East Tournament titles and three MCC (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) titles.
MATTHEW ROOU: GOAL SCORING MACHINE
• Senior forward Matthew Roou enters Wednesday’s match leading the ACC and sixth in the country in goals with 13 on the season.
• Roou is in the best form of his career, scoring 13 goals over his last 11 outings, including back-to-back hat tricks during the stretch.
• The talisman’s 13 goals are the most in a season by an Irish player since Jon Gallagher scored 13 during the 2017 campaign.
• Roou is currently tied for 11th on the ND all-time goal scoring list with Pat Szanto at 34 goals and is one goal away from tying Sami Kahale for 10th (35).
• The talisman now has 81 career points off 34 goals and 13 assists.
• The forward became the first Notre Dame men’s soccer player since Kevin Lovejoy in 1979 to record multiple hat tricks in a season.
• Roou came through in the clutch in Notre Dame’s 2-1 win over Clemson, scoring the winner in the 86th minute to give the Irish the win.
• The senior is one of two players at the men’s DI level to register two hat tricks during the 2024 season, joining Massachusetts’ Alec Hughes.
• Roou scored a goal from the spot in the season opener against Akron.
BRYCE BONEAU: 2024 CAPTAIN
• Bryce Boneau is the captain for this year’s Fighting Irish team.
• Boneau is a senior midfielder from Texas and was selected to the 2024 ACC Preseason Watch List.
• The skipper leads the Irish in assists with a career-high eight on the season.
• Boneau’s average of .50 assists per match ranks third in the ACC.
• Boneau scored four goals and added seven assists last season as a center midfielder and has four goals and 15 assists in his Notre Dame career.
• Boneau was selected by Nashville SC in the third round of the 2024 MLS SuperDraft with the 75th overall pick.
BALANCED ATTACK
• Thirteen different players have found the back of the net for the Irish this season (Roou, Flanagan, Genenbacher, Boneau, J. Bartlett, Spicer, Dunphy, Baffour, Shaul, N. Bartlett, Ferguson, Green, Lewis).
• Fourteen returning Irish players registered at least one point in their Notre Dame career, as the team returned 85 points from last year.
• Ten players that scored a goal during the 2023 campaign are back on this year’s team.
• Senior Matthew Roou is the top returning goal scorer on the 2024 squad after firing in a career-high 10 goals during his junior campaign.
HERE TO ASSIST
• Notre Dame ranks fourth in the ACC in assists per game, averaging 2.13 on the year.
• Bryce Boneau paces the Irish with eight assists while KK Baffour has dished out four and Matthew Roou, Sebastian Green, Mitch Ferguson and Ian Shaul have each added three.
• All three of Green’s assists came in the win over Chicago State, tying the junior for the national lead for most assists in a game at the men’s DI level.
• The Irish dished out 48 assists last season, ranking sixth in the country for total assists.
STRONG STARTS
• Notre Dame has made a habit of jumping out to an early lead this season, as the Irish have scored the opening goal in 11 of 16 matches in 2024.
• Four of the 11 opening goals came within the first 20 minutes of play.
•The quickest goal to start a match came from Bryce Boneau in the seventh minute in the win over Louisville.
• The Irish are outscoring teams 13-4 over the opening 45 minutes of play this season.
2023 SEASON REWIND
• Notre Dame had one of its most successful seasons in program history last year, finishing with an appearance in the College Cup Final.
• The Irish were dominant in the ACC, claiming the Coastal Division crown and earning the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament after going undefeated in regular season conference play with a record of 6-0-2.
• Notre Dame finished the season with a record of 13-3-6 but two of the draws resulted in the Irish advancing in the NCAA Tournament in shootouts.
• The Fighting Irish defeated Kentucky (2-0) in the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament before moving past Western Michigan (0-0) and Indiana (1-1) to make the College Cup.
• Notre Dame then defeated Oregon State (1-0) in the semifinal before falling to Clemson (1-2) in the final.
BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL
TELFORT NETS 29 AS BUTLER TOPS MISSOURI STATE IN SEASON OPENER
Butler opened the 2024-25 regular season with a hard-fought 72-65 win over Missouri State Monday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Jahmyl Telfort led the Bulldogs with 29 points, the most during his time at Butler and just two points shy of his career-high from playing at Northeastern. He went 7-for-12 from the field, hit four three-pointers, and made 11 of his 16 free throw attempts.
KEY MOMENT:
With the Bulldogs clinging to a 65-62 lead with just under 3:00 on the clock and only two seconds on the shot clock, Butler in-bounded the ball to Telfort, who pulled up and hit a three-pointer from five feet behind the arc at the top of the key. That pushed the lead to six and gave the Bulldogs enough breathing room down the stretch.
HOW IT TRANSPIRED:
After a slow start, the Bulldogs pushed the lead to 29-17 at the 6:25 mark of the first half, which was Butler’s largest lead of the contest and capped an 18-3 run.
Missouri State dug in and was able to tie the game at 36-36 with 15 seconds remaining in the half; Butler led 39-36 at the break.
The teams went back and forth for much of the second half, with neither team leading by more than four through the first 15 minutes of play.
Telfort’s three-pointer at the 2:56 mark gave Butler a six-point lead, the largest of the second half.
Butler hit four free throws in the final 25 seconds to seal the win.
NOTEWORTHY:
Butler has now won 26 consecutive home openers, dating back to a 1998 loss against Missouri State (then referred to as Southwest Missouri State).
Butler is now 78-3 in their last 81 games at Hinkle Fieldhouse against non-conference opponents.
Finley Bizjack, who started Butler’s exhibition win Wednesday, sat out the game with an ankle injury suffered in practice Friday. He is day-to-day and his status for the Bulldogs’ upcoming game Friday will be determined later this week.
Butler committed 19 turnovers, which led to 27 Missouri State points.
The Bulldogs went 21-for-28 from the free throw line; Missouri State attempted only 10 free throws.
In addition to Telfort’s 29, Pierre Brooks II scored 13 points and Patrick McCaffery added 11.
Butler held a 37-32 rebounding advantage, led by eight from Andre Screen and six from Kolby King.
UP NEXT: The Bulldogs continue a stretch of home games to open the season, hosting Austin Peay Friday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Tickets are still available for the game, which will also air on FS2.
IU INDY
JAGUARS OPEN COLLEGE BASKETBALL SEASON WITH 100-44 TROUNCING OF IU COLUMBUS
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis basketball program officially opened the 2024-25 season with an emphatic 100-44 victory over IU Columbus in the Jaguar debut of new head coach Paul Corsaro. The annual NCAA ‘Readers Become Leaders’ game attracted a crowd of 3,716 fans, who were treated to a fast start and through victory from the hosts. Junior Sean Craig led four Jaguars in double-digits with 16 points and 11 rebounds and freshman Keenan Garner also had a double-double in his college debut with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
“It’s always good to get a win. It’s our first win as a team and it’s IU Indy’s first win as a rebranded basketball program, so that’s really really special,” Corsaro said. “I thought these guys competed hard for 40 minutes and I thought all 12 guys that played today gave us something positive.
“I’m really proud of our group.”
Graduate-transfer Jarvis Walker had 13 points in just 23 minutes and sophomore Nathan Dudukovich had 11 points and three threes off the Jaguar bench. IU Indy (1-0) bullied their way to a 64-27 margin on the glass, including 25 offensive rebounds which led to 28 second chance points. Junior Timaris Brown also grabbed double-digit rebounds with nine points and 10 rebounds.
Owen Law led IU Columbus (0-4) with 13 points, including three threes.
Craig and Paul Zilinskas connected on threes on the Jaguars’ first two possessions and Walker later scored on a steal and layup to build a quick 8-0 lead, prompting an IUC timeout. The Jags had no intentions of letting off the accelerator as the lead quickly ballooned to 19-4 when Garner tipped-in a Walker miss at the 12:16 mark.
“I’ve been on these guys all week about how our starts to practice have been not the best,” Corsaro said of the quick start. “We’ve been harping all week about the important of from the jump and out the gates. I really appreciate the leadership from our captains emphasizing how important that was because we really did that today.”
Later, a 12-0 run pushed the lead out to 35-8, punctuated by a Zilinskas three and Craig putback. The lead was 48-21 at the break with the knockout blow having already landed.
After shooting just 38 percent from the floor in the opening half, the Jags shot 54 percent from the floor after intermission with more attempts coming inside the arc. Corsaro’s squad finished the game shooting nearly 46 percent overall and hit 12-of-31 (38.7 percent) from three-point range. However, the Jaguars committed just five turnovers and grabbed 25 offensive rebounds, leading to an 81-58 margin in shot attempts. Defensively, the Jags held the Crimson Pride to just 31 percent shooting and 4-of-19 (21.1 percent) from three.
With the game in hand, Corsaro was able to rotate an assortment of bodies in the second half with Craig finishing with a team-high 24 minutes played. Zilinskas finished with eight points, including the 1,000th of his collegiate career in the game’s opening minutes, and both Alec Millender and Goode tallied eight off the bench.
Both Zilinskas and Walker closed with three steals to lead the defensive effort.
“It was tremendous,” Walker said of the team’s start. “Coach has been harping on all us week to coming at it from the start – coming out and hitting teams in the mouth and so that’s what we were focused on – defense. Not so much offense, but getting stops and getting kills. That was something that was on our mind coming into it.”
The Jaguars converted 16 IUC miscues into 25 points while allowing just seven points off turnovers. Offensively, the Jaguars went over the century mark for the first time since 2018, doing so on an Ebenezer Ogoh dunk off a nifty Ron Rutland III assist.
The Jaguars will return to action on Friday (Nov. 8) when they travel to Cincinnati to face Xavier at 6:00 p.m. on FS1. The Musketeers enter the season receiving votes in both the AP and Coaches Polls.
IU INDY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HOSTS EVANSVILLE FOR SEASON OPENER
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indy women’s basketball team opens the 2024-25 season in the Jungle when they host the Evansville Aces on Tuesday, November 5. The Jags and Aces are set for a 6:30 PM first tip. Tickets will be all digital this season, so fans are asked to purchase tickets prior to arriving to the Jungle at iuindyjags.com/tickets.
IU Indy head coach Kate Bruce enters her third season with some key returners and some fresh faces. The Jags return Second Team All-Horizon League, Katie Davidson. Davidson was named to the Preseason All-League Second Team in the Horizon League preseason vote. She led the team in scoring this past season, averaging 16.4 points per game and was named Horizon League Player of the Week on January 18.
Other Jaguars that saw time on the court last season returning are Faith Stinson, Alexa Hocevar, Logan Lewis and Camron Blank. Ready to make their marks after sitting out a year due to injury are guards Azyah Newson-Cole and Kaylin Moorehead.
Coach Bruce also brought in six transfers. Kendal Wingler, a 5-10 grad student joins IU Indy after spending three seasons at Butler. Bruce added two junior transfers in Tamori Plantin (Western Carolina) and Jada Patton (UIndy). Three sophomore transfers join the Jaguars with Neveah Foster (Western Kentucky), Denali Craig-Edwards (Western Michigan) and Shania Nichols-Vannett (North Dakota State College of Science) all ready to take the court for IU Indy.
Freshman Destini Craig rounds out the roster for the Jags. The 5-10 forward from Fort Wayne, Indiana was ranked No. 14 in all of Indiana Basketball prior to her senior season at Northrop.
The IU Indianapolis women’s basketball team was picked to finished tenth in the Horizon League this season in the league’s preseason poll.
Tuesday’s game will be broadcast on ESPN+ as Scott Agness will be on the call. The season opener will also be Blackout the Jungle night.
BALL STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
LATE COMEBACK ATTEMPT FALLS SHORT FOR CARDINALS IN SEASON OPENER
ATLANTA, Ga. – The Ball State men’s basketball team made a late comeback effort from an 11-point deficit but ultimately fell 71-66 to Georgia State on Monday night at the GSU Convocation Center.
The Cardinals trailed 58-47 with 8:04 to play before an 8-0 Ball State run in the span of 65 seconds highlighted by six points from junior guard Jermahri Hill cut the deficit to three points. Georgia State wouldn’t allow the visitors to get closer than that margin the rest of the way in the season opener.
Ball State got 17 points and six rebounds from Hill and 12 points each from Ethan Brittain-Watts and Juanse Gorosito. Mickey Pearson Jr. added 12 points, while Jeremiah Hernandez (seven points) and Ben Hendriks (six) also contributed on the offensive end.
Pearson Jr. hit a driving layup in the final seconds of the first half to knot the score at 27-27 at the break. The host Panthers began the game leading 5-0 but Ball State responded with a 16-6 rally to lead 16-11 at the 8:08 mark following a 3-pointer from Pearson Jr.
Georgia State shot 27 of 65 (41.5 percent) from the field, 2 of 11 (18.2 percent) on 3-pointers and 15 of 22 (68.2 percent) at the foul line. Ball State went 22-for-68 (32.4 percent) from the field including 8-for-33 (24.2 percent) on 3-pointers and made 14 of 24 free throws (58.3 percent).
The Panthers outrebounded the Cardinals 49-44, and both teams turned the ball over six times each. Georgia State held a 42-26 points in the paint advantage, while Ball State was better on second chance (16-9) and bench points (18-8).
The Cardinals return to Muncie to host Franklin College at 5 p.m. on Friday in the home opener.
BALL STATE FOOTBALL
REDBIRD RIVALRY IS RENEWED AS CARDINALS HOST REDHAWKS ON TUESDAY ELECTION NIGHT
MUNCIE, Ind. — Riding momentum from a dramatic, last-second homecoming and rivalry victory over Northern Illinois, Ball State welcomes defending Mid-American Conference champion Miami for another rivalry game at Scheumann Stadium. Tuesday’s game, which begins #MAC-tion play in the Mid-American Conference, also coincides with Election Night in America. Tuesday’s game is sponsored by Gameday Spirit Fanstore.
Charlie Cardinal waving American flag helmet
The game will air live on ESPN at 8:00 p.m., as one of two #MAC-tion games and only a handful of major sporting events nationally. A live radio broadcast will be carried on the Ball State Gainbridge Radio Network. As a tribute to Tuesday’s national election, the Cardinals will sport black helmets adorned with Charlie Cardinal waiving an American flag.
** The Redbird Rivalry between the Cardinals and Redhawks was granted rivalry status by the MAC in 2017. It is the 11th time in the past 12 meetings that these MAC rivals have met during the month of November.
** The Cardinals used four defensive takeaways and a pair of 50-yard field goals to wrestle an upset victory from the Huskies. Jackson Courville’s career-long 52-yarder with two seconds remaining accounted for the final score. His then-career-long 50-yarder gave Ball State a 22-14 lead early in the fourth period.
** George Udo tip-toed the sideline to pickoff an NIU pass early in the second period, and on the Huskies’ next possession, Riley Tolsma forced a fumble that was recovered by Keionte Newson. When NIU began a late possession trailing 22-20, Tolsma got a hand on a pass that was intercepted by Joey Stemler, and the Cardinals’ forced a final fumble on NIU’s last-ditch lateral play to end the game. It was the Cardinals’ first game this year with more than two takeaways.
** Tanner Koziol caught a pair of short touchdown passes from Kadin Semonza and continued his assault on the Ball State record book. Ranked fifth nationally with 8.0 receptions per game, Koziol’s 64 catches and 580 yards this season rank third and fifth, respectively, by a Cardinals tight end. He needs four catches to break the single-season mark (67) established by Mike Leuck in 1983.
** The 100th anniversary of Ball State’s first season in 1924 coincides with the 100th season on the field, given that the Cardinals didn’t field a team in 1943 due to World War II. Season-long celebrations of the 100th season will be displayed at Scheumann Stadium this season. Similarly, it is the program’s 50th season in the MAC — formally joining the league in 1973 and playing its first football games in 1975.
WHAT A WIN MEANS:
** Ball State will move to 3-2 in the MAC, tied with the Redhawks.
** The Cardinals will snap a four-game losing streak to Miami in its Redbird Rivalry series.
** Currently ted with Dwight Wallace for fourth in Ball State football history with 40 career victories, Mike Neu will stand alone as the Cardinals’ fourth-winningest head coach.
BY THE NUMBERS:
4 – Ball State’s four takeaways and 4-0 turnover margin vs. NIU were the most by the Cardinals since a 20-3 win over Buffalo in 2021.
8.0 – Tanner Koziol is 5th in FBS rankings with 8.0 catches per game. Receptions over the last six weeks: 9, 9, 9, 8, 9 and 9.
25 – Tanner Koziol’s three-year total of 133 career catches is just 25 shy of Ball State’s career record for a TE (158 by Darius Hill, 2005-08).
28.9 – Including a 37-yard return against Northern Illinois, Malcolm Gillie’s 28.9 yards per kickoff return currently rank second nationally.
INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL
SHEW BECOMES THIRD SYCAMORE TO CLAIM MVFC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Indiana State defensive end Joey Shew was named this week’s Missouri Valley Football Defensive Player of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday morning.
Shew becomes the third Sycamore to claim Defensive Player of the Week honors from the conference office after pacing Indiana State’s efforts in the 35-31 win over No. 15/15 North Dakota this past weekend at Memorial Stadium.
The Sycamore defensive end posted six tackles, 3.0 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, a forced fumble, and he also scored Indiana State’s first points of the game courtesy of a 20-yard pick-six in a standout effort.
Shew’s pick-six was the first defensive touchdown of his career and gave Indiana State the 6-0 lead 34 seconds into the contest. He added a strip-sack near midfield late in the first quarter that resulted in an 11-yard loss and ended a UND drive.
He kept it going late in the contest as his four-yard TFL on UND’s opening drive of the fourth quarter moved North Dakota out of field goal range and resulted in a punt.
His final tackle came on 3rd-and-9 from the Indiana State 34 as UND mounted their final drive with under 30 seconds to play. Shew stepped up and corralled UND quarterback Simon Romfo for his second sack of the game setting up 4th-and-Long leading to UND’s desperation pass into the end zone that was knocked down as the Sycamores secured their first win against a ranked opponent since 2018 and first win against a Top 15 team since 2016.
INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SECRIST SHATTERS CAREER HIGHS IN SYCAMORES’ SEASON-OPENING SETBACK
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Keslyn Secrist paced Indiana State with career-highs of 21 points and five rebounds Monday night, but visiting Western Kentucky stifled the Sycamores in the second half in a 71-59 defeat for the home side inside Hulman Center.
Mia Simpson and Chloe Williams tallied nine points each, with Williams also adding a career-high seven rebounds. Savannah White added a career-high eight points for the Sycamores, while Deja Jones dished out a game and career-high six assists.
Indiana State used a fast pace to jump out to an early lead, with Secrist catching fire from behind the arc en route to 14 first-half points. The Trees led 22-17 after the opening quarter and shot 62.5 percent from the field in the first half as the teams went to the locker room deadlocked. Western Kentucky’s pressure intensified as the game went on, though, and the Lady Toppers outscored Indiana State 34-22 in the second half, largely off a pair of scoring runs in each of the last two quarters, to spoil the Sycamores’ season opener.
First Half
Indiana State jumped out to an early lead courtesy of layups from White, Simpson and Jones, and back-to-back 3-pointers from Secrist extended the Sycamores’ advantage to 14-7 midway through the opening quarter. Western Kentucky clawed its way back to make it a one-possession game before Williams and Secrist connected on jumpers to push the Trees’ lead back up to 18-12. Secrist added another basket inside the last two minutes, and a pair of free throws inside the final minute from Williams put the Sycamores ahead 22-17 after the opening quarter.
Western Kentucky used a 10-0 run to start the second quarter to go in front, but a jumper from Jones and a trey from Secrist knotted up the score at 27-27 with six minutes to go in the half. Baskets from Simpson and White kept the score level midway through, but WKU regained a four-point advantage with two minutes to go in the period. Simpson split a pair of free throws and Secrist converted on a three-point play inside the last 30 seconds to send the Sycamores to the intermission tied at 37-37.
Second Half
Simpson opened the third quarter scoring with a jumper from the corner, with another 3-pointer from Secrist and a basket down low from Saige Stahl putting the Sycamores ahead 44-39. The Lady Toppers used a 7-0 run to retake the lead before a pair of layups from Secrist pulled Indiana State back within one at 49-48. Indiana State went cold late in the quarter, though, as Western Kentucky closed on an 8-0 run to take a 57-58 lead into the fourth.
Western Kentucky’s run extended into the fourth quarter, as the Lady Toppers scored the first nine points of the frame to push their lead to 66-48. Indiana State pulled closer with free throws from White and Williams and the former also adding a basket down low, but a 3-pointer midway through the quarter from WKU pushed the deficit back out to 16. The Sycamores closed the quarter strong, as Williams hit a layup while Jones and Queen Ruffin both converted on a pair of free throws, but it wasn’t enough for the Trees to come back in a 71-59 defeat.
News and Notes
Keslyn Secrist set career highs in points (21), field goals (eight), 3-pointers (four) and rebounds (five) in Monday’s season opener. Secrist hit all four of Indiana State’s made 3-pointers in the game.
Savannah White’s eight points and three field goals were both career-highs.
Chloe Williams pulled down a career-high seven rebounds, four of which came on the offensive glass. Williams also scored nine points, her second-best scoring output in her Indiana State career, and added a career-high four steals.
Deja Jones led all players in Monday’s game with six assists, a career-best for the senior guard in her first career start.
Indiana State’s offense started strong, as the Sycamores shot 75 percent in the first quarter and 62.5 percent for the first half.
Indiana State won the rebound margin (33-31) in Monday’s season opener.
Four of Indiana State’s five newcomers – Semie Brar, Queen Ruffin, Mia Simpson and Davina Smith – made their Sycamore debut in Monday’s season opener, with Simpson drawing the starting nod in her first game.
Mia Simpson, Deja Jones and Saige Stahl all drew their first career starts at Indiana State in Monday’s opener.
Monday’s game was the Sycamore debut for Indiana State head coach Marc Mitchell, who was hired in May as the 10th head coach in program history.
Up Next
A major challenge awaits Indiana State, as the Sycamores travel to No. 8/9 Iowa State Thursday night for a 7:30 p.m. tip inside Hilton Coliseum
INDIANA STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS IN SEASON OPENER TO FLORIDA ATLANTIC ON MONDAY NIGHT
XENIA, Ohio. – Florida Atlantic carried a 25-point lead into halftime and held off Indiana State on Monday night inside the John Wooden Family Fieldhouse as the Sycamores fell to the Owls in the 2024-25 season opener, 97-65.
The Sycamores (0-1) launched early and often from the three-point line in building a 15-12 lead six minutes into the contest after a Samage Teel three-pointer capping off a stretch where four different Indiana State players hit from behind the arc. FAU (1-0) steadily battled back going on a 21-3 run sparked by Niccolo Maretti’s 12 points during the stretch in taking the 33-18 lead with 5:57 to play in the first half.
The Owls’ lead hit 28 points with 1:31 remaining in the half on a Kyky Tandy three-pointer, before Teel hit the final five points of the half to send the teams into the locker room with the Sycamores trailing 53-28.
Indiana State opened the second half connecting behind the arc as Aaron Gray, Markus Harding, and Teel all connected behind the arc to cut the game down to 58-37 with 17:55 to play in the second half. That’s as close as the Sycamores were able to get as FAU utilized their depth with six players scoring double-digits and 10 players scoring overall in securing the season-opening win.
Teel led the Sycamores with a game-high 21 points in his Indiana State debut as the guard hit 8-of-14 from the floor and 5-of-10 from the three-point line in the loss. K’mani Doughty added eight points off the bench, while 10 different Indiana State players scored in the game. Bruno Alocen added a team-high seven rebounds, while Jaden Daughtry posted three steals.
Moretti led FAU with 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting, while Leland Walker and Baba Miller scored 13 points apiece. Tandy (11), Ken Evans (10), and Matas Vokietaitis (10) also scored double-digits in the game as FAU shot 55.7% from the floor, 47.8% from the three-point line in the win.
News & Notes
Ten different players made their Sycamores debuts in tonight’s opener.
Samage Teel scored 14 of his 21 points in the first half, including four of his five triples.
Indiana State assisted on 15 of its 21 made field goals.
Up Next
Indiana State returns home on Thursday, November 7 for its home opener against Eureka with a tip time of 7 p.m. ET. The Sycamores Hoops Fest on Thursday will be from 4 – 7 p.m. ET, presented by RJL Solutions. The event is free to attend and will be held in The Terminal’s parking lot.
The Big Fun Band will provide the live entertainment from 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. with the Vigo County Public Library providing kid-friendly activities for the whole family to enjoy. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Get Your Tickets
Tickets can still be purchased for the home opener on Thursday, November 7. Single game tickets in the upper bowl can be purchased for $12 in advance with a $3 processing fee, and on game day tickets can be purchased for $15.
America’s Got Talent winner Richard Goodall will be singing the national anthem and performing at halftime of Thursday’s game.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
PURDUE FORT WAYNE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OPENS 2024-25 AT PURDUE ON WEDNESDAY
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Purdue Fort Wayne women’s basketball team will open the 2024-25 regular season with a road contest at Big Ten foe Purdue. The season will tip off at 7 p.m. in Mackey Arena.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Boilermakers
When: Wednesday, November 6 | 7 PM
Where: West Lafayette, Ind. | Mackey Arena
Live Stats: Link
Watch: Link
Game Notes:Purdue Fort Wayne | Purdue
Know Your Foe
Purdue was 15-19 last season with a 5-13 Big Ten mark. The Boilermakers, like the Mastodons, earned a berth to the WNIT. They fell to Vermont in the Great 8. The Boilers lost their top-four scorers from a year ago, but have a handful of transfers and three freshman for this year’s squad. Big Ten All-Freshman player Rashunda Jones is the only 2023-24 All-Big Ten player back this year.
The Series
Purdue leads the series 6-0 against Purdue Fort Wayne, with all but one meeting coming in West Lafayette. In 2018, the Boilermakers won 78-44.
1,000/1,000
Amellia Bromenschenkel joined the 1,000-point club in the Mastodons’ win at IU Indianapolis in 2023-24. She became the 22nd Mastodon in program history to reach 1,000 points.
Closing In on 1,000
Lauren Ross has 962 points in her career, needing just 38 to eclipse the 1,000-point mark for her career. In her final two seasons at Western Michigan, she scored 873 of her 962 points.
Closing In on 1,000 x2
Audra Emmerson also has a chance to reach 1,000 points for her career. She has 694 points, needing 306 to reach the milestone. She scored 343 last season.
Record Setters
The 2023-24 Purdue Fort Wayne women’s basketball team set or tied program records for points in a game, field goals made in a game, points in a season, field goal attempts in a season, 3-point field goals made and attempted in a season, wins, home wins, wins away from home and games played.
Big 12 Buckets
The Mastodons’ win over Cincinnati in the WNIT in 2023-24 was the first victory over a Big 12 team in program history.
Money Millie
Amellia Bromenschenkel finished last season ranked 131st in the nation in field goal percentage (45.6) and points scored (499) in the 2023-24 season.
We Love Threes!
Purdue Fort Wayne finished last season 14th nationally with 8.9 3-pointers made per game.
Rivals Turned Teammates
Sydney Graber (Central Michigan), Sydney Freeman (Ball State) and Lauren Ross (Western Michigan) all played against each other while in the Mid-American Conference. They all overlapped in 2020-21 and 2021-22, while Freeman and Ross also played against each other in 2022-23.
Player Turned Coach
Purdue Fort Wayne assistant coach Shayla Sellers is coming off a five-year playing career for the Mastodons. She scored 1,329 points for the Mastodons and left the program as the all-time leader in games played and started.
Meet The Newcomers
The Mastodons have nine newcomers on the 2024-25 roster. There are three freshmen, Taeya Steinauer, Reese Polega and Madelyn Geers, and six transfers: Ella Riggs (Furman), Tia Morgan (Tyler JC, Arkansas Pine Bluff), Sydney Freeman (Ball State, Dayton), Lauren Ross (Western Michigan, Michigan State), Jordan Reid (Indiana Wesleyan) and Hillary Offing (Penn State Lehigh Valley).
Last Season Recap
Purdue Fort Wayne is coming off a 2023-24 campaign that was the best in the program’s Division I history. The Mastodons were 23-13 and earned a berth to the WNIT Super 16. The ‘Dons were 12-4 at home and 11-9 away from home.
Coming Up
Purdue Fort Wayne will hit the road again with a trip to Valparaiso on November 9. After that, the Mastodons return home for a game against Defiance on November 12, which will be a doubleheader with the men’s team.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S BASKETBALL
‘DONS DEFEAT BLUFFTON IN REGULAR SEASON OPENER
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Purdue Fort Wayne men’s basketball team opened the 2024-25 season 1-0 with a 99-47 victory over Bluffton on Monday (Nov. 4) in the Gates Sports Center.
The Mastodons jumped out to a 10-0 lead after Eric Mulder slammed home the first dunk for the ‘Dons this season. The lead grew to 49-26 on an emphatic put-back dunk from Mulder, giving him six rebounds to end the half. Rasheed Bello was the only Mastodon to score double-digits in the first half, with 14 points on two 3-pointers.
Mulder secured Purdue Fort Wayne’s first double-double of the season just six minutes into the second half. Mulder now has four double-doubles in his career. The ‘Dons carried their production into the second half, routing Bluffton 50-21.
The Mastodons ended the game with six double digit scorers, the most since last year’s victory over Andrews: Bello (16), Mulder (14), Corey Hadnot II (13), Maximus Nelson (12), Chandler Cuthrell (12) and Jalen Jackson (10). Nelson led Purdue Fort Wayne in 3-pointers, finding the bottom of the net four times. Bello facilitated the ball well in the Gates Sports Center, having six assists without a turnover.
Purdue Fort Wayne played lock down defense in their first look at home, holding Bluffton to 28.8 percent from the floor and 24.1 percent from deep. The Mastodons also added in seven blocks to go along with 14 steals. Jackson poked out the ball twice to go along with his two rejections and Trey Lewis led the ‘Dons with four steals in his debut for Purdue Fort Wayne.
The Mastodons improve to 1-0. Bluffton played the game as an exhibition. The ‘Dons will travel to Orlando to play UCF on Friday (Nov. 8).
EVANSVILLE MEN’S BASKETBALL
ACES OPEN 2024-25 SEASON ON TUESDAY AT NORTH TEXAS
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Coming off a season that saw the University of Evansville men’s basketball team more than triple its win total from a season prior, the Purple Aces are set to open the 2024-25 season on Tuesday at North Texas. ESPN+ and the Purple Aces Radio Network will have the broadcast of the 7 p.m. CT contest from the Super Pit.
Ready to Roll
– Tanner Cuff saw action in all 35 games last season and made two starts, but his role is set to grow even more heading into the upcoming campaign
– In his first season with the Purple Aces, Cuff averaged 7.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game
– He had a strong exhibition tune-up, posting 12 rebounds to go along with four points versus Tiffin
– Cuff was named to the MVC All-Bench Team in March of 2024
– In last season’s home win over UIC, he recorded a career-high 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting
– With seven seconds remaining in overtime against UNI, Cuff knocked down a 3-pointer to give UE a 4-point lead and seal the win
– Cuff had an excellent all-around performance at Missouri State, recording 8 assists, 7 points and 7 boards
Doing it All
– Tayshawn Comer gave UE fans a preview of his abilities in the exhibition contest versus Tiffin
– He recorded 16 points, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 rebounds in his first time in an Aces uniform
– The Eastern Kentucky transfer averaged 7.8 points and 2.5 rebounds as a sophomore last season with the Colonels
– He completed the season 9th in the A-Sun with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.6
– Rated a 3-star recruit out of high school, Comer was named to the A-Sun All-Freshman Team in 2023
Staying in the State
– After spending his first two collegiate seasons at Butler, Connor Turnbull remained in the State of Indiana with his transfer to UE
– In the exhibition game, the junior scored 15 points while hauling in 7 boards
– He converted 5 of his 10 field goal attempts and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the line
– The 4-star recruit out of high school was limited to 9 games with the Bulldogs last season but finished with 16 blocks
– As a freshman, he shot 44% from the field and 47% from outside
Scouting the Opposition
– The Mean Green have been one of the top mid-major programs in the nation over the past few seasons, making the NIT in each of the last three seasons while earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament in 2021
– Highlighting the recent success was a 31-7 mark in 2022-23 as the Mean Green were the NIT Champions
– This will be the second meeting between the programs with the first taking place at Roberts Stadium in 1995 (58-54 UE win)
– UNT lost its top six scorers from last season as Rondel Walker is the top returner with 3.8 PPG
EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
UE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BEGINS 2024-25 SEASON AT IU INDY
The Aces begin a new season campaign on Tuesday evening with their first game of the 2024-25 season. After a tough 2023-24 season that saw UE go 4-28, Evansville is hoping to rebound to double-digit wins over the course of the winter. The Aces start on the road in a return visit to the IU Indy Jaguars after they made their way to Evansville in 2023. This is the first time UE has been to the Jungle in a decade after the programs last visit in 2014.
IU Indy finished the 2023-24 season with a 7-23 record going 5-15 in Horizon League play. The Jaguars ended the season in the Horizon League tournament with a 73-50 loss to Youngstown State. IU Indy enters the new season with a handful of familiar faces including Second Team All-Horizon League guard/forward Katie Davidson. Davidson was named to the Preseason All-League Second Team in the Horizon League preseason vote after leading the team in scoring in 23-24 averaging 16.4 points per game. The Jaguars also return forwards Faith Stinson, Alexa Hocevar, and guards Logan Lewis and Camron Blank.
Evansville had a strong exhibition showing last week in Meeks Family Fieldhouse against the Division III Franklin College Grizzlies. The Aces beat the Grizzlies 86-60 with sophomore forward Maggie Hartwig leading the way on offense. Hartwig scored 26 points and 14 rebounds in her return to action on Wednesday evening. Hartwig was UE’s third leading scorer in 2023-24, averaging 11.5 points a contest along with 7.5 rebounds for second on the team.
Along with Hartwig, Evansville returns six players from the 2023-24 roster. This includes senior guards Alana Striverson, Julia Palomo and Madlena Gerke, sophomore point guard Tene Smith, junior forward Mae Dozier, and senior forward Anica Skrivan. The Aces welcome eight new faces to their roster with freshman guards Avery Kelley, Camryn Runner, Kaiden Kreinhagen, Kylee Norkus, Logan Luebbers Palmer, and Elle Snyder along with forward transfers Mira Hanna and Claudia Clement.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
USI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OPENS SEASON WITH WIN OVER BRESCIA
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball opened its 2024-25 season Monday evening at Liberty Arena, home of the Screaming Eagles, with a 100-49 victory against Brescia University (Ky.).
Brescia grabbed a 5-3 lead nearly two minutes into the contest, but USI settled into the season-opening game with a 9-0 run over three minutes in the middle of the opening quarter. With 3:27 left in the first quarter, senior guard Vanessa Shafford canned her second three to give USI a 17-12 lead and surpass 1,000 career points. The Screaming Eagles extended their lead to 10, 24-14, by the end of the first after another offensive run that featured back-to-back buckets from senior forward Lauren Carie and sophomore guard Sophia Loden.
The Bearcats closed the gap to four on a pair of triples to start the second quarter. Around the seven-minute mark of the period, junior guard Ali Saunders turned two steals into two baskets to increase Southern Indiana’s lead back to nine, 31-22. Three consecutive makes from beyond the arc between Shafford and graduate forward Meredith Raley inflated the Eagles’ lead to 16, 42-26. USI finished the first half on another run and went into halftime with a 53-32 advantage after scoring 29 points in the second period.
Sophomore forward Amiyah Buchanan made her USI debut and had a solid stretch of play early in the third quarter. Buchanan reached double digits nearly three minutes into the third, helping Southern Indiana build its lead to 30, 62-32. Later in the third, Raley heated up from the floor while the Eagles’ defense turned it up on the other end of the floor. The Screaming Eagles led 77-38 through three quarters after holding Brescia to six points in the third frame.
The Screaming Eagles continued their offensive burst in the early minutes of the fourth quarter, including freshman guard Lexi Sepulveda’s second three of the evening. Southern Indiana continued its high intensity on the defensive end, which created offensive opportunities. Saunders knocked down a couple of three-pointers and Loden got to the basket on multiple occasions to put the final marks on the season-opening 51-point victory.
Southern Indiana finished the game shooting over 48 percent (36-74) from the floor with 10 made threes on 21 attempts from long range. USI also shot at a 78 percent clip (18-23) from the free-throw line. The Eagles outrebounded the Bearcats, 46-27, and had 18 offensive boards. USI’s defense had 22 steals and forced 33 turnovers.
Individually, Saunders paced USI with 18 points in addition to six assists and six steals. Shafford and Raley each contributed 17 points, while Buchanan and Loden each chipped in 13 points.
In addition to Shafford’s milestone of 1,000 career points on Monday, Raley surpassed 500 career rebounds. The duo of Shafford and Raley joined 10 other Screaming Eagles in USI Women’s Basketball history to reach 1,000 points and 500 rebounds while in a USI uniform.
For Brescia, the Bearcats were 15-45 for 33 percent from the field. Brescia had five treys and was 14-19 for over 73 percent at the foul line. The Bearcats had two players score 10-plus points in the game.
Next, the Screaming Eagles make their first road trip this season on Friday when USI travels to the University of Louisville to face the 17th-ranked Cardinals. Gametime is at 6 p.m. CT from the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Broadcast coverage is on ACC Network Extra and The Spin 95.7 FM. Additional coverage can be found at usiscreamingeagles.com.
SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL
USI BATTLES TO THE END, FALLS IN OT
CHICAGO, Ill. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball battled valiantly for 45 minutes before falling in overtime to DePaul University, 80-78, Monday evening at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. The Screaming Eagles start the year 0-1, while DePaul begins 2024-25, 1-0d.
DePaul started the scoring and built an 11-5 lead early before the Eagles exploded on an 11-0 run to take their first lead of the season 16-11. USI sophomore forward Stephen Olowoniyi led the way during the offensive surge with six of the 11 points, including a spectacular fast-break dunk off a pass from junior guard Sam Kodi.
Following USI’s extension of the lead to six, 25-19, on a three-pointer by junior guard Damoni Harrison, the Blue Demons rallied on a 15-3 burst to retake the advantage, 34-28. DePaul would close the half with a bucket to lead 44-40 at the break. Harrison and junior guard Jayland Randall, who had USI’s first bucket of the season, led the Eagles during the first 20 minutes with 13 and 11 points, respectively.
DePaul opened the second half by extending its lead to as many as nine points, 61-52, with 11:47 on the clock. The Eagles, however, were not done as they would chip away and close the gap to 68-66 with 3:45 to play in the contest.
Olowoniyi would put the Eagles out in front, 72-69, with back-to-back buckets and a free throw with 53 ticks left on the clock. USI would try to hold onto the three-point lead, but DePaul would knot the game at 74-74 with 1.6 seconds on the clock and force overtime.
In the extra time, both teams missed on the first four possessions combined before Randall gave the Eagles a quick lead, 76-74. DePaul responded by tying the score, 76-76, and grabbing the lead, 78-76, with 1:27 left. Randall knotted the game at 78-78 with his second bucket of overtime, but the Blue Demons took the lead for good, 80-78, on a pair of free throws with two seconds to play.
USI had one more chance, but misfired as the final buzzer sounded, 80-78.
In the loss, Olowoniyi led three Eagles in double-digits with 23 points and a team-high nine rebounds. The sophomore forward scored 23 points on 11-of-17 from the field and one-of-one from the stripe.
Randall followed with 22 points on a blistering nine-of-11 from the field, three-of-three from long range, and one of two from the stripe. Harrison closed out the double-digit scorers with 17 points on six-of-eight from the field, two-of-three from beyond the arc, and three-of-four from the line.
As a team, USI shot 50 percent from the field (31-62) and won the battle of the boards, 36-35.
Next Up For USI:
USI opens up the 2024-25 home schedule Thursday when it hosts Bucknell University for a 7 p.m. contest at Liberty Arena. The Bison started their season with an 85-73 win at the University of Delaware this evening.
In the first-ever meeting versus Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USI stumbled, 67-56, on the road last season. Forward Jack Mielke led USI with 14 points, while guard Jordan Tillman followed with 13 in the loss.
VALPO MEN’S BASKETBALL
SCHMIDT SHINES IN MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON OPENER
After scoring 2,267 points over four seasons at NAIA Olivet Nazarene, Valparaiso University men’s basketball fifth-year senior Tyler Schmidt (Victory Christian Academy / Olivet Nazarene) didn’t skip a beat in his NCAA Division-I debut on Monday. The hometown product and former attendee of Valpo youth basketball camps as a child racked up 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting to lead the Beacons in an 83-63 season-opening setback to Liberty at the neutral-site Athletes in Action Total Athlete Tipoff in Xenia, Ohio.
How It Happened
Valpo scored the game’s first four points and created good looks at the cup in the game’s first four minutes. The Beacons led 6-4 at the 15:47 mark of the first half, but a 12-0 run helped the Flames build up a 16-6 lead with 11:28 on the first-half clock.
Schmidt finally stemmed the tide with a jumper at the 11:10 mark, and he accounted for six straight Valpo points.
Valpo got to the free-throw line and whittled into the Liberty lead, slicing the gap to six at 28-22 with 6:04 left in the half. The Flames hit three 3s in the final six minutes of the half and owned a 42-32 edge at the break.
Junior forward Devon Ellis (Schaumburg, Ill. / Conant [Maryland Eastern Shore / Link Year]) scored the first points of the second half, but then the Flames went on a 9-0 run to build the lead to 17.
Valpo had a 6-0 burst midway through the half with Schmidt accounting for two of the three baskets. The two teams played even over the game’s final nine minutes, but the 20-point Flames’ advantage that existed midway through the second half stood as the difference.
Inside the Game
Schmidt’s 17 points in 24 minutes came on 7-of-8 shooting. He squeezed five rebounds, went 2-of-2 at the line and drilled his only triple try.
Schmidt became the first Valpo player to post a single-game shooting percentage of .875 or better with at least eight attempts since Nick Robinson went 7-for-8 on Dec. 17, 2020 vs. Purdue Northwest. He was the first Valpo player to accomplish that feat against a Division-I opponent since Donovan Clay went 8-for-8 from the field on Dec. 30, 2019 vs. Loyola Chicago.
Three Beacons finished in double figures – all transfers into the program making their Valpo debuts – Schmidt, Ellis (13 points) and Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro (LaSalle, Quebec, Canada / Orangeville Prep [Western Michigan]), who was a perfect 8-of-8 at the stripe en route to 12 points.
Ellis had his 17th career double-figure scoring output at the D1 level, while De La Cruz Monegro registered his 15th. Schmidt has scored in double figures 98 times at the collegiate level.
De La Cruz Monegro became just the fifth Valpo player to go perfect at the foul-line with the minimum of eight attempts in the last seven years, joining Cooper Schwieger (9-for-9 on Jan. 20, 2024 vs. UIC), Kobe King (8-for-8 on Jan. 17, 2023 vs. UIC), Nick Robinson (8-for-8 on Nov. 12, 2019 at SIUE) and Markus Golder (8-for-8 on March 7, 2019 vs. Indiana State).
Ellis, De La Cruz Monegro and redshirt sophomore Isaiah Shaw (Phoenix, Ariz. / Davidson Academy [GCU]) all started in their Valpo debuts. Senior Darius DeAveiro made his 38th career start, while sophomore Cooper Schwieger (Overland Park, Kan. / Blue Valley Southwest [Wright State / Link Year]) made his 32nd.
Sophomore Kaspar Sepp (Tartu, Estonia / Fairmont Academy) paced the team in rebounding with eight. He led the squad on the glass four times a year ago. Schwieger corralled six boards.
Valpo went just 2-of-15 from 3-point territory, while Liberty knocked down 10 of its 24 3-point attempts.
The Beacons went 17-of-21 at the free-throw line, shooting 81 percent at the stripe.
The season opener came against a formidable foe as Liberty entered the game with 149 wins over the last six seasons, the eighth most nationally in that span.
Thoughts from Head Coach Roger Powell Jr.
“We knew this was going to be a tough matchup for us and a good challenge for our first game of the year with all the new guys and trying to jell guys together. I thought it was a great game for us to play to challenge us. They play a different style and they have some dynamic guards who can make shots at a high level. Obviously, we didn’t shoot the ball well, when you go 2-for-15 against a team like this, it’s going to be hard to win, but we’ve got to look at the film, regroup and reevaluate with a stretch of home games coming up. Hats off to Ritchie McKay and Liberty, they’re a great team and they’re going to be a difficult matchup for a lot of teams this year.”
On Tyler Schmidt: “I’m super excited about having him here. He’s continued to improve and has continued to make plays in practice. He was out over the summer, so we didn’t get to see him a whole lot. Now, he’s earning more time and more trust. He’s played a lot of college basketball, so I’m not surprised he’s been able to be productive. Today was a good outing for him. I’m excited to build that into more as we go through the season.”
Up Next
The Beacons (0-1) will begin a stretch of five straight home games on Friday by hosting Concordia Ann Arbor at 7 p.m. For ticket information, visit www.tickets.valpoathletics.com.
VALPO WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DROPS SEASON OPENER TO LIBERTY
The Valpo women’s basketball team entered the fourth quarter Monday trailing Liberty by just five points and had a shot to cut it to a two-point game on its first possession of the period, but the Flames pulled away over the final 10 minutes to a 77-58 final as the two teams contested their season opener at the inaugural AIA Total Athlete Tip-Off in Xenia, Ohio.
How It Happened
The first quarter was tightly contested, with neither team getting more than a one-possession advantage throughout the opening 10 minutes. Both teams hit four triples in the opening period, with senior Katie Beyer (McHenry, Ill./McHenry) hitting two of the Beacons’ 3-pointers, as Liberty led 16-15 at the end of the quarter.
Liberty pulled out to a five-point lead just over two minutes into the second quarter before Valpo scored six in a row from the foul line — four from fifth-year Leah Earnest (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) — to edge in front, 21-20, with 5:41 to play in the first half.
The Flames came back with the next eight points to take the lead for good and eventually held a 38-29 lead at intermission.
LU came out of the halftime break with a 10-2 run in the first 2:25 of the second half to gain its largest lead to that point at 48-31.
The Beacon defense limited the Flames to just six points over the next seven minutes, allowing Valpo to put together a 18-6 stretch to close to within 54-49 late in the third quarter. Sophomore Nevaeh Jackson (Fort Wayne, Ind./Northrop) had a team-best seven points during that run, while Beyer knocked down yet another triple as well.
A pair of free throws from Earnest in the final second of the quarter had the Beacons within 56-51 with 10 minutes to play.
Valpo had a 3-point attempt on the opening trip of the fourth quarter that didn’t fall, and Liberty came down and knocked down a triple on its first possession.
A 3-pointer from sophomore Layla Gold (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral) with 7:37 to play gave the Beacons life, bringing them within 61-54, but that proved to be Valpo’s final field goal of the game as the Flames pulled away late.
Inside the Game
Monday’s opener was the earliest by date in program history, as the previous earliest was Nov. 7.
Valpo shot just 33.3% from the field for the game (14-for-42) to Liberty’s 53.7% (29-of-54) clip. The Flames were 13-for-20 from 3-point range as well.
The Beacons did take advantage of numerous trips to the foul line, ending the afternoon 23-of-32 at the charity stripe. The 23 made free throws were the most by a Valpo team since going 24-of-29 at the line against Missouri State Jan. 14, 2023.
A pair of Valpo players set career bests with double-digit scoring efforts Monday. Beyer surpassed her previous best of 11 with a 14-point game, including a 3-for-6 effort from 3-point range after coming into the game with just five career 3-point makes.
Gold delivered multiple triples for the second time in her career en route to a career-best 11-point game.
Earnest paced the Beacons with 15 points, including a 10-for-12 effort at the foul line — matching her career high for free throws made. She also tallied team highs with six rebounds and four assists, with the former moving her into 11th place in program history with 647 career rebounds.
Five Beacons made their team debuts on Monday. Transfers Maci Rhoades (Beavercreek, Ohio/Beavercreek [Radford]) and Fiona Connolly (South Burlington, Vt./Brewster Academy [La Salle]) were both in Valpo’s starting lineup, while true freshmen Lexi Castator (Fort Wayne, Ind./Northrop), Mor Shabtai (Tel Aviv, Israel/Tichonet) and Kylie Waytashek (Royalton, Minn./Royalton) came off the bench for the Beacons.
Thoughts From Coach Evans
“I thought we played three pretty good quarters of basketball today. We emphasized at halftime the need to locate and get out on Liberty’s shooters, and we did that in the third quarter, allowing us to put together a run to be right in the game entering the fourth. Now, we need to figure out how to move that into the fourth quarter and finish off the game.”
“What a fantastic tournament to be part of. This whole weekend has been great, from our team retreat to the banquet last night to the games today. AIA has done a tremendous job to put this event on, and it’s special to have been invited to be part of this.”
Next Up
Valpo (0-1) comes home to the ARC for its home opener Saturday night at 7 p.m. against Purdue Fort Wayne. The game can be seen live on ESPN+.
UINDY FOOTBALL
FOOTBALL CONTINUES ASCENT OF COACHES POLL
WACO, Texas – The UIndy football team vaulted four spots to No. 15 in the AFCA Division II Coaches Poll, released Monday. The Greyhounds are coming off a impressive performance versus Southwest Baptist, routing the visiting Bearcats in a 58-3 final.
Three top-10 teams fell last week, including Super Region 3-powers Ouachita Baptist and Pittsburg State. UIndy, meanwhile, is making its 35th consecutive appearances in the weekly poll, 14 of which coming inside the top 15.
AFCA DIVISION II COACHES POLL
| RK | SCHOOL (1st-place votes) | REC | PTS | PREV |
| 1. | Valdosta St. (Ga.) (24) | 8-0 | 743 | 1 |
| 2. | Ferris St. (Mich.) (6) | 8-1 | 723 | 2 |
| 3. | Kutztown (Pa.) | 9-0 | 678 | 4 |
| 4. | Harding (Ark.) | 8-1 | 648 | 6 |
| 5. | Grand Valley St. (Mich.) | 8-1 | 638 | 7 |
| 6. | Charleston (W.Va.) | 9-0 | 580 | 9 |
| 7. | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 8-1 | 574 | 10 |
| 8. | Central Oklahoma | 8-1 | 532 | 13 |
| 9. | Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) | 8-1 | 433 | 3 |
| 10. | Slippery Rock (Pa.) | 7-1 | 432 | 14 |
| 11. | Western Colorado | 8-1 | 415 | 8 |
| 12. | West Alabama | 7-1 | 411 | 15 |
| 13. | Pittsburg St. (Kan.) | 7-2 | 408 | 5 |
| 14. | Colorado School of Mines | 7-2 | 327 | 18 |
| 15. | Indianapolis (Ind.) | 8-1 | 315 | 19 |
| 16. | Augustana (S.D.) | 7-2 | 279 | 20 |
| 17. | West Florida | 6-2 | 229 | 21 |
| 18. | California (Pa.) | 7-1 | 178 | 23 |
| Minnesota St. | 7-2 | 178 | 22 | |
| 20. | Emporia St. (Kan.) | 7-2 | 164 | 11 |
| 21. | Carson-Newman (Tenn.) | 8-1 | 143 | 24 |
| Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) | 7-2 | 143 | 12 | |
| 23. | Angelo St. (Tex.) | 7-2 | 112 | NR |
| 24. | Findlay (Ohio) | 8-1 | 100 | 25 |
| Wingate (N.C.) | 7-1 | 100 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Johnson C. Smith (N.C.), 74; Central Washington, 41; Virginia Union, 40; Sioux Falls (S.D.), 24; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 23; Ashland (Ohio), 18; Colorado Mesa, 15; Central Missouri, 13; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 7; Southern Arkansas, 7; New Haven (Conn.), 4; Miles (Ala.), 1.
CROWELL GARNERS GLVC FOOTBALL WEEKLY LAURELS
INDIANAPOLIS – University of Indianapolis freshman defensive back Key Crowell was named the GLVC Defensive Player of the Week in football, it was announced by the league office Monday.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Key Crowell, #19 Indianapolis
Fr. | DB | Lebanon, Tenn.
Major: Sport Management
Team Result: 58-3 W vs. Southwest Baptist (11/2)
Nabbed one interception, returning it 40 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter
Tallied four solo tackles
Shares the league lead in interceptions (5)
Earns first career Defensive Player of the Week Award
Last Greyhounds’ Defensive Player of the Week: Kivonte Houston (10/14/24)
UINDY MEN’S SOCCER
UINDY EARNS FOUR SEED IN 2024 GLVC MEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) released Monday the bracket for the 2024 GLVC Men’s Soccer Championship Tournament. No. 4 University of Indianapolis will look to repeat as GLVC Tournament champions for the first time in program history, when they host first-round action against No. 5 Drury on Sunday Nov. 10.
Seeding for this year’s postseason were based on a point system, where a win earned three points and a tie earned one.
Quarterfinal 4: #4 Indianapolis vs. #5 Drury | Indianapolis, Ind. | 2:30 PM ET
Indianapolis went 8-4-4 overall and 8-2-4 in GLVC play during the regular season to tally 28 points.
Drury went 8-5-4 overall and 6-5-3 in GLVC play during the regular season to tally 21 points.
After tying 1-1 head-to-head on Oct. 1 against UIndy and 0-0 versus UIS on Oct. 22, McKendree lost tiebreaker to the Greyhounds due to its 1-0 loss to second-seeded Lewis on Sept. 29 and UIndy’s 2-0 win against the Flyers on Oct. 8.
Drury won the tiebreaker over UMSL after defeating the Tritons 1-0 on Sept. 15 in Springfield, Mo.
The Greyhounds and Panthers tied, 2-2, in Springfield, Mo. on Oct. 4.
UIndy is making its 32nd overall and 12th-straight appearance in the GLVC postseason.
Drury is making its 14th appearance in the GLVC postseason and second in a row.
Each of the four quarterfinal winners will advance to the GLVC Championship Tournament semifinals, which will be hosted at Creve Coeur Park Soccer Complex in St. Louis Mo. The two semifinal contests will be played on Friday, Nov. 15, while the final will take place Sunday, Nov. 17.
UINDY WOMEN’S SOCCER
GREYHOUNDS RECEIVE SEVENTH SEED IN 2024 GLVC TOURNAMENT
INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Indianapolis women’s soccer team earned the seventh seed in the 2024 GLVC Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament, per a GLVC release Monday. The Greyhounds are looking for their first win in the GLVC Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament since April 19, 2020, when they beat Truman 1-0 in overtime in the quarterfinal.
Seeding for this year’s postseason was based on a point system, where a win earned three points and a tie earned one.
Quarterfinal 2: #2 Drury vs. #7 Indianapolis | Springfield, Mo. | 12 PM CT
Drury went 13-1-4 overall and 11-1-2 in GLVC play during the regular season to tally 35 points.
Indianapolis went 8-8-1 overall and 7-6-1 in GLVC play during the regular season to tally 22 points.
The Panthers beat the Greyhounds, 1-0, in Springfield on Oct. 4.
Drury is making its 12th overall and fourth-straight appearance in the GLVC postseason.
UIndy is making its 20th total appearance in the GLVC postseason and first since 2022.
Each of the four quarterfinal winners will advance to the GLVC Championship Tournament semifinals, which will be hosted at Creve Couer Park Soccer Complex in St. Louis, Mo. The two semifinal contests will be played on Thursday, Nov. 14, while the final will take place Saturday, Nov. 16.
All GLVC Championship Tournament action will be streamed live behind a paywall on GLVCSN.com, the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, and GLVCSN OTT apps on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Android TV. All other details and results can be found on the official tournament homepage at glvcsports.com/2024msoc.
MARIAN VOLLEYBALL
EMMA LYONS EARNS FIFTH CAREER CROSSROADS LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR
Jackson, Mich. – After a pair of strong performances over the last week, Marian volleyball libero Emma Lyons has been named as the Crossroads League Defensive Player of the Week. Lyons’ honor is the second of the season for the junior, and the fifth in her career.
Lyons had a 40-dig effort in a four-set loss to No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan for No. 24 Marian. The CL’s leading dig artist ended the week with 7.7 digs per match against IWU and Goshen, tallying a combined 54 digs in the two matches.
Marian will end the regular season on Wednesday night, traveling to Goshen for a 7:30 p.m. matchup with the Lancers, with the two teams fighting for the No. 3 seed in the Crossroads League Tournament.
MARIAN MEN’S SOCCER
SAMUEL WEHAUS CLAIMS HIS FIRST CROSSROADS LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR
JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday, recognizing the league’s top individual performances from October 28 through November 3. Sports Information Directors from the league institutions nominate student-athletes for the awards and vote on each week’s winners.
Samuel Wehaus scored twice in a 2-2 draw for RV Marian against RV Huntington. The freshman forward found the back of the net twice in a five-minute span during the second half to help MU secure the tie. In Wehaus’ first goal he took advantage of a corner kick from Matthew Loo and a header from Kyle Alb to set up his first goal of the evening. Donovan Doolittle helped Wehaus claim his second goal of the game with a great pass in the box to allow the Knights to take the draw on the game. Wehaus had six shots on the evening to claim a shot on goal percentage of .667%.
he Knights finished off the regular season finishing as the fourth seed going into the Crossroads League Tournament. Marian will host Bethel in the quarterfinal round November 6th at 3:00 p.m.
MARIAN WRESTLING
ELLIOTT RODGERS EARNS FIRST WHAC WRESTLER OF THE WEEK OF 2024-25 SEASON
INDIANAPOLIS – After a successful opening weekend of the 2024-24 wrestling season, Marian’s Elliott Rodgers has been named as the WHAC Wrestler of the Week. Rodgers honor is the first of the season in the WHAC, and is the senior’s second career honor.
Elliott Rodgers was the co-champion in the 157 weight class at the Pepsi Patriot Open this weekend, beginning a new chapter of his career wrestling at 157 for the first time. The fifth-year senior went 4-0 on Saturday with three wins by fall and one tech fall, scoring wins against opponents from Rio Grande, Oklahoma Wesleyan, Midway, and Life. Rodgers was slated to wrestle teammate Jeff Dunasky Jr. in the championship match, but both athletes double-forfeited, marking the co-championship.
Marian will next compete on November 16 at the Grand View Open.
MARIAN MEN’S BASKETBALL
KNIGHTS WIN REGULAR SEASON OPENER 81-71 AT IU-SOUTHEAST
New Albany, Ind. – The Marian men’s basketball team won their regular season opener on Monday night, getting a career-high from Aidan Franks as they defeated IU-Southeast 81-71. Marian begins their season 1-0 for the 10th consecutive season, while head coach Pat Knight earns his first win on the Marian sidelines.
Scoring was hard to come by in the early minutes of Monday’s regular season opener, as a total of eight points were scored in the first four minutes of the game. Josiah Gustin and Aidan Franks knocked down three-point shots to get the offense going after the Grenadiers scored on their opening possession, while Franks would score again to give Marian a 10-4 lead and force a timeout. Marian saw their lead erased over the next five minutes as IU-Southeast tied the game on a pair of scores, but were never able to overtake the Knights as Elhadj Diallo and Franks helped their team to a 24-21 lead at the under-10 media timeout.
The Knights lead would increase to six following the break as Gus Etchison buried a three pointer, but it wasn’t enough to put spark a breakaway run, as the Grenadiers kept the score within 10 for the remainder of the half. Marian led 38-28 after a Gavin Foe jumper with 4:48 to play in the period, but would see their lead dwindle to one as the home team took a 9-0 run. Etchison snapped the run with a driving layup to give Marian a 40-37 lead, while with 30 seconds to play Franks reclaimed the lead going into halftime, scoring a layup to provide a 42-41 lead at the break.
The game jumped back and forth to open the second half as both Marian and IU-Southeast traded makes and stops, seeing the lead change hands or come to a draw multiple times in the first six minutes. Franks controlled the scoring for Marian to open the half, scoring 10 of his second half 15 points in the stretch, helping hold a 58-56 lead. A pair of Dylan Moles buckets would give Marian the lead back with 11:02 to play after the Grenadiers scored four unanswered points, and following the make a scoreless run of 2:30 took place as the defense increased on both sides of the court.
IU-Southeast would jump in front one final time with 8:18 to play, as they broke the scoring drought with a 4-0 run, but the lead was short-lived as Franks buried a three to give his team a 65-64 edge. After another stretch of 2:40 without a score, a rebound and fastbreak dunk from Gus Etchison gave the Knights their final wind, as they pushed ahead by three with 4:57 to play, and carried into a 6-0 run to take a 71-64 lead. Noah Lovan and Franks put the final daggers on the scoreboard with a pair of scores, while Josiah Gustin’s dunk with 1:12 sealed the win, as Etchison would ice the game away at the charity stripe and close the 81-71 victory for Marian and head coach Pat Knight.
Aidan Franks headlined the box score, scoring a career-high 24 points while grabbing seven rebounds and a blocked shot. The guard was followed in scoring by Gus Etchison, who scored 21 points and dished out three assists. Dylan Moles scored 10 points and Elhadj Diallo scored 11 in the win, and Gustin led the team in rebounding with 11 boards to go with seven points. Gavin Foe recorded a team-high five assists in the win.
Marian shot 50.8 percent from the floor in the victory, while making 39 percent of their three-point shots. Marian’s defense held the Grenadiers to a 35.5 percent night from the floor, forcing IU-Southeast into a 6-for-36 night from downtown.
Marian will continue their regular season
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
82 – 4 – 1 – 24 – 14 – 17 – 22 – 6 – 2
November 5, 1950 – Cleveland Browns’ Number 82, Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record
November 5, 1954 – Montreal Canadien center Number 4, Jean Béliveau scores 3 goals in 44 seconds on future Hall of Fame goaltender Terry Sawchuk, wearing Number 1 in the crease for 4-2 win v Boston Bruins; 2nd fastest NHL hat trick
November 5, 1961 – NFL St Louis Cardinals’ Number 24, Bill Stacy, had two pick-six interceptions for TDs vs Dallas Cowboys
November 5, 1966 – BYU quarterback Number 14, Virgil Carter sets new NCAA single-game records with 513 passing yards and 599 yards of total offence in 53-33 win against Texas Western in Provo, Utah
November 5, 1968 – The first American League pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain, Number 17 won the award unanimously.
November 5, 1976 – Baltimore Orioles Jim Palmer, Number 22 won the American League Cy Young Award
November 5, 1977 – NCAA passing record set at 571 yards as Number 6, Marc Wilson, of Brigham Young
November 5, 1996 – Yankees shortstop Number 2, Derek Jeter was the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of the Year
FOOTBALL HISTORY
End of Bear’s Streak
November 5, 1933 – Boston, Massachusetts – The Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends as the Boston Redskins knock off George Halas’ visiting club by the score of 10-0. This started a bad slide for the Bears according to the Pro-football-reference.com website as they scored a whopping 3 points in three games and suffered two losses and a tie. They would mend their ways though as they eventually defeated the New York Giants for the 1933 NFL Championship by the score of 23-21.
3 Picks by James
November 5, 1950 – Cleveland, Ohio -The Cleveland Browns’ defensive back Tommy James intercepted 3 passes of the Chicago Cardinals to set a franchise single game record. According to the Pro-football-reference.com website the Browns needed all of them as they narrowly won the game 10-7.
Saints Win!
November 5, 1967 – New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory was against the Philadelphia Eagles with a final score of Saints 31, Eagles 24. If you remember we covered the announcement of the franchise being award on November 1, 1966 and the very first game of the Saints took place on September 17, 1967.
571 yards Passing in 1 game
November 5, 1977 – Quarterback Marc Wilson of Brigham Young University set a new NCAA passing record of 571 yards against Utah. The Cougars went on to win the game 38-8 over the Utes. If you were thinking we spoke about a BYU passing record recently you are right. The November 3 edition of the Football History Headlines told of Virgil Carter having passed for 513 yards against Texas Western November 3, 1966. There have definitely been some live arms in Provo, Utah!
Madden has 100th Victory
November 5, 1978 – Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO – Oakland Raiders Head Coach John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games as his Raiders defeated the KC Chiefs 20-10.
SEC Showdown #1 versus #2
November 5, 2011 – Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama – It was dubbed the “Game of the Century,” and they might not be wrong with that! The two top ranked teams in the country played in a BIG SEC showdown when the top ranked LSU visited the number two ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. The website theadvocate.com tells us that: The game would eventually count 42 NFL draft picks and numerous free agents among its participants. Twenty-eight players were ultimately drafted on defense. Ten of those were first-round picks. Stars such as LSU’s Eric Reid, as well as Morris Claiborne, and Alabama’s Dre Kirkpatrick and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix were on the field making plays that day. It was a defensive stalemate alright with all of that talent as the battle ended up being by the special teams units kicking field goals as LSU defeated Alabama in an Overtime thriller by the score of 6-9! The two teams would square off in the National Championship game as they both won their respective BCS playoff games. That game played on January 9, 2012 at the Louisiana SuperDome in New Orleans wasn’t as close though as the Tigers triumphed again over their rivals 21-0 to take the National crown.
Record is Broken!
November 5, 2011 – University of Houston quarterback Case Keenum set an NCAA career yards passing record by surpassing Timmy Chang’s mark. Keenum finshed up his collegiate career with 19217 yard through the air.
Hall Of Fame Birthdays for November 5
Coach Greasy Neale
November 5, 1891 – Parkersburg, West Virginia – Earle “Greasy” Neale dynamic early pro gridiron end and a fantastic coach became the pride and joy of his parents. A Sports Illustrated article from 1964 credits that writers assumed that Neale got his nickname, “Greasy”, from his elusiveness on the football field, it actually arose during his youth, from a name-calling joust with a friend. Neale was an early professional player as he starred as an end on Jim Thorpe’s Canton Bulldogs before the first World War. He was also a successful college coach, he also led his Washington and Jefferson College squad to the 1922 Rose Bowl. Neale was hired in 1941 as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and he took the mediocre team and turned it into a contender almost immediately. He studied film on the Chicago Bears, especially a 73-0 trouncing they had over the Washington Redskins. According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s website bio on Greasy, After studying the film endlessly, Neale became the first coach to imitate, and some say, improve the Bears’ T-formation. The Eagles won the NFL Championship in 1948 and again in 1949, and were the only team to win back-to-back titles by shutting out their opponents as they blanked the Chicago Cardinals 7-0 and then the Los Angeles Rams 14-0. Head Coach Earle Greasy Neale was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969.
T- Bruce Bosley
November 5, 1933 – Fresno, California – Bruce Bosley, the West Virginia Mountaineer tackle was born. The website footballfoundation.org gives the insight that Bosley helped to defeat Penn State three consecutive times. Bosley was named by the Associated Press as the National Lineman of the Week in two contests against the Nittany Lions. One of the 12 All-America teams Bosley made in 1955 was the All- Players team. Bosley was named by 93 percent of opposing players. The NFF’s voters chose Bruce Bosley to take a place in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.
Larry Pugh
November 5, 1943 – New Castle, Pennsylvania – Larry Pugh two way player from Westminster College in his hometown of New Castle, PA came into this world. Larry won NAIA All-America honors in two consecutive years according to the National Football Foundation’s website bio on him. The NAIA named Pugh as an All-American at offensive guard in 1962, and in 1964 at defensive tackle. Larry Pugh then had the honor in 1998 to be nominated to enter into the College Football Hall of Fame.
TE -Kellen Winslow
November 5, 1957 – St. Louis, Missouri – Kellen Winslow a tight end from the University of Missouri was born. According to his bio on mutigers.com, Winslow redefined the tight end position at the collegiate and professional levels during his playing career. At MU, he caught 71 passes for 1,089 yards and 10 TD’s from 1976-78, earning all-Big Eight honors in 1977 and ’78, and consensus all-America status as a senior. The powers that be in the National Football Foundation invited Kellen Winslow into their College Football Hall of Fame in 2002. Winslow was a first-round pick by the San Diego Chargers in the 1979 NFL draft. While playing for San Diego, he caught more passes than any tight end in league history from 1979-88 with 541 catches for 6741 yards and 45 touchdowns. He also played in 5 Pro Bowls. The Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrined Kellen in 1995.
LB- Percy Snow
November 5, 1967 – Canton, Ohio – A linebacker from Michigan State University, Percy Snow was born. Per the source of msuspartans.com website we learned that Snow was a Two-time First-Team All-American in 1988 and 1989 as well as a Three-time First-Team All-Big Ten Selection from 1987 through 89. The NFF chose Percy Snow to be inducted into their College Football Hall of Fame in 2013. After college Percy was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft and played in the NFL for four seasons with the Chiefs and Chicago Bears.
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