“THE SCOREBOARD” INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STATE FINALS WEEKEND FRIDAY, NOV. 28 CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL | SOUTH PUTNAM 55, PIONEER 29 RECAP: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/class-1a-recap-south-putnam-secures-first-football-state-championship-1986 ===== CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL | CASCADE 29, FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS 14 RECAP: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/class-3a-recap-cascade-completes-15-0-season-schools-first-football-state-championship ===== CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL | NEW PALESTINE 38, MERRILLVILLE 17 BOX SCORE: https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2025-26%205A%20Football%20Box%20Score.pdf ===== SATURDAY, NOV. 29 CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 11 AM ET ANDREAN (12-1) VS. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (14-0) PREVIEW: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/class-2a-football-state-championship-preview ===== CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 3 PM ET FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER (12-2) VS. RONCALLI (11-3) PREVIEW: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/class-4a-football-state-championship-preview ===== CLASS 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 7 PM ET WESTFIELD (11-2) VS. BROWNSBURG (13-0) PREVIEW: https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/class-6a-football-state-championship-preview ===== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE FRIDAY’S SCORES COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN 62 SHAWE MEMORIAL 48 CORYDON CENTRAL 79 LANESVILLE 31 FISHERS 72 INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH 48 HAMMOND NOLL 61 HAMMOND MORTON 48 KOUTS 66 HEBRON 51 MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) 63 LEBANON (OHIO) 37 NORTH DAVIESS 81 WASHINGTON CATHOLIC 15 TRI-COUNTY 62 RENSSELAER CENTRAL 45 WHEELER 73 MORGAN TWP. 59 RED HILL (ILL.) TOURNAMENT VINCENNES LINCOLN 58 SALEM (ILL.) 46 LAWRENCEVILLE (ILL.) 48 VINCENNES LINCOLN 40 SCHLARMAN (ILL.) TOURNAMENT BHRA (ILL.) 78 COVINGTON 41 SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE ALL TIMES EASTERN ALEXANDRIA AT WES-DEL 7:30 PM ANGOLA AT WAWASEE PPD., D2 BEECH GROVE AT CHRISTEL HOUSE 7:30 PM BENTON CENTRAL AT CRAWFORDSVILLE 7:30 PM BLUE RIVER VALLEY AT SHENANDOAH 7:30 PM BLUFFTON AT BLACKFORD 11:00 AM BREBEUF JESUIT VS. CINCINNATI ST. XAVIER (OHIO) 3:00 PM BREMEN AT PLYMOUTH 7:30 PM BROWNSBURG AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 12:00 PM CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) AT PENN PPD., D5 CENTRAL NOBLE AT SOUTH ADAMS PPD. CHESTERTON AT ELKHART PPD. CLARKSVILLE AT LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 6:00 PM CLAY CITY AT SOUTH PUTNAM 7:30 PM CLOVERDALE VS. NORTH VERMILLION 1:00 PM COWAN AT HAGERSTOWN 7:30 PM CROTHERSVILLE AT ORLEANS 7:30 PM DELPHI AT NORTH WHITE 7:30 PM DELTA AT CONNERSVILLE 7:30 PM EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL AT BOWMAN ACADEMY 7:00 PM EAST NOBLE AT LAKELAND 7:30 PM EASTSIDE AT DEKALB 7:30 PM EDINBURGH VS. INDIAN CREEK 7:30 PM EVANSVILLE CENTRAL AT SOUTH SPENCER 2:30 PM EVANSVILLE NORTH AT PRINCETON 8:00 PM FAIRFIELD AT GOSHEN PPD. FLOYD CENTRAL AT EVANSVILLE HARRISON 7:30 PM FORT WAYNE NORTHROP AT CHURUBUSCO 2:30 PM FRANKLIN CENTRAL AT CENTER GROVE 11:30 AM GREENSBURG AT NEW CASTLE 7:30 PM GREENWOOD AT GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 7:30 PM GRIFFITH AT HOBART 8:00 PM GUERIN CATHOLIC AT INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY 5:30 PM HAUSER AT COLUMBUS NORTH 7:30 PM HERITAGE CHRISTIAN AT FRANKFORT 7:30 PM HERITAGE HILLS AT NORTH HARRISON 8:00 PM HUNTINGTON NORTH AT MISSISSINEWA PPD. INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS AT LAWRENCE NORTH 6:30 PM INDIANAPOLIS RITTER VS. CINCINNATI HILLS CHRISTIAN (OHIO) 1:15 PM JAC-CEN-DEL AT BATESVILLE 7:30 PM JEFFERSONVILLE AT INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL 7:30 PM JOHN GLENN AT NEW PRAIRIE 7:30 PM KANKAKEE VALLEY AT GARY LIGHTHOUSE PPD. KNIGHTSTOWN AT WALDRON 3:30 PM LAKE CENTRAL AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 2:30 PM LAPEL AT FRANKTON 7:30 PM LAPORTE AT SOUTH BEND ADAMS PPD. LEBANON AT MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) 2:30 PM LEWIS CASS AT NORTHWESTERN 7:30 PM LIBERTY CHRISTIAN AT ANDERSON 7:30 PM MACONAQUAH AT EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 7:30 PM MADISON-GRANT AT WABASH 7:30 PM MARTINSVILLE VS. EDGEWOOD 5:30 PM MEDORA AT BARR-REEVE 2:30 PM MOORESVILLE AT SOUTHPORT 1:30 PM NEW WASHINGTON AT SHAWE MEMORIAL 7:30 PM NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) VS. SOUTH VERMILLION 10:00 AM NORTH DAVIESS AT RUSHVILLE 5:30 PM NORTH NEWTON AT WINAMAC PPD., D23 NORTHEASTERN AT MONROE CENTRAL PPD. NORTHFIELD AT EASTBROOK 7:30 PM NORTHVIEW VS. GREENCASTLE 4:00 PM OAK HILL AT MANCHESTER 11:30 AM PIKE AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 7:30 PM PLAINFIELD AT NOBLESVILLE 11:30 AM PORTAGE AT MUNSTER 8:00 PM PRAIRIE HEIGHTS AT GARRETT 1:00 PM PURDUE ENGLEWOOD AT PERRY MERIDIAN 7:30 PM RANDOLPH SOUTHERN AT WINCHESTER 7:30 PM RICHMOND AT JAY COUNTY 7:30 PM RIVER CITY HOMESCHOOL AT SPRINGS VALLEY 1:30 PM RIVERTON PARKE VS. BLOOMFIELD 11:30 AM SETON CATHOLIC AT CENTERVILLE 7:30 PM SEVEN OAKS AT ANDERSON PREP 7:00 PM SHAKAMAK AT VINCENNES RIVET 7:00 PM SHELBYVILLE AT TRITON CENTRAL 7:30 PM SHOALS AT BORDEN 7:30 PM SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) AT CRAWFORD COUNTY 7:30 PM SOUTH DEARBORN AT FRANKLIN COUNTY 7:30 PM SOUTH DECATUR AT TRINITY LUTHERAN 7:30 PM SOUTH RIPLEY AT RISING SUN 7:30 PM SOUTHERN WELLS AT SOUTHWOOD 7:45 PM SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) AT TRI 7:30 PM SWITZERLAND COUNTY AT LAWRENCEBURG 7:30 PM TERRE HAUTE NORTH VS. PARKE HERITAGE 7:00 PM TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VS. DECATUR CENTRAL 5:30 PM TIPPECANOE VALLEY AT NORTHWOOD 7:45 PM TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN AT MORRISTOWN 7:30 PM TRI-TOWNSHIP AT PORTAGE CHRISTIAN 8:00 PM TWIN LAKES VS. WESTERN 3:30 PM WAPAHANI AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS 2:30 PM WARSAW AT COLUMBIA CITY PPD., D1 WEST NOBLE AT BETHANY CHRISTIAN 6:30 PM WEST VIGO VS. EASTERN GREENE 2:30 PM WESTERN BOONE AT ROSSVILLE 7:30 PM WESTVIEW AT NORTHRIDGE PPD., D1 WESTVILLE AT HANOVER CENTRAL 8:00 PM WHITKO AT HERITAGE 7:30 PM WOODLAN AT BELLMONT 7:30 PM YORKTOWN AT MARION 7:30 PM ZIONSVILLE AT BEN DAVIS 11:30 AM INDIANAPOLIS RIVERSIDE TOURNAMENT PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY VS. PURDUE BROAD RIPPLE 10:00 AM MTI KNOWLEDGE AT INDIANAPOLIS RIVERSIDE 11:30 AM LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2 4:00 PM WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2 5:30 PM LOOGOOTEE TOURNAMENT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY VS. OWEN VALLEY 10:00 AM EVANSVILLE DAY AT LOOGOOTEE 12:00 PM LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2 5:00 PM WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2 7:00 PM RED HILL (ILL.) TOURNAMENT VINCENNES LINCOLN VS. OLNEY (ILL.) 11:00 AM VINCENNES LINCOLN VS. TBA TBA SCHLARMAN (ILL.) TOURNAMENT COVINGTON AT SCHLARMAN (ILL.) 2:00 PM ===== INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE FRIDAY’S SCORES BATESVILLE 57 JAC-CEN-DEL 35 BLUFFTON 64 SOUTH ADAMS 33 BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 52 SCOTTSBURG 24 FORT WAYNE SNIDER 51 MERRILLVILLE 35 FREMONT 54 WEST NOBLE 22 HOMESTEAD 63 BELLMONT 40 SHENANDOAH 63 FRANKTON 25 HAMILTON COUNTY (ILL.) TOURNAMENT GALLATIN COUNTY (ILL.) 30 MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) 22 OAKWOOD (ILL.) TOURNAMENT WESTVILLE (ILL.) 46 COVINGTON 44 7TH SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE ALL TIMES EASTERN ADAMS CENTRAL AT SOUTHERN WELLS 7:30 PM ANDERSON AT KOKOMO 1:30 PM ANGOLA AT NORWELL PPD. BETHANY CHRISTIAN AT ARGOS 3:30 PM BLOOMFIELD AT OWEN VALLEY 7:30 PM CALUMET AT HOBART 3:30 PM CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) AT PENN PPD., J17 CASCADE VS. LEBANON 1:30 PM CLARKSVILLE VS. LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 4:00 PM COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN AT CROTHERSVILLE 1:00 PM CONCORD AT FAIRFIELD PPD., D19 CONNERSVILLE AT LAPEL 2:30 PM DEKALB AT LAKELAND 3:30 PM DELPHI AT NORTH WHITE 6:00 PM EAST CENTRAL AT SOUTH RIPLEY 2:30 PM EAST NOBLE AT WHITKO PPD. ELKHART AT LAPORTE PPD., D2 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL AT JASPER 1:30 PM EVANSVILLE NORTH AT BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 2:30 PM FISHERS AT FORT WAYNE SNIDER 11:30 AM FORT WAYNE NORTH AT NEW HAVEN 7:30 PM GREENSBURG AT SEYMOUR 1:30 PM GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN AT WALDRON 12:00 PM HAMMOND NOLL AT WHITNEY YOUNG (ILL.) TBA HENRYVILLE AT OLDENBURG ACADEMY 1:30 PM HERITAGE HILLS AT NORTH HARRISON 1:30 PM HUNTINGTON NORTH AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS PPD. JAY COUNTY AT WOODLAN 1:00 PM JEFFERSONVILLE AT INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL 6:00 PM KNIGHTSTOWN AT NORTH DECATUR 12:30 PM KOUTS AT HANOVER CENTRAL 1:30 PM LAFAYETTE JEFF AT MARION 1:30 PM MADISON-GRANT AT WABASH 6:00 PM MICHIGAN CITY AT WEST CENTRAL 1:30 PM MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) AT NOBLESVILLE 1:30 PM NEW ALBANY AT AVON 1:30 PM NEW PALESTINE AT WHITELAND 1:00 PM NEW WASHINGTON AT MILAN 1:30 PM NORTH MIAMI AT LAVILLE 7:30 PM NORTHEASTERN AT MONROE CENTRAL PPD. OAK HILL AT MANCHESTER 10:00 AM PERRY MERIDIAN AT FRANKLIN 1:30 PM PLAINFIELD AT EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 2:00 PM PRAIRIE HEIGHTS AT GARRETT 11:00 AM PRINCETON AT TELL CITY 2:30 PM RICHMOND AT MUNCIE CENTRAL 1:30 PM RISING SUN AT HAUSER 1:30 PM SEEGER AT BENTON CENTRAL 6:30 PM SILVER CREEK AT GIBSON SOUTHERN PPD. SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) AT CRAWFORD COUNTY 6:00 PM SOUTHMONT AT TRI-WEST 1:00 PM SWITZERLAND COUNTY AT BROWN COUNTY 1:30 PM TRI-COUNTY AT TWIN LAKES 6:30 PM TRINITY LUTHERAN AT SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) 1:30 PM VINCENNES RIVET AT SULLIVAN 12:00 PM WAPAHANI AT EASTERN HANCOCK 7:30 PM WEST WASHINGTON AT PERRY CENTRAL 1:30 PM WESTFIELD AT FRANKLIN CENTRAL 1:30 PM WINAMAC AT ROCHESTER 7:30 PM ALEXANDRIA TOURNAMENT CARROLL (FLORA) AT ALEXANDRIA PPD. R1 AUSTIN VS. TIPPECANOE VALLEY PPD. R1 LOSER GAME 2 VS. LOSER GAME 1 PPD. 3RD WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 1 PPD. 1ST HAMILTON COUNTY (ILL.) TOURNAMENT MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) AT HAMILTON COUNTY (ILL.) 1:00 PM MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) VS. GOREVILLE (ILL.) 6:00 PM ===== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WRESTLING RESULTS: https://indianamat.com/index.php?/dualresults.html/boys-dual-results/&d=36 ===== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WRESTLING RESULTS: https://indianamat.com/index.php?/dualresults.html/211_girls-dual-results ===== MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE #1 PURDUE 109 EASTERN ILLINOIS 62 #5 UCONN 74 #13 ILLINOIS 61 #24 VANDERBILT 96 ST. MARY 71 #10 FLORIDA 90 PROVIDENCE 78 #9 BYU 83 DAYTON 79 VCU 86 VIRGINIA TECH 68 WAKE FOREST 86 NORTHEASTERN 73 RICHMOND 71 CHARLOTTE 66 MISSOURI 86 CLEVELAND STATE 59 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 92 HOLY CROSS 59 OKLAHOMA 75 MARQUETTE 74 ALCORN STATE 81 INDIANA STATE 74 ROBERT MORRIS 61 SOUTHERN UTAH 54 BUTLER 94 WRIGHT STATE 69 MONMOUTH 80 BALL STATE 73 NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON 87 NAVY 57 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 87 CHICAGO STATE 64 VIRGINIA 94 QUEENS 69 SOUTH CAROLINA 74 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 62 COLORADO 81 WASHINGTON 68 COLORADO STATE 83 S. FLORIDA 68 TCU 74 WISCONSIN 63 XAVIER 88 TEXAS A&M 67 PITTSBURGH 67 OHIO STATE 66 SMU 87 MISSISSIPPI STATE 81 OT CLEMSON 92 ALABAMA A&M 56 MIAMI FLORIDA 78 GEORGETOWN 65 DEPAUL 75 GEORGIA TECH 61 STANFORD 78 ST. LOUIS 77 WESTERN KENTUCKY 75 WICHITA STATE 70 LSU 71 DRAKE 62 SANTA CLARA 86 MINNESOTA 75 ==== WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES #24 OKLAHOMA STATE 74 CHARLOTTE 65 #12 NORTH CAROLINA 85 KANSAS STATE 73 #10 IOWA STATE 84 MARQUETTE 73 #25 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 110 SOUTHERN MISS 56 #13 OLE MISS 65 WISCONSIN 56 #18 USC 82 PEPPERDINE 52 #16 KENTUCKY 101 MORGAN STATE 39 #8 TCU 82 ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM 61 #20 MICHIGAN STATE 85 TEMPLE 50 #9 OKLAHOMA 100 COPPIN STATE 46 #23 LOUISVILLE 91 EASTERN ILLINOIS 38 #5 LSU 113 MARIST 53 #22 WASHINGTON 67 SAN DIEGO 50 NORTHWESTERN 62 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 59 WAKE FOREST 57 ILLINOIS STATE 44 NEW MEXICO 80 CHICAGO STATE 53 KENT STATE 75 TULSA 69 EAST CAROLINA 72 HOFSTRA 53 CLEVELAND STATE 80 VALPARAISO 41 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 66 WRIGHT STATE 65 OT BALL STATE 55 PITTSBURGH 41 MIAMI FLORIDA 83 GEORGE WASHINGTON 77 OT ARKANSAS STATE 83 HOUSTON 66 INDIANA 76 GONZAGA 72 CENTRAL FLORIDA 57 RICE 56 CREIGHTON 86 NORTHERN ARIZONA 62 CINCINNATI 72 ALABAMA A&M 49 CLEMSON 77 WESTERN CAROLINA 44 FLORIDA STATE 85 MISSOURI STATE 75 BUTLER 92 DAYTON 66 ST. JOHN 77 GEORGIA TECH 75 UNLV 62 NORTHERN IOWA 56 WASHINGTON STATE 71 MIAMI OHIO 67 RUTGERS 79 NORTHEASTERN 56 FLORIDA 74 MEMPHIS 60 GEORGETTE 68 KANSAS 62 FLORIDA GULF COAST 66 STANFORD 62 PORTLAND STATE 75 SAN JOSE STATE 64 EASTERN WASHINGTON 58 NEVADA 57 NORTHERN COLORADO 114 CHADRON STATE 47 COLORADO STATE 78 TEXAS SOUTHERN 54 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE/SCORES FRIDAY, NOV. 28 #13 UTAH 31 KANSAS 21 #7 OLE MISS 38 MISSISSIPPI STATE 19 #4 GEORGIA 16 #23 GEORGIA TECH 9 #2 INDIANA 56 PURDUE 3 #16 TEXAS 27 #3 TEXAS A&M 17 #25 ARIZONA 23 #20 ARIZONA STATE 7 IOWA 40 NEBRASKA 16 OHIO 31 BUFFALO 26 KENT STATE 35 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 31 AIR FORCE 42 COLORADO STATE 21 NEW MEXICO 23 SAN DIEGO STATE 17 OT NORTH TEXAS 52 TEMPLE 25 BOISE STATE 25 UTAH STATE 24 SATURDAY, NOV. 29 12 P.M. | TOLEDO AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | NO. 5 TEXAS TECH AT WEST VIRGINIA | ESPN 12 P.M. | KENTUCKY AT LOUISVILLE | ACC NETWORK 12 P.M. | BALL STATE AT MIAMI (OHIO) | CBSSN 12 P.M. | NO. 12 MIAMI (FLA.) AT NO. 22 PITT | ABC 12 P.M. | COLORADO AT KANSAS STATE | FS1 12 P.M. | NO. 1 OHIO STATE AT NO. 15 MICHIGAN | FOX 12 P.M. | IOWA STATE AT OKLAHOMA STATE | ESPNU 12 P.M. | HOUSTON AT BAYLOR | TNT/HBO MAX 12 P.M. | CLEMSON AT SOUTH CAROLINA | SEC NETWORK 12 P.M. | EAST CAROLINA AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | YALE AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | HARVARD AT VILLANOVA (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE AT RHODE ISLAND (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | ASSUMPTION AT KUTZTOWN (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | RANDOLPH-MACON AT JOHN CARROLL (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE AT HOPE (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | EASTERN AT FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | ENDICOTT AT SALISBURY (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | MUHLENBERG AT MOUNT UNION (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | LAGRANGE AT BERRY (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | SUSQUEHANNA AT CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | SPRINGFIELD AT JOHNS HOPKINS (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 12 P.M. | FROSTBURG STATE AT CALIFORNIA (PA) (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | NO. 11 BYU VS. UCF | ESPN2 1 P.M. | UTEP AT DELAWARE | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT SAM HOUSTON | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | LAMAR AT ABILENE CHRISTIAN (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | ILLINOIS STATE AT SE LOUISIANA (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | NORTH DAKOTA AT TENNESSEE TECH (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | NEW HAMPSHIRE AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | DRAKE AT SOUTH DAKOTA (FCS FIRST ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | ASHLAND AT FERRIS STATE (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | BENEDICT AT ALBANY STATE (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | HARDIN-SIMMONS AT TRINITY (TX) (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | ALMA AT WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | DEPAUW AT WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | MONMOUTH (IL) AT SAINT JOHN’S (MN) (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | WHEATON (IL) AT WARTBURG (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | HANOVER AT NORTH CENTRAL (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | COE AT BETHEL (MN) (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | NEWBERRY AT WEST FLORIDA (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1 P.M. | CHAPMAN AT WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS (DIII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 1:30 P.M. | GEORGIA SOUTHERN AT MARSHALL | ESPN+ 2 P.M. | WESTERN KENTUCKY AT JACKSONVILLE STATE | ESPN+ 2 P.M. | LOUISIANA TECH AT MISSOURI STATE | ESPN+ 2 P.M. | GEORGIA STATE AT OLD DOMINION | ESPN+ 2 P.M. | GRAMBLING VS. SOUTHERN (IN NEW ORLEANS) | SWAC TV 2 P.M. | PITTSBURG STATE AT HARDING (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 2 P.M. | MINNESOTA STATE AT UINDY (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 2:30 P.M. | ARKANSAS STATE AT APPALACHIAN STATE | ESPN+ 3 P.M. | UL MONROE AT LOUISIANA | ESPN+ 3 P.M. | MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT NEW MEXICO STATE | ESPN+ 3 P.M. | BOSTON COLLEGE AT SYRACUSE | THE CW NETWORK 3 P.M. | SOUTH ALABAMA AT TEXAS STATE | ESPN+ 3 P.M. | UAB AT TULSA | ESPN+ 3 P.M. | FLORIDA A&M AT MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE | SWAC TV 3 P.M. | UT PERMIAN BASIN AT WESTERN COLORADO (DII SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+ 3:30 P.M. | NO. 6 OREGON AT WASHINGTON | CBS 3:30 P.M. | NO. 8 OKLAHOMA VS. LSU | ABC 3:30 P.M. | NO. 14 VANDERBILT AT NO. 19 TENNESSEE | ESPN 3:30 P.M. | NO. 22 MISSOURI AT ARKANSAS | SEC NETWORK 3:30 P.M. | WAKE FOREST AT DUKE | ACC NETWORK 3:30 P.M. | KENNESAW STATE AT LIBERTY | CBSSN 3:30 P.M. | WISCONSIN AT MINNESOTA | FS1 3:30 P.M. | PENN STATE AT RUTGERS | BIG TEN NETWORK 3:30 P.M. | CINCINNATI AT TCU | FOX 3:30 P.M. | TROY AT SOUTHERN MISS | ESPN+ 3:30 P.M. | ARMY AT UTSA | ESPN+ 3:45 P.M. | JAMES MADISON AT COASTAL CAROLINA | ESPNU 4:30 P.M. | FLORIDA STATE AT FLORIDA | ESPN2 6:30 P.M. | OREGON STATE AT WASHINGTON STATE | THE CW NETWORK 7 P.M. | NO. 18 VIRGINIA VS. VIRGINIA TECH| ESPN 7 P.M. | MARYLAND AT MICHIGAN STATE | FS1 7 P.M. | RICE AT SOUTH FLORIDA | ESPN+ 7:30 P.M. | NO. 10 ALABAMA AT AUBURN | ABC 7:30 P.M. | UCLA AT NO. 17 USC | NBC 7:30 P.M. | NORTHWESTERN AT ILLINOIS | FOX 7:30 P.M. | NO. 24 TULANE VS. CHARLOTTE | ESPNU 7:30 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA AT NC STATE | ACC NETWORK 7:30 P.M. | NO. 17 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VS. UCLA | NBC 8 P.M. | NO. 21 SMU AT CAL | ESPN2 9 P.M. | UNLV AT NEVADA | CBSSN 10:30 P.M. | FRESNO STATE AT SAN JOSE STATE | FS1 10:30 P.M. | NO. 9 NOTRE DAME AT STANFORD | ESPN 11 P.M. | HAWAII VS. WYOMING | SPECTRUM SPORTS ===== WEEK 15/CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS FRIDAY, DEC. 5 7 P.M. | CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP | CBSSN 7 P.M. | SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP | ESPN (CITY TBD) 8 P.M. | AMERICAN ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP | ABC TBD P.M. | MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP | FOX SATURDAY, DEC. 6 12 P.M. | BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP | ABC (ARLINGTON, TEXAS) 12 P.M. | MAC CHAMPIONSHIP | ESPN (DETROIT, MICHIGAN) 2 P.M. | SWAC NO. 2 VS. SWAC NO. 1 | ESPN2 (CITY TBD) 4 P.M. | SEC CHAMPIONSHIP | ABC (ATLANTA, GEORGIA) 8 P.M. | ACC CHAMPIONSHIP | ABC (CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA) 8 P.M. | BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP | FOX (INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA) WEEK 16 3 P.M. | ARMY VS. NAVY | CBS/PARAMOUNT+ (IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND) ===== NBA SCORES CHARLOTTE 123 CHICAGO 116 PHILADELPHIA 115 BROOKLYN 103 INDIANA 119 WASHINGTON 86 NEW YORK 118 MILWAUKEE 109 ATLANTA 130 CLEVELAND 123 ORLANDO 112 DETROIT 109 SAN ANTONIO 139 DENVER 136 OKLAHOMA CITY 123 PHOENIX 119 UTAH 128 SACRAMENTO 119 LA LAKERS 129 DALLAS 119 MEMPHIS 112 LA CLIPPERS 107 ===== NHL SCORES TAMPA BAY 6 DETROIT 3 NY RANGERS 6 BOSTON 2 MINNESOTA 3 COLORADO 2 ANAHEIM 5 LOS ANGELES 4 NEW JERSEY 5 BUFFALO 0 MONTRÉAL 4 VEGAS 1 PHILADELPHIA 4 NY ISLANDERS 3 ST. LOUIS 4 OTTAWA 3 SAN JOSE 3 VANCOUVER 2 CALGARY 5 FLORIDA 3 CAROLINA 5 WINNIPEG 1 WASHINGTON 4 TORONTO 2 PITTSBURGH 4 COLUMBUS 3 OT NASHVILLE 4 CHICAGO 3 DALLAS 4 UTAH 3 ===== MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER NCAA TOURNAMENT SATURDAY, NOV. 29 MARYLAND VS. UCONN, 1 P.M. PORTLAND VS. GRAND CANYON, 4 P.M. GEORGETOWN VS. HIGH POINT, 5 P.M. SUNDAY, NOV. 30 FURMAN VS. HOFSTRA, 1 P.M. AKRON VS. DUKE, 4 P.M. BRYANT VS. SAINT LOUIS, 6 P.M. NC STATE VS. UNC GREENSBORO, 6 P.M. STANFORD VS. WASHINGTON, 8 P.M. ===== WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER NCAA TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS: FRIDAY OR SATURDAY, NOV. 28 OR 29 FRIDAY, NOV. 28 DUKE 3 WASHINGTON 0 FLORIDA STATE 4 OHIO STATE 1 STANFORD 5 MICHIGAN STATE 1 SATURDAY, NOV. 29 7:30 P.M. | NO. 1 VANDERBILT VS. NO. 2 TCU WOMEN’S COLLEGE CUP SEMIFINALS: FRIDAY, DEC. 5 FINALS: MONDAY, DEC. 8 ===== NFL SCHEDULE/SCORES NFL WEEK 13 SCHEDULE FRIDAY, NOV. 28 SUNDAY, NOV. 30 SAN FRANCISCO AT CLEVELAND, 1 P.M. (CBS) JACKSONVILLE AT TENNESSEE HOUSTON AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1 P.M. (CBS) ARIZONA AT TAMPA BAY, 1 P.M. (FOX) NEW ORLEANS AT MIAMI, 1 P.M. (FOX) ATLANTA AT NY JETS, 1 P.M. (FOX) LA RAMS AT CAROLINA, 1 P.M. (FOX) MINNESOTA AT SEATTLE, 4:05 P.M. (FOX) LAS VEGAS AT LA CHARGERS, 4:25 P.M. (CBS) BUFFALO AT PITTSBURGH, 4:25 P.M. (CBS) DENVER AT WASHINGTON, 8:20 P.M. (NBC) MONDAY, DEC. 1 NY GIANTS AT NEW ENGLAND, 8:15 P.M. (ESPN) ===== MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYOFFS SEMI-FINALS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29 MIAMI AT NEW YORK CITY 6:00 SAN DIEGO AT VANCOUVER 9:00 CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY, DEC. 6: 2:30 P.M. ===== TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 16 TEXAS HANDS NO. 3 TEXAS A&M FIRST LOSS Arch Manning passed for one touchdown and rushed for another as No. 16 Texas kept its College Football Playoff hopes alive with a 27-17 victory over No. 3 Texas A&M on Friday night in Southeastern Conference play at Austin, Texas. Quintrevion Wisner gained 155 rushing yards for the Longhorns (9-3, 6-2 SEC), who dominated the second half after trailing 10-3 at halftime. Manning completed 14 of 29 passes for 179 yards and rushed for 53 yards on seven attempts. Marcel Reed completed 20 of 32 passes for 180 yards and two fourth-quarter interceptions for Texas A&M (11-1, 7-1). He also gained 71 yards on 12 carries for the Aggies, who aren’t in danger of missing the College Football Playoff, but the setback eliminates Texas A&M from a spot in next weekend’s SEC championship game. Georgia clinched a spot due to the Aggies’ loss. The Bulldogs will play either Alabama or Ole Miss, depending on the Crimson’s Tide result against Auburn on Saturday. KC Concepcion rushed for a touchdown for Texas A&M. No. 2 Indiana 56, Purdue 3 Fernando Mendoza passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, and Kaelon Black rushed for two more scores as the Hoosiers rolled past the host Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Ind. Roman Hemby ran for 152 yards and another touchdown as the Hoosiers (12-0, 9-0 Big Ten) cemented the best start in school history while locking up a spot in the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis on Dec. 6. The Hoosiers will face Ohio State, Michigan, or Oregon, with their opponent to be determined after the three teams play Saturday. Indiana outgained Purdue 548-282, including a 355-44 edge on the ground. Purdue (2-10, 0-9) endeavored to make the contest close in the early going before fading, closing coach Barry Odom’s debut season on a 10-game losing streak. Ryan Browne was 25-for-47 for 238 yards and an interception. Nitro Tuggle gained 80 yards on five receptions and Antonio Harris had 15 carries for 31 yards. No. 4 Georgia 16, No. 23 Georgia Tech 9 Nate Frazier ran for 108 yards, Gunner Stockton threw a 7-yard pass to Zachariah Branch for the game’s only touchdown as the Bulldogs beat the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta. Stockton completed just 11 of 21 passes for 70 yards and threw an interception, but Georgia (11-1) held Georgia Tech to just 69 rushing yards in its eighth straight win in the series. Haynes King threw for 181 yards and an interception for Georgia Tech (9-3), which dropped three of its last four games to finish the regular season. No. 7 Ole Miss 38, Mississippi State 19 Trinidad Chambliss threw four touchdown passes, De’Zhaun Stribling caught two of them and the Rebels all but clinched a spot in the CFP with a victory against the Bulldogs in the Egg Bowl at Starkville, Miss. Chambliss completed 23 of 34 passes for 359 yards and the Rebels (11-1, 7-1 SEC) overcame any distractions about head coach Lane Kiffin’s potential departure to win their third straight game against their in-state rival. They improved to 5-1 in the Egg Bowl under Kiffin. Freshman Kamario Taylor made his first start and rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns and passed for 178 yards to lead the Bulldogs (5-7, 1-7). Mississippi State fell short of bowl eligibility for a third consecutive season after 13 straight bowl appearances. No. 13 Utah 31, Kansas 21 Devon Dampier passed for three touchdowns, Elijah Davis notched a crucial pick-6 in the fourth quarter and the Utes ended their Big 12 campaign with a win over the Jayhawks in Lawrence, Kan. With Utah clinging to a 17-14 lead with about eight minutes to go, Davis picked off Jalon Daniels — one of three Utes interceptions — and dashed 97 yards for his second TD interception return of the season for Utah (10-2, 7-2). Dampier was 15 of 25 for 253 yards and two TD passes to receiver Larry Simmons, who tallied 97 yards on three catches. The win briefly kept alive Utah’s hopes at a Big 12 title game appearance, but No. 20 Arizona State’s loss to No. 25 Arizona later in the day eliminated the Utes. The Jayhawks (5-7, 3-6) lost their third consecutive game in a bid to become bowl eligible and fell for the fifth time in their final six contests. No. 25 Arizona 23, No. 20 Arizona State 7 Noah Fifita passed for 286 yards with a touchdown and the Wildcats entered Sun Devils territory 11 times as Arizona topped its in-state rival in Tempe. Arizona (9-3, 6-3 Big 12) has won five consecutive games and three out of the last four games against the 20th-ranked Sun Devils (8-4, 6-3). The Wildcats forced five turnovers, including three interceptions of Jeff Sims, who also fumbled and lost the ball on an exchange with Raleek Brown for another turnover. Sims was 11 of 25 for 114 yards, while Fifita completed 28 of 45 passes. After Taye Brown recovered the fumbled exchange on the Arizona State 6-yard line with 12:22 left in the third quarter, Fifita connected on a 9-yard touchdown pass with Cameron Barmore to put Arizona ahead 10-7. ===== NFL NEWS WEEK 13 NFL CAPSULES New Orleans Saints (2-9) at Miami Dolphins (4-7)Sunday, 1 p.m. ETFanDuel odds: Dolphins -5.5, Total 42.5Series Rewind: Miami has only one victory in the past four meetings, a 20-3 victory in 2021 with wide receiver Jaylen Waddle snagging 10 passes for 92 yards. His 1-yard TD catch in the third quarter put Miami in front 17-3. Self-described delusional pass rusher Bradley Chubb reminded naysayers the Dolphins are very much in the playoff picture if they refuse to lose the rest of the regular season. Implausible as it might seem, the Dolphins draw a home date with two-win New Orleans to close out November and keep hope alive for a late-season miracle. The Miami Dolphins were one of the most disappointing teams in the NFL when they lost seven of their first nine games. But then they routed the Buffalo Bills 30-13 on Nov. 9, beat the Washington Commanders 16-13 in overtime in Madrid and return to action Sunday after a bye week. What running back De’Von Achane has done has been important, as well as coach Mike McDaniel’s points of appreciation for Tua Tagovailoa’s recent rise. Achane, who had 120 rushing yards and 45 receiving yards against the Commanders, is averaging 115.5 yards from scrimmage. New Orleans has a similar dual-threat running back in Alvin Kamara, but he’s fighting multiple injuries, a drain for an offense that didn’t score a touchdown against the Falcons and hasn’t produced as many as 20 points in any of the past six games. The Saints are last in the NFL in red-zone touchdown percentage. They made three trips into the red zone against Atlanta and came away with a total of three points. Houston Texans (6-5) at Indianapolis Colts (8-3)Sunday, 1 p.m. ETFanDuel odds: Colts -3.5, Total 44.5Series Rewind: Texans coach DeMeco Ryans is 3-1 against the Colts, who haven’t won the division title since 2014. Much more than legitimacy as an AFC contender is at stake for Indianapolis in the Colts’ first home game since Oct. 26. The Texans have won three in a row to climb another rung closer in the South standings and now the two-time defending division champs are closer to being whole on offense. C.J. Stroud sat out the past three games in concussion protocol while Houston leaned on a defensive front with a dynamite pair of edge rushers crashing opposing quarterbacks. Danielle Hunter has 11 sacks and Will Anderson Jr. is at 10 1/2 this season. Stroud was a full practice participant on Wednesday and Thursday, signaling a potential return this week. Almost any outcome except the Tennessee Titans rising to the top remains possible in the division with Jacksonville (7-4) separating the Colts and third-place Texans. Indianapolis has lost two of three and visits the Jaguars next week. The bad news for Indy is QB Daniel Jones (fractured fibula) is far from healthy and has been turnover-prone this month. Anthony Richardson, Jones’ backup, has Indy’s only win over Houston the past two seasons and was drafted by the Colts after the Texans selected Stroud and Anderson with consecutive picks in the 2023 draft. But the Colts can stem the Texans’ pass rush by feeding NFL rushing leader Jonathan Taylor, who has 1,067 yards from scrimmage (133.4 per game) and 10 TDs (nine rushing) in eight career games vs. Houston. San Francisco 49ers (8-4) at Cleveland Browns (3-8)Sunday, 1 p.m. ETFanDuel odds: 49ers -5, Total 36.5Series Rewind: The Browns have won five of the past seven meetings, including a 19-17 home win in 2023 when San Francisco’s Brock Purdy was just 12-of-27 passing. The 49ers have won their two games since Purdy (toe) returned, but he has been far from perfect. Purdy threw three interceptions in Monday’s 20-9 victory over the Carolina Panthers and averaged just 6.0 yards per passing attempt. For the season, Purdy has been picked off seven times in four games. Star running back Christian McCaffrey has 12 touchdowns (seven rushing, five receiving) and leads the NFL with 81 catches. San Francisco’s points allowed versus Carolina was a season low for a defense that earlier sustained season-ending injuries to star linebacker Fred Warner and former NFL Defensive Player of the Year Nick Bosa. Now the 49ers will look to confuse Cleveland’s Shedeur Sanders, who will be making his second career start. Sanders guided the Browns to a 24-10 road win over the Las Vegas Raiders in start No. 1, passing for 209 yards and one touchdown while being intercepted once. The Cleveland defense racked up 10 sacks, including three by Myles Garrett and 2 1/2 from Maliek Collins. Garrett has a league-leading 18 sacks – five more than any other NFL player — and has seven sacks over the past two games. He also is taking dead aim at the single-season record of 22.5 shared by Michael Strahan (2001) and T.J. Watt (2021). Los Angeles Rams (9-2) at Carolina Panthers (6-6)Sunday, 1 p.m. ETFanDuel odds: Rams -10.5, Total 45.5Series Rewind: Los Angeles has won the past two meetings after the Panthers prevailed in six of the previous seven contests. The Rams have won six consecutive games and own the best record in the NFC. Los Angeles allows a league-low 16.3 points per game and last week’s 34-7 rout of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers marked the fifth team the Rams allowed 10 or fewer points this season. Byron Young has stood out with a career-high nine sacks and fellow linebacker Nate Landman leads the team with 98 tackles and four forced fumbles. Matthew Stafford has been superb with a league-high 30 touchdown passes – only three others have 20 or more – and just two interceptions. He’s in a two-horse MVP race with New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye. The Panthers are just a half-game behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC South but offensive inconsistency is a problem. Carolina has scored 30 points three times and also has scored 13 or fewer points on six occasions. Bryce Young passed for a franchise-record 448 yards against the Atlanta Falcons on Nov. 16 and has topped 200 yards just one other time this season. Cornerback Jaycee Horn has a career-high five interceptions but is dealing with a concussion and hasn’t practiced yet this week. The Panthers will be without safety Tre’von Moehrig (81 tackles), who was suspended one game for unsportsmanlike conduct due to an incident in last week’s loss to the 49ers. Arizona Cardinals (6-5) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-8)Sunday, 1 p.m. ETFanDuel odds: Buccaneers -2.5, Total 43.5Series Rewind: The Buccaneers won each of the last two meetings by three points, including a 19-16 overtime win in overtime on Christmas Day 2022 when Tom Brady was the quarterback. Baker Mayfield has made 45 consecutive starts since joining Tampa Bay, but that streak is in jeopardy due to his sprained left shoulder. Mayfield said it will come down to “pain tolerance” per whether he will be able to take the field. He hurt the shoulder multiple times during last week’s 34-7 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Teddy Bridgewater, who last started an NFL game in Week 17 of 2022 for the Miami Dolphins, is being prepared to start if necessary. The Buccaneers, who have lost three straight games and four of five, hope to have running back Bucky Irving (shoulder/foot) back after a seven-game absence. Arizona has lost three consecutive contests and eight of the past nine. Jacoby Brissett will be making his seventh consecutive start in place of Kyler Murray (foot). He has thrown for 769 yards on 80-for-106 passing (75.5%) over the past two games. Star tight end Trey McBride has caught five or more passes in 13 straight games, tying the club record set by Larry Fitzgerald. He also is tied for second in the NFL with 80 receptions. Wideout Marvin Harrison Jr. (appendicitis) is expected to play after missing the past two games. Atlanta Falcons (4-7) at New York Jets (2-9)Sunday, 1 p.m. ETFanDuel odds: Falcons -2.5, Total 39.5Series Rewind: The Falcons lead the all-time series 9-5 and have won the last three overall games vs. the Jets and the last three games at the Jets. Atlanta slim playoff chances alive last week by snapping their five-game losing streak at New Orleans. They’ll have another chance to do so Sunday against their second straight two-win opponent in the Jets. Kirk Cousins, making his first start of the season after Michael Penix Jr. sustained a season-ending partially torn ACL, completed 16 of 23 passes for 199 yards and two touchdowns. He was supported by a Falcons defense which had five sacks to run its season total up to 39, third-most in the league. Half of last week’s sacks came from rookies James Pearce Jr. and Jalon Walker, who have combined for nine this season. Unfortunately for Cousins, it sounds like he’ll be without star receiver Drake London (knee) again this week. He hasn’t practiced and was labeled doubtful. New York’s Tyrod Taylor will make his second straight start since Justin Fields was benched two weeks ago. He completed 17 of 28 passes for 228 yards, a touchdown and an interception in a 23-10 loss to the Ravens. In four games this season, Taylor has completed 61.9% of his passes for 601 yards, four touchdowns and four picks. The Jets currently rank last in the league in passing offense (145.7), nearly 18 yards less than any other team, and are still looking for their first 400-yard receiver this season Jacksonville Jaguars (7-4) at Tennessee Titans (1-10)Sunday, 1 p.m. ETFanDuel odds: Jaguars -6.5, Total 41.5Series Rewind: Jacksonville has won five of the last six games in this division rivalry, but Tennessee possesses a 35-26 lead in the all-time series. Jacksonville enters this week in playoff position as the No. 6 seed and riding a two-game winning streak coming off last week’s 27-24 overtime win over the Arizona Cardinals. Four of the team’s final six games will be played against division opponents, starting this week with the first of two matchups against the Tennessee Titans. A big part of the Jaguars’ recent success has been an uptick in pass-rush success. Coen challenged his defense, which had eight sacks through the first seven games, to make a bigger impact. The Jaguars responded with 13 sacks in four games since their bye week, including a season-high six last week. Receiver Brian Thomas Jr. (ankle) returned to full practice participation yesterday and appears possible to return from his three-game absence, but defensive end Travon Walker (knee) hasn’t practiced this week and may be missing his second straight game. Tennessee carries a six-game overall losing streak and a 10-game home losing streak into this week. Even with a depleted receiver room, Cam Ward completed 28 of 42 passes for 256 yards and a touchdown with a team-high 37 rushing yards and his first career rushing TD. The Titans have been putting up more of a fight recently despite the losses continuing to stack. After six of the Titans’ first seven losses were by 10-plus points – including four by 18-plus points – their last three have all one-score losses. Minnesota Vikings (4-7) at Seattle Seahawks (8-3)Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ETFanDuel odds: Seahawks -11.5, Total 41.5Series Rewind: Eleven months ago Sam Darnold came up clutch for the Vikings and beat Seattle 27-24, answering a Seahawks touchdown with a 30-second TD drive by finding Justin Jefferson for a 39-yard strike that proved to be the game winner. Wanderlust might only be the fault of the Minnesota brass this week with the Vikings headed to Seattle to see what they’re missing in Darnold. The Vikings who also set free Daniel Jones into the market in March — he’s 8-3 with the Colts — are trudging forward with the developmental plan at the position centered on J.J. McCarthy growing rapidly. But he’s been hurt — and spent the week in concussion protocol — leaving the Vikings in an unsolicited get-to-know moment with undrafted rookie Max Brosmer. Brosmer’s likely starting debut comes in a tough environment, even if Seattle has been well shy of perfect at home. Darnold’s 69.5 completion percentage is top five in the league, just ahead of Jones. McCarthy is last (54.1%) among quarterbacks with multiple starts. Seattle’s offense relies on Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who caught two TD passes at Tennessee last week. He leads the NFL in receiving yards with 1,313 and already has eclipsed the franchise record. With six games remaining, he could become the NFL’s first 2,000-yard receiver. Las Vegas Raiders (2-9) at Los Angeles Chargers (7-4)Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ETFanDuel odds: Chargers -9.5, Total 40.5Series Rewind: The Chargers swept the season series last year for the first time since 2018. They’ve won three straight against the Raiders to trim their deficit in the all-time series to 69-61-2. Los Angeles has had two weeks to dwell on its worst loss of Jim Harbaugh’s tenure, a 35-6 loss at Jacksonville. It hopes to find a bit more continuity against the Raiders after Justin Herbert had a career-low 81 yards passing, was sacked twice and was checked for a concussion late in the first half in the last game. Herbert has been sacked 35 times, fourth most in the NFL. A Raiders defense which ranks 27th in the league with 20 sacks this season — despite having a standout pass-rusher in Maxx Crosby — may be a get-right opportunity for the Chargers. Los Angeles opened the practice window for rookie RB Omarion Hampton (ankle) this week, and he was limited Wednesday and Thursday in practice. Las Vegas has its own offensive issues, so much so that Pete Carroll fired offensive coordinator Chip Kelly last Sunday after the team scored just 10 points in its fifth straight loss against Cleveland. Its offense is third worst in the NFL with 268.9 yards per game, next to last with 79.5 yards rushing and tied for worst at 15.0 points per game. Quarterback Geno Smith has Herbert beat, having been sacked 41 times this season, including 10 last week. Crosby (knee) returned to full practice participation Thursday after he was limited Wednesday. Tight end Michael Mayer (ankle) has not practiced this week after sustaining an injury in last week’s game.New Buffalo Bills (7-4) at Pittsburgh Steelers (6-5)Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ETFanDuel odds: Bills -3.5, Total 46.5Series Rewind: After Pittsburgh dominated from 1993 through 2016 — winning 10 of 11 meetings, including playoffs — the Bills turned the tables during the Josh Allen era. Buffalo has won four of the past five, most recently 31-17 in the wild-card round in January 2024. This game carries significant implications for both teams as they try to boost their AFC playoff hopes. Some players might deflect the importance of the matchup, but Josh Allen leaned in, saying his Bills are operating with an “extremely high sense of urgency” after their 23-19 loss against the Houston Texans last week. The reigning NFL MVP has completed 69.7 percent of his passes for 2,709 yards, 18 touchdowns and nine interceptions in 11 starts. He’s also dealing with a right elbow injury but has been a full participant at practice. Speaking of quarterback injuries, Pittsburgh’s Aaron Rodgers sat out last week’s 31-28 loss to the Chicago Bears with an injury to his non-throwing wrist. He was considered a full participant in Thursday’s practice. If he can’t go, Mason Rudolph would draw a second straight start. Jaylen Warren leads the Steelers with 604 rushing yards, and DK Metcalf is tops in the passing game with 573 receiving yards and five touchdowns on 42 catches. The Bills have continued to operate a terrific ground game, with James Cook ranking second in the league at 1,084 rushing yards. They may also give Brandin Cooks his debut after signing the free agent receiver this week. Denver Broncos (9-2) at Washington Commanders (3-8)Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ETFanDuel odds: Broncos -5.5, Total 43.5Series Rewind: The all-time series is knotted 8-8 when counting Washington’s win in Super Bowl XXII. The teams have alternated wins and losses in the past eight meetings, with the Commanders prevailing 35-33 in 2023. The Broncos and Commanders are each coming out of their bye week but are pointed in distinctly opposite directions. Denver has won eight straight and most recently defeated division rival and AFC champion Kansas City 22-19. Washington has had the bottom fall out with six losses in a row, including 16-13 in overtime to the Miami Dolphins two weeks ago in Madrid. Broncos coach Sean Payton pointed out one of his team’s few deficiencies was discipline; they’ve committed a league-high 93 penalties for 883 yards, and they’re minus-3 in turnover ratio, with only nine takeaways. Denver’s third-ranked defense has carried it while Bo Nix has been hot and cold. After Nix was held to 173 and 150 yards in low-scoring wins over Houston and Las Vegas, he amassed 295 yards in the Chiefs win. Nix might be licking his chops against a Commanders defense that ranks 31st in yards allowed and 28th in scoring. Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels (non-throwing elbow) returned to practice Wednesday, although Marcus Mariota is expected to make his sixth start Sunday. Wide receivers Terry McLaurin (quad) and Noah Brown (groin/knee) also returned Wednesday and practiced fully on Thursday. Broncos star cornerback Pat Surtain II (pectoral) was a full participant at Thursday’s practice. ===== MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL NEWS TOP 25 BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: NO. 5 UCONN ROLLS PAST NO. 13 ILLINOIS Solo Ball scored 15 points to lead a balanced attack as No. 5 UConn held on for a 74-61 nonconference victory over No. 13 Illinois on Friday in New York. Malachi Smith contributed 14 points and nine assists off the bench while Alex Karaban added 12 points for the Huskies (6-1), who limited the Fighting Illini to 31.7% shooting and led by 21 midway through the second half. Five-star UConn freshman forward Braylon Mullins, recovered from an ankle injury, made his collegiate debut and contributed two points in 10 minutes. Kylan Boswell scored a game-high 25 points to pace Illinois (6-2), which missed 15 consecutive field-goal attempts and 13 straight 3-point tries during an extended stretch bridging the halves. Tomislav Ivisic contributed 11 points and 10 rebounds. No. 1 Purdue 109, Eastern Illinois 62 Daniel Jacobsen produced a career-high 24 points with nine rebounds and six blocks in 18 minutes off the bench as the Boilers prepped for their Big Ten opener with the thorough nonconference win over the Panthers in West Lafayette, Ind. Jacobsen made all eight of his field-goal attempts for Purdue (7-0) to lead an offense that shot 63.1% from the field. Fletcher Loyer scored 15 points on 4-for-4 shooting from 3-point range, Trey Kaufman-Renn notched 14 points and Braden Smith handed out 10 assists. Meechie White scored 23 points to pace the Panthers (2-5), who owned brief leads at 12-9 and 14-12. Eastern Illinois was outrebounded 37-17 and committed 17 turnovers. No. 9 BYU 83, Dayton 79 Richie Saunders scored 29 points and grabbed eight rebounds to help the Cougars earn a win over the Flyers in the ESPN Events Invitational championship game at Kissimmee, Fla. Robert Wright III added 23 points and six assists while freshman AJ Dybantsa scored 18 for the Cougars (6-1), who overcame a 10-point first-half deficit. Javon Bennett led Dayton (6-2) with 22 points. Bryce Heard followed with a career-high 16 points off the bench and Amael L’Etang scored 13. No. 10 Florida 90, Providence 78 Xaivian Lee scored a game-high 20 points and Urban Klavzar came off the bench to toss in 18 to lead the Gators past the Friars in the Rady Children’s Invitational consolation game in San Diego. Florida (5-2) made a season-high 12 3-pointers on 33 attempts. Lee and Boogie Fland each made a team-high four 3-pointers. Fland finished with 17 points. The Gators received 16 points, 12 rebounds and five assists from Thomas Haugh, and a 13-point, 10-rebound performance from Rueben Chinyelu. Ryan Mela (17 points) and Jaylin Sellers (14) were the leading scorers for Providence (4-4). No. 24 Vanderbilt 96, Saint Mary’s 71 Duke Miles concluded a week to remember with a 25-point outing and the Commodores used a dominant first half to defeat the Gaels in the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis at Paradise Island, Bahamas. Miles, who won the same tournament with Oklahoma last season, paced the Commodores with 28 points in the opener against Western Kentucky and 20 in the semifinals against VCU. Jalen Washington added 19 points on Friday for Vanderbilt (8-0), which never trailed. Paulius Murauskas guided Saint Mary’s (8-1) with 24 points and Mikey Lewis scored 19. The Gaels committed 16 turnovers that turned into 20 points for the Commodores. ===== WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL WOMEN’S TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 10 IOWA STATE BLOWS PAST MARQUETTE Audi Crooks scored 14 of her 18 points in the first half, helping No. 10 Iowa State jump ahead early and coast to an 84-73 win over Marquette Friday in the opening round of the Coconut Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. The Cyclones (8-0) took a 15-4 lead behind a 10-0 stretch and led 47-35 at the half, thanks to a late 7-0 run. The Golden Eagles (4-2) closed the game on a 10-0 run to make the final score more respectable. Iowa State held a hefty rebounding advantage (44-26), anchored by a double-double from Jada Williams (15 points, 11 rebounds) and nine rebounds from Arianna Jackson. The Cyclones will play the winner of Friday afternoon’s Indiana-Gonzaga game in the Blue Heron Division championship on Sunday. Jaidynn Mason led Marquette with 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting, and Skylar Forbes tallied 13 but was just 1-of-5 from 3-point range. No. 12 North Carolina 85, Kansas State 73 Lanie Grant hit 4 of 8 3-pointers and scored a team-high 15 points to lead the Tar Heels to a victory over the Wildcats in the Cancun Challenge at Riviera Maya, Mexico. North Carolina (7-1) shot over 50% as a team, making 14 of 26 threes (53.8%). Indya Nivar, Nyla Harris and Nyla Brooks scored 14 points apiece, with Nivar also adding a game-high seven assists and four steals. Izela Arenas led Kansas State (5-4) with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting off the bench. The Wildcats shot 56.3% from the floor (27 of 48 but were 50% from the free-throw line (12 of 24). No. 13 Ole Miss 65, Wisconsin 56 The Rebels closed on a 9-2 run to hold off the Badgers in the Dayton Beach Classic. Sira Thienou, who shot just 2-of-8 from 3-point range on the day, knocked down a pivotal triple with 1:17 remaining that kicked off the game-ending run for the Rebels (6-0). Christeen Iwuala’s 20 points and eight rebounds guided Ole Miss. Wisconsin (6-2) pulled within a two-point margin with 1:44 remaining, rebounding from an eight-point third quarter. The Badgers could not hold off the Rebels in the closing stretch, however. Destiny Howell paced Wisconsin with 14 points and five boards. No. 16 Kentucky 101, Morgan State 39 Five Wildcats scored in double figures in a dominant win over the Lady Bears at the Puerto Rico Shootout in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Asia Boone’s 21 points, 15 of which came on 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range, led Kentucky’s balanced scoring. Kaelyn Carroll knocked down another five 3-pointers on 10 attempts for 15 points off the bench. Jordan Obi scored 17 points, Clara Strack chipped in 13 and Teonni Key went 7-of-7 from the floor on the way to 16 points for the Wildcats (8-1). Kentucky took over early, outscoring Morgan State (1-8) 24-7 in the first quarter. Mihjae Hayes led Morgan State with 13 points. No. 18 Southern California 82, Pepperdine 52 An 11-0 first-quarter run set the Trojans on their way to a rout of the Waves in Los Angeles. The Trojans (5-2) held the visiting Waves (4-2) without a point for more than five minutes in the opening period, setting the tone on a defensively dominant night for USC. Pepperdine shot just 1-of-13 from 3-point range and committed 18 turnovers, which USC countered with 10-of-25 shooting from outside. Kara Dunn, who led the Trojans with 19 points, shot 3-of-4 from long range. Jazzy Davidson knocked down three of her six 3-point attempts on the way to 18 points. Pepperdine was led by Elli Guiney (12 points) and Meghan Fiso (11). No. 24 Oklahoma State 74, Charlotte 65 Achol Akot led five Cowgirls (7 of nine) in double figures as they held off the 49ers for a win in the opening game of the Cayman Islands Classic at George Town, Cayman Islands. Akot tallied 16 points with eight rebounds, leading an effort on the boards that saw Oklahoma State nearly double up Charlotte in rebounds (47-25). Lena Girardi scored 15 while Amari Whiting added 13 and Micah Gray and Stailee Heard scored 10 apiece. Charlotte was 7-for-11 from 3-point range in the fourth quarter to trim a deficit that was as large as 18 points. Zoe Best made 5 of 10 threes to rack up a game-high 18 points, and Princess Anderson and Tanajah Hayes added 16 points apiece. No. 25 NC State 110, Southern Miss 56 Led by Khamil Pierre’s 18-point, 16-rebound double-double, all five starters scored in double figures as the Wolfpack romped past the Lady Eagles in the Yucatan Division of the Cancun Challenge. NC State (5-3) pounced on the Golden Eagles early with a 30-point first-quarter onslaught. The Wolfpack scored the game’s first 11 points, with four different players scoring in the initial stretch. Tilda Trygger scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Zamareya Jones and Zoe Brooks each added 14 points, and Qadence Samuels finished with 11 points. NC State got another 11 and 10 points off the bench from Destiny Lunan and Adelaide Jernigan. Carly Keats and Meloney Thames each scored 12 points for the Lady Eagles (6-2). ===== NBA NEWS NBA ROUNDUP: LUKA DONCIC BURNS MAVS, LAKERS SWEEP NBA CUP GROUP Luka Doncic scored 35 points and dished out 11 assists against his former team and the Los Angeles Lakers finished perfect in NBA Cup group play with a 129-119 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Friday. Austin Reaves scored 38 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Deandre Ayton paired 17 points with eight rebounds, and LeBron James had 13 points and seven assists in his fourth game of the season after returning from sciatica. Doncic improved to 3-0 against Dallas after his surprising trade from the Mavericks in February. Los Angeles, which had already advanced to the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup, finished 4-0 in West Group B. P.J. Washington amassed 22 points and nine rebounds and Anthony Davis added 12 points for the Mavericks in his first game on his former home court after he was traded to Dallas in the Doncic deal. He was making his return after missing the previous 14 games with a calf injury. Thunder 123, Suns 119 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 points to help Oklahoma City record its 11th consecutive win, a home victory over Phoenix in an NBA Cup game that saw both teams advance. The win sends the Thunder to the knockout round of the NBA Cup after they went 4-0 in West Group A. The Suns, who lost for just the third time in 12 games overall, fell to 3-1 in NBA Cup action. However, they still earned a wild-card spot as the Western Conference’s best second-place team, so they will join the Thunder in the knockout round. Oklahoma City also improved to 19-1, becoming the fifth team in NBA history to win at least 19 games in the season’s first 20. After capturing the first nine games of the winning streak by 13 or more points, Oklahoma City has now won back-to-back tight games after beating Minnesota by eight on Wednesday. Spurs 139, Nuggets 136 Devin Vassell scored 18 of his season-high 35 points in the fourth quarter and visiting San Antonio beat Denver to win West Group C and advance to the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup. Julian Champagnie scored 25 points — also a season high — and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Spurs. San Antonio sealed the win my making 7 of 8 free throws in the last minute. Jamal Murray put up 37 points for Denver, which went 2-2 in NBA Cup play. Nikola Jokic had 21 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists, and Cameron Johnson contributed a season-high 28 points. Hawks 130, Cavaliers 123 Jalen Johnson produced his second triple-double of the season and Atlanta held off visiting Cleveland as both teams failed to advance in the NBA Cup. Johnson finished with 29 points, shooting 9-for-18 from the floor, to go with 12 rebounds and 12 assists. Atlanta has won three of its last four, while Cleveland has lost two in a row. Both teams finished 2-2 in East Group A and were eliminated from the NBA Cup. Nickeil Alexander-Walker finished with 30 points and Zaccharie Risacher had 14 points. Cleveland was led by Donovan Mitchell with 42 points, his 21st career game with 40-plus points. The Cavaliers got 20 points and 14 rebounds from Evan Mobley and 15 points and 10 assists from Darius Garland. Former Hawk De’Andre Hunter scored 16 in his return to Atlanta. Knicks 118, Bucks 109 Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 37 points, helping New York earn a victory over visiting Milwaukee and advance to the NBA Cup knockout stage. Josh Hart finished with 19 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists and Miles McBride scored 19 for the Knicks, who won their third straight and finished atop East Group C with a 3-1 record. Mikal Bridges added 14 for New York, while Karl-Anthony Towns totaled nine points and 10 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 30 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists in his return from a four-game absence caused by a thigh injury. Kyle Kuzma scored 20, AJ Green added 18, Ryan Rollins put up 13 and Myles Turner had 10 for Milwaukee, which dropped its seventh straight game. 76ers 115, Nets 103 Tyrese Maxey totaled 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists as the short-handed Philadelphia never trailed in a victory over Brooklyn in New York. The Sixers were without Joel Embiid (knee), VJ Edgecombe (calf), Kelly Oubre Jr. (knee) and Trendon Watford (groin). Jared McCain added 20 off Philadelphia’s bench. Rookie Egor Demin posted career bests of 23 points and nine rebounds for Brooklyn. Both teams entered the game having already been eliminated from advancing in the NBA Cup. They finished tied at the bottom of East Group B at 1-3. Hornets 123, Bulls 116 Brandon Miller’s season-high 27 points and Miles Bridges’ 22 points carried Charlotte to an NBA Cup victory over visiting Chicago, a result that snapped the Hornets’ seven-game losing streak. Reserve Collin Sexton poured in 21 points, LaMelo Ball had 16 points and eight assists and Kon Knueppel added 12 points for the Hornets, who finished 1-3 in East Group C of the NBA Cup. Coby White and Josh Giddey each scored 25 points to lead the Bulls. Chicago also went 1-3 in NBA Cup play and has lost three of its past four games overall. Magic 112, Pistons 109 Desmond Bane poured in 37 points and grabbed eight rebounds as visiting Orlando edged Detroit to advance to the knockout round of the NBA Cup. Orlando finished 4-0 in the East Group B of the event and won for the fifth time in its past six games. The Pistons, who went 2-2 in NBA Cup action, lost for the second time in a row following their 13-game winning streak. Franz Wagner had 21 points and seven rebounds for the Magic. Cade Cunningham carried the Pistons with 39 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. Cunningham was fouled with 4.7 seconds left but missed the first free throw and then intentionally missed the second. The Pistons got the rebound, but Duncan Robinson’s last-ditch 3-point try was blocked by Black. Pacers 119, Wizards 86 Pascal Siakam amassed 24 points and 11 rebounds as Indiana cruised to a win over Washington in Indianapolis. Both teams finished 1-3 in East Group A of the NBA Cup. Bennedict Mathurin scored 20 points and matched his season high with four assists for the Pacers, who led by as many as 33 and won for the third time in their first 19 games. Alex Sarr led Washington with 24 points. The Wizards were unable to carry the momentum from Tuesday, when they snapped a 14-game losing streak with a home win over the Atlanta Hawks. Jazz 128, Kings 119 Keyonte George scored 31 points, Lauri Markkanen added 28 and Utah avoided a winless round of pool play in the NBA Cup with a victory over Sacramento in Salt Lake City. Utah, which finished 1-3 in West Group A, snapped a four-game skid. The Jazz used a 12-2 run early in the second quarter to take a lead they never relinquished. Zach LaVine hit three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, part of a 6-of-9 period on his way to a game-high 34 points for the Kings. Sacramento ended up 0-4 in NBA Cup action. Grizzlies 112, Clippers 107 Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 24 points and Zach Edey grabbed 19 rebounds to help Memphis rally to a win in Inglewood, Calif., in the NBA Cup finale for both teams. Vince Williams Jr. added 16 points and Jaylen Wells and backup Santi Aldama scored 13 points apiece as Memphis recovered from a 16-point third-quarter deficit. The Grizzlies went 3-1 in West Group B play but didn’t advance to the knockout round. Los Angeles went 2-2. Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points on 15-of-24 shooting but couldn’t prevent the Clippers from losing for the 12th time in the past 14 games. James Harden had 23 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds for Los Angeles. Kris Dunn added 11 points, seven rebounds and five steals, and John Collins logged 10 points and seven rebounds. ===== NHL NEWS NHL ROUNDUP: WILD END AVS’ 10-GAME WINNING STREAK Matt Boldy scored the decisive goal in a shootout, lifting the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 win over the Avalanche on Friday afternoon in Saint Paul, Minn., ending Colorado’s 10-game winning streak. Kirill Kaprizov scored both goals in regulation for Minnesota, which won its seventh game in a row. Mats Zuccarello also scored during the shootout round for the Wild. Nathan MacKinnon scored his league-leading 19th goal and added an assist for Colorado. Martin Necas scored the lone goal during the shootout round for the Avalanche, who earned one point in the standings by forcing the game to overtime. Wild goaltender Jesper Wallstedt stopped 39 of 41 shots in regulation and overtime, and he turned aside two of three attempts in the shootout round. Avalanche goaltender Scott Wedgewood saved 35 of 37 shots in regulation and overtime, but he stopped only one of three attempts in the final round. Ducks 5, Kings 4 (SO) Leo Carlsson scored the game-tying goal with 1:31 remaining in the third period and Troy Terry and Mason McTavish converted in the shootout, lifting host Anaheim to a victory over Los Angeles. Terry tucked the puck between the pads of Darcy Kuemper in the shootout and McTavish also tallied for the Ducks, who concluded a six-game homestand with a 4-2-0 record. Ville Husso was perfect in the shootout and finished with 23 saves in his first NHL game this season. Chris Kreider scored a power-play goal and defensemen Olen Zellweger and Pavel Mintyukov also tallied for the Ducks. Alex Laferriere, Kevin Fiala, Alex Turcotte and defenseman Joel Edmundson each scored a goal and Kuemper made 27 saves for the Kings, who have lost four of their last five games (1-1-3). Flyers 4, Islanders 3 (SO) Trevor Zegras and Travis Konecny scored in the shootout as Philadelphia recovered from blowing a three-goal lead to post a victory over host New York in Elmont. With the win, Philadelphia remained perfect at 5-0 in shootouts this season. Tyson Foerster, Sean Couturier and Zegras scored in regulation for the Flyers, with Ersson making 28 saves before his shootout heroics. Emil Heineman, Matthew Schaefer and Anders Lee scored in regulation for New York, while David Rittich made 18 saves. Simon Holmstrom tallied the lone shootout goal for the Islanders. Penguins 4, Blue Jackets 3 (OT) Defenseman Kris Letang scored 59 seconds into overtime to give Pittsburgh a come-from-behind win over host Columbus. Letang also had an assist. Sidney Crosby netted two goals and Bryan Rust the other for the Penguins, who won for the third time in eight games (3-2-3). Tommy Novak had two assists, and Tristan Jarry made 26 saves. Defenseman Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist and Sean Monahan and Brendan Gaunce also scored for the Blue Jackets, who have blown third-period leads in three of their last four games (0-1-3). Columbus goalie Jet Greaves stopped 20 shots. Eight of his past nine starts have gone into overtime, and he is 4-0-5 in that span. Capitals 4, Maple Leafs 2 Jakob Chychrun scored the go-ahead goal at 16:04 of the third period and Washington rallied to defeat visiting Toronto. Chychrun has scored in five straight games. The Capitals scored three times in the third period, including Tom Wilson’s goal into an empty net, to overcome a 2-0 deficit. Connor McMichael and Wilson each had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, who have won three straight. Anthony Beauvillier scored the tying goal for Washington. Morgan Rielly and Matthew Knies scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost two of three to start a six-game road trip. Joseph Woll was again superb, stopping 30 shots. Sharks 3, Canucks 2 Adam Gaudette scored with 4:43 remaining in the second period and that was the difference for host San Jose against Vancouver. Gaudette’s goal, his sixth of the year, was the second of two goals in a 1:14 span that flipped the game in San Jose’s favor. Will Smith and William Eklund both scored power-play goals, and Macklin Celebrini assisted on both that came on the man-advantage. Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson tallied goals for the Canucks, who have lost four of their last five. Conor Garland, Filip Hronek, Evander Kane and Tom Willander all added assists. Nikita Tolopilo stopped 21 shots in his fourth NHL start, but the Belarusian made a critical error in saving Gaudette’s goal. Tolopilo caught it, but a replay showed the netminder’s glove ventured past the goal line. Lightning 6, Red Wings 3 Yanni Gourde scored two unassisted goals and Tampa Bay stretched its winning streak to six games by doubling up host Detroit. Darren Raddysh had one goal and two assists and Jake Guentzel contributed a goal and an assist. Gage Goncalves and Brandon Hagel added goals, while Nikita Kucherov extended his point streak to eight games with a pair of assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots. J.T. Compher, Michael Rasmussen and Dylan Larkin scored goals for the Red Wings, while John Gibson made 22 saves. Rangers 6, Bruins 2 Led by Artemi Panarin’s four-point game, visiting New York scored two goals in each period to hold off Boston. Panarin registered one goal and three assists, while Mika Zibanejad netted two power-play goals in a 45-second span in the second period to extend New York’s lead to 4-0. Vladislav Gavrikov, Carson Soucy and Alexis Lafreniere also tallied for the Rangers. Casey Mittelstadt and Morgan Geekie scored goals and Joonas Korpisalo made 30 saves for the Bruins, who played without leading forwards David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha due to day-to-day injuries. Canadiens 4, Golden Knights 1 Sam Montembeault made 30 saves to lead Montreal to a victory over Vegas in Las Vegas. Cole Caufield, Zack Bolduc and Juraj Slafkovsky each had a goal and an assist and Jake Evans also scored for Montreal, which won its third straight game. Mark Stone scored a goal and Akira Schmid stopped 15 of 18 shots for Vegas, which suffered its fourth straight loss and ninth in last 13 games. Devils 5, Sabres 0 Jake Allen made 42 saves for the shutout and Arseny Gritsyuk had two goals as New Jersey beat host Buffalo. Allen achieved his first shutout of the season, marking his third-highest save total among his 29 career NHL shutouts. Brenden Dillon and Paul Cotter each had a goal and an assist for the Devils and Ondrej Palat added two assists. Nico Hischier recorded New Jersey’s other goal to extend his scoring streak to four games. The Sabres were held scoreless for the third time this season, despite a 42-23 edge in shots. Buffalo goalie Alex Lyon stopped only 18 of 23 shots. Flames 5, Panthers 3 Nazem Kadri had a goal and two assists, Yan Kuznetsov notched his first career goal, and Calgary won for the second time in the first three games of its five-game road swing with a victory in Sunrise, Fla. MacKenzie Weegar, Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee hit the net for the Flames, who have games at the Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators left on the trip. The Flames started backup goalie Devin Cooley and the 28-year-old responded with 37 saves. Evan Rodrigues, Sam Bennett and Brad Marchand tallied as the Panthers lost for the third time in four games (1-3-0). Sam Reinhart had two assists. Backup goaltender Daniil Tarasov made 29 saves. Stars 4, Mammoth 3 Wyatt Johnston scored the eventual game-winner on a 5-on-3 power play in the second period as Dallas topped visiting Utah. Roope Hintz, Jamie Benn and Jason Robertson also scored for the Stars, who improved to 9-1-1 in its past 11 games. Miro Heiskanen and Mikko Rantanen each had two assists as Dallas improved to 4-0-1 in its past five contests. Dallas improved to 4-1-0 all-time against Utah as Jake Oettinger made 27 saves to move to 11-4-2 on the season. Logan Cooley, Kevin Rooney and Jack McBain were the goal scorers for the Mammoth, who dropped to 1-5-2 in their past eight on the road. John Marino had a pair of assists, and Vitek Vanecek stopped 24 shots. Blues 4, Senators 3 Matthew Kessel scored the decisive goal as St. Louis held off visiting Ottawa. Oskar Sundqvist, Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich also scored for the Blues, who have earned a point in five of their last six games (2-1-3). Jordan Binnington made 25 saves. Shane Pinto, Fabian Zetterlund and David Perron scored and Leevi Merilainen made 27 saves for the Senators, who are 3-2-0 on their seven-game road trip. Brady Tkachuk, who had been sidelined by a thumb injury, earned an assist in his first game since Oct. 13. Hurricanes 5, Jets 1 Seth Jarvis scored a hat trick as Carolina defeated the visiting Jets, its second victory over Winnipeg in eight days. Jordan Martinook and Alexander Nikishin also had goals for the Hurricanes, and Shayne Gostisbehere and Andrei Svechnikov each collected two assists. Carolina goalie Brandon Bussi made 12 stops. Mark Scheifele scored the only goal for the Jets, assisted by Gabriel Vilardi. Thomas Milic, making his NHL debut in net, turned away 30 shots. Predators 4, Blackhawks 3 Chicago’s recent struggles continued as Nashville held on for a road victory. Steven Stamkos, Luke Evangelista, and Ryan O’Reilly each had a goal and an assist, Matthew Wood also scored and Jusse Saros finished with 24 saves for the Predators, who won their second game in a row. Arvid Soderblom stopped 25 shots while Ryan Donato, Ryan Greene, and Teuvo Teravainen tallied for the Blackhawks, who have lost straight (0-4-1). ===== TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES INDIANAPOLIS COLTS FOOTBALL NEWS CAPSULE: HOUSTON TEXANS (6-5) AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (8-3) Lucas Oil Stadium | Referee: Clay Martin All-Time Series History Regular Season: IND leads series, 32-13-1 (HOU won 3 of past 4) Postseason: IND leads series, 1-0 The Last Time… Regular Season: 10/27/24: IND 20 at HOU 23 Postseason: AFC-WC 1/5/19: IND 21 at HOU 7 TEXANS NOTES: TEXANS rank 2nd in NFL in points allowed per game (16.5). • QB DAVIS MILLS passed for 153 yards & 2 TDs last week. Aims for 4th in row with TD pass. Has 250+ pass yards in 2 of his past 3. • QB C.J. STROUD aims for his 4th in row on road with 200+ pass yards & TD pass. Has 225+ pass yards & TD in each of his 4 career starts vs. Ind., incl. 2+ TD passes in 3 starts. • RB WOODY MARKS led team with 74 rush yards in Week 12. Aims for 4th in row with 50+ scrimmage yards. Ranks 6th among rookies with 422 rush yards in 2025. • WR CHRISTIAN KIRK had 30th career TD catch last week. Had 4 rec. for 88 yards in his last game vs. Ind. (10/6/24 w/ Jax.). • WR JAYDEN HIGGINS (rookie) had TD catch in Week 12. Ranks tied-5th in rec. TD (4) among rookies this season. • DE WILL ANDERSON JR. led team with season-high 2.5 sacks & had PD last week. Ranks 4th in NFL with 10.5 sacks this season. Has sack in 6 consecutive games, longest active streak. • DE DANIELLE HUNTER had 2 sacks last week & ranks 3rd in the NFL with 11 in sacks this season (11). Has 4 games with 2+ sacks in 2025, tied-most in NFL (Brian Burns & Myles Garrett). Aims for his 3rd in row 1.5+ sacks. • DE TIM SETTLE had 1st sack of season & 2 TFL last week. • DE DEREK BARNETT had sack in Week 12. • LB HENRY TO’OTO’O had 7 tackles & sack in Week 12. Had 7 tackles, TFL & PD in his last game vs. Ind. (9/8/24). • LB AZEEZ AL-SHAAIR had 7 tackles & PD last week. • S CALEN BULLOCK had career-high 2 INTs & FF in Week 12, only player to do so in a single game this season. • S JAYLEN REED led team with 11 tackles & FR last week. COLTS NOTES: QB DANIEL JONES completed 19 of 31 atts. (61.3 pct.) for 181 yards & 2 TDs in Week 12. Is 1 of 3 QBs with 210+ pass yards in 10+ games (10) this season & 1 of 4 with TD pass in 11 games. Has 100+ rating in each of 5 starts at Lucas Oil Stadium this season. Completed 13 of 17 atts. (76.5 pct.) for 197 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 153.3 rating in only career start vs. Hou. (11/13/22 w/ NYG). • RB JONATHAN TAYLOR led team with 66 scrimmage yards (58 rush, 8 rec.) last week. Ranks 2nd NFL in scrimmage yards (1,465), rush yards (1,197) & scrimmage TDs (17) this season. Has 130+ scrimmage yards & TD in 3 of his past 4 at Lucas Oil Stadium in 2025. Has 1,067 scrimmage yards (133.4 per game) and 10 TDs (9 rush, 1 rec.) in 8 career games vs. Hou. • WR MICHAEL PITTMAN had 5 catches for 27 yards & TD in Week 12. Has 5+ catches is 4 of his past 5. Aims for his 4th in row vs. division with 6+ catches & 70+ rec. yards. • WR ALEC PIERCE aims for his 4th in row at Lucas Oil Stadium with 45+ rec. yards. • TE TYLER WARREN had 5 catches for 45 yards last week. Has most receptions (55) & ranks 3rd in rec. yards (662) among rookies in 2025. Has TD catch in 2 of his past 3 at Lucas Oil Stadium. • LB ZAIRE FRANKLIN had 14 tackles, TFL & FF in Week 12. Aims for his 3rd in row with 10+ tackles & TFL. Had 11 tackles & TFL in last meeting. • LB GERMAINE PRATT led team with career-high 20 tackles & had TFL & PD last week. Has TFL in 3 of his past 4. Aims for his 4th in row with PD. • DE LAIATU LATU had 6 tackles, sack & INT in Week 12. Has sack in 4 of his past 5. • DT GROVER STEWART had 1st half sack of season last week. Had 6 tackles & 2 TFL in last meeting. • S CAMRYN BYMUM had 3 tackles in Week 12. Had 6 tackles & INT in only career game vs. Hou. (9/22/24 w/ Min.). • CB SAUCE GARDNER had 7 tackles & PD last week. Aims for his 6th in row with PD. TEXANS DEFENSE POSES NEXT BIG OBSTACLE AS COLTS TRY TO SOLVE RECENT OFFENSIVE STRUGGLES INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones has been feeling the heat. There were concerns about his seven turnovers in the two games before Indy’s bye week. There were questions about his ineffective play late in last week’s loss at Kansas City. Some even wondered if the two losses in the past three games may signal a return to his norm after a strong start. Sure, Jones realizes it’s all part of life when you play the sport’s most important position. Yet those past three games also exposed something else — Jones’ struggle to deal with an increased pass rush. It’s not just a problem for Jones, it’s something Indy’s offense must fix and fast. “Most teams, they’ll look back at what we’ve done throughout the year, look at what worked the past few weeks and say ‘OK, that’s what’s been working, let’s try that,’” Colts center Tanor Bortolini said Monday. “Teams are going to try to do things others have done well, and I think that’s something we’ll see more of going forward.” The next test comes Sunday when Indy (8-3) faces another stout defense when it hosts Houston (6-5). Like the Chiefs, the two-time defending AFC South champs are trying to play their way back into the playoff mix. And like the Chiefs, the Texans are more than capable of dialing up pressure and forcing miscues. Just ask reigning league MVP Josh Allen, who was sacked eight times and threw two interceptions in his worst game this season in last week’s 23-19 loss. Houston has 16 sacks in its past three games, all wins. And while Jones avoided taking any sacks last week, he went down 15 times in the previous three games and Kansas City harassed him into his third-worst performance of the season — 19 of 31, 181 yards and two TDs while missing six of his last nine throws. So with a chance to shake up the division race by cutting a two-game deficit in half and getting a road win in the first of two matchups this season against Indy, expect Houston to crank up the pressure on Jones. “When you’re a good defense, everybody’s playing together, everybody’s communicating well,” Texans coach DeMeco Ryans said. “Of course, you have to be a fast, physical outfielder who’s flying around to the football. That’s what we have, starting with our guys up front. They’re the key to what we do.” Stroud’s status Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud will return Sunday after missing three straight games recovering from a concussion. Stroud has beaten the Colts in three straight meetings and is 3-1 against Indy. Top-ranked defense Houston’s defense ranks first in the NFL by allowing 264.3 yards a game and has the league’s second-best scoring defense at 16.5 points per game. They are on track to break the franchise’s single-season record for fewest points allowed per game and have held nine of their 11 opponents to 20 points or fewer, the most in the NFL this season. It’s all by design. “All the time in practice we talk about just being relentless up front,” Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr. said, referring to the Buffalo game. “I think we all did a great job of that. I don’t think it was just a one-man thing. I think the whole D-line, the whole defense did a good job of swarming and everybody getting to the ball.” Getting Taylor more involved Jonathan Taylor had only 16 carries at Kansas City, and Steichen acknowledged Monday that he probably should have given the league’s leading rusher some more carries late in last week’s game. What could it mean for this week? When Taylor previously had a light workload in a loss at Pittsburgh, he rebounded with 32 carries, 244 yards and three TDs in an overtime win over Atlanta in Berlin, Germany. The Texans will be ready. “I can’t say enough good things about him as a running back,” Ryans said. “His balance, his power, the explosiveness. You have to be able to set the edge because he can take the explosive run 50-plus yards and take it to the house. He can hit cutback lanes and make you pay. So, it’s going to take everything we have.” Dynamic group For the first time since acquiring Sauce Gardner at the trade deadline, the Colts had their three Pro Bowl cornerbacks — Gardner, Charvarius Ward and Kenny Moore II — on the field together. The Colts liked the early results after Ward was activated off injured reserve. “Having (Ward) out there — great for the team,” safety Nick Cross said. “Very sticky in man coverage, great player to have out there, someone I enjoy playing with. You can definitely tell a difference when he’s out there with Sauce, and it shows — the way we can lock receivers down.” ===== INDIANA PACERS BASKETBALL NEWS GAME REWIND: PACERS 119, WIZARDS 86 (NBA CUP) The Pacers tipped off a four-game homestand on Friday night on a high note, rolling to a 119-86 victory over the Washington Wizards (2-16) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Six players scored in double figures for Indiana (3-16), with All-Star forward Pascal Siakam leading the way with an efficient 24-point, 11-rebound double-double. Siakam went 11-for-20 from the field and logged just 26 minutes in the runaway victory. “He decided that we were not going to lose this game tonight,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said of Siakam. “He was ultra-aggressive, but within our system…He was tremendous. I thought as good as he was on offense, he was equally good and maybe better defensively and rebounding the ball.” Bennedict Mathurin added 20 points and four assists, going 8-for-16 from the field and 3-for-5 from 3-point range. T.J. McConnell chipped in 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting and eight assists in just 19 minutes off the bench. Friday was the last night of Group Play in the 2025 edition of the NBA Cup. Both the Pacers and Wizards were already eliminated from advancing to the Knockout Rounds ahead of Friday’s matchup. McConnell and the second unit got the Pacers rolling early on Friday. McConnell scored six of Indiana’s 13 bench points in the opening quarter as the Blue & Gold jumped out to a 30-24 lead after the first 12 minutes. Siakam took over at the start of the ensuing frame, scoring the Pacers’ first eight points in the second quarter. The hosts stretched their lead to 46-36 following Garrison Mathews’ 3-pointer at the 8:06 mark — Mathews’ first points since joining the team on a 10-day hardship contract last week. The Wizards responded with a 12-2 run capped by back-to-back 3-pointers from Bub Carrington to briefly tie the game at 48. But the Pacers quickly countered with a 9-0 spurt to reassert control. They pushed the lead to 64-52 by halftime. The Pacers shot 52.9 percent from the field in the first half and made 7-of-20 3-pointers. The Blue & Gold maintained a double-digit advantage for the entirety of the third quarter. Third-year forward Jarace Walker scored seven points in the frame, converting a three-point play in transition and also throwing down a reverse dunk off a dish from Jay Huff. The Pacers outscored Washington 10-4 to close the quarter and stretch the margin to 21, taking a 94-73 lead into the fourth quarter. Indiana then scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter to all but cement the victory. The Blue & Gold stretched the margin all the way to 33 points by the final buzzer. Huff had 12 points, six rebounds, and four blocks in the win, going 5-for-6 from the field and 2-for-3 from 3-point range. Walker finished with 10 points and seven rebounds and Isaiah Jackson tallied 10 points off the bench. The Pacers won comfortably despite being without starting point guard Andrew Nembhard on Friday, as he missed the contest with a right quad contusion. Alex Sarr led Washington with 24 points and eight rebounds. CJ McCollum, who scored 46 points and made 10 3-pointers as the Wizards snapped a 14-game losing streak on Tuesday night against Atlanta, scored 11 and went 1-for-5 from beyond the arc on Friday. Indiana will host Chicago on Saturday on the second night of a back-to-back. They will continue the homestand on Monday against Cleveland and wrap it up on Wednesday against Denver. “We’ve got to keep building on this,” Siakam said. “I thought our energy and our effort on defense has been good the past three, four games or so. We’ve played some tough competition, we’ve lost some unfortunate games…It’s encouraging, regardless of the opponent that we have these [good] defensive games and that we can build on that.” Inside the Numbers The Wizards’ 86 points were a season low by a Pacers opponent and the fewest Indiana has allowed in a game since a 109-77 win over Chicago on Nov. 22, 2021. Siakam registered his fifth double-double of the season and his 13th 20-point game this season. He has scored 20 or more points in six of his last seven contests. McConnell has scored in double figures in five straight games off the bench. McConnell has gone 33-for-50 (66 percent) from the field over that stretch. Huff has scored in double figures in three straight and four of his last five contests. Mathews scored nine points in 21:50 in his third game as a Pacer, going 2-for-7 from 3-point range and 3-for-3 from the free throw line. The Pacers shot 52.2 percent from the field and 13-for-34 (38.2 percent) from 3-point range. The Wizards shot 39.8 percent from the field and 7-for-32 (21.9 percent) from beyond the arc. Indiana outscored Washington 58-38 in the paint. ===== INDY FUEL HOCKEY NEWS FUEL EARN POINT IN OVERTIME BATTLE WITH FORT WAYNE FISHERS – The Fuel hosted the Fort Wayne Komets on Friday night. After a chippy, back-and-forth battle, Fort Wayne forced overtime and took a 5-4 victory after Nick Deakin-Poot scored the game winner. 1ST PERIOD Tyler Kobryn opened the scoring with a small breakaway chance early in the first period. At 3:00, he scored his first goal with the Indy Fuel. Jadon Joseph and Connor Joyce claimed the assists. At 10:34, Sahil Panwar took the game’s first penalty for high sticking to put the Fuel on the penalty kill. Despite being shorthanded, Jesse Tucker scored to make it 2-0 in favor of the Fuel at 11:35. Joseph and Tyson Feist had the assists on that goal. Just eighteen seconds later, Fort Wayne’s Blake Murray scored to make it 2-1 while still on the power play. Time expired on the period without much more activity, with the Fuel outshooting the Komets, 6-5 while leading 2-1 after one period. 2ND PERIOD Alex Aleardi tied the game up at 2-2 with a wrap-around goal at 4:03. At 5:57, Fuel captain Chris Cameron took a cross checking penalty to put Indy on the penalty kill once again. With thirteen seconds left in that penalty, Fort Wayne’s Kirill Tyutyayev took an interference penalty at 7:45. Panwar capitalized on it with a power play goal at 9:01. Matt Petgrave and Lee Lapid had the assists on that goal. At 11:01, Jesse Tucker took an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after a fight broke out between both teams. James Stefan scored on the power play for the Komets to make it 3-3. Things got progressively chippier as the period went on and at 13:05, Nick Deakin-Poot and Indy’s Jadon Joseph exchanged blows and each took a roughing penalty. Deakin-Poot’s was a double minor while Joseph’s was two minutes. About three minutes later, the same thing happened between Indy’s Dustin Manz and Fort Wayne’s Dru Krebs except Fort Wayne ended up with the power play. After two periods, the score remained tied 3-3, while Indy outshot Fort Wayne, 20-11. 3RD PERIOD Former Fuel player Zach Jordan took a slashing penalty just 32 seconds into the third period. Panwar capitalized with his second power play goal of the night. This time Jordan Martin and Lee Lapid had the assists. This put the Fuel up 4-3. At 8:46, Jordan Martin took a high sticking penalty which put the Fuel back on the penalty kill. Despite heavy pressure from the Komets, Indy killed it off. Fort Wayne’s Stefan scored his second goal of the game at 15:21 to tie it up once again, 4-4. Both teams had a few more chances before time expired in regulation and the game headed to overtime. OVERTIME On a small breakaway just 33 seconds into the overtime period, Deakin-Poot scored on the first shot of the period. Despite outshooting the Komets, 33-23, Indy fell 5-4 in overtime. ===== INDIANA FOOTBALL NEWS BUCKET STAYS IN BLOOMINGTON WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Spin moves are wonderful things when done well. Case in point — Indiana running back Kaelon Black. Exceptional speed can break your will. Hoosier running back Roman Hemby proved that. Both were on full display Friday night at Ross-Ade Stadium as second-ranked IU beat rival Purdue 56-3 to retain the Old Oaken Bucket for a second straight season. That clinched the Hoosiers’ first-ever 12-0 regular season, 9-0 in Big Ten play, the latest in a series of records under coach Curt Cignetti in his two Cream ‘n Crimson seasons. It set up a conference title game showdown next Saturday night at Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium, with the College Football Playoffs to follow. “This team is a bunch of misfits across the nation and now we are 12-0,” quarterback Fernando Mendoza said. “It’s special group of guys.” And then … “This is truly special,” he added. “All of us worked all of our lives to get to this point. There’s no complacency. We have to go harder, train harder. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.” The only previous undefeated IU season came in 1945, when it went 9-0-1 to win the Big Ten title. This will be the Hoosiers’ first Big Ten title game appearance. “We’re a year late,” Cignetti said with a smile. “It will be a great game.” Then he offered perspective. “It’s a great job by the players and assistant coaches. I appreciate (IU President) Pam Whitten and (Athletic Director) Scott Dolson for their leadership and support. That made this possible. “There was a lot of celebration in the locker room. A lot of cigars being smoked. They’re having a good old time. They get to enjoy this for 24 hours. “It’s a great night for Indiana. It’s something a lot of people thought would never happen. It shows when you have the commitment and the plan and the right people, anything is possible.” The aftermath left veteran linebacker Aiden Fisher clutching the Oaken Bucket for a mid-field celebration with Cignetti. “This game means a lot to the team, alums and fans,” Fisher said. “It shows how good a coach Coach Cig is. I wanted to find everybody and show off a great moment. “We did what we needed to do.” Consider Black, who spun free from a Purdue tackle attempt to bolt 16 yards for a second-quarter touchdown. He totaled 66 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Hemby followed with an 82-yard second-quarter scoring run, tying the IU record for the longest run in a Bucket game. He finished with 152 yards on 12 carries. They powered a rushing attack that totaled 355 yards. The IU record for a Bucket game is 401 rushing yards set in 2013. “There’s a lot more we can accomplish,” Hemby said. “We want to keep winning. Channel that celebration to get better.” IU has outscored Purdue 122-3 over the last two seasons. “We wanted to walk out with an exclamation point and not a question mark,” Cignetti said. “We did that.” An Oaken Bucket record 24 degrees at kickoff didn’t bring snow, and didn’t faze the Hoosiers, some of whom warmed up with sleeveless t-shirts. The temperature dropped to 20 degrees at the start of the second half. Receiver Elijah Sarratt started after missing the previous two games with an injury. He finished with three catches for 41 yards and a touchdown. Mendoza threw for two touchdowns and ran for another. That gives him 32 passing TDs and six rushing scores to tie the program single-season record of 38 total touchdowns set by quarterback Kellen Lewis in 2007. Defensively, the Hoosiers had 10.0 tackles for loss. Defensive lineman Stephen Daley had 4.5 of them. Linebacker Rolijah Hardy led with 10 tackles. “There’s a lot of work to be done with what lies ahead,” Cignetti said. We’re excited about the future.” Safety Amare Ferrell’s fourth interception of the season, coming 48 seconds into the game and set up by pressure from Daley, gave IU the ball at midfield, but the Hoosiers couldn’t capitalize. They did on their second possession, which included an 18-yard catch by Sarratt and a 15-yard run by Black, who finished off the drive with a one-yard touchdown drive for a 7-0 lead seven minutes into the first quarter. Purdue got a 22-yard field goal just before the end of the first quarter. IU countered with a touchdown drive that included runs of 15 yards by Hemby and 10 by Black before Mendoza ended it with a 7-yard scoring run to make it 14-3. It was Mendoza’s sixth rushing touchdown of the season. Mendoza’s 20-yard run was followed by Black’s 16-yard touchdown run and then Hemby’s 82-yard TD run for a 28-3 halftime IU lead. It had 209 rushing yards, 130 by Hemby. The Hoosiers went run heavy to open the second half before Mendoza hit Sarratt with a 17-yard TD pass for a 35-3 score. IU got the ball back when Daley forced a fumble and safety Devan Boykin recovered at midfield. Mendoza followed with a 45-yard touchdown pass to Omar Cooper Jr., who broke three tackles to the end zone for a 42-3 lead. Alberto Mendoza took over at quarterback and ran 50 yards to set up Khobie Martin’s 21-yard touchdown run and a 49-3 IU lead after three quarters. Alberto Mendoza hit receiver Davion Chandler with a 65-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter for the final 56-3 score. For 24 hours, the Hoosiers can celebrate. “It’s a good accomplishment,” Fisher said, “but it’s on to the next one. “There’s a big opportunity in front of us. The team is already talking about it. “This is a team that loves each other. Nobody wants to let each other down. We just want to win. We know we have something special and can take this thing pretty far.” ===== INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES – GAME 7 VS. BETHUNE-COOKMAN Opening Tip • Indiana University continues its 126th season of competition in men’s basketball with a non-conference game against Bethune-Cookman at noon ET on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The final game of the five-game homestand will be aired on BTN with Jack Kizer and Jordan Taylor on the call. • Bethune-Cookman (2-5) is led by fifth-year head coach Reggie Theus. The Wildcats are led by 14,7 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game from senior wing Jakobi Heady. The Chicago native has hit 11-of-24 (45.8%) from behind the 3-point line through six games played. • Redshirt junior guard Arterio Morris, a former McDonald’s All-American, has averaged 14.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, and a team-best 3.9 assists per game. Junior forward Quentin Heady (12.4 points) and senior forward Daniel Rouzan (11.7 points) round out the Wildcats that averaged 10.0-plus points per night. • Bethune opened the season with an upset bid that fell just short in a 95-90 (OT) result at Auburn. The lead changed hands 31 times during the contest. Game Information Nov. 29, 2025 • 12 PM ET Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind. TV: BTN (Jack Kizer, Jordan Taylor) Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick) Series History: Indiana leads, 1-0 Last Meeting: IU 101, BC 49 on Nov. 10, 2022, in Bloomington Series History • Indiana defeated Bethune-Cookman by a score of 101-49 in the lone matchup between the two programs on Nov. 10, 2022, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. • Trayce Jackson-Davis led a group of four Hoosiers in double-figures with 21 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the floor. • The Hoosiers hold a perfect 12-0 record against teams in the SWAC, which includes a 98-51 victory against Alabama A&M in the season opener. Last Time Out • Indiana (6-0) continued its unblemished start to the season with an 86-69 victory over Kansas State on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. • The Hoosier defense held the Wildcats to a season low in points (69), made field goals (24), field goal percentage (42.1%), and assists (10). KSU committed a season-high 19 turnovers. • Senior forward Reed Bailey paced the IU attack with 21 points (13-of-15 from the free throw line), four rebounds, and two assists. Sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway added 19 points, four rebounds, and three steals. • Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson knocked down four 3-pointers and scored 14 points, while freshman forward Trent Sisley tallied 12 points and five rebounds off the IU bench. Getting it Done on the Defensive End • Indiana ranks 15th nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency, per KenPom. The last time the Hoosiers closed the season ranked inside the top 20 in the metric was 2012-13, a year that ended in a Big Ten Championship. • IU holds opponents to 41.8% effective field goal shooting (10th nationally), 39.8% shooting from inside the arc (6th), and 30.8% from the 3-point line, the lowest mark for an Indiana defense since 2013-14. • Opposing teams have scored 70 points or less in five of six games this season and have not reached 70 points in three-straight games. • The Hoosiers force 13.8 turnovers per games. Four players average at least 1.0 steal per game, led by 1.8 from fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson. That’s an Offensive Stat • The Hoosiers scored 90-plus points in three-straight contests to open the season for the first time since 2007-08. In total, Indiana has scored 85-plus points four times. • IU has averaged 87.8 points per contest and shot 49.6% (52nd) from the floor, 37.6% (62nd) from the 3-point line, 75.8% (64th) from the free throw line, and an effective field goal percentage of 58.3% (30th). • Indiana has dished out 20-or-more assists in three games. The Hoosiers average 19.8 helpers per night and have assisted on 67.6% of its made field goals, the seventh-best rate in the country. • The Hoosiers boast an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.95, the 13th-best mark in the country. IU has recorded 119 assists (on 176 made field goals) compared to 61 turnovers. All five IU starters average at least 2.0 assists per outing, led by 5.3 from sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway. • Indiana knocked down at least nine 3-point field goals in five of six games this season. IU averages 10.3 made shots from behind the arc per game, the fourth-best mark in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers buried 14 triples in consecutive games against Marquette (Nov. 9) and Milwaukee (Nov. 12), the first time an IU team converted at least 14 3-point field goals in consecutive games since November of 2005. • Five Hoosiers average double-figure scoring numbers, led by redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries. He has averaged 17.5 points per night on 42.9% (21-of-49) shooting from the 3-point line. He has made at least three 3-pointers in four contests. Inside Indiana Basketball with Darian Devries Inside Indiana Basketball Radio Show with Darian DeVries Presented by JC Bank will air at 7 p.m. ET on Monday, Dec. 1. The show can be heard statewide on the IU Radio Network from Learfield and will be broadcast live from Hoosier Hank’s East in Bloomington. Inside Indiana Basketball Broadcast Dates December 1, 15 January 5, 26 February 16 March 2, 9 ===== INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS INDIANA EDGES OUT GONZAGA IN COCONUT HOOPS OPENER FORT MYERS, Fla. – Indiana had five players in double figures behind 24 points from senior guard Shay Ciezki as it got past Gonzaga, 76-72, on Friday at the Geico Coconut Hoops. KEY MOMENTS Ciezki had seven of IU’s first nine points as it led 11-9 at the media timeout. Gonzaga would take a 15-14 lead on a triple with 2:31 remaining but a four-point swing from sophomore forward Zania Socka-Nguemen put IU (7-0) up, 18-15. The Bulldogs (3-4) would tie the game with a three at 18-all but sophomore guard Phoenix Stotijn was the difference maker in the first, splitting a pair after a drive to the rim to give the Hoosiers the 19-18 advantage. In the second, Gonzaga would own its largest lead of the half at 29-23 with 5:24 to play on a 7-0 run. The Hoosiers would have to battle back to make it a one-possession game at the break as it started with sophomore guard Valentyna Kadlecova knocking down a baseline triple and a Beaumont and-1 pulling them within one. Freshman guard Nevaeh Caffey completed her own 3-point play to bring Indiana within one at the break, 36-36. The lead grew to as many as 10 on an 11-0 run by Indiana midway through the third on a Beaumont take at the rim made it 51-41. With a seven-point lead to open the fourth, the Bulldogs pushed back late, coming within one with 1:46 remaining as freshman forward Maya Makaluksy stepped up to knock down a left wing three. She also pulled down an offensive board for a putback with 27.1 seconds remaining to keep IU up four. NOTABLE Ciekzi posted her sixth game of 20-points or more with a team-high 24 points going 10-for-18 from the floor and adding three assists and two steals. The Buffalo, N.Y. native also went over 1,300 points for her career in the win, now holding 1,302 career points. Makalusky had a season-high 10 points and six rebounds off the bench. Beaumont chipped in 11 points and six rebounds with a team-high four assists. Socka-Nguemen had 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds with three assists. Caffey also added double figures with 10 points and five rebounds along with two assists and a block. UP NEXT The Hoosiers will face No. 10/12 Iowa State in the Coconut Hoops Blue Heron Division championship game on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. ET. ===== PURDUE FOOTBALL NEWS BOILERS DROP FINALE TO #2 INDIANA WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue football team closed its season with a 56-3 loss to No. 2 Indiana on Friday night. Despite sub-freezing conditions from start to finish, the announced Ross-Ade Stadium attendance for the 100th Old Oaken Bucket rivalry game was 59,807. At 24 degrees for the opening kickoff, it was the coldest recorded temperature for a home game in Purdue history. Quarterback Ryan Browne went 25-of-47 for 238 yards, finishing his sophomore campaign with 2,153 passing yards and nine touchdowns. Michael Jackson III led the receivers with six catches and 66 yards. Antonio Harris paced the Boilermaker backfield with 31 yards on 15 carries. Spencer Porath produced Purdue’s only points on a 22-yard field goal in the first quarter. The sophomore kicker finished 15-for-17 on field goals this season, setting a new Purdue single-season record for field goal percentage (88.2%). Punter Jack McCallister matched his season high with four punts pinned inside the 20-yard line. Tahj Ra-El led the team in tackles for the third time this season, amassing 12 stops (seven solos). Mani Powell and CJ Nunnally IV each notched a tackle for loss. ===== PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS #1 PURDUE TUNES UP FOR BIG TEN PLAY WITH BLACK FRIDAY VICTORY [1] Purdue 109, Eastern Illinois 62 (Postgame Notes) 1-ranked Purdue improved to 7-0 on the season with a 109-62 win over Eastern Illinois on Friday afternoon in Mackey Arena. Purdue has started 7-0 (or better) in four of the last five seasons (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2025-26). Purdue finishes the month of November with a 35-1 record (.972) since the start of the 2021-22 season – the best mark in America. Purdue has now won 36 straight non-conference home games, dating to Nov. 2019. Purdue’s 109 points were the most for the program since scoring 111 against Chicago State on Nov. 12, 2017. Purdue had at least six players in double figures for the third time in the last six games (6 vs. Oakland, 7 vs. Texas Tech, 6 vs. Eastern Illinois). Prior to this season, the last time Purdue had six or more players in double-figures came in Feb. 2017. Purdue shot 63.1 percent from the field, the team’s highest second-highest field goal percentage during the Painter era (64.3 % vs. Auburn; Nov. 23, 2016). The Boilermakers shot 63.1 percent FGs, 47.8 percent on 3-pointers and 88.9 percent from the free throw line, marking the first time since Jan. 25, 2018, vs. Michigan that Purdue shot 60-40-80 in a game. Purdue averaged 1.58 points / possession, tied for the second-highest total in school history. Purdue’s 58 points in the paint were the second most in a game during the Matt Painter era. Purdue’s 57 bench points were the third most in a game during the Matt Painter era. Purdue had 28 assists on 41 made field goals and seven players had at least two assists. Purdue was +20 (37-17) on the glass, its fourth time in the last five games with a rebound margin of +18 or better. Daniel Jacobsen set career highs in points (24), rebounds (9) and blocks (6) while going 8-of-8 from the field and 8-of-9 from the free throw line in just 18 minutes. Jacobsen set a new school record with 19 straight made field goals (and counting), dating to the Akron game. He passed the record set by George Faerber in the 1970-71 season. Dating to the Akron game, Jacobsen has made 19-of-20 field goal attempts. Fletcher Loyer scored 15 points, going 4-of-4 from 3-point range and 3-of-3 from the free throw line, while adding five rebounds and three assists. In games during his career that Loyer makes at least four 3-pointers, Purdue is 17-0. Loyer has also made 22 free throws in a row and is shooting 50-52-96 percent from the three levels (FG-3P-FT). Braden Smith moved into second place on the Big Ten’s career assists list, now with 821 (Cassius Winston is first with 890). Smith had 10 assists, good for his 27th career 10-assist game. WEST LAFAYTETTE, Ind. (AP) — Daniel Jacobsen scored a career-high 24 points and had nine rebounds to lead No. 1 Purdue to a 109-62 romp over Eastern Illinois on Friday. The 7-foot-4 Jacobsen sank all eight shot attempts and 8 of 9 free throws for the Boilermakers (7-0). Jacobsen was one of six Boilermakers scoring in double figures. Fletcher Loyer scored 15 points, making all four of his 3-point shots. Trey Kaufman-Renn had 14 points and six rebounds. Meechie White led the Panthers (2-5) with 23 points. Terry McMorris added 13 points. The Boilermakers shot 63% while the Panthers made 46%. Purdue held a 37-17 edge in rebounds and a considerable advantage at the free-throw line. Purdue sank 16 of 18 free throws while Eastern Illinois was 6 of 9. With the score tied at 19-all, Purdue took the lead at 21-19 for good on a hook shot by Jacobsen. Purdue closed the half with a 14-2 run to take a 53-28 lead at halftime. The Panthers kept it close early in part because Purdue committed nine turnovers leading to 15 points. The Boilermakers committed one turnover in the final 11 1/2 minutes of the half. Purdue turned the ball over only once in the second half. Eastern Illinois finished with 17 turnovers. Purdue point guard Braden Smith shot just four times and had five points, but contributed 10 assists. Smith’s sixth assist moved him past former Michigan State guard Mateen Cleaves into second place on the Big Ten career list. Smith now has 821 assists. Michigan State’s Cassius Winston holds the record with 890. Boilermakers forward Liam Murphy missed his fourth consecutive game with a shoulder injury. Up next Purdue: Visits Rutgers on Tuesday night. Eastern Illinois: Hosts Blackburn on Monday night. ===== PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS PURDUE HEADS UP TO CENTRAL MICHIGAN FOR SUNDAY CONTEST WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team will go for its third straight win when it hits the road on Sunday for a 1 p.m. contest at Central Michigan on ESPN+. Tim Newton will call the action for the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM. The Boilermakers picked up their second consecutive win on Wednesday with a 92-62 victory over Howard at Mackey Arena. Lana McCarthy became the first Boilermaker since Fatou Diagne in 2020 to record a double-double off the bench, finishing with a career-high 19 points and 15 rebounds. Tara Daye notched her second double-double in three outings with a career performance of 15 points and 13 rebounds. Madison Layden-Zay connected four times from behind the arc, while Kiki Smith chipped in a trio of triples to help Purdue finish with 11 3-pointers on the day. GAME NOTES • The Boilermakers picked up back-to-back wins over Miami and Howard last week. Purdue has averaged 85.5 points over the two-game stretch, shooting 54.4% from the field and 45.8% from distance. • Purdue is 2-0 this season and 12-6 when making 10 or more 3-pointers since the start of the 2021-22 season. • Madison Layden-Zay has caught fire over the last week, averaging 17.5 points per game and knocking down 10-of-14 (71.4) shots from behind the arc. • One area that has given Purdue a boost over the last two games has come from the bench, outscoring opponents 81-15. Purdue is averaging 27.7 points from its second unit this season. The Boilermakers have won 44 games over the last five seasons when the bench has scored 20 or more points. • Layden-Zay vaulted herself up to 12th in the nation and third in the Big Ten with a 55.6% clip from beyond the arc. Her 15 triples on the year ranks eighth in the league. • Layden-Zay is 50 rebounds away from becoming the sixth player in Big Ten history to amass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists, 200 3-pointers and 50 blocks in a career, including Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and Purdue’s Katie Gearlds. • Layden-Zay is set to become the 17th player in Purdue history with 100 career starts, moving out of a tie with associate head coach Kelly Komara with 99 and matching Katie Gearlds. • Purdue has outrebounded its opponents in five games this season, including all four wins. While the Boilermakers sit ninth in the Big Ten with 28.8 rebounds per game, Purdue leads the league and ranks ninth nationally with an 80.1% defensive rebounding clip. • Lana McCarthy has elevated her play over the last two games since moving out of the starting lineup. The Bedford, N.H., native averaged 15.5 points and 10.0 rebounds in the last week, including a career-high 19-point, 15-rebound double-double against Howard. • Taylor Fledman continues to see her role grow, averaging 11.0 points per game with six 3-pointers over the last three nights. Feldman is 77 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point plateau for her career. • Guard Tara Daye leads the team in rebounding with 7.2 boards per night, while averaging 10.5 points per game. Daye is one of three guards from the Big Ten to average 10 points and seven rebounds per game this season (Kiki Rice – UCLA, Jazzy Davidson – USC). • Kiki Smith has given the Boilermakers all-around production with a team-leading 10.8 points and 1.3 steals per game, as well as 1.8 assists per night to sit fourth on the team. ===== NOTRE DAME HOCKEY NEWS IRISH FALL 5-3 AT #15/15 BOSTON COLLEGE CHESNUT HILL, Mass. — A four-goal second period by the #15/15 Boston College Eagles was too much to overcome for Notre Dame hockey Friday night as the Irish fell to the Eagles, 5-3, Friday afternoon. A strong start for the Irish Friday afternoon gave them the 1-0 lead early in the first frame as Danny Nelson’s powerplay tally was the difference maker heading into the first intermission. The Eagles were called for a hold at 2:10 of the opening period and the visitors were granted their first powerplay opportunity of the night. The junior forward, and co-captain, Danny picked up the rebound at 3:23 to give the Irish the lead and mark his third consecutive game with a powerplay goal. Notre Dame held the one-goal lead through the remainder of the first period despite being called for a pair of penalties late in the frame. Sutter Muzzatti nearly had the Irish up by two at 1:24 of the second stanza but a video review confirmed the puck never fully crossed the goal line and play resumed with the 1-0 tally. BC evened the score at 7:04 of the second period when a shot from the point made it through traffic and beat Nicholas Kempf in the crease. Evan Werner got the Irish back on top when he tapped the puck behind BC’s netminder, Louka Cloutier, at the 11:46 mark of the second period but BC would find the equalizer just 54 seconds later to knot it up 2-2. The Eagles took the lead late in the frame after a collision in the crease knocked Kempf on his back and unable to reposition before the puck was shot but a coaches challenge by the Irish for goaltender interference was unsuccessful after a lengthy deliberation by the officials. BC would net one more before the end of the frame as the Irish trailed 4-2 heading into the final period of regulation. Paul Fischer drew the Irish within a goal just 2:27 into the final frame when his shot from the point sailed top shelf, clipping a defender in front of the net and deflecting past the BC netminder. The Eagles reclaimed their two-goal lead with 12:37 to play in regulation after a race up ice beat the Irish defensemen and fire a shot over the shoulder of Kempf to make it a 5-3 game. A pair of off-setting penalties at 8:47 of the contest made it four-on-four hockey for two minutes but neither side could capitalize on the extra ice chance and the action returned to five-on-five with less than 10 minutes to play. BC was whistled for interference at 13:02 and the Irish powerplay unit saw their third chance of the night while looking to overcome the two-goal deficit. The Irish failed to capitalize on the late powerplay opportunity and continued to trail the Eagles 5-3 at the final media timeout of the day. The Irish pulled Kempf with three minutes to play in regulation as the extra attacker hopped over the boards looking to attack in the Irish zone but the netminder returned after play transitioned into the Irish end before being deflected out of play for a defensive-zone draw. The sophomore returned the bench with 1:11 to play in the contest as the Irish opted once more for the sixth skater. The score went final at 5-3 to conclude the team’s road slate for the 2025 calendar year. UP NEXT The Irish close out the first half of the season next weekend when No. 2/2 Wisconsin pays a visit to Compton Family Ice Arena, Dec. 5-6. If the national rankings hold, it will be the third-straight top-2 team the Irish have hosted, dating back to the Big Ten Conference opener Oct. 31-Nov. 1 against then-second ranked Michigan. ===== BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS BULLDOGS ERUPT IN SECOND HALF OF 94-69 WIN OVER WRIGHT STATE A 65-point second half gave Butler a 94-69 win over Wright State Friday afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Michael Ajayi and Finley Bizjack led the Bulldog offensive output with 20 points apiece. With the result, Butler improves to 6-1 while Wright State levels their record at 4-4 on the season. HOW IT HAPPENED: Butler never led in the first half but was able to tie the contest at 23-23 with 4:53 remaining in the opening stanza. Back-to-back Butler turnovers leading to back-to-back Solomon Callaghan three-pointers gave Wright State a 29-23 advantage at the 3:14 mark of the half. Wright State held a 32-29 halftime lead, Butler’s first time trailing after 20 minutes this season. Butler opened the second-half scoring with an 18-3 run to take their first lead of the game, their first double-digit lead of the game and ultimately a 47-35 advantage with 15:20 to play. The lead was shortened to nine on two brief occasions after that with the 25-point final margin being the largest of the game. TIP-INS: Butler was without starting point guard Jalen Jackson, who missed the contest with an ankle injury. In his place, Azavier “Stink” Robinson made the first start of his career, finishing with nine points, a career-high four assists, three rebounds and three steals. Ajayi added a team-high eight rebounds and four assists to his 20 points but his season-opening six-consecutive-game streak with a double-double was ended. Ajayi is the current BIG EAST Player of the Week and recipient of USBWA Oscar Robertson Player of the Week honors. Bizjack’s 20 points came on 4-of-9 shooting from three-point range. Yohan Traore scored a season-best 16 points on 6-for-6 shooting from the field. Traore and fellow Butler center Drayton Jones combined for 24 points, making all 10 of their attempts from the field. Jamie Kaiser Jr. added 11 points, seven rebounds and three assists for Butler. The 65 points in the second half are a season-best, 20-minute segment for the Bulldogs, who scored 61 in the second half against IU Indy Nov. 8. Butler shot 57 percent from the field, including 25-for-38 (66 percent) in the second half. The Bulldogs got to the free throw line 26 times (making 15) while allowing Wright State to the line only three times. Butler held a 41-30 rebounding advantage. Butler has out-rebounded all seven of its opponents this season, with five of those by double figures. Callaghan led Wright State with 17 points on five made three-pointers; 14 of his points came in the first half. TJ Burch (13) and Michael Cooper (12) also scored in double figures for the Raiders; Michael Imariagbe pulled down 13 rebounds, the most by a Butler opponent so far this season. This marked the 44th all-time meeting between Butler and Wright State; the previous 43 came as conference opponents in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference/Horizon League from the 1994-95 through 2011-12 seasons prior to Butler departing for the Atlantic 10 (and ultimately the BIG EAST Conference). Butler now leads the series, 28-16. Wright State associate head coach Travis Trice started his playing career at Purdue before transferring to Butler for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons. Trice led the Bulldogs in assists both seasons and was the 1994-95 Team MVP. He was in a Bulldog uniform for the first match-up in program history against Wright State (Feb. 23, 1995). Butler is 86-5 in their last 91 home games against non-conference teams. Thad Matta is 28-4 at Hinkle Fieldhouse against non-conference opponents as Butler’s head coach (which includes the 2000-01 season and since his return in 2022). UP NEXT: The Bulldogs continue the homestand at Hinkle, hosting Eastern Michigan Tuesday night (Dec. 2). Tickets are still available for the contest, which will air on truTV. ===== BUTLER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS SIX IN DOUBLE FIGURES LIFT BUTLER TO DOMINANT 92-66 VICTORY OVER DAYTON FT. MYERS, Fla. – Butler defeated the Dayton Flyers 92-66 on Friday evening in the Bulldogs’ first game of the Ft. Myers Tip-Off behind a career-high 19 points from Lily Zeinstra. With the win, Butler improves to 4-3 on the season while the Flyers slide to 3-3. BULLDOG HIGHLIGHTS Zeinstra led the Bulldogs with a career-high 19 points on an efficient 6-for-10 shooting effort from the floor. The sophomore tallied a career-high six assists while chipping in three rebounds. Anna Wypych was spectacular, scoring a career-high 12 points on 4-for-5 shooting from behind the arc. Caroline Dotsey (12), Saniya Jackson (11), Mallory Miller (10) and Neveah Jackson (10) rounded out the Bulldogs in double figures. Lilly Stoddard led the squad on the glass, pulling down seven rebounds in the contest. All 11 Bulldogs that saw action scored in the contest. Butler forced 15 Dayton turnovers marking the eighth-consecutive game Butler has forced its opponents to commit double digit turnovers. BU won the rebounding battle 33-26. Butler shot 59.3-percent (32-54) from the floor and 57.7-percent (15-26) from beyond the arc. DAYTON HIGHLIGHTS Ajok Madol led the Flyers with 17 points on 6-for-12 shooting from the floor. Fatima Ibrahim led Dayton on the glass with six rebounds. Madol paced the offense with four assists. Dayton shot 43.5-percent (27-62) from the floor. HOW IT HAPPENED Dayton scored the opening bucket of the game before Butler held the Flyers scoreless for the next three minutes as BU strung together a 7-0 run, giving the Dawgs an early 7-2 advantage. After a bucket and a free throw from Dayton, Butler staged an 8-0 run with all eight points coming from the Jackson twins. Another three-pointer from Zeinstra forced Dayton to take a timeout with the Dawgs up 18-7 with under two minutes left in the frame. The first quarter ended with the Dawgs up, 20-9. Dayton opened the second quarter with two quick buckets before Butler was able to string together a 24-2 run as the Bulldog lead ballooned to 29 with just under two minutes left in the quarter. Butler continued to dominate through the end of the second as the Bulldogs took the 47-19 lead into the half. Butler continued to dominate the Flyers, scoring 16 points to Dayton’s 11 through the first six minutes of the third. Jayda Johnson hit three-consecutive 3-pointers for the Flyers before the third quarter ended with Butler ahead, 67-41. Dayton started the fourth frame on a 13-7 run, forcing Butler to take a timeout with just under seven minutes left in the contest. Butler was able to close out the Flyers over the final minutes of the game, securing the 92-66 victory at the final whistle. UP NEXT Butler will be back in action tomorrow as the Dawgs take on Georgia in their second game of the Ft. Myers Tip-Off. Tip is slated for 5 p.m. at Sun Coast Credit Union and fans can watch the game live on ION. ===== IU INDY MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS MEN’S BASKETBALL RETURNS HOME TO HOST MOREHEAD STATE INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis men’s basketball team will return home immediately after the Thanksgiving holiday to host Morehead State (3-4) inside the Jungle on Saturday (Nov. 29) at 2:00 p.m. Saturday’s game will be broadcast on ESPN+ as Greg Rakestraw (pxp) and Kristin Haseley (analyst) describe the action and can be heard in Central Indiana on 1430 Indy’s Sports Ticket as Jimmy Cook (pxp) is on the call. Head coach Ben Howlett’s squad looks to snap a three-game skid after the Jaguars dropped both games of the Air Force Classic last week. The Jaguars (2-6) continue to rank as the nation’s fastest tempo according to KenPom.com while scoring 92.4 points per game. However, the Jaguars are yielding 98.3 points per game and allowing foes to shoot 53.6 percent from the floor. The Jags continue to rank among the nation’s elite in assists (5th nationally at 21.1 apg) and steals (12th nationally at 11.3 spg) heading into Saturday’s contest. Junior guard Kyler D’Augustino leads the team at 15.4 points per game while shooting 59.3 percent from the floor. Fifth-year Matt Compas is scoring 14.9 points per game with a team-high 19 steals and freshman Maguire Mitchell checks in at 11.5 points per game and a team-high 22 threes. Four other Jaguars are scoring more than eight points per game with senior Finley Woodward averaging 9.4 points and a team-high 5.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. Both Kameron Tinsley and JP Dragas have shot well from the perimeter recently with Tinsley going 8-of-12 in two games at the Air Force Classic to earn a spot on the All-Tournament Team. Dragas averaged 13.0 points per game over the recent three-game road trip, including a 20-point outburst against Alabama State on Nov. 21. SCOUTING MOREHEAD STATE Morehead State is 3-4 on the season and 1-4 in road games with a recent 83-80 win at Louisiana Monroe. The Eagles come in averaging 79.6 points per game and shooting 46.8 percent from the floor. The Eagles also outrebound their opponents by more than three rebounds per game. Individually, Davion Cunningham (12.3 ppg) and George Marshall (11.9 ppg) pace a balanced attack that has eight players scoring better than seven points per game. INSIDE THE SERIES The series is knotted at 3-3 between the two schools as IU Indy won the initial three meetings and MSU has won the most recent three contests. IU Indy is 2-1 in the prior three meetings in Indy. MSU won the most recent meeting, 80-52 in Indianapolis on Dec. 21, 2021. UP NEXT The Jaguars will open Horizon League play at Detroit Mercy on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+. ===== BALL STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS WBB TAKES DOWN ACC FOE PITT IN FIRST GAME OF THE FLORIDA GULF COAST WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT NAPLES, Fla. – The Ball State women’s basketball team (6-1) opened play at the Florida Gulf Coast Women’s Basketball Tournament with a 55-41 victory over ACC foe Pitt (4-4) Friday afternoon at the Community School of Naples. Today’s win marks the third-straight time the Ball State women’s basketball team has defeated the Panthers. Ball State head coach Brady Sallee has now defeated a Power 4 conference team 10 times during his tenure with the Cardinals — Minnesota (54-51, 2012-13), Iowa (77-72, 2015-16), Vanderbilt (88-79, 2017-18), Purdue (66-60, 2017-18), Pitt (68-66, 2022-23), Pitt (73-62, 2023-24), Georgia (52-51, 2023-24), Texas A&M (75-62), Cincinnati (83-63) and Pitt (55-41). After Pitt opened the contest with a 4-0 run Ball State quickly answered back with seven unanswered points to take a 7-4 edge over the Panthers at the 7:45 mark. This week’s Mid-American Conference Player of the Week, Bree Salenbien, along with teammates Tessa Towers and Grace Kingery helped the Cardinals with their scoring surge. The Panthers stayed close but BSU was able to end the first quarter with a four-point (19-15) lead. The Cardinals continued to have an upper hand over the Panthers throughout the second frame. Kingery, Salenbien and Towers combined for 14 points and seven rebounds to end the first half and give Ball State the 35-22 advantage over Pitt at intermission. After the break, the Cardinals continued to stay atop of the Panthers. On a few occasions Pitt would creep its ways back into the game so much so that the Panthers would cut Ball State’s double-digit lead it had throughout the third quarter to nine (48-39) as both teams headed into the final stanza. Towers was sent to the line twice to start the fourth quarter. Towers went 4-for-4 from the charity stripe to put BSU back up by 13 (52-39). The Panthers, despite their efforts, were unable to keep up with the Cardinals fast paced energy. It was a highly defensive fourth quarter with Ball State outshining Pitt the remainder of the ball game. For the contest, Salenbien led the Cardinals with 17 points and 12 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Towers tallied her fifth double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Kingery rounded out the double-figure scoring with 12. Ball State dominated the boards over Pitt, 51-41 while also outscoring the Panthers in the paint, 30-16. The Ball State women’s basketball team will wrap up play at the Florida Gulf Coast Women’s Basketball Tournament on Saturday against Alabama A&M at 1:15 pm ET. ===== BALL STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS MEN’S BASKETBALL RALLIES LATE BUT FALLS TO MONMOUTH IN LAFAYETTE CLASSIC OPENER EASTON, Pa. – The Ball State men’s basketball team made late runs but couldn’t complete a comeback as Monmouth won 80-73 on Friday afternoon at the Kirby Sports Center. The Cardinals (2-4) trailed 35-29 at halftime but used an 8-0 run on a pair of 3-pointers by Davion Hill and a driving layup from Devon Barnes to take a 53-51 lead with 11:04 to play. The Hawks (3-3) scored the next nine points and built the lead to as many as 13 points, but Ball State cut its deficit to five after back-to-back layups from Hill made the score 78-73 with 1:08 on the clock. Monmouth made two free throws in the final minute for the final scoring in the opener of the Lafayette Classic. Hill went for a game-high 21 points on 8-for-13 shooting and added two assists and two steals. Armoni Zeigler contributed 14 points, five rebounds and three assists for the Cardinals, while Juwan Maxey tallied 13 points and two assists. Elmore James IV (11 points, two assists) rounded out the Cardinals in double figures scoring. Mason Jones posted four points, four rebounds and a career high six assists. Hill (five 3-pointers) and Maxey (three) had season-bests shooting performances from beyond the arc. Monmouth won the rebounding battle 40-29 and held an advantage in second chance points (14-6). Andrew Ball led the Hawks with 16 points. Ball State shot 45.3 percent (29-64) from the field including 36.7 percent (11-30) from distance and made 4 of 6 free throw attempts. Monmouth went 49.2 percent (29-59) on field goals, 42.9 percent (9-21) on 3-pointers and 68.4 percent (13-19) at the foul line. The Cardinals play again Saturday against Lafayette at 4:30 p.m. ===== INDIANA STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS SYCAMORES’ SECOND-HALF COMEBACK FALLS SHORT AGAINST ALCORN STATE RUSTON, La. – Indiana State men’s basketball dropped the second-straight game, this one to Alcorn State, 81-74, on the campus of Louisiana Tech. The Sycamores fall to 4-4 on the season. The Sycamores were led by Sterling Young with 18 points. Camp Wagner added 14 points while Ian Scott and Xavier Hall added 12 points each. Wagner, Markus Harding, and Enel. St. Bernard all contributed five rebounds. Jo Van Buggenhout, Wagner, Hall, and St. Bernard each tallied three steals. The Braves jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, but Young would make the first shot for the Sycamores to bring the score to 4-3 in the opening minutes. Harding would score in the paint to give the Sycamores their only lead of the game with 17:50 on the clock. The lead would last just 26 seconds before the Braves would go on an 8-0 run to lead 12-5. The Sycamores would respond with their own 7-0 run to tie the game at 12 apiece with 11:41 left in the opening half. Alcorn State would end the half on a 24-4 run and go into the locker room at the halftime break, 36-16. The Sycamores ended the half shooting just 2-of-16 (12.5%) from the field after the 11:41 mark. The Sycamores would come out of the half looking to make up some ground with a quick and-one conversation from Scott and a layup by Harding to cut the lead to 15, 36-21. The teams would trade baskets back-and-forth with the Braves holding about a 13-point lead nearing the halfway point in the second half. Indiana State would go just 2-of-6 (33.3%) from the field and 1-of-2 (50.0%) from beyond the arc from 11:43 to 7:33 on the clock. Alcorn State took its largest lead of the game at the 8:22 mark (22 points, 66-44). Later, coming out of the under-eight media timeout, the Sycamores would score six straight to close the gap to 10 for the first time in the half. Those six points were the only points scored by either team from 7:33 through 4:51 when Wagner drained a three-pointer. Trailing 70-56 with 3:28 remaining, Indiana State scored nine unanswered points in one minute, six seconds to cut the deficit to 70-65 with 2:17 to play. The run was ended with Scott recording a steal and knocking down a three, only for Wagner to swipe a pass and make a layup. Alcorn State outscored Indiana State 6-1 over the next minute to lead by 10, 76-66, with only 50 seconds remaining. Wagner drilled a triple and Young made a layup from a Wagner assist to trail again by five, 76-71 with 29 seconds to play. After a Brave free throw, Hall took it the length of the court and converted an and-one layup, bringing the Sycamores within a bucket, 77-74, with 23 seconds left. Alcorn State made two pairs of free throws that sandwiched a Sycamore missed three-pointer to seal the victory, 81-74. News & Notes Indiana State scored 16 points in the first half of today’s game. According to stats on hand, it’s the lowest mark in a half since January 2, 2019 when the Sycamores scored 12 at Loyola Chicago. Alcorn State picked up the first win of the season following an 0-7 start. All the Braves’ opponents – at the time of writing – are above .500 on the season: Florida State (now 5-1), South Alabama (6-1), Minnesota (4-3), Maryland (4-3), Howard (4-3), LSU (5-0), and Oklahoma (5-2). Through the eight games, opponents are outscoring Indiana State 297-259 in the first half. In the second half of games, Indiana State outscores the opposition 324-282. Against Division I opponents, Indiana State has been outscored 254-200 in the first half, and in the second half Indiana State is ahead 279-252. Indiana State recorded 15 steals in the game. The last time the Sycamores had 15+ steals in a game was February 9, 2011 at Illinois State (16). Four Sycamores each recorded three steals (Camp Wagner, Xavier Hall, Enel St. Bernard, and Jo Van Buggenhout). Ian Scott leads the team in steals with 14, the only Sycamore in double digits. Indiana State scored 58 points in the second half on 50.0% (18-for-36) shooting from the field. The Sycamores shot 23 free throws in the second half, compared to only two attempts in the first half. The Sycamore offense forced Alcorn State to commit only four fouls in the first half versus 14 in the second half. Shooting only 37.5% (24-for-64) as a team, this is the fourth time in this season’s eight games that Indiana State has finished 39.9% from the field or worse. The team’s 74 points are the third-most this season through eight games (104 vs. Illinois Tech, 76 at Charlotte). The Sycamores turned 12 offensive rebounds into 18 second chance points, compared to Alcorn State’s seven second chance points. This marks the second-highest total of the year (23 vs. Illinois Tech). Alcorn State’s 20 team turnovers are the most forced by the Sycamores this season (Illinois Tech 17, SIUE 15). Indiana State finished 6-for-29 from deep (20.7%), the lowest mark of the season. The Sycamores were beaten on the boards for the third time in four games (-10 margin). Over the last four games, the team’s average rebounding margin is -5.75. The Sycamores were led in scoring by Sterling Young (18) and Camp Wagner (14), and both combined to shoot perfect from the free throw line (Young 7-for-7, Wagner 4-for-4). Up Next The Sycamores return to action at home on December 2 at 7 p.m. ET to take on Eureka for Baby Blue Night. Following that game, Indiana State hosts Southern Indiana on Sunday, December 7 at 1 p.m. ET. ===== PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS MASTODONS DEFEAT HOLY CROSS BEHIND 13 3-POINTERS FORT WAYNE, Ind. – DeAndre Craig Jr. had 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting to help Purdue Fort Wayne to a 92-59 victory over Holy Cross (Ind.) on Friday (Nov. 28) afternoon. Craig made a pair of 3-pointers. Seven different Mastodons made a trey on Friday. Maximus Nelson had a season-high four from long range. Eight Mastodons recorded a field goal in the first half with the ‘Dons leading 52-27 at the break. Corey Hadnot II had a team-high 12 points in the first 20 minutes. Mason Shrout added eight points off the bench, finishing with 11 in the game. Hadnot had 14 points in the contest. He tied a career high with eight rebounds. DeAngelo Elisee recorded a career-high four blocks. Ebrahim Kaba had a pair of blocks. Purdue Fort Wayne shot 55.2 from the floor (37-of-67). Holy Cross shot 35.7 percent (25-of-70). Nash Hosteller had a team-high 12 points for Holy Cross. Purdue Fort Wayne improves to 4-5. The Mastodons open league play on Wednesday at Oakland. ===== SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS USI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEADS TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY ON SUNDAY EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball hits the road for the first time in over two weeks Sunday afternoon when the Screaming Eagles travel to face an old foe against Northern Kentucky University. Tipoff is at Noon CT from Truist Arena in Highland Heights, Kentucky. Sunday’s game can be seen with a subscription to ESPN+ and heard on The Spin 95.7 FM. Sunday’s game is only USI’s (4-1) second road game of the season. Four of the first five games for the Eagles have come at home, going 3-1 in the process. USI won its first road game of the season, 68-52, at Saint Louis University back on November 12, which was the start of USI’s current three-game winning streak. Last time out, USI won in dominating fashion at home last Tuesday against Fisk University, 95-18, nearly setting a program record for the fewest points allowed in a game. The record is 17 points allowed, which USI set in a 45-17 win against Kentucky Wesleyan College in December of 1976. Instead, the Eagles tied for the second-fewest points surrendered in a game in USI history, which was previously a 113-18 win against Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in January 1979. Not only did USI showcase its stingy defense in the 95-18 home win against Fisk last Tuesday, but the Screaming Eagles also owned the glass. USI pulled down 55 rebounds in the contest. The 55 rebounds were the most for USI in a game since the 2017-18 season, when the Screaming Eagles had 59 rebounds against Harris-Stowe State University. Offensively, against Fisk, USI made 40 field goals in a game for the first time since November 2016, when USI made 44 shots against Hannibal-LaGrange University. On Tuesday, all 11 active Screaming Eagles saw the floor and scored in the game. Junior guard Sophia Loden led the way with a career-high 22 points on 10-14 shooting. Loden also finished with 10 rebounds for her second double-double of the season. Freshman guard Lily Graves had her best showing of the season with 17 points on 6-9 shooting, including three triples. Freshman forward Alli Robertson and junior forward Maddy Fay each had a career-best 10 points. After her 22-point performance last Tuesday, Loden jumped into the team lead in season scoring at 15 points per game. The junior also paces the squad with 7.4 rebounds per contest. Senior guard Ali Saunders, who is 13 points away from 1,000 career points, is second in scoring with 14.3 points per outing. Junior forward Chloe Gannon is third at 12 points per contest. As a team, USI is averaging 82.4 points while limiting the opposition to a D-I best 45.2 points per game. After a slow start to the season, Northern Kentucky (2-6) has two wins in its last four games. Last time out, the Norse claimed a 90-69 victory against Drake University in a multi-team event down in Nashville, Tennessee. Northern Kentucky’s other win came in their only home game so far this season, a 70-61 victory over the University of Toledo on November 19. Freshman guard Karina Bystry, who led the Norse with 17 points against Drake, tops the squad this season at 10.8 points per game as the only player on the team averaging double digits. Collectively, Northern Kentucky averages nearly 65 points per game while giving up 76 points per game. USI and Northern Kentucky add another chapter to their long rivalry, which dates to when both programs were in the Great Lakes Valley Conference at the Division II level. The Norse lead the all-time series, 38-20, but the Screaming Eagles won last year’s matchup at USI that renewed the old rivalry, 75-73. Sunday’s game is the start of a two-game road stretch for the Screaming Eagles over the course of the next week. ===== VALPO MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS MEN’S BASKETBALL TO HOST WESTERN MICHIGAN IN POST-THANKSGIVING MATCHUP Valparaiso (4-2, 0-0 MVC) vs. Western Michigan (3-4, 0-0 MAC) Game No. 7 – Saturday, Nov. 29, 2 p.m. CT Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) – Valparaiso, Ind. Next Up in Valpo Basketball: The Valparaiso University men’s basketball team will look to get back in the win column on Saturday as the Beacons hope to improve to 4-1 at home and capture their fourth win in their last five games overall as Western Michigan comes to town for a 2 p.m. holiday weekend tip. It’s Basketball for All – Special Olympics Day at the ARC. Last Time Out: The Beacons were plagued by cold shooting as they hit just 39 percent from the field and 15 percent from 3 in a 64-56 setback to Southern Indiana on Wednesday. Freshman JT Pettigrew had a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds, while Brody Whitaker chipped in 10 points for his first double-figure scoring output in a Valpo uniform. Glancing Ahead: The Beacons will hit the road to lock horns with Marquette on Tuesday night in Milwaukee. The game will air on ESPN+. Following the Beacons: Streaming – ESPN+ – Todd Ickow (play-by-play) and Jamie Stangel (analyst) Radio – WVUR 95.1 FM Valparaiso, TuneIn Radio App, ValpoAthletics.com – Brian Jennings (play-play, color and producer – he does it all, folks) X updates – @ValpoBasketball Links for video, audio and live stats will be available at ValpoAthletics.com. Head Coach Roger Powell Jr.: Roger Powell Jr. (26-46) is in his third 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. In the second season of the Powell Era in 2024-2025, Valpo over doubled its overall win total from the previous season and doubled its conference win output before earning a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinal berth. The Beacons finished with 15 wins, the team’s highest total since 2019-20. Series Notes: Valpo is 38-32 all-time against Western Michigan, one of the longest-standing matchups in program history that dates back to 1920-21. Valpo has won four straight showdowns and has not lost to the Broncos since Feb. 17, 2007 (89-80, OT). Western Michigan’s last win at the ARC was Dec. 5, 1989, 87-74. Last season in Kalamazoo, Valpo came from 22 down with 6:51 remaining to win 76-73 on a Justus McNair buzzer-beater from nearly half court. Scouting the Broncos Picked 10th of 13 in the MAC preseason poll. Coming off an 84-60 win over Mount St. Mary’s on Sunday and also own wins over Coastal Carolina (76-71) and Purdue Fort Wayne (83-71). Led in scoring by Jalen Griffith at 16.8 points per game. Under the direction of fourth-year head coach Dwayne Stephens. Assistant coach Thomas Kithier played in 22 games and averaged 10.1 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per contest while playing for Valpo in 2021-22. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant for the Beacons in 2022-23 before spending the last two seasons as an assistant video coordinator for the NBA’s Utah Jazz. Solid Start With a win on Saturday, Valpo would improve to 5-2, which would mark the team’s best record through seven games since beginning the 2017-18 season with an 8-0 mark. Despite Wednesday’s loss, Valpo is 4-2 through six games, the third straight year that Valpo has started 4-2. The Beacons hold a 3-1 home mark on the season. Block Party Valpo rejected 10 shots in the Nov. 26 game vs. Southern Indiana, the team’s highest total since also blocking 10 on March 15, 2016 vs. Texas Southern. Southern Indiana blocked nine shots, tied for the most by a Valpo opponent since Green Bay’s 12 on Feb. 20, 2014. This marked the first game nationally where both teams were credited with at least nine blocked shots since Jan. 11, 2025, Texas A&M vs. Alabama. As of Nov. 27, Valpo leads the Missouri Valley Conference at 5.5 blocks per game and ranks 26th nationally. Rakim’s Rookie Rankings Rakim Chaney is averaging 16.0 points per game (sixth overall in the MVC) and 3.7 rebounds per outing. He has scored in double figures in five of his six collegiate contests including four with 15+ points. At 16.0 points per game, Chaney is 14th nationally among freshmen. Chaney’s 1.8 steals per game rank tied for 14th nationally among freshmen. His field-goal percentage of .533 ranks 15th in the country among rookies. Chaney’s 3-point percentage of .484 leads all qualified freshmen nationally. Other Notes Wrapping Up Nov. 26 – Southern Indiana 64, Valpo 56 JT Pettigrew scored in double figures for the third time this season and notched his first collegiate double-double. The freshman’s 11 rebounds marked a personal best. Brody Whitaker finished with 10 points, eclipsing his previous best of nine set vs. Nicholls. He had a plus-minus of +6 in 21 minutes in an eight-point loss. Sader Servilus was a team-best +8 in the plus-minus in seven minutes, while Tucker Tornatta was a +7 against the Evansville native’s hometown team. The Beacons shot just 4-of-26 from 3 (15.4 percent). This marked the team’s coldest 3-point shooting performance since the 2024-25 season opener vs. Liberty (13.3 percent). Valpo has held the opponent to 64 points or fewer in all four home games this season. The Beacons limited the turnovers to nine, the team’s fourth straight game with single-digit turnovers. This snapped a three-game winning streak and represented Valpo’s first home loss of the season. The Rakim Repeat Valpo freshman Rakim Chaney is off to a strong start to his collegiate career, including the week of Nov. 10, when he led the team with 21.0 points per game and 7.0 rebounds per game over two contests while also averaging 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals. He shot 14-of-22 (63.6 percent) and 8-of-12 from 3 (66.7 percent) en route to his first MVC Freshman of the Week honor. He followed that up by repeating as the league’s Freshman of the Week after scoring 23 points on Nov. 19 at Cleveland State. Chaney accounted for Valpo’s 15th and 16th MVC Freshman of the Week award since head coach Roger Powell Jr. arrived at Valpo prior to the start of the 2023-24 season. Valpo has accounted for 16 of the 39 total MVC Freshman of the Week awards since the honor began in 2023-24. The Beacons lead the league by a wide margin, over twice as many Freshman of the Week honors as Evansville, which has the second most with seven. Taming Turnovers Valpo has committed single-figure turnovers in four straight games. After 14 turnovers in the opener, Valpo has limited the turnovers to 10 or fewer in five straight. The seven turnovers against Bryant (Nov. 16) marked Valpo’s fewest since also committing just seven in the MVC semifinal vs. Bradley last season. The Beacons are averaging 9.7 turnovers per game, which puts them third in the MVC and 29th nationally in that category. 20-Point Trio In the Nov. 19 game at Cleveland State, three Valpo players eclipsed 20 points – Rakim Chaney with 23, Shon Tupuola with 21 and Justus McNair with 21. That marked the first time three Valpo players all finished with 20+ points since All Wright (25), Cooper Schwieger (23) and Tyler Schmidt (23) on Jan. 8 of last season vs. Indiana State in overtime. It has now happened in back-to-back years after not having occurred since Nov. 29, 2013 vs. Mercer – Lavonte Dority (31), Bobby Capobianco (23) and Alec Peters (22) in a game that went triple overtime. The game at Cleveland State provided Valpo’s first with three 20-point scorers in a regulation affair since March 7, 1993 – Casey Schmidt (26), David Redmon (24), Tracy Gipson (23) in an 83-75 conference-tournament win over Northern Illinois. Road Rout The 15-point margin of victory on Nov. 19 at Cleveland State marked Valpo’s most lopsided road win since a 20-point triumph on Jan. 21, 2023 at Illinois State. The 90 points against the Vikings were Valpo’s most on the road since Nov. 15, 2017, a 94-69 win at SIUE. Valpo joined Kent State (Nov. 23, 2024, W 68-52) as the only two teams in the last five years to win by 15 points or more at Cleveland State. Valpo became the first visiting team to score 90 points or more in a regulation game at Cleveland State since Florida International (107) on Nov. 19, 2019. Off the Chain Rakim Chaney continued his string of big games on Nov. 19 at Cleveland State, becoming the first Valpo player with a 23-point, seven-assist game since Ron Howard had 25 and seven on Jan. 27, 2005 at Southern Utah. Chaney became the second freshman in the country with a 23-point, seven-assist game this season, joining NJIT’s David Bolden. The game at Cleveland State was Chaney’s fifth straight in double figures and fourth straight with 15 or more. Chaney turned in an 18-point, eight-rebound game on Nov. 16 vs. Bryant. He became only the fifth Valpo freshman since 2010 with 18 or more points and eight or more rebounds in a game, joining Cooper Schwieger, Sheldon Edwards, Alec Peters (three times) and Ryan Broekhoff. Chaney shot 6-of-11 from the field and 4-of-7 from 3 against Bryant, his second straight game with four made triples. This was the first time a Valpo freshman had at least 18 points, eight rebounds and four made 3s in a game since Alec Peters in 2013. Chaney had 24 points, six rebounds and three assists while grabbing two steals on Nov. 12 vs. Nicholls. He went 8-of-11 from the floor and 4-of-5 from 3. He became the first Valpo player with a 24-point, six-rebound game that included eight made field goals and four made 3s since Quinton Green on Feb. 11, 2023 vs. Illinois State. If you toss in the three assists and two steals, Chaney was the first Valpo player since Tevonn Walker on Jan. 10, 2018 vs. Drake to post that stat line. Chaney became the first Valpo freshman to make eight shots and four 3s as part of a game that featured at least 24 points and at least six rebounds since Alec Peters on Dec. 14, 2013 vs. Loyola Marymount. Chaney became the second freshman nationally with a 24-point, six-rebound game featuring eight made field goals and four made 3s this season, joining Duke’s Cameron Boozer (Nov. 8 vs. Western Carolina). Other Notes Wrapping Up Nov. 19 – Valpo 90, Cleveland State 75 Justus McNair’s 21 points outdid his previous scoring career high of 19 (Jan. 14, 2025 at Belmont). He also rewrote his previous rebounding career high of five (Jan. 11, 2025 at Murray State) thanks to a six-rebound performance. Shon Tupuola enjoyed a 21-point outburst on 8-of-10 shooting while pulling down seven rebounds. His 21 points marked his Valpo peak while he also recorded a season-best three blocks. This marked his third-straight double-figure scoring effort. In the last 15 seasons, Tupuola joined Cooper Schwieger (three times), Kobe King and Ryan Broekhoeff as the only Valpo players with 21-point, seven-rebound, three-block games. Tupuola became just the eighth player nationally this season with 21 points, seven rebounds and three blocks in a game while shooting at least 80 percent. Carter Hopoi squeezed seven rebounds to share the team lead with Tupuola. That marked the freshman’s personal best, outdoing his six from the season opener vs. Eastern Illinois. The Beacons blocked seven shots as a team, the squad’s most in a game since Jan. 11, 2025 at Murray State, also seven. Valpo held a 39-23 rebounding advantage and a 13-5 edge on the offensive glass. Valpo made seven 3s, its fifth straight game making exactly seven or exactly eight triples. Who is Next? A trio of incoming freshmen have signed to continue their basketball careers at Valpo during the November early signing period. 6-foot-4 guard Justin Curry II (Noblesville, Ind.), 6-foot-7 forward Hudson Scroggins (Lake Bluff, Ill.) and 6-foot-1 point guard Rajan Roberts will join the program next year. Curry averaged 15.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game as a junior at Noblesville last season. He is a reigning Indiana Junior All-Star. Scroggins was a 1,000-point scorer in the high school ranks at Lake Forest (Ill.) and is spending this year at a prep school, Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire. Roberts is a highly-rated prospect from Chicago and was considered one of the top available point guards on the west coast at the time of his commitment. He is among the highest-rated recruits in Valpo history, according to 247Sports. His high school stops include a year each at Proviso West, Kenwood, Prolific Prep (Miami, Fla.) and AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.). Growth Spurt Valpo’s roster has gotten noticeably larger in terms of height this season, as the squad boasts its highest average height of the Roger Powell Jr. head coaching era. The Beacons have seven players on the roster listed at 6-foot-8 or taller – Jayden Watson (6-8), JT Pettigrew (6-8), Owen Dease (6-8), Tucker Tornatta (6-8), Kobe Walker (6-9), Shon Tupuola (6-10) and Carter Hopoi (6-11). This marks the first time during the program’s long Division-I history that the team has had seven players listed at 6-foot-8 or taller. The 1999-00, 2000-01, 2013-14 and 2022-23 teams each had six players listed at 6-8 or taller. One of Four Only four programs in the nation have had their league’s Freshman of the Year in each of the last two seasons – UConn, Baylor, Valpo and Harvard. All Wright was named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year in 2024-2025, becoming the second straight Valpo player to earn the award after Cooper Schwieger did so in 2023-24. This marked just the third time since the award began in 1986 that a school has had back-to-back MVC Freshmen of the Year. Wichita State’s Markis McDuffie (2016) and Landry Shamet (2017) were the most recent duo to go back-to-back. Before that, it was Southern Illinois’ Tony Harvey (1989) and Ashraf Amaya (1990). Wright became just the fifth Valpo freshman to win a league Newcomer/Freshman of the Year Award, joining Schwieger (2023-24), Lubos Barton (1998-99), Bryce Drew (1994-95) and Lance Barker (1991-92). A Look at the Schedule The 11-game nonconference slate will feature seven home dates and four road contests. Valpo will play at Preseason AP No. 9 Kentucky, a Sweet 16 team from last season, on Nov. 7. Nicholls, the Nov. 12 opponent, was a 20-win team last season. Bryant, which will be at the ARC on Nov. 16, went 14-2 in the American East and totaled 23 wins on the way to a conference tournament crown and NCAA Tournament appearance last season. Cleveland State, which will host Valpo on Nov. 19, went 23-13 overall last year en route to an appearance in the Purple College Basketball Invitational. Big East foe Marquette, the Dec. 2 opponent in Milwaukee, reached the NCAA Tournament and accrued 23 wins last season. UNC Wilmington, the Dec. 13 opponent at the ARC, won the Coastal Athletic Association championship and totaled 27 wins on the way to an NCAA Tournament berth last season. The nonconference portion of the season concludes on Dec. 16 at Big Ten adversary Northwestern. Valpo has three road nonconference games against teams in the top 60 in the KenPom preseason ratings, including Kentucky, rated No. 4 by KenPom. ===== VALPO WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS AT CLEVELAND STATE FRIDAY The Valpo women’s basketball team continued action at the CSU Invitational on Friday afternoon, falling to host Cleveland State by an 80-41 final. How It Happened The defense started strong, getting stops on four of CSU’s first five possessions, and baskets from Milana Nenadic (Kitchener, Ontario/Cameron Heights [Idaho State/Maine]) and Kamryn Winch (Bonne Terre, Mo./North County [Maryville]) gave the Beacons a 4-2 lead two and a half minutes into the contest. Valpo went scoreless for the next four-plus minutes as the Vikings went on a 12-0 run to pull out to a double-figure lead. A bucket from Nenadic with 2:54 to play in the period looked to slow CSU’s momentum, but the hosts went on another 9-2 spurt to close the opening quarter with a 23-8 lead. Fiona Connolly (South Burlington, Vt./Brewster Academy [La Salle]) connected on a 3-pointer on Valpo’s first possession of the second quarter, but the Beacons scored just twice more in the period as CSU led 44-15 at halftime. Valpo started the second half on a 7-0 run, as Connolly sandwiched another triple and a layup around a Nenadic second-chance basket. The Vikings responded with nine in a row, however, to prevent the Beacons from cutting any further into the lead. CSU’s lead was 65-28 at the end of the third quarter. Inside the Game Friday’s game came against a Cleveland State program which won 27 games and advanced to the Fab 4 of the WNIT last season. Connolly tied for game-high honors with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting. It is the third straight game in double figures for the senior, who has scored 10 or more five times this year. Winch grabbed a team-best eight rebounds, leading the way as Valpo out-rebounded CSU by a 41-37 margin. It marks the first time Valpo has won the rebounding battle in consecutive games since doing so versus Evansville and Bradley in February 2024. The Beacons shot just 30.8% from the floor and were just 4-of-23 from 3-point range, while the Vikings hit at a 47.5% clip and were 7-of-20 from deep. Valpo committed 33 turnovers, 24 of which were CSU steals. The Vikings scored 45 points off of turnovers. Valpo utilized its third different starting lineup of the season Friday, as Nenadic and Winch started alongside Connolly, Mor Shabtai (Tel Aviv, Israel/Tichonet) and Mikayla Huffine (Rockford, Ill./Rockford Lutheran [Quincy/Iowa Western C.C.). Next Up Valpo (0-7) closes play at the CSU Invitational on Saturday afternoon, taking on St. Bonaventure at noon CT. The game will be streamed live on the CSU Athletics YouTube page. ===== SMALL INDIANA COLLEGE SPORTS WEB SITES UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/ MARIAN ATHLETICS: https://muknights.com/ 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/ HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/ VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index ====== TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY Nov. 29 1890 — Navy beats Army 24-0 in the first matchup of this historic series. 1934 — The Detroit Lions play their first traditional Thanksgiving Day home game and lose to the Chicago Bears 19-16 in front of 26,000. CBS Radio does the first national broadcast of an NFL game. 1987 — The New Orleans Saints hold off the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-16 to assure themselves of their first winning season in their 20-year history. 1992 — New York Jets defensive end Dennis Byrd is paralyzed in his lower body after colliding with teammate Scott Mersereau and breaking his C-5 vertebra in a 23-7 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. 1995 — Grant Fuhr becomes the 11th NHL goalie to win 300 games as the St. Louis Blues beat Winnipeg 4-1. 1998 — Miami’s Dan Marino becomes the first player to throw 400 career TD passes, passing for 255 yards and three TDs in the Dolphins’ 30-10 win against New Orleans. 2003 — LeBron James, 18, becomes youngest player in NBA history to score 30 or more points in a game with his 33-point effort in the Cavaliers’ 122-115 double-overtime loss to Memphis. Kobe Bryant was 19 when he reached 30 for the Lakers in 1997. 2003 — Maryland’s Bruce Perry rushes for 237 yards while Wake Forest’s Chris Barclay gains 243 yards, marking the first time in ACC history and only the fifth time in NCAA history that opposing backs have more than 200 rushing yards in the same game. Perry scores three touchdowns in the Terrapins’ 41-28 win. 2004 — Brett Favre celebrates his 200th straight regular-season start with three touchdown passes and yet another record in the Green Bay Packers’ 45-17 rout of the St. Louis Rams. 2008 — Chris Duhon passes out a franchise-record 22 assists in New York’s 138-125 victory over Golden State. Duhon breaks Richie Guerin’s team record of 21 assists set in 1958. New York scores 82 points in the first half to break the record for most first-half points at the present Madison Square Garden, set when Kansas City scored 81 on Dec. 8, 1979. 2009 — Francesco and Edoardo Molinari become the first brothers to win the World Cup of Golf, giving Italy its first title in the team event with a one-stroke victory over Sweden and Ireland. 2009 — The Indianapolis Colts earn their 20th straight regular-season victory with a 35-27 win over Houston. The Colts came back from fourth-quarter deficits in each of their past five games to become the first NFL team to win five in a row when trailing in the fourth quarter of each contest. 2012 — Drew Brees throws a career-high five interceptions and his record touchdown streak of 54 consecutive games ends in New Orleans’ 23-13 loss to Atlanta. Brees completed 28 of 50 passes for 341 yards. 2013 — David Fales throws for 543 yards and six touchdowns in an entertaining showdown with Derek Carr and San Jose State ends No. 16 Fresno State’s run toward a possible BCS bowl with a 62-52 victory. Carr passes for 519 yards and six touchdowns. 2015 — Andy Murray gives Britain its first Davis Cup title in 79 years when he beats Belgium’s David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 in the first of reverse singles. The win gives Britain an unassailable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five series. _____ Nov. 30 1941 — The Chicago Bears score 49 points in the second half to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 49-13. 1948 — Baseball’s Negro National League disbands. 1956 — Floyd Patterson knocks out Archie Moore in the fifth round to win the world heavyweight title in Chicago. 1969 — Russ Jackson throws a record four touchdowns to lead the Ottawa Rough Riders to a 29-11 victory over Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL Grey Cup championship. 1979 — Sugar Ray Leonard wins the WBC welterweight title with 15th-round knockout of Wilfred Benitez in Las Vegas. 1987 — Bo Jackson, also an outfielder for the Kansas City Royals, rushes for 221 yards to lead the Los Angeles Raiders to a 37-14 rout of the Seattle Seahawks. Jackson, playing in his fifth NFL game, scores on runs of 91 and 2 yards and has a 14-yard touchdown reception. 1990 — Boston’s Larry Bird scores his 20,000th career point in the Celtics’ 123-95 win over Washington at the Garden. Bird is the fifth player in league history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Havlicek, Oscar Robertson and Jerry West) to gather 20,000 points, 5,000 rebounds and 5,000 assists in his playing career. 1991 — San Diego State’s Marshall Faulk becomes the first freshman to capture the national rushing and scoring titles after gaining 154 yards on 27 carries in a 39-12 loss to top-ranked Miami. 1996 — Michael Jordan becomes the 10th player in NBA history to reach 25,000 points after scoring 35 in the Bulls 97-88 win at San Antonio. Jordan reaches 25,000 in 782 games, faster than any other player but Wilt Chamberlain (691). 2003 — Mark Philippoussis gives Australia its 28th Davis Cup title, fighting off a shoulder injury that nearly forces him to retire after the fourth set to beat Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6, 6-0. 2008 — Keith Tkachuk reaches 1,000 career points with the tying goal late in the second period in St. Louis’ 4-2 victory over Atlanta. 2008 — Oakland has only one catch by a wide receiver in its 20-13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, and that officially was for 0 yards by Ronald Curry on a hook-and-lateral play. 2012 — NBA Commissioner David Stern fines the San Antonio Spurs $250,000 for “a disservice to the league and our fans” when they don’t bring Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili or Danny Green to Miami for the final game of a six-game trip. 2012 — Georgetown and Tennessee hold each other scoreless over the final four minutes, and the Hoyas beat the Volunteers 37-36 in a display of abysmal shooting in the SEC/Big East Challenge. The teams combine to make just 7 of 20 shots — from the free throw line. The field-goal shooting is just as horrid, with the Vols hitting 33 percent and the Hoyas 36 percent. 2013 — Chris Davis races 100-plus yards with a missed field-goal attempt for a touchdown on the final play to lift No. 4 Auburn to a 34-28 victory over No. 1 Alabama. Davis catches the ball about 9 yards deep in the end zone after freshman Adam Griffith’s 57-yard attempt falls short. He sprints down the left sideline and cuts back with nothing but teammates around him in a second straight hard-to-fathom finish for the Tigers. 2015 — NBA star Kobe Bryant (LA Lakers) announces his intention to retire at the end of the season. _____ Dec. 1 1936 — End Larry Kelley of Yale is named the Heisman Trophy winner. 1951 — Arnold “Showboat” Boykin of Mississippi scores seven touchdowns in a 49-7 rout of Mississippi State. 1956 — The United States beats the Soviet Union 89-55 to win the gold medal in men’s basketball at the Melbourne Olympics. Bob Jeangerard (16), K.C. Jones (15), Jim Walsh (14) and Bill Russell (13) each score double-digits. 1959 — Louisiana State halfback Billy Cannon is named the Heisman Trophy winner. 1961 — Paul Arizin of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 33 points in 138-177 win over the Los Angeles Lakers to become the third NBA player to reach the 15,000-point plateau. 1973 — Jack Nicklaus wins the Disney World Open to become the first professional golfer to surpass $2 million in career earnings. 1980 — South Carolina running back George Rogers is named the Heisman Trophy winner. 1984 — Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie is named the 50th Heisman Trophy winner. 1990 — Ty Detmer of Brigham Young wins the Heisman Trophy. Detmer, who had set or tied 25 NCAA passing and total offense records, becomes the first BYU winner and third consecutive junior winner. 1996 — Wayne Gretzky becomes the first player in NHL history to reach the 3,000 point plateau. 2001 — North Texas (5-6) loses to Troy State 18-16 to become the third team to go to a bowl with a losing record. The Mean Green, bound for the inaugural New Orleans Bowl as the Sun Belt Conference champion, joins SMU (4-6 in 1963) and William & Mary (5-6 in 1970) as the only teams to play in a bowl game with losing records. 2003 — Sylvester Croom becomes the Southeastern Conference’s first black head football coach, accepting an offer to take over troubled Mississippi State. 2004 — McKendree College coach Harry Statham tops Dean Smith with his 880th career victory, an 83-72 win over Maryville. Smith, with 879 wins, still holds the NCAA record for career victories because all of Statham’s wins are at the NAIA level. 2012 — Landon Donovan scores the tiebreaking goal on a penalty kick in the 65th minute, and David Beckham leaves the MLS as a two-time champion with the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 3-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo in the MLS Cup. 2013 — Josh Gordon has 10 catches for 261 yards and two touchdowns in Cleveland’s 32-20 loss to Jacksonville. He becomes the first player in NFL history to record 200 yards receiving in consecutive games. 2015 — The Philadelphia 76ers end the longest losing streak in the history of major professional sports in the United States, topping the Los Angeles Lakers 103-91 to snap a 28-game skid. 2018 — In a dramatic twist on last season’s national championship game, Jalen Hurts comes off the bench to pass for one touchdown and run for another in the fourth quarter, rallying No. 1 Alabama to a 35-28 win over No. 4 Georgia for the Southeastern Conference title. 2018 — Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury fights to a split draw, with Wilder retaining his WBC heavyweight title after knocking down his British challenger twice at Staples Center. Dec. 2 1907 — Tommy Burns defends his world heavyweight title by knocking out Gunner Moir in the 10th round at London. 1944 — Ohio State quarterback Leslie Horvath wins the Heisman Trophy. 1947 — Notre Dame quarterback Johnny Lujack wins the Heisman Trophy. 1951 — Future Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Don Hutson has his #14 jersey retired by the Green Bay Packers; first number retired in franchise history. 1952 — Oklahoma halfback Billy Vessels is named the Heisman Trophy winner. 1958 — Army back Pete Dawkins is named the Heisman Trophy winner. 1977 — Veterinarian Mark Gerard is indicted in a horse-switching scandal. Cinzano, a purportedly dead 4-year-old champion colt, won a race on Sept. 23 at Belmont Park, under the name of Lebon, a 57-1 long shot. 1984 — Dan Marino throws his 37th touchdown pass to break NFL single-season touchdown pass record. 1995 — Notre Dame advances to the NCAA women’s soccer championship by becoming the first team to beat 13-time champion North Carolina in the national semifinals. The lone score comes when Tar Heels forward Cindy Parlow accidentally heads a ball into her own net. 2002 — Oakland’s Tim Brown and Jerry Rice take turns rewriting the NFL record book in a 26-20 win over the New York Jets. Brown becomes the third player with 1,000 receptions and the third with 14,000 yards receiving. Rich Gannon ties an NFL record with his ninth 300-yard passing game of the season. On the very next play after Brown’s 1,000th catch, Rice scores on a 26-yard catch, giving Oakland a 13-10 lead. It’s Rice’s record 192nd TD catch and puts him over 1,000 yards receiving for a record 14th season. 2009 — The New Jersey Nets are pounded into NBA infamy, falling 117-101 to the Dallas Mavericks for their 18th straight loss to start the season. The Nets pass the 1988-89 Miami Heat and 1999 Los Angeles Clippers, who both dropped their first 17 games. 2018 — Dallas Dorosy of Florida State scores in the 60th minute to help the Seminoles beat North Carolina 1-0 for the NCAA Women’s College Cup championship. Florida State wins the NCAA women’s soccer title for the second time. North Carolina, a 21-time NCAA champion, is shut out for the second time this season. _____ Dec. 3 1943 — Notre Dame quarterback Angelo Bertelli wins the Heisman Trophy. 1946 — Army halfback Glenn Davis is named the Heisman Trophy winner. 1950 — Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams has 18 receptions against Green Bay. 1950 — Cloyce Box of the Detroit Lions has 302 yards receiving and scores four touchdowns against the Baltimore Colts. 1956 — Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in his collegiate debut with Kansas. 1957 — Texas A&M halfback John David Crow is named the Heisman Trophy winner. 1972 — Bobby Howfield of the New York Jets kicks six field goals against New Orleans. 1973 — Dick Anderson of the Miami Dolphins intercepts four passes, returning two for touchdowns, against Pittsburgh. 1979 — Southern California halfback Charles White is named the Heisman Trophy winner. 1982 — Tommy Hearns wins the WBC welterweight title with a 15-round decision over Wilfred Benitez in New Orleans. 1994 — Sixth-ranked Florida beats undefeated and third-ranked Alabama 24-23 in the first SEC Championship game played in Atlanta. 1999 — Marshall beats Western Michigan 34-30 on the last play of the MAC Championship game. Down 30-27 with four seconds left in the game, Chad Pennington throws his 100th career touchdown pass to Eric Pinkerton as time expires to give the Thundedring Herd their third consecutive MAC title. 2000 — The 200-yard rushing games by Mike Anderson, Corey Dillon, Warrick Dunn and Curtis Martin mark the first time in NFL history that four runners have 200 yards on the same day. Its never happened three times in a single day. Anderson rushes for an NFL rookie record 251 yards and four touchdowns in Denver’s 38-23 victory over New Orleans. 2004 — Bode Miller wins his fourth race of the season in the downhill at Beaver Creek, Colo., and Daron Rahlves is second to give the United States its first 1-2 finish on the World Cup circuit. The last time U.S. men went 1-2 in any elite international race was 1984, when Phil Mahre won the Olympic slalom in Sarajevo and twin brother Steve took the silver medal. 2005 — Southern California wins its 34th consecutive game and 16th straight against a ranked opponent, beating No. 11 UCLA 66-19. The 16 victories against Associated Press ranked teams is one better than Oklahoma, which won 15 from 1973-76. 2014 — The Philadelphia 76ers avoid tying the record for the worst start to a season in NBA history, ending their 0-17 skid with an 85-77 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. 2015 — Aaron Rodgers throws a 61-yard touchdown pass to Richard Rodgers with no time left to give the Green Bay Packers a 27-23 comeback victory over the Detroit Lions. Detroit went ahead 17-0 after its first three drives and capped the opening possession of the third quarter with a field goal to go ahead 20-0. 2017 — Tom Brady continues his career-long dominance of the Buffalo Bills completing 21 of 30 for 258 yards and an interception in New England’s 23-3 victory. He improves to 27-3 against Buffalo and breaks Brett Favre’s record for wins by a quarterback against any one opponent. _____ Dec. 4 1945 — “Mr. Inside” Doc Blanchard of Army becomes the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy. Blanchard also becomes the only athlete to win both the Heisman and Sullivan Award. 1951 — Princeton triple-threat tailback Richard Kazmaier wins the Heisman Trophy. Kazmaier led the nation in total offense and the Tigers to an undefeated season. 1956 — Notre Dame quarterback Paul Hornung edges Tennessee’s Johnny Majors to win the Heisman Trophy. 1961 — Floyd Patterson defends his world heavyweight title by knocking out Tom McNeeley in the fourth round in Toronto. 1961 — Syracuse running back Ernie Davis becomes the first black to be taken No. 1 in the NFL draft after being selected by the Washington Redskins. 1977 — Tony Dorsett becomes the third rookie to rush for more than 200 yards in a game with 206 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. 1982 — Georgia’s Hershel Walker wins the Heisman Trophy. The junior running back beats out Stanford quarterback John Elway and Southern Methodist running back Eric Dickerson. 1988 — Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders wins the Heisman Trophy then proves he’s worthy of the award with spectacular performance in a 45-42 win over Texas Tech in Tokyo. Sanders rushes 44 times for 332 yards and four touchdowns, setting the NCAA single-season rushing record with 2,628 yards in 11 games. 2004 — Louisville becomes the first football team in NCAA history to score at least 55 points in five straight games, beating Tulane 55-7. 2005 — Croatia wins its first Davis Cup title when Mario Ancic beats Michal Mertinak of Slovakia 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-4 in the decisive fifth match. 2009 — The New Jersey Nets win for the first time this season, ending the worst start in NBA history at 18 losses by beating the Charlotte Bobcats 97-91. 2010 — Cam Newton passes for a career-best 335 yards and four touchdowns, and runs for a couple of TDs to lead No. 2 Auburn past 18th-ranked South Carolina 56-17 for the Southeastern Conference title. 2013 — The NFL fines Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin $100,000 for interfering with a play against the Baltimore Ravens on Thanksgiving. In the third quarter of the Ravens’ 22-20 win, Jacoby Jones swerves to avoid colliding with Tomlin and is tackled after a 73-yard return that might have gone for a touchdown if not for the obstruction. 2016 — Tom Brady becomes the NFL’s career leader in victories by a quarterback, earning his 201st by throwing for 269 yards and a touchdown to lead New England past Los Angeles 26-10. 2016 — Detroit becomes the first team in 60 Saints home games to stop Drew Brees from throwing a touchdown pass, as the Lions pull away from New Orleans, 28-13. It’s also the Lions’ first victory in a road game following Thanksgiving since 1974, snapping a streak of 22 losses in such games. ===== TV SPORTS TODAY Saturday, Nov. 29 AUTO RACING 8:25 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 12:55 p.m. ESPNEWS — Formula 1: Qualifying, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Noon BTN — Bethune-Cookman at Indiana 6 p.m. PEACOCK — Sacred Heart at Penn St. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ABC — TBA ACCN — Kentucky at Louisville CBSSN — Ball St. at Miami (Ohio) ESPN — TBA ESPN2 — TBA ESPNU — Iowa St. at Oklahoma St. FOX — Ohio St. at Michigan SECN — Clemson at South Carolina 2 p.m. NBC — Grambling St. vs. Southern U., New Orleans 3 p.m. CW — Boston College at Syracuse 3:30 p.m. ABC — TBA ACCN — TBA CBSSN — Kennesaw St. at Liberty ESPN — TBA ESPN2 — TBA SECN — Missouri at Arkansas 3:45 p.m. ESPNU — James Madison at Coastal Carolina 6:30 p.m. CW — Oregon St. at Washington St. 7 p.m. ESPN — TBA ESPNU — Charlotte at Tulane FS1 — Maryland at Michigan St. 7:30 p.m. ABC — Alabama at Auburn ACCN — North Carolina at NC State ESPN2 — TBA SECN — Alabama at Auburn (SkyCast) 9 p.m. CBSSN — UNLV at Nevada 10:30 p.m. ESPN — Notre Dame at Stanford FS1 — Fresno St. at San Jose St. NBA BASKETBALL 5 p.m. NBATV — Boston at Minnesota 8:30 p.m. NBATV — New Orleans at Golden State SKIING 1 p.m. NBC — FIS: Alpine Ski World Cup, Copper Mountain, Colo. SOCCER (MEN’S) 10 a.m. USA — English Premier League: Burnley at Brentford 12:30 p.m. USA — English Premier League: Newcastle United at Everton 3 p.m. USA — English Premier League: Fulham at Tottenham Hotspur _____ Sunday, Nov. 30 AUTO RACING 10:55 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: The Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 — St. Bonaventure at FAU 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 — TBA COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 1 p.m. BTN — Fairfield at Iowa 2:30 p.m. FS1 — UConn at Xavier 3 p.m. BTN — Saint Peter’s at Rutgers 4:30 p.m. FS1 — Tennessee at UCLA COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S) 6 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Women’s Volleyball Selection Special COLLEGE WRESTLING 1 p.m. ESPN — Iowa at Iowa St. NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Regional Coverage: San Francisco at Cleveland, Jacksonville at Tennessee, Houston at Indianapolis FOX — Regional Coverage: New Orleans at Miami, Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, Arizona at Tampa Bay, L.A. Rams Carolina 4:05 p.m. FOX — Minnesota at Seattle 4:25 p.m. CBS — Regional Coverage: Buffalo at Pittsburgh OR Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers 8:20 p.m. NBC — Denver at Washington PEACOCK — Denver at Washington SKIING 1 p.m. NBC — FIS: Alpine Ski World Cup, Copper Mountain, Colo. SOCCER (MEN’S) 7 a.m. USA — English Premier League: Manchester United at Crystal Palace 9 a.m. USA — English Premier League: Wolverhampton Wanderers at Aston Villa 11:30 a.m. USA — English Premier League: Arsenal at Chelsea 2:30 p.m.ABC — LaLiga: Real Madrid at Giorana FC About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THE INDIANA SRN “SCOREBOARD” NOVEMBER 28 TV SPORTS TODAY
