“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA BOYS BASKETBALL USA TODAY POLLS
4A
1. FISHERS (2-0)
2. JEFFERSONVILLE (1-0)
3. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (1-0)
4. NOBLESVILLE (2-0)
5. LAWRENCE NORTH (0-1)
6. CARMEL (1-0)
7. FORT WAYNE WAYNE (0-0)
8. WARSAW (0-0)
9. BEN DAVIS (1-1)
10. CROWN POINT (0-0)
3A
1. INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (3-0)
2. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (1-1)
3. SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (0-0)
4. GUERIN CATHOLIC (2-0)
5. NEW PALESTINE (0-0)
6. SOUTHRIDGE (0-0)
7. BREBEUF JESUIT (1-0)
8. DANVILLE (2-0)
8. FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (1-0)
10. PRINCETON (2-0)
2A
1. WAPAHANI (2-0)
2. FORT WAYNE LUERS (0-0)
3. PARKE HERITAGE (2-0)
4. PARK TUDOR (0-2)
5. GARY 21ST CENTURY (2-0)
6. LAPEL (1-0)
7. TIPTON (1-0)
8. FOREST PARK (1-0)
9. MANCHESTER (1-0)
10. PROVIDENCE (0-0)
1A
1. LIBERTY CHRISTIAN (1-1)
2. BARR-REEVE (1-1)
3. ORLEANS (1-0)
4. MARQUETTE CATHOLIC (0-0)
4. CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (2-0)
6. BETHESDA CHRISTIAN (1-0)
7. FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY (1-0)
8. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (0-0)
9. INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (1-0)
10. NORTH DAVIESS (2-0)
INDIANA BOYS BASKETBALL AP POLLS
CLASS 4A
1. FISHERS (2-0)
2. NOBLESVILLE (2-0)
3. WESTFIELD (1-0)
4. KOKOMO (1-0)
5. LAWRENCE NORTH (0-1)
6. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (1-0)
7. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (1-1)
8. BEN DAVIS (1-1)
9. CENTER GROVE (0-2)
9. TERRE HAUTE NORTH (2-0)
CLASS 3A
1. BREBEUF JESUIT (1-0)
2. HERITAGE HILLS (0-0)
3. DANVILLE (2-0)
4. SCOTTSBURG (1-0)
5. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (0-0)
6. GUERIN CATHOLIC (2-0)
7. DELTA (1-0)
8. BELLMONT (0-1)
9. MISHAWAKA MARIAN (0-1)
10. TRI-WEST (0-0)
CLASS 2A
1. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (0-0)
2. WAPAHANI (2-0)
3. TIPTON (1-0)
4. PROVIDENCE (0-0)
5. FORT WAYNE LUERS (0-0)
6. FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (1-0)
7. SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) (1-0)
8. PARK TUDOR (0-2)
9. LAPEL (1-0)
10. HEBRON (1-1)
CLASS 1A
1. BARR-REEVE (1-1)
2. EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN (0-1)
3. ORLEANS (1-0)
4. CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (2-0)
5. CLAY CITY (0-0)
6. MORGAN TWP. (0-2)
7. LOOGOOTEE (1-2)
8. BETHESDA CHRISTIAN (1-0)
9. TRITON (1-0)
10. INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (1-0)
INDIANA BOYS BASKETBALL TUESDAY SCOREBOARD
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| BEECH GROVE | 61 | PERRY MERIDIAN | 51 | |
| BOONVILLE | 44 | NORTH POSEY | 36 | |
| BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL | 80 | SALEM | 35 | |
| CARROLL (FLORA) | 61 | TRI-COUNTY | 31 | |
| CASTLE | 72 | EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN | 38 | |
| CENTER GROVE | 50 | FRANKLIN | 43 | |
| CLAY CITY | 75 | NORTH KNOX | 42 | |
| CONNERSVILLE CHRISTIAN | 65 | UNION (MODOC) | 48 | |
| CROTHERSVILLE | 62 | NEW WASHINGTON | 56 | |
| DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN | 60 | OREGON-DAVIS | 38 | |
| FLOYD CENTRAL | 66 | MEADE COUNTY (KY.) | 61 | |
| FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK | 78 | FORT WAYNE NORTH | 44 | |
| FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA | 41 | BELLMONT | 35 | |
| FORT WAYNE NORTHROP | 64 | NEW HAVEN | 52 | |
| FORT WAYNE SOUTH | 55 | TIPPECANOE VALLEY | 48 | |
| FRANKLIN MONROE (OHIO) | 52 | RANDOLPH SOUTHERN | 27 | |
| FRANKTON | 77 | MUNCIE BURRIS | 32 | |
| FREMONT | 56 | ELKHART CHRISTIAN | 48 | |
| GARRETT | 52 | WOODLAN | 38 | |
| GIBSON SOUTHERN | 71 | MOUNT CARMEL (ILL.) | 21 | |
| HAMILTON HEIGHTS | 63 | CLINTON CENTRAL | 36 | |
| HANOVER CENTRAL | 76 | WESTVILLE | 43 | |
| HERITAGE CHRISTIAN | 73 | COVENANT CHRISTIAN | 71 | |
| HOMESTEAD | 71 | MANCHESTER | 48 | |
| INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE | 55 | IRVINGTON PREP | 45 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS | 68 | NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) | 62 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN | 64 | INDIANAPOLIS RIVERSIDE | 51 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE | 64 | LIBERTY CHRISTIAN | 58 | |
| JASPER | 52 | EVANSVILLE BOSSE | 48 | |
| JIMTOWN | 76 | CAREER ACADEMY | 36 | |
| KANKAKEE VALLEY | 76 | HAMMOND NOLL | 69 | |
| LAWRENCE CENTRAL | 60 | FRANKLIN CENTRAL | 44 | |
| LAWRENCEBURG | 48 | FRANKLIN COUNTY | 45 | |
| LOWELL | 54 | WHEELER | 19 | |
| MARQUETTE CATHOLIC | 76 | BETHANY CHRISTIAN | 61 | |
| MEDORA | 62 | SHAWE MEMORIAL | 44 | |
| MISHAWAKA MARIAN | 60 | GOSHEN | 47 | |
| MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN | 57 | EMINENCE | 38 | |
| NORTH MIAMI | 61 | NORTH WHITE | 24 | |
| NORWELL | 41 | MISSISSINEWA | 34 | |
| OAK HILL | 73 | EASTERN (GREENTOWN) | 41 | |
| OLDENBURG ACADEMY | 59 | MORRISTOWN | 44 | |
| PERRY CENTRAL | 55 | PIKE CENTRAL | 34 | |
| RIVER FOREST | 51 | HIGHLAND | 49 | |
| SCOTTSBURG | 60 | EASTERN (PEKIN) | 52 | |
| SILVER CREEK | 83 | CHARLESTOWN | 72 | |
| SOUTH BEND ADAMS | 58 | NILES (MICH.) | 43 | |
| SOUTH BEND RILEY | 74 | MISHAWAKA | 29 | |
| SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH | 91 | CONCORD | 48 | |
| TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN | 64 | INDIANA DEAF | 28 | |
| TRITON | 46 | PLYMOUTH | 43 | |
| VICTORY CHRISTIAN | 71 | CALUMET | 37 | |
| WARSAW | 62 | COLUMBIA CITY | 53 | |
| WASHINGTON TWP. | 78 | CALUMET CHRISTIAN | 60 | |
| WEST CENTRAL | 67 | CULVER | 45 | |
| WEST VIGO | 49 | OWEN VALLEY | 44 | |
| WESTERN BOONE | 60 | SPEEDWAY | 42 | |
| WESTFIELD | 55 | PENDLETON HEIGHTS | 37 | |
| WESTVIEW | 67 | LAVILLE | 41 | |
| WHITE RIVER VALLEY | 55 | DUGGER UNION | 14 | |
| CASS COUNTY INVITATIONAL | ||||
| PIONEER | 48 | LEWIS CASS | 44 | |
| LAFAYETTE TOURNAMENT | ||||
| WEST LAFAYETTE | 49 | TWIN LAKES | 44 | |
| MCCUTCHEON | 60 | RENSSELAER CENTRAL | 36 | |
| LAFAYETTE JEFF | 70 | LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC | 28 | |
| HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) | 74 | BENTON CENTRAL | 46 | |
INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL TUESDAY SCOREBOARD
| AVON | 57 | PLAINFIELD | 54 | |
| BARR-REEVE | 64 | SPRINGS VALLEY | 48 | |
| BEECH GROVE | 55 | PERRY MERIDIAN | 31 | |
| BEN DAVIS | 62 | INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL | 60 | |
| BLOOMINGTON NORTH | 71 | COLUMBUS EAST | 44 | |
| BLOOMINGTON SOUTH | 63 | SEYMOUR | 27 | |
| BREMEN | 60 | SOUTH BEND RILEY | 44 | |
| CARROLL (FLORA) | 47 | NORTHWESTERN | 46 | |
| CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) | 70 | DEKALB | 48 | |
| CASCADE | 57 | OWEN VALLEY | 42 | |
| CENTER GROVE | 61 | FRANKLIN | 31 | |
| CENTRAL CHRISTIAN | 60 | VICTORY COLLEGE PREP | 5 | |
| CENTRAL NOBLE | 40 | GOSHEN | 34 | |
| CHURUBUSCO | 36 | ADAMS CENTRAL | 35 | |
| COLUMBIA CITY | 62 | FORT WAYNE DWENGER | 43 | |
| COLUMBUS NORTH | 66 | SHELBYVILLE | 43 | |
| CROWN POINT | 44 | LOWELL | 29 | |
| EAST NOBLE | 70 | LAKELAND | 41 | |
| EASTSIDE | 52 | WOODLAN | 35 | |
| ELKHART CHRISTIAN | 57 | VICTORY CHRISTIAN | 33 | |
| EMINENCE | 56 | MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN | 13 | |
| FAIRFIELD | 54 | ANGOLA | 50 | OT |
| FAITH CHRISTIAN | 48 | WEST LAFAYETTE | 37 | |
| FISHERS | 43 | NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) | 36 | |
| FLOYD CENTRAL | 53 | MADISON | 32 | |
| FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK | 45 | SOUTH ADAMS | 37 | |
| FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA | 60 | LEO | 57 | |
| FORT WAYNE WAYNE | 61 | NEW HAVEN | 46 | |
| FOUNTAIN CENTRAL | 44 | ATTICA | 27 | |
| GUERIN CATHOLIC | 43 | INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE | 36 | |
| HAUSER | 62 | SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) | 24 | |
| HERITAGE CHRISTIAN | 51 | PARK TUDOR | 29 | |
| HERITAGE HILLS | 48 | TELL CITY | 47 | OT |
| HUNTINGTON NORTH | 48 | FORT WAYNE LUERS | 37 | |
| ILLIANA CHRISTIAN | 59 | HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (DYER) | 21 | |
| INDIANA DEAF | 45 | TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN | 39 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD | 58 | GREENFIELD-CENTRAL | 44 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS RITTER | 51 | INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA | 44 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS RIVERSIDE | 70 | INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN | 0 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI | 66 | WHITELAND | 31 | |
| JASPER | 61 | NORTH HARRISON | 42 | |
| JENNINGS COUNTY | 43 | EAST CENTRAL | 34 | |
| KANKAKEE VALLEY | 50 | MICHIGAN CITY | 44 | |
| LAKE CENTRAL | 59 | MUNSTER | 38 | |
| LAKELAND CHRISTIAN | 31 | HERITAGE | 29 | |
| LAKEWOOD PARK | 49 | PRAIRIE HEIGHTS | 33 | |
| LAWRENCE NORTH | 57 | CARMEL | 31 | |
| MACONAQUAH | 40 | NORTHFIELD | 34 | |
| MARION | 61 | ANDERSON | 48 | |
| MISHAWAKA MARIAN | 40 | JIMTOWN | 27 | |
| MITCHELL | 49 | BROWN COUNTY | 40 | |
| MOORESVILLE | 57 | TERRE HAUTE NORTH | 48 | |
| MORRISTOWN | 62 | HAGERSTOWN | 22 | |
| NEW PALESTINE | 37 | NEW CASTLE | 33 | |
| NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) | 71 | BLOOMFIELD | 20 | |
| NORTH DECATUR | 53 | SOUTH RIPLEY | 38 | |
| NORTH JUDSON | 52 | MORGAN TWP. | 44 | |
| NORTH MONTGOMERY | 42 | SPEEDWAY | 31 | |
| NORTH PUTNAM | 54 | CLOVERDALE | 29 | |
| NORTH VERMILLION | 48 | SEEGER | 44 | |
| NORTHEAST DUBOIS | 61 | WASHINGTON CATHOLIC | 11 | |
| NORTHEASTERN | 60 | JAY COUNTY | 33 | |
| NORTHVIEW | 58 | TERRE HAUTE SOUTH | 23 | |
| ORLEANS | 54 | LOOGOOTEE | 24 | |
| PARKE HERITAGE | 56 | SOUTHMONT | 45 | |
| PIKE CENTRAL | 34 | SHOALS | 26 | |
| PIKE | 59 | WARREN CENTRAL | 48 | |
| PORTAGE | 36 | HOBART | 34 | |
| PRINCETON | 60 | MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) | 21 | |
| PROVIDENCE | 53 | CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 38 | |
| PURDUE POLY ENGLEWOOD | 82 | INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON | 11 | |
| PURDUE POLY NORTH | 30 | MTI KNOWLEDGE | 17 | |
| RENSSELAER CENTRAL | 53 | CHESTERTON | 42 | |
| RISING SUN | 49 | SOUTH DEARBORN | 46 | |
| ROSSVILLE | 51 | WESTERN BOONE | 37 | |
| RUSHVILLE | 52 | TRITON CENTRAL | 47 | |
| SHERIDAN | 82 | FRANKFORT | 11 | |
| SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH | 46 | JOHN GLENN | 35 | |
| SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) | 62 | BOONE GROVE | 20 | |
| SOUTH DECATUR | 47 | JAC-CEN-DEL | 34 | |
| SOUTH PUTNAM | 57 | CRAWFORDSVILLE | 34 | |
| SOUTHPORT | 58 | GREENWOOD | 49 | |
| SOUTHRIDGE | 25 | FOREST PARK | 17 | |
| SWITZERLAND COUNTY | 57 | MILAN | 26 | |
| TECUMSEH | 51 | SOUTH SPENCER | 42 | |
| TRI-CENTRAL | 53 | MADISON-GRANT | 29 | |
| TRI-COUNTY | 61 | NORTH WHITE | 27 | |
| TRI | 55 | CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN | 15 | |
| UNION (MODOC) | 35 | COWAN | 12 | |
| UNION COUNTY | 64 | CENTERVILLE | 16 | |
| UNIVERSITY | 70 | MONROVIA | 64 | |
| VINCENNES LINCOLN | 62 | LAWRENCEVILLE (ILL.) | 26 | |
| WAPAHANI | 57 | BLUE RIVER | 18 | |
| WARSAW | 57 | NORTHWOOD | 30 | |
| WASHINGTON TWP. | 48 | KOUTS | 46 | |
| WASHINGTON | 61 | EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL | 49 | |
| WAWASEE | 48 | WEST NOBLE | 27 | |
| WEST CENTRAL | 54 | WINAMAC | 39 | |
| WEST WASHINGTON | 52 | HENRYVILLE | 43 | |
| WHEELER | 50 | NEW PRAIRIE | 36 | |
| WOOD MEMORIAL | 45 | EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN | 26 | |
| YORKTOWN | 52 | LAPEL | 39 | |
| CASS COUNTY INVITATIONAL | ||||
| LEWIS CASS | 44 | PIONEER | 38 | OT |
INDIANA WRESTLING RESULTS
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/dualresults.html/
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS – DEC. 3
1. OREGON (12-0)
2. TEXAS (11-1)
3. PENN STATE (11-1)
4. NOTRE DAME (11-1)
5. GEORGIA (10-2)
6. OHIO STATE (10-2)
7. TENNESSEE (10-2)
8. SMU (11-1)
9. INDIANA (11-1)
10. BOISE STATE (11-1)
11. ALABAMA (9-3)
12. MIAMI (FLA.) (10-2)
13. OLE MISS (9-3)
14. SOUTH CAROLINA (9-3)
15. ARIZONA STATE (10-2)
16. IOWA STATE (10-2)
17. CLEMSON (9-3)
18. BYU (10-2)
19. MISSOURI (9-3)
20. UNLV (10-2)
21. ILLINOIS (9-3)
22. SYRACUSE (9-3)
23. COLORADO (9-3)
24. ARMY (10-1)
25. MEMPHIS (10-2)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
WEEK 15
FRIDAY, DEC. 6
7 P.M. | WESTERN KENTUCKY VS. JACKSONVILLE STATE | CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME | CBSSN
8 P.M. | NO. 17 TULANE AT ARMY | AAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME | ABC
8 P.M. | NO. 11 BOISE STATE VS. NO. 22 UNLV | MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME | FOX
SATURDAY, DEC. 7
12 P.M. | NO. 16 ARIZONA STATE VS. NO. 18 IOWA STATE | BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (ARLINGTON, TEXAS) | ABC
12 P.M. | MIAMI (OH) VS. OHIO UNIVERSITY | MAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (DETROIT, MICHIGAN) | ESPN
2 P.M. | SOUTHERN AT JACKSON STATE (SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP) | ESPN2
2 P.M. | MONTANA AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
2 P.M. | RHODE ISLAND AT MERCER (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
2 P.M. | VILLANOVA AT UIW (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
3 P.M. | UT MARTIN AT MONTANA STATE (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
3 P.M. | ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
3 P.M. | TARLETON STATE AT SOUTH DAKOTA (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
4 P.M. | NO. 3 TEXAS VS. NO. 7 GEORGIA | SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (ATLANTA) | ABC
4 P.M. | ILLINOIS STATE AT UC DAVIS (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
7:30 P.M. | LOUISIANA VS. MARSHALL | SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME | ESPN
8 P.M. | NO. 9 SMU VS. NO. 12 CLEMSON| ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA) | ABC
8 P.M. | NO. 1 OREGON VS. NO. 4 PENN STATE | BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (INDIANAPOLIS) | CBS
9 P.M. | LEHIGH AT IDAHO (FCS PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
VILLANOVA 68 #14 CINCINNATI 60
#3 TENNESSEE 96 SYRACUSE 70
#21 OKLAHOMA 76 GEORGIA TECH 61
#22 TEXAS A&M 57 WAKE FOREST 44
#23 OLE MISS 86 LOUISVILLE 63
MICHIGAN 67 #11 WISCONSIN 64
CLEMSON 70 #4 KENTUCKY 66
ELSEWHERE:
BUTLER 73 EASTERN ILLINOIS 58
IOWA 80 NORTHWESTERN 79
GEORGIA 69 NOTRE DAME 48
INDIANA 97 SAM HOUSTON STATE 71
MURRAY STATE 63 EVANSVILLE 61
UCLA 69 WASHINGTON 58
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
#2 CONNECTICUT 88 HOLY CROSS 52
#7 MARYLAND 87 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 52
#20 IOWA STATE 92 USC UPSTATE 35
#13 KANSAS STATE 90 EASTERN ILLINOIS 43
#25 NEBRASKA 69 LINDENWOOD 48
#6 USC 94 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST 52
ELSEWHERE:
MARQUETTE 83 INDIANA STATE 67
MINNESOTA 90 N. FLORIDA 44
USA TODAY WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25 POLL
THE USA TODAY SPORTS TOP 25 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POLL, WITH TEAM’S RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY IN PARENTHESES, TOTAL POINTS BASED ON 25 FOR FIRST PLACE THROUGH ONE POINT FOR 25TH, RANKING IN LAST WEEK’S POLL AND FIRST-PLACE VOTES RECEIVED.
| RANK | SCHOOL (RECORD) | POINTS | LAST WEEK’S RANKING | FIRST-PLACE VOTES |
| 1 | UCLA (8-0) | 759 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | CONNECTICUT (6-0) | 756 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | TEXAS (7-0) | 706 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | SOUTH CAROLINA (7-1) | 687 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | LSU (9-0) | 633 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (6-1) | 619 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | OHIO STATE (7-0) | 536 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | MARYLAND (8-0) | 529 | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | DUKE (8-1) | 501 | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | NOTRE DAME (5-2) | 462 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | OKLAHOMA (6-1) | 445 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | KANSAS STATE (7-1) | 423 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | TCU (8-0) | 410 | 21 | 0 |
| 14 | WEST VIRGINIA (8-1) | 400 | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | NORTH CAROLINA (7-1) | 338 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | KENTUCKY (7-0) | 337 | 16 | 0 |
| 17 | ALABAMA (9-0) | 232 | 20 | 0 |
| 18 | MISSISSIPPI (5-2) | 209 | 18 | 0 |
| 19 | IOWA STATE (6-2) | 180 | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | IOWA (8-0) | 166 | 24 | 0 |
| 21 | ILLINOIS (7-1) | 131 | 19 | 0 |
| 22 | LOUISVILLE (5-2) | 117 | 23 | 0 |
| 23 | BAYLOR (7-2) | 112 | 22 | 0 |
| 24 | NORTH CAROLINA STATE (4-3) | 96 | 17 | 0 |
| 25 | MICHIGAN STATE (8-0) | 60 | 29 | 0 |
DROPPED OUT: NO. 25 NEBRASKA (6-1).
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: TENNESSEE (5-0) 57; FLORIDA STATE (8-1) 41; NEBRASKA (6-1) 34; MICHIGAN (7-1) 26; MISSISSIPPI STATE (8-0) 22; GEORGIA TECH (7-0) 20; RICHMOND (8-0) 15; UTAH (6-2) 6; PENN STATE (8-1) 5; STANFORD (7-1) 3; SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (5-2) 1; VANDERBILT (8-1) 1.
NFL WEEK 14 SCHEDULE
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)
NFL WEEK 15 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, DEC. 12
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, DEC. 15
DALLAS COWBOYS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P FOX)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)
NEW YORK JETS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P CBS)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:25P CBS)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:25P CBS)
BUFFALO BILLS AT DETROIT LIONS (4:25P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:25P FOX)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (4:25P FOX)
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 16
CHICAGO BEARS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (8:00P ABC)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (8:30P ESPN)
NFL WEEK 16 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, DEC. 19
DENVER BRONCOS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SATURDAY, DEC. 21
HOUSTON TEXANS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (1:00P NBC)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (4:30P FOX)
SUNDAY, DEC. 22
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS 1:00P FOX)
NEW YORK GIANTS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT BUFFALO BILLS (1:00P CBS)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P FOX)
DETROIT LIONS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P CBS)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT NEW YORK JETS (1:00P CBS)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P FOX)
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:05P FOX)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:25P CBS)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (4:25P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 23
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (8:15P ESPN)
NFL WEEK 17 SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25 (CHRISTMAS)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1:00P NETFLIX)
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (4:30P NETFLIX)
THURSDAY, DEC. 26
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT CHICAGO BEARS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SATURDAY, DEC. 28
TBD TBD (1:00P NFL NETWORK)
TBD TBD (4:30P NFL NETWORK)
TBD TBD (8:00P NFL NETWORK)
SATURDAY GAME POOL:
DENVER BRONCOS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT NEW YORK GIANTS
ATLANTA FALCONS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS
SUNDAY, DEC. 29
NEW YORK JETS AT BUFFALO BILLS (1:00P CBS)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P CBS)
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P CBS)
DALLAS COWBOYS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (4:25P FOX)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, DEC. 30
DETROIT LIONS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (8:15P ESPN/ABC)
NFL WEEK 18 SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, JAN. 4 OR SUNDAY, JAN. 5
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT DALLAS COWBOYS
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT DENVER BRONCOS
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT DETROIT LIONS
CHICAGO BEARS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS
BUFFALO BILLS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT NEW YORK JETS
NEW YORK GIANTS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
HOUSTON TEXANS AT TENNESSEE TITANS
NBA SCOREBOARD
PHILADELPHIA 110 CHARLOTTE 104
CLEVELAND 118 WASHINGTON 87
MILWAUKEE 128 DETROIT 107
NEW YORK 121 ORLANDO 106
TORONTO 122 INDIANA 111
OKLAHOMA CITY 133 UTAH 106
DALLAS 121 MEMPHIS 116
PHOENIX 104 SAN ANTONIO 93
DENVER 119 GOLDEN STATE 115
SACRAMENTO 120 HOUSTON 111
LA CLIPPERS 127 PORTLAND 105
NHL SCOREBOARD
SEATTLE 4 CAROLINA 2
BOSTON 3 DETROIT 2 OT
MONTRÉAL 2 NY ISLANDERS 1 OT
PITTSBURGH 5 FLORIDA 4 OT
COLORADO 5 BUFFALO 4
SAN JOSE 2 WASHINGTON 1 OT
MINNESOTA 3 VANCOUVER 2 OT
ST. LOUIS 4 WINNIPEG 1
CALGARY THREE COLUMBUS 0
VEGAS 1 EDMONTON 0
MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER NCAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
QUARTERFINALS
SATURDAY DECEMBER 7
WAKE FOREST VS. OHIO STATE 5PM
VERMONT VS. PITTSBURGH 3PM
UMASS VS. DENVER 3PM
MARSHALL VS SMU 7PM
WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
QUARTERFINALS
SEMIFINALS
FRIDAY, DEC. 6
#1 DUKE VS. #2 UNC 7:30
#2 WAKE FOREST VS. #3 STANFORD 5:00
CHAMPIONSHIP
MONDAY, DEC. 9
SEMIFINAL WINNERS, 7 P.M.
MLS PLAYOFFS
CHAMPIONSHIP
SATURDAY, DEC. 7
LA GALAXY VS, NEW YORK, 4 P.M.
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TEXANS’ AL-SHAAIR SUSPENDED 3 GAMES FOR LATE HIT ON LAWRENCE
The NFL has suspended Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair for three games after a late hit on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence on Sunday.
Al-Shaair was ejected from the contest for the hit that saw Lawrence carted off the field with a concussion.
“Video shows you striking the head/neck area of Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence after he clearly goes down in (a) feet-first slide,” NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan said in a statement.
“You led with your forearm and helmet and delivered a forceful blow to the head/neck area of your opponent when you had time and space to avoid such contact.”
Runyan added: “Your lack of sportsmanship and respect for the game of football and all those who play, coach, and enjoy watching it is troubling and does not reflect the core values of the NFL.”
The vice president of football operations also said Al-Shaair’s participation in a “brawl” after the play contributed to the league’s decision. It took several minutes for the refs to break up the players, and fans threw objects at the linebacker as he left the field.
Al-Shaair will appeal the suspension, sources told Adam Schefter of ESPN. If the appeal is denied, he’ll be eligible to return for the team’s season-finale against the Tennessee Titans.
“To Trevor, I genuinely apologize to you for what ended up happening,” Al-Shaair said in a statement released Monday. “Before the game, we spoke, and I told you how great it was to see you back out on the field and wished you well.
“I would never want to see any player hurt because of a hit I put on them, especially one that was ruled ‘late’ or ‘unnecessary.'”
Lawrence is in the league’s concussion protocol following the incident. Head coach Doug Pederson said Monday the team will wait until he clears protocol to decide whether to shut the quarterback down for the remainder of the season.
Sunday was Lawrence’s first game back after missing two contests with a shoulder injury. He completed four passes for 41 yards and an interception before exiting. Mac Jones replaced the injured Lawrence, finishing with 235 yards and two touchdowns.
The 27-year-old linebacker has already been fined twice by the league. He was forced to pay $11,817 after punching Chicago Bears running back Roschon Johnson and was fined $11,255 for a late hit out of bounds on Tennessee Titans running back Tony Pollard.
“The picture that’s been painted about Azeez, his intentions, who he is as a person, I mean, quite frankly, it’s bullshit,” Texans general manager Nick Caserio told reporters Tuesday, according to NFL reporter Arye Pulli.
“It’s unfair to the individual, it’s unfair to the organization, and we love everything about Azeez Al-Shaair and what he means to this team.”
The Texans are on their bye week with their next game coming on Dec. 15 against the Miami Dolphins.
NFL PLAYOFF STANDINGS, BIG PICTURE ENTERING WEEK 14
All eyes are on the NFC North pecking order with a Thursday showdown between the Lions and Packers in Detroit kicking off Week 14.
The Lions (11-1) already registered a win over Green Bay (9-3) at Lambeau Field and begin their second pass through the division with a 3-0 record in the North. The Vikings (10-2) sit between the teams in the standings, but there are tangible and desirous goals in play for Minnesota on Sunday.
With a win over the NFC South-leading Falcons, Minnesota would gain a game on the losing team Thursday and potentially push their former quarterback, Kirk Cousins, and Atlanta outside the playoff picture behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Bucs (6-6) host the 2-10 Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.
There’s less drama in the AFC, where the division leaders have enough cushion to breathe and ample motivation to continue putting up victories with home-field advantage not yet decided.
Last week, the Bills (10-2) clinched the AFC East and the Chiefs (11-1) can clinch the West on Sunday by beating the Los Angeles Chargers (8-4) in Kansas City.
Looming for the murky AFC wild-card picture are head-to-head matchups between the Denver Broncos and Chargers (Dec. 19) and Indianapolis Colts and Broncos (Dec. 15). And Baltimore’s closing schedule is unusual, if not tricky, with a Saturday division game against the Pittsburgh Steelers (Dec. 21) and a midweek, Christmas Day game pitting the Ravens and Texans in a 2024 playoff rematch.
The current playoff picture entering Week 14:
AFC Division Leaders
1. Kansas City Chiefs (11-1)
Up Next: vs. Chargers, Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET
2. Buffalo Bills (10-2)
Up Next: at L.A. Rams, Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET
3. Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3)
Up Next: vs. Cleveland Browns, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
4. Houston Texans (8-5)
Up Next: Bye Week
AFC Wild-Card Standings
5. Los Angeles Chargers (8-4)
Up Next: at Kansas City, Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET
6. Baltimore Ravens (8-5)
Up Next: Bye Week
7. Denver Broncos (8-5)
Up Next: Bye Week
8. Indianapolis Colts (6-7)
Up Next: Bye Week
9. Miami Dolphins (5-7)
Up Next: vs. N.Y. Jets, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
10. Cincinnati Bengals (4-8)
Up Next: at Dallas, Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET
11. Cleveland Browns (3-9)
Up Next: at Pittsburgh, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
12. New York Jets (3-9)
Up Next: at Miami, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
13. Tennessee Titans (3-9)
Up Next: vs. Jacksonville, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
The New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars and Las Vegas Raiders have been eliminated.
NFC Division Leaders
1. Detroit Lions (11-1)
Up Next: vs. Green Bay, Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET
2. Philadelphia Eagles (10-2)
Up Next: vs. Carolina, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
3. Seattle Seahawks (7-5)
Up Next: at Arizona, Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET
4. Atlanta Falcons (6-6)
Up Next: at Minnesota, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
NFC Wild-Card Standings
5. Minnesota Vikings (10-2)
Up Next: vs. Atlanta, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
6. Green Bay Packers (9-3)
Up Next: at Detroit, Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET
7. Washington Commanders (8-5)
Up Next: Bye Week
8. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-6)
Up Next: vs. Las Vegas, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
9. Arizona Cardinals (6-6)
Up Next: vs. Seattle, Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET
10. Los Angeles Rams (6-6)
Up Next: vs. Buffalo, Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET
11. San Francisco 49ers (5-7)
Up Next: vs. Chicago, Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET
12. Dallas Cowboys (5-7)
Up Next: vs. Cincinnati, Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET
13. New Orleans Saints (4-8)
Up Next: at N.Y. Giants , Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
14. Chicago Bears (4-8)
Up Next: at San Francisco, Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET
15. Carolina Panthers (3-9)
Up Next: at Philadelphia, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
The New York Giants have been eliminated.
WEEK 14 NFL PREVIEW
Last week, 12 games were decided by seven-or-fewer points, tied for the most in a single week in NFL history while the first two teams – the Buffalo Bills (AFC East) and Kansas City Chiefs (playoff berth) – clinched a trip to the postseason.
- NFC North: With the Detroit Lions (11-1), Minnesota Vikings (10-2) and Green Bay Packers (9-3) all having at least nine wins, the 2024 NFC North is the first division in 39 years with three teams each with nine-or-more wins entering Week 14 (1985 AFC East).
- Green Bay (9-3) at Detroit (11-1) (Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video): The Lions have won 10 consecutive games, the longest active winning streak in the NFL and tied for the longest winning streak in franchise history (1934). Detroit enters Week 14 with the top-ranked offense in the NFC (395.2 yards per game) while Green Bay ranks second (382.8 yards per game). It will mark the first matchup in Week 14 or later of a season between two teams each averaging 380-or-more yards of offense per game since Week 15 of the 2021 season [Kansas City (389.6) at the Los Angeles Chargers (385.2)].
- Packers head coach Matt LaFleur has 65 regular-season wins since being hired by Green Bay in 2019 and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Cowher, Mike Holmgren and Andy Reid (64 wins each) for the second-most wins by a head coach in his first six seasons in NFL history, trailing only George Seifert (75).
- Green Bay running back Josh Jacobs has at least 100 scrimmage yards and a rushing touchdown in each of his five career games on Thursday and can become the first player in NFL history to reach those marks in six consecutive Thursday games.
- Lions quarterback Jared Goff has 100 regular-season touchdown passes since being acquired by Detroit in 2021 and along with his 107 touchdown passes during his time with the Los Angeles Rams (2016-20), is one of six quarterbacks all-time with 100 touchdown passes with multiple franchises, along with Pro Football Hall of Famers Peyton Manning (Indianapolis and Denver), Fran Tarkenton (Minnesota and the New York Giants) and Kurt Warner (St. Louis Rams and Arizona) as well as Tom Brady (New England and Tampa Bay) and Carson Palmer (Cincinnati and Arizona).
- Detroit wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown ranks fourth in the NFL with 76 receptions this season and has 391 receptions since entering the NFL in 2021. On Thursday, he can join Michael Thomas (470 receptions) and Jarvis Landry (400) as the only players in NFL history with at least 400 receptions in their first four career seasons.
- Atlanta (6-6) at Minnesota (10-2) (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX): Since head coach Kevin O’Connell was hired in 2022, the Vikings are 24-9 in games decided by eight-or-fewer points, tied with the 2021-23 Pittsburgh Steelers for the most wins in games decided by eight-or-fewer points in a three-season span since 1994. O’Connell’s .727 winning percentage in games decided by eight points or fewer is the highest among head coaches who had at least 10 such games since 1994.
- Atlanta and Minnesota are two of five NFC teams that missed the postseason last year that enter Week 14 with a .500-or-better record, along with Arizona (6-6), Seattle (7-5) and Washington (8-5).
- Atlanta quarterback Kirk Cousins spent six seasons (2018-23) with Minnesota and ranks second in Vikings history with 171 touchdown passes and third with 23,265 passing yards in 88 starts.
- Minnesota wide receiver Justin Jefferson leads the NFC with 1,038 receiving yards in 2024 and became the fourth player in NFL history with at least 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first five career seasons, joining Mike Evans, A.J. Green and Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss.
- Green Bay (9-3) at Detroit (11-1) (Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video): The Lions have won 10 consecutive games, the longest active winning streak in the NFL and tied for the longest winning streak in franchise history (1934). Detroit enters Week 14 with the top-ranked offense in the NFC (395.2 yards per game) while Green Bay ranks second (382.8 yards per game). It will mark the first matchup in Week 14 or later of a season between two teams each averaging 380-or-more yards of offense per game since Week 15 of the 2021 season [Kansas City (389.6) at the Los Angeles Chargers (385.2)].
- Carolina (3-9) at Philadelphia (10-2) (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX): The Eagles have won eight consecutive games, the second-longest active winning streak in the NFL and became the fourth team ever with multiple rushing touchdowns in seven straight games within a single season, joining Washington in 1983 (eight consecutive games), the San Diego Chargers in 2006 (eight) and Pittsburgh in 1976 (seven).
- Philadelphia head coach Nick Sirianni can become the eighth head coach ever and the first since Green Bay’s Matt LaFleur (2019-22) to win at least 11 games in three of his first four seasons.
- Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who recorded two separate winning streaks of 11 games from 2021-22 and 2022-23, can become the first quarterback since 1950 to register three winning streaks of nine-or-more games in his first five career seasons.
- Hurts has 24 career games with both a touchdown pass and a rushing touchdown, including seven such games this season, and can join Cam Newton (31 games) and Josh Allen (25) as the only players with 25 such games in their first five seasons in NFL history.
- Philadelphia running back Saquon Barkley leads the NFL with 1,499 rushing yards in 12 games this season. Only five players had more rushing yards in their first 12 games of a season in NFL history: Pro Football Hall of Famers Jim Brown (1,527 rushing yards in 1958 and 1,677 in 1963), Terrell Davis (1,566 in 1998), Walter Payton (1,642 in 1977) and O.J. Simpson (1,584 in 1973 and 1,575 in 1975) as well as Chris Johnson (1,509 in 2009).
- Cleveland (3-9) at Pittsburgh (9-3) (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS): The Browns defeated the Steelers, 24-19, on Thursday Night Football in Week 12 as defensive end Myles Garrett registered three sacks and running back Nick Chubb recorded the game-winning touchdown with 57 seconds remaining.
- Pittsburgh has a .500-or-better record in 21 consecutive seasons, tied with the 1965-85 Dallas Cowboys (21 consecutive seasons) for the most consecutive seasons without a losing record in NFL history.
- Garrett enters Week 14 with 98.5 career sacks and can become the fifth player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, with at least 100 sacks in his first eight career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (124 sacks) and DeMarcus Ware (111) as well as Pittsburgh’s T.J. Watt (106 entering Week 14) and Jared Allen (105). Garrett, who turns 29 years old on December 29, 2024, can become the first player since 1982 to reach 100 career sacks prior to his 29th birthday.
- Pittsburgh linebacker T.J. Watt recorded two sacks and a forced fumble in the Steelers’ 44-38 win at Cincinnati last week and surpassed Jared Allen (105 sacks) for the third-most by a player in his first eight seasons since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic. Watt has at least two sacks in 24 career games, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor (24 games) and his brother, J.J. Watt (24), for the fifth-most such games by a player in his first eight seasons since 1982.
- Seattle (7-5) at Arizona (6-6) (Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS): The Seahawks defeated the Cardinals, 16-6, in Week 12 as defensive end Leonard Williams registered 2.5 sacks and safety Coby Bryant returned an interception 69 yards for a touchdown.
- Last week, Williams recorded two sacks, a 92-yard interception-return for a touchdown and blocked an extra point attempt in the Seahawks’ 26-21 win at the New York Jets. He became the first player with multiple sacks, an interception-return touchdown and a blocked kick in the same game since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic.
- Arizona tight end Trey McBride, with 12 receptions in Week 12 against Seattle and 12 receptions in Week 13 against Minnesota, became the first tight end in NFL history with at least 12 receptions in consecutive games.
- Buffalo (10-2) at the Los Angeles Rams (6-6) (Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX): The Bills clinched their fifth-consecutive AFC East division title in Week 13, becoming the first team since the 2009 Indianapolis Colts to clinch a division with five weeks remaining in a season.
- Billsquarterback Josh Allen recorded his 73rd regular-season win last week, the third-most regular-season wins by a quarterback in his first seven seasons in NFL history and became the third player ever with multiple touchdown passes, a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown in a game, joining Benny Boynton (Nov. 9, 1924 with the Buffalo Bisons) and Tony Canadeo (Oct. 31, 1943 with Green Bay).
- Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott has 83 regular-season wins since 2017, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden for the third-most by a head coach in his first eight seasons all-time, trailing only George Seifert (98) and Mike Holmgren (84).
- McDermott can become the fifth head coach ever to win at least 11 games in five consecutive seasons, joining Bill Belichick (10 consecutive seasons from 2010-19), Andy Reid (seven from 2018-24, active streak, and five from 2000-04) and Pro Football Hall of Famers Tony Dungy (six from 2003-08) and Tom Landry (six from 1976-81).
- Rams head coach Sean McVay has 76 regular-season wins since 2017 and with the team’s Week 13 win in New Orleans, surpassed John Robinson (75 wins) for the most regular season wins in franchise history.
- Los Angeles Chargers (8-4) at Kansas City Chiefs (11-1) (Sunday night, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC): The Chiefs clinched a playoff berth for the 10th-consecutive season with their Week 13 win as quarterback Patrick Mahomes registered his 100th career win, including the postseason, tied with Tom Brady (100 wins) for the most wins by a starting quarterback in his first eight career seasons, including the postseason, in NFL history.
- Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, from Weeks 3-13, became the third player in NFL history without an interception in 10 consecutive games (minimum 15 pass attempts in each game) within a single season, joining Tom Brady (11 consecutive games in 2010) and Derek Carr (10 in 2018).
- Herbert has 19,774 career passing yards and can join Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (20,618 passing yards) as the only players with at least 20,000 passing yards in their first five seasons in NFL history.
MIKE HOLMGREN AMONG HALL OF FAME FINALISTS
Super Bowl-winning coach Mike Holmgren is among five people to reach the finalist stage for possible election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the organization announced Tuesday.
Holmgren was nominated in the coach category. Also competing to join football’s legends in Canton, Ohio, are Ralph Hay (contributor category) and Maxie Baughan, Sterling Sharpe and Jim Tyrer (seniors).
Any of the five who receive at least 80 percent of the votes from the selection committee will join the Class of 2025.
This is the first time the members of the three categories are competing against each other for enshrinement in the Hall of Fame. The announcement of new class members will be made in February in New Orleans during Super Bowl LIX week.
A maximum of three of the five finalists can be elected. If none receive 80 percent of the votes, the nominee with the most support will join the 2025 class.
Hay was an auto dealer who owned the Canton Bulldogs (1918-22). He invited owners of professional football teams to his car showroom in 1920, where an agreement was reached to start an association that two years later became the NFL.
Holmgren led the Green Bay Packers to the playoffs six times during his tenure from 1992-98, winning Super Bowl XXXI. He later coached the Seattle Seahawks (1999-2008), winning the NFC championship in 2005 but losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL.
Baughan, an outside linebacker, played from 1960-70 with the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams. The nine-time Pro Bowler came out of retirement in 1974 to play two games for his mentor, George Allen, in Washington.
Sharpe, a three-time All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl selection, played seven seasons with the Packers (1988-94) but was forced to retire early because of a neck injury.
Tyrer was an offensive tackle and a member of the AFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1960s who played with the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs (1961-73) and one final season in Washington in 1974. He won Super Bowl IV with the Chiefs.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
BIG TEN ANNOUNCES FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS AND INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced it’s 2024 football All-Big Ten teams and individual award winners on Tuesday live on the Big Ten Network’s “B1G Today” program. The full list of honorees can be found below.
2024 All-Big Ten Football Team
As selected by Big Ten coaches
| OFFENSE | FIRST TEAM | SECOND TEAM | THIRD TEAM |
| Quarterback | Dillon Gabriel, Oregon | Kurtis Rourke, Indiana | Will Howard, Ohio State |
| Running Back | Kaleb Johnson, Iowa | Jordan James, Oregon | TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State |
| Running Back | Kyle Monangai, Rutgers | Woody Marks, USC | Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State |
| Receiver | Tai Felton, Maryland | Pat Bryant, Illinois | Elijah Sarratt, Indiana |
| Receiver | Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State | Tez Johnson, Oregon | Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State |
| Center | Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State | Logan Jones, Iowa | Jonah Monheim, USC |
| Guard | Connor Colby, Iowa | Olaivavega Ioane, Penn State | Marcus Harper II, Oregon |
| Guard | Donovan Jackson, Ohio State | Emmanuel Pregnon, USC | Joe Huber, Wisconsin |
| Tackle | Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota | Gennings Dunker, Iowa | J.C. Davis, Illinois |
| Tackle | Josh Conerly Jr., Oregon | Hollin Pierce, Rutgers | Ajani Cornelius, Oregon |
| Tight End | Tyler Warren, Penn State | Colston Loveland, Michigan | Max Klare, Purdue |
OFFENSE HONORABLE MENTION
ILLINOIS: Luke Altmyer, Josh Kreutz, Josh Gesky, Melvin Priestly; INDIANA: Justice Ellison, Zach Horton, Mike Katic, Carter Smith; IOWA: Beau Stephens, Mason Richman; MICHIGAN: Kalel Mullings, Donovan Edwards, Josh Priebe, Giovanni El-Hadi, Myles Hinton; MICHIGAN STATE: Luke Newman; MINNESOTA: Daniel Jackson, Darius Taylor, Tyler Cooper; NEBRASKA: Bryce Benhart; NORTHWESTERN: Josh Thompson, Caleb Tiernan; OHIO STATE: Tegra Tshabola, Josh Fryar, Josh Simmons; OREGON: Evan Stewart, Traeshon Holden, Iapani Laloulu; PENN STATE: Drew Allar, Nicholas Singleton, Sal Wormley, Drew Shelton, Anthony Donkoh; PURDUE: Gus Hartwig, Marcus Mbow; RUTGERS: Ian Strong, Kwabena Asamoah; USC: Makai Lemon, Lake McRee, Elijah Paige; WASHINGTON: Denzel Boston, Jonah Coleman, Keleki Latu; WISCONSIN: Tawee Walker, Jack Nelson.
| Line | Mikail Kamara, Indiana | Kenneth Grant, Michigan | Gabe Jacas, Illinois |
| Line | Mason Graham, Michigan | Josaiah Stewart, Michigan | Ty Robinson, Nebraska |
| Line | JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State | Matayo Uiagalelei, Oregon | Jordan Burch, Oregon |
| Line | Abdul Carter, Penn State | Jack Sawyer, Ohio State | Derrick Harmon, Oregon |
| Line* | Tyleik Williams, Ohio State | ||
| Linebacker | Aiden Fisher, Indiana | Bryce Boettcher, Oregon | Cody Simon, Ohio State |
| Linebacker | Jay Higgins, Iowa | Sonny Styles, Ohio State | Kain Medrano, UCLA |
| Linebacker | Cody Lindenberg, Minnesota | Kobe King, Penn State | Carson Bruener, Washington |
| Linebacker* | Carson Schwesinger, UCLA | ||
| Defensive Back | D’Angelo Ponds, Indiana | Xavier Scott, Illinois | Sebastian Castro, Iowa |
| Defensive Back | Koi Perich, Minnesota | Justin Walley, Minnesota | Jermari Harris, Iowa |
| Defensive Back | Caleb Downs, Ohio State | Theran Johnson, Northwestern | A.J. Harris, Penn State |
| Defensive Back | Lathan Ransom, Ohio State | Jaylen Reed, Penn State | Jaylin Smith, USC |
DEFENSE HONORABLE MENTION
ILLINOIS: Dylan Rosiek, TeRah Edwards; INDIANA: CJ West, Jailin Walker, James Carpenter; IOWA: Aaron Graves, Ethan Hurkett, Nick Jackson, Quinn Schulte, Yahya Black; MARYLAND: Dante Trader Jr.; MICHIGAN: Derrick Moore, Ernest Hausmann, Will Johnson, Zeke Berry; MICHIGAN STATE: Charles Brantley, Jordan Turner; MINNESOTA: Anthony Smith, Danny Striggow, Ethan Robinson, Jah Joyner; NEBRASKA: John Bullock, Malcolm Hartzog Jr., Nash Hutmacher; NORTHWESTERN: Aidan Hubbard, Anto Saka, Damon Walters, Xander Mueller; OHIO STATE: Davison Igbinosun, Denzel Burke, Ty Hamilton; OREGON: Jabbar Muhammad, Jamaree Caldwell, Jeff Bassa, Nikko Reed, Teitum Tuioti, Tysheem Johnson; PENN STATE: Tony Rojas, Zane Durant; PURDUE: Dillon Thieneman, Kydran Jenkins, Will Heldt; RUTGERS: Dariel Djabome, Kyonte Hamilton, Robert Longerbeam; UCLA: Jay Toia, Kaylin Moore; USC: Easton Mascarenas-Arnold, Gavin Meyer, Kamari Ramsey; WASHINGTON: Alphonzo Tuputala, Sebastian Valdez, Thaddeus Dixon; WISCONSIN: Hunter Wohler, Ricardo Hallman.
| SPECIAL TEAMS | FIRST TEAM | SECOND TEAM | THIRD TEAM |
| Kicker | Dominic Zvada, Michigan | Jonathan Kim, Michigan State | Drew Stevens, Iowa |
| Punter | Eddie Czaplicki, USC | Ryan Eckley, Michigan State | Rhys Dakin, Iowa |
| Return Specialist | Kaden Wetjen, Iowa | Tez Johnson, Oregon | Makai Lemon, USC |
| Long Snapper | William Wagner, Michigan | Luke Basso, Oregon | Hank Pepper, USC |
SPECIAL TEAMS HONORABLE MENTION
ILLINOIS: Hank Beatty, Lane Hansen, David Olano; INDIANA: Mark Langston; IOWA: Luke Elkin; Maryland: Bryce McFerson; Michigan: Semaj Morgan; MINNESOTA: Koi Perich, Alan Soukup; NEBRASKA: Brian Buschini; NORTHWESTERN: Joe Himon; OHIO STATE: John Ferlmann, OREGON: Atticus Sappington; PENN STATE: Tyler Duzansky, Ryan Barker; PURDUE: Nick Levy, Keelan Crimmins; RUTGERS: Austin Riggs; WISCONSIN: Atticus Bertrams.
*Additional honorees due to ties
2024 All-Big Ten Football Team
As selected by conference media
| OFFENSE | FIRST TEAM | SECOND TEAM | THIRD TEAM |
| Quarterback | Dillon Gabriel, Oregon | Kurtis Rourke, Indiana | Will Howard, Ohio State |
| Running Back | Kaleb Johnson, Iowa | Jordan James, Oregon | Kalel Mullings, Michigan |
| Running Back | Kyle Monangai, Rutgers | Woody Marks, USC | Jonah Coleman, Washington |
| Receiver | Tai Felton, Maryland | Pat Bryant, Illinois | Elijah Sarratt, Indiana |
| Receiver | Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State | Tez Johnson, Oregon | Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State |
| Center | Logan Jones, Iowa | Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State | Mike Katic, Indiana |
| Guard | Connor Colby, Iowa | Olaivavega Ioane, Penn State | Josh Priebe, Michigan |
| Guard | Donovan Jackson, Ohio State | Emmanuel Pregnon, USC | Sal Wormley, Penn State |
| Tackle | Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota | Ajani Cornelius, Oregon | Gennings Dunker, Iowa |
| Tackle | Josh Conerly Jr., Oregon | Hollin Pierce, Rutgers | Josh Simmons, Ohio State |
| Tight End | Tyler Warren, Penn State | Colston Loveland, Michigan | Terrance Ferguson, Oregon |
OFFENSE HONORABLE MENTION
ILLINOIS: J.C. Davis, Josh Gesky, Josh Kreutz, Luke Altmyer; INDIANA: Carter Smith, Justice Ellison, Myles Price, Zach Horton; IOWA: Beau Stephens, Luke Lachey, Mason Richman; MICHIGAN: Giovanni El-Hadi, Myles Hinton; MICHIGAN STATE: Luke Newman; MINNESOTA: Daniel Jackson, Darius Taylor, Quinn Carroll, Tyler Cooper; NEBRASKA: Ben Scott; NORTHWESTERN: Caleb Tiernan, Josh Thompson; OHIO STATE: Josh Fryar, Quinshon Judkins, TreVeyon Henderson; OREGON: Iapani Laloulu, Marcus Harper II; PENN STATE: Anthony Donkoh, Drew Allar, Drew Shelton, Harrison Wallace III, Kaytron Allen, Nicholas Singleton, Nick Dawkins; PURDUE: Gus Hartwig, Max Klare; RUTGERS: Gus Zilinskas, Kwabena Asamoah; USC: Jonah Monheim, Makai Lemon; WASHINGTON: Denzel Boston; WISCONSIN: Jack Nelson, Joe Huber, Tawee Walker.
| DEFENSE | FIRST TEAM | SECOND TEAM | THIRD TEAM |
| Line | Mikail Kamara, Indiana | Kenneth Grant, Michigan | Gabe Jacas, Illinois |
| Line | Mason Graham, Michigan | Josaiah Stewart, Michigan | Ty Robinson, Nebraska |
| Line | Matayo Uiagalelei, Oregon | JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State | Jack Sawyer, Ohio State |
| Line | Abdul Carter, Penn State | Derrick Harmon, Oregon | Jordan Burch, Oregon |
| Linebacker | Jay Higgins, Iowa | Cody Lindenberg, Minnesota | Kydran Jenkins, Purdue |
| Linebacker | Aiden Fisher, Indiana | Bryce Boettcher, Oregon | Dariel Djabome, Rutgers |
| Linebacker | Cody Simon, Ohio State | Kobe King, Penn State | Carson Bruener, Washington |
| Linebacker* | Carson Schwesinger, UCLA | ||
| Defensive Back | Xavier Scott, Illinois | Will Johnson, Michigan | Sebastian Castro, Iowa |
| Defensive Back | D’Angelo Ponds, Indiana | Lathan Ransom, Ohio State | Jermari Harris, Iowa |
| Defensive Back | Koi Perich, Minnesota | Jabbar Muhammad, Oregon | Denzel Burke, Ohio State |
| Defensive Back | Caleb Downs, Ohio State | Jaylen Reed, Penn State | A.J. Harris, Penn State |
DEFENSE HONORABLE MENTION
ILLINOIS: Dylan Rosiek, Matthew Bailey; INDIANA: CJ West, Jailin Walker, James Carpenter, Lanell Carr Jr., Shawn Asbury II; IOWA: Aaron Graves, Deontae Craig, Ethan Hurkett, Nick Jackson, Quinn Schulte, Yahya Black; MARYLAND: Dante Trader Jr., Glendon Miller, Ruben Hyppolite II; MICHIGAN: Ernest Hausmann; MICHIGAN STATE: Charles Brantley, Jordan Turner, Khris Bogle; MINNESOTA: Anthony Smith; Danny Striggow, Ethan Robinson, Jah Joyner, Jalen Logan-Redding, Justin Walley, Maverick Baranowski; NEBRASKA: DeShon Singleton, John Bullock, Malcolm Hartzog Jr., Nash Hutmacher; NORTHWESTERN: Aidan Hubbard, Devin Turner, Mac Uihlein, Theran Johnson, Xander Mueller; OHIO STATE: Davison Igbinosun, Jack Sawyer, Jordan Hancock, Sonny Styles, Ty Hamilton, Tyleik Williams; OREGON: Brandon Johnson, Jamaree Caldwell, Jeff Bassa, Nikko Reed, Teitum Tuioti, Tysheem Johnson; PENN STATE: Dani Dennis-Sutton, Dvon J-Thomas, Jalen Kimber, Zakee Wheatley, Zane Durant; PURDUE: Cole Brevard, Dillon Thieneman; RUTGERS: Aaron Lewis, Kyonte Hamilton, Robert Longerbeam, Shaquan Loyal, Tyreem Powell; UCLA: Jay Toia, Kain Medrano, Kaylin Moore; USC: Easton Mascarenas-Arnold, Jaylin Smith, Kamari Ramsey, Mason Cobb; WISCONSIN: Hunter Wohler, Ricardo Hallman.
| SPECIAL TEAMS | FIRST TEAM | SECOND TEAM | THIRD TEAM |
| Kicker | Dominic Zvada, Michigan | Jonathan Kim, Michigan State | Drew Stevens, Iowa |
| Punter | Eddie Czaplicki, USC | Rhys Dakin, Iowa | Ryan Eckley, Michigan State |
| Return Specialist | Kaden Wetjen, Iowa | Koi Perich, Minnesota | Hank Beatty, Illinois |
| Long Snapper | Luke Basso, Oregon | Luke Elkin, Iowa | Tyler Duzansky, Penn State |
SPECIAL TEAMS HONORABLE MENTION
ILLINOIS: Lane Hansen; INDIANA: Mark Langston, Myles Price, Nicolas Radicic; MARYLAND: Bryce McFerson; MICHIGAN: William Wagner; MINNESOTA: Alan Soukup, Dragan Kesich, Mark Crawford; NEBRASKA: Brian Buschini; NORTHWESTERN: AJ Henning; OHIO STATE: John Ferlmann; OREGON: Ross James, Tez Johnson; PENN STATE: Nicholas Singleton, Ryan Barker; PURDUE: Keelan Crimmins; RUTGERS: Austin Riggs; USC: Hank Pepper, Makai Lemon; WISCONSIN: Atticus Bertrams.
*Additional honorees due to ties
2024 Big Ten Individual Award Winners
Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award: Madieu Williams, Maryland
Named for Minnesota’s Tony Dungy and Indiana’s Anthony Thompson
Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award: Russell Wilson, Wisconsin
Named for Michigan’s Gerald Ford and Iowa’s Nile Kinnick
Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year: Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
Named for Northwestern’s Otto Graham and Ohio State’s Eddie George
Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year: Abdul Carter, Penn State
Named for Minnesota’s Bronko Nagurski and Michigan’s Charles Woodson
Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year: Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State
Named for Minnesota’s Darrell Thompson and Indiana’s Antwaan Randle El
Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year (coaches vote): Curt Cignetti, Indiana
Named for Ohio State’s Woody Hayes and Michigan’s Bo Schembechler
Dave McClain Coach of the Year (media vote): Curt Cignetti, Indiana
Named for Wisconsin’s Dave McClain
Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year: Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
Named for Purdue’s Bob Griese and Drew Brees
Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year: Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State
Named for Wisconsin’s Pat Richter and Michigan’s Desmond Howard
Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year: Kaleb Johnson, Iowa
Named for Wisconsin’s Alan Ameche and Ron Dayne
Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year: Tyler Warren, Penn State
Named for Penn State’s Ted Kwalick and Iowa’s Dallas Clark
Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year: Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota
Named for Nebraska’s Dave Rimington and Ohio State’s Orlando Pace
Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year: Abdul Carter, Penn State
Named for Michigan State’s Bubba Smith and Penn State’s Courtney Brown
Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year: Jay Higgins, Iowa
Named for Illinois’ Dick Butkus and Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald
Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year: Caleb Downs, Ohio State
Named for Ohio State’s Jack Tatum and Purdue’s Rod Woodson
Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year: Dominic Zvada, Michigan
Named for Wisconsin’s Jim Bakken and Michigan State’s Morten Andersen
Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year: Eddie Czaplicki, USC
Named for Illinois’ Dike Eddleman and Michigan State’s Brandon Fields
Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year: Kaden Wetjen, Iowa
Named for Nebraska’s Johnny Rodgers and Iowa’s Tim Dwight
ILLINOIS ASSISTANT DANA DIMEL, LONGTIME COLLEGE COACH, DIES
Dana Dimel, an assistant coach at Illinois and formerly the head coach at Wyoming, Houston and UTEP, died Tuesday morning, his family announced. He was 62.
Dimel’s agent, Pete Roussel, said on social media that Dimel passed away in his sleep.
The coach spent this season as a senior offensive assistant on Bret Bielema’s staff at Illinois. He also was a longtime assistant coach for Bill Snyder at Kansas State.
“Obviously, we are very saddened by the passing of Dana. He was a special friend and coaching companion,” Snyder said in a statement. “I admired his passion for helping his players and fellow coaches. He was a big part of the development of the Kansas State football program, and along with his wife Julie, very meaningful in the Manhattan community.”
Dimel began his coaching career in 1987 at Kansas State, his alma mater, and was on staff there until Wyoming (1997-99) named him its head coach. He also was the head coach at Houston (2000-02) and returned to Kansas State before being hired to lead UTEP (2018-23).
Dimel had a career head coaching record of 50-88 before joining the Fighting Illini.
“Today is a difficult day for college football and our Illini (family),” Bielema said in a statement. “Dana was an exceptional person, husband, father, friend, and football coach. He affected the lives of countless coaches, players, and staff members for more than three decades in college football.
“His influence on our program was incredible to witness and be a part of. His infectious positive energy had a major impact on me, our players, and everyone in our building every day. He will be dearly missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife and family.”
REPORT: NEBRASKA QB DANIEL KAELIN TO ENTER TRANSFER PORTAL
Nebraska quarterback Daniel Kaelin told the Cornhuskers coaching staff on Tuesday that he is entering the NCAA transfer portal, ESPN reported.
He will have four years of eligibility remaining.
The 6-foot-3 Kaelin was part of Nebraska’s 2024 recruiting class. A former Elite 11 quarterback at Bellevue West High School in Nebraska, he took a redshirt season in 2024.
He didn’t appear in any games for Nebraska, with fellow freshman Dylan Raiola entrenched as the starter.
Kaelin initially committed to Missouri in March 2023, then decommitted in favor of his home-state program.
TEXAS A&M FLIPS 5-STAR OT LAMONT ROGERS
Five-star offensive tackle Lamont Rogers committed to Texas A&M on Tuesday within hours of backpedaling out of Missouri’s 2025 class.
He made his announcement on social media, posting a photo while wearing an Aggies uniform and captioning it “AggieLand.”
The 247Sports composite lists the 6-foot-6, 311-pound Rogers as the No. 5 offensive tackle in the class, No. 26 overall in the nation.
He took official summertime visits to both campuses in addition to Texas, Oklahoma and Florida State before committing to Missouri on July 6.
Rogers will be staying in state after his career at Horn High School in Mesquite.
With Rogers’ commitment, Texas A&M stands ninth in 247Sports’ team rankings, one of seven Southeastern Conference programs in the Top 10.
The early national signing day is Wednesday.
FAU NAMES ZACH KITTLEY, 33, AS HEAD COACH
Florida Atlantic made Zach Kittley the youngest head coach in the FBS by hiring the Texas Tech offensive coordinator to the post.
Kittle, who spent three seasons at Texas Tech, was at the controls of a Red Raiders’ offense that ranked 10th in total yards per game (459.9) this season. He also has served as offensive coordinator at Texas Tech, Western Kentucky and Houston Christian.
“Following an extensive search with a tremendous amount of interest from candidates across the country, Zach emerged as the ideal choice to be our next head coach,” FAU athletic director Brian White said in a statement. “He is a man of high integrity and character, with an incredible reputation in the profession for player development. Zach is one of the most innovative offensive minds in the game, and I am confident in his ability to build a championship program with an exciting brand of football that can be a source of pride for our fans, our alumni, and the FAU community.”
Kittley effectively is replacing Tom Herman, who was fired on Nov. 18 following the team’s 0-6 start to American Athletic Conference play. The Owls finished with a 3-9 record overall (1-7 AAC).
“I am thrilled at this opportunity to be the head coach at Florida Atlantic,” Kittley said in a statement. “I am extremely grateful. I want to thank Vice President and Director of Athletics Brian White and President Stacy Volnick for believing in me to take over this nationally regarded program. I know we can win here, and we have tremendous leadership from the top down to create a championship program.”
Herman finished with a 6-16 record in Boca Raton, Fla.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
TOP 25 ROUNDUP: CLEMSON HANDS NO. 4 KENTUCKY FIRST LOSS
While the SEC/ACC Challenge tilted toward the Southeastern Conference, Clemson delivered the Atlantic Coast Conference’s lone Tuesday victory, a 70-66 upset of No. 4 Kentucky in the Wildcats’ first road test under new coach Mark Pope.
Clemson (8-1) rode a massive rebounding effort from Ian Schieffelin to the victory. Schieffelin scored 11 points on just 4-for-20 shooting, but he grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds, including eight on the offensive end.
Jaeden Zackery added 13 points for the Tigers, including a pair of 3-pointers. Chauncey Wiggins scored 12, Jaeden Zackery chipped in 11 and Chase Hunter scored 10.
Kentucky (7-1) was led by Otega Oweh, who finished with 17 points. Lamont Butler added 16 points and five assists but was hamstrung by foul trouble. Jaxson Robinson chipped in 12 points. The Wildcats, in the top 40 among 3-point shooting accuracy, connected on just 7 of 27 attempts from beyond the arc.
No. 3 Tennessee 96, Syracuse 70
Chaz Lanier scored 26 points as the Volunteers pummeled the Orange in an SEC/ACC Challenge matchup in Knoxville, Tenn.
Zakai Zeigler pitched in 14 points, eight assists and four steals for Tennessee (8-0), which shot a blistering 61.3 percent in the second half. The Volunteers shot 53.8 percent overall and dominated the boards 40-26.
Elijah Moore scored 24 points to pace Syracuse (4-3), while Chris Bell added 12 points, five rebounds and three steals. The Orange’s leading scorer, JJ Starling, sat out after injuring his hand in practice on Monday.
Michigan 67, No. 11 Wisconsin 64
Senior Vladislav Goldin scored a career-high 24 points and Danny Wolf added 20 to rally the Wolverines to a victory over the Badgers in the Big Ten opener for each team in Madison, Wis.
Max Klesmit’s turnaround jumper from the lane put Wisconsin up 64-61 with 2:37 to play, but the Badgers didn’t score again. Goldin made three consecutive baskets to give Michigan a 67-64 edge with 22.9 seconds left.
Tonje had 18 points and John Blackwell added 16 points and nine rebounds for Wisconsin (8-1, 0-1 Big Ten), which came in averaging 85.3 points per game. Michigan (7-1, 1-0) has won six straight since a 72-70 loss to Wake Forest.
Villanova 68, No. 14 Cincinnati 60
Eric Dixon drained back-to-back 3-pointers late in the second half and scored a game-high 31 points to lead the host Wildcats to an upset of the Bearcats.
Dixon recorded his third 30-point game of the campaign for Villanova (5-4), which won consecutive games for the first time this season. Wooga Poplar added 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Jizzle James led the Bearcats (6-1) with 19 points, five assists and four rebounds, while Simas Lukosius added 13 points.
No. 21 Oklahoma 76, Georgia Tech 61
Jeremiah Fears scored 18 points and Jalon Moore added 15 points and 11 rebounds to help the Sooners notch a win over the Yellow Jackets in the SEC/ACC Challenge in Norman, Okla.
Kobe Elvis scored 12 points on four treys and had three steals for the Sooners (8-0). Brycen Goodine and Duke Miles added 11 points apiece for Oklahoma, which connected on 38.5 percent of its shots overall and went 10-for-28 from behind the arc.
Jaeden Mustaf scored 16 points and Lance Terry added 14 for the Yellow Jackets (4-4). Duncan Powell had 11 points and 12 boards. The Yellow Jackets, who played without starters Javian McCollum and Kowacie Reeves Jr. due to injuries, shot 41.5 percent, going 5-for-19 from 3-point range.
No. 22 Texas A&M 57, Wake Forest 44
Wade Taylor IV scored 15 points as the Aggies were at their best in the final 10 minutes against the Demon Deacons in an SEC/ACC Challenge clash in College Station, Texas.
Wake Forest (7-3) trimmed its deficit to three with 8:54 to play before Texas A&M (7-2) scored 11 of the next 13 points to break it open and win its third straight contest. Henry Coleman III and Pharrell Payne added 10 points each for the Aggies while Andersson Garcia grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds.
Hunter Sallis led all scorers with 19 points, with Davin Cosby Jr. adding 10 for the Demon Deacons.
No. 23 Ole Miss 86, Louisville 63
Dre Davis scored 18 points against his former team to lead the Rebels to a victory over the host Cardinals in an SEC/ACC Challenge matchup.
Ole Miss (7-1) led nearly from wire to wire, shooting 56.7 percent. Sean Pedulla added 16 points and a season-high seven assists
Chucky Hepburn led short-handed Louisville (5-3) with 19 points. The Cardinals announced this week that Kasean Pryor (torn ACL) and Koren Johnson (shoulder) are out for the season.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S TOP 25 ROUNDUP: SARAH STRONG, NO. 2 UCONN CRUSH HOLY CROSS
Freshman Sarah Strong scored a season-high 22 points as No. 2 UConn pulled away from Holy Cross on Tuesday night in an 88-52 victory in Storrs, Conn.
Strong added seven rebounds for the Huskies (7-0). Kaitlyn Chen contributed 14 points and seven assists; Paige Bueckers had 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists; and Azzi Fudd scored seven points in her first start since 2023.
Lindsay Berger had 12 points for Holy Cross (4-4), while Kaitlyn Flanagan added 10 points.
The Crusaders kept things close in the first quarter, ending it down just a point. Holy Cross trailed by just six points at halftime. UConn began to pull away in the third frame, breaking off a 10-0 run to go ahead by 14 points. Fudd capped off that stretch by swishing a 3-pointer on a feed from Ice Brady.
No. 7 Maryland 87, Mount St. Mary’s 52
Christina Dalce scored 13 points as the Terrapins raced away from the Mountaineers in College Park, Md.
Dalce hit 5 of 6 shots from the floor in just 17 minutes of action and was one of five players to scored in double figures for Maryland (9-0). Allie Kubek and Shyanne Sellers each had 12 points and five rebounds, Saylor Poffenbarger had 10 points and seven boards, and Kaylene Smikle added 10 points.
Maryland led wire-to-wire and the result marks their best undefeated start to a season since 2018-19. Winless Mount St. Mary’s (0-6) was led by Jo Raflo’s 10 points.
No. 13 Kansas State 90, Eastern Illinois 43
Zyanna Walker had 16 points and 10 assists as the Wildcats poured it on the Panthers in Manhattan, Kan.
Walker also had four rebounds and four steals to lead Kansas State (8-1) to its third straight win since losing to then-No. 13 Duke a week ago. Ayoka Lee added 15 points for the Wildcats, who never trailed and led by as much as 49 points.
Kiyley Flowers was the leading scorers for Eastern Illinois (2-5) with nine points.
No. 20 Iowa State 92, South Carolina Upstate 35
Audi Crooks tallied 15 points, 13 rebounds and five assists as the Cyclones routed the Spartans in Ames, Iowa.
Addy Brown put up 14 points for Iowa State (7-2), Aili Tanke scored 12 and Kelsey Joens added 11. All 12 players who saw the floor for the Cyclones scored.
Jeni Levine paced South Carolina Upstate (2-8) with nine points.
No. 25 Nebraska 69, Lindenwood 48
Alexis Markowski amassed 11 points and 11 rebounds as the Cornhuskers comfortably beat the Lions in Lincoln, Neb.
Markowski also blocked four shots in the lopsided victory for Nebraska (7-1). Britt Prince added 14 points for the Cornhuskers, Callin Hake had 12, and Petra Bozan chipped in 10. Nebraska forced Lindenwood into 19 turnovers.
Ellie Brueggemann led the Lions (4-3) with nine points and grabbed six rebounds.
NBA NEWS
NBA ROUNDUP: BUCKS CAP 4-0 RUN IN NBA CUP GROUP
Giannis Antetokounmpo racked up 28 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and the visiting Milwaukee Bucks advanced in the NBA Cup with a 128-107 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.
Damian Lillard had 27 points and five assists for the Bucks, who won all four of their games in East Group B and advanced to a home quarterfinal game against the Orlando Magic on Dec. 10.
The Bucks also continued their recent dominance over the Pistons. They have won 11 in a row over their Central Division rival and 23 of the last 24.
Cade Cunningham led Detroit with 23 points and six assists, while Tobias Harris supplied 16 points and five rebounds. Detroit finished 3-1 in NBA Cup group play but didn’t advance to the knockout rounds.
Clippers 127, Trail Blazers 105
Norman Powell scored 30 points and James Harden added 23 to go along with seven assists as Los Angeles extended its home winning streak to nine games by beating Portland in Inglewood, Calif.
Amir Coffey scored 19 points as the Clippers avenged one of their four consecutive home losses immediately after their new $2 billion arena opened. Powell has averaged 29 points in two games since returning from a hamstring injury.
Deandre Ayton scored 16 points for the Trail Blazers, who lost for the fourth time in their past five games overall and fell for the seventh time in their past eight road games.
Kings 120, Rockets 111
Domantas Sabonis had a team-high 27 points, DeMar DeRozan poured 13 of his 16 points into a third-quarter eruption and host Sacramento dashed Houston’s hopes of being the West’s top seed in next week’s NBA Cup quarterfinals.
De’Aaron Fox added 22 points for Sacramento, which won for the first time in its four NBA Cup games. Malik Monk posted 17 points and a game-high 12 assists. Sabonis also collected seven rebounds and four assists.
Jalen Green scored a game-high 28 points and Alperen Sengun had 24 for Houston, which will host Golden State in a quarterfinal game on Dec. 11.
76ers 110, Hornets 104
Paul George poured in 29 points to match his season high and Tyrese Maxey notched the final 11 Philadelphia points as the 76ers survived in Charlotte.
Maxey ended up with 10 of his 21 points on free throws as Philadelphia won consecutive games for the first time this season despite squandering a 19-point second-half lead. Jared McCain had 17 points off the 76ers’ bench.
Brandon Miller racked up 34 points and Nick Richards was good for 22 points and 14 rebounds, but the Hornets took their sixth straight loss.
Nuggets 119, Warriors 115
Nikola Jokic scored 15 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter and host Denver rallied from an 11-point deficit in the final 6:13 to beat Golden State.
The Warriors won the NBA Cup’s West Group C with a 3-1 mark to advance. The Nuggets finished 2-2 and were eliminated.
Jokic also had 10 rebounds, six assists and five steals while Michael Porter Jr. scored 22 points for Denver. The Warriors, who played without forward Draymond Green (calf), lost their fifth straight game despite getting 24 points and 11 assists from Stephen Curry.
Mavericks 121, Grizzlies 116
Dallas overcame a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat visiting Memphis behind Luka Doncic’s 37 points and 12 rebounds and Dereck Lively III’s 17 points and 11 rebounds.
With the win, Dallas finished 3-1 in the NBA Cup’s West Group C, made the quarterfinals as the wild-card team and will play at Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Memphis wound up 1-3 and was eliminated.
The Mavericks, who have won five in a row, also got 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists from P.J. Washington and key back-to-back 3-pointers in the closing minutes from Spencer Dinwiddie (16 points). Ja Morant scored a season-high 31 points for the Grizzlies, who had their season-best six-game winning streak snapped.
Knicks 121, Magic 106
Karl-Anthony Towns posted team-high totals of 23 points and 15 rebounds as host New York beat Orlando to clinch the NBA Cup’s East Group A title and an automatic bid to the quarterfinals.
Josh Hart amassed 11 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for the Knicks, who finished 4-0 in Group A play and will host the Atlanta Hawks on Dec. 11. Jalen Brunson had 21 points as New York won for the eighth time in 10 games overall.
Franz Wagner scored 30 points and Moritz Wagner registered 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Magic (3-1 in Group A play).
Suns 104, Spurs 93
Devin Booker recorded 29 points, nine rebounds and five assists to lead Phoenix to a victory over visiting San Antonio in an NBA Cup game. The Suns finished 3-1 in group play, the Spurs 2-2, and both were eliminated.
The Suns won for the third time in four games despite being without Kevin Durant in the second half. Durant sprained his left ankle in the second quarter. He scored 13 points in 16 1/2 minutes before departing.
Devin Vassell scored 25 points on 10-of-14 shooting off the bench and Stephon Castle added 16 points for the Spurs, who lost for just the second time in seven games.
Cavaliers 118, Wizards 87
Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley scored 19 points apiece as Cleveland handed visiting Washington a 15th consecutive defeat.
Seven players scored in double figures for Cleveland, which improved to an NBA-best 19-3. The Cavaliers won their 10th straight meeting with the Wizards.
Jordan Poole, Bub Carrington and Jonas Valanciunas each scored 13 points for the last-place Wizards. Washington is one loss away from matching the worst skid in franchise history.
Thunder 133, Jazz 106
Jalen Williams scored 28 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander netted 26 to lead Oklahoma City past visiting Utah in an NBA Cup game.
The Thunder finished 3-1 and in first place in West B Group. The Jazz finished 0-4 in the event and lost their fifth consecutive game overall.
Walker Kessler and Collin Sexton scored 17 points each to lead six Utah players in double digits. Kessler also had 11 rebounds.
Raptors 122, Pacers 111
Scottie Barnes scored a career-best 35 points and added nine assists and six rebounds as Toronto defeated visiting Indiana. The Raptors completed group play in the NBA Cup at 1-3, and the Pacers finished 0-4.
RJ Barrett added 29 points and nine rebounds for the Raptors, who have won two straight games and four consecutive at home. Jakob Poeltl contributed 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Tyrese Haliburton scored 30 points for the Pacers, who have lost three straight games overall and seven in a row on the road.
NHL NEWS
NHL ROUNDUP: FLAMES HONOR GAUDREAUS IN WIN OVER JACKETS
Dan Vladar posted his second shutout of the season as the host Calgary Flames snapped a four-game losing streak with an emotional 3-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.
The Flames welcomed the family of the late Johnny Gaudreau, who spent nine seasons with Calgary before signing with the Blue Jackets as a free agent before the 2022-23 season. Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were killed on Aug. 29 while riding bikes when they were hit by a car.
Vladar, who was wearing a special customized mask bearing images of both brothers painted on it, made 16 saves to earn his fourth career shutout.
Rasmus Andersson, Kevin Bahl and Yegor Sharangovich scored goals and Mikael Backlund collected two assists for the Flames. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 19 shots for the Blue Jackets, who lost in regulation for the first time in seven games (5-1-1).
Avalanche 5, Sabres 4
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice as visiting Colorado rattled off five unanswered goals for a come-from-behind victory over Buffalo.
MacKinnon added an assist for Colorado, which also got goals from Joel Kiviranta, Logan O’Connor and Artturi Lehkonen to overcome a 4-0 deficit. Alexandar Georgiev faced eight shots and allowed four goals before Scott Wedgewood took over between the pipes and saved all 22 shots he faced.
Buffalo staked the 4-0 lead behind two goals from Tage Thompson and one each from JJ Peterka and Beck Malenstyn. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen logged 36 saves.
Penguins 5, Panthers 4 (OT)
Bryan Rust scored 91 seconds into overtime to lift host Pittsburgh past Florida — after the Penguins squandered a 4-1 third-period lead.
Evgeni Malkin, Marcus Pettersson, Owen Pickering and Kris Letang also scored for the Penguins. Tristan Jarry saved a season-high 37 shots, and Blake Lizotte notched two assists in the victory.
Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk registered a season-high four points (two goals and two assists), which put him above 600 career points. Sam Bennett scored a goal for the fourth straight game for the Panthers, who also got a goal from Adam Boqvist. Spencer Knight made 11 saves.
Bruins 3, Red Wings 2 (OT)
Pavel Zacha buried David Pastrnak’s feed at 2:15 of overtime to lift Boston past visiting Detroit.
Nikita Zadorov and Justin Brazeau also scored for Boston, which has won back-to-back games. Brazeau’s power-play goal knotted the score with 10:28 remaining in regulation. Joonas Korpisalo made 25 saves for the Bruins.
Lucas Raymond scored both Detroit goals, giving him seven in the past seven games while moving his career-best point streak to eight games. Simon Edvinsson had two assists. Ville Husso was credited with 32 stops for Detroit, which is 0-1-2 in its past three games.
Wild 3, Canucks 2 (OT)
Kirill Kaprizov scored in the final minute of overtime to lift Minnesota to a win over Vancouver in Saint Paul, Minn.
Frederick Gaudreau and Jake Middleton also scored for Minnesota, which won its fourth straight game, with the last two coming in overtime. Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped 30 of 32 shots to earn the victory.
Quinn Hughes and Jake DeBrusk each scored for Vancouver. Each of the Canucks’ past three games have gone to overtime; Vancouver won the first two. Kevin Lankinen turned aside 26 of 29 shots.
Canadiens 2, Islanders 1 (OT)
Nick Suzuki scored the overtime winner and added an assist as Montreal edged visiting New York.
Patrik Laine, making his Canadiens debut, scored the other goal for Montreal, which won for the second time in six games (2-3-1). Laine missed the season’s first 24 games recovering from a knee injury. Sam Montembeault made 30 saves for the victory.
Anders Lee scored for the Islanders, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 25 shots. New York has been outscored 44-22 in the third period and overtime this season.
Sharks 2, Capitals 1 (OT)
William Eklund scored a power-play goal 39 seconds into overtime to fuel visiting San Jose to a victory over Washington.
The Sharks’ Tyler Toffoli scored a goal late in the first period and Macklin Celebrini notched an assist on Eklund’s tally to extend his point streak to five games. Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for the Sharks, who have won four of their past five games.
Nic Dowd scored in the second period and Thompson turned aside 29 shots to fall to 10-1-2 for the Capitals, who were thwarted in their bid to win five in a row for the second time this season.
Golden Knights 1, Oilers 0
Adin Hill stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as Vegas blanked Edmonton in Las Vegas.
It was the ninth shutout of Hill’s career. Ivan Barbashev scored his fifth goal in the past six games for the Golden Knights.
Stuart Skinner made 15 saves for the Oilers, who failed in a bid for their first four-game winning streak of the season. It marked the fourth time the Oilers were shut out this campaign.
Kraken 4, Hurricanes 2
Jaden Schwartz and Yanni Gourde each had a goal and an assist as Seattle defeated Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.
Eeli Tolvanen and Brandon Tanev also scored and Matty Beniers added two assists for the Kraken, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Joey Daccord made 17 saves.
Martin Necas had a goal and an assist and Eric Robinson also tallied for the Hurricanes, who lost their third in a row. Pyotr Kochetkov, who returned after missing the previous four games with a concussion, stopped 24 of 28 shots.
Blues 4, Jets 1
Jordan Kyrou had two goals while Dylan Holloway and Robert Thomas each added one to go along with an assist as St. Louis handed host Winnipeg its fourth consecutive loss.
Kyrou and Holloway scored 39 seconds apart late in the second period for St. Louis, which outshot the Jets 32-23 to improve to 3-0-1 under new coach Jim Montgomery. Winnipeg native Joel Hofer made 22 saves for the win.
Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets, who are 3-7-0 after winning 15 of their first 16 games of the season. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 28 shots.
BASEBALL NEWS
RED SOX ADDING AROLDIS CHAPMAN ON 1-YEAR DEAL
Veteran reliever Aroldis Chapman is signing with the Boston Red Sox.
While the team didn’t confirm the signing on Tuesday, multiple sources told ESPN that Chapman was headed to Boston on a one-year, $10.75 million deal, pending a physical.
The left-hander made his intentions known, posting a photo of himself wearing a Red Sox cap and captioned, “Let’s go!”
Chapman, 36, made his MLB debut in 2010 as a 22-year-old flamethrower, with a pitch reaching 105.8 mph as a rookie with the Reds. He spent six season in Cincinnati before pitching with the Chicago Cubs (2016), New York Yankees (2016-22), Kansas City Royals (2023), Texas Rangers (2023) and Pittsburgh Pirates (2024).
Winner of the 2019 AL Rivera Reliever Award and a seven-time All-Star, Chapman won World Series with the Yankees in 2016 and the Rangers.
In his sole season with Pittsburgh, Chapman posted a 5-5 record, 3.79 ERA, 14 saves and 98 strikeouts in 61 2/3 innings in 68 appearances.
For his career, Chapman is 55-45 with a 2.63 ERA in 796 games. He has 335 saves.
TOP INDIANA PRESS RELEASES
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
EARLY SIGNING DAY-WHERE INDIANA’S BEST ARE HEADED
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1. MARIYON DYE, EDGE, ELKHART CENTRAL – TENNESSEE (NO. 68 IN NATION)
2. JONANTHONY HALL, WR, FISHERS – STANFORD (NO. 131)
3. DAMIEN SHANKLIN, EDGE, WARREN CENTRAL – LSU (NO. 147)
4. MARK ZACKERY IV, CB, BEN DAVIS – NOTRE DAME (NO. 155)
5. BROCK SCHOTT, TE LEO, – MIAMI, FLA. (NO. 221)
6. CAMERON HERRON, OL, WARREN CENTRAL – NOTRE DAME (NO. 268)
7. BENNY PATTERSON, DL, CASTLE – MICHIGAN (NO. 296)
8. EUGENE HILTON, WR, ZIONSVILLE – WISCONSIN (NO. 412)
9. MASON ALEXANDER, CB, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN – PITT (NO. 463)
10. TYRONE BURRUS, EDGE, WARREN CENTRAL – INDIANA (NO. 539)
11. BRANDON LOGAN, S, FW SNIDER – NOTRE DAME (NO. 676)
12. DAVION CHANDLER, WR, LAWRENCE NORTH – INDIANA (NO. 732)
13. NIZYI DAVIS, TE, LAWRENCE CENTRAL – WISCONSIN (NO. 805)
14. CAMERON GORIN, OL, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN – PURDUE (NO. 845)
15. JARON THOMAS, ATH, CONCORD – PURDUE (NO. 861)
16. ISAIAH WHITE, DL, BEN DAVIS – ILLINOIS (NO. 891)
17. LEBRON HILL, WR, HAMMOND MORTON – VANDERBILT (NO. 892)
18. ISRAEL OLADIPUPO, EDGE, NOBLESVILLE – BOSTON COLLEGE (NO. 1,107)
19. JIMMY SULLIVAN, QB, FW CARROLL – IOWA (NO. 1,149)
20. LANDON BROOKS, EDGE, DELTA – PURDUE (NO. 1,165)
21. JAMES FINLEY, S, ANDREAN – NORTHERN ILLINOIS (NO. 1,175)
22. CORDARRLL MCFEE, DL, ELKHART MEMORIAL – CINCINNATI (NO. 1,233)
23. ENOCH ATEWOGBOLA, EDGE, AVON – MINNESOTA (NO. 1,253)
24. EVAN PARKER, OL, CARMEL – INDIANA (NO. 1,295)
25. JOHN PETERS, CB, MERRILLVILLE – WESTERN MICHIGAN (NO. 1,331)
26. ADRIAN HOLLEY, EDGE, MICHIGAN CITY – KANSAS (NO. 1,363)
27. ANDREW BARKER, TE, KOKOMO – INDIANA (NO. 1,497)
28. JEROME SMITH, S, LAWRENCE NORTH – MIAMI OF OHIO (NO. 1,507)
29. CARMINE OROZCO, DL, MISHAWAKA – MIAMI OF OHIO (NO. 1,544)
30. UCHENYO OJATA, EDGE, CARMEL – TROY (NO. 1,583)
31. NOAH EHRLICH, QB, CROWN POINT – MIAMI OF OHIO (NO. 1,587)
32. AIDEN BREWER, TE, NOBLESVILLE – BOWLING GREEN (NO. 1,598)
33. FAWZY OMOTOSO, EDGE, AVON – NORTHERN ILLINOIS (NO. 1,643)
34. GIAN CARTER, EDGE, LAWRENCE NORTH – WESTERN MICHIGAN (NO. 1,644)
35. BRADY RHOAD, TE, FW CARROLL – WESTERN MICHIGAN (NO. 1,775)
36. FREDDY BROWN, LB, HAMMOND MORTON – WESTERN MICHIGAN (NO. 1,864)
37. ANTHONY LUDINGTON, EDGE, LAWRENCE NORTH – MIAMI OF OHIO (NO. 1,894)
38. ISAIAH ROLLINS, CB, WARREN CENTRAL – MIAMI OF OHIO (NO. 1,918)
39. NOAH KNIGGA, LB, LAWRENCEBURG – EASTERN MICHIGAN (NO. 1,926)
40. SAM STEWARD, LB, HOMESTEAD – PURDUE (NO. 1,947)
41. JAMARION KOLAGBODI, CB, FW SNIDER – DELAWARE (NO. 1,965)
42. CARSEN MELVIN, QB, WESTFIELD – BOWLING GREEN (NO. 1,969)
43. GAVIN LEACH, LB, CASTLE – SOUTH FLORIDA (NO. 2,061)
44. KIMAR NELSON, LB, FW WAYNE – UNCOMMITTED (NO. 2,081)
45. TRENTON NIXTON, LB, MERRILLVILLE – NORTHERN ILLINOIS (NO. 2,150)
46. MAX PARCIAK, OL, NORTHWOOD – BALL STATE (NO. 2,187)
47. MIKEAH WEBSTER, LB, WESTFIELD – BALL STATE (NO. 2,190)
48. GARRETT LONG, TE, COLUMBUS NORTH – KENT STATE (NO. 2,205)
49. GABE ARAMBOLES, WR, WESTFIELD – BALL STATE (NO. 2,217)
50. SANKEERTH VELURI, OT, CARMEL – ARMY (NO. 2,220)
INDIANA PACERS NEWS
GAME REWIND: PACERS 111, RAPTORS 122 (NBA CUP)
In the team’s fourth and final NBA Cup matchup, the Indiana Pacers fell to the Toronto Raptors, 122-111. Just one year after competing in the NBA Cup Final, Indiana went winless in the second year of the tournament.
The Pacers opened their trip north to Toronto slowly despite producing consecutive defensive stops after the tip. Indiana found itself trailing by 10 points just six minutes into play, and the Pacers recorded nine turnovers in the first frame.
Tyrese Haliburton made his 700th career triple as his first shot from 3-point range found the back of the net just under four minutes into the contest. Haliburton recorded a 9-point first quarter on perfect shooting – 3-for-3 – and added three rebounds as the Pacers trailed the Raptors by eight points at the end of the first quarter.
Indiana trailed by as many as 11 points in the first 12 minutes, and committed a costly nine turnovers that led to 12 Toronto points.
Turnovers plagued the Pacers into the second quarter as three consecutive Indiana miscues contributed to a deadly 18-2 Toronto run. The Raptors’ lead stretched to 21 points before the end of the second quarter, and the Pacers trailed by 17 points at the halftime buzzer.
Toronto connected on 10 of their 20 attempts from 3-point range in the first half – 50% shooting from long range. They average 34% from beyond the arc on the season.
Indiana committed 14 turnovers in the first half leading to 17 Raptor points. Toronto committed 10 of their own turnovers, but the Pacers turned those into just seven points. The Raptors held Indiana’s shooters to a 36.4% success rate from 3-point range as the Pacers made just four 3-pointers in the first half.
In his second game back from injury, Andrew Nembhard recorded six points in his 19 first half minutes against Toronto. He did not return in the second half due to a minutes restriction that is part of his injury management.
Indiana clawed back into the game in the third quarter after a 22-7 run late in the frame to cut Toronto’s lead to just nine points going into the fourth quarter. Haliburton’s 12 points in the third helped the Pacers to outscore the Raptors, 36-28. After trailing by as many as 24 points, Indiana trailed Toronto 93-84 going into the final 12 minutes of the game.
Indiana rallied again to cut the lead to just five points with just over five minutes remaining in the contest when Barrett drove to the rim intending to stretch Toronto’s lead with a dunk. Myles Turner rejected Barrett’s dunk attempt, swatting the ball out of bounds to preserve the Pacers’ defensive stance. Turner recorded three blocks in the contest.
The Pacers pushed to within two points of Toronto behind TJ McConnell’s 12-point fourth quarter, but fell to the Raptors, 122-111.
Haliburton led the Pacers in scoring with his third 30-point game of the season as he shot 63 percent from the field. He grabbed four rebounds and recorded six assists in the loss. Scottie Barnes’ near double-double led Toronto; he recorded 35 points, six rebounds, and nine assists.
Indiana committed 21 total turnovers in the contest that led to 23 Toronto points.
After allowing a 50 percent shooting performance from 3-point range in the first half (10-for-20), the Pacers held the Raptors to just 3-for-13 from deep in the second half.
Indiana will travel to Brooklyn to take on the Nets on Wednesday in the second night of a back-to-back.
Inside the Numbers
Both teams committed 21 turnovers, but the Pacers scored just 17 points off Toronto’s turnovers. The Raptors scored 23 points off Indiana’s.
The Indiana bench was a combined 2-for-12 from the field early in the second half, but ended the game a combined 12-for-25. They closed the game on 69 percent shooting.
Six of ten active Pacers scored in double figures.
You Can Quote Me on That
“The second half was much better. But we own the first half, and we’ve had too many stretches like it. We all own it, and we need to fix it.” – Carlisle on Indiana’s first half struggles
“Every team is playing hard right now. Every team is young and has energy, and there’s no reason we shouldn’t be matching that right now.” – Haliburton on team’s energy
“It feels good to see the ball go in, especially on the road…I’ve struggled on the road this year. But really all that matters right now is winning, and as a leader of this group, I don’t really care about individual anythings right now.” – Haliburton on his big night
“Everybody’s got to come together collectively, figure out what we can do better. It’s part of the growing pains. We’re 9-13 right now, we can act like the world is falling apart, and that’s not the case. But there also needs to be a sense of urgency…It’s a reality check individually and collectively.” – Haliburton on Pacers’ slow start to season
Stat of the Night
Tyrese Haliburton recorded his third 30-point game of the season on 10-for-16 shooting (62.5%). He was the only player to log 40 minutes in the matchup.
Noteworthy
Andrew Nembhard played in his second game back from a 12-game absence due to injury on Tuesday. Nembhard played within a minutes restriction, but is slowly ramping up activity. He recorded 15 minutes of play in his return, and 19 minutes on Tuesday.
Up Next
The Pacers are back in action against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 PM ET as they finish out the second half of a back-to-back in Brooklyn.
Tickets
After a four-game road trip, the Pacers will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse to host Brandon Miller and the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 5:00 PM ET.
POST GAME: https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/rewind-pacers-raptors-241203
INDY FUEL HOCKEY
INDY FUEL PIT STOP: WEEK 7
- INDY FUEL WEEK SEVEN RESULTS 3-0-0-0
- INDY FUEL OVERALL RECORD 8-6-0-1 (5th in Central Division)
GAME 13 – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 AT UTAH – 4-2 W
The Fuel traveled to West Valley City, Utah for their first game against the Grizzlies in six years. They defeated the Grizzlies 4-2, showing off their scoring depth in full force, with a season-high of 42 penalty minutes.
GAME 14 – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 AT UTAH – 4-3 OTW
The Fuel continued their Thanksgiving week series in Utah on Friday night with their second game against the Grizzlies. Despite giving up the first goal, the Fuel took the 4-3 overtime victory over Utah.
GAME 15 – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 AT UTAH – 4-1 W
The Fuel would look for the series sweep against the Utah Grizzlies to wrap up their 15-game road trip to start the season. Two goals from Kevin Lombardi propelled the Fuel to a 4-1 win.
ROSTER MOVES
- Forward Jalen Luypen has been recalled by Rockford (AHL)
- Forward Brandon Saigeon has been traded to Savannah (ECHL) for future considerations
OIL DROPS
- Forward Cam Hausinger set a new franchise record of most penalty minutes in one game with 32 on Saturday vs. Utah.
- Forward Kevin Lombardi set a new franchise record of two fastest consecutive goals scored by a Fuel player with goals just fourteen seconds apart on Saturday vs. Utah.
- Goaltender Joe Vrbetic got his first start for the Fuel on Saturday vs. Utah and claimed a victory.
TEAM NOTES
- The Fuel are on a four-game win streak which is the longest they’ve had so far this season.
- Indy will host their first home game of the season on Friday after a 8-6-0-1 performance through fifteen straight road games.
- After a weekend full of penalties, the Fuel are ranked tenth in the league in average penalty minutes per game with 14.87. Their opponent this weekend, Iowa, is ranked first with 18.65.
INDY FUEL WEEK 8 SCHEDULE
- GAME 16 – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 VS IOWA
- GAME 17 – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 VS IOWA
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UPCOMING FAN EXPERIENCES AND EVENTS
Get ready for lots of fun at Fishers Event Center this season! Check out some of our upcoming promotions and special fan experiences!
- Friday, December 6 – The wait is over! The Indy Fuel will play their Opening Night at the new Fishers Event Center. Join us for this historic event as the Fuel take on divisional opponent the Iowa Heartlanders.
- Saturday, December 7 – Join the Indy Fuel on Military Appreciation Night as we salute the service men and women who defend our country every day!
ABOUT THE INDY FUEL:
The Indy Fuel are the proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Chicago Blackhawks and the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs. The Fuel will host their first home game of the 2024-25 season on December 6, 2024 against the Iowa Heartlanders. Information and tickets can be found HERE.
INDIANA FOOTBALL
CIGNETTI NAMED BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR
ROSEMONT, Ill. – After one of the biggest turnarounds in FBS history, Indiana head football coach Curt Cignetti was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year as announced by the conference office on Tuesday (Dec. 3). Cignetti earned the Hayes-Schembechler Big Ten Coach of the Year from the conference coaches and the Dave McClain Coach of the Year from the media that covers the Big Ten.
The honor marks the fourth time in his career that he earned coach of the year accolades from the conference office, doing so once at each of his previous stops. He was the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2012, the Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year in 2017 and Sun Belt Coach of the Year in 2023.
He is the third Indiana head coach to win the Big Ten Coach of the Year award, with Tom Allen (2020) and Bill Mallory (1986) each winning both awards, while Mallory was also selected as the media’s coach of the year in 1987.
On the short list for nearly every national coach of the year honors, Cignetti has engineered an eight-game improvement from Indiana’s 2023 to 2024 seasons. That number currently sits tied for the second-best improvement by a first-year head coach since at least 1996.
Cignetti was the first-ever Division I head coach to start 8-0 or better in consecutive seasons at different institutions. He led James Madison to a 10-0 mark to start the 2023 season and pushed Indiana to an identical mark to begin the 2024 slate.
The 11 victories in 2024 are the most in program history and mark the first double-digit win season in Hoosier history. Likewise, the eight wins in Big Ten play are the most by an IU team since joining the conference in 1900. He is the only Indiana head coach to start a season at least 4-0 and joined the select group of Big Ten coaches that started their Big Ten tenures with 10-0 overall records in the AP Poll Era (since 1936): Ryan Day (Ohio State, 2018-19), Urban Meyer (Ohio State, 2012), Earle Bruce (Ohio State, 1979), Bennie Oosterbaan (Michigan, 1948-49) and Carroll Widdoes (Ohio State, 1944-45).
Cignetti inked a contract extension during the Hoosiers’ Week 12 bye week. He agreed to an eight-year contract with an average annual compensation of $8 million through 2032.
INDIANA PLACES SIX ON ALL-B1G SQUAD, 11 TABBED HONORABLE MENTION
ROSEMONT, Ill. – With the regular season in the books, the Indiana football program is well represented on the All-Big Ten teams with six among the first, second and third teams and an additional 11 Hoosiers named honorable mention all-conference.
Indiana placed the most defenders on the first-team All-Big Ten squad with three players tabbed to the first team by both the coaches and media. On the offensive side, IU had one second-team honoree and two third-team selections. The honorable mentions saw three on the offensive side, five on defense, two on special teams and one selected on both offense and special teams.
DEFENSE
Aiden Fisher, LB
All-B1G First Team (Coaches & Media)
Led the team and ranked third in the Big Ten in total tackles at 108 stops on the season … Started all 12 games and chipped in eight-plus tackles in eight games on the season, with four double-digit tackle games … Had 4.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks … Broke up three passes.
Mikail Kamara, DL
All-B1G First Team (Coaches & Media)
Finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy … Ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten in sacks (10.0) and tackles for loss (15.0) … Started all 12 games … Totaled 44 total tackles with multiple tackles in 11 of 12 games … Season sack total ranks tied for No. 5 on the IU single-season charts with Adewale Ogunleye (10.0; 1997) … Posted the first double-digit sacks by a Hoosier since Jammie Kirlew in 2008 (10.5) … Posted a tackle for loss in nine of 12 games in 2024 and 30 of 35 career games … Forced two fumbles and recovered three fumbles … Finished atop the Big Ten and No. 2 in the Power 4 in total pressures (64) per Pro Football Focus.
D’Angelo Ponds, DB
All-B1G First Team (Coaches & Media)
Graded as the No. 3 coverage cornerback in the Big Ten per Pro Football Focus (84.7) … Appeared in all 12 games with 11 starts … Totaled 53 tackles with 4.5 tackles for loss … Grabbed two interceptions and broke up nine passes … Returned one interception or a touchdown … Blocked a punt at Michigan State that ended in a safety.
Shawn Asbury II, DB
Honorable Mention (Media)
Finished No. 3 on the team with 62 tackles … Appeared in 12 games with 11 starts … Chipped in 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks … Lone interception came against Nebraska … Ranks No. 10 on IU’s charts for longest interception return with a 78-yard interception return against Nebraska (10/19) … Broke up three passes.
Lanell Carr Jr., DL
Honorable Mention (Media)
Logged a career-high 37 tackles … Started all 12 games … Made 4.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks … Recovered a fumble against Purdue and returned it 8 yards … Made multiple tackles in eight of 12 games in 2024 … Broke up one pass.
James Carpenter, DL
Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media)
Finalist for the Burlsworth Trophy for the nation’s most outstanding player that began his career as a walk-on … Started all 12 games … Logged 31 tackles from the defensive interior … Totaled 9.5 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks to rank No. 2 on the team in both categories … Broke up one pass.
Jailin Walker, LB
Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media)
Graded as the No. 6 linebacker in the Big Ten per Pro Football Focus (81.5) … Started all 12 games … Ranked No. 2 on the team and No. 19 in the Big Ten with a career-best 72 tackles … Added 9.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks … Pulled down two interceptions and broke up eight passes … Added two forced fumbles … Totaled 4.0 tackles for loss against Purdue to tie for No. 6 on IU’s single-game list.
CJ West, DL
Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media)
Boasted seven games with multiple tackles on the defensive interior … Appeared in 12 games with 10 starts … Totaled 6.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks … Added a forced fumble and one fumble recovery … Ranked as the No. 6 run defender (81.9) and No. 10 overall defender (76.9) among defensive interiors in the Big Ten per Pro Football Focus.
OFFENSE
Kurtis Rourke, QB
All-B1G Second Team (Coaches & Media)
Led the nation in passing efficiency (181.4) and paced the Big Ten in touchdown passes (27) and fewest interceptions (4) … Started 11 games … Three-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week … Semifinalist for the Maxwell, Walter Camp Award and Davey O’Brien Award … Only Big Ten quarterback since 2000 to throw for 250 yards and at least 3 touchdown passes in their first three conference road games … Threw program-record-tying six touchdown passes against Purdue … Season passing total of 2,827 yards sits No. 7 on the single-season list at IU … Tied for No. 2 on single-season passing touchdowns list … Highest-graded passer (92.9) in the Big Ten per Pro Football Focus.
Elijah Sarratt, WR
All-B1G Third Team (Coaches & Media)
Finished No. 5 in the Big Ten in receiving yards (890) and No. 8 in receiving touchdowns (8) … Started all 12 games … Caught 49 passes on the season with 37 going for a first down or touchdown … Season receiving yardage total ranks No. 12 in IU history and season touchdown receptions are tied for No. 10 on IU’s single-season list … Owns a reception in all 37 career games played.
Mike Katic, C
All-B1G Third Team (Media)
Honorable Mention All-B1G (Coaches)
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
Anchored an offensive line that graded out as the No. 3 unit in the Big Ten and was named a Joe Moore Award semifinalist … Graded out as the No. 5 center in the Big Ten per Pro Football Focus (72.4) over 763 snaps at center … Started and served as a game captain in all 12 games … Helped IU rush for multiple rushing touchdowns in 11 of 12 games and tie the program record of 37 rushing touchdowns in a season … Helped IU score a program-record 69 offensive touchdowns.
Justice Ellison, RB
Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media)
Rated as the No. 3 running back in the Big Ten (87.9) per Pro Football Focus … Appeared in 12 games with six starts … Totaled 811 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns … Ranked No. 7 in the Big Ten in rushing touchdowns and No. 9 in yards rushing … Had a streak of seven-straight games with a rushing touchdown (Week 2-6, 8-9), the longest single-season streak at IU since Tevin Coleman in 2013 (nine straight), which was part of a 15-game streak that spanned 2013-14 … Rushed for 100 yards in back-to-back games against Nebraska (105) and Washington (123) and is the first IU running back with back-to-back 100-yard rushing games since Stevie Scott III in 2019 … Added 11 catches for 84 yards … Helped IU rush for multiple rushing touchdowns in 11 of 12 games and tie the program record of 37 rushing touchdowns in a season.
Zach Horton, TE
Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media)
Rated as the No. 2 pass blocking tight end in the Big Ten (77.3) … Started all 12 games … Caught at least one pass in nine of 12 games with four games of multiple catches … Pulled in four touchdown passes, with three in Big Ten play … Totaled 20 catches for 182 yards … Averaged 15.2 yards per reception … Averaged a touchdown catch every five receptions.
Carter Smith, OL
Honorable Mention (Media)
Anchored an offensive line that graded out as the No. 3 unit in the Big Ten and was named a Joe Moore Award semifinalist … Graded out as the No. 6 offensive lineman in the Big Ten per Pro Football Focus (78.1) over 763 snaps at left tackle … Started all 12 games … Helped IU rush for multiple rushing touchdowns in 11 of 12 games and tie the program record of 37 rushing touchdowns in a season … Helped IU score a program-record 69 offensive touchdowns … Ranked No. 4 among offensive tackles in the Big Ten in fewest total pressures allowed (10) in 2024.
Myles Price, WR
Honorable Mention (Media)
Was the No. 9 highest graded wide receiver in the Big Ten overall (79.2) … Appeared in 12 games with 10 starts … Totaled 33 receptions for 410 yards and two touchdowns … Added six rushes for 64 yards and one touchdown … Has caught a pass in 18 straight games – 17 with multiple catches – dating back to his time at Texas Tech … Finished No. 3 on the team in all-purpose yards (760) and garnered honorable mention All-Big Ten as a return specialist, as well.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Mark Langston, LS
Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media)
Snapped for every placement in 2024 … Posted the most field goal/extra point snaps of any snapper in the Big Ten (79) … Ranked No. 3 among all B1G snappers in fewest punts over 0.9 seconds and was No. 4 in snaps better than 0.9 seconds … Owned the second-fewest missed snaps in the Big Ten among starting long snappers.
Myles Price, RS
Honorable Mention (Media)
Along with his accolades at wideout, ranked No. 6 on IU’s single-season charts for punt return yardage (289) … Posted a 65-yard punt return against Washington for the longest punt return against an FBS opponent by a Hoosier since J-Shun Harris II against Ball State in 2018 … Ranked No. 7 nationally and No. 2 in the Big Ten in punt return average (12.6) … Totaled 23 punt returns on the season for the most by an IU returner since Tracy Porter (23) in 2007.
Nicolas Radicic, K
Honorable Mention (Media)
Led the FBS in made extra points (69) … Set Indiana’s single-season extra points record in just nine games to pass Mitch Ewald (56; 2013) … Ranks No. 10 in career extra points made (71) … Currently ranks tied for No. 8 on the Big Ten single-season list for extra points made with Noah Ruggles (Ohio State; 2022) … Connected on first eight career field goals to rank tied for No. 10 on Indiana’s consecutive field goals made charts … Is tied for No. 7 on the program’s single-season scoring charts (96) … On pace for the first 100-point season at Indiana since Griffin Oakes (125; 2015).
HOOSIERS NO. 9 IN PENULTIMATE CFP RANKINGS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – After a program-record victory over Purdue closed the regular season, the College Football Playoff committee has the Indiana football program slotted at No. 9 in its penultimate rankings on Tuesday (Dec .3) night.
The No. 9 ranking marks the fifth-straight week in 2024 and the 10th time in program history that IU has appeared in the CFP rankings. Indiana has ranked No. 5 (Week 2-3), No. 8 (Week 1) and No. 10 (Week 4) in 2024. In 2020, Indiana sat at No. 12 for three weeks and No. 11 during the final two weeks of the selections that season.
The Big Ten saw five schools ranked and four programs in the top-10 of the fifth CFP rankings: Oregon (No. 1), Penn State (No. 3), Ohio State (No. 6), Indiana (No. 9) and Illinois (No. 21).
No. 9/9/9 Indiana (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten) will await the final College Football Playoff rankings on Sunday, Dec. 8. The rankings show will air on ESPN from Noon-4 p.m.
College Football Playoff Rankings – Dec. 3
1. Oregon (12-0)
2. Texas (11-1)
3. Penn State (11-1)
4. Notre Dame (11-1)
5. Georgia (10-2)
6. Ohio State (10-2)
7. Tennessee (10-2)
8. SMU (11-1)
9. INDIANA (11-1)
10. Boise State (11-1)
11. Alabama (9-3)
12. Miami (Fla.) (10-2)
13. Ole Miss (9-3)
14. South Carolina (9-3)
15. Arizona State (10-2)
16. Iowa State (10-2)
17. Clemson (9-3)
18. BYU (10-2)
19. Missouri (9-3)
20. UNLV (10-2)
21. Illinois (9-3)
22. Syracuse (9-3)
23. Colorado (9-3)
24. Army (10-1)
25. Memphis (10-2)
INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL
FOUR HIT DOUBLE FIGURES, HOOSIERS ROLL PAST BEARKATS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — For Luke Goode, it was just a matter of time, a matter of persistence and work, before the senior forward’s acclaimed perimeter shooting form emerged in an Indiana uniform.
But to understand what Goode could really mean for the Hoosiers (6-2), look past the 18 points in 23 off-the-bench minutes he scored in Tuesday night’s 97-71 win over Sam Houston State at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, and consider this:
With IU owning a double-digit, first-half lead, freshman Bryson Tucker was fouled hard on a drive to the basket and hit the floor harder. Goode sprinted to help him up, encouraging teammates to join him.
It was a little thing with potentially big implications. It’s what leaders do, what winners do, and Goode, once a Fort Wayne high school standout and then a mainstay on last year’s Illinois Elite Eight team, is all of that, and more, while finding his Hoosier difference-making rhythm.
“He’s a huge leader for us,” forward Malik Reneau said. “He shows it in the huddles with what he says to us, the way he gives us encouragement. He tries to put us in the right position.
“He’s been in the Elite Eight. He knows what it takes to get to that stage. Having him as one of our leaders helps us a lot.”
Goode’s 5-for-7 3-point shooting generated buzz as a follow up to the nine points he scored in last week’s Providence victory in the Battle for Atlantis finale. It countered the 28.6% 3-point shooting average he had entering the game, which was down from the 38.8% he’d shot as an Illini.
“It’s just a testament to the process,” he said. “I believe in myself. I know I’m one of the best shooters in the conference. I feel that way every day. I go through the same routine I do every day regardless if I shoot well.
“Seeing some shots go down is good for the confidence. It helps the team when I hit shots.”
Added Reneau: “When he shoots like that, it opens it up for everybody. It’s not just in the game. Luke shows it every day in practice. That gives us confidence in him. Even when he misses, we tell him to keep shooting.”
This was why IU went after him when Goode entered the transfer portal last spring, coach Mike Woodson said.
“He was fantastic,” Woodson said. “When he shoots like that, it opens up everything you do from an offensive standpoint. That’s one of the reasons we went after him. Tonight, we benefited from it.
“Getting him meant a lot. He was so happy when we recruited him to bring him back home. He’s been everything we thought he’d be. Tonight, he did what we expect him to do when he comes into the game.”
Goode said playing for the Hoosiers fullfills a childhood dream.
“The first game I played at home, it was cool,” he said. “It was like a shock. To be able to wear the candy stripes and play here, it’s a dream come true.
“I hope people realize that when I go out there, I play as hard as I possibly can to represent this program the way it should be represented.”
Guard Myles Rice also regained his shooting form after Battle 4 Atlantis offensive struggles (11 total points in three games). He finished with a team-high 19 points on 9-for-12 shooting, and added three rebounds and three assists.
“He’s still thing to figure out the surrounding pieces,” Woodson said. “He’s a good pick-and-roll guy who can get downhill.
“He’s capable of making shots. He struggled in the Bahamas. To see him come back like this, I’m proud of him. We have to keep him headed in the right direction.”
Reneau had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, plus five assists. Swingman Mackenzie Mgbako had 13 points.
With IU guard Kanaan Carlyle again out with an injury, Trey Galloway started for the second straight game and struggled with three points, no assists and three turnovers.
Senior guard Anthony Leal saw his first home action of the season and finished with four points, four rebounds and four assists in 25 minutes.
Guard Jakai Newton, who has barely played this season because of injuries, had four points in three minutes.
IU ended any hope of a Sam Houston State second-half comeback with 17-for-19 free throw shooting in the final 20 minutes. It finished 22-for-29 for the game while scoring a season high in points. It shot 62% from the field.
This was a strong bounce-back performance after the 1-2 Battle 4 Atlantis performance and blow-out losses to Louisville and Gonzaga.
“It’s all toughness,” Goode said. “We have one of the most talented teams in the country. The talent we have is ridiculous. It’s probably the best this program has had in a long time.
“It’s not about that. It’s who played the hardest. We didn’t do that in the Bahamas. We fixed that. We changed that tonight.
“We have to be the hardest-playing team. That’s something we have to reach. That’s why we lost those games.”
As far as the game, an Oumar Ballo dunk and an Mgbako 3-pointer boosted IU to a quick 5-0 lead. Sam Houston State (4-5) countered with its own 5-0 run for a tie score after four minutes.
The Bearkats inched ahead 9-7. The Hoosiers responded with an 10-0 run and a 17-9 lead nine minutes into the game. A Goode 3-pointer and a Galloway 3-point play made it 23-11 with 8:34 left in the half. Goode added another 3-pointer, then another, then another. The Hoosiers surged ahead by as many as 22 points before settling for a 42-25 halftime advantage.
Sam Houston State opened the second half with a dunk and two-point and 3-pointer. IU countered with a Reneau dunk, a pair of Mgbako free throws and two center Oumar Ballo free throws.
The Bearkats surged to within nine points at 48-39 four minutes into the second half before the Hoosiers surged back behind Rice, Reneau and Goode to take control they never lost.
INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
IU MEETS IN-STATE FOE SOUTHERN INDIANA ON WEDNESDAY
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the first time, Indiana will match-up with in-state Southern Indiana on Wednesday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Tip is slated for 7 p.m. ET inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
ABOUT THE SCREAMING EAGLES
Southern Indiana is off to a 7-1 start and won its sixth-straight game as it swept both games in the Puerto Rico Classic over Thanksgiving weekend. Three players average double figures including junior guard Ali Saunders (13.4 ppg.) and senior guard Vanessa Shafford who adds 12.4 points per game and a team-high 5.8 rebounds per game. USI is averaging 76.0 points per game and shooting 46 percent from the floor and 40 percent from the arc.
SERIES HISTORY
First meeting
LAST MEETING
First meeting
NOTES
Graduate student guard Chloe Moore-McNeil tied a career-high 22 points as Indiana blew past Maine, 78-53, on Sunday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers shot a season-high 52.6 percent from the floor and 50 percent from the 3-point line where they connected on 11 triples.
Moore-McNeil also inches closer to her 1,000th career point as she cleared the 900-point threshold on Sunday. Her 22 points boosted her career total to 912 total points in her five seasons with the Hoosiers.
Junior forward Lilly Meister also added double figures (18 points, nine rebounds) while junior guard Yarden Garzon chipped in 11. Garzon is the teams’ leading scorer with 13.4 points per outing as Meister adds 11.6 ppg. including four double figure scoring games.
The Hoosiers also dished out a season-high 25 assists on 30 made shots in Sunday’s win over the Black Bears. Garzon and junior guard Shay Ciezki each distributed seven in the win.
IU also held its own block party on Sunday afternoon, tallying up a season-high nine blocks against Maine. Meister led the way with three swats, while Garzon and sophomore guard Julianna LaMendola added two each.
UP NEXT
Big Ten action begins on Saturday, December 7 when the Hoosiers travel to Penn State. Game time is set for 1 p.m. ET on B1G+.
PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
PURDUE RETURNS TO MACKEY TO FACE MAINE ON WEDNESDAY
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team opens a three-game homestand at Mackey Arena on Wednesday night with a 7 p.m. tip against Maine.
Craig Combs and Max Bury will be on the call for B1G+. Tim Newton and Jane Schott are back on the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM and Purdue Stretch Internet.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (4-3) vs. Maine (3-5)
Wednesday, Dec. 4
Time: 7 PM
TV/Stream: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Audio: Purdue Stretch Internet
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
PROMOTIONS
• Purdue will be giving out commemorative tickets to celebrate the first game in program history, a 78-74 overtime win against Illinois on Dec. 2, 1975.
• Fans can take pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus on the concourse during pregame.
LAST TIME OUT
Purdue dropped both games last week at the Elevance Health Fort Myers Tip-Off to Middle Tennessee and South Carolina. Destini Lombard was named to the all-tournament team after totaling 35 points between the two games, including a career-high against No. 4 South Carolina.
NOTES
• The all-time series with Maine is tied 1-1 after a home-and-home series in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
• Destini Lombard is one of four players from the Big Ten averaging over
14 PPG, 4 RPG, 3 APG, 3 SPG.
• Purdue is 23-2 in home non-conference games under head coach Katie Gearlds, the fifth best record in the Big Ten since the start of the 2021-22 season.
• Lana McCarthy is tied for 14th nationally among freshmen with 6.4 rebounds per game and second in the Big Ten.
• Lombard has been explosive for Purdue with six games in double figures to average 14.3 points per game, including a pair of 20-point performances.
• The fifth year is shooting 55% from the field and 43% from distance this year, one of 14 major conference guards in the 50-40 club this season.
• Lombard tallied 100 points in her first seven games at Purdue. She is the ninth Boilermaker to score 100 points in the month of November since 2002-03.
• Lana McCarthy sits third in the Big Ten in freshman rebounding at 6.4 boards per game. The Bedford, N.H., native is one of two freshmen from the Big Ten is one of two rookies from the Big Ten (Syla Swords – Michigan) to average 8.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game this season.
• After blocking eight shots against South Carolina, the Boilermakers are up to 17th in the nation in blocks per game with 5.6, which is good for third among Big Ten teams.
• Reagan Bass enters the week second on the team with 12 points per game, topping 20 twice, while leading the squad in rebounding at 6.6 boards per game. Bass also leads the Boilermakers in free throws, going 24-of-30 from the line.
• The Boilermakers are averaging 11.6 offensive rebounds per game. Bass, McCarthy and Kendall Puryear have grabbed 43 of Purdue’s 81 offensive boards this season.
• Sophie Swanson connected on four 3-pointers down in Florida to bring her season tally up to 11. The sophomore has hit 52 triples in her career with 13 games of multiple 3-pointers.
• Purdue’s newcomers continue to lead the way collectively, accounting for 75.5% of the scoring, 84.2% of rebounding and 62.3% of assists on the year. A newcomer has led Purdue in scoring in every game this season.
• McKenna Layden and Alaina Harper made their season debuts down in Fort Myers.
• The Boilermakers have four players averaging double figures in their four wins this season, with Bass nearly averaging a double-double with 16.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.
• Purdue will play nine games scheduled against teams in the preseason AP Top-25 rankings and is the only team in the nation that will face four teams in the top six of the preseason Top-25.
PURDUE FOOTBALL
9 BOILERMAKERS EARN ALL-BIG TEN ACCOLADES
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Nine Purdue Boilermakers earned All-Big Ten honors, as the conference announced its all-league teams and individual awards Tuesday afternoon on Big Ten Network. Tight end Max Klare was selected Third Team All-Big Ten by the conference’s coaches, the media named linebacker Kydran Jenkins Third Team All-Big Ten, while seven other Boilermakers were tabbed All-Big Ten Honorable Mention: Cole Brevard, Keelan Crimmins, Gus Hartwig, Will Heldt, Nick Levy, Marcus Mbow and Dillon Thieneman.
In his final season as a Boilermaker, Jenkins earned his highest all-conference honors after being honorable mention the past two years. The Louisville, Georgia, native led Purdue in sacks (7.0) and tackles-for-loss (12.5) this season, while ranking second in total tackles (83) and solo tackles (47). He had a huge game against Oregon State (Sept. 21), recording a career-high 16 tackles to go along with 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks. Jenkins averaged 0.58 sacks per game to rank sixth in the Big Ten, and he finished his career with 23.5 sacks to also place sixth in the Purdue record book. With 44.0 career TFLs, Jenkins sits alongside Anthony Spencer (2003-06) for ninth in program history.
After his 2023 season was cut short due to injury, Klare bounced back with a monster 2024 campaign as Purdue’s leading receiver. Pacing the Boilermakers in receptions (51), receiving yards (685) and receiving touchdowns (4), the sophomore became the first tight end to lead Purdue in receiving since Justin Sinz hauled in 41 receptions in 2013. Klare finished his season ranked second in the Big Ten and seventh nationally for receiving yards by a tight end. His 685 yards were the sixth-most ever in a single season by a Purdue tight end, bringing Klare’s career total to 881 yards to crack the program’s Top 10 list. He became just the ninth Big Ten tight end since 2000 to record at least 680 receiving yards in a season. Hauling in six receptions for a career-high 133 yards at No. 23 Illinois (Oct. 12), Klare recorded the most receiving yards by a Purdue tight end since Payne Durham’s 150-yard night in the 2021 season opener and the sixth most by a Boilermaker tight end since 1996.
Brevard, Heldt and Thieneman were named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention after being leaders on the defensive side of the ball. Brevard’s 5.5 TFLs ranked third on the team behind Jenkins and Heldt, as the defensive lineman helped clog the middle of the field over 11 starts.
Heldt was a disruptor on the edge and in the opposing backfield, racking up 5.0 sacks and 10.0 tackles-for-loss to rank second on the team in both categories. The sophomore made 56 tackles throughout the season, including a career-high eight at Wisconsin (Oct. 5). Heldt found the end zone as well, recording his first career touchdown with a 16-yard scoop-and-score at No. 23 Illinois.
Thieneman remained a tackling machine as a sophomore, becoming the first Boilermaker to lead Purdue in tackles in consecutive seasons since Bernard Pollard (2004-05). The 2023 All-American made 104 tackles throughout the season, including 70 solo, just the third player in college football over the past 20 seasons to record at least 70 solo tackles as a freshman and as a sophomore. Thieneman’s 5.8 solo tackles per game ranked second in the Big Ten and fourth nationally, as well as the most by any defensive back in the country. The Boilermaker made 23 more tackles than the next Big Ten defensive back this season, and he became just the fifth defensive back nationwide (since 2005) to make 100 tackles as a freshman and as a sophomore.
Hartwig and Mbow were anchors on the Purdue offensive line all season long, starting all 12 games to bring the total to 80 starts between the two over their careers (Hartwig – 48, Mbow – 32). Hartwig earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention for the fifth time, each year of his collegiate career. The Zionsville, Indiana, native received an 83.3 pass blocking grade from PFF, not allowing a sack and only surrendering one hit on the quarterback. His pass blocking grade ranked second in the Big Ten and 25th nationally among centers, and his 72.2 overall offensive grade ranked second in the conference as well.
Mbow recorded a 75.2 run blocking grade by PFF, ranking sixth among Big Ten tackles. Going up against No. 2 Oregon (Oct. 18), Mbow earned a spot on the PFF National Team of the Week for battling the Ducks’ difficult defensive line.
Crimmins had one of the best seasons of any punter in program history. Averaging 44.9 yards per punt, the Australian ranked third in the Big Ten and 14th nationally. The punt average also landed second on Purdue’s single-season list, trailing only Travis Dorsch’s 48.1 average when he won the 2001 Ray Guy Award as the nation’s best punter. He recorded 14 punts that were at least 50 yards, while also pinning 17 punts inside the 20. Against No. 18 Notre Dame (Sept. 14), Crimmins punted 10 times for a 47.3-yard clip with a pair of balls over 50 yards and three inside the 20-yard line, marking just the sixth time a Big Ten punter averaged over 47 yards when punting 10 times.
Helping Crimmins and Purdue’s punting all season long was Levy. In his first year as a Boilermaker, the junior long snapper earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention as well.
All-Big Ten Boilermakers (By Team)
Third Team (Media): Kydran Jenkins
Third Team (Coaches): Max Klare
Honorable Mention (Coaches): Gus Hartwig, Marcus Mbow, Dillon Thieneman, Kydran Jenkins, Will Heldt, Nick Levy, Keelan Crimmins
Honorable Mention (Media): Gus Hartwig, Max Klare, Cole Brevard, Dillon Thieneman, Keelan Crimmins
All-Big Ten Boilermakers (By Player)
Kydran Jenkins (Third Team – Media, Honorable Mention – Coaches)
Max Klare (Third Team – Coaches, Honorable Mention – Media)
Cole Brevard (Honorable Mention – Media)
Keelan Crimmins (Honorable Mention – Coaches, Media)
Gus Hartwig (Honorable Mention – Coaches, Media)
Will Heldt (Honorable Mention – Coaches)
Nick Levy (Honorable Mention – Coaches)
Marcus Mbow (Honorable Mention – Coaches)
Dillon Thieneman (Honorable Mention – Coaches, Media)
NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL
COLD SHOOTING PLAGUES IRISH IN 48-69 DEFEAT AT GEORGIA
ATHENS, Ga. – The script for tonight’s Georgia game was almost identical to the Creighton one for the Notre Dame men’s basketball team. In both games, the Irish rallied down 17 but just didn’t have enough to push through to escape with a victory. The Fighting Irish (4-5) recorded season lows in both points and shooting percentage (.365) in tonight’s loss to the Bulldogs (8-1) in what was the second annual SEC/ACC Challenge.
Two Irish finished in double figures with Tae Davis and Braeden Shrewsberry tallying 14 points each. Davis shot 5-of-13 from the field and grabbed a co-team-best six rebounds alongside Matt Allocco – the latter dished out a team-best three assists. Shrewsberry shot 6-of-16 and went 2-for-7 from deep.
For Shrewsberry, it marked a career-best five straight games in double figures.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Irish were off to a strong defensive start as they held the Bulldogs scoreless through the first 4:30 of play with Notre Dame leading 6-0 at the first media timeout.
While the Bulldogs came out of the timeout scoring on back-to-back possessions, Garrett Sundra immediately responded with one from deep to keep the Irish in front 9-5.
Soon after, the Bulldogs went on an 8-0 run to claim a 13-9 lead and force a Notre Dame timeout with 11:02 remaining in the half. The run would continue as the Bulldogs put up 13 unanswered points to make it 18-9 before back-to-back baskets from Tae Davis would make it 18-14.
The Bulldogs would go on another 8-0 to go up 31-18, but back-to-back finishes at the rim from Kebba Njie and Tae Davis brought the Irish within 9 at 31-22 with 1:05 left in the first half. Georgia would capitalize on an and-one opportunity to extend their lead to 34-22 at the half.
Georgia shot 15-for-32 from the field (.469) and owned a 24-14 points in the paint advantage. Notre Dame shot 9-of-25 (.360) and just 1-of-10 from three. Tae Davis had 11 of the team’s 22 points.
The Bulldogs extended their lead to 17 at the 18:30 mark of the second period. The Irish responded with a 10-0 run with a bucket from Njie, triples from Shrewsberry and Allocco, and a reverse layup from Nikita Konstantynovskyi.
Konstantynovskyi came out of the timeout with a huge and-one, followed by a layup from Allocco to bring Notre Dame within four at 43-39.
The game was within reach and for the taking, but in a blink of an eye it wasn’t. The Bulldogs responded with a 9-2 run to make it an 11 point ballgame at 52-41 to force the Irish timeout.
The Irish offense had one last spurt trailing 57-42, as Shrewsberry banked in a three and followed it with a strong finish at the rim to close the gap to 10 with 4:24 remaining. That would mark Notre Dame’s last made field goal as Georgia closed out the 69-48 win.
UP NEXT
The Fighting Irish are back in action on Saturday, Dec. 7 as they open up ACC play with the Syracuse Orange (4-3) at Purcell Pavilion. Tip off is set for noon. The program is encouraging all fans to wear green for the game.
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
WILL NOTRE DAME’S 2024 AND 2025 RECRUITING CLASSES STACK UP TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP?
In recruiting, it’s easy to get caught up in the hype of the latest commitment or how the current class is shaping up. But the real path to sustained success in college football is about stacking multiple strong classes together. Programs that contend for national championships don’t just hit on one class—they build depth, talent, and versatility over several recruiting cycles.
With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at Notre Dame’s 2024 and 2025 recruiting classes to see if the Irish are stacking enough talent to seriously contend for a national title in the near future.
BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL
TELFORT AND MCCAFFERY LEAD BUTLER PAST EASTERN ILLINOIS, 73-58
Behind 20 points from both Jahmyl Telfort and Patrick McCaffery, Butler posted a 73-58 win over Eastern Illinois Tuesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Butler shot 52 percent from the field in securing their sixth straight win.
The Bulldogs improve to 7-1 on the season, while EIU falls to 2-6.
HOW IT TRANSPIRED:
EIU kept the game close early by hitting five of their first six attempts from three-point range. That allowed the visitors to hold a 24-22 advantage with 5:22 remaining in the half.
Butler closed the final five minutes of the first half on a 14-3 run to take a 36-27 lead into the locker rooms. Telfort led all scorers with 10 of his points in the first half.
The Bulldogs’ lead grew to 18 less than three minutes into the second half (48-30).
After EIU cut the lead to seven (55-48) with 7:50 to play, Butler responded with the next eight points to push the lead back to 15 and secure the win.
NOTEWORTHY:
Telfort, the current BIG EAST Player of the Week, made all 10 of his free throw attempts and hit five of his six shots from the field in scoring 20 points. He went over 20 points for the third consecutive game and fourth time this season.
McCaffery matched his season-high with five three-pointers to get to his 20 points; he added seven rebounds. For McCaffery, it was his second 20-point game of the season and the ninth of his career.
Kolby King narrowly missed a double-double with 10 points and a career-high nine rebounds.
Butler out-rebounded EIU, 41-27.
The Bulldogs were slowed by 17 turnovers.
Butler went 20-for-25 from the free throw line. The Bulldogs have made at least 17 free throws and shot at least 70 percent from the free throw line in each game this season.
Andre Screen, who celebrated his birthday Tuesday, had six points and eight rebounds.
Kooper Jacobi led EIU with 22 points; he made five three-pointers.
Butler’s defense limited the Panthers to 33-percent shooting. The Bulldogs entered the game ranked 13th nationally in field goal percentage defense.
Butler and EIU have now met eight times in the all-time series; the Bulldogs have won the three most recent meetings to level the series, 4-4.
Thad Matta’s first game as a head coach, which came Nov. 18, 2000 in his first stint at Butler, was a 90-73 win over Eastern Illinois at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
UP NEXT: The Bulldogs head to No. 17/18 Houston Saturday for a tip that is part of the annual BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle. Fans can watch the game on ESPN2 or listen to the audio feed provided by Mark Minner and Nick Gardner via the Varsity Network app. The tip is set for 5:30 p.m. (Eastern, 4:30 p.m. Central).
BUTLER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
PARKINSON NAMED TO INDIANA BASKETBALL HOF 2025 SILVER ANNIVERSARY TEAM
NEW CASTLE – Butler women’s basketball head coach Austin Parkinson was named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2025 Silver Anniversary Team on Tuesday. The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors selected eighteen men based on their outstanding accomplishments as a senior basketball player 25 years ago.
Parkinson averaged 20.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 3.6 steals as a senior in keying Northwestern to a 16-6 record. Over four seasons, he totaled 1,667 points (17.3), 431 rebounds (4.6), a school-record 678 assists (7.2) and a school-record 371 steals (3.9) as the Tigers went 77-17 with one Mid-Indiana Conference championship, two sectional crowns, one regional title and three Howard County Tournament trophies.
A 2000 Indiana All-Star, Parkinson was a McDonald’s All-America nominee, AP third-team All-State, IBCA second-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal second-team All-State, IBCA honorable mention Academic All-State and won his school’s Outstanding Academic Achievement Award as a senior. The 1999 Junior All-Star also was 1999 Louisville Courier-Journal honorable mention All-State, 1998 AP high honorable mention All-State, two-time IBCA first-team Underclass All-State, four-time Kokomo Tribune first-team All-Area, four-time Mid-Indiana Conference Player of the Year, four-time all-Howard County, four-time all-sectional, four-time team MVP and a four-time NIAAA Scholar-Athlete Award winner.
The 6-0 guard went on to Purdue, where he tallied 258 points, 203 rebounds, and 386 assists while helping the Boilermakers to a 66-58 record for coach Gene Keady. Parkinson led the team in assists as a sophomore (140) and senior (119) and posted a career-high 12 assists (with no turnovers) against Penn State on Feb. 4, 2004. He stands 14th on Purdue’s career assist list and was the winner of the 2002 Purdue Doc Combs Play Hard Award, the 2003 Purdue Courage Award and a 2004 Purdue Red Mackey Award. He was named Academic All-Big Ten in 2004 and played for teams that qualified for the 2003 NCAA Tournament, won the 2003 Great Alaska Shootout and were selected for the 2001 and 2004 National Invitation Tournaments.
The entire team includes 11 members named to the 2000 Indiana All-Star squad. Seven other all-state players are included to recognize the top of Indiana’s high school class of 2000
2000 Indiana All-Stars include Mr. Basketball Jared Jeffries, Michael Bennett, Brett Buscher, Steve Drabyn Jr, John Hamilton Jr., Andre Owens, Austin Parkinson, Shane Power, Zach Randolph, John Standeford and Aaron Thomas
The remaining seven, named to various all-state teams are Braden Bushman, Ron Dokes, Mark Drake, Adam Mark, Mickey McGill, Bryant Northern, and Corey Seegers.
2025 Men’s Silver Anniversary Team members will be honored at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s 63rd Men’s Awards Banquet on Wednesday, March 19, 2025
A midday reception, free and open to the public, will be held at the Hall of Fame Museum in New Castle. The evening banquet will take place at the Primo Banquet Hall, which is located on the south side of Indianapolis.
Indiana Basketball HOF 2025 Silver Anniversary Team
Name – High School
Michael Bennett – Brebeuf Jesuit
Brett Buscher – Chesterton/Whiting
Braden Bushman – Mississinewa
Mark Drake – Shelbyville
Ron Dokes – South Bend Riley
Steve Drabyn Jr. – LaPorte
John Hamilton Jr. – Greenfield-Central
Jared Jeffries – Bloomington North
Adam Mark – Bremen
Mickey McGill – Rossville
Bryant Northern – Jeffersonville
Andre Owens – Perry Meridian
Austin Parkinson – Northwestern
Shane Power – Andrean
Zach Randolph – Marion
Corey Seegers – Columbus North
John Standeford – Monrovia
Aaron Thomas – Northridge
BUTLER FOOTBALL
SEVEN BULLDOGS EARN PFL POST-SEASON HONORS
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Pioneer Football League announced First and Second All-League Teams on Tuesday afternoon. Nick Howard, Adam Dolan, Jack Burch and Nick Bafia were PFL First Team selections while Hayden Olmsted, Adam Sturtz and Jeremiah Jackson represented Butler on the Second Team.
The Pioneer Football League’s head coaches named 68 student-athletes to the league’s 32nd All-Pioneer Football League Teams, Tuesday. In addition to the student-athletes recognized on the league’s first and second teams, 112 student-athletes received honorable mention recognition.
Dolan and Bafia are repeat first-team honorees while Howard and Burch join them for the very first time. Dolan was the anchor of a very good offensive line at BU. A starter in all 12 games at left tackle, Dolan and the Bulldog front five did not allow pressure throughout the 2024 campaign. They led the PFL in fewest sacks allowed and fewest tackles for loss allowed. The Bulldogs had the best scoring offense in the PFL and ranked ninth among all FCS schools averaging 35.6 points per game. They averaged 407 yards of offense per game and nearly led the country in red zone offense.
Howard certainly impacted those offense numbers with a successful stint at quarterback for Butler as a graduate transfer. He led the team with 712 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns. Howard averaged 5.0 yards per rush and was responsible for 59.3 yards per game. He had 92 yards and three touchdowns in a win over Stetson and matched that effort two weeks later with a season-high 97 yards and three touchdowns in the win over St. Thomas. Howard ranked second in the league in rushing touchdowns and fourth in total rushing yards. He also passed for 519 yards and seven touchdowns giving him 20 total touchdowns as a Bulldog.
Burch and Bafia highlighted a Butler defense that limited opponents to just 292 yards per game. They led the PFL in scoring defense (16.3), were second in red zone defense, and came in at third in passing yards allowed (158.9). Burch got after quarterbacks on the defensive line while Bafia patrolled the secondary.
Burch had at least one sack in six PFL games. He led the team with 7.5 total and posted multiple sacks in games against Drake and Davidson. The redshirt-junior finished his season with 27 total tackles (19 solo), three quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a blocked field goal.
Bafia finished third on the team in total tackles with 43. He started in the first 10 games of the year before missing the final two weeks with an injury. While on the gridiron, Bafia had a team-high seven pass breakups to go along with two interceptions. His first pick came in the season opener against Upper Iowa and the second was in the win over Stetson.
Butler’s defense also got a lift from Second Team All-PFL picks Adam Sturtz and Jeremiah Jackson. The Bulldogs saw Sturtz lead the team with 68 tackles. He had 11.5 tackles for loss to go along with four sacks. Jackson had 35 tackles, six pass breakups, three interceptions and a blocked field goal in 2024. Joining that duo on the Second Team was offensive lineman Hayden Olmsted. Olmsted called the BU huddle for all 12 games while protecting each BU QB.
Six Butler offensive players, four defensive, and two special teamers were added to the honorable mention list this year. Ethan Loss, Luke Wooten, Trevon Brown, Joey Suchy, Nick Schwitzgebel, and Owen Keane were recognized by their peers on offense while Devaon Holman, Danny Orgler, D’Marco Cross, and Justin Anagonye got the call on defense. Jason Hicks proved to be one of the best long snappers in the league and Joey Audia made the cut for his kick return abilities.
The 32nd All-PFL Teams follow Monday’s announcement of the league’s Major Award Winners. Wednesday, the league names its 32nd Academic All-PFL team and its Scholar-Athlete of the Year, concluding the league’s awards week.
2024 All-Pioneer Football League First Team
All-Purpose Back – Nick Howard
Offensive Line – Adam Dolan
Defensive Line – Jack Burch
Defensive Back – Nick Bafia
2024 All-Pioneer Football League Second Team
Offensive Line – Hayden Olmsted
Linebacker – Adam Sturtz
Linebacker – Jeremiah Jackson
2024 All-Pioneer Football League Honorable Mention
Devaon Holman, Danny Orgler, D’Marco Cross, Justin Anagonye, Joey Suchy, Jason Hicks, Nick Schwitzgebel, Owen Keane, Luke Wooten, Ethan Loss, Trevon Brown, Joey Audia
IU INDY MEN’S BASKETBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL TO OPEN #HLMBB PLAY AGAINST GREEN BAY
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis men’s basketball team will open Horizon League play on Wednesday night (Dec. 4) when the Jaguars host Green Bay (2-6, 0-0 HL) at 6:30 p.m. inside the Jungle. Head coach Paul Corsaro’s team enters play riding a two-game winning streak following Saturday’s win over Trinity Christian.
Fans attending Wednesday’s game are encouraged to wear red and the first 200 IU Indy students in attendance will receive FREE Jaguar t-shirts.
The Jaguars are riding high after an emphatic 106-49 win over Trinity Christian as six different players went for double-digits, led by Jarvis Walker’s 20-point effort. IU Indy matched the program record with 19 threes made and set a new Division I era record with 28 assists against just 10 turnovers. Paul Zilinskas pumped in 15 points in less than 20 minutes and freshman DeSean Goode had a career-high 14 points and nine rebounds on his way to earning #HLMBB Freshman of the Week honors. Fellow rookie Keenan Garner registered a double-double off the bench with 12 points and 10 rebounds and a third freshman, Ron Rutland III, added a career-high 12 points, including three threes. Junior Timaris Brown also finished with 12 points and eight rebounds, including hitting 6-of-7 field goal attempts.
Following the three-point barrage, the Jaguars now lead the Horizon League in threes made at 10.4 per game. The Jags also lead the league in three-point defense, holding teams to 30.1 percent from beyond the arc.
QUOTABLE
“Everyone contributed and I thought we finished. I thought the first half, we played 14 minutes of really good basketball. I thought, the last six minutes, we kind of lost our focus and didn’t really finish the half very well. I challenged them at halftime to play a full 20 minutes in the second half and I thought they did that. We did not let up. We stayed relentless for almost the full 40 minutes and I thought we performed pretty cleanly on both sides,” Corsaro said following the win over Trinity Christian.
SCOUTING GREEN BAY
Green Bay is 2-6 on the season and 1-4 in five road games. The Phoenix have wins over Western Illinois and SIUE in non-conference play and come in having lost three straight. Green Bay boasts the nation’s top scorer in Anthony Roy, who averages 27.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game while having made 39 threes in eight games at a 44.3 percent clip. Marcus Hall is second on the team in scoring at 14.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. As a team, Green Bay is scoring 75.3 points per game and making more than 10 threes per contest.
SERIES HISTORY
IU Indy is 9-10 all-time against Green Bay and 4-4 in eight matchups in Indianapolis. Green Bay swept last year’s season series, including a 79-56 victory in Green Bay on Feb. 1. Green Bay has won six of the past seven meetings in the all-time series.
UP NEXT
The Jaguars will close out the three-game homestand on Saturday (Dec. 7) when they host Northern Kentucky at 2:00 p.m. inside the Jungle.
INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
HOT OFFENSE POWERS MARQUETTE PAST INDIANA STATE
MILWAUKEE – Chloe Williams paced Indiana State with 17 points Tuesday night and Keslyn Secrist added 16, but homestanding Marquette’s offense clicked on all cylinders in an 83-67 defeat for the Sycamores inside the Al McGuire Center.
Williams also led Indiana State with seven rebounds, while Mia Simpson finished with 10 points for her first double-figure scoring game in a Sycamore uniform.
Indiana State got off to a slow start, trailing by double-digits within the first four minutes of the game, and never fully recovered. The Sycamores’ offense started to turn things around in the middle stages of the game, but Marquette scored 20-plus points in each of the first three quarters, including a 31-point outburst in the third, to take full control of the game. Despite outscoring Marquette 15-7 in the fourth quarter, the Sycamores dug themselves in too big a hole to overcome.
First Half
Williams opened the scoring for the Sycamores with a midrange jumper and Savannah White added a three-ball from the wing, but Indiana State fell in an early double-digit hole thanks to a quick 8-0 Marquette run. Baskets from Williams and Simpson midway through the quarter pulled the Trees closer, with Simpson also providing back-to-back buckets late in the frame for the Blue and White. Despite the late offense, the Trees trailed 25-13 after the first quarter.
The Sycamores cut into the deficit early in the second with a Williams 3-pointer, and Jones added a layup to get the Sycamores closer before Marquette went on another run to extend its lead to 38-20. Saige Stahl converted a three-point play and Secrist connected on a trey to put the Sycamores on a 6-0 run midway through, with baskets from Williams and Simpson getting the Sycamores’ deficit down to 42-30. Simpson knocked down a pair of free throws to cut Marquette’s lead to 10, but a late Golden Eagle 3-pointer saw the Sycamores facing a 45-32 deficit at the break.
Second Half
Marquette came out of the intermission firing, as the Golden Eagles began the third quarter on a 10-2 run to push their lead to 55-34. Secrist converted on a three-point play and also drained a 3-pointer midway through the quarter, with Semie Brar also knocking down a triple to pull the Sycamores closer. Williams cut the deficit to 59-45 with a pair of free throws, but Marquette followed with a 12-0 run to take their largest lead of the game at 71-45. Layups from Stahl and Secrist, along with another Secrist 3-pointer, cut into the deficit once more, but Marquette beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer to take a 76-52 lead into the fourth.
Indiana State chipped away at the deficit with free throws from Williams, Secrist and Ruffin as the Trees scored the first six points of the final frame. Baskets from Brar and Williams pulled the Sycamores closer, with the Trees going on a 7-0 run following a basket from Stahl and another three-ball from Brar. Indiana State closed the game strong, outscoring Marquette 15-7 in the fourth quarter, but the early offensive onslaught from the home side was too much to overcome in an 83-67 setback.
News and Notes
Mia Simpson (10) and Semie Brar (eight) both scored their most points in a Sycamore uniform in Tuesday’s game.
Chloe Williams scored in double-figures for the second straight game and fourth time this season.
Keslyn Secrist’s streak of double-figure scoring outings was extended Tuesday, with the sophomore guard hitting double-digit points in all seven games this season.
Indiana State finished with 19 second chance points, its most in a game this season.
Indiana State recorded a season-high five blocks, with five different players – Semie Brar, Queen Ruffin, Keslyn Secrist, Savannah White and Chloe Williams – recording a rejection.
Despite losing the rebound margin for the game, Indiana State was plus-one on the boards in the second half (24-23).
Indiana State limited Marquette to a 3-for-18 mark from the field (16.7 percent) in the fourth quarter, including an 0-for-6 mark from 3-point range in the final frame.
Up Next
Indiana State makes the short trek across state lines Friday to face Eastern Illinois at 6 p.m.
INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL
OWENS, ROCHELLE, VALDES NAMED TO MVFC ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM
VALLEY-FOOTBALL.org – Indiana State’s Elijah Owens, Rashad Rochelle, and Jorge Valdes were all named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference’s All-Newcomer Team as announced by the conference office on Tuesday morning.
Owens earns All-Newcomer honors after leading Indiana State’s passing and rushing efforts over the course of the 2024 season. The Jacksonville, Ill. native set a Sycamore quarterback rushing record with 645 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns over the course of the season, while adding 1,717 passing pards and 12 more scores through the air. He finished fifth in the MVFC in total offense per game (222.88).
Owens, named a Jerry Rice Award Finalist earlier this season, posted three 100-yard rushing games and three 200-yard passing efforts over the course of 2024. He added three games with multiple passing touchdowns including a 30-for-37 game with 260 yards and three touchdowns against Eastern Illinois.
Rochelle earned All-Newcomer honors after finishing among the national leaders in the return game, while also finishing among the conference leaders in most receiving categories. The Springfield, Ill. native was third in the MVFC in all-purpose yards (112.63) in conference play while finishing third in the Valley in receptions and receptions per game.
Rochelle highlighted his first season with the Sycamores with a 10-catch, 105-yard, one-touchdown game against Illinois State, while posting 11 games with three or more receptions. He added five games with 50-plus receiving yards on the season, while also showcasing his speed and open field vision in finishing sixth in the NCAA FCS in combined kick return yards (751).
Valdes earned All-Newcomer honors after taking over a starting role in the Indiana State defensive backfield early in the 2024 season. The Fort Wayne, Ind. native tied for the Sycamore lead with two interceptions, while finishing sixth in the MVFC in passes defended with eight on the year.
Valdes highlighted his season with a 90-yard pick-six early in the season that sparked Indiana State’s defensive efforts in the 24-13 win over Dayton. He added a season-high seven tackles and his second interception of the year against Youngstown State.
The three Sycamores bring Indiana State’s postseason accolades to eight on the year after five players were honored on the MVFC All-Conference team on Monday afternoon. Geoffrey Brown (LB) earned First Team honors, while Joey Shew (DL) took Second Team recognition. Maddix Blackwell (DB), Garret Ollendieck (LB), and Rochelle (RS) all were honored on the Honorable Mention team.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
LEAGUE PLAY OPENS WITH VISIT FROM COLONIALS
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne women’s basketball opens Horizon League play this week with a matchup against Robert Morris on Wednesday (Dec. 4) in the Gates Sports Center.
Game Day Information
Who: Robert Morris Colonials
When: Wednesday, December 4 | 7 PM
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Gates Sports Center
Live Stats: Link
Watch: Link
Tickets:Link
Game Notes:Purdue Fort Wayne | Robert Morris | Horizon League
Know Your Foe
Robert Morris is 2-5 in the early portion of the non-league slate with wins over Point Park and Akron. The Colonials are on a four-game losing streak with losses to Saint Francis (Pa.), Pitt, Duquesne and Bucknell. Noa Givon is contributing 11.0 points of the team’s 59.6 points per game. Mya Murray is leading the team with 5.3 boards per game.
The Series
Robert Morris leads the series 5-4, but the Mastodons have won three of the last four games. Last season, the ‘Dons won 64-36 in Moon Township. At the time, 36 points was the fewest a Division I foe had ever scored against the Mastodons, a mark that was broken less than two months later.
Offensive Threat
Per College Basketball Reference, Lauren Ross has an offensive rating (points scored per 100 possessions) of 129.5, the highest on the team among rotation players. She also has an effective field goal percentage of 62.2 percent, a team-best. She is taking 62.2 percent of her shots from 3-point range. She also has the highest plus/minus on the team among rotation players with 7.0.
Fill It Up
Purdue Fort Wayne is averaging 77.6 points per game, which ranks second in the Horizon League and top-60 nationally. The Mastodons’ 36.9 3-point shooting percentage ranks in the top-40 and 9.4 3-point makes per game is top-25.
Our Ball!
Purdue Fort Wayne’s 5.88 turnover margin ranks first in the Horizon League and is a top-40 mark nationally.
Closing In on 1,000
Audra Emmerson also has a chance to reach 1,000 points for her career. She has 758 points, needing 242 to reach the milestone. She scored 343 last season.
Hit ‘Em With the High Note
Jazzlyn Linbo’s shooting percentage of 56.1 percent is the best of her career. She is up to 51.0 percent for her career.
That’s Free!
Sydney Freeman’s 41.7 field goal and 38.5 3-point percentages are career-best marks.
Looking For T-Mo
Tia Morgan has a career-best 5.9 points per game this season while shooting a career-high 41.7 percent from the floor.
Saving the Best for Last
Lauren Ross is shooting 47.8 percent from the floor, 46.4 percent from 3-point range and 92.3 percent from the charity stripe. All of those percentages are the best of her career. Ross’ 3.25 triples per game ranks 12th in the country and 46.4 percent from beyond the arc ranks 38th.
In The Polls…
Purdue Fort Wayne received votes in the most recent CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 with 15 points. The Mastodons received 10 points in the poll several times last season for the first time since 2011-12.
Magic Numbers 70 and 80
Under head coach Maria Marchesano, the Mastodons are 29-8 when they score 70 points or more and 14-3 when they hit 80.
Woman of the (Stein)Auer
Taeya Steinauer scored 16 points in the Mastodons’ overtime loss to Campbell, setting an early career-high in her freshman season.
Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne dropped three games in the GSU Thanksgiving Classic, but the first was a one-point loss and the next two were both overtime losses.
Coming Up
The early league stint continues for Purdue Fort Wayne when the Mastodons welcome Green Bay to the Gates Sports Center on December 7. The ‘Dons will visit IU Indy on December 11 before non-league play resumes.
EVANSVILLE MEN’S BASKETBALL
ACES BATTLE TO THE FINISH IN LOSS TO RACERS
MURRAY, Ky. – Excelling on both sides of the floor, Gabriel Pozzato recorded 15 points and 6 steals on Tuesday as the University of Evansville men’s basketball team dropped a 63-61 game at Murray State in the Missouri Valley Conference opener.
Pozzato hit 5 of his 10 attempts while playing the full 40 minutes. Cam Haffner registered 14 points on 6-of-13 shooting while Tanner Cuff added 10 points and a team-high 6 boards. Tayshawn Comer wrapped up the game with 9 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists.
“I am proud of the effort that our guys put in tonight. We battled back every time we were down and had strong energy right to the end,” UE head coach David Ragland stated after the game. “At the start, I felt like the 9-day layoff showed a little bit, but we fought back and gave Murray State everything we had.”
Over the opening six minutes, the Racers jumped out to a 12-2 lead. Evansville began the game 1-of-6 from the field while turning the ball over twice. Tanner Cuff got UE back on track with his first basket of the game. At the 10:41-mark, MSU pushed their lead back up to nine points at 17-8.
It was the Purple Aces who made their first major run of the night, outscoring the Racers by a 13-6 margin to cut the deficit to just a pair. Cam Haffner’s triple with 8:54 remaining in the half made it a 19-15 game. The junior struck again two minutes later, converting a second-chance basket to get Evansville within two at 23-21.
Things swung back to Murray State over the ensuing 5-minute stretch as they scored nine in a row to take their largest lead at 32-21 inside the final two minutes. UE missed six field goal tries in a row as MSU made its run. In the final offensive possession, Tanner Cuff’s tip in made it a 33-25 game entering the break.
Tawshawn Comer forced a steal before a fast break dunk got the Aces on the board to open the second half. Three more field goals by Cuff kept the Racer lead in single digits and the persistence for the Aces paid off as the game entered its final nine minutes. Trailing 50-41, a basket from Comer was followed by a Connor Turnbull 3-pointer that cut the gap to just four – 50-46.
Another triple by Haffner got things even closer and, with four minutes left, Gabriel Pozzato’s long ball got his squad within one at 57-56. Neither team gave an inch over the final minutes, but it was UE who continued to chip away. With 1:15 remaining, Haffner’s second-chance layup knotted the score at 58-58.
On their ensuing possession, MSU countered with a 3-point play before knocking down a pair of free throws to extend the lead to 63-58 with 41 ticks on the clock. Just when it looked like the Racers would finish off the win, Evansville had other ideas. Following a missed UE shot, Pozzato forced a steal and converted a dunk to get back within three.
Pozzato continued his relentless defense, forcing another Racer turnover before hitting a free throw to make it a 63-61 game with 22 second left. Murray State missed an attempt with 12 seconds remaining to give the Aces one more shot trailing by two. UE had a final look at a triple, but the attempt fell short to seal the win for the Racers.
JaCobi Wood led the Racers with 21 points while Kylen Milton scored 12. MSU shot 43.1% in the game while UE finished slightly higher at 43.9%. The Racers completed the game with a 39-30 edge on the boards.
UE will be back at the Ford Center on Saturday welcoming Western Kentucky for a 1 p.m. game.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
EAGLES STAY IN-STATE TO FACE THE HOOSIERS
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball continues its three-game stretch away from home Wednesday when the Screaming Eagles travel to face Indiana University at 6 p.m. CT from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana.
Wednesday’s game can be seen on Big Ten+ and heard on The Spin 95.7 FM and WREF 97.7 FM.
The matchup between the Screaming Eagles (7-1) and Hoosiers (5-3) will be the first all-time meeting in the regular season between the two programs. Southern Indiana will be facing its second of three power-conference teams during the non-conference schedule when the Eagles face the Hoosiers Wednesday. USI previously fell 75-51 at the University of Louisville on November 8 in the second game of the season. USI is also slated to travel to the University of Illinois on December 15. Indiana will be the third Big Ten Conference team USI has played since moving to Division I in 2022. The Eagles played against Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin last season in 2023-24.
The Screaming Eagles enter Wednesday’s contest at Indiana on a six-game winning streak. USI’s 7-1 start to the season is a program-best since making the jump to Division I in 2022. Southern Indiana was able to extend its winning streak with a 2-0 trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico last week at the Puerto Rico Clasico. USI captured a 70-34 win against Youngstown State University and a 71-42 victory over Le Moyne College. The Screaming Eagles were one of four teams out of a 16-team field to go 2-0 at the Puerto Rico Clasico, joining the University of Texas at San Antonio, the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and the United States Air Force Academy.
Junior guard Ali Saunders was Southern Indiana’s leading scorer at the Puerto Rico Clasico, posting 29 total points and 14.5 points per game. Senior guard Vanessa Shafford also averaged double figures in Puerto Rico with 13 points per contest. Both shot over 50 percent from the floor with four made three-pointers each.
This season, Saunders paces USI with 13.4 points per game and leads the team with 4.6 assists, three steals, and over 31 minutes played per outing. Saunders ranks toward the top of the Ohio Valley Conference in each category in addition to a 51.3 shooting percentage. Shafford is second on the team in scoring 12.4 points and just ahead of graduate forward Meredith Raley at 12 points per game. USI is averaging 76 points offensively and holding opponents to 56 points per game.
Following a pair of losses in its first three games, Indiana has picked up wins in four of its last five games and three in its last four. The Hoosiers recorded two wins in three games two weekends ago at the Battle 4 Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas. Indiana has two top-25 wins against Stanford University and Baylor University this season.
Last time out, Indiana defeated the University of Maine, 78-53, on Sunday in Bloomington, Indiana. After leading by eight at halftime, the Hoosiers created separation by outscoring Maine 25-13 in the third quarter. Indiana shot over 52 percent overall and hit 11 three-pointers. Graduate guard Chloe Moore-McNeil notched a game-high 22 points to lead the Hoosiers, tying her career mark.
Moore-McNeil is fourth on the team this season in scoring at nearly 11 points per outing but leads the squad with three assists and just over two steals per game. The Hoosiers’ leading scorer is junior guard Yarden Garzon with 13.8 points per game. Junior guard Shay Ciezki and junior forward Lilly Meister also average double figures with 11 and 11.6 points per contest, respectively. The Hoosiers average 67.1 points while limiting opponents to 62.9 points per game.
Game coverage information and links can be found on the USI Women’s Basketball page at usiscreamingeagles.com.
UINDY FOOTBALL
BARNETT UP FOR DII LINEMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
MANHEIM, Pa. – UIndy football sixth-year senior Aaron Barnett was announced recently as one of 31 nominees for the 2024 Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year Award, presented by the Manheim Touchdown Club.
Barnett capped a remarkable career with his third straight All-GLVC First Team nod. He captained UIndy to its fourth-ever 10-win regular season this fall, as well as a third consecutive playoff appearance and GLVC title. The Veedersburg, Ind., native and two-time Academic All-American led the GLVC and ranked third in Super Region 3 in sacks. He racked up five tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and a sack in UIndy’s playoff game at Grand Valley State.
The Gene Upshaw Award is nominated for and voted on by the nation’s NCAA Division II sports information directors. Two finalists will advance from each of the four super regions to a national ballot, with national finalists announced Dec. 4. The winner will be announced Dec. 12. All nominees must be seniors or graduate players/transfers and are lineman on either side of the ball at either offensive tackle, guard or center; or defensive tackle, guard or end.
The award is named in honor of the late Mr. Upshaw, who was not only an All-Pro lineman for the Oakland Raiders, but later served as the executive director of the NFL Players Association for 25 years. Upshaw, a former standout offensive lineman at Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M Kingsville), was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 in his first year of eligibility. The award is presented annually by the Manheim Touchdown Club.
SUPER REGION 3 NOMINEES
Aaron Barnett, DE, UIndy
Brandon Bishop, OT, Henderson State
Gabe Brown, OT, Grand Valley State
Gabe Clark, OT, Central Missouri
CeDarrion Crooks, OG, East Central
Quillan Felton, DE, Nebraska Kearney
Jake Fisher, DE, Northwest Missouri State
Cole Littrell, OG, Missouri S&T
Myles Menges, DE, Fort Hays State
Victor Nelson, DT, Ferris State
Gage Price, NT, Harding
UINDY BASKETBALL
MCGILL, WARREN HONORED BY HOOPS HALL, TO BE RECOGNIZED IN MARCH 2025
NEW CASTLE, Ind. – Two UIndy men’s basketball alumni were recently recognized by the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame with a formal ceremony to be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
A 1975 graduate of UIndy (then Indiana Central College), Daryl Warren was a four-year letterwinner and is one of 26 Greyhounds all-time to record 1,000+ career points and 500+ career rebounds. Warren led the Greyhounds with 18.8 points per game in 1973-74, while topping the team leaderboard in assists in each of his final three seasons. Warren becomes the fourth Greyhound ever to be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, joining Bailey Robertson (1990), Bill Hampton (2017), and Bob Smock (2019).
One of the best 3-pointer shooters in program history, Mickey McGill finished his four-year career with UIndy in 2005. McGill currently ranks ninth in program history in triples made (147) and 3-point percentage (.443), as well as 14th in 3-pointers attempted. McGill donned the Greyhound uniform in 110 contests, good for the ninth-most in program history.
Per HoopsHall.com
Warren is a 1971 graduate of Linden, where he became Montgomery County’s all-time leading scorer with 2,083 points, a 23.9 average for 87 career games. The Bulldogs’ ace totaled 347 points as a freshman, 491 points as a sophomore, 607 points as a junior and 638 points as a senior for respective squads that went 6-16, 15-7, 12-9 and 17-5. He was a four-time all-Montgomery County selection, a three-time all-conference choice, a three-time all-sectional pick and became known as “the Legend of Linden.” He tallied a career-high 46 points against Waynetown on Feb. 7, 1970.
Warren went on to Indiana Central College (now the University of Indianapolis), where he amassed 1,228 points, 551 rebounds and 209 assists in four years with the Greyhounds. He was a three-year starter, a three-time all-Indiana Collegiate Conference selection and a two-time team MVP and captain for Angus Nicoson teams that went 18-10, 15-8, 15-11 and 14-10. Warren earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management at Indiana Central.
He then worked his entire post-college career for Ceres Solutions Cooperative, rising to the position of vice president of agronomy before retiring in 2022. Warren was featured in a book called “The Last County Championship,” written by former Linden coach Tom Speaker in 2011. He also received a Montgomery County “Champions of Character Award” in 2014.
McGill totaled a career school-record 1,813 points (20.6) as well as 543 rebounds (6.2) and 179 assists (2.0) in leading Rossville to a 59-29 record and two Hoosier Heartland Conference titles for coach Jeff Henley. As a senior, McGill tallied 21.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists for the 13-8 Hornets while being named Louisville Courier-Journal second-team All-State, winning the Benton Central Sportsmanship Award, being selected for the Top 40 Senior Workout and earning most valuable honors in the postseason MVP Sports Tipoff Classic.
Over his career, the 6-3 guard was chosen three-time AP honorable mention All-State, three-time IBCA honorable mention All-State, three-time Lafayette Journal & Courier first-team All-Area, two-time J&C Area Player of the Year, four-time first-team all-Clinton County, four-time first-team all-HHC and three-time all-sectional. The 1999 Junior All-Star also was IBCA first-team Underclass All-State and Louisville Courier-Journal honorable mention All-State as a junior. He also was named Class A first-team All-State as a senior in baseball, helping Rossville to the 2000 Class A state championship in that sport.
McGill moved to the University of Indianapolis, where he totaled 613 points (5.6), 171 rebounds (1.6), 107 assists (1.0) and helped the Greyhounds to a 67-46 ledger and two NCAA Division II national tournament berths while playing four seasons for coach Todd Sturgeon. As a senior, McGill averaged 8.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists while hitting 51.2 percent of his 3-pointers (66-of-129) for a 19-10 squad. That 3-point percentage is second on the UIndy season list. He also stands ninth on the UIndy list for career 3-point accuracy (.433, 147-of-332) and 10th on the UIndy list for career 3-pointers (147).
He earned a bachelor’s degree in sports administration from UIndy in 2005. Since 2017, he has been a project manager and facilities director for Weida Management in West Lafayette.
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
NUMBERS IN SPORTS
11 – 35 – 77 – 5 – 44 – 12 – 7 – 34 – 12 – 22
December 4, 1909 – Oldest still-operating NHL franchise is officially established as J. Ambrose O’Brien and Jack Laviolette create the “Club de Hockey Canadien,” known today as the Montreal Canadiens
December 4, 1927 – Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder, eventual Number 11, Paul Waner won the National League MVP
December 4, 1945 – 11th Heisman Trophy Award is won by Army fullback, Number 35, Doc Blanchard
December 4, 1949 – Bob Gage, Number 77 of the Pittsburgh Steelers tied an NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run against the Chicago Bears
December 4, 1956 – 22nd Heisman Trophy Award is won by Notre Dame quarterback, Number 5, Paul Hornung
December 4, 1961 – 1962 NFL Draft: Ernie Davis, Number 44 from University of Syracuse first pick by Washington Redskins. It was soon after that he was traded to the Cleveland Browns.
December 4, 1963 – Boston Bruins’ right wing, Number 12, Andy Hebenton set a new NHL record by playing in his 581st consecutive game in 2-2 tie with Chicago Black Hawks. The NHL skater would reach 630 straight games in his streak
December 4, 1979 – Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey Number 7, Bingo Smith
December 4, 1982 – 48th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Georgia running back, Number 34, Herschel Walker
December 4, 1988 – Edmonton Oilers center Number 12, Jimmy Carson becomes just the third player to score 6 NHL hat tricks before the age of 21 in the Oilers 10-6 win over the New York Rangers
December 4, 2007 – Ballon d’Or: Milan’s Brazilian midfielder Number 22 of AC Milan, Kaká was named best football player in the world; first year in which players from clubs outside the UEFA federation eligible for nomination
December 4, 2009 – Montreal Canadiens retire Hall of Fame center Elmer Lach’s jersey Number 16, as part of team’s centennial celebration
December 4, 2018 – Ownership group Seattle Hockey Partners led by billionaire businessman Davis Bonderman is unanimously granted an NHL license by the Board of Governors; to start play 2020-21 season at KeyArena. The team would later be officially named the Seattle Kraken
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Iron Man Game
December 4, 1932 – The Green Bay Packers and the Portsmouth Spartans played an important game. This was back in the era when the NFL cmapions were determined by the team with the best record. Portsmouth hosted the Pack and only played eleven players the entire game without substitution and knocked of the defending Champs 19-0 at Universal Stadium.
December 4, 1909 – Rosedale Field, Toronto – At the First ever Grey Cup game it was the University of Toronto Blues surpassing the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 26-6 in which completed a Blues undefeated season! Check out Ninety-nine Yards story on this game!
December 4, 1920 – Varsity Stadium, Toronto – The University of Toronto Blues won 4th title as they knocked off their hometown rivals the Toronto Argonauts by the score of 16-3 at the 8th Grey Cup.
December 4, 1926 – For the 14th Grey Cup it was the Ottawa Senators that kept the trophy with their 10-7 edging of the University of Toronto Blues,
Heisman winner Doc Blanchard
December 4, 1945 – The Downtown Athletic Club presented Army’s Fullback Felix “Doc” Blanchard with their prestigious Heisman Trophy. Heisman.com in their write up on Doc helped Army to a second straight national title and he still had another year of eligibility for he was the first Junior and the First player from West Point to win the Heisman. If you remember on the December 3 segment we foreshadowed Doc by stating that he was 5th in the voting for the 1946 Award. A year earlier in 1944 he took third in the Heisman voting. The Black Knights were undefeated in Blanchard’s 3 seasons with the team sporting an amazing 27-0-1 record and three national championships! Doc was more than just a running back, he was the place kicker and punter in addition to playing linebacker on defense. His pairing with Glenn Davis in the backfield may be the best tandem in collegiate football history. The 1945 season saw Doc run for 722 yards and 16 touchdowns.
Iron Bowl score and an NFL record run
December 4, 1948 – For the first time since 1907 Auburn and Alabama met on the football field for what is now called the 13th Iron Bowl game. Alabama was not real hospitable to Auburn in this reunion as they whallopped the Tigers 55-0 at Birmingham’s Legion Field.
December 4, 1949 – Bob Gage sets an NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run. The American Football Database guides us on this story. Gage, who was at the time playing with the Pittsburgh Steelers took the ball on a fake punt against the Chicago Bears and raced 97 yards for the score. The Bears were one of the top teams at the time and let’s just say that those Steelers were just plainly not near the top. Sometimes when you have nothing to lose you let everything fly, and to run a fake punt from your own 3 yard line…that takes some stones!
Hornung’s Heisman Win
December 4, 1956 – Heisman.com lists that the 22nd Heisman Trophy Award went to none other than Paul Hornung the great Notre Dame back. Hornung was the first player to win the award while playing on a team with a losing record. As far as Trophy winners from Notre Dame, well paul was the 5th in the previous 14 seasons to have done so. He accounted for over half of the Irish points in 1956 as he rushed for 420 yards on 94 runs and completed 59 of 111 pases for 917 yards and three scores. The second place finisher in the voting that year was Tennessee’s Johnny Majors who would later become a legendary Coach in the college ranks.
Ernie Davis Breaks Barriers
December 4, 1961 – The Washington Redskins used the first pick in the 1962 NFL Draft to select Heisman winner Ernie Davis from University of Syracuse. According to the undefeated.com Not only was Ernie Davis the first African-American player to win the Heisman but he was also the first black player to be drafted with the top pick in the NFL Draft!
Take a Seat
December 4, 1962 – According to a suiter.com article, Inventor F.H Chute files a patent for the folding stadium chair. The design was very practical and a God -send for anyone that has sat on a flat aluminum bleacher for a long period of time, like 3-4 hours of a football game. CHute had molded plastic attached to a folding metal frame to give some comfort to the rear ends of sports fans around the world. US patent 3,066,980.
December 4, 1982 – The Heisman Award in this year went to the great Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia. The webpage on the fantastic running back on Heisman.com states that in his three seasons with the Bulldogs he amassed 5097 yards rushing which was an NCAA 3 year record! Herschel was a best of a rusher in high school too as in just his senior year alone at Johnson County High in Wrightsville, Georgia Walker put up an astronomical 3167 yards to lead his school to a State Championship and earn himself the rights to the first Dial Award for th 1979 scholar athlete of the year! Per the article in 1982 at Georgia he ran for 1,752 yards and 16 scores while leading the Bulldogs to an 11-0 regular-season record and a national title matchup against Penn State in the Sugar Bowl.
Rapid Fire Gridiron Headlines
December 4, 1993 – At the 2nd SEC Championship Game it was #9 Florida beating out #16 Alabama, 28-13.
December 4, 1999 – SEC Championship Game in that season saw some revenge from 1993’s game as #7 Alabama defeated #5 Florida, 34-7.
December 4, 2004 – #3 Auburn outlasted #15 Tennessee, 38-28 in the 2004
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December 4, 2010 – In a barn burner at the 2010 Big 12 Championship Game, the #10 Oklahoma Sooners edged out #13 Nebraska Corn Huskers 23-20.
Giants Clean House
December 4, 2017 – The New York Football Giants fired head coach Ben McAdoo and manager Jerry Reese after a 2–10 start. Another factor that may have come into play in the release of the two was the decision to sit two time Super Bowl winning Quarterback Eli manning mid season to play journeyman QB Geno Smith.
Hall of Fame Birthdays for December 4
December 4, 1901 – Churchville, Iowa – Notre Dame’s 1924 Captain & center Adam Walsh was born. The awesome footballfoundation.org website proclaims that Walsh was one of the key blockers for the famed Four Horsemen of Notre Dame in the Irish National Championship season of ‘24. In one particular game against Army that season ‘Lighthouse” Harry Wilson of the cadets was playing havoc on the defensive scheme of the Irish. The clever Walsh decided to “get into Wilson’s head” and the two started to banter back in fourth so much that it seemed as if Lighthouse Harry was thinking more about what retort he could say back at Walsh more than finding holes and escaping tacklers, hence another ‘W” for Notre Dame. The National Football foundation selected Adam Walsh to enter into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
December 4, 1908 – Dabob, Washington – Another great center of the Fighting Irish was born in one Tommy Yarr. Yarr might be most remembered down the stretch of the 1930 season in the game against SMU according to the NFF’s bio on Tommy. The Mustangs were giving the Irish fits that day, that is until Tommy Yarr decided to change the fate of the Irish as he picked off three SMU passes in the fourth quarter! Tommy Yarr went into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
December 4, 1942 – Frank Emanuel the University of Tennessee linebacker arrived to his parent’s delight. As the Captain of the Volunteers in 1965’s season Emanuel was a consensus First Team All-America selection per the footballfoundation.org webpage on his career. The National Football foundation selected Frank Emanuel to enter into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004. Soon after graduation, Frank Emanuel was the first draft choice of the Miami Dolphins in 1966 and due to a bidding war between the Fins and rival League the AFL he made it onto the cover of Sports Illustrated. This former player is a good person too as his biography lists many times how he has helped make his local community a better place for the residents to live there.
December 4, 1984 – Brookfield, Wisconsin – Former Wisconsin Badger and Cleveland Browns Offensive tackle Joe Thomas celebrates the day of his birth. Joe according to the NFF, was a unanimous First Team All-American in 2006, Thomas became the first player in Wisconsin history to claim the Outland Trophy as the most outstanding interior lineman in the nation among his many, many awards for his great play. Joe Thomas found his place in the College Football Hall of Fame in 2019. After school Thomas was third overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Browns where he played all 11 seasons of his career. I am quite sure as soon as he is eligible he will also be a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, it is only a matter of time, because he was that dominant of a player at his position.
TODAY IN SPORTS
Dec. 4
1945 — “Mr. Inside” Doc Blanchard of Army becomes the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy. Blanchard also becomes the only athlete to win both the Heisman and Sullivan Award.
1951 — Princeton triple-threat tailback Richard Kazmaier wins the Heisman Trophy. Kazmaier led the nation in total offense and the Tigers to an undefeated season.
1956 — Notre Dame quarterback Paul Hornung edges Tennessee’s Johnny Majors to win the Heisman Trophy.
1961 — Floyd Patterson defends his world heavyweight title by knocking out Tom McNeeley in the fourth round in Toronto.
1961 — Syracuse running back Ernie Davis becomes the first black to be taken No. 1 in the NFL draft after being selected by the Washington Redskins.
1977 — Tony Dorsett becomes the third rookie to rush for more than 200 yards in a game with 206 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.
1982 — Georgia’s Hershel Walker wins the Heisman Trophy. The junior running back beats out Stanford quarterback John Elway and Southern Methodist running back Eric Dickerson.
1988 — Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders wins the Heisman Trophy then proves he’s worthy of the award with spectacular performance in a 45-42 win over Texas Tech in Tokyo. Sanders rushes 44 times for 332 yards and four touchdowns, setting the NCAA single-season rushing record with 2,628 yards in 11 games.
2004 — Louisville becomes the first football team in NCAA history to score at least 55 points in five straight games, beating Tulane 55-7.
2005 — Croatia wins its first Davis Cup title when Mario Ancic beats Michal Mertinak of Slovakia 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-4 in the decisive fifth match.
2009 — The New Jersey Nets win for the first time this season, ending the worst start in NBA history at 18 losses by beating the Charlotte Bobcats 97-91.
2010 — Cam Newton passes for a career-best 335 yards and four touchdowns, and runs for a couple of TDs to lead No. 2 Auburn past 18th-ranked South Carolina 56-17 for the Southeastern Conference title.
2013 — The NFL fines Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin $100,000 for interfering with a play against the Baltimore Ravens on Thanksgiving. In the third quarter of the Ravens’ 22-20 win, Jacoby Jones swerves to avoid colliding with Tomlin and is tackled after a 73-yard return that might have gone for a touchdown if not for the obstruction.
2016 — Tom Brady becomes the NFL’s career leader in victories by a quarterback, earning his 201st by throwing for 269 yards and a touchdown to lead New England past Los Angeles 26-10.
2016 — Detroit becomes the first team in 60 Saints home games to stop Drew Brees from throwing a touchdown pass, as the Lions pull away from New Orleans, 28-13. It’s also the Lions’ first victory in a road game following Thanksgiving since 1974, snapping a streak of 22 losses in such games.
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Dec. 5
1924 — Red Green of the Hamilton Tigers scores five goals in a 10-5 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1971 — Willie Ellison of the Los Angeles Rams sets an NFL record with 247 yards rushing in a 45-28 victory over the New Orleans Saints. Teammate Travis Williams also returns a kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown.
1972 — Johnny Rodgers of Nebraska wins the Heisman Trophy beating out Oklahoma’s Gregg Pruitt and teammate Rich Glover. The all-purpose back gains 5,586 yards and scored 45 touchdowns in his collegiate career.
1974 — David Thompson scores an ACC-record 57 points to lead North Carolina State to a 144-88 rout of Buffalo State. Thompson surpasses the 56 points scored by South Carolina’s John Roche against Furman on Feb. 5, 1971.
1976 — O.J. Simpson of the Buffalo Bills rushes for 203 yards and a touchdown in a 45-27 loss to the Miami Dolphins.
1981 — Southern California’s Marcus Allen, who set an NCAA record for yards rushing in a season with 2,342, wins the Heisman Trophy.
1987 — Tim Brown, wide receiver and kick returner from Notre Dame, is awarded the Heisman Trophy.
1992 — Second-ranked Alabama beats No. 15 Florida 28-21 in the first SEC championship game. Alabama’s Antonio Langham intercepts a Shane Matthews pass, returning it 27 yards for a touchdown with 3:16 left in the game.
1995 — Dan Marino completes 35 of 50 passes for 343 yards with two touchdowns and in leading Miami to a 21-20 comeback victory over the Atlanta Falcons. It was his 52nd 300-yard game of his career, breaking the league record he had shared with Dan Fouts.
2004 — Peyton Manning of Indianapolis is 25-of-33 for 425 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions in a 51-24 win over Tennessee. Manning notches his 13th straight multi-TD game, breaking the NFL record held by Dan Marino, Johnny Unitas, Don Meredith and Brett Favre.
2008 — Former NFL star O.J. Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery.
2012 — Kobe Bryant scores 29 points, making him the fifth player in NBA history to score 30,000, and the Los Angeles Lakers snap a two-game skid with a 103-87 victory over the New Orleans Hornets. The other players to score more than 30,000 are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain.
2016 — Klay Thompson has 60 points, an NBA season high and the most by a Golden State player in more than 42 years, as the Warriors whip the Indiana Pacers 142-106. Thompson scores 40 by halftime in just 18-plus minutes. He had a career-best 60 points through three quarters and called it a night, sitting down with 1:22 left in the period.
2017 — Russia is banned from the next Winter Olympics in South Korea over state-sponsored doping.
Dec. 6
1939 — Iowa’s Nile Kinnick wins the Heisman Trophy. The back passed for 638 yards and 11 touchdowns and rushed for 374 yards.
1961 — Syracuse running back Ernie Davis becomes the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy.
1984 — Martina Navratilova loses to Helena Sukova, ending the longest winning streak in history of women’s singles tennis — 74 matches dating to Jan. 15, 1984.
1986 — Miami’s Vinny Testaverde wins the Heisman Trophy in a runaway. The quarterback, who led the nation in passing efficiency, won the by 1,541 points over Temple running back Paul Palmer, the country’s top rusher.
1990 — The Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators receive approval to join the NHL in 1992-93.
1992 — Jerry Rice becomes the NFL’s career leader in touchdown receptions with his 101st scoring pass during the fourth quarter of the San Francisco 49ers’ 27-3 victory over Miami. Rice surpassed Steve Largent’s mark of 100.
1992 — Jim Courier rebounds from a slow start to beat Switzerland’s Jakob Hlasek in four sets as the United States recaptures the Davis Cup.
1998 — Denver with a 35-31 comeback win over Kansas City, becomes the third 13-0 team in NFL history. The Broncos join the 1934 Chicago Bears and 1972 Miami Dolphins.
2000 — Golden State’s Antawn Jamison and the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant each scored 51 points, including trading six straight scores in the final two minutes of overtime. It’s Jamison’s second 51-point performance in four days, and Bryant’s career high. But Jamison earns extra satisfaction as the Warriors prevail 125-122 over Los Angeles. It’s the first time in 38 years two players score 50 in the same game.
2003 — Army becomes the first team to finish 0-13 in major college history after a 34-6 loss to Navy.
2005 — Philadelphia wins the first scoreless NHL game that is decided by a shootout, beating Calgary 1-0. Philadelphia’s Antero Niittymaki stops 28 shots in regulation and overtime and all three during the shootout.
2008 — Southern California beats UCLA 28-7 to win its record seventh straight Pac-10 championship. The Trojans (11-1) also have won 11 or more games in seven straight seasons — another record.
2009 — Switzerland’s Carlo Janka wins the giant slalom to become the first man in more than 2 1/2 years with three consecutive World Cup victories. Janka won the super combined event two days earlier and the downhill yesterday.
2009 — Drew Brees is 35 for 49 for 419 yards with two touchdowns and one interception as New Orleans stays undefeated with a 33-30 overtime win at Washington. New Orleans and Indianapolis both improve to 12-0, marking the first time in NFL history that two teams are unbeaten this late in the season.
2009 — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre sets an NFL record by playing in his 283rd consecutive game, a 30-17 loss to Arizona. The 40-year-old Favre breaks the record of 282 held by longtime Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall.
2013 — Jennifer O’Neill scores a career-high 43 points, including the go-ahead basket in the fourth overtime, and No. 5 Kentucky beats No. 9 Baylor 133-130 in the highest-scoring Division I women’s game in history. The previous high for a Division I women’s game was 252 points in SMU’s 127-125 win over TCU, also in four overtimes, on Jan. 25, 1997.
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Dec. 7
1973 — Jerry West of Los Angeles sets an NBA record with 10 steals in the Lakers’ 115-111 loss to the Seattle Supersonics.
1985 — Auburn tailback Bo Jackson beats Iowa quarterback Chuck Long by 45 points in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy, the closest vote in the 51-year history of the trophy.
1991 — AJ Kitt becomes the first American in seven years to win a men’s World Cup race, taking the first downhill of the season In Val D’Isere, France.
2002 — St. John’s (Minn.) coach John Gagliardi wins his 400th game with a 21-14 victory over Linfield in the Division III quarterfinals. Gagliardi is the second coach to reach the 400 mark, eight victories behind Eddie Robinson.
2003 — The computer rankings have Oklahoma as the country’s top team while the human poll voters pick USC. Despite getting walloped by Kansas State 35-7, No. 3 Oklahoma takes its 12-1 record to the Sugar Bowl against No. 2 LSU, which won the Southeastern Conference championship by beating Georgia 34-13.
2006 — Willie Parker breaks Pittsburgh’s single-game rushing record with 223 yards as the Steelers rough up the Cleveland Browns 27-7. Parker, the first player in Steelers history to have two 200-yard games in a season, betters John “Frenchy” Fuqua’s record of 218 yards against Philadelphia in 1970.
2008 — The Arizona Cardinals clinch their first division title in 33 years by beating the woeful St. Louis Rams 34-10. The Cardinals, long the league’s doormat franchise with just one winning season in the past 24 years, earn their first playoff berth since 1998 and first divisional title since they won the NFC East in 1975.
2013 — Aurelien Collin scores the equalizer in the second half of the MLS Cup, then drives home the deciding penalty kick to give Sporting Kansas City a dramatic victory over Real Salt Lake and its first league title since 2000. With the score 1-1 through regulation and 30 minutes of overtime, the teams engage in the longest penalty-kick shootout in championship history — one that both sides had chances to win before Collin’s shot and Jimmy Nielsen’s save left Sporting KC with the 7-6 victory.
2014 — The first College Football Playoff expands the national championship race and produces a final four with major star power. Nick Saban’s No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Urban Meyer’s No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes at the Sugar Bowl. Marcus Mariota and second-seeded Oregon vs. Jameis Winston, last season’s Heisman Trophy winner, and defending national champion Florida State at the Rose Bowl.
2014 — Robbie Keane scores on a breakaway in the 111th minute, and Landon Donovan wins his record sixth MLS title in the LA Galaxy’s 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution in the MLS Cup.
2016 — Napheesa Collier scores 20 points, Gabby Williams has 19 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and No. 1 Connecticut beats No. 2 Notre Dame 72-61 for its 83rd straight victory. UConn’s last loss was 88-86 in overtime to Stanford on Nov. 17, 2014.
2017 — Larry Nassar, a former elite sports doctor whose sexual assault cases that rocked Michigan State University and the group that trains U.S. Olympic gymnasts, is sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for possessing thousands of images of child pornography. Nassar, 54, will also be sentenced for 10 state counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in January. In November, he pled guilty to using his hands to molest girls at his campus office, his home and at a gymnastics club near Lansing, Michigan.
TV SPORTS WEDNESDAY
| NBA REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Detroit Pistons vs Boston Celtics | 7:30pm | FanDuel Sports Detroit NBCS-BOS |
| Indiana Pacers vs Brooklyn Nets | 7:30pm | FanDuel Sports Indiana YES |
| Los Angeles Lakers vs Miami Heat | 7:30pm | NBATV Spectrum FanDuel Sports Sun |
| Orlando Magic vs Philadelphia 76ers | 7:30pm | FanDuel Sports Florida NBCS-PHI |
| Atlanta Hawks vs Milwaukee Bucks | 8:00pm | FanDuel Sports Southeast FanDuel Sports Wisconsin |
| Minnesota Timberwolves vs Los Angeles Clippers | 10:30pm | NBATV FanDuel Sports North KTLA |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Nashville Predators vs Toronto Maple Leafs | 7:30pm | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports South Sportsnet |
| Boston Bruins vs Chicago Blackhawks | 7:30 PM | TNT, Max |
| Dallas Stars vs Los Angeles Kings | 10:00 PM | TNT, Max |
| Vegas Golden Knights vs Anaheim Ducks | 10:00 PM | ESPN+ Scripps Victory+ |
| MEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| West Georgia at Mercer | 11:00am | ESPN+ |
| Harvard at Holy Cross | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Baylor at UConn | 6:30pm | FS1 |
| Ohio State at Maryland | 6:30pm | BTN |
| Florida Atlantic at FIU | 6:30pm | CBSSN |
| Green Bay at IU Indianapolis | 6:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Youngstown State at Robert Morris | 7:00pm | ATTSN-PIT |
| Georgia Southern at VCU | 7:00pm | MASN |
| Fairleigh Dickinson at Fordham | 7:00pm | SNY |
| Central Connecticut at UMass | 7:00pm | NESN+ |
| Illinois State at Belmont | 7:00pm | MVC |
| Coppin State at Wagner | 7:00pm | NEC Front Row |
| Penn State-Shenango at Saint Francis U | 7:00pm | NEC Front Row |
| York at LIU | 7:00pm | NEC Front Row |
| East-West at Lindenwood | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Livingstone at Charlotte | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Columbia at UAlbany | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Cornell at Colgate | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Furman at FGCU | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Bellarmine at Western Carolina | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Rider at Fairfield | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Morehead State at Marshall | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Brevard at USC Upstate | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Tennessee Tech at North Alabama | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Monmouth at Lehigh | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Gardner-Webb at Wofford | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| George Washington at American | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| St. Bonaventure at Bucknell | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Virginia U. of Lynchburg at William & Mary | 7:00pm | FloSports |
| Coastal Carolina at Campbell | 7:00pm | FloSports |
| Alabama at North Carolina | 7:15pm | ESPN |
| Virginia at Florida | 7:15pm | ESPN2 |
| Alcorn State at Wichita State | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Rhodes at Middle Tennessee | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Idaho State at South Dakota | 8:00pm | MidCo Sports 2 |
| Northern Arizona at Oral Roberts | 8:00pm | KGEB |
| St. Thomas at Northern Colorado | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Central Arkansas at Little Rock | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Louisiana Tech at Memphis | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UNI at UIC | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Oklahoma State at Tulsa | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Marquette at Iowa State | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Arlington Baptist at Texas State | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| St. Ambrose at Western Illinois | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Idaho at Kansas City | 8:00pm | Summit |
| Montana State at Omaha | 8:00pm | Summit |
| Kansas at Creighton | 8:30pm | FS1 |
| Michigan State at Minnesota | 8:30pm | BTN |
| NJIT at Seton Hall | 8:30pm | CBSSN |
| DePaul at Texas Tech | 9:00pm | ESPNU |
| Sacramento State at Denver | 9:00pm | ALT |
| Wyoming at Utah State | 9:00pm | ESPN+ |
| San Jose State at New Mexico | 9:00pm | MWN |
| Loyola Marymount at Colorado State | 9:00pm | MWN |
| North Dakota State at Weber State | 9:00pm | ESPN+ |
| South Dakota State at Montana | 9:00pm | ESPN+ |
| North Dakota at Eastern Washington | 9:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Life Pacific at Pepperdine | 9:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Auburn at Duke | 9:15pm | ESPN |
| Texas at NC State | 9:15pm | ESPN2 |
| Pitt at Mississippi State | 9:15pm | SECN |
| Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech | 9:15pm | ACCN |
| Abilene Christian at NM State | 9:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Portland State at Seattle U | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| San Diego State at Fresno State | 10:30pm | FS1 |
| Oregon at USC | 10:30pm | BTN |
| NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Oklahoma at Louisville | 5:00pm | ESPN2 |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| EPL: Everton vs Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2:30pm | Peacock |
| EPL: Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest | 2:30pm | Peacock |
| EPL: Newcastle United vs Liverpool | 2:30pm | Peacock |
| EPL: Southampton vs Chelsea | 2:30pm | Peacock |
| Belgian Cup: Genk vs Standard Liège | 2:30pm | ESPN+ |
| La Liga: Athletic Club vs Real Madrid | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Coppa Italia: Fiorentina vs Empoli | 3:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen vs Celtic | 3:00pm | CBSSN Fubo |
| EPL: Aston Villa vs Brentford | 3:15pm | USA Peacock |
| EPL: Arsenal vs Manchester United | 3:15pm | Peacock |
TV SPORTS THURSDAY
| NFL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Green Bay at Detroit | 8:15pm | AMZN |
| NBA REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Denver Nuggets vs Cleveland Cavaliers | 7:00pm | NBATV ALT2 FanDuel Sports Ohio |
| Dallas Mavericks vs Washington Wizards | 7:00pm | KMPX MNMT |
| Charlotte Hornets vs New York Knicks | 7:30pm | FanDuel Sports South MSG |
| Oklahoma City Thunder vs Toronto Raptors | 7:30pm | FanDuel Sports Oklahoma Sportsnet |
| Sacramento Kings vs Memphis Grizzlies | 8:00pm | NBCS-CA FanDuel Sports Southeast |
| Phoenix Suns vs New Orleans Pelicans | 8:00pm | AFSportsnet GCSN |
| Chicago Bulls vs San Antonio Spurs | 8:00pm | CHSN FanDuel Sports Southwest |
| Houston Rockets vs Golden State Warriors | 10:00pm | NBATV SCHN NBCS-BAY |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Winnipeg Jets vs Buffalo Sabres | 7:00pm | ESPN+ Sportsnet MSG-BUF |
| Nashville Predators vs Montreal Canadiens | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports South Sportsnet |
| San Jose Sharks vs Tampa Bay Lightning | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ NBCS-CA FanDuel Sports Sun |
| Florida Panthers vs Philadelphia Flyers | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ Scripps NBCS-PHI Sportsnet |
| Colorado Avalanche vs Carolina Hurricanes | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ ALT FanDuel Sports South |
| Detroit Red Wings vs Ottawa Senators | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports Detroit Sportsnet |
| Seattle Kraken vs New York Islanders | 7:30 PM | ESPN+, HULU |
| St. Louis Blues vs Calgary Flames | 9:00 PM | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports Midwest Sportsnet |
| Columbus Blue Jackets vs Edmonton Oilers | 9:00 PM | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports Ohio Sportsnet |
| MEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Southeast Missouri at Lipscomb | 12:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Purdue Fort Wayne at Detroit Mercy | 1:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Alabama State at Southern Miss | 3:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Purdue at Penn State | 6:30pm | FS1 |
| Wright State at Oakland | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Maryland Eastern Shore at Longwood | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Florida Tech at Jacksonville | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Radford at North Carolina Central | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Warner at North Florida | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Southeastern Louisiana at Nicholls | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Stephen F. Austin at UTRGV | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Xavier at TCU | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Cleveland State at Milwaukee | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Drake at Valparaiso | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Northwestern State at UIW | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| East Texas A&M at Houston Christian | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Lamar at A&M-Corpus Christi | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Jackson State at Arkansas State | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Cal Poly at UC Davis | 9:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UC Riverside at CSUN | 10:00pm | Spectrum |
| UC San Diego at UC Santa Barbara | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Long Beach State at Cal State Fullerton | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| CSU Bakersfield at UC Irvine | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Saint Louis at San Francisco | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| WOMEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Boston College at Arkansas | 7:00pm | SECN |
| Duke at South Carolina | 9:00pm | ESPN |
| Duke at South Carolina | 9:00pm | SECN |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP World Tour: Nedbank Golf Challenge | 4:00am | GOLF |
| PGA Tour: Hero World Challenge | 1:30pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| EPL: Fulham vs Brighton & Hove Albion | 2:30pm | Peacock |
| Belgian Cup: Anderlecht vs Westerlo | 2:30pm | ESPN+ |
| La Liga: Athletic Club vs Real Madrid | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Coppa Italia: Lazio vs Napoli | 3:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen vs Celtic | 3:00pm | CBSSN Fubo |
| EPL: AFC Bournemouth vs Tottenham Hotspur | 3:15pm | USA Peacock |
TV SPORTS FRIDAY
| NBA REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Orlando Magic vs Philadelphia 76ers | 7:00pm | FanDuel Sports Florida NBCS-PHI |
| Los Angeles Lakers vs Atlanta Hawks | 7:30pm | Spectrum FanDuel Sports Southeast SN |
| Milwaukee Bucks vs Boston Celtics | 7:30pm | ESPN FanDuel Sports Wisconsin NBCS-BOS |
| Indiana Pacers vs Chicago Bulls | 8:00pm | FanDuel Sports Indiana CHSN |
| Sacramento Kings vs San Antonio Spurs | 8:00pm | NBCS-CA FanDuel Sports Southwest |
| Minnesota Timberwolves vs Golden State Warriors | 10:00pm | ESPN FanDuel Sports North NBCS-BAY SN |
| Utah Jazz vs Portland Trail Blazers | 10:00pm | KJZZ KPTV |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Washington Capitals vs Toronto Maple Leafs | 7:00pm | ESPN+ MNMT Sportsnet |
| Seattle Kraken vs New Jersey Devils | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ KONG MSGSN |
| Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers | 7:30 PM | ESPN+, HULU Sportsnet |
| Dallas Stars vs Vegas Golden Knights | 10:00 PM | ESPN+ Victory+ Scripps Sportsnet |
| Minnesota Wild vs Anaheim Ducks | 10:00 PM | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports West Victory+ |
| Columbus Blue Jackets vs Vancouver Canucks | 10:00 PM | ESPN+ FanDuel Sports Ohio Sportsnet |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Tulane vs Army | 8:00pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| CUSA No. 2 vs Jacksonville State | 8:00pm | CBSSN |
| CSU/UNLV vs Boise State | 8:00pm | FOX |
| MEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| St. Joseph’s (NY) at Hofstra | 11:30am | FloSports |
| Calumet at Eastern Illinois | 1:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Brown at Bryant | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Delaware at Duquesne | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Siena at Niagara | 6:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Georgetown at West Virginia | 7:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Miami (OH) at Indiana | 7:00pm | BTN |
| Portland at Kent State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| New College at FIU | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Charleston Southern at Davidson | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Kennesaw State at Georgia State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Iona at Sacred Heart | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Manhattan at Saint Peter’s | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Merrimack at Canisius | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Mount St. Mary’s at Marist | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Quinnipiac at Rider | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Campbellsville-Harrodsburg vs. Eastern Kentucky | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Prairie View A&M at UAB | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| North Texas at High Point | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| East-West at Western Illinois | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Illinois at Northwestern | 9:00pm | BTN |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP World Tour: Nedbank Golf Challenge | 4:00am | GOLF |
| PGA Tour: Hero World Challenge | 1:30pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Serie A: Internazionale vs Parma | 12:30pm | Paramount+ |
| Ligue 1: Lille vs Brest | 1:00pm | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| Bundesliga: Stuttgart vs Union Berlin | 2:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Serie A: Atalanta vs Milan | 2:45pm | Paramount+ |
| Ligue 1: Auxerre vs PSG | 3:00pm | Fanatiz beIN Sports |
| La Liga: Celta de Vigo vs Mallorca | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |