THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2024

“THE SCOREBOARD”

SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

FRIDAY NOV. 8

6A

SECTIONAL 1

CROWN POINT (10-0) AT PENN (8-2)

SECTIONAL 2

FORT WAYNE SNIDER (8-2) AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (8-2)

SECTIONAL 3

ZIONSVILLE (4-6) AT WESTFIELD (9-1)

SECTIONAL 4

FISHERS (6-4) AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (7-3)

SECTIONAL 5

BROWNSBURG (9-1) AT BEN DAVIS (5-5)

SECTIONAL 6

INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (6-3) AT LAWRENCE NORTH (10-0)

SECTIONAL 7

PERRY MERIDIAN (5-5) AT WARREN CENTRAL (9-1)

SECTIONAL 8

FRANKLIN CENTRAL (6-3) AT CENTER GROVE (6-4)

5A

SECTIONAL 9

MERRILLVILLE (9-1) AT HAMMOND MORTON (5-4)

SECTIONAL 10

CHESTERTON (6-4) AT VALPARAISO (7-3)

SECTIONAL 11

WARSAW (7-3) AT CONCORD (10-0)

SECTIONAL 12

KOKOMO (5-4) AT LAFAYETTE JEFF (10-0)

SECTIONAL 13

DECATUR CENTRAL (7-2) AT PLAINFIELD (9-1)

SECTIONAL 14

FRANKLIN (4-6) AT EAST CENTRAL (7-3)

SECTIONAL 15

BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (6-4) AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH (8-2)

SECTIONAL 16

EVANSVILLE NORTH (5-5) AT CASTLE (8-2)

4A

SECTIONAL 17

HANOVER CENTRAL (9-2) AT NEW PRAIRIE (8-3)

SECTIONAL 18

MISHAWAKA (9-2) AT NORTHWOOD (6-5)

SECTIONAL 19

EAST NOBLE (10-1) AT FORT WAYNE DWENGER (6-5)

SECTIONAL 20

HUNTINGTON NORTH (8-3) AT LEBANON (9-2)

SECTIONAL 21

PENDLETON HEIGHTS (6-5) AT NEW PALESTINE (10-0)

SECTIONAL 22

INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (8-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (6-4)  INDIANASRN.ORG BROADCAST

SECTIONAL 23

GREENWOOD (4-7) AT MARTINSVILLE (10-1)

SECTIONAL 24

BOONVILLE (6-5) AT EVANSVILLE REITZ (9-2)

3A

SECTIONAL 25

MISHAWAKA MARIAN (6-5) AT KNOX (8-3)

SECTIONAL 26

GARRETT (11-0) AT WEST NOBLE (10-1)

SECTIONAL 27

MACONAQUAH (11-0) AT WEST LAFAYETTE (8-3)

SECTIONAL 28

MISSISSINEWA (11-0) AT FORT WAYNE LUERS (7-4)

SECTIONAL 29

GUERIN CATHOLIC (6-5) AT TRI-WEST (7-4)

SECTIONAL 30

LAWRENCEBURG (10-1) AT BATESVILLE (7-3)

SECTIONAL 31

MADISON (6-4) AT NORTH HARRISON (8-3)

SECTIONAL 32

EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (11-0) AT HERITAGE HILLS (10-1) INDIANASRN.ORG BROADCAST

2A

SECTIONAL 33

BREMEN (7-4) AT ANDREAN (7-4)

SECTIONAL 34

LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (10-0) AT NORTH MONTGOMERY (5-6)

SECTIONAL 35

ADAMS CENTRAL (10-1) AT EASTSIDE (6-5)

SECTIONAL 36

EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (7-4) AT TIPTON (7-4)

SECTIONAL 37

MONROVIA (9-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (10-1)

SECTIONAL 38

LAPEL (8-3) AT TRITON CENTRAL (9-2)

SECTIONAL 39

LINTON (9-2) AT GREENCASTLE (5-6)

SECTIONAL 40

BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (11-0) AT TELL CITY (6-5)

1A

SECTIONAL 41

LAVILLE (6-5) AT NORTH JUDSON (11-0)

SECTIONAL 42

TAYLOR (6-5) AT PIONEER (8-3)

SECTIONAL 43

TRITON (8-3) AT NORTH MIAMI (9-2)

SECTIONAL 44

SOUTH ADAMS (6-5) AT MADISON-GRANT (10-1)

SECTIONAL 45

SOUTH PUTNAM (9-2) AT RIVERTON PARKE (8-3)

SECTIONAL 46

CLOVERDALE (5-4) AT SHERIDAN (6-5)

SECTIONAL 47

NORTH DECATUR (10-1) AT MILAN (7-4)

SECTIONAL 48

NORTH DAVIESS (8-3) AT PROVIDENCE (10-0)

INDIANA VOLLEYBALL STATE FINALS

11 AM ET | CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 
TRINITY LUTHERAN (29-8) VS FAITH CHRISTIAN (28-4)  

1:30 PM ET | CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (33-3) VS WESTERN BOONE (25-5)  

4:30 PM ET | CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 
RONCALLI (34-0) VS ANGOLA (32-4)  

7 PM ET | CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 
YORKTOWN (33-2) VS CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (32-3) 

INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL TUESDAY

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AUSTIN	62	CLARKSVILLE	16
BLOOMFIELD	40	MITCHELL	31
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH	64	NORTHVIEW	41
BREMEN	72	ARGOS	32
BROWNSBURG	71	WARREN CENTRAL	48
CARROLL (FLORA)	82	FRANKFORT	16
CRAWFORDSVILLE	37	ATTICA	36	OT
DANVILLE	74	HAMILTON HEIGHTS	19
DEKALB	54	FORT WAYNE LUERS	42
EASTERN HANCOCK	76	WES-DEL	3
EDGEWOOD	59	WEST VIGO	23
ELWOOD	53	ANDERSON PREP	24
FAIRFIELD	40	ELKHART	39
FORT WAYNE DWENGER	66	CHURUBUSCO	31
FORT WAYNE SOUTH	62	FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY	20
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL	31	WEST LAFAYETTE	20
FREMONT	53	SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH	41
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL	55	LAPEL	41
HAMMOND CENTRAL	66	KANKAKEE VALLEY	34
INDIAN CREEK	56	BEECH GROVE	51
INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE	55	GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN	15
LOWELL	59	WHEELER	18
MOORESVILLE	56	SOUTHPORT	55
MORGAN TWP.	37	KNOX	31
MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE)	41	WHITELAND	26
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG)	72	DUGGER UNION	5
NORTH MIAMI	68	WESTERN	46
NORTH PUTNAM	55	NORTH VERMILLION	40
NORTHEAST DUBOIS	59	SHOALS	10
NORTHEASTERN	71	ADAMS CENTRAL	21
NORTHFIELD	54	SOUTHERN WELLS	50
NORWELL	72	TIPPECANOE VALLEY	40
OREGON-DAVIS	60	KOUTS	47
OWEN VALLEY	61	EASTERN GREENE	14
PURDUE POLY ENGLEWOOD	59	COLUMBUS EAST	36
RICHMOND	47	NEW CASTLE	35
RIVERTON PARKE	42	CLOVERDALE	26
SOUTH BEND RILEY	58	MISHAWAKA	19
SOUTH PUTNAM	50	SOUTH VERMILLION	7
SOUTHMONT	57	GREENCASTLE	26
SULLIVAN	53	VINCENNES LINCOLN	38
TELL CITY	41	CANNELTON	4
TIPTON	41	EASTERN (GREENTOWN)	28
WESTFIELD	51	NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS)	41
WINAMAC	54	FRONTIER	21
ZIONSVILLE	70	INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS	50

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, NOV. 5

BOWLING GREEN 23 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 13

MIAMI OH 27 BALL STATE 21

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6

7 P.M. | OHIO AT KENT STATE | ESPNU

7 P.M. | NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT WESTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN2

THURSDAY, NOV. 7

8 P.M. | APPALACHIAN STATE AT COASTAL CAROLINA | ESPN

8 P.M. | FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT EAST CAROLINA | ESPN2

FRIDAY, NOV. 8

6 P.M. | DARTMOUTH AT PRINCETON | ESPNU

8 P.M. | CAL AT WAKE FOREST | ACC NETWORK

9 P.M. | IOWA AT UCLA | FOX

9 P.M. | RICE AT MEMPHIS | ESPN2

10:30 P.M. | NEW MEXICO AT SAN DIEGO STATE | FS1

SATURDAY, NOV. 9

12 P.M. | FLORIDA AT NO. 5 TEXAS | ABC/ESPN+

12 P.M. | NO. 4 MIAMI (FLA.) AT GEORGIA TECH | ESPN

12 P.M. | PURDUE AT NO. 3 OHIO STATE | FOX

12 P.M. | WEST VIRGINIA AT CINCINNATI | FS1

12 P.M. | MINNESOTA AT RUTGERS | NBC

12 P.M. | TEXAS STATE AT UL MONROE | ESPNU

12 P.M. | NAVY AT SOUTH FLORIDA | ESPN2

12 P.M. | SYRACUSE AT BOSTON COLLEGE | CW NETWORK

12 P.M. | WESTERN CAROLINA AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE | ESPN+

12 P.M. | BROWN AT YALE | ESPN+

12 P.M. | COLUMBIA AT HARVARD | ESPN+

12 P.M. | MORGAN STATE AT DELAWARE STATE | ESPN+

12 P.M. | LONG ISLAND AT SACRED HEART | ESPN+

12 P.M. | LEHIGH AT HOLY CROSS | ESPN+

1 P.M. | LIBERTY AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | CBSSN

1 P.M. | UALBANY AT STONY BROOK | FLOSPORTS

1 P.M. | BRYANT AT MAINE | FLOSPORTS

1 P.M. | RHODE ISLAND AT DELAWARE | FLOSPORTS

1 P.M. | ELON AT WILLIAM & MARY | FLOSPORTS

1 P.M. | HAMPTON AT TOWSON | FLOSPORTS

1 P.M. | MONMOUTH AT NEW HAMPSHIRE | FLOSPORTS

1 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA A&T AT VILLANOVA | FLOSPORTS

1 P.M. | YOUNGSTOWN STATE AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+

1 P.M. | MARIST AT STETSON | ESPN+

1 P.M. | MOREHEAD STATE AT DAVIDSON | ESPN+

1 P.M. | PENN AT CORNELL | ESPN+

1 P.M. | LAFAYETTE AT COLGATE | ESPN+

1 P.M. | FORDHAM AT BUCKNELL | ESPN+

1:30 P.M. | EASTERN ILLINOIS AT GARDNER-WEBB | ESPN+

1:30 P.M. | MERCER AT VMI | ESPN+

2 P.M. | TARLETON STATE AT WEST GEORGIA | ESPN+

2 P.M. | CENTRAL ARKANSAS AT EASTERN KENTUCKY | ESPN+

2 P.M. | CHATTANOOGA AT THE CITADEL | ESPN+

2 P.M. | UT MARTIN AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN | ESPN+

2 P.M. | SE MISSOURI STATE AT LINDENWOOD | ESPN+

2 P.M. | TENNESSEE STATE AT WESTERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+

2 P.M. | EASTERN WASHINGTON AT NORTHERN COLORADO | ESPN+

2 P.M. | WOFFORD AT FURMAN | ESPN+

2 P.M. | ILLINOIS STATE AT UNI | ESPN+

2 P.M. | INDIANA STATE AT SOUTH DAKOTA | ESPN+

2 P.M. | MISSOURI STATE AT MURRAY STATE | ESPN+

2 P.M. | SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT NORTH DAKOTA | ESPN+

2 P.M. | BUTLER AT VALPARAISO | ESPN+

2:30 P.M. | UCONN AT UAB | ESPN+

3 P.M. | MARSHALL AT SOUTHERN MISS | ESPN+

3 P.M. | NORTH ALABAMA AT SOUTHERN UTAH | ESPN+

3 P.M. | NICHOLLS AT HOUSTON CHRISTIAN | ESPN+

3 P.M. | LAMAR AT UIW | ESPN+

3 P.M. | IDAHO STATE AT WEBER STATE | ESPN+

3 P.M. | SACRAMENTO STATE AT MONTANA STATE | ESPN+

3 P.M. | ALABAMA STATE AT GRAMBLING | ESPN+

3 P.M. | FLORIDA A&M AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | ESPN+

3 P.M. | TENNESSEE TECH AT SAMFORD | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | NO. 2 GEORGIA AT NO. 16 OLE MISS | ABC/ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | NO. 19 CLEMSON AT VIRGINIA TECH | ESPN

3:30 P.M. | MICHIGAN AT NO. 8 INDIANA | CBS

3:30 P.M. | NO. 17 IOWA STATE AT KANSAS | FS1

3:30 P.M. | NO. 18 ARMY AT NORTH TEXAS | ESPN2

3:30 P.M. | DUKE AT NC STATE | ACC NETWORK

3:30 P.M. | SAN JOSE STATE AT OREGON STATE | CW NETWORK

3:30 P.M. | GEORGIA STATE AT JAMES MADISON | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | RICHMOND AT CAMPBELL | FLOSPORTS

3:30 P.M. | SOUTH CAROLINA STATE AT HOWARD | ESPN+

4 P.M. | NO. 21 COLORADO AT TEXAS TECH | FOX

4 P.M. | TEMPLE AT TULANE | ESPNU

4 P.M. | KENNESAW STATE AT UTEP | ESPN+

4 P.M. | ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT AUSTIN PEAY | ESPN+

4 P.M. | IDAHO AT PORTLAND STATE | ESPN+

4:15 P.M. | SOUTH CAROLINA AT NO. 24 VANDERBILT | SEC NETWORK

4:30 P.M. | JACKSONVILLE STATE AT LOUISIANA TECH | CBSSN

4:30 P.M. | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE | ESPN+

5 P.M. | ARKANSAS STATE AT LOUISIANA | ESPN+

6 P.M. | WESTERN KENTUCKY AT NEW MEXICO STATE | ESPN+

7 P.M. | MARYLAND AT NO. 1 OREGON | BIG TEN NETWORK

7 P.M. | MISSISSIPPI STATE AT NO. 7 TENNESSEE | ESPN

7 P.M. | UCF AT ARIZONA STATE | ESPN2

7 P.M. | OKLAHOMA STATE AT TCU | FS1

7 P.M. | NORTHWESTERN STATE AT SE LOUISIANA | ESPN+

7:30 P.M. | FLORIDA STATE AT NO. 10 NOTRE DAME | NBC

7:30 P.M. | NO. 11 ALABAMA AT NO. 14 LSU | ABC/ESPN+

7:45 P.M. | OKLAHOMA AT MISSOURI | SEC NETWORK

8 P.M. | WASHINGTON AT NO. 6 PENN STATE | PEACOCK

8 P.M. | NEVADA AT NO. 12 BOISE STATE | FOX

8 P.M. | VIRGINIA AT NO. 23 PITT | ACC NETWORK

8 P.M. | NORTHERN ARIZONA AT CAL POLY | ESPN+

9 P.M. | UNLV AT HAWAI’I | CBSSN

9:45 P.M. | FRESNO STATE AT AIR FORCE | FS1

10:15 P.M. | NO. 9 BYU AT UTAH | ESPN

10:15 P.M. | UC DAVIS AT MONTANA | ESPN2

10:30 P.M. | UTAH STATE AT NO. 20 WASHINGTON STATE | CW NETWORK

NFL

WEEK 10

THURSDAY, NOV. 7

CINCINNATI BENGALS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)

SUNDAY, NOV. 10

NEW YORK GIANTS VS CAROLINA PANTHERS (9:30A NFL NETWORK, MUNICH)

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)

BUFFALO BILLS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P CBS)

MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)

DENVER BRONCOS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (1:00P CBS)

ATLANTA FALCONS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P FOX)

PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P CBS)

TENNESSEE TITANS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:05P FOX)

NEW YORK JETS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:25P CBS)

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT DALLAS COWBOYS (4:25P CBS)

DETROIT LIONS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (8:20P NBC)

MONDAY, NOV. 11

MIAMI DOLPHINS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (8:15P ESPN)

WEEK 11

THURSDAY, NOV. 14

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)

SUNDAY, NOV. 17

GREEN BAY PACKERS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT DETROIT LIONS (1:00P CBS)

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P CBS)

LOS ANGELES RAMS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P FOX)

CLEVELAND BROWNS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)

BALTIMORE RAVENS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1:00P CBS)

MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P CBS)

ATLANTA FALCONS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:05P FOX)

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:05P FOX)

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT BUFFALO BILLS (4:25P CBS)

CINCINNATI BENGALS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:25P CBS)

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:20P NBC)

MONDAY, NOV. 18

HOUSTON TEXANS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (8:15P ESPN)

WEEK 12

THURSDAY, NOV. 21

PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)

SUNDAY, NOV. 24

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P CBS)

MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)

TENNESSEE TITANS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)

DETROIT LIONS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P FOX)

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P CBS)

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P CBS)

DALLAS COWBOYS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P FOX)

DENVER BRONCOS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:05P CBS)

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (4:25P FOX)

ARIZONA CARDINALS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:25P FOX)

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (8:20P NBC)

MONDAY, NOV. 25

BALTIMORE RAVENS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (8:15P ESPN)

WEEK 13

THURSDAY, NOV. 28 (THANKSGIVING)

CHICAGO BEARS AT DETROIT LIONS (12:30P CBS)

NEW YORK GIANTS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (4:30P FOX)

MIAMI DOLPHINS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (8:20P NBC)

FRIDAY, NOV. 29

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (3:00P PRIME VIDEO)

SUNDAY, DEC. 1

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P CBS)

PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1:00P CBS)

HOUSTON TEXANS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)

ARIZONA CARDINALS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P CBS)

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT NEW YORK JETS (1:00P FOX)

TENNESSEE TITANS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P CBS)

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (4:05P FOX)

LOS ANGELES RAMS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (4:05P FOX)

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (4:25P CBS)

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT BUFFALO BILLS (8:20P NBC)

MONDAY, DEC. 2

CLEVELAND BROWNS AT DENVER BRONCOS (8:15P ESPN)

WEEK 14

THURSDAY, DEC. 5

GREEN BAY PACKERS AT DETROIT LIONS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)

SUNDAY, DEC. 8

NEW YORK JETS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P CBS)

ATLANTA FALCONS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P FOX)

CAROLINA PANTHERS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (1:00P FOX)

CLEVELAND BROWNS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1:00P CBS)

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P CBS)

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P CBS)

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:05P CBS)

BUFFALO BILLS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (4:25P FOX)

CHICAGO BEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:25P FOX)

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:20P NBC)

MONDAY, DEC. 9

CINCINNATI BENGALS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (8:15P ESPN/ABC)

NBA SCORES

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

ELSEWHERE:

NORTH TEXAS 80 EVANSVILLE 63

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25

#14 OHIO STATE 104 CLEVELAND STATE 69

#9 NC STATE 80 EAST TENNESSEE STATE 55

#16 WEST VIRGINIA 85 TOWSON 41

ELSEWHERE:

IUPUI 101 EVANSVILLE 76

NHL SCORES

CALGARY 3 MONTREAL 2 OT

TORONTO 4 BOSTON 0

BUFFALO 5 OTTAWA 1

CAROLINA 6 PHILADELPHIA 4

NY ISLANDERS 4 PITTSBURGH 3

WINNIPEG 3 UTAH 0

ST. LOUIS 3 TAMPA BAY 2

LOS ANGELES 5 MINNESOTA 1

COLORADO 6 SEATTLE 3

VANCOUVER 5 ANAHEIM 1

SAN JOSE 2 COLUMBUS 1 OT

MLS PLAYOFFS

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES

NFL NEWS

NFL TRADE DEADLINE: COMMANDERS ACQUIRE LATTIMORE; LIONS GET ZA’DARIUS SMITH; STEELERS ADD WILLIAMS

The NFC East-leading Washington Commanders made a move to help them stay in first place. The Detroit Lions got their edge rusher. The injury-plagued Dallas Cowboys as well as the Pittsburgh Steelers added receivers.

Hours before the NFL’s trade deadline at 4 p.m. EST on Tuesday, the Commanders (7-2) got four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Marshon Lattimore from the struggling Saints (2-7), three people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the teams have not announced the deal.

Lattimore bolsters a defense that’s already No. 5 against the pass. The Saints are getting a third-round pick, a fourth-rounder and their own sixth that they previously sent to Washington. The Commanders also receive a fifth along with Lattimore.

The NFC North-leading Lions (7-1) kicked off deadline day by acquiring defensive end Za’Darius Smith from the Cleveland Browns. The three-time Pro Bowl edge rusher helps fill the void created by the loss of star Aidan Hutchinson, who suffered a leg injury.

The 2-7 Browns, already looking to rebuild in a disappointing season, are sending Smith and a seventh-round pick in 2026 to Detroit for a fifth-round pick in 2025 and a sixth-round pick in 2026.

The Steelers (6-2) got wide receiver Mike Williams from the New York Jets for a fifth-round pick in next year’s draft, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. Williams, who signed with New York in the offseason as a free agent, had 12 catches for 166 yards in nine games with the Jets.

He goes from catching passes from Aaron Rodgers to playing with Russell Wilson. The Steelers have been seeking a wide receiver since the offseason.

The Cowboys (3-5) agreed on a deal with Carolina (2-7) to acquire wide receiver Jonathan Mingo and a seventh-round pick in 2025 for a fourth-round pick next year, two people with knowledge of the trade told the AP. Both people spoke on condition of anonymity because the teams haven’t announced the deal.

Mingo, a second-round pick last year, only has 12 receptions for 121 yards in nine games. He won’t be catching passes from Dak Prescott for a while. Prescott is expected to miss several games with a hamstring injury.

The Cincinnati Bengals (4-5) added depth at running back following an injury to Zack Moss, getting Khalil Herbert from Chicago (4-4) for a 2025 seventh-round draft pick. Herbert had just eight carries for 16 yards and one touchdown for the Bears. He’ll join leading rusher Chase Brown to give the Bengals another option in the backfield.

The Chiefs (8-0), Bills (7-2), Ravens (6-3) and Jets (3-6) have already added playmakers, acquiring wide receivers over the past month. The Vikings (6-2) filled a big need on the offensive line last week and the Cardinals (5-4) got defensive help on Monday.

Two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City has been a top buyer. The Chiefs already added three-time All-Pro receiver D’Andre Hopkins and edge rusher Josh Esche.

Hopkins made his presence felt in Monday night’s 30-24 overtime victory over Tampa Bay. He caught eight passes for 86 yards and two touchdowns in his second game with Patrick Mahomes.

The Jets acquired three-time All-Pro Davante Adams three weeks ago. He caught seven passes for 91 yards and one TD in New York’s 21-13 win over Houston last Thursday.

Amari Cooper had a TD reception in his first game with Buffalo two weeks ago. Diontae Johnson played 17 snaps in his debut with Baltimore, a 41-10 win over Denver.

Left tackle Cam Robinson had a solid first start in Minnesota’s 21-13 victory against Indianapolis. Arizona picked up outside linebacker Baron Browning from Denver for a sixth-round pick, a day after taking over first place in the NFC West.

The NFL pushed the trade deadline back an extra week this year, giving teams more time to improve their rosters.

JERRY JONES SAYS DAK PRESCOTT LIKELY OUT AT LEAST 4 GAMES WITH IR MOVE BECAUSE OF HAMSTRING INJURY

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is likely to miss at least four games with a move to injured reserve because of his strained hamstring, owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday.

Prescott sustained the injury in the second half of a 27-21 loss to Atlanta. The Cowboys (3-5) play NFC East rival Philadelphia (6-2) on Sunday, the second of four consecutive games against winning teams.

“It’s an extended period of time here,” Jones said on his radio show. “I wouldn’t dare make a prediction when it could be. We’ll see kind of how his rehab goes.”

Cooper Rush will replace Prescott, just as he did when the Cowboys went 4-1 in 2022 with Prescott out after breaking a thumb in a loss in the season opener. Rush also won a game in 2021 filling in for the 2016 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Prescott’s extended absence is another setback in a season full of them for the Cowboys, who are on their first three-game losing streak since 2020. Dallas played the last 11 games of that 6-10 season without Prescott after he broke an ankle.

“There’s no question that Dak’s injury is setback,” Jones said. “But we’ve seen Cooper do it. We know what we need to do, the strategies on the offense. We just need to come together game by game, use all of our players to the extent that it helps us.”

Jones said he expected two-time All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons to return against the Eagles after missing four games with a high ankle sprain. Coach Mike McCarthy has said Parsons would likely practice Wednesday for the first time since the injury.

Asked if the Cowboys would be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline, Jones said, “We’re buying and not selling.” He added that a receiver was coming in a trade.

A person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press that Dallas was acquiring receiver Jonathan Mingo from Carolina.

Dallas gets a seventh-round pick, and the Panthers get a fourth-rounder in next year’s draft.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the move hasn’t been announced.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

TAKE 5: DRAWING CONCLUSIONS FROM FIRST CFP RANKINGS

The initial rankings for the highly anticipated, first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff confirmed what many believed even before the season began: The Southeastern Conference will be represented in the new-look tournament.

Indeed, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, and Alabama combine to make up one-third of the field. But the first rankings also offered some surprises — not the least of which is that the committee might prefer another conference just a little bit more.

1. Going big on the Big Ten

Occupying the top two rankings and three of the top six, the Big Ten was rewarded handsomely by the committee. Undefeated Oregon, with wins over two of the 12 teams currently slated for playoff berths — Boise State and Ohio State — is an unsurprising No. 1.

Ohio State’s positioning at No. 2, however, speaks highly of the committee’s assessment of the Big Ten overall. The same goes for No. 6 Penn State, which, before losing to the Buckeyes at home last weekend looked dominant against a somewhat middling schedule.

Perhaps the most telling indicator of the committee’s faith in the Big Ten, however, is Indiana at No. 8. The Hoosiers have blown the doors off of all comers, but their best win might be over either 4-4 Maryland or 3-5 UCLA.

2. Big dismissal of the Big 12

Big 12 pace-setter BYU open the playoff rankings at No. 9, which is the committee’s least defensible decision.

A variety of one-loss teams are ranked higher than the 8-0 Cougars, including No. 6 Penn State and No. 5 Texas, neither of which has a win over an opponent ranked by the committee. Fellow undefeated Indiana is ranked one place ahead of BYU despite also having no Top 25 wins.

BYU, meanwhile, has two: a road victory over No. 13 SMU and a blowout of No. 19 Kansas State. With no other Big 12 team ranked higher than Iowa State at No. 17, and BYU closing out the season against unranked Utah, Kansas, Arizona State and Houston, the Cougars’ chances of climbing from an incomprehensibly low starting position look bleak.

3. Committee not sold on Army

The first name revealed on the Tuesday show was No. 25 Army, one of only five undefeated teams remaining. However, the Black Knights are second in line among teams jockeying for the all-important fifth conference champion position.

Boise State leads that race, which is no surprise. The Broncos gave No. 1-ranked Oregon all it could handle and routed No. 21 Washington State, another outsider looking to crash the party. (Without an FBS conference membership, Washington State can only make the field with an at-large bid.)

Army’s positioning behind Washington State, as well as three-loss Louisville and the fast-fading tandem of Clemson and Missouri is surprising. Army does, however, benefit from closing with more opportunities to bolster its resume than Boise State does. With matchups against Notre Dame, Navy and a potential American Athletic Conference championship game, Army has plenty of room to climb during the radical shifts expected in the next four weeks.

4. Shifts happen in CFP rankings

Each team appearing in the initial playoff rankings has varying paths to make the field based on remaining strength of schedule — or the likelihood for another loss. SEC counterparts Texas A&M, LSU and Ole Miss fall into the latter category, all sitting just beyond the top 12 but left with little margin for error.

As conference schedules intensify, some playoff hopefuls will have opportunities to climb. This being the first year of the 12-team model, there is no precedent to reference. But in the decade of the four-team playoff, the first ranking rarely projected the final field.

To wit, 2014 opened with Mississippi State, Florida State, Auburn, and Ole Miss; only Florida State made the field. In 2015, LSU and Ohio State fell out of the first rankings. Expect similar shake-ups in the coming months.

5. Despite slight, SMU has reason to feel good

Coming off a blowout win over previously undefeated Pitt, and boasting a road defeat of Louisville, SMU could have gone into Tuesday with reason to believe it would be tabbed for an at-large berth.

No dice. Instead, SMU is unlucky No. 13, the first team out of the field. The good news for the Mustangs is that they close with a manageable three-game stretch, hosting Boston College and Cal on either side of a visit to Virginia.

Get through that stretch unscathed, and the Mustangs are positioned to move onto the ACC championship game and a potential showdown with No. 4 Miami.

PRESEASON BIG 12 TOP-FIVE TEAMS UTAH, OKLAHOMA ST., KANSAS AND ARIZONA AT BOTTOM OF LEAGUE STANDINGS

An early season matchup between Oklahoma State and Utah generated national attention and was touted as a possible Big 12 championship game preview.

League newcomer Utah was the conference favorite in the preseason media poll. Oklahoma State, with star running back Ollie Gordon II, was picked to finish third.

After running out to a 19-point lead, then-No. 12 Utah held on to beat the 14th-ranked Cowboys 22-19 in what seemed like a massive victory for coach Kyle Whittingham’s squad.

Neither team has won since.

Utah and Oklahoma State aren’t the only Big 12 teams slotted well below where media members who cover the league expected them to be. Kansas and Arizona — also picked to finish in the top five in the conference’s preseason poll — join Utah and Oklahoma State in occupying the bottom four spots in the 16-team league’s standings.

Utah has lost four straight games by a combined 30 points. Things don’t get easier this week — the Utes (4-4, 1-4) host No. 9 BYU (8-0, 5-0) on Saturday.

Oklahoma State is alone in last place heading into Saturday’s game at TCU. The Cowboys (3-6, 0-6) have lost six in a row and must win out to avoid a losing season. After playing TCU (5-4, 3-3), they close with Texas Tech (6-3, 4-2) and a much-improved Colorado (6-2, 4-1) squad.

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said the effort has been mostly good and his players have been focused. He’s annoyed by those who have questioned his team.

“In most cases, the people that are negative and voicing their opinion are the same ones that can’t pay their own bills,” Gundy said. “They’re not taking care of themselves. They’re not taking care of their own family. They’re not taking care of their own job. But they have an obligation to speak out and complain about others because it makes them feel better.

But then, in the end, when they go to bed at night, they’re the same failure that they were before they said anything negative about anybody else.”

Oklahoma State has dealt with several key injuries, most notably to defensive lineman Collin Oliver. An experienced offensive line has not opened as many holes for Gordon this year after he won the Doak Walker Award for the nation’s top running back last season. Gordon has had his moments this season, rushing for two touchdowns against BYU and Baylor and posting six total touchdowns in his past three games combined. Still, his overall numbers are down.

Now, Gundy’s 18-year bowl streak is in danger of ending. He remains confident, in part because he has won 169 games in 20 years leading the Cowboys.

“I think what’s important for all the Oklahoma State fans to know is that we’re very aware of what’s going on, and at some point in life, we all have to put trust into somebody,” he said. “And I think they need to trust that we have a good plan for what’s going on here in the big picture, and we have answers.”

Expectations were the highest in years at Kansas, but the Jayhawks lost five of their first six games, squandering late leads in all of them. They also blew a late lead in a last-second loss to Kansas State, leaving them 2-6 with games against No. 17 Iowa State (7-1, 4-1), BYU and No. 21 Colorado up next.

Quarterback Jalon Daniels turned the ball over at an incredible rate early in the season. The offense also struggled to produce after losing creative coordinator Andy Kotelnicki to Penn State. Lately, the defense has been unable to hold late leads.

The tough season comes at an especially bad time for Kansas (2-6, 1-4). The school is renovating its on-campus football stadium, and it still needs to drum up money from a fan base unhappy with the losing. It also has been playing conference home games at Arrowhead Stadium, and the empty seats have been multiplying with every loss, creating a dire look for a program that had been on the rise.

Arizona started its first season under coach Brent Brennan with huge expectations. The Wildcats opened the season No. 21 in the AP Top 25 and won three of their first four games.

Little has gone right during a five-game losing streak.

The defense, after making big strides a year ago, has taken a step back. Arizona (3-6, 1-5) struggled defensively at times early in the season and it has only gotten worse since linebacker Jacob Manu was lost for the season with a leg injury suffered against Colorado. The Wildcats are 106th nationally in scoring defense, allowing 31.1 points per game, and are giving up 393 yards per game, which is 97th nationally.

Quarterback Noah Fifita has been up and down after a stellar first season as starter a year ago. He has thrown for 2,324 yards with 13 touchdowns, but he also has 10 interceptions. Arizona hasn’t gotten much from its running game.

Preseason All-American receiver Tetairoa McMillan has been superb most of the season, leading the Big 12 with 63 catches and 1,066 yards with six touchdowns. But there hasn’t been much else for Arizona fans to cheer about.

“I think that the most important thing is that the players, the coaches — is that we stay together and we move forward together,” Brennan said. “I think that’s one of those things that gets hard to do after you lose games, and the outside world tries to pull them apart. But these players care about each other. They care about their coaches. That part of it is like, how much can we lean on each other, and find a way to move forward together?”

NO. 11 ALABAMA, NO. 15 LSU BATTLE TO AVOID LOSS NO. 3

No. 11 Alabama and No. 15 LSU are both in contention for a College Football Playoff berth despite having lost two games apiece.

The winner of the game between the Crimson Tide and the Tigers on Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La., will strengthen its resume significantly. The loser likely will have to lower its sights for the postseason.

“I know there’s been national talk about, ‘This is an elimination game,’ ” LSU coach Brian Kelly said. “If this is an elimination game, every game in the SEC is an elimination game. Everybody that plays each other is an elimination game, so we can put that to rest. Each team in the SEC knows where they’re at.”

The Tigers (6-2, 3-1 SEC) are one of five teams with just one SEC loss. In their latest game, two weeks ago, they lost 38-23 at Texas A&M in a matchup of the final two teams that were undefeated in conference play. But the Aggies lost at South Carolina last week, creating the logjam.

LSU led Texas A&M 17-7 at halftime but fell apart in the second half. The Tigers rushed for just 24 yards on 23 carries for the game and Garrett Nussmeier threw three interceptions in the second half.

“Garrett can’t be the guy who feels like he’s got to do everything, and part of that has to come from Garrett,” Kelly said. “… A little bit comes from Garrett, a little bit comes from play-calling, a little bit comes from the ability to commit to more balance in the running game.

“That means blocking better and I don’t just mean the five (linemen). It’s an all-in thing. It’s not just one guy giving Garrett more assistance. Everybody’s got to be involved in that.”

Alabama (6-2, 3-2) has lost its past two road games under first-year coach Kalen DeBoer. The Tide fell at Vanderbilt 40-35 on Oct. 5 and at Tennessee 24-17 on Oct. 19. Like the Tigers, they are coming off an open date.

“You just can’t dig yourself a hole (on the road), especially giving the opponent momentum in an environment like we’re going to see at LSU,” DeBoer said. “So (a good start) is critical. We preach it every day.

“We try to even set up our practice to where we do start fast, whether it’s offense or defense. And we didn’t get that done the last two road games.”

Both LSU and Alabama have essentially used up their margin for error even with the CFP field expanding to 12 teams this season.

“(Our players) want to make something big of this season,” DeBoer said. “You see it on the practice field, you see it in the way they’re going about their business off the field, just the details that they really continue to hone in on. It’s just a matter of time.

“A lot of our youth is rising up and continuing to gain more and more confidence, mixed in with the veterans that continue to have great leadership. I like where we’re at.”

NO. 16 OLE MISS FACES TALL ORDER AS NO. 3 GEORGIA VISITS

The No. 16 Ole Miss Rebels find themselves on the outside looking in at a College Football Playoff spot, and blocking the doorway is a perennial national heavyweight and Southeastern Conference powerhouse, the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs.

The teams meet Saturday in Oxford, Miss., with the Bulldogs (7-1, 5-1 SEC) looking to strengthen their bid for a fourth straight conference championship appearance.

Following Tuesday’s release of the season’s first CFP rankings, Georgia landed within the top three for the fourth straight year. Ole Miss (7-2, 3-2) has appeared in four consecutive initial CFP rankings as well, as high as 10th in 2023.

“It’s a great challenge this week, one we’re excited about,” Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said. “I don’t talk about playoffs and championships normally, because I think it’s more about how you prepare, but I told my players that you still have all of those things alive. In my opinion, anybody that’s going to win it is going to have to go through Georgia at some point.”

Rebels quarterback Jaxson Dart leads the nation with 3,210 passing yards and a 192.4 passing efficiency rating, to go along with 21 touchdowns to just three interceptions. Dart leads an Ole Miss team that wants to avenge last year’s 52-17 loss to the Bulldogs in Athens, Ga. The Rebels were 8-1 going into that game.

“That game didn’t go very well a year ago,” Kiffin said. “But every game and season is independent and different. I think we’re in a better place.”

Georgia’s defense enters the weekend coming off two impressive showings. In beating then-No.1 Texas 30-15 on Oct. 19, the Bulldogs allowed just 259 total yards. Last week, Georgia gave up only 228 to Florida.

Ole Miss appears to be the unit’s biggest test this season, as the Rebels rank second nationally in yards per game (555.4) and fourth in points with 42.1 per contest. They followed a 26-14 win over Oklahoma on Oct. 26 with last weekend’s 63-31 drubbing of host Arkansas.

Georgia has won four straight games since losing 41-34 at Alabama on Sept. 28. The Bulldogs are coming off a 34-20 victory over rival Florida in Jacksonville, Fla. The heavily-favored Bulldogs trailed the Gators by a touchdown at halftime, and were tied at 20 in the fourth quarter before a pair of late touchdowns iced the game.

Quarterback Carson Beck’s inconsistency arose again in that game. One of the preseason’s Heisman Trophy candidates, Beck threw three interceptions for the second straight game and has been picked off 11 times this season.

The fifth-year senior did throw for 309 yards and two touchdowns in the win, and his 2,302 passing yards on the season rank third in the SEC.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart says Beck had more positive plays than negative on Saturday, but the mistakes are apparent.

“I think I was more pleased than anything watching the tape, because of 73 snaps, he made 68 winning decisions,” Smart said. “Sixty-eight of 73 is pretty good in any sport. I think the concern is that the mistakes can’t be catastrophic. You’ve got to make good decisions. The plays that he turned the ball over on weren’t great looks. You’ve got to play for the next down and move on.”

Georgia leads the all-time series 33-12-1 and has won 11 of the last 12 against the Rebels.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

SOUTH CAROLINA FORWARD ASHLYN WATKINS HAS CHARGES AGAINST HER DISMISSED

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Suspended South Carolina forward Ashlyn Watkins has had the charges against her dismissed, according to online judicial records.

Watkins was charged with assault and kidnapping on Aug. 31. She has been suspended from the women’s college basketball team ever since and did not accompany her teammates to the White House in September to be honored by President Biden for their national championship season.

Court records showed Watkins’ charges were dismissed Nov. 1. There was no immediate word on her suspension.

The top-ranked Gamecocks opened the season Monday night with a closer-than-expected 68-62 victory over Michigan in Las Vegas. They get a sterner test next time out when they face No. 9 N.C. State in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sunday.

Watkins was a big factor in South Carolina’s 38-0 national title season. The 6-foot-3 forward led the Southeastern Conference with 91 blocks. She averaged 9.2 points and was second behind WNBA first-round pick Kamilla Cardoso on the team with 7.4 rebounds a game.

She dunked once in each of her freshman and sophomore seasons, the first two dunks in the South Carolina program.

Watkins is expected to play an even bigger role with the team when she returns to the basketball court.

NHL NEWS

NHL ROUNDUP: HURRICANES HANDLE FLYERS FOR 7TH WIN IN ROW

Martin Necas continued his recent hot stretch by scoring the tiebreaking goal with 31 seconds left as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 6-4 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.

Necas delivered his seventh goal of the season as the Hurricanes stretched their league-best active winning streak to seven games. Combined with an earlier assist, he has 20 points in the past 10 games.

Jackson Blake, Eric Robinson, Jordan Martinook and Jack Roslovic also scored for Carolina before Seth Jarvis capped the result with an empty-net goal. Brent Burns provided two assists. Pyotr Kochetkov overcame an uneven performance by making 12 saves for the victory.

Travis Konecny racked up two goals and two assists for the Flyers, who began a three-game road trip. Owen Tippett and Morgan Frost also scored for Philadelphia. Sean Couturier had two assists and Tippett added an assist. Aleksei Kolosov stopped 29 shots.

Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 0

Morgan Rielly had a goal and two assists, Anthony Stolarz earned his first shutout of the season and Toronto defeated visiting Boston.

Stolarz made 29 saves to pick up the ninth shutout of his career. William Nylander and Matthew Knies each added a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who had lost their previous two games. Steven Lorentz also scored, while Mitch Marner added two assists.

Jeremy Swayman stopped 23 shots for Boston, which saw a two-game winning streak end. Toronto played without forward Auston Matthews (upper-body injury) but still managed to end an eight-game regular-season losing streak against the Bruins that dated back to January 2023.

Jets 3, Utah 0

Nino Niederreiter scored two goals and Connor Hellebuyck had to make just 21 saves for his second shutout of the season as Winnipeg topped visiting the Utah Hockey Club.

Gabriel Vilardi also scored and Adam Lowry added two assists for Winnipeg, which wasn’t dominant while improving to a franchise-best 12-1-0. Still, the Jets won their fourth game in a row by refusing to allow Utah to consistently threaten.

Hellebuyck wasn’t seriously challenged but came through when needed to record his 39th career shutout. Utah got a solid night in net from Karel Vejmelka (25 saves).

Flames 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)

Matt Coronato scored the tying goal late in the third period and the winner seven seconds into overtime as visiting Calgary beat Montreal.

Right off the opening faceoff of the extra frame, Coronato took the puck away from Nick Suzuki, then skated into the circle and fired it home for his first career overtime winner in three NHL seasons. Coronato also scored the equalizer for the Flames at 17:14 of the third.

Connor Zary notched the Flames’ other goal, and Dustin Wolf stopped 21 of 23 shots. Joel Armia had a goal and an assist and Brendan Gallagher also scored for the Canadiens. Sam Montembeault registered 33 saves.

Sabres 5, Senators 1

JJ Peterka scored two power-play goals and Bowen Byram tallied twice, lifting host Buffalo to a victory over Ottawa.

Peterka also had an assist as part of the third three-point performance in his NHL career. Tage Thompson scored and set up a goal while registering 11 shots. Ryan McLeod and Rasmus Dahlin each notched two assists and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 37 saves to help the Sabres halt their three-game skid.

Ottawa’s Ridly Greig scored and captain Brady Tkachuk had an assist to extend his point streak to five games. Linus Ullmark turned aside 29 shots for the Senators, who have dropped five of six games on the road.

Islanders 4, Penguins 3 (SO)

Bo Horvat scored the only goal in a shootout for New York, which overcame a two-goal third-period deficit to beat Pittsburgh in Elmont, N.Y.

Horvat (two assists) came through in the second round of the shootout. Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist and Simon Holmstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored third-period goals for the Islanders, who won for the second time in six games. Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves before stopping all three Penguins attempts in the shootout.

Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored in the second before Michael Bunting scored in the third for the Penguins, who had a two-game win streak end. Malkin also had two points and Alex Nedeljkovic recorded 23 saves before stopping two shootout attempts.

Blues 3, Lightning 2

Jordan Kyrou scored the decisive goal in the third period as St. Louis edged visiting Tampa Bay in a game marred by a medical scare.

Blues forward Dylan Holloway was hit in the neck by a puck late in the first period, then completed his shift but required medical attention on the bench. He subsequently was taken away from the bench on a stretcher and was hospitalized for evaluation. The team reported that Holloway was alert and stable.

Jordan Binnington made 21 saves to earn his 149th victory for the Blues, boosting him past Jake Allen and into sole possession of second on the franchise’s all-time list. Mike Liut is first at 151. For the Lightning, Nick Perbix and Victor Hedman scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves in the team’s third straight loss.

Kings 5, Wild 1

Kevin Fiala scored the go-ahead goal against his former team, and Los Angeles finished strong for a win over Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn.

Trevor Lewis scored a pair of goals — including No. 100 of his career — for the Kings, who earned their second victory in as many nights. Warren Foegele and Quinton Byfield had a goal apiece. Kings goaltender David Rittich stopped 23 of 24 shots.

Zach Bogosian scored for the Wild, who lost in regulation for only the second time in 12 games to start the season (8-2-2). Filip Gustavsson allowed four goals on 27 shots.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR TO CROWN CHAMPIONS IN ALL 3 SERIES AT PHOENIX; FORMULA 1 TAKES 2-WEEK BREAK BEFORE VEGAS

NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series Championship

Site: Avondale, Arizona.

Schedule: Friday, practice, 6:05 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 5:05 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (NBC, Peacock).

Track: Phoenix Raceway.

Race distance: 312 laps, 312 miles.

Last year: Ross Chastain dominated the finale, leading 157 laps after starting eighth. Ryan Blaney led just two laps but finished second to claim his first Cup championship.

Last race: Defending champion Ryan Blaney raced his way into the championship four with a victory at Martinsville Speedway that featured controversy. William Byron finished fifth for Hendrick Motorsports and ultimately became the fourth qualifier when NASCAR officials ruled after a lengthy delay that Christopher Bell’s last-lap smash into the outside wall for momentum that would’ve pushed him one point past Byron was illegal. Bell was dropped four spots to 22nd.

Fast facts: Ryan Blaney, Penske teammate and two-time champion Joey Logano (Ford), Tyler Reddick (Toyota) and William Byron (Chevy) comprise the field for the winner-take-all finale. All four drivers have three victories each. … Blaney led three times for 32 laps, including the final 15, after starting 14th.

Next race: Feb. 16, 2025, Daytona Beach, Florida.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

NASCAR Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship

Site: Avondale, Arizona.

Schedule: Friday, practice, 5:05 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying 4 p.m.; race, 7 p.m. (CW).

Track: Phoenix Raceway.

Race distance: 200 laps, 200 miles.

Last year: Cole Custer claimed the race and the championship for Stewart-Haas Racing, leading 96 laps and winning Stage 2 after starting seventh.

Last race: Xfinity part-timer Aric Almirola completed a season sweep at Martinsville, Virginia, with his third victory in a tension-filled race that allowed fourth-place Cole Custer to defend his series title at Phoenix. Justin Allgaier was fifth and claimed the final spot in the championship four. Chandler Smith confronted Custer afterward over a late-race battle for position that infuriated Smith, who threw a punch at Custer.

Fast facts: Six drivers competed for the final two spots claimed by Allgaier and Custer on points. Austin Hill (four wins) and AJ Allmendinger are the other finalists.

Next race: Feb. 15, 2025, Daytona Beach, Florida.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

NASCAR Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship

Site: Avondale, Arizona.

Schedule: Thursday, practice, 7 p.m.; Friday, qualifying, 4:05 p.m.; race, 8 p.m. (FS1).

Track: Phoenix Raceway.

Race distance: 150 laps, 150 miles.

Last year: Ben Rhodes finished fifth in a Ford to claim the championship despite never leading a lap. Christian Eckes led 36, including the final two after a fourth overtime restart in a race that went 178 laps.

Last race: Christian Eckes passed Taylor Gray and defending series champion Ben Rhodes over the final five laps after a restart to win at Martinsville and reach the championship four. Eckes started on the pole and led 187 of 200 laps.

Fast facts: Eckes completed a season sweep at Martinsville, starting on the front row both times. … Grant Enfinger, Ty Majeski, Corey Heim and Eckes comprise the final four. Heim has six wins, Eckes four and Enfinger and Majeski two each.

Next race: Feb. 14, 2025, Daytona Beach, Florida.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

Formula 1

Last race: Max Verstappen overcame penalties that left him starting 17th and then the rain to win the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo and take a huge step toward securing his fourth consecutive title. The Dutchman overtook Estaban Ocon on Lap 42 and won by nearly 20 seconds for his first victory since June.

Fast facts: Verstappen’s best drive in months ended a 10-race drought after winning seven of the first 10 events. He widened his lead over Lando Norris from 44 to 62 points and needs to finish ahead of him over the next three races to clinch the title. … Norris won the sprint race and started on the pole at Interlagos but finished sixth. He and Mercedes driver George Russell were fined 5,000 euros ($5,440) each for breaching the FIA’s start procedure in an investigation by stewards.

Next race: Nov. 23, Las Vegas.

Online: http://www.formula1.com

IndyCar

Last race: Alex Palou claimed his second consecutive IndyCar championship and third in four years at Nashville Superspeedway, where Colton Herta won the Music City Grand Prix for Andretti Global.

Next race: March 2, 2025, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Online: http://www.indycar.com

NHRA Drag Racing

Last event: Brittany Force earned her first Top Fuel victory in 39 races, beating defending champion Doug Kalitta in Las Vegas. Teammate Austin Prock defeated Paul Lee in Funny Car to move to the brink of his first championship.

Fast Facts: Prock leads teammate Jack Beckman by 188 points and will clinch the Funny Car title with his first qualifying run. Beckman is driving for John Force as the 16-time champion continues to recuperate from a horrific accident in June. Force witnessed both wins in his return to the track. … Justin Ashley maintains a 44-point lead on Antron Brown in Top Fuel, with Shawn Langdon 45 back.

Next event: Nov. 14-17, Pomona, California.

Online: http://www.nhra.com

World of Outlaws Sprint Cars

World of Outlaws Finals, Concord, North Carolina, Wednesday-Saturday.

Last event: Carson Macedo won in West Memphis, Arkansas, last Friday, taking the pole and then driving away after a late dustup with a lapped car. It was Macedo’s 11th win of the season. David Gravel has a 74-point lead over Macedo. The Saturday event was canceled.

Next race: Feb. 5-8, 2025, Barberville, Florida.

Online: http://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars

NASCAR LEVIES SEVERE PENALTIES FOLLOWING MARTINSVILLE

Bubba Wallace, Austin Dillon and Ross Chastain were each fined $100,000 and docked 50 driver points by NASCAR on Tuesday for violating member conduct policies in Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway.

NASCAR conducted an investigation from the final laps and came to the conclusion that those three drivers violated sections 4.4.B&D: NASCAR Member Conduct of the Rule Book. Those sections include actions detrimental to stock car racing along with race manipulation.

The owners of each team — 23XI Racing (Wallace), Richard Childress Racing (Dillon) and Trackhouse Racing (Chastain) — were fined $100,000 and had 50 owner points taken away.

The crew chiefs and their respective spotters, along with team executives, will miss the 2024 season finale at Phoenix Raceway as a result of these violations.

All three racing teams said they would file appeals.

“We took and looked at the most recent penalty that we had written for an infraction, very similar, which was the 41 car a couple of years ago at the Roval,” NASCAR senior vice president of competition Elton Sawyer said. “We felt like we wanted to ramp this one up and we did, we did that in a way that we included team leadership. And this one, something that we feel like that, you know, we want to get our point across that it’s a responsibility of all of us, the team owners, the team leadership as well as ourselves here at NASCAR to uphold the integrity of our sport.”

GOLF NEWS

REPORT: PGA TOUR-LIV MERGER RUMORS PREMATURE

In an unsurprising turn of events, the British tabloid report of a finalized merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf may have been premature.

The Sun reported Saturday that the long-awaited merger between the rival golf circuits was complete and, per the headline, “Golf’s civil war OVER.”

But on Tuesday, Front Office Sports cited industry sources in reporting that the tabloid had jumped the gun.

Several details remain to be ironed out, including the major issue of navigating antitrust concerns in the United States.

There is “heavy internal pressure” to finalize the merger before the end of 2024 in the interest of making future scheduling easier, Front Office Sports reported. The PGA Tour has already released its 2025 schedule, and LIV has put out four tournament dates for 2025 so far.

The shock merger between the PGA Tour and LIV was announced in early June 2023, with a self-imposed Dec. 31, 2023, deadline to finalize the “framework agreement.” That deadline came and went, and PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan continues to meet and play golf with Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan as the 18-month mark approaches.

The Sun’s tantalizing report claimed that PIF would receive an 11 percent share in the PGA Tour; that LIV’s 14 annual team events would be brought under the PGA umbrella; and that Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy “played key roles in the peace talks.”

TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES

COLTS FOOTBALL

COLTS RELEASE UNOFFICIAL DEPTH CHART FOR WEEK 10 GAME VS. BUFFALO BILLS

OFFENSE

• WR: Michael Pittman Jr., Ashton Dulin
• LT: Bernhard Raimann, Blake Freeland
• LG: Quenton Nelson, Danny Pinter OR Tanor Bortolini
• C: Ryan Kelly, Danny Pinter OR Tanor Bortolini
• RG: Dalton Tucker
• RT: Braden Smith, Matt Goncalves
• TE: Mo Alie-Cox, Drew Ogletree
• TE: Kylen Granson, Will Mallory
• WR: Josh Downs, Anthony Gould
• WR: Alec Pierce OR Adonai Mitchell
• QB: Joe Flacco, Anthony Richardson, Sam Ehlinger
• RB: Jonathan Taylor, Trey Sermon, Tyler Goodson
• Josh Downs led the Colts with six receptions for 60 yards against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
• Joe Flacco completed 16-of-27 passes for 179 yards against the Vikings.

DEFENSE

• DE: Kwity Paye, Laiatu Latu, Genard Avery
• DT: DeForest Buckner, Taven Bryan, Adetomiwa Adebawore
• NT: Grover Stewart, Raekwon Davis
• DE: Dayo Odeyingbo, Isaiah Land, Adam Gotsis
• WLB: E.J. Speed
• MLB: Zaire Franklin, Segun Olubi
• SAM: Grant Stuard, Cameron McGrone
• CB: Samuel Womack III, David Long Jr.
• FS: Julian Blackmon, Rodney Thomas II
• SS: Nick Cross, Ronnie Harrison Jr.
• N: Kenny Moore II, Chris Lammons
• CB: Jaylon Jones
• Grover Stewart had two sacks against the Vikings, for his first career multi-sack game. Stewart also had a forced fumble, two quarterback hits and four total tackles.
• Kenny Moore II had his first career fumble recovery return for a touchdown on Sunday, as well as six solo tackles.

SPECIALISTS

• P: Rigoberto Sanchez
• PK: Matt Gay
• H: Rigoberto Sanchez
• LS: Luke Rhodes
• KR: Tyler Goodson, Anthony Gould, Ashton Dulin
• PR: Josh Downs, Anthony Gould

COLTS PLACE C RYAN KELLY ON INJURED RESERVE, CLAIM S DARREN HALL OFF WAIVERS

Indianapolis – The Indianapolis Colts today claimed safety Darren Hall off waivers (from Arizona) and placed center Ryan Kelly on the Injured Reserve list.

Hall, 6-0, 190 pounds, rejoins Indianapolis after spending time on the team’s practice squad last season. He has played in 35 career games (10 starts) in his time with the Cardinals (2024), Colts (2023) and Atlanta Falcons (2021-22) and has compiled 69 tackles (47 solo), 3.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, six passes defensed, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and four special teams stops. Hall was originally selected by the Falcons in the fourth round (108th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft out of San Diego State. In 2024, he saw action in four games with Arizona and registered one special teams tackle.

Kelly, 6-4, 307 pounds, has started all 121 career games (regular season and postseason) he has played in with the team over nine seasons (2016-24). He is a four-time Pro Bowl selection (2019-21, 2023) and was an Associated Press Second Team All-Pro choice in 2020. Kelly was originally selected by the team in the first round (18th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft out of Alabama. In 2024, he has started seven games.

INDIANA PACERS

GAME PREVIEW: PACERS VS MAGIC

The Pacers (3-4) and Magic (3-5) will meet for the second time in nine days on Wednesday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, but both teams will look significantly different for the rematch.

The Magic took the first meeting with a 119-115 victory on Oct. 28 in Orlando behind a career-high 50-point performance by All-Star forward Paolo Banchero. But Banchero tore his right oblique two nights later in a loss to Chicago and will be sidelined for weeks.

Without their star forward, the Magic have dropped four straight games and need a victory on Wednesday to avoid going winless on a five-game road trip.

The Pacers, meanwhile, have won two of their last three games, picking up impressive victories over the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics on Oct. 30 in Indianapolis and the reigning Western Conference champion Mavericks on Monday night in Dallas.

But the Blue & Gold are also banged up, as backup center Isaiah Jackson tore his right Achilles on Friday in New Orleans and starting forward Aaron Nesmith sprained his left ankle in the same game. Jackson underwent surgery on Monday, while Nesmith’s foot is currently in a boot.

But despite those absences, the Pacers put together a strong performance on Monday in Dallas, with seven players scoring in double figures in a 134-127 win. Veteran Myles Turner had a big night back in his hometown, recording a double-double with 30 points and 11 rebounds while going 5-for-8 from 3-point range. All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton is also rounding into form, as he registered his fourth straight double-double with a 25-point, 12-assist performance.

Wednesday’s game will be a matchup of contrasting styles, as the defensive-minded Magic try to slow down Indiana’s up-tempo offensive attack. Orlando is currently third in the NBA in defensive rating, allowing just 107.5 points per 100 possessions.

Without Banchero, the Magic need a scoring boost from elsewhere on their roster. They are relying heavily on their two top-eight picks from the 2021 NBA Draft, point guard Jalen Suggs and forward Franz Wagner, who are both averaging 17.6 points per game on the season. Backup big man Moritz Wagner, Franz’s older brother, is the only other healthy player on the roster with a double-digit scoring average (11 points per game).

Projected Starters

Pacers: G – Tyrese Haliburton, G – Andrew Nembhard, F – Bennedict Mathurin, F – Pascal Siakam, C – Myles Turner

Magic: G – Jalen Suggs,  G – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, F – Tristan da Silva, F – Franz Wagner, C – Goga Bitadze

Injury Report

Pacers: Isaiah Jackson – out (torn right Achilles tendon), Aaron Nesmith – out (left ankle sprain), James Wiseman – out (torn left Achilles tendon)

Magic: Paolo Banchero – out (right oblique tear), Wendell Carter Jr. – out (left foot plantar fascia strain)

Last Meeting

Oct. 28, 2024: Paolo Banchero scored a career-high 50 points — including 37 in the first half — to lift the Magic to a 119-115 victory in Orlando. Banchero went 16-for-26 from the field, 3-for-9 from 3-point range, and 15-for-22 from the free throw line while also tallying 13 rebounds and nine assists.

The Pacers had a narrow lead for much of the fourth quarter and even after falling behind in the closing minutes tied the game on Tyrese Haliburton’s 3-pointer with 52.8 seconds remaining in regulation, but Magic guard Anthony Black answered with a three that proved to be the game-winner on the other end.

Pascal Siakam led six Pacers in double figures in the loss, finishing with a team-high 26 points on 10-of-18 shooting, nine rebounds, and four assists. Haliburton nearly registered a triple-double, ending the night with 19 points, nine boards, and 10 assists.

Noteworthy

• The Magic won both meetings with the Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse last season. Prior to that, Indiana had won five of six home games against Orlando.
• The Pacers are scheduled to face the Magic three times in their first 11 games, as the two teams will meet once more in Orlando on Nov. 13. Barring a meeting in the NBA Cup, they won’t face each other again after that until the Pacers host Orlando for their final home game of the regular season on April 11.
• Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard and Magic guard Jalen Suggs were teammates on the 2020-21 Gonzaga team that reached the national championship game.
• Magic center Goga Bitadze was drafted by the Pacers with the 18th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft and played for Indiana from 2019-23.
• Assuming he plays, Wednesday will be Myles Turner’s 576th career game with the Pacers, breaking a tie with Freddie Lewis for eighth-most games played in franchise history. Herb Williams (577 career games) is in seventh place and Billy Knight (585 career games) is sixth.

Broadcast Information (TV and Radio Listings >>)

FanDuel Sports Network – Chris Denari (play-by-play), Quinn Buckner (analyst), Jeremiah Johnson (sideline reporter/host)

Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan – Mark Boyle (play-by-play), Eddie Gill (analyst), Pat Boylan (sideline reporter/host)

Tickets

The Pacers will host Franz Wagner and the Orlando Magic at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 7:00 PM ET.

INDIANA FOOTBALL

IN ROLE REVERSAL, NO. 8 INDIANA HUGE FAVORITE OVER MICHIGAN

At the beginning of the season, many would have expected that the Big Ten game between Michigan and Indiana on Saturday in Bloomington, Ind., would pit a Top 10 team in the first College Football Playoff rankings against an unranked foe.

But hardly anybody predicted the Wolverines, the reigning national champions, would be the unranked team and the Hoosiers would be the team in playoff contention.

That is the scenario, though, as Indiana (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten) — a two-touchdown favorite — looks to continue its stunning push for a conference title and CFP berth with a win over the unranked Wolverines (5-4, 3-3).

The Hoosiers are No. 8 in the first CFP rankings that were unveiled on Tuesday, but coach Curt Cignetti doesn’t want that to be the focus.

“The only thing that matters is you get the result when you play, and to do that, you’ve got to keep the main thing the main thing and eliminate the noise and clutter and stay focused on what’s going to help you play your best on Saturday to give you the best chance to get a result,” he said.

Indiana, 9-0 for the first time in program history and seeking its first 10-win season, will also be looking for just its second victory over Michigan since 1987. The other came during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season (38-21 in Bloomington).

“I look at them and I see a really good defense, really good special teams,” Cignetti said of the Wolverines. “And offensively, they haven’t scored points. They’re not in the 40s and 50s, but they can run the ball from 11, 12, 13 personnel. They’ve got weapons. They’ve got good backs. They’ve got good players and they’re a good football team coming in here with a lot of tradition, a lot of history, a lot of pride.”

Last week against Michigan State, Indiana trailed for the first time all season when the Spartans jumped out to a 10-0 lead.

The Hoosiers responded by scoring 47 answered points to win going away. Indiana welcomed back starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke, who missed the win over Washington the previous week with a right thumb injury but returned to throw for 263 yards and four touchdowns.

Rourke, who has thrown for 2,204 yards and 19 touchdowns with just three interceptions, will be the focal point of a Michigan defense that hasn’t been as stout as many expected.

The Wolverines, who have lost three of their past four games after a 4-1 start, gave up 470 total yards, including 176 rushing yards, in a 38-17 home loss to No. 1 Oregon last week.

“They play disciplined, they play fast, they play physical,” Michigan coach Sherrone Moore said of the Hoosiers. “Offensively, they do a really good job of spreading you out but doing things, keeping it simple for their players and making it difficult for your defense. And defensively, they just play great team defense and try to make you make a mistake.”

Against Oregon, Michigan was without its two starting cornerbacks, top NFL Draft prospect Will Johnson and Jyaire Hill.

Moore said on Monday that Hill was “trending on probably playing,” while the team would “see with Will how he goes this week.”

INDIANA FOOTBALL

INITIAL CFP RANKINGS HAVE HOOSIERS NO. 8

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana football program sits No. 8 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings as announced by the CFP committee on Tuesday (Nov. 5). It marks the sixth time in program history that IU has appeared in the CFP rankings, with the other five coming during the 2020 season.

The No. 8 ranking is the highest in the CFP era for Indiana, who entered the 2020 rankings at No. 12 for three weeks and sat No. 11 during the final two weeks of the selections that season. The Big Ten saw four schools make the initial CFP rankings with Oregon (No. 1), Ohio State (No. 2) and Penn State (No. 6) among the initial top 12.

No. 8/10/8 Indiana (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten) will face off with Michigan (5-4, 3-3 Big Ten) on CBS inside a sold-out Memorial Stadium on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Following its second by week during Week 12, Indiana closes the season at No. 2 Ohio State (11/23) and against Purdue (11/30) in the annual battle for the Old Oaken Bucket.

College Football Playoff Rankings – Nov. 5
1. Oregon (9-0)
2. Ohio State (7-1)
3. Georgia (7-1)
4. Miami (9-0)
5. Texas (7-1)
6. Penn State (7-1)
7. Tennessee (7-1)
8. INDIANA (9-0)
9. BYU (8-0)
10. Notre Dame (7-1)
11. Alabama (6-2)
12. Boise State (7-1)
13. SMU (8-1)
14. Texas A&M (7-2)
15. LSU (6-2)
16. Ole Miss (7-2)
17. Iowa State (7-1)
18. Pittsburgh (7-1)
19. Kansas State (7-2)
20. Colorado (6-2)
21. Washington State (7-1)
22. Louisville (6-3)
23. Clemson (6-2)
24. Missouri (6-2)
25. Army (8-0)

PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BOILERMAKERS OPEN 2024-25 SEASON WEDNESDAY VS. PURDUE FORT WAYNE

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team will open the 2024-2025 season on Wednesday night hosting Purdue Fort Wayne for a 7 p.m. tip on B1G+.

Tim Newton and Jane Schott will call the game for the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.

GAME INFORMATION 

Purdue (0-0) vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (0-0)

Wednesday, Nov. 6

Time: 7 PM

TV/Stream: B1G+

Radio: 95.3 BOB FM

Live Stats: Purduestats.com

LAST TIME OUT

The Boilermakers rolled to a 101-50 win over Indiana Tech in their lone exhibition last week. Every Boilermaker who entered the game scored and seven finished in double figures. Jayla Smith and Lana McCarthy led the way with 15 points each. McCarthy posted a double-double with 15 rebounds, as the Boilermakers recorded a plus-33 rebounding margin.

NOTES

• Purdue leads the all-time series with Purdue Fort Wayne 6-0, with the last matchup coming back in 2018.

• Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame member head coach Katie Gearlds returns for her fourth campaign after reaching the postseason in each of her first three seasons.

• The Boilermakers are 2-1 in season openers under Katie Gearlds. Wednesday will be the second time Purdue has opened at home in the last four years.

•Last year, Rashunda Jones, Sophie Swanson and McKenna Layden contributed to the highest scoring freshman class in the Big Ten last season and third highest in Purdue history at 22.9 points per game.

• After playing exhibition games in Spain and against Indiana Tech, Amiyah Reynolds is set for her first official game action in 648 days after an injury from her senior season of high school kept her out all of last year. Reynolds finished with two points, three assists and two steals against Indiana Tech.

• Sophie Swanson enters her second year at Purdue already ranked fifth in the career 3-point percentage chart for the Boilermakers (39.5%). The sophomore from Barrington, Ill., finished fourth among Big Ten rookies with 1.5 3-pointers per game and leading the league in usage rate at 29.4% last year.

• While the Boilermakers bring back just under 30% of their scoring from last year and no starters, Gearlds and staff brought in an experienced quartet of transfers in two-time NAIA National Player of the Year Ella Collier, WAC Defensive Player of the Year Destini Lombard and three-time All-MAC selection Reagan Bass. The quartet accounted for 33 points, 22 rebounds and 11 assists in the exhibition.

• Rashunda Jones earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman team last year, finishing fourth among league rookies with 7.8 points per game and second in usage rate at 27.3%.

• Purdue went on a 10-day European Tour in August, spending time in Spain and Portugal. The Boilermakers won all three games played during the overseas trip and averaged 90 points per game.

• The Boilermakers’ post presence received an overhaul during the offseason with the addition of bruising freshmen Kendall Puryear and Lana McCarthy, as well as three-time All-MAC selection Reagan Bass. The trio helped Purdue post a +76 margin on the glass with 19.3 second chance points per game and outscored opponents 144-60 in the paint during the trip to Europe.

• Gearlds was inducted into the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame in October, becoming the 13th member of the women’s basketball team to be enshrined in West Lafayette after one of the best playing careers by a Boilermaker.

• The Boilermakers are eyeing another trip back to the postseason after reaching the NCAA Tournament and WNIT under Gearlds.

• Every Purdue senior class has played in the postseason once in their careers dating back to 1988.

• 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.

The 2024-25 Purdue women’s basketball season is presented by Purdue Global, Purdue University’s online educational solution for working adults.

NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL

SEASON OPENER WEDNESDAY – STONEHILL

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Basketball season is finally back! Year two of the Micah Shrewsberry era will be underway on Wednesday, Nov. 6, when Notre Dame hosts Stonehill College. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. ET inside Purcell Pavilion and the program is excited to welcome fans back. The Notre Dame Fan Experience group will be handing out rally towels to the first 3,000 fans. The first 1,000 students who arrive will receive a special student-section t-shirt.

NOTRE DAME – STONEHILL

Notre Dame will open the 2024-25 season with its sister school Stonehill, both of which are sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross, which values integrity and puts as much emphasis on education as on helping develop compassionate leaders and global thinkers. A popular 3+2 program offers a handful of Stonehill students an opportunity to earn two degrees in five years, transferring over to Notre Dame for the final two years.

It’s been 42 years since Notre Dame and Stonehill have squared off on the hardwood. Back on Nov. 26, 1982, the Irish beat the Skyhawks, 74-60.

PASSED THE PRESEASON TEST

In the preseason charity exhibition, the Irish stirred up some excitement in their fanbase with a dominant 91-54 victory over a Purdue Fort Wayne squad that was picked to finish first in the Horizon League.

Notre Dame scored 51 second-half points on a blistering 70.4 percent from the field. There was one point in the second half in which ND was 8-for-11 from beyond the arc, ultimately finishing 9-for-15. All-in-all eight Irish drained a three in the game finishing 14-of-28 from deep.

Eight Irish finished with six or more points, with three finishing in double figures. As a team, Notre Dame finished 56.9 percent from the field. Preseason All-ACC First Team selection Markus Burton scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half.

Braeden Shrewsberry shot 4-of-7 from deep and 7-of-12 overall to tie Burton for a game-high 18 points. J.R. Konieczny came off the bench and hit three treys to finish with 11 points.

Notre Dame outrebounded Purdue Fort Wayne, 39-22, and forced 14 turnovers. They limited a veteran Mastodons squad to 34.6 percent shooting.

PRESEASON ACCOLADES FOR BURTON

Point guard Markus Burton looks to continue his ascent in collegiate basketball for his sophomore season. He went from winning Mr. Indiana Basketball as a high school senior to stepping on his home court in Purcell Pavilion and making an immediate impact with the Irish. He won the 2024 ACC Freshman of the Year Award (the first ND player to do so) and also took home Third Team All-ACC honors.

Before the 2024-25 season has officially gotten underway, Burton has collected more awards/recognition. First, the ACC named him a Preseason First Team selection. Burton’s 17.5 ppg is the third highest returning scoring average in the ACC behind North Carolina’s RJ Davis (21.2) and Wake Forest’s Hunter Sallis (18.0 ppg).

Next, it was the Naismith Starting 5 – Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Top 20 Preseason Watch List. This prestigious award honors the best point guards in men’s college basketball and is presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Burton is the first Irish point guard to be named to the Bob Cousy Top-20 Preseason Watch List since Matt Farrell (2017-18 Watch List).

Shortly after, ESPN.com announced its top-100 players ahead of the 2024-25 season. Burton landed at No. 40. They stated: “The 5-11 guard, averaged 17.5 PPG as a freshman, finishing with 20 points or more in 11 games. If he can become a consistent threat from the 3-point line (30%), the All-ACC third team pick could mature into one of the expanded conference’s best players.”

Last but not least, the Naismith Trophy added Burton to their College Player of the Year Watch List. A total of 50 players were named to the preseason list.

SEASON OPENER NOTABLES

Historically, the Irish are 100-21 (.827) in their season openers. In addition, the program is 110-11 (.909) in home openers.

The last time Notre Dame dropped a season opener at home – you’d have to go all the way back to the 1998-99 season, when the Irish fell 76-65 to Miami (Ohio).

A year ago today, Irish fans watched Markus Burton take the court for the first time and break Laphonso Ellis’ freshman debut scoring record. Burton poured in 29 points against Niagara in the win.

FROM LEAST TO MOST

Notre Dame only returned 35 points at this point last year, which equated to 1.6% of scoring returning. That number ranked in the bottom five of Division-I schools. However, this year is quite a different story. The Irish return the most scoring in the ACC by a landslide. With a solid young core of seven returnees (Markus Burton, Braeden Shrewsberry, Tae Davis, Julian Roper II, J.R. Konieczny, Kebba Njie, Logan Imes), Notre Dame returns 85.6 percent of its scoring. The next highest is Wake Forest at 59.8 percent.

In addition, the Irish return the third highest percentage of minutes in the country at 83.9 percent. Navy (91.3) and Wofford (84.3) hold the top two spots.

IRISH LOOK TO DEFY EXPECTATIONS AGAIN

Last year, Notre Dame was projected to finish dead last in the conference. The Coach Shrewsberry led squad came together and ultimately doubled its ACC win total from the year prior, finishing 7-13 in league play to earn the 12-seed in the conference tourney. Coach Shrewsberry received several votes for ACC Coach of the Year.

This year, the Irish are picked to finish tenth in the ACC and look to defy expectations again.

Notre Dame was the biggest mover in kenpom AdjEM across the Power-Five conferences from Feb. 1 to March 1 last season. They ended the year at #118. This season, the Irish will start at #69.

COACH SHREWS LOOKS TO RECREATE YEAR TWO MAGIC

The rebuild at Notre Dame is obviously different from the one at Penn State, but let’s look at the year one to year two improvement that Coach Shrews accomplished in Happy Valley.

After a 14-17 first season, Shrewsberry produced a 23-14 mark in 2022-23, just the 12th 20-win season in the 127-year history of Penn State basketball. The Nittany Lions then made their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2011.

Statistically speaking, the 2022-23 squad set the B1G and Penn State single-season team record for three-pointers made in a season with 385. The Nittany Lions compiled a total of five top-15 national statistical rankings.

GREEN JERSEY SERIES

When you play over 30 games in a season, you got to wear the Irish greens more than once. Announced via the @NDMBB account on social, the program has picked four ACC games to wear the greens at home:

– Dec. 7 vs. Syracuse – ACC Opener

– Jan. 4 vs. UNC – Irish Wear Green

– Feb. 8 vs. Virginia Tech – 574 Day

– Feb. 22 vs. Pitt – Fan Appreciation

BEST YOUNG BACKCOURT IN THE ACC

Freshman guards Markus Burton and Braeden Shrewsberry showed no fear in the first year in the ACC. Burton averaged 17.5 points both on the season and in league play, while Shrewsberry was the lone other Irish to finish in double figures, averaging 10.2 points on the year and 11.3 points in ACC play.

With that said, Burton and Shrewsberry became the 9th ACC freshmen duo in league history to rank No. 1 and No. 2 for their team in scoring, proving the future is bright in South Bend.

There is only one scoring duo in the ACC that returns a higher combined number than Burton’s and Shrewsberry’s 27.7 ppg and that’s Wake Forest’s Hunter Sallis and Cameron HIldreth. That duo return a combined 31.8 ppg.

SHARPSHOOTER SHREWS

Speaking of Braeden Shrewsberry, he joined Burton in the Notre Dame record book after lighting it up from three in ACC play last year.

Shrewsberry knocked down 55 three-pointers in league play, breaking the Notre Dame ACC record. The previous record was 51 held by Prentiss Hubb, Matt Farrell and V.J. Beachem. Those 55 threes in ACC play also tied for the fourth most amongst league players for the 2023-24 season.

Shrewsberry ultimately converted 78 made threes on the year which were the 2nd most nationally by a freshman. His 2.4 made threes/game were 2nd nationally by a freshman as well.

BUTLER VOLLEYBALL

BUTLERVB SET TO HOST MARQUETTE BEFORE HEADING OMAHA TO PLAY NO. 5 CREIGHTON

INDIANAPOLIS — The Bulldogs prepare for a tough week against the top two teams in the BIG EAST Conference. Butler will host Marquette on Wednesday night before then heading west to Omaha, Neb. to face No. 5 ranked Creighton.

Bulldog Bits

Butler currently ranks eighth in the BIG EAST with a conference record of 4-8 and an overall record of 6-18

Butler finished with a 1-1 record last weekend on the road after sweeping Providence on Friday but then falling in three sets to UConn on Saturday

Alaleh Tolliver hit for a new career-high .520 with 13 kills and no hitting errors

Tolliver added 13 digs in the same match to record her fourth career double-double

Butler jumped to fourth as a team in the conference with an average of 2.03 blocks per set

Grace Boggess is the highest-ranked Bulldog in the BIG EAST, ranking fourth with an average of 1.04 blocks per set

Abby Maesch ranks seventh in the BIG EAST with an average of 3.38 kills per set

Maesch is just three kills away from 500 kills in a Bulldog uniform

Elise Ward is nine digs away from 400 career digs and one more service ace to earn her 50th career service ace

Marquette leads the Bulldogs with a 21-3 all-time record

Creighton enters the match as the fifth-ranked team in the country according to the AVCA Rankings

BU has only beaten Creighton once holding a 21-1 all-time record, but the last time they took a set from them was in Omaha in 2021

SCOUTING MARQUETTE

The Golden Eagles are currently ranked second in the BIG EAST with an 11-1 conference record and are receiving votes in the latest AVCA poll. Marquette started the season slow with a 6-5 record, but four of those losses came against teams ranked programs including No. 1 Pittsburgh and No. 8 Wisconsin. Since the start of BIG EAST play they have turned their season around earning eight sweeps and only falling in one match to No. 6 Creighton. As a team, Marquette ranks 23rd with 13.80 kills per set and 26th with .262 in the country.

Senior middle blocker Carsen Murray will have to be on the Bulldogs’ radar as she currently leads the conference with a hitting percentage of .386 this season. They will also have to keep the ball away from Yadhira Anchante as she currently leads the team in both assists and digs.

SCOUTING CREIGHTON

The Blue Jays lead the BIG EAST and have moved up to fifth in the latest AVCA rankings. Creighton has added another dominant season with an overall record of 21-2 and an undefeated conference record of 12-0. The team has wins over No. 6 Purdue and No. 10 Kansas while their only two losses have come at No. 5 Nebraska and at No. 4 Louisville. The Blue Jays are one of the top programs in the nation holding the second-best hitting percentage in the country at .315.

This will be the toughest test for the Bulldogs all season long as they will have the toughest blocking team in the country. Kiera Reinhardt and Elise Goetzinger hold the top two averages for blocks in the conference at 1.47 per set and 1.17 per set. Reinhardt’s mark is the 10th best in the NCAA.

PREVIOUS MATCHUP – OCT. 4 VS CREIGHTON

Creighton shut down the Bulldogs in their first matchup at Hinkle Fieldhouse last month winning in three sets. Cora Taylor and Kaylee Finnegan each finished with double-digit assists after Taylor collected 15 and Finnegan earned 10.

Alaleh Tolliver also led the team with nine kills while hitting for .208 and adding four digs.

PREVIOUS MATCHUP – OCT. 6 VS MARQUETTE

Marquette swept the Bulldogs in Milwaukee earlier this season. Butler struggled at the start but settled in as the match went on, finishing with fewer hitting errors than the Golden Eagles in the final set.

Abby Maesch had one of her best matches of the season hitting for .289 with a match-high 14 kills and five digs. Destiny Cherry also had a solid performance finishing with a .375 hitting percentage on four kills and two blocks.

TALK ABOUT TOLLIVER

Freshman Alaleh Tolliver had another dominant weekend after a solid performance against Providence last Friday. The Indianapolis native dominated the match hitting for a new career-high .520 with 13 kills and no hitting errors. She would add 13 digs to record her fourth career double-double while also adding two service aces and a block.

Tolliver recently earned the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors on Oct. 21 and will look to continue to add to her incredible season this week.

DAWGS ON THE RANKINGS

Grace Boggess is the highest-ranked Bulldog in the BIG EAST, ranking fourth with an average of 1.04 blocks per set. Cora Taylor moved up to sixth in the conference with an average of 8.91 assists per set while Abby Maesch’s average of 3.38 now ranks seventh.

Lauren Evans currently ranks 10th in the BIG EAST with an average of .32 service aces per set. She is one of three Bulldogs who have also already collected 20 or more service aces this season.

UPCOMING CAREER MILESTONES

Grace Boggess reached 400 career kills last weekend as well as earning her 250th career block. Cora Taylor needs just 16 digs to reach 700 career digs while Abby Maesch is three kills away from 500 kills in a Bulldog uniform.

Elise Ward is nine digs away from 400 career digs. She also just needs one more service ace to earn her 50th career service ace.

WATCH: Bulldog fans can tune into the live streams on YouTube for Saturday’s match and FloSports for Sunday’s match. Both links to the streams can be found on the Butler Athletics website.

UP NEXT: Butler will return to Hinkle Fieldhouse for the final home series of the season hosting Villanova on Nov. 16 before then celebrating Senior Night on Sunday against St. John’s.

The Bulldogs will host the Wildcats on Saturday, Nov. 16 beginning at 2:30 PM before then playing their final home match of the season against the Red Storm on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 1 PM.

BUTLER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BULLDOGS OPEN REGULAR SEASON WITH KIDS DAY GAME VS. CHICAGO STATE

The 2024-25 regular season opener will feature Butler hosting Chicago State Wednesday at 11 a.m. The Kids Day game will stream live on the Butler Athletics YouTube channel and offer free admission to all fans!

Game Day

Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Time: 11:00 AM

Location: Indianapolis, Ind. – Hinkle Fieldhouse

Live Stats: ButlerSports.com (Statbroadcast)

Watch: YouTube

Bulldog Bits

– BU will partner with the NCAA’s Readers Become Leaders Program to host an Elementary School Kids Day Game against Chicago State.

– Butler led Taylor from start to finish in their 99-48 exhibition win over the Trojans.

– Lily Carmody led Butler in scoring; she was one of five Bulldogs in double figures.

– Cristen Carter didn’t miss a shot and ended the game with a double-double.

– All 11 players scored at least two points vs. Taylor and all 11 played at least 10 minutes.

– The Bulldogs dished out 20 assists on 38 made field goals.

– Butler went 19-for-21 from the free throw line in their opener.

– BU’s largest scoring run was a 13-0 advantage near the end of the second quarter.

– Butler was picked to finish eighth in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches’ Poll.

– Caroline Strande made the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team.

– Strande became the only player in program history to lead Butler in points, rebounds and assists during the same season in 2023-24.

– Riley Makalusky was the fifth Bulldog in program history to make the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team.

– Makalusky led the BIG EAST in 3-point field goal shooting percentage (46.1).

– Butler led the BIG EAST and ranked fifth in the nation in 3-point shooting percentage last year (38.3).

– The Bulldogs set a new program record by making 266 3-pointers during the 2023-24 campaign.

– BU tied their single-game 3-point record last year by making 16 in their win over St. Thomas.

– Butler set a new team attendance record last year with over 20,000 fans attending Hinkle Fieldhouse over 18 dates.

BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll

UConn – 100 (10 first-place votes)

Creighton – 91 (1)

Providence – 71

St. John’s – 67

Georgetown – 66

Villanova – 56

Seton Hall – 51

Butler – 46

DePaul – 24

Marquette – 23

Xavier – 10

BIG EAST Preseason All-BIG EAST Team

Caroline Strande, Butler, Gr., G

KK Arnold, UConn, So., G

Azzi Fudd, UConn, R-Jr., G

Ashlynn Shade, UConn, So., G

Lauren Jensen, Creighton, Sr., G

Morgan Maly, Creighton, Sr., G/F

Kelsey Ransom, Georgetown, Gr., G

Olivia Olsen, Providence, Sr., F

Grace Efosa, Providence, Gr., G

Ber’Nyah Mayo, St. John’s, R-Sr., G

Scouting Chicago State                                                                                 

Chicago State played at Iowa State on Monday and left Ames with a 96-56 loss. Asha Walker led the Cougars in scoring with 18 points on 7-of-17 shooting. Freshman guard Aiyanna Culver came off the bench to join Walker in double figures with 14 points. Four of her five made field goals came from 3-point range. Chicago State was limited to just three points in the first quarter at Iowa State, but scored 22 in the fourth. The Cyclones shot 51 percent from the field in the win. They were led by Addy Brown’s 20-point performance.

All-Time Series                                                                                                  

Butler is 4-0 all-time against Chicago State. They won the first meeting in 1987 by five points (50-45) and moved to 2-0 with an 86-64 win over the Cougars in 1990. The third meeting was Head Coach Austin Parkinson’s BU debut in 2022. The Bulldogs won 84-57 after outscoring Chicago State 28-14 in the third quarter. The last meeting featured a similar score with Butler winning 84-51. Caroline Strande had 22-points in the victory.

Last Meeting vs. Chicago State                                                                   

Butler outscored Chicago State 44-20 in the second half to capture an 84-51 win last year. Caroline Strande and Jordan Meulemans combined to score 45 points while Sydney Jaynes pitched in with 12. The Cougars got a lift from Jacia Cunningham and her team-high 12 points. Taylor Norris had seven and Josie Hill added six.

Season Openers                                                                                               

Butler defeated Chicago State in the 2022-23 season opener. It was the first win at the start of the season for the Bulldogs since 2019. Chicago State’s last win at the start of a season came back in 2013-14. They beat Indiana Institute of Technology 74-51.

Welcome Back                                                                                                 

The Bulldogs return 80% of their scoring from last year’s team. Seven of Butler’s top eight leading scorers from 2023-24 are back with the program.

Injury Report                                                                                       

Jordan Meulemans will miss the 2024-25 season with a knee injury.

Austin Parkinson Reaches 250 Career Wins                            

Austin Parkinson has guided Butler to 26 wins over his first two seasons at the helm. The Bulldog opening round WNIT victory last year moved Parkinson’s career win total to 250. BU has notched six conference wins in each season with Parkinson on the sideline. The ‘Dawgs also went 9-9 at home last year, winning three more than the previous season.

Bulldogs on the Big Stage                                                                              

The BIG EAST matchup between Butler and St. John’s set for Feb. 16 will be played at Madison Square Garden. The 2024-25 Bulldogs will be the first-ever Butler women’s basketball team to play inside “The World’s Most Famous Arena”. Bulldog fans can also count on seeing their team play on FS1 this year. Butler will face Marquette in Milwaukee on Jan. 4 at 4 p.m. Each BU contest against UConn will air on SNY.

Butler vs. the Big Ten                                                                        

The Bulldogs will host Indiana and Wisconsin at Hinkle Fieldhouse this year. The Hoosiers will be in town on Wednesday, Nov. 13 and the Badgers will be in Indy Dec. 11. BU notched a 59-51 win at the Kohl Center last year. They have not hosted the Hoosiers since 2021-22.

Signature BIG EAST Wins                                                                              

The Bulldogs defeated St. John’s, Villanova and DePaul in February over the span of 19 days. It was the first time in program history for BU to defeat all three of those opponents in the same season.

2024-25 Roster Breakdown                                                            

The 2024-25 roster features one graduate, three seniors, two juniors, three sophomores and four freshmen. Nearly half of the student-athletes are from Indiana (6). The ‘Dawgs also have players from Wisconsin (2), Michigan (2), Ohio (1), Minnesota (1), and Australia.

Bulldogs Behind the Arc                                                                                

Riley Makalusky and Caroline Strande placed their names in the Butler record book last year, making over 40% of their 3-point attempts for the Bulldogs. Makalusky led the BIG EAST in 3-point field goal percentage (.461) and Strande was close behind in second (.447). Makalusky moved to third all-time at BU, connecting on 35 of her 76 attempts. Strande posted the sixth-best 3-point shooting percentage, making 46 of her 103 attempts.

Caroline Closing in on 1,000 Points                                            

Caroline Strande scored 484 points last year to move her career total to 759. 703 of those points have been in a Bulldog jersey (56 at Minnesota). She will attempt to become the 25th player in program history to score 1,000+ points. Kristen Spolyar (2016-20) was the last BU student-athlete to make the all-time scoring list (1,544 points).

Carter Crashes the Glass                                                               

Cristen Carter recorded more offensive rebounds (55) than defensive rebounds (53) during her rookie season at BU. She started in 16 games a year ago and shot 45% from the field.

Up Next                                                                                                                

The Bulldogs will spend the weekend in Milwaukee to face the Panthers on Saturday afternoon. The first road trip will stream on ESPN+ at 2 p.m.

IU INDY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

JAGUARS DOMINATE EVANSVILLE IN SEASON OPENER, 101-76

INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indy Jaguars opened their 2024-25 season with an impressive 101-76 victory over the Evansville Aces at the Jungle on Tuesday night. The Jaguars shot 57.4 percent from the floor, including a 46.4 mark (13-for-28) from beyond the arc, as the IU Indy offense dominated the game.

The Aces took an early lead in the first quarter, but the Jaguars quickly regained control. A layup by Shania Nichols-Vannett and a three-pointer from Nevaeh Foster gave IU Indy a two-point advantage heading into the first-quarter break. Despite Evansville shooting more efficiently, the Jaguars’ defense was relentless, forcing six turnovers and holding the Aces to a slight 30-28 deficit.

In the second quarter, IU Indy started to find their rhythm, shooting 50.0 percent from the field and forcing eight more turnovers from the Aces. With six steals and a balanced offensive attack, the Jaguars extended their lead to 52-42 at halftime.

The third quarter saw the Jaguars hit their offensive stride, shooting a game-high 73.3 percent from the floor. The Jags connected on 60.0 percent of their three-pointers (3-for-5) during the period. By the time the third quarter ended, IU Indy had built a commanding 78-60 lead.

The fourth quarter was more of the same, as the Jaguars maintained their offensive firepower. A driving layup from Azyah Newson-Cole in the closing minutes put the Jags over the 100-point mark, sending the Jungle into a frenzy. The Aces would add a jumper at the buzzer, but it was clear the game had already been decided, with IU Indy sealing the 101-76 win.

Nevaeh Foster led the way for the Jaguars with 23 points, including a 5-for-7 mark from three-point range, while also adding four steals. Katie Davidson contributed 19 points, dished out five assists, and matched Foster’s steal total with four of her own. Shania Nichols-Vannett finished with 17 points and three threes, while Faith Stinson grabbed a team-high five rebounds and Logan Lewis added four boards.

On the defensive end, IU Indy forced a total of 23 turnovers, including 16 steals. The Aces were limited to just 41.0 percent shooting from the floor.

With this dominant performance, the Jaguars will look to carry the momentum into Friday, when they travel to Muncie to take on the Ball State Cardinals.

BALL STATE FOOTBALL

CAREER RECEIVING MILESTONES IN LOSS TO MIAMI AT HOME

MUNCIE, Ind. — Justin Bowick’s career-high eight catches for 171 yards, and Tanner Koiziol’s record-breaking 68 single-season catches by a tight end highlighted Tuesday night’s Redbird Rivalry game between the Ball State Cardinals and Miami Redhawks. The Cardinals, however, fought in a losing effort, losing 27-21.

Bowick’s 171 receiving yards marked the most by a Ball State receiver since Riley Miller’s 208-yard performance versus Kent State in 2018.

The Cardinals (3-6, 2-3 MAC) fell in their rivalry matchup with the Redhawks (5-4, 4-1) for the fifth straight season. Miami won its fourth straight game.

With the game tied 21-21 to start the fourth quarter, Miami advanced the ball to Ball State’s 5-yard line to set up a go-ahead score and the lead the Redhawks never relinquished. Will Yates brought down Redhawks’ running back Kevin Davis for a 5-yard loss on second down, and after a third-down throw out of the back of the endzone, Miami settled for a field goal to take the lead 24-21.

Both teams traded fourth-quarter punts during consistent rain that poured over Scheumann Stadium throughout the night, until Miami sent a 39-yard field goal through the uprights in the game’s final minute.

Trying to summon the momentum of a last-minute drive 10 days earlier to beat Northern Illinois, Ball State made it to Miami’s 35-yard line before quarterback Kadin Semonza was sacked for a loss and threw an incomplete pass to Malcolm Gillie to effectively end the Cardinals’ final opportunity.

Tanner Koziol caught four passes on the night to eclipse the Ball State single-season record for catches by a tight end, breaking a 40-year-old standard of 67 set by Mike Leuck in 1983.

George Udo totaled nine tackles, followed by Keionte Newson’s eight. Scott Hudson tallied his first sack since transferring to Ball State for a loss on nine yards. The Cardinals’ biggest defensive highlights came from Brandon Berger to get Ball State on the board in the first period.

In back-to-back plays, Berger blew up the Redhawks’ third down play with a backfield loss, followed by his first career interception and a TD return of 46 yards on an errant punt attempt that was initially fumbled by punter Alec Bevelhimer, then passed into Berger’s arms.

Berger’s score was the first by the Ball State defense this season. Miami evened the game with a 75-yard, two-and-a-half-minute drive comprised of 41-yard and 34-yard passes.

Ball State trailed 21-13 at the intermission, following a pair of field goals from Jackson Courville and a pair of short touchdown passes by Redhawks’ QB Brett Gabbert.

Ball State knotted the score at 21 when Semonza connected with Justin Bowick for a 55-yard reception in the third period, and Cam Pickett’s completed a two-point conversion. Bowick’s grab was Ball State’s longest offensive score of the season.

Ball State resumes #MAC-tion play next Tuesday night when the Cardinals travel to Buffalo for a second consecutive midweek game.

BALL STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER

CHESTER NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL-MAC

Addie Chester has been voted First Team All-MAC by the Mid-American Conference head coaches, the league office announced Tuesday.

The junior led the Cardinals with 10 goals, eight assists and 28 points in her first year at Ball State after transferring in from Louisville. Chester also paced the team in game-winning goals (three), shots (46) and shots on goal (19).

“It is a well-deserved honor for Addie,” Ball State head coach Josh Rife said. “She has played well and shown up in big moments for our team all year. It’s exciting to know that she will be with us for one more season and hopefully build on the great year that she had.”

Chester ranked near the top of the MAC leaderboards in multiple categories to conclude the regular season including a tie for first in assists and assists per game (0.44), a tie for second in goals and third in goals per game (0.56), second in points and points per game (1.56) and seventh in shots and shots per game (2.56).

On the NCAA Division I leaderboard, Chester’s eight assists rank 24th nationally, and her 28 points rank 27th.

The striker had her best game against league regular season champion Western Michigan on Oct. 27 when she scored her first collegiate hat trick. Chester was one of only three MAC players to score three goals in a single match this season.

The eight assists set a new program single-season record while the 28 points tied Kate Nadalin (2002) for the most in Ball State history.

2024 MAC Women’s Soccer Postseason Specialty Award Winners

Coach of the Year: Lewis Robinson, Western Michigan

Offensive Player of the Year: Jen Blitchok, Western Michigan

Defensive Player of the Year: Norah Roush, Ohio

Goalkeeper of the Year: Lexie Thompson, Buffalo

Freshman of the Year: Jules Dolinski, Kent State

All-MAC First Team

Forward: Addie Chester, Ball State

Forward: Jaimason Brooker, Ohio

Forward: Jen Blitchok, Western Michigan

Forward: Taylor Hamlett, Miami

Midfielder: Eve Berish, Ohio

Midfielder: Lexi Czerwien, Bowling Green

Midfielder: Madi Canada, Western Michigan

Defender: Frederique St.-Jean, Buffalo

Defender: Heidi Thomasma, Western Michigan

Defender: Norah Roush, Ohio

Goalkeeper: Lexie Thompson, Buffalo

All-MAC Second Team

Forward: Abby Wethman, Western Michigan

Forward: Alisa Arthur, Kent State

Forward: Tyra King, Northern Illinois

Midfielder: Claudia Muessig, Central Michigan

Midfielder: Emme Butera, Bowling Green

Midfielder: Kaya Schultz, Buffalo

Midfielder: Siena Stambolich, Kent State

Defender: Ellie Simmons, Buffalo

Defender: Jamie Hlbec, Miami

Defender: Maia Kaufman, Ohio

Goalkeeper: Celeste Sloma, Ohio

All-Freshman Team

Ali Weibel, Kent State

Allison Collins, Kent State

Carolyn Hinkle, Buffalo

Gabby Anulare, Toledo

Haley Wolf, Bowling Green

Jules Dolinksi, Kent State

Julianna Hill, Northern Illinois

June Mullen, Western Michigan

Katie Henahan, Kent State

Maris Jennings, Miami

Payton O’Malley, Bowling Green

INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL

SYCAMORES LOOK TO CONTINUE MVFC WINNING WAYS AT NO. 5/5 SOUTH DAKOTA

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State is back at home looking to keep its winning streak alive as the Sycamores travel to No. 5/5 South Dakota on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff between the Sycamores and the Coyotes is set for 2 p.m. ET and will carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.

Notes

South Dakota at a Glance

South Dakota was selected third overall in the MVFC Preseason Poll receiving 371 total points as voted on by the league’s head coaches, SIDs, and media members. The Coyotes have been inside the top 10 in both major FCS polls for most of the season sitting No. 5 in both the Coaches and Media polls this week. Twelve different USD players were selected to the conference’s preseason team highlighted by First Team selections Carter Bell (WR/RS), JJ Galbreath (TE), Nick Gaes (DL), Dennis Shorter (DB), and Will Leyland (PK).

The Yotes took their first Valley loss in their last contest, dropping a 20-17 overtime decision to South Dakota State. South Dakota leads the nation in three different statistical categories including scoring defense (12.5), kickoff return average (37.29), and 4th Down% (100.0%). South Dakota boasts one of the top rushing attacks in the country averaging 213.6 yards per game. The Yotes do not turn the ball over sitting fourth in FCS allowing just five turnovers on the season.

On This Date

Indiana State has posted a 3-7 overall record on November 9 according to current records on hand. The Sycamores last won on the road on the date back in the 2002 season when the Sycamores topped Southern Illinois, 21-14. Indiana State’s last road game on the date came back in the 2019 season when the Sycamores fell on the road to #5 Northern Iowa, 17-9, in Cedar Falls.

1957 – vs. Ball State – L, 20-0

1963 – vs. St. Joseph’s – W, 28-0

1968 – vs. DePauw – W, 41-17

1974 – at Illinois State – L, 16-7

1985 – vs. Ball State – L, 29-27

1991 – at Northern Iowa – L, 49-21

1996 – vs. Northern Iowa – L, 34-19

2002 – at Southern Illinois – W, 21-14

2013 – at South Dakota State – L, 29-0

2019 – at Northern Iowa – L, 17-0

Pursuing Three Consecutive MVFC Wins

Indiana State heads into the weekend matchup against South Dakoa pursuing something the team has not accomplished since the 2019 season – winning three consecutive MVFC games. The Sycamores have now achieved the feat twice during Head Coach Curt Mallory’s tenure at the helm as Indiana State continues to play in FCS’ premier conference.

The prior to this weekend, the last time Indiana State won back-to-back MVFC games came over the final two contests of the 2019 season when the Sycamores topped both Youngstown State (home) and Missouri State (away).

Indiana State MVFC Winning Streaks Under Mallory

Two Games

Nov. 16, 2019 vs Youngstown State W, 24-17

Nov. 23, 2019 at Missouri State W, 51-24

Oct. 26, 2024 vs. Southern Illinois W, 20-17

Nov. 2, 2024 vs. #15 North Dakota W, 35-31

Five Games

Oct. 20, 2018 at Southern Illinois W, 24-21

Oct. 27, 2018 at Youngstown State W, 43-17

Nov. 3, 2018 vs South Dakota W, 51-48

Nov. 10, 2018 vs #22 Illinois State W, 28-23

Nov. 17, 2018 at Western Illinois W, 15-13

Last Time Beat a Ranked Opponent

Prior to Saturday’s win over North Dakota, Indiana State’s last win over a ranked opponent came back in the 2018 season in Missouri Valley Football play as a part of the team’s five-game winning streak to wrap up a 7-4 overall campaign. The Sycamores topped No. 22 Illinois State on November 10, 2018, 28-23, inside Memorial Stadium.

Sycamore Ranked Wins under Mallory

Nov. 9, 2019 vs. #22 Illinois State W, 28-23

Nov. 2, 2024 vs. #15 North Dakota W, 35-31

NCAA FCS Top 20

Indiana State enters the weekend boasting several players sitting among the national leaders in multiple statistical categories. Rashad Rochelle, Elijah Owens, Garret Ollendieck, Jorge Valdes, and Tony Roberts are all among the national top-20 among the individual categories on the season heading into Saturday’s game.

National Top 20 Individual Ranks

Total Tackles Geoffrey Brown 10.4 (4th)

Fumbles Recovered Garret Ollendieck 2 (5th)

Combined Kick Returns Rashad Rochelle 555 (9th)

Completion Percentage Elijah Owens 70.5% (7th)

Passes Defended Jorge Valdes/Tony Roberts 1.1 (16th)

PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S SOCCER

‘DONS SHUTOUT IU INDY 1-0 TO EARN #HLMSOC POSTSEASON BERTH

INDIANAPOLIS – A goal by Felipe Medina in the second minute was all the scoring the Purdue Fort Wayne men’s soccer team needed to defeat IU Indianapolis 1-0 on Tuesday (Nov. 5) afternoon.

Medina took a pass inside the 18-yard box from Marco Valencia and beat the IU Indy goalkeeper to his right. Medina entered the game with three assists on the season but the goal stands as his first as a ‘Don.

The win gave the Mastodons three big points in the standings and helped clinch a berth in the league tournament for a second consecutive season. It was also the Mastodons’ seventh shutout of the year. Nic Diana made three saves for his sixth shutout of the season.

Purdue Fort Wayne finishes the regular season with 13 points, tied with Cleveland State. The Vikings earn the No. 5 seed with the ‘Dons taking the No. 6 seed due to Cleveland State’s win over the ‘Dons earlier this season.

The ‘Dons will play at No. 3 seed Milwaukee on Sunday (Nov. 10) at 2 p.m. ET. The Mastodons blanked Milwaukee 2-0 earlier this season in Fort Wayne.

Purdue Fort Wayne finishes the regular season 7-6-2 (4-4-1 Horizon League). IU Indianapolis concludes their season 5-9-3 (2-6-1 Horizon League).

EVANSVILLE MEN’S BASKETBALL

ACES BATTLE TO THE FINISH IN SEASON OPENER

DENTON, Texas – University of Evansville freshman Gabriel Pozzato scored a game-high 28 points in his collegiate debut as the Purple Aces men’s basketball team fell to North Texas by a final of 80-63 on Tuesday night at the Super Pit.

Pozzato converted 10 of his 16 attempts while hitting three triples and hauling in three boards.  Tanner Cuff recorded 11 points while Tayshawn Comer scored nine in his UE debut.  Jasper Floyd was the leading scorer for the Mean Green, finishing with 23 while Johnathan Massie scored 18.

“In the first half, we were just impatient and let their pressure get the best of us.  I thought we finally settled in as the second half went along,” UE head coach David Ragland said.  “We were able to put some more pressure on them and hit some shots.  There are some good segments on both ends that we can take away and learn from tonight.  We will learn from this experience and get better because of it.”

Cuff gave UE a 2-0 lead out of the gate before the Mean Green countered with a 9-1 run to go up 9-3.  UNT converted its first three outside attempts.  Gabriel Pozzato knocked down Evansville’s first 3-pointer of the night to cut the deficit to three before a triple from Tayshawn Comer made it a 13-9 game at the 14:34 mark of the opening half.

That is when North Texas kicked it into high gear.  Over the next ten minutes, UNT outscored the Aces by a 26-5 margin to open a 39-14 advantage as the first half entered its final five minutes.  They would extend the lead to 26 points (42-16) in the final two minutes before a late free throw by Pozzato made it a 42-17 game at the break.  The Mean Green shot 47.1% from the field and long range in the first half while the defense held UE to 27.3% in the first half and 15.4% (2-for-13) from outside.

Despite facing a 29-point deficit in the opening moments of the second half, the Aces battled back.  One minute in, the Mean Green took a game-high 46-17 lead.  UE made a quick 4-0 spurt before UNT established a 52-24 lead at the 16-minute mark.  Over the next five minutes, the Aces put together their best stretch of the night, going on a 16-3 run to make it a 15-point game.

Cam Haffner got on the board with consecutive triples before Pozzato recorded 10 points as UE made it a 55-40 game with 11:15 remaining while two more free throws by the freshman made it a 14-point game with 8:09 showing on the clock.  The teams traded baskets over the next several minutes as UNT worked to avoid letting the Aces get any closer.  UE made it a 12-point game in the final minutes before the Mean Green finished the night with the 80-63 triumph.

Evansville outshot North Texas by a 46.8%-45.6% margin.  In its second-half comeback attempt, the Aces shot 64% and converted six of their final 13 tries from outside.  The Mean Green completed the night with a 39-22 edge on the glass.  Josh Hughes was the leading rebounder for UE, finishing with six while Cuff posted five boards and four assists.

On Saturday, UE will open its regular-season home slate with a 1 p.m. game against Brescia.

EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

ACES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STUMBLES IN SEASON OPENER

INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Evansville women’s basketball team dropped its first game of the 2024-25 season 101-76 at IU Indy.

Despite a strong start with a 26-point first quarter, the Purple Aces offense couldn’t keep pace with the IU Indy Jaguars. Four UE players ended the night in double-digits led by sophomore forward Maggie Hartwig (Sauk City, Wis. / Sauk Prairie HS) with 21 points. Also in double-digits were senior guard Julia Palomo (La Seu d’Urgell, Spain) and freshman guards Camryn Runner (Cicero, Ind. / Hamilton Heights HS) and Kylee Norkus (Naperville, Ill. / Neuqua Valley HS).

It was a quick start for Evansville as Palomo hit the first bucket of the night with a three-pointer. The Aces kept the lead for over six minutes as UE made two threes and held the Jaguars scoreless for two separate minute stretches. But IU Indy caught back up to Evansville as the lead was traded three times in the final four minutes of the first quarter. A three with just under 40 seconds on the clock for the Jaguars had the Aces down by only two after 10 minutes.

Neither team found the basket for the first minute and a half of the second quarter. But IU Indy began the scoring with five points to set UE back by seven. Evansville was able to cut into the deficit at the line, but an 11-point run for the Jaguars forced an Aces timeout midway through the quarter. Hartwig eventually broke the scoring drought for UE with a jumper trey as Evansville had a brief four-point run with just over two to go. IU Indy increased its lead to 13 with a minute left in the half but a fast break bucket and trip to the line for the Aces made it a 52-42 game after two quarters.

The second half began with traded baskets between the teams for the first seven minutes. An eight-point run for the Jaguars pushed UE’s deficit to 19. Hartwig broke the IU Indy run with another three in the final minute of the third quarter. But the trey was the last made bucket making it a 78-60 game with only 10 minutes remaining.

Evansville had a four-point run early in the final quarter of the night bringing the gap down to 16 points. The Aces weren’t able to string together another run until the final minute and a half of the game. The Jaguar lead ballooned to 29 with under two minutes to go after a 14-2 stretch over three minutes. UE made three more baskets to end the game but ultimately fell to IU Indy 101-76.

Along with leading the team on offense Hartwig also led the team in rebounds with nine. Point guard Avery Kelley (Evansville, Ind. / Memorial HS) dished out five assists while four separate players had a steal each. Evansville’s best shooting quarter was the first as they went almost 70% from the floor while overall the team shot 41%. The Aces struggled with turnovers, giving the ball away 23 times on Tuesday. But UE got extra chances throughout the game by drawing 21 fouls for 28 chances at the line.

Evansville hosts its first home game of the 2024-25 season on Sunday, November 10th. The Aces will welcome Wright State to Meeks Family Fieldhouse for the first time as the Raiders last visited the River City in 2008. Tip-off for Sunday’s game is set for 11 a.m.

VALPO MEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL TO HOST HOME OPENER ON FRIDAY

Concordia Ann Arbor (1-0, 0-0 WHAC)

at Valparaiso (0-1, 0-0 MVC)

Game No. 2 – Friday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m. CT

Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) – Valparaiso, Ind.

Next Up in Valpo Basketball: The Valparaiso University men’s basketball team will open up the home portion of the regular season and begin a five-game homestand as Concordia Ann Arbor comes to town on Friday. This contest will count as an exhibition for the Cardinals but will be considered a regular-season affair for the Beacons. Early-arriving fans will receive a giveaway item that you don’t want to miss – limited edition basketball schedule cups.

Last Time Out: Fifth-year senior Tyler Schmidt poured in 17 points in his Valpo debut, but Liberty prevailed 83-63 in Monday’s season opener at the Athletes in Action Total Athlete Tip-Off in Xenia, Ohio. Devon Ellis (13) and Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro (12) joined Schmidt in double figures as the trio of transfers made their Valpo debuts. The Beacons were just 2-of-15 (13.3 percent) from beyond the 3-point arc. Kaspar Sepp squeezed a team-high eight rebounds.

Following the Beacons: Streaming – ESPN+ – Todd Ickow (play-by-play) and Jamie Stangel (analyst)

Valpo Radio – 95.1 FM, WVUR, ValpoAthletics.com, TuneIn Radio App – Eli Conklin and Austin Amburgey

Twitter updates – @ValpoBasketball

Links for video, audio and live stats will be available at ValpoAthletics.com.

Head Coach Roger Powell Jr.: Roger Powell Jr. (7-26) is in his second season as the head coach of the Valpo men’s basketball program. After helping guide Gonzaga to a 121-13 record during his four seasons as an assistant coach, Powell returned to Valpo, where he was part of head coach Bryce Drew’s staff from 2011-2016 and led the team to 124 wins in five seasons, including a program-record 30 victories and a National Invitation Tournament (NIT) title game appearance in 2015-16. He was part of head coach Mark Few’s Gonzaga staff as the Bulldogs reached the 2021 national championship game after winning their first 31 games of the season. During Powell’s first season on staff in 2019-20, Gonzaga was 31-2 at the time the NCAA college basketball season was halted due to COVID-19. The Bulldogs reached the Sweet Sixteen in each of his final three seasons on staff, including two Elite Eight appearances and the aforementioned trip to the 2021 national title game. Prior to his arrival at Gonzaga, Powell served as the associate head coach at Vanderbilt University under Bryce Drew from 2016-2019. During his stint as an assistant at Valpo, he was part of four Horizon League regular-season championships in a five-year period while also leading the 2012-13 and 2014-15 squads to Horizon League tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. A product of Joliet West High School and a native of Joliet, Ill., Powell capped a prolific collegiate playing career at Illinois with a national title game appearance in 2005 before going on to a successful professional playing career.

Series Notes: Valpo has played Concordia (Wis.), Concordia (Ill.), Concordia (Minn.), Concordia Seminary (Mo.) and even Concordia (Ind.) back in 1934, but this will be the team’s first game against Concordia Ann Arbor.

ARC Openers

After starting the season with a neutral-site matchup against Liberty on Monday, Valpo will tip off the Athletics-Recreation Center portion of the season on Friday night.

Valpo will play five straight games at the ARC prior to their first true road game of the season on Nov. 29 at DePaul.

The program is 18-1 in its last 19 home openers with 16 of those home-opening victories coming by double-figure margins.

Schmidt Shines in Beacon Debut

A graduate transfer who scored 2,267 points in his four-year NAIA career at Olivet Nazarene, Tyler Schmidt didn’t skip a beat in his Division-I debut. The Valpo native who attended Valpo men’s basketball kids camps as a child scored 17 points in his Beacon debut on Nov. 4 vs. Liberty.

Schmidt shot 7-of-8 from the field, becoming the first Valpo player to post a single-game shooting percentage of .875 or better with at least eight attempts since Nick Robinson went 7-for-8 on Dec. 17, 2020 vs. Purdue Northwest.

He was the first player to accomplish that feat against a Division-I opponent since Donovan Clay went 8-for-8 from the field on Dec. 30, 2019.

Schmidt, who played 24 minutes, also squeezed five rebounds, went 2-of-2 at the free-throw line and drilled his only triple try.

Schmidt became the first Valpo player to shoot .875 from the field on at least eight attempts while also recording eight rebounds since Deion Lavender (8-for-8 FG, eight rebounds) on Nov. 16, 2018 vs. Monmouth. Eight Valpo players have achieved that feat in the last 14 years – Schmidt, Lavender, Derrik Smits, Joe Burton, Alec Peters, Bobby Capobianco, Kevin Van Wijk and Ryan Broekhoff.

Other Notes Wrapping Up Nov. 4: Liberty 83, Valpo 63

­­Three Beacons finished in double figures in the season opener – all transfers into the program making their Valpo debut – Tyler Schmidt (17), Devon Ellis (13) and Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro (12).

Ellis had his 17th career double-figure scoring output at the D1 level, while De La Cruz Monegro registered his 15th. Schmidt has scored in double figures 98 times at the collegiate level.

De La Cruz Monegro became just the fifth Valpo player to go perfect at the foul-line with a minimum of eight attempts in the last seven years, joining Cooper Schwieger (9-for-9 on Jan. 20, 2024 vs. UIC), Kobe King (8-for-8 on Jan. 17, 2023 vs. UIC), Nick Robinson (8-for-8 on Nov. 12, 2019 at SIUE) and Markus Golder (8-for-8 on March 7, 2019 vs. Indiana State).

Ellis, De La Cruz Monegro and redshirt sophomore Isaiah Shaw all started in their Valpo debuts. Senior Darius DeAveiro made his 38th career start, while sophomore Cooper Schwieger made his 32nd.

Sophomore Kaspar Sepp paced the team in rebounds with eight. He led the squad on the glass four times a year ago. Schwieger corralled six boards.

Valpo went just 2-of-15 from 3-point territory, while Liberty knocked down 10 of its 24 3-point attempts.

The Beacons went 17-of-21 at the free-throw line, shooting 81 percent at the stripe.

The season opener came against a formidable foe as Liberty entered the game with 149 wins over the last six seasons, the eighth most nationally in that span.

Scouting the Cardinals

Concordia Ann Arbor is a member of the NAIA Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference.

The Cardinals are instructed by 12th-year head coach Ricky Yahn.

Concordia Ann Arbor won 83-78 at Goshen on Oct. 29 in their lone game thus far.

Last season, the team was 9-19 overall and 7-15 in conference play.

Schwieger Back for More

After being named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year at the conclusion of the 2023-24 season, Cooper Schwieger is back in a Valpo uniform for his sophomore campaign.

Schwieger has hauled in several preseason accolades, being named to the Preseason All-MVC First Team and the Blue Ribbon Magazine Preseason All-MVC First Team.

Schwieger was tabbed to the 2023-24 Kyle Macy Freshman All-America Team and a finalist for the Kyle Macy Freshman of the Year Award by CollegeInsider.com last season.

By earning the MVC Freshman of the Year Award, he became just the fourth Valpo rookie to win a league Newcomer/Freshman of the Year distinction, joining Lubos Barton (1998-99), Bryce Drew (1994-95) and Lance Barker (1991-92). He was the first to do so in a quarter of a century and the last two are members of the Valpo Athletics Hall of Fame.

Schwieger was just the fourth MVC freshman since 1992-93 to average at least 13.0 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per game, joining three other Freshmen of the Year – Southern Illinois’ Marcus Domask (2019-20), Creighton’s Doug McDermott (2010-11) and Tulsa’s Shea Seals (1993-94).

Also a member of the MVC All-Freshman Team, Schwieger led all MVC rookies in the following categories – overall points per game (13.2), overall rebounds per game (5.4), MVC-only points per game (14.6) and MVC-only rebounds per game (5.7). He also had 11 steals, 28 blocks and 31 assists while shooting 50.2 percent from the field, 36.3 percent from 3 and 78.9 percent from the free-throw line. In league play, he shot 51.9 percent from the field, 38.7 percent from 3 and 82.2 percent from the free-throw line.

Schwieger finished the season as the only freshman in the nation averaging double figures in scoring and shooting 50 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free-throw line in league play.

He was one of only six players in the MVC to average double figures in scoring and shoot at least 50 percent from the field and 80 percent from the line in league play, joining Robbie Avila (All-MVC First Team), Malevy Leons (All-MVC First Team), Cade Tyson (All-MVC Second Team), Jayson Kent (All-MVC Second Team) and Ja’Kobi Gillespie (All-MVC Second Team).

The freshman sensation finished the season with 409 points, tied with Belmont’s Cade Tyson’s 2022-23 season for the 23rd most points by a freshman in the long and proud history of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Schwieger was one of nine freshmen nationally to average 13.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg. He became just the third Valpo freshman to average over 13.0 points per game since 1992-93, joining Lubos Barton (13.8, 1998-99) and Bryce Drew (13.4 ppg, 1994-95), both Valpo Athletics Hall of Famers.

Schwieger became the third Valpo freshman since 1992-93 to average over 5.0 rebounds per game, joining Raitis Grafs (1999-00, 5.8) and Lubos Barton (1998-99, 5.6), both Valpo Athletics Hall of Famers.

He was named the MVC Freshman of the Week a league-high five times – Nov. 27, Jan. 15, Jan. 24, Feb. 12 and March 4.

Schwieger scored in double figures 20 times and had six games with 20+ points including a season-high 28 points in a March 3 win over Illinois State, the highest scoring output by a Valpo freshman since Alec Peters in March 2014. He had back-to-back double-doubles on Jan. 14 at Illinois State and Jan. 17 at Evansville including a season-high 13 boards in the Jan. 14 win in Bloomington-Normal.

The rookie ranked 19th in the MVC in scoring average at 13.2 ppg, 20th in rebounding at 5.4 rpg, ninth in field-goal percentage at 50.2, ninth in blocked shots per game at 0.9 and 10th in offensive rebounds per game at 1.94. In league-only play, he ranked 14th in scoring average at 14.6, 19th in rebounding average at 5.74, seventh in field-goal percentage at 51.9, tied for 14th in blocks per game at 0.74 and tied for ninth in offensive rebounds per game at 2.0.

VALPO FOOTBALL

HOOSIER HELMET TROPHY ON THE LINE AT BROWN FIELD ON SATURDAY

Butler (7-2, 3-2 PFL)

at Valparaiso (3-5, 1-3 PFL)

Game #9 Saturday, Nov. 9, 1 p.m. CT

Brown Field (5,000) – Valparaiso, Ind.

This Week in Valpo Football: When it comes to a Valparaiso University football season, there are games, and then there’s THE game. This week falls into the latter category as the Beacons welcome Butler to the northwest portion of the state for the latest installment of the Battle for the Hoosier Helmet. When these two teams get together, throw the records out the window and expect an all-out battle with a rivalry trophy hanging in the balance.  

Previously: Valpo had a scheduled bye week last week, and it came after returning to the win column with a 17-14 victory over Marist on Oct. 26 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. With the game on the line, the Valpo defense delivered a pair of impressive pass breakups in the final minute, with Nic Lendino stripping away a would-be go-ahead touchdown pass on third-and-1 from the Valpo 28. Then, Mark Johnson broke up a pass on a fourth-down flea-flicker to make it a happy flight home for the Beacons. Michael Mansaray ran for a season-high 135 yards and two scores.

Series Notes: The Bulldogs lead 53-30 in an all-time series that goes all the way back to 1927. The two teams have played each other on the gridiron every season since 1951. Valpo had won three in a row and five out of six including a 47-3 thrashing on Nov. 13, 2021, but Butler has won each of the last two matchups, 26-25 on Oct. 15, 2022 at Brown Field and 17-7 on Oct. 28, 2023 in Indianapolis. Last year at the Sellick Bowl, the two teams were scoreless at halftime. Valpo somehow punted only once and had just one turnover in a game in which the team was limited to seven points. The last Brown Field matchup saw the guests overcome a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit and take their first lead of the game with 1:45 to go.

Following the Beacons: Saturday’s game will air on ESPN+ with Todd Ickow (play-by-play) and Tom Byrne (analyst) on the call. In addition, the hometown radio call will be available on 95.1 FM Valparaiso, ValpoAthletics.com and the TuneIn Radio app. Links to live video, audio and stats can be found on ValpoAthletics.com.

Head Coach Landon Fox: Landon Fox (20-40) is in his sixth season as the head coach of the Valparaiso University football program in 2024. Over the last four seasons, Fox has led Valpo to 14 Pioneer Football League victories, the most in a four-year period in program history. This stretch marks Valpo’s most league wins in a four-year period in any conference since 1961-1964. Fox finished the 2023 season with 17 victories as Valpo head coach, tied for the seventh most in program history. He coached his 2023 team to a 3-2 record at Brown Field, the group’s highest home win total since 2017. Fox’s teams continued to thrive academically in 2023 as well, led by PFL Scholar-Athlete of the Year Evan Annis, who became the first Beacon to earn that honor. He was part of a group of five Academic All-PFL selections, tied for the most in the league and the program’s most since 1998. During the 2022 campaign, Valpo had 64 PFL Honor Roll members, the most in program history. After spending the previous 11 seasons as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at the University of Dayton, Fox was named the head football coach at Valpo prior to the 2019 season. He helped the Flyers finish with 10 winning seasons in his 11 years on staff and guided a defensive backfield that produced one All-American, four Academic All-Americans, two PFL Special Teams Players of the Year and three corners who were invited to NFL Rookie Minicamp. Prior to joining Dayton’s staff, Fox served as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at Wayne State University in Detroit from 2005-2007. He also spent time as a defensive graduate assistant at Ball State University (2004), Dayton (2002-2003) and Lakeland College (2001). Fox began his coaching career as an assistant varsity coach at Preble Shawnee High School in Camden, Ohio during the 2000 season. During his playing days, Fox was a team captain and all-conference performer at Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio from 1995-1999 and graduated with a degree in physical education and health in May 2000 before earning his master’s degree in education from Lakeland in May 2002.

Recognition Rolls In

Three members of the program were recognized for their contributions in Valpo’s 17-14 victory at Marist on Oct. 26.

Sophomore defensive back Mark Johnson was named the PFL Defensive Player of the Week after producing a career-high 10 tackles to share the team lead. He delivered a game-clinching pass breakup on Marist’s final offensive snap of the contest.

Redshirt freshman linebacker Nic Lendino also had a crucial pass breakup, stripping away a would-be go-ahead touchdown pass on Marist’s penultimate offensive snap. Lendino’s big breakup was the cherry on top of a day that featured a career-high seven tackles including a team-high four solos. Although the PFL does not officially recognize a Freshman of the Week, Lendino was tabbed the league’s top freshman and was nominated for national recognition. He earned FCS National Freshman of the Week honorable mention from Stats Perform for his efforts against the Red Foxes.

Redshirt senior punter Sam Johnson – no relation to Mark – helped Valpo own an advantage of nearly 10 yards per punt over Marist’s punting average, a win in the punting game that played a key role in the victory on the scoreboard in a tight, low-scoring affair. Johnson averaged 45.2 yards per punt on five attempts, pinning two inside the 20 including his long of 61. Johnson won his third PFL Special Teams Player of the Week Award this season.

In total, Valpo has six PFL weekly awards this season including four honors provided by the special teams unit. Michael Mansaray (offense) and Ryan Hawk (special teams) were both recognized on Sept. 22 for their roles in Valpo’s 31-23 double overtime victory over Roosevelt, while Johnson was previously named PFL Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 15 and Oct. 20.

Punting Prowess

Redshirt senior punter Sam Johnson is not only in position to break the program record for single-season punting average, but he is also poised to become the Pioneer Football League season-single recordholder.

Greg Wood’s 2010 punting average of 43.63 yards per punt is currently not only the Valpo program record, but also the PFL single-season record. He is slightly ahead of Ben Niesner, who turned in a punting average of 43.58 in Spring 2021.

Johnson is up to fourth nationally in FCS with his punting average of 46.8. Valpo’s team punting average of 43.26 ranks second nationally behind only Youngstown State (43.59).

Johnson is in position to lead the PFL in punting average, marking the fifth straight year that the PFL leader in punting is a member of Valpo’s program.

Johnson has booted 18 punts 50+ yards this season, already believed to be the most in program history, more than Greg Wood’s high of 15 in 2011.

Hawk’s Nest

Johnson isn’t the only Valpo specialist finding success, as Ryan Hawk is 9-for-12 this season and 13-for-19 in his career on field-goal tries.

The Valpo kicker is only two makes away from cracking the program’s all-time top 5. Andrew McCawley (2003) and Dimitrios Latsonas (2017) are tied for fifth in program history with 11 made field goals in a single season.

Valpo’s record for made field goals in a single-season is 13, which has stood since it was established by Kevin Mackey in 1984.

Hawk is a perfect 7-for-7 on field-goal attempts that are less than 40 yards.

In addition, 17 of his 28 kickoffs this season have gone for touchbacks and he’s a perfect 11-for-11 on PATs.

Hawk ranks tied for 26th nationally and third in the PFL by hitting 75 percent of his field-goal tries. He ranks 27th nationally and second in the PFL at 1.13 made field goals per game.

Career Notes

Kevin Spelman has 12.5 career sacks. Since 2005, that is the third most career sacks by a Valpo player behind John Guilford (2012-2015; 19.5) and Nikko Carson (2009-2011, 13). Spelman recently passed Tre Purty (12, 2019-2021).

Spelman has 74 yards from sacks, tied for the second most in a Valpo career since 2005, behind only John Guilford (125).

Sam Hafner owns 22.5 career tackles for loss, the fifth most by a Valpo player since 2005. Guilford (40, 2012-15) has the most, followed by Nikko Carson (30, 2009-2011), Tre Purty (26.5, 2019-21) and Adam Rundh (25, 2006-2009).

Max Franco has 21 career passes defended (19 breakups, two interceptions), the third most by a Valpo player since 2005. Josmar Diaz-Martinez (29, 2015-18) leads, followed by Kohlton Sherman (24, 2018-2022).

Notes Wrapping Up Week 9: Valpo 17, Marist 14

Running back Michael Mansaray rushed for a season-high 135 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. He was just shy of his career high of 141 set on Sept. 18, 2021 at Cal Poly while playing for South Dakota.

Quarterback Caron Tyler went 14-of-20 through the air for 131 yards. Eight Beacons caught passes, led by Jack Coulson with three catches for 57 yards.

Mark Johnson and Jimmy Pouba both registered career highs in the tackle department as they shared the team lead with 10 apiece.

In the kicking game, Sam Johnson averaged 45.2 yards per punt on five attempts, while Ryan Hawk improved to 9-for-12 for the season and 13-for-18 in his career on field goals. He was also 2-for-2 on PATs and two of his four kickoffs went for touchbacks.

Marist outgained Valpo 298-292 in total offense, but Valpo held a 161-136 advantage on the ground. The Beacons overcame nine penalties for 87 yards in a turnover-free contest.

Junior Jeffery Vercher had a 47-yard kickoff return.

This marked Valpo’s 28th one-score game in Landon Fox’s time as Valpo head coach.

Valpo won at Marist for the second straight trip, in the process ending a 10-game road skid that dated back to the previous visit to Poughkeepsie on Nov. 12, 2022.

Around the PFL

As time has gone on, the strength of the three teams that Valpo has lost to in PFL play has become more and more evident. While Valpo’s 0-3 start to PFL play still wasn’t ideal, it’s fair to note that it came against the three teams that currently represent the top three in the league standings.

Drake, Morehead State and St. Thomas own a combined 13-2 record in PFL play. They are the three teams who enter the final three weeks of the season with the best chance in the PFL title race as the only three teams in the league with one loss or fewer. Drake has the upper hand at 5-0, followed by Morehead State (4-1) and St. Thomas (4-1).

Valpo’s 17-5 loss at Morehead State to open PFL play didn’t look good at the time based on preseason projections, but the Eagles have turned out to be the league’s surprise story as their lone loss has come to Butler and they’ve held PFL opponents to seven points or fewer in all four of their league wins including a 21-7 victory over St. Thomas in Week 10.

Inside the Bulldogs  

Valpo continues a season where all four home PFL opponents were picked in the top four of the league’s preseason poll when Butler comes to town on Saturday. The Bulldogs were picked fourth in the preseason projections.

Head coach Mike Uremovich has already clinched his third winning season in three years leading the program after taking over a rebuilding project when he arrived prior to the 2022 campaign.

The highlight of the season was a 19-17 victory at Murray State on Sept. 7 as the Bulldogs knocked off a full-scholarship Missouri Valley Football Conference opponent.

The offense has been stellar, as Butler has scored 40 points or more six times this year, accounting for six of the team’s seven victories.

The last two weeks have been no exception, as the Bulldogs own 48-38 and 46-13 wins over Davidson and Stetson.

Notes Wrapping Up Week 8: St. Thomas 42, Valpo 14

Jack Coulson made an impressive catch for his first score in a Valpo uniform. After entering the day with two receptions for 12 yards, Coulson produced four grabs for a team-high 54 yards against the Tommies.

Ryan Mann had a season-high 69 rushing yards on 17 carries. His touchdown was his first of the season and the fourth of his career.

Redshirt freshman Camari Harris collected eight tackles, representing a season high. He entered the game with 10 total tackles for the season.

Junior Jeffery Vercher had six kickoff returns for 146 yards with a long of 44, which was Valpo’s longest of the season.

Valpo produced 244 yards of total offense, more than its previous two PFL games combined, but was hurt by three turnovers, losing the turnover battle 3-0.

The Tommies racked up 424 yards of total offense, split almost exactly down the middle between rushing (213) and passing (211).

MARIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MARIAN CLAIMS FIRST HOME VICTORY OF THE SEASON

Indianapolis, Ind.- The Marian women’s basketball hosted their 2024-25 home opener this evening against Oakland City. The Knights claimed their first home win of the season in a final score of 63-60. Marian is now 2-0 overall on the 2024-25 season.

Taylor Double got the points rolling for the Knights with a jumper at the 8:06 mark to get Marian on the board first. The Mighty Oaks fired back with a three-pointer followed by a layup to take the 5-2 lead with six minutes remaining in the first quarter. Zoe Wheeler pushed at the visitors lead with a three pointer at the four minute mark to start the Knights rally. Abbey McNally followed up with two layups to take the lead back into the Knights hands. Wheeler continued to increase Marian’s lead with a jump-shot to bring the score 11-8 in favor of Marian and forced an Oakland City timeout. The Mighty Oaks finished up the first quarter with two layups to take the 12-11 lead.

McNally opened up the second quarter with a layup off of a pass from Double to take the 13-12 lead. Olivia Faust got her hand in the mix with a jumper at the 8:50 mark. The Mighty Oaks and Knights traded baskets in the midway point of the second quarter with Oakland City having two layups and a jumper. Faust claimed a jumper and Kiley McNally ticked off a layup and two pairs of free throws to keep the 23-18 lead after the media timeout. Olivia Faust finished off the second quarter with a three pointer to bring the score 32-27 going into halftime.

The Mighty Oaks and Knights opened up the third quarter trading threes with Double claiming the three for Marian extending their lead 35-30. Abbey McNally continued Marian’s push with two layups followed by a layup from Double to force a visitors timeout. Marian claimed their largest lead of the Knight with a three-pointer on the left from Faust to bring the game to a 12 point margin. Oakland City pushed at the margin with a pair of free throws and a layup to force a Marian timeout with the score 46-38. McNally and the visitors traded layups to end the third quarter with a score of 48-40.

Kiley McNally opens up the fourth quarter with back-to-back layups to bring the margin back to 12 points and forcing an Oakland City timeout. The visitors pushed at Marian’s lead with a free throw and layup before calling their last timeout of the game. Abbey McNally made a pair of free throws followed up by Wheeler’s layup to extend the Knights lead 56-45. The Mighty Oaks continued to push at Marian’s lead with back-to-back layups and a three pointer. Emily Grimm was able to extend Marian’s margin with two good free throws to bring the score 58-52. The visitors brought the margin down to one with a pair of free throws and a three-pointer at the 1:58 mark. Olivia Faust increased the margin once again making a pair of free throws with 1:28 left to play. The Mighty Oaks made their final push with a good jumper that was followed by Grimm’s attack with a good free throw to bring the margin 61-59 with 53 seconds left to play. Kiley McNally extended the Knights lead with a good layup. Oakland City made their final attempts with a good free throw to bring the final score 63-60 and allow Marian to secure the win.

Abbey McNally claimed the most points for the Knights with 16 on the evening. Kiley McNally was close behind with 14 and Olivia Faust claimed 12 on the evening. Zoe Wheeler, Faust, and Abbey McNally each tallied six rebounds on the evening. Kiley McNally wasn’t far behind with five.

The Knights will be back in action on Friday and Saturday as they host and compete in the Catholic Classic. On Friday Marian will play against MidAmerica Nazarene at 7:30 p.m. and then will take on St. Xavier on Saturday at 1:00 p.m..

INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE WEBSITES

INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/

EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/

WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/

FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/

ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/

ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index

TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index

BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/

DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/

HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/

MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/

HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/

OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx

ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index

IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/

IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/

IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/

PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/

INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx

GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/

ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/

GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/

HOY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php

TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/

VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index

NUMBERS IN SPORTS

35 – 17 – 28 – 32 – 23

November 6,  1961 – US government issues a stamp honoring the 100th birthday of James Naismith. The interesting thing is that Naismith was reported to actually be Canadian. This legend invented game of basketball and is often credited with possibly being the first to wear head protection on the gridiron.

November 6,  1969 – The Inaugural Cy Young Award is a tie between Mike Cuellar (Number 35 of the Baltimore Orioles) and Number 17 of the Detroit Tigers, Denny McLain

November 6,  1974 – LA Dodger Mike Marshall, Number 28 was the 1st relief pitcher to win the Cy Young Award

November 6,  1983 – Tampa Bay Buccaneer Number 32, James Wilder rushed for 219 yards against the Minnesota Vikings defense

November 6,  1990 – Atlanta Braves’ Number 23, David Justice won the NL Rookie of the Year

November 6,  1995: Art Modell officially announced that the original Cleveland Browns were moving to Baltimore, Maryland. They would later be known as the Ravens.

FOOTBALL HISTORY

November 6, 1869 – The College of New Jersey, that later became Princeton and Rutgers played each other in a football match. This information comes from princetontigersfootball.com. The word match should be a clue to all of this that the game is not recognizable to our era as being the game of American football that we know and love. The game was played using a round shaped ball, and they used Football Association (soccer) rules but the style of play closely resembled rugby. This game marked the beginning of intercollegiate football and subsequently has gone down in the history books as the first American college football game. The contest ended in a Rutgers win in which they scored six runs to Princeton’s four. Two weeks later, after the inaugural game, Princeton handed Rutgers its first loss– eight runs to zero. Both Rutgers and Princeton were retroactively awarded the 1869 National Championship.

Racine Eleven Dismissed

A fun fact about Racine’s football team was that in 1903 the program ended for what we would look at today as the oddest of circumstances! A November 6, 1903 article in the Champagne, Illinois Daily Gazette posts the headline of:

Bounced for Eating Fudges: Football team of Racine Gets its Walking Papers

Yes the entire football team was discharged allegedly because the players were caught eating fudge which in the eyes of the school administration was thought to make them poor students and athletes. Thank God that same criteria isn’t used for your friendly blog writer! For more on some Racine College football history go to our story from May 30.

Under the Lights for the 1st time

November 6, 1929 – Providence, Rhode Island – Just days after the 1929 Stock market crash signalling the start of the Great Depression the Providence Steam Roller became the first NFL team granted permission by the NFL to host a game at night under floodlights and they scheduled it at the Cycledrome in Providence. The Steam Rollers had enjoyed success in the season before, as they won the 1928 National Championship, but multiple key players had left for better paying jobs before the 1929 season so a gimmick such as a night game might do the trick to bring paying fans into the stands.. The highest paid man on the team was Jimmy Conzelman who doubled as quarterback and coach with a $292 per game salary. Due to heavy flooding in the Cycledrome, the game against the Chicago Cardinals was moved to Kinsley Park so as not to lose revenue. The portable floodlights were moved to Kinsley too and the first NFL night game was played. The Steam Roller lost by the score of 0-16, but were satisfied that 6,000 fans attended after a season of low attendance. In 1930, floodlights were permanently installed in the Cycledrome, but the players “received a pay reduction for night games…to help pay for the cost of floodlight installation.” Learn more here!

The St. Louis Gunners

November 6, 1934 – NFL finally approved the sale of the Cincinnati Reds to a St. Louis group for approximately $25,000. In the 1933 season of the NFL a certain amount of stability had arisen in the League, or so everyone thought. The Cincinnati Reds football franchise was in trouble due to financial woes but a group in St. Louis prior to the start of games offered to buy the team. The other NFL owners rejected the idea, feeling St. Louis was too far west to be in the league. However as the Reds got further into the season things got worse. The NFL was facing an embarrassing situation with a team folding midseason so finally after weeks of negotiating the NFL allowed the sale according to a paper submitted to the PFRA by Bob Gill on the St Louis Gunners. The St. Louis Gunners took over the Reds roster and played a partial 1934 schedule.  The backstory on the Gunners is really well told by Gill’s transcript, and basically tells us that after some failed pro teams in St Louis, in 1931 the Field Artillery of the National Guard, of Battery A,  announced that it would sponsor a team for the coming season in the city. The team was promptly referred to as the Batter A Gunners from its association with the Guard.  The team had a big signing in naming as its head coach the famous pro star and future Hall-of- Famer Jimmy Conzelman. Then after securing the Public Schools Stadium as a home field, the Gunners were ready to open for business. The NFL couldn’t be happier that they were waiting in the wings, the Reds franchise was then bought out and the Gunners were a part of the NFL. They won their first game against the Pittsburgh Pirates  6–0, but then lost the last two to the Detroit Lions 40–7 and the Green Bay Packers 21–14. The Gunners franchise in the NFL lasted only those three 1934 games.

Modell’s announcement

November 6, 1995 – Art Modell officially announced that his Cleveland Browns franchise was moving to Baltimore. The city of Cleveland would later be learned to retain the Browns name so Modell’s franchise would go on to become the Ravens. Thanks to onthisday.com

SEC Adds another School

November 6, 2011 – The Southeastern Conference welcomed the University of Missouri into their Conference of collegiate athletics. Missouri officially entered the SEC on July 1, 2012 along with Texas A&M. According to the SEC’s official website, They completed their first year of competition in the SEC in the 2012-2013 school year.

Hall of Fame Birthdays for November 6

T-Ave Daniell

November 6,  1914 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Ave Daniell a tackle from the University of Pittsburgh was born. Per the NFF, Daniell played for the Panthers from 1934 through the 1936 seasons and made the team as a walk-on candidate. Utilizing quickness and aggressive spirit, Daniell overshadowed many of the great linemen of his day. And in 1936, Daniell’s senior season, the Panther captain became a consensus All-America selection as the leader of what many feel remains the best line in Pitt history. The National Football Foundation elected to induct Ave Daniell into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975. After school Ave in the National Football League for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Green Bay Packers.

HB-John Pingel

November 6,  1916 – Mount Clemens, Michigan – The great halfback from Michigan State, John Pingel celebrated his birth. Pingel was a triple threat as his precision passing, astounding rushes and his punting helped MSU achieve an 8-1 record in 1937. In fact the footballfoundation.org site claims he averaged 5.1 yards per rushing attempt, completed 54 percent of his passes and led the nation in punting that season. John received accolades and awards for being  the top ranked student athlete at the school and even gained All-America status on the gridiron in 1937. Those are many of the reasons that John Pingel was accepted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968.

49ers famous owner

November 6, 1946 – Youngstown, Ohio – Edward DeBartolo Jr. former owner of the San Francisco 49ers. DeBartolo purchased the franchise in 1977 and held ownership of the club for 23 years. In that time his 49ers played in 16 playoff games 10 of those were NFC Championship games and they won 5 Super Bowl Championships per the Pro Football Hall of Fame bio on Edward. The franchise posted the best winning percentage in the NFL in both the decades of the 1980s and 1990s. DeBartolo was named the NFL Man of the Year by the Football News in 1989 as recognition as the nation’s top sports executives. The Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrined Edward DeBartolo Jr. in 2016.

Big Al Williams

November 6, 1968 – Houston, Texas – Is the day that the fantastic University of Colorado linebacker, Alfred “Big Al” Williams came into this world.  Big Al  was the 1990 Butkus Award winner as the nation’s top linebacker per his bio on the NFF’s website. Williams led the Colorado Buffalos to the 1990 National Championship and he set the Colorado record for career sacks (35) and became a  1990 unanimous first-team All-American linebacker. The National Football Foundation elected to induct Alfred Williams into their College Football Hall of Fame in 2010. After school he was a linebacker and defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals, San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos.

LB- Pat Tillman

November 6, 1976 – Fremont, California  – Another great player who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010 was born on this day too. Pat Tillman who played as a LB at Arizona State University secured the last remaining scholarship for the ASU team in 1994. Tillman excelled as a linebacker at Arizona State, despite being relatively small for the position at 5 ft 11 in tall. After the 1997 season Pat was voted the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year as well as also being named Arizona State’s MVP of the season and finished his collegiate career with 230 career tackles. The NFF goes onto to tell us that Tillman was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals as a safety in the 1998 NFL Draft. Pat ended up  spending four seasons with the Cards before being inspired to  join the U.S. Army. Tillman, a U.S. Army Ranger, served tours in Iraq in 2003 and 2004 before he was tragically killed. Tillman was posthumously honored with the NFF’s Distinguished American Award in 2006. The Pat Tillman Foundation was established in his name to promote scholarship, the spirit of community service and supporting veterans, active service members and their dependents. 

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

Nov. 6

1869 — First U.S. college football game played, Rutgers 6, Princeton 4.

1934 — Joe Carter scores four touchdowns and Swede Hanson rushes for 190 yards as the Philadelphia Eagles crush the Cincinnati Reds 64-0.

1966 — Philadelphia’s Timmy Brown returns kickoffs 93 yards and 90 yards for touchdowns to lead the Eagles to a 24-23 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

1981 — Larry Holmes knocks out Renaldo Snipes in the 11th round to retain the world heavyweight title in Pittsburgh.

1983 — James Wilder of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rushes for 219 yards and a touchdown in a 17-12 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.

1988 — Britain’s Steve Jones win the New York City Marathon in 2:08:20, the fastest time in the world this year. His margin of victory, 3 minutes and 21 seconds over Salvatore Bettiol, is the largest in the history of the five-borough race. Grete Waitz wins an unprecedented ninth women’s title, finishing in 2:28:07 well ahead of Italy’s Laura Fogli (2:31:26).

1992 — Manon Rheaume of the Atlanta Knights becomes the first woman to suit up for a regular-season pro hockey game. The 20-year-old goalie doesn’t play in Atlanta’s 3-2 overtime loss to Cincinnati in the IHL game.

1993 — French-based Arcangues stages the biggest Breeders’ Cup upset, rallying to beat Bertrando by 2 lengths in the $3 million Classic at Santa Anita. Arcangues went off at 133-1 and returned $269.20 on a $2 bet.

1993 — Evander Holyfield regains the WBA and IBF heavyweight championships from Riddick Bowe in a fight disrupted by a parachutist. During the seventh round at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the chutist tumbles into the ringside seats and stops the fight for 21 minutes. Holyfield becomes the fourth man to become a heavyweight champion at least twice.

1995 — Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Baltimore, Maryland.

1999 — Charles Roberts rushes for 409 yards and five touchdowns to lead Sacramento State past Idaho State 41-20, setting a new NCAA record for a single-game rushing performance.

2005 — Annika Sorenstam becomes the first player in LPGA Tour history to win a tournament five straight times, shooting an 8-under 64 for a three-stroke victory in the Mizuno Classic.

2010 — Michigan wins the highest scoring game in its 131-year history by stopping a 2-point conversion attempt in the third overtime for a 67-65 victory over Illinois.

2010 — Zenyatta comes within a head of finishing a perfect career. Horse racing’s biggest star closes from dead last, but Blame holds off the 6-year-old mare and wins the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic under the lights Churchill Downs. Zenyatta entered the race hoping to improve to 20-0 on her career.

TV SPORTS WEDNESDAY

NBA REGULAR SEASON	TIME ET	TV
Detroit Pistons at Charlotte Hornets	7:00pm	FanDuel Sports Detroit FanDuel Sports Southeast
Orlando Magic at Indiana Pacers	7:00pm	FanDuel Sports Florida FanDuel Sports Indiana
Golden State Warriors at Boston Celtics	7:30pm	ESPN NBCS-BAY NBCS-BOS
New York Knicks at Atlanta Hawks	7:30pm	MSG FanDuel Sports Southeast
Cleveland Cavaliers at New Orleans Pelicans	8:00pm	GCSN FanDuel Sports Ohio
Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies	8:00pm	FanDuel Sports Southeast Spectrum
San Antonio Spurs at Houston Rockets	8:00pm	FanDuel Sports Southwest SCHN
Chicago Bulls at Dallas Mavericks	8:30pm	NBCS-CHI KMPX
Miami Heat at Phoenix Suns	9:00pm	FanDuel Sports Sun AFSN
Oklahoma City Thunder at Denver Nuggets	9:00pm	ALT FanDuel Sports Oklahoma
Philadelphia 76ers at Los Angeles Clippers	10:00pm	ESPN NBCS-PHI FanDuel Sports SoCal
Toronto Raptors at Sacramento Kings	10:00pm	TSN NBCS-CA
NHL REGULAR SEASON	TIME ET	TV
Nashville at Washington	7:00pm	FanDuel Sports South MNMT
Detroit at Chicago	8:00pm	TNT truTV MAX
Vegas at Edmonton	8:30pm	Scripps Sportsnet
COLLEGE FOOTBALL	TIME ET	TV
NIU at Western Michigan	7:00pm	ESPN2
Ohio at Kent State	7:00pm	ESPNU
MEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL	TIME ET	TV
Wagner at Rutgers	6:00pm	BTN
Sacred Heart at UConn	7:00pm	FS1
Lehigh vs. Georgetown	7:00pm	FS2
Columbia at Villanova	7:00pm	CBSSN
SIUE at Indiana	8:00pm	BTN
UTRGV at Creighton	9:00pm	FS2
Oakland at Boise State	9:00pm	MWN
SOCCER	TIME ET	TV
UEFA Europa League: Beşiktaş vs Malmö FF	10:30am	Paramount+ VIX
UEFA Champions League: Shakhtar Donetsk vs Young Boys	12:45pm	Paramount+ VIX
UEFA Champions League: Club Brugge vs Aston Villa	12:45pm	Paramount+ VIX
UEFA Champions League: Crvena Zvezda vs Barcelona	3:00pm	Paramount+ VIX
UEFA Champions League: Bayern München vs Benfica	3:00pm	CBSSN Paramount+ VIX
UEFA Champions League: PSG vs Atlético Madrid	3:00pm	Paramount+ VIX
UEFA Champions League: Feyenoord vs Salzburg	3:00pm	Paramount+ VIX
UEFA Champions League: Internazionale vs Arsenal	3:00pm	Paramount+ VIX
UEFA Champions League: Sparta Praha vs Brest	3:00pm	Paramount+ VIX
UEFA Champions League: Stuttgart vs Atalanta	3:00pm	Paramount+ VIX
Liga MX: Necaxa vs Atlético San Luis	8:00pm	VIX
Liga MX: América vs Pachuca	8:00pm	VIX
Liga MX: Juárez vs Tijuana	10:00pm	FS2 Fubo
Liga MX: Atlas vs Cruz Azul	10:05pm	TUDN VIX
TENNIS	TIME ET	TV
WTA Finals Round Robin; Belgrade-ATP & Metz-ATP Early Rounds