“THE SCOREBOARD”
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INDIANA BOYS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
TUESDAY
ALEXANDRIA 67 MUNCIE BURRIS 35
BARR-REEVE 32 NORTHEAST DUBOIS 30
BLACKFORD 58 WES-DEL 43
BLOOMINGTON HOMESCHOOL 54 WASHINGTON CATHOLIC 36
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 55 BLOOMFIELD 53
BORDEN 50 WEST WASHINGTON 45
BREBEUF JESUIT 66 COVENANT CHRISTIAN 46
BREMEN 59 NEW PRAIRIE 36
CAREER ACADEMY 50 JOHN GLENN 39
CARMEL 69 BROWNSBURG 36
CARROLL (FLORA) 57 MACONAQUAH 52
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 53 FORT WAYNE NORTH 42
CASTLE 54 GIBSON SOUTHERN 45
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 78 INTERNATIONAL 61
CHARLESTOWN 76 AUSTIN 58
CHRISTEL HOUSE 58 INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE 29
COLUMBIA CITY 61 GARRETT 28
COLUMBUS NORTH 56 SEYMOUR 36
CROTHERSVILLE 58 EDINBURGH 55
CROWN POINT 80 ANDREAN 33
CULVER ACADEMY 70 VICTORY CHRISTIAN 26
DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN 67 WESTVILLE 21
DECATUR CENTRAL 64 AVON 49
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 60 LAKE CENTRAL 56
EASTBROOK 72 DALEVILLE 26
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 68 NORTH MIAMI 62
EASTERN GREENE 55 OWEN VALLEY 42
EVANSVILLE BOSSE 65 EVANSVILLE NORTH 60
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 64 MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) 59
FAIRFIELD 59 BETHANY CHRISTIAN 44
FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY 58 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 52
FORT WAYNE LUERS 61 FORT WAYNE SOUTH 56
FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 62 FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA 44
FORT WAYNE SNIDER 72 FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK 62
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 67 ATTICA 37
FRANKTON 60 WABASH 48
FRONTIER 48 RENSSELAER CENTRAL 45
GARY LIGHTHOUSE 73 HEBRON 68
GARY WEST 58 HANOVER CENTRAL 28
GOSHEN 54 LAKELAND 46
GUERIN CATHOLIC 72 NEW PALESTINE 61
HAGERSTOWN 70 CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 25
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 94 INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN 66
HAMMOND NOLL 59 HAMMOND CENTRAL 54
HAUSER 77 RISING SUN 44
HENRYVILLE 56 CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 44
HIGHLAND 47 BOONE GROVE 46
HOBART 65 VALPARAISO 54
HOMESTEAD 60 FORT WAYNE WAYNE 50
ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 69 WHEELER 52
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL 76 LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 57
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD 47 PARK TUDOR 40
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 61 PERRY MERIDIAN 51
INDIANAPOLIS RIVERSIDE 80 GEO NEXT GENERATION 36
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI 63 SOUTHPORT 55
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA 69 ANDERSON 67
INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 84 RICHMOND 50
JASPER 66 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 54
JAY COUNTY 72 ST. HENRY (OHIO) 63
JEFFERSONTOWN (KY.) 62 NEW ALBANY 61 OT
KIPP INDY LEGACY 70 CROSSPOINTE CHRISTIAN 54
KNIGHTSTOWN 76 ANDERSON PREP 42
KOUTS 60 HAMMOND MORTON 48
LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 42 EASTSIDE 41
LAKEWOOD PARK 63 CHURUBUSCO 44
LANESVILLE 59 CLARKSVILLE 44
LAPEL 60 TAYLOR 57
LEBANON 63 UNIVERSITY 61
LEWIS CASS 43 MADISON-GRANT 35
LINTON 75 WHITE RIVER VALLEY 54
LOWELL 68 WHITING 29
MADISON 58 NORTH HARRISON 49
MANCHESTER 50 BLUFFTON 47
MICHIGAN CITY 62 GARY 21ST CENTURY 60
MILAN 73 NORTH DECATUR 71
MISHAWAKA MARIAN 61 JIMTOWN 54
MITCHELL 62 MEDORA 59
MONROE CENTRAL 65 SOUTH ADAMS 60
MOORESVILLE 66 COLUMBUS EAST 60
MORRISTOWN 75 BROWN COUNTY 49
MUNSTER 75 CALUMET 49
NORTH NEWTON 56 NORTH WHITE 25
NORTH POSEY 47 MOUNT CARMEL (ILL.) 39
NORTH VERMILLION 82 DUGGER UNION 54
NORTHWOOD 58 WEST NOBLE 29
NORTHEASTERN 69 UNION COUNTY 29
NORTHFIELD 54 WHITKO 39
NORTHSIDE HOMESCHOOL 52 PURDUE BROAD RIPPLE 42
NORWELL 48 HERITAGE 43
OHIO COUNTY (KY.) 69 SOUTH SPENCER 61
ORLEANS 64 EASTERN (PEKIN) 20
PAOLI 57 SALEM 41
PENDLETON HEIGHTS 61 MISSISSINEWA 27
PIKE CENTRAL 73 TECUMSEH 65 OT
PIKE 84 MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) 81 OT
PIONEER 55 KNOX 45
PLAINFIELD 63 WARREN CENTRAL 53
PLYMOUTH 53 ROCHESTER 36
PRINCETON 53 BOONVILLE 47
RANDOLPH SOUTHERN 70 SETON CATHOLIC 61
SCOTTSBURG 65 BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 52
SEEGER 64 WESTERN BOONE 59
SHAKAMAK 59 LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 32
SHAWE MEMORIAL 60 COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN 42
SILVER CREEK 79 JENNINGS COUNTY 42
SOUTH BEND RILEY 87 SOUTH BEND ADAMS 67
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 67 PENN 58
SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 76 MISHAWAKA 66
SOUTH DECATUR 67 JAC-CEN-DEL 59
SOUTH KNOX 45 LOOGOOTEE 38
SOUTH RIPLEY 85 SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) 66
SOUTHERN WELLS 58 ELWOOD 45
SOUTHMONT 79 SOUTH VERMILLION 25
SPEEDWAY 59 BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 47
SULLIVAN 93 NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) 60
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 59 WEST CENTRAL 54
TRI-WEST 77 MONROVIA 47
TRITON CENTRAL 62 INDIAN CREEK 47
TRITON 58 TRINITY ACADEMY 34
UNION (MODOC) 67 HAMILTON 29
UNION CITY 55 COWAN 43
VINCENNES RIVET 50 CLAY CITY 23
WALDRON 52 MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN 24
WARSAW 54 MARION 47
WASHINGTON TWP. 80 TRI-COUNTY 69
WASHINGTON 63 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 38
WAWASEE 49 ELKHART CHRISTIAN 45
WEST VIGO 58 PARIS (ILL.) 54 OT
WESTERN 75 ROSSVILLE 72
WESTFIELD 63 HAMILTON HEIGHTS 48
WINAMAC 61 LOGANSPORT 55 OT
WOOD MEMORIAL 63 EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN 42
YORKTOWN 60 TIPTON 38
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WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE
ALL TIMES EASTERN
DANVILLE AT NORTHVIEW 7:30 PM
FORT WAYNE DWENGER AT EAST NOBLE 7:30 PM
GRIFFITH AT RIVER FOREST 8:00 PM
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN AT MUNCIE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON AT INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN 7:30 PM
MTI KNOWLEDGE AT PHALEN ACADEMY 6:00 PM
MUNCIE BURRIS AT HAGERSTOWN 7:30 PM
PHALEN ACADEMY AT BEECH GROVE 7:30 PM
SOUTH NEWTON AT DONOVAN (ILL.) 8:00 PM
SPRINGS VALLEY AT NORTHEAST DUBOIS 7:30 PM
WHEELER AT TRI-TOWNSHIP 8:00 PM
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INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL REGIONAL MATCH-UPS
NORTHERN HOSTS
LAPORTE
BRACKET
CLASS 2A | 4 PM CT | ANDREAN VS. BREMEN
CLASS 4A | 7 PM CT | PENN VS. CROWN POINT
MARION
BRACKET
CLASS 1A | 1 PM ET | CARROLL (FLORA) VS. MONROE CENTRAL
CLASS 2A | 4 PM ET | OAK HILL VS. ALEXANDRIA MONROE
JIMTOWN
BRACKET
CLASS 1A | 4 PM ET | MARQUETTE CATHOLIC VS. FREMONT
CLASS 4A | 7 PM ET | VALPARAISO VS. NORTHRIDGE
BELLMONT
BRACKET
CLASS 3A | 1 PM ET | EAST NOBLE VS. BELLMONT
CLASS 4A | 4 PM ET | FORT WAYNE SNIDER VS. NORWELL
WINAMAC COMMUNITY
BRACKET
CLASS 3A | 4 PM ET | KANKAKEE VALLEY VS. FAIRFIELD
CLASS 3A | 7 PM ET | CULVER ACADEMY VS. HIGHLAND
LAPEL
BRACKET
CLASS 2A | 1 PM ET | LAPEL VS. RENSSELAER CENTRAL
CLASS 3A | 4 PM ET | CONNERSVILLE VS. MACONAQUAH
WARSAW COMMUNITY
BRACKET
CLASS 1A | 4 PM ET | WEST CENTRAL VS. ELKHART CHRISTIAN
CLASS 2A | 7 PM ET | WHITKO VS.EASTSIDE
FRANKFORT
BRACKET
CLASS 1A | 1 PM ET | NORTH MIAMI VS. FOUNTAIN CENTRAL
CLASS 4A | 4 PM ET | MCCUTCHEON VS. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
SOUTHERN HOSTS
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL
BRACKET
CLASS 2A | 4 PM ET | HERITAGE CHRISTIAN VS. UNION COUNTY
CLASS 4A | 7 PM ET | PENDLETON HEIGHTS VS. CENTER GROVE
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE
BRACKET
CLASS 4A | 1 PM ET | COLUMBUS NORTH VS. EVANSVILLE REITZ
CLASS 4A | 4 PM ET | BLOOMINGTON SOUTH VS. FLOYD CENTRAL
GREENCASTLE
BRACKET
CLASS 3A | 4 PM ET | RONCALLI VS. CATHEDRAL
CLASS 4A | 7 PM ET | LAWRENCE CENTRAL VS. PIKE
CHARLESTOWN
BRACKET
CLASS 2A | 1 PM ET | EASTERN (PEKIN) VS. AUSTIN
CLASS 3A | 4 PM ET | SILVER CREEK VS. JENNINGS COUNTY
TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO
BRACKET
CLASS 2A | 4 PM ET | PARKE HERITAGE VS. MONROVIA
CLASS 3A | 7 PM ET | BREBEUF JESUIT VS. NORTHVIEW
BOONVILLE
BRACKET
CLASS 2A | 1 PM CT | EVANSVILLE MATER DEI VS. NORTH KNOX
CLASS 3A | 4 PM CT | WASHINGTON VS. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL
SHELBYVILLE
BRACKET
CLASS 1A | 4 PM ET | TRI VS. GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN
CLASS 1A | 7 PM ET | TINDLEY VS. TRINITY LUTHERAN
JASPER
BRACKET
CLASS 1A | 1 PM ET | EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN VS. WHITE RIVER VALLEY
CLASS 1A | 4 PM ET | BORDEN VS. ORLEANS
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INDIANA WRESTLING
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FEEDER REGIONALS: CROWN POINT, HOBART, LOGANSPORT, PENN.
2. FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE (ALLEN COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL COLISEUM)
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FEEDER REGIONALS: NORTH MONTGOMERY, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, PERRY MERIDIAN, RICHMOND.
4. EVANSVILLE F. J. REITZ (FORD CENTER)
9 AM CT
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FEEDER REGIONALS: BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, CASTLE, JEFFERSONVILLE, MOORESVILLE.
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INDIANA GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING
STATE FINALS
FRIDAY, FEB. 13, 2026
GATES OPEN AT 4:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM CT
6 PM ET / 5 PM CT | SWIMMING PRELIMINARIES
HEAT SHEETS | PSYCH SHEETS | PRELIM RESULTS
SATURDAY, FEB. 14, 2026
GATES OPEN AT 6:45 AM ET / 5:45 AM CT
9 AM ET / 8 AM CT | DIVING PRELIMINARIES, SEMIFINALS
1 PM ET / 12 PM CT | CHAMPIONSHIP/CONSOLATION FINALS IN ALL SWIMMING EVENTS; DIVING FINALS
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES
TOP 25
#15 VIRGINIA 61 FLORIDA STATE 58
MIAMI FLORIDA 75 #11 NORTH CAROLINA 66
#19 VANDERBILT 84 AUBURN 76
#13 PURDUE 80 #7 NEBRASKA 77 OT
#22 BYU 99 BAYLOR 94
WISCONSIN 92 #8 ILLINOIS 90 OT
#21 ARKANSAS 91 LSU 62
#4 DUKE 70 PITTSBURGH 54
#3 HOUSTON 66 UTAH 52
TCU 62 #5 IOWA STATE 55
#12 GONZAGA 83 WASHINGTON STATE 53
ELSEWHERE:
MILWAUKEE 92 IU INDY 88
SMU 89 NOTRE DAME 81
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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES
TOP 25
#16 TEXAS TECH 70 KANSAS 65
ELSEWHERE:
BALL STATE 83 EASTERN MICHIGAN 68
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MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY SCORES
RIT 2 NIAGARA 1
BENTLEY 4 ARMY 3 OT
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COLLEGE WRESTLING SCORES
NO MATCH’S SCHEDULED
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DIVISION 1 COLLEGE SOFTBALL SCORES
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DIVISION 1 COLLEGE BASEBALL SCORES
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NBA SCORES
INDIANA 137 NEW YORK 134 OT
HOUSTON 102 LA CLIPPERS 95
PHOENIX 120 DALLAS 111
SAN ANTONIO 136 LA LAKERS 108
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NHL SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED (OLYMPIC BREAK)
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WOMEN’S PRO VOLLEYBALL SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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NATIONAL SPORTS NEWS RELEASES
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
TOP 25 ROUNDUP: JAYDEN PIERRE’S LATE TREY LIFTS TCU PAST NO. 5 IOWA STATE
Jayden Pierre hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 48 seconds to play to lift TCU to a 62-55 upset of No. 5 Iowa State in a Big 12 Conference clash on Tuesday in Fort Worth, Texas.
Micah Robinson and Tanner Toolson each scored 17 points to lead the Horned Frogs (15-9, 5-6 Big 12). Pierre added nine points as TCU won its second straight game.
Joshua Jefferson scored 12 points, pulled down eight rebounds and handed out nine assists for the Cyclones (21-3, 8-3). Tamin Lipsey also tallied 12 points and Milan Momcilovic added 11 for Iowa State, which had its five-game winning streak snapped.
After an Iowa State turnover, Pierre’s three gave the Horned Frogs a 57-55 lead. Lipsey’s turnover on the ensuing possession led to a Robinson dunk, and TCU led 59-55 with 28 seconds left.
No. 3 Houston 66, Utah 52
Emanuel Sharp made a career-high eight 3-pointers and scored 27 points to lead the Cougars to a victory over the Utes in Salt Lake City.
Sharp shot 8-for-13 from long distance to help the Cougars (22-2, 10-1 Big 12) win their fifth straight game and move into a tie with No. 1 Arizona atop the Big 12 standings. He has made 277 3-pointers at Houston, passing Marcus Sasser (276) as the school’s career leader in made 3-point field goals. Sharp carried the Cougars on a night where no other Houston player scored in double figures. Leading scorer Kingston Flemings was held to four points on 2-of-9 shooting.
Keanu Dawes led Utah with 15 points and eight rebounds while Seydou Traore and Terrence Brown added 12 points apiece. The Utes (9-15, 1-10) committed 13 turnovers, leading to 20 Houston points, as they dropped their sixth game in a row.
No. 4 Duke 70, Pitt 54
Isaiah Evans scored 21 points to power the Blue Devils to a road win over the Panthers.
Evans went 5 of 6 from 3-point range in the bounce-back victory for the Blue Devils (22-2, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who lost Saturday at then-No. 14 North Carolina. Cameron Boozer contributed 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Roman Siulepa paced Pitt (9-16, 2-10) with 19 points, and Barry Dunning Jr. scored 17. It was the Panthers’ fourth consecutive loss and their 10th in the past 12 games.
No. 13 Purdue 80, No. 7 Nebraska 77
Braden Smith finished two rebounds shy of a triple-double as the Boilermakers overcame blowing two big leads to beat the Cornhuskers in overtime in a Big Ten Conference game in Lincoln, Neb.
Purdue (20-4, 10-3) moved into a tie for third in the Big Ten by picking up their second road win over a Top 10 team. Purdue won at then-No. 8 Alabama in November. Smith had 13 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists while Fletcher Loyer scored 18. Oscar Cluff had 12 points and 14 rebounds, his basket with 5.2 seconds left giving Purdue the lead for good at 78-77.
Nebraska (21-3, 10-3) lost for the third time in four games after a school-record 24-game win streak dating to last season. The Cornhuskers got 18 points from Rienk Mast, who tied the game on a layup with 12.8 seconds in regulation but missed the and-one that would have given Nebraska the lead.
Wisconsin 92, No. 8 Illinois 90 (OT)
Nick Boyd scored 19 of his 25 points after halftime and John Blackwell added 24 points to lead the Badgers to an overtime victory against the Fighting Illini in Champaign, Ill.
Austin Rapp had 18 points off the bench as the Badgers (17-7, 9-4 Big Ten) won for the eighth time in their past 10 games. Wisconsin committed just four turnovers and recovered from a 12-point second-half deficit.
Keaton Wagler scored 34 points and Tomislav Ivisic added 19 points and 11 rebounds for Illinois (20-5, 11-3), which lost its second straight contest following a 12-game winning streak. Andrej Stojakovic (ankle) sat out.
Miami 75, No. 11 North Carolina 66
Malik Reneau scored a game-high 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Hurricanes upset the Tar Heels in Coral Gables, Fla.
The Hurricanes never trailed, and they had a 46-28 edge in paint points. Miami (19-5, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) won for the fourth time in five games and improved to 13-2 at home. The hosts got 15 points and 10 rebounds from Ernest Udeh Jr. and 14 points and a game-high five assists from Tre Donaldson.
The Tar Heels (19-5, 7-4) were led late by Caleb Wilson, who scored nine of his 12 points in the second half. Wilson, projected to be a top-five pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, missed several minutes in the second half as he went to the locker room and returned with a wrap on his left hand. North Carolina, which had a five-game win streak end, got 13 points from Jarin Stevenson.
No. 12 Gonzaga 85, Washington State 53
Graham Ike scored 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field and added a game-high seven rebounds in just 23 minutes as the Bulldogs cruised to a victory against the Cougars in Spokane, Wash.
Freshman Davis Fogle came off the bench to score 17 points and Adam Miller and Mario Saint-Supery added 11 apiece for the Bulldogs (24-2, 12-1 West Coast Conference), who will play Saturday at Santa Clara in a first-place showdown.
Jerone Morton led Washington State (11-16, 6-8) with 15 points. Rihards Vavers added 14 and Ace Glass scored 12.
No. 15 Virginia 61, Florida State 58
Jacari White racked up 19 points and hit five 3-pointers to help the Cavaliers rally past the Seminoles in Tallahassee, Fla.
White scored 16 of his points in the second half, adding four rebounds and two assists to his game totals. Thijs De Ridder added nine points and a team-high nine boards while Sam Lewis also scored nine for Virginia (21-3, 10-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), which has won five straight games.
Lajae Jones and Robert McCray V carried Florida State (11-13, 4-7), combining for 41 of their points in a losing effort that saw the Seminoles’ three-game win streak snapped.
No. 19 Vanderbilt 84, Auburn 76
Tyler Tanner scored 25 points, making 12 of 13 free-throw attempts and helping lead the visiting Commodores past the Tigers in Southeastern Conference play.
Jalen Washington added 22 points and Devin McGlockton scored 12 for Vanderbilt (20-4, 7-4 SEC), which rebounded from a one-point home loss to Oklahoma on Saturday. Tyler Nickel had 10 points for the Commodores, who won at Auburn for the first time since February 2016.
Tahaad Pettiford led Auburn (14-10, 5-6) with 21 points, followed by Keyshawn Hall’s 13 and KeShawn Murphy’s 12. Sebastian Williams-Adams chipped in 11 points and Kevin Overton had 10 for the Tigers, who have dropped three straight.
No. 21 Arkansas 91, LSU 62
Darius Acuff Jr. scored 28 points and the Razorbacks never trailed in rolling past the Tigers in Southeastern Conference action at Baton Rouge, La.
Meleek Thomas added 20 points, Trevon Brazile had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Billy Richmond III scored 13 for the Razorbacks (18-6, 8-3 SEC) who won for the fifth time in six games, including an 85-81 victory over the visiting Tigers on Jan. 24.
Marquel Sutton scored 18, Pablo Tamba had 11 and Robert Miller III scored 10 to lead LSU (14-10, 2-9), which played its third consecutive game without starting point guard Dedan Thomas Jr., who leads the team in scoring (15.3) and assists (6.5), because of a lower-leg injury.
No. 22 BYU 99, Baylor 94
AJ Dybantsa exploded for 36 points, Robert Wright III poured in 30 points against his former team and the Cougars went on to a victory over the Bears in Waco, Texas.
The Cougars (18-6, 6-5 Big 12) snapped a four-game skid with the victory. Dybantsa, the nation’s leading scorer, finished 14 of 20 from the field and added five rebounds and seven assists. Wright was 12 of 21 from the field and finished with four rebounds and three assists. Dybantsa and Wright were the first BYU duo to score 30-plus points since Jan. 4, 1984.
The Bears (13-11, 3-9) have lost six of their last eight games as their season-long struggles continue. Tounde Yessoufou was a bright spot with a season-high 37 points, six rebounds and three assists. Cameron Carr had 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Caden Powell added 13 points.
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NBA
NBA ROUNDUP: PACERS PULL OUT OT UPSET OF KNICKS
Quenton Jackson scored seven points in overtime Tuesday night for the visiting Indiana Pacers, who outlasted the New York Knicks 137-134 in a back-and-forth clash.
The two teams combined for 39 lead changes, the most in the NBA this season. Jackson finished with 19 points and was one of eight players to score in double figures for the Pacers, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Andrew Nembhard (24 points, 10 assists) posted a double-double while Pascal Siakam had a team-high 30 points.
Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 40 points while Josh Hart (15 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists) recorded a triple-double for the Knicks, who have lost two of three following an eight-game winning streak.
Karl-Anthony Towns, who forced overtime by draining two free throws with 0.2 seconds left, had 22 points and 14 rebounds but fouled out when he was called for a moving screen on Jackson with 2:14 left in OT.
Spurs 136, Lakers 108
Victor Wembanyama scored 37 of his 40 points in the first half, Carter Bryant added a career-high 16 points off the bench and visiting San Antonio turned a fast start into a dominating victory over short-handed Los Angeles.
Wembanyama put up 25 points in the first quarter — a San Antonio record for any period since play-by-play was tracked. Dylan Harper scored 15 points as the Spurs matched a season high with their fifth consecutive victory.
Drew Timme and Luke Kennard each scored 14 points for the Lakers, who were missing Luka Doncic (hamstring), LeBron James (foot), Austin Reaves (calf) Deandre Ayton (knee) and Marcus Smart (ankle).
Suns 120, Mavericks 111
Dillon Brooks scored 15 of his 23 points in the first quarter, Devin Booker added 19 points, and host Phoenix broke a three-game home losing streak with a victory over Dallas.
Mark Williams scored 13 points, Oso Ighodaro had 10 points and 10 rebounds off the bench and Royce O’Neale chipped in 12 points for the Suns, who led by 31 late in the second quarter before holding on.
Naji Marshall scored 31 points off the bench and Cooper Flagg scored 27 points for the Mavericks, who have lost eight in a row.
Rockets 102, Clippers 95
Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun combined for 48 points as Houston turned a rally to start the fourth quarter into a victory over visiting Los Angeles.
Durant scored 26 points and hit three 3-pointers while Sengun tallied 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Amen Thompson added 16 points and six rebounds for the Rockets, who have won seven of their past 10 games.
Kawhi Leonard totaled 24 points and eight rebounds for his 32nd consecutive 20-point game for the Clippers. John Collins had 17 points and eight rebounds.
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BASEBALL
JUSTIN VERLANDER RETURNS TO THE DETROIT TIGERS ON A $13 MILLION, ONE-YEAR CONTRACT
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Justin Verlander is going back to his first big league team, agreeing to a $13 million, one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.
Verlander, who turns 43 on Feb. 20, is looking to rebound from a frustrating year with San Francisco. The deal for the three-time AL Cy Young Award winner includes $11 million in deferred payments starting in 2030.
Verlander’s 266 victories are tied with Bob Feller and Eppa Rixey for 34th on baseball’s career list, while his 3,553 career strikeouts are eighth and closely trailing Don Sutton with 3,574.
Verlander said he needed a “relentless pursuit of finding something, anything to make it click” in turning his struggles around last year with the Giants. His 2.60 ERA from July 23 through the remainder of the season ranked fourth in the National League with a minimum of 60 innings pitched.
Verlander returned June 18 after being sidelined for a month by a strained right pectoral muscle. The right-hander wants to keep pitching after a disappointing season in which he began 0-8 and was winless in his initial 16 outings before a win at Atlanta on July 23.
CATCHER TYLER STEPHENSON WINS ARBITRATION CASE AGAINST THE REDS AND WILL GET $6.8 MILLION
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Catcher Tyler Stephenson won his salary arbitration case against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday and will earn $6.8 million instead of the team’s offer of $6.55 million offer.
Players lead 6-1 in cases thus far and up to six more decisions are possible.
Josh Gordon, Allen Ponak and Chris Cameron made the decision one day after listening to arguments.
A decision in the case of Los Angeles Angels left-hander Reid Detmers was expected later Tuesday.
Stephenson hit .239 with 13 homers and 50 RBIs in 88 games last year, sidelined from mid-March until May 2 by a strained left oblique and between Aug. 15 and Sept. 5 by a broken left thumb sustained while catching a pitch from Hunter Greene during a game against Milwaukee.
He earned $4.925 million last year.
Stephenson turns 30 in August and can become a free agent after this year’s World Series. He has a .261 average with 63 homers and 258 RBIs in six major league seasons, all with the Reds.
INFIELDER ISIAH KINER-FALEFA AND RED SOX FINALIZE A $6 MILLION, 1-YEAR CONTRACT
BOSTON (AP) — Infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa and the Boston Red Sox finalized a $6 million, one-year contract on Tuesday.
Kiner-Falefa can earn $500,000 in performance bonuses for plate appearances: $100,000 each for 300, 350, 400, 450, and 500.
The 30-year-old hit .262 with two homers, 40 RBIs and 21 doubles in 138 games last year for Pittsburgh and Toronto, which selected him off waivers on Aug. 31. He played shortstop, third base and second.
Kiner-Falefa batted .162 (6 for 37) in the postseason. Representing a title-winning run, he was thrown out at home plate by second baseman Miguel Rojas on Daulton Varsho’s grounder in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Kiner-Falefa, 30, has a .262 average with 36 homers, 286 RBIs and 100 steals over eight seasons with Texas (2018-21), New York Yankees (2022-23), Toronto and Pittsburgh. He won a Gold Glove at third base in 2020.
Boston placed right-hander Tanner Houck on the 60-day injured list to open a roster spot.
RIGHT-HANDER AARON CIVALE AGREES TO A $6 MILLION, 1-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE ATHLETICS
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Veteran right-hander Aaron Civale joined the Athletics on Tuesday, agreeing to a $6 million, one-year contract.
The 30-year-old Civale can earn an additional $1.5 million in incentives. He is expected to start with the A’s.
Civale played for three teams last year, going 4-9 with a 4.85 ERA in 18 starts and five relief appearances. He is 43-44 with a 4.14 ERA in 140 career games.
Civale had a 4.91 ERA in five starts for Milwaukee last season before he was shifted to the bullpen. He was traded to the Chicago White Sox for first baseman Andrew Vaughn and $807,000 in cash on June 13.
He was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 31. He went 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA and his first career save in five relief appearances with the Cubs. He also pitched in one postseason game with the team, working 4 1/3 scoreless innings in Game 1 of the NL Division Series at Milwaukee.
BRAVES ADD CATCHING DEPTH, SIGN FORMER RANGERS ALL-STAR JONAH HEIM TO $1.25 MILLION. 1-YEAR DEAL
NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — The Atlanta Braves added catching depth while awaiting the return of Sean Murphy by signing former Texas Rangers All-Star Jonah Heim to a $1.25 million, one-year deal on Tuesday.
Heim was with the team for the first workout with pitchers and catchers.
The Braves announced the signing of Heim and placed right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach on the 60-day injured list. Schwellenbach, whose 2025 season was cut short by a broken right elbow, has inflammation in the elbow.
Braves first-year manager Walt Weiss told reporters Schwellenbach has “bone spur type stuff” in addition to the inflammation. “It’s going to be significant time he’s going to miss,” Weiss said.
“I always say before a season even starts your pitching depth is going to get tested. It’s inevitable. You’d rather it not be right away in February.”
Heim, 30, was an All-Star and Gold Glove winner in 2023, when he hit .258 with 18 homers and 95 RBIs with Texas. He hit .220 in 2024 and .213 last season.
ROCKIES AND RIGHT-HANDER TOMOYUKI SUGANO AGREE TO A $5.1 MILLION, 1-YEAR CONTRACT
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Colorado Rockies added Tomoyuki Sugano to their rotation on Tuesday, agreeing to a $5.1 million, one-year contract with the right-hander.
The 36-year-old Sugano went 10-10 with a 4.64 ERA in 30 starts with Baltimore last year. He pitched in Japan before agreeing to a $13 million, one-year contract with the Orioles in December 2024.
To make room on the 40-man roster, Colorado placed infielder/outfielder Kris Bryant on the 60-day injured list. The oft-injured Bryant has appeared in just 170 games with the Rockies since agreeing to a $182 million, seven-year contract in March 2022.
Sugano becomes the sixth Japanese-born player in Rockies history, joining right-hander Craig House (2000), infielder Kaz Matsui (2006-07), right-hander Jeff McCurry (1997), right-hander Mac Suzuki (2001) and right-hander Masato Yoshii.
Sugano played for the Yomiuri Giants for 12 seasons, winning three MVP awards in Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League.
The right-hander pitched for Japan in the 2017 World Baseball Classic and allowed three hits in six innings in the semifinal against the United States. He has committed to playing in the WBC again this year.
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COLLEGE BASEBALL
COLLEGE BASEBALL ’26: LSU GOING FOR 3RD TITLE IN 4 YEARS
LSU has won two of the last three national championships and has a real shot to become the first Division I baseball program since the dominant Southern California teams of the early 1970s to win three in four years.
Jay Johnson, the first coach to win multiple national titles in his first four years at a school, clearly likes the team he’ll put on the field when the season opens Friday at home against Milwaukee. But he doesn’t want to hear any talk of repeating in February, considering the hard lesson his Tigers learned the year after they won it all in 2023.
“We’ll always appreciate what we did last year, but we have to move on to this year and be all in on right now,” he said. “I think we have set a good blueprint of what it’s going to take to be successful and those things really aren’t that much different. The jungle we play in, which is the best conference in any sport across the country, requires your absolute best.”
LSU, which extended the Southeastern Conference’s stranglehold on the title to six years, enters the season ranked No. 1 in the writers’ and coaches’ polls and by Perfect Game and No. 2 behind UCLA by D1Baseball.com and Baseball America.
Among other top teams are 2025 national runner-up Coastal Carolina, Texas, Georgia Tech, Arkansas, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Auburn, Louisville and TCU.
LSU lost 11 players to pro baseball from the 53-win team that swept through the College World Series, including the No. 3 overall draft pick in pitcher Kade Anderson. The Tigers bring back seven position players with starting experience at LSU and 10 pitchers who have recorded innings for the Tigers. They signed a top-three high school recruiting class and a group of nine transfers ranked No. 5 by D1Baseball.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen this, where we lost so much contribution from a team that reached the pinnacle, and we return so much from the team that reached the pinnacle,” Johnson said. “It’s probably a credit to recruiting and balance. We have not sold out to just portal city. We’ve developed really good high school players here, and I think last year’s freshman class was by far the best group of freshmen we’ve brought in.”
The Tigers could have the best outfield in the country. Leadoff man Derek Curiel led the Tigers with a .345 batting average, 20 doubles and 67 runs and was error-free in 62 games in left field and three in center. The first-team preseason All-American will play mostly center this season, trading places with Chris Stanfield. LSU also brings back right fielder Jake Brown, who batted .320 for the season and a team-best .385 in the CWS. Brown and Stanfield committed just one error apiece last season.
Shortstop Steve Milam is projected to be a late first- or early second-round draft pick in July and anchors an infield that will have three new starters. Cade Arrambide, who backed up Luis Hernandez, takes over behind the plate.
Pitching will continue to be a strength even with the departures of Anderson and third-round draft pick Anthony Eyanson.
Casan Evans, who as a freshman succeeded in high-leverage situations out of the bullpen and got a few spot starts, is in line to be the Tigers’ No. 1 starter. Kansas transfer Cooper Moore has impressed in spring scrimmages and is the projected No. 2. Zac Moore, who started a game in the CWS, is likely the No. 3.
The staff also gets back Gavin Guidry, who suffered a season-ending back injury last February after being one of the top relievers in 2023 and ’24.
The Tigers are determined to avoid the emotional hangover that followed their 2023 championship. The 2024 Tigers lost 12 of their first 15 SEC games and closed 18-6 to make an NCAA regional. Only three players from the ‘23 team and five from the ’24 team are still on the roster.
“The good thing about going through the rough part of 2024 is now we know how to prevent it,” Brown said. “It’s something the players and coaching staff have aligned on.”
Brown said it’s about attitude. He said he and his teammates want to play like champions but with an underdog’s mentality.
“We’re in a fortunate spot to have a target on our back,” he said. “The way we look at it, it’s about turning that target around and attacking everybody else. We call it working like No. 2 and acting like No. 1. The work we put in behind closed doors is something everyone should proud of, but it’s also showing up to an opposing stadium and when we walk through that gate, you know LSU is coming. We’re going to show you why we have a target on our back.”
COLLEGE BASEBALL ’26: TEN PLAYERS TO WATCH
Ten players to watch in college baseball in 2026, listed in alphabetical order:
Drew Burress, Georgia Tech
The junior center fielder was the only player from a power conference with at least 60 RBIs (62), 20 doubles (23), 50 walks (53), 15 homers (19) and 70 runs (77). He batted .333 with 53 walks against 42 strikeouts. He enters his third season as the only Division I player with a career slugging percentage over .750 (.756).
Angel Cervantes, UCLA
The freshman right-hander, taken No. 50 overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates, was the highest-drafted player to choose to go to school rather than pro ball. A savvy competitor who turned 18 in the fall, he’s a projected weekend starter with his mid-90s fastball and wicked curve and changeup.
Roch Cholowsky, UCLA
The Bruins’ star is projected to be the No. 1 pick in the Major League Baseball amateur draft after he turned in one of the best seasons in program history. He was national player of the year by four media outlets and the Brooks Wallace Award winner as the best shortstop in college baseball. He led UCLA with a .353 batting average, .710 slugging percentage, 23 homers and 74 RBIs in 66 games.
Derek Curiel, LSU
One of the most dynamic players in the SEC, the sophomore draws comparisons to former LSU star Dylan Crews, the No. 2 pick in the 2023 draft. Like Crews, Curiel played a corner outfield position as a freshman before moving to center. Curiel led the national champion Tigers with a .345 batting average, and he hit .390 with four doubles, a homer and 10 RBIs in the NCAA Tournament.
Henry Ford, Tennessee
One of the college game’s most versatile players, he spent his first two years at Virginia at first base and right field, but the Volunteers plan to give him a look at third. He batted .362 with nine doubles, 11 homers and 46 RBIs for the Cavaliers last season.
Gabe Gaeckle, Arkansas
The junior right-hander made 19 appearances, including nine starts, and was 4-2 with a 4.42 ERA and two saves over 71 1/3 innings. He struck out 92 and held opposing batters to a .235 average. He will be the Friday night starter, the role he held last season until he surrendered the job to Zach Root when SEC play began.
Owen Kramkowski, Arizona
His career has been on the rise since he arrived as a rarely used freshman reliever, moved into the weekend rotation as a sophomore and now projects as the Friday night starter. His four-pitch repertoire includes an effective sweeper. He was 9-6 with 90 strikeouts in 92 innings.
Ace Reese, Mississippi State
The junior third baseman was SEC newcomer of the year and is one of 15 players returning for Brian O’Connor’s first season as coach. Reese led the Bulldogs with 21 homers, a .352 batting average, .719 slugging percentage and had a 22-game hitting streak.
Aiden Robbins, Texas
The Seton Hall transfer, who will play right or center for the Longhorns, was a huge pickup for a team that lost its entire outfield to the draft and transfer portal. He was sixth in the nation with a .422 batting average and fifth with a .537 on-base percentage for the Pirates. He also had 19 doubles and 20 stolen bases and was error-free in center field.
Sawyer Strosnider, TCU
The Big 12 preseason player of the year split time between right field and designated hitter and was the first player since 2010 and the first freshman since 2001 to post double-digit totals in doubles (13), triples (10), home runs (11) and stolen bases (10).
COLLEGE BASEBALL ’26: TEN TEAMS TO WATCH
Ten teams to watch in college baseball in 2026, listed in alphabetical order with 2025 record:
Arkansas (50-15)
Dave Van Horn fields winning and usually elite teams year after year, so don’t bet against him finding a way to put together a College World Series-worthy team despite having to replace the entire outfield and weekend rotation. Gabe Gaeckle fills the Friday night starter’s role, which he held the first month of last season before moving to the bullpen. Ryan Helfrick is one of the nation’s best catchers.
Coastal Carolina (56-13)
The Chanticleers, who strung together 26 wins in a row before getting swept by LSU in the CWS finals, will continue to rely on pitching and defense and an opportunistic offense. Cameron Flukey anchors the weekend rotation after going 8-2 with a 3.19 ERA and 118 strikeouts in 101 2/3 innings. Coastal batters were hit by pitches a Division I-record 176 times.
Georgia Tech (41-19)
D1Baseball touts the Yellow Jackets’ lineup as the best overall in the country with Drew Burress ranked No. 1 center fielder, Jarren Advincula the No. 2 second baseman and Vahn Lackey the No. 2 catcher. Kent Schmidt (.397) leads a group of seven players who batted at least .300. Tate McKee anchors a pitching staff that will determine how far this team goes.
Louisville (42-24)
The Cardinals made a nice postseason run, going 2-2 at the CWS, and they bring back many of the key pieces. Lefty Ethan Eberle had a strong freshman season and succeeds strikeout machine Patrick Forbes as the Friday night starter. The offense has strength and speed. Tague Davis and Zion Rose combined for 31 homers, and Lucas Moore led the nation with 53 steals.
LSU (53-15)
The Tigers have won two of the last three national championships and are set up to make another run. Derek Curiel is a projected top-10 draft pick and will play center in what stacks up to be the best outfield in the country. LSU, which lost Kade Anderson (No. 3 draft pick), has a rising in star in Friday night starter Casan Evans, who repeatedly came through in high-pressure situations out of the bullpen as a freshman.
Mississippi State (36-23)
Lots of eyes will be on the Bulldogs with Brian O’Connor taking over after 22 seasons at Virginia. His transfer class is one of the best in the country. Tomas Valincius, projected to be the No. 1 starter, is among five players who followed O’Connor from Virginia. Kevin Milewski hit 16 homers for Seton Hall and Drew Wyers batted .407 at Bryant, where he was America East player of the year. Ace Reese (.352, 21 HRs) is among 15 holdovers.
Tennessee (46-19)
Another team that will draw lots of eyeballs with Josh Elander taking over after the San Francisco Giants hired away Tony Vitello to be their manager. Elander was Vitello’s right-hand man as the Volunteers evolved into an elite program, but he inherits a team that has significant holes to fill. Tegan Kuhns, who made 10 starts as a freshman, gets the ball for the opener. Virginia transfer Henry Ford, one of the top players in the ACC the last two years, adds pop.
TCU (39-20)
The Horned Frogs are set up for a deep postseason run after they made the NCAA Tournament with a young core of players. Big 12 preseason player of the year Sawyer Strosnider was the first freshman since 2001 to post a quadruple-double with 13 doubles, 10 triples, 11 home runs and 10 stolen bases. Friday night starter Tommy LaPour led the Frogs with eight wins and had a 3.09 ERA over 16 starts and was 6-0 in Big 12 games.
Texas (44-14)
The pitching staff is loaded and led by 2025 All-American Dylan Volantis, who moves from the closer’s role to Friday night starter, and transfers Carson Tinney and Aiden Robbins bolster the offense. Volantis posted a 1.94 ERA and opponent batting average of .185 as a freshman. Tinney batted .348 with 17 homers for Notre Dame, and Robbins was in the top 10 nationally with a .422 batting average and .537 on-base percentage for Seton Hall.
UCLA (48-18)
John Savage is an old-school coach who likes to develop his own talent and go to the transfer portal sparingly, and that served him well with his current group. The Bruins are well-positioned for a big season with all but one everyday starter back. It all starts with SS Roch Cholowsky, the projected No. 1 overall pick in the MLB draft. San Diego transfer Logan Reddemann, one of two players brought in through the portal, is the No. 1 pitcher. Freshman pitcher Angel Cervantes is highest-drafted player (No. 50) to choose to go to college.
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COLLEGE SOFTBALL
TEXAS TECH’S NIJAREE CANADY TOPS THE AP’S LIST OF COLLEGE SOFTBALL PLAYERS TO WATCH
Texas Tech pitcher NiJaree Canady highlights The Associated Press’ list of 10 college softball players to watch this season.
Now a senior, Canady was the main reason the Red Raiders reached the Women’s College World Series last season for the first time and fell just one win short of a national title. She had a 34-7 record with a 1.11 ERA and struck out 319 in 240 innings.
Canady was the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year in 2024 at Stanford, then transferred to Texas Tech and was a top 3 finalist in 2025. She has been the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Pitcher of the Year the past two seasons. She has twice signed NIL deals worth more than $1 million with Tech.
Here are the other players to watch, in alphabetical order.
Reese Atwood, Texas
The senior was a first-team NFCA All-American in 2025 and the NFCA Catcher of the Year last season. She was on the Women’s College World Series All-Tournament team last season and helped the Longhorns win the national title. She was the Softball America National Player of the Year in 2024. She has a .371 batting average, 55 home runs and 222 RBIs in her three seasons at Texas.
Jordy Frahm, Nebraska
The former Jordy Bahl got married in the offseason. She was the NFCA Division I Player of the Year last season, when the Huskers fell one win short of a World Series trip. She hit .462 with 23 home runs and 66 RBIs and went 26-8 in the circle with a 1.56 ERA. She led Oklahoma to the 2023 national title and was Most Outstanding Player of the World Series before transferring to Nebraska.
Lyndsey Grein, Oregon
Grein was a Softball America and D1 Softball first-team All-American last season. She finished last season with a 30-3 record and a 2.21 ERA. The victory total was second nationally. She was a top 10 finalist for USA Softball’s Player of the Year after striking out 236 in 190 1/3 innings. She was named Softball America’s Most Improved Player of the Year.
Teagan Kavan, Texas
Kavan led the Longhorns to the national title last season. She went 4-0 with a save at the World Series and was named Most Outstanding Player after throwing 31 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run. She was an NFCA second-team All-American last season after finishing with a 28-5 record and a 2.16 ERA. She has a 48-8 career record heading into her junior season.
Ella Parker, Oklahoma
Parker was a first-team NFCA All-American last season as a sophomore. She was on the World Series All-Tournament team, just like she was in 2024 as a freshman when she helped the Sooners win a national title. She had a walk-off home run in the World Series last season against Tennessee. In two seasons, she has 28 home runs and 115 RBIs. She has a career .419 batting average and a .519 on-base percentage.
Karlyn Pickens, Tennessee
Pickens got the softball world’s attention when she fired a pitch 79.4 mph during super regionals, the fastest recorded pitch in softball history. She struck out 306 in 226 2/3 innings. She is not just a hard thrower — she got the Lady Vols to the World Series semifinals and went 25-11 with a 1.17 ERA. She was a first-team NFCA All-American after pitching 25 complete games with seven shutouts.
Taylor Shumaker, Florida
Shumaker was one of the nation’s most productive players as a freshman last season. She was a first-team NFCA All-American and was national Freshman of the Year for both the NFCA and Softball America. The right fielder ranked second nationally in RBIs (86), fifth in runs scored (72) and 11th in home runs (22). Her home run and RBI totals matched school records.
Isa Torres, Florida State
Torres was a first-team All-American for the NFCA and Softball America and a top 10 finalist for USA Softball National Player of the Year. The shortstop set the school record with a .436 batting average and finished third in school history with 95 hits and fifth with 70 runs scored last season as a sophomore. She had a .472 OBP and 11 stolen bases.
Jordan Woolery, UCLA
Woolery was a USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year top 10 finalist and a first-team NFCA All-American last season. The infielder hit .424 last season with 23 home runs, 86 RBIs and a .510 OBP while helping the Bruins reach the World Series. In three seasons, she has 43 home runs and 168 RBIs. She has started all 180 games she has played in.
DEFENDING CHAMP TEXAS, TEXAS TECH AND OKLAHOMA AMONG FAVORITES FOR SOFTBALL NATIONAL TITLE
Defending national champion Texas, perennial power Oklahoma and rising Texas Tech have developed their teams in very different ways yet have similar expectations of competing for a national championship this season.
Texas is a veteran squad filled with players who largely have come up through the program. Oklahoma’s nucleus is young but experienced. More than half of Tech’s players have entered the program via the transfer portal. All three programs reached the Women’s College World Series semifinals last season and have the tools to return.
Texas’ top players are junior pitcher Teagan Kavan — the Most Outstanding Player of last year’s Women’s College World Series — and senior slugger Reese Atwood. Junior outfielder Kayden Henry, senior outfielder Ashton Maloney and junior infielder Katie Stewart are highly decorated holdovers from the championship squad.
Even with that much experienced star power, Texas coach Mike White said last year’s success has to be kept in the proper perspective.
“The game doesn’t know we’re national champions,” he said. “The game’s going to reward the team that’s the best. It’s a cliche-type thing, but it’s true. And so we’re working on just focusing on what we can control.”
Steady Sooners
Oklahoma is still a relatively young team, but the Sooners reached the national semifinals last year after winning the previous four national titles. Their returning stars are juniors Ella Parker and Kasidi Pickering and sophomores Nelly McEnroe-Marinas and Gabbie Garcia.
Still, the Sooners know what is coming at them. Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso said this is the most prepared team she’s had “for a while.”
“They know the drill, they know how, they’ve been sharing,” Gasso said. “There’s a lot of meeting and talking, and they’re kind of in that professional space where somebody will have an at-bat and then she’ll come out and talk with the next hitter about what’s going on and what she saw and things like that.”
The Sooners lost pitcher Sam Landry to pro softball, but they have LSU transfer Sydney Berzon as part of a deep pitching staff. In three seasons at LSU, Berzon went 52-25 with a 2.02 ERA.
“She’s a senior, she knows the game,” Gasso said. “She’s had really great seasons at LSU. There have been some injury problems, and we have really worked hard with her in the fall to try to minimize that, and we have. So she’s given us the thumbs-up every day.”
Tech transfers
Texas Tech worked its way into the mix through the transfer portal last season, then doubled down on that approach in the offseason.
Texas Tech reached the championship series last season behind star pitcher NiJaree Canady, but the workload caught up with her in the decisive game, and Texas won. Tech added reinforcements such as utility player Kaitlyn Terry from UCLA, a strong pitcher who will provide relief.
The Red Raiders also picked up infielder Taylor Pannell from Tennessee and catcher Jasmyn Burns from Ohio State, among other transfers. Mihyia Davis is a holdover from last year’s Tech team and is among the nation’s best outfielders.
The collection of talent has the Red Raiders talking national title, but coach Gerry Glasco knows that chemistry will be key with so many newcomers. In all, 15 of Tech’s 25 players spent time at a different college program before transferring to Tech.
“When you get down to the end of the day, talent’s really important,” he said. “It’s critical. But being a great teammate, being a family unit and playing with — playing for each other more than you’re playing for yourself — we can get better and better at that, and we have to.”
Go Big Red?
Nebraska could be a spoiler. The Cornhuskers have dynamic pitcher and hitter Jordy Frahm, the former Jordy Bahl who got married in the offseason. She was the Most Outstanding Player of the World Series for Oklahoma in 2023 and was the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Division I Player of the Year in 2025 for Nebraska. She already has a win over Texas this season.
The Cornhuskers also have a freshman left-hander to watch in Alexis Jensen, and Ava Kuszak is one of the nation’s top infielders.
On the radar
UCLA likely will be a threat, with pitcher Taylor Tinsley, infielder Jordan Woolery and utility player Megan Grant on USA Softball’s Top 50 Players to Watch list. Tennessee’s Karlyn Pickens, Oregon’s Lyndsey Grein, Florida’s Keagan Rothrock and Arizona State’s Kenzie Brown can beat any team on a given day.
ACC power
Florida State has missed the World Series the past two years, but the Seminoles are poised to return.
Lonni Alameda has led one of the nation’s most successful programs for nearly two decades, and her Seminoles are the overwhelming favorites to win the Atlantic Coast Conference. Her squad features infielder Isa Torrez, infielder Jaysoni Beachum, pitcher Jazzy Francik and outfielder Kennedy Harp.
History is on Florida State’s side. The Seminoles won the national title in 2018 and played in the championship series in 2021 and ’23.
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INDIANA SPORTS RELEASES
INDIANA PACERS
PACERS SNAP 4-GAME SKID WITH 137-134 OVERTIME WIN AGAINST KNICKS
NEW YORK (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 30 points, Andrew Nembhard had 24 points and 10 assists and the Indiana Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off the New York Knicks with a 137-134 overtime victory on Tuesday night.
The Pacers scored the first nine points of overtime and overcame a furious Knicks run over the final 24.3 seconds, during which they scored eight points in 20 seconds.
Indiana had eight players that scored in double figures and the Pacers’ bench outscored New York’s 43-18.
Jalen Brunson had 40 points and had eight assists and five rebounds for New York, which dropped only its second game in its past 11 overall and seventh time in 28 home games.
Josh Hart had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his second triple-double of the season for the Knicks. Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 points and 14 rebounds before fouling out with 2:14 left in overtime.
The Knicks entered tied for the NBA’s second-most home wins with 21. Indiana, which played without center Ivica Zubac (ankle), came in tied for the league’s fewest road wins (three) and with the worst road win percentage in the Eastern Conference at .120.
But the Pacers were able to come to Madison Square Garden and win for the first time since taking two of their three head-to-head games against the Knicks in last year’s Eastern Conference Finals.
The game featured 39 lead changes, the most in the NBA this season, and the Pacers seemed poised to pull it out in regulation while leading by four with 1:49 in regulation.
But the Knicks outscored the Pacers 7-3 in that span, capped by Towns’ two clutch free throws with 0.2 seconds left in regulation that forced overtime after he was fouled by Aaron Nesmith.
Up next
Pacers: Play at Brooklyn on Wednesday night.
Knicks: Play at Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
PACERS, FACING NETS, CHASE N.Y. SWEEP AFTER WILD WIN OVER KNICKS
The Indiana Pacers are experiencing a trying season while Tyrese Haliburton recovers from a torn Achilles tendon, yet they are occasionally showing traits of the team that reached Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals.
One instance occurred on Tuesday when the Pacers played one of the wilder games in the NBA this season and outlasted the host New York Knicks for a 137-134 overtime victory.
The Pacers hope they can possess enough energy on the second night of a back-to-back on Wednesday when they visit the Brooklyn Nets, who are seeking to match their season-best run, a three-game winning streak.
Indiana is 8-9 over its past 17 games since enduring a 13-game losing streak Dec. 12-Jan 6 that left the team with a 6-31 record. Five of the wins in the recent stretch were decided by three points or fewer, and against the Knicks, the Pacers earned a victory in a game that featured an NBA season-high 39 lead changes and 16 ties.
Indiana, which posted its highest point total of the season, was led by Pascal Siakam’s 30 points. The Pacers also received key contributions from Quenton Jackson, who scored seven of his 19 in overtime. He was one of eight Indiana players who scored in double figures.
“This was a really important game for us,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “The season that we’ve had, this environment, the opponent, our guys had a great collective spirit and collective will tonight.”
The Pacers also saw a return to form from Andrew Nembhard, who scored 24 on 9-of-16 shooting after he went a combined 10-for-35 in the previous two games, at Milwaukee and at Toronto.
Brooklyn earned a 112-103 win at Indiana on Nov. 5 and is seeking three straight wins for the first time since Dec. 21-27. Those victories were part of a 7-3 stretch, and the Nets are 5-18 since Dec. 29.
Brooklyn has scored at least 120 in consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 25-27, 2024. The Nets earned a 123-115 home win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday, two days after leading by as many as 34 in a 14-point win over the Washington Wizards.
The Nets improved to 2-9 without leading scorer Michael Porter Jr. and the forward will sit again Wednesday due to right knee tendinitis. Brooklyn may also be without Nic Claxton, who is questionable because of a sore right hip after scoring a career-high 28 points Monday night.
“We executed. The ball was popping,” Claxton said. “We were missing Mike, but everybody stepped up and we were able to create some good looks and I knocked down some shots.
Regardless of who plays, the Nets are hoping to see more promising results from Nolan Traore, who collected 13 points and a career-high 13 assists against Chicago. Traore has scored 49 points on 18-of-31 shooting in his past three games. He will start in the backcourt on Wednesday alongside fellow rookie Egor Demin, who was rested on Monday.
“Nolan was making the right play to start, whether that was getting downhill, spraying it, scoring, hitting the pocket,” Brooklyn forward Noah Clowney said. “He was giving us an advantage and letting us play off that. When you play like that, it’s really easy.”
Traore and Demin will be in a starting lineup that also includes Danny Wolf, another rookie. Wolf started for Porter on Monday and set a career high by reaching double figures for the third straight game. He finished with 13 points and a career-best three blocked shots.
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INDY FUEL
FUEL HOST WHEELING NAILERS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
FISHERS– The Fuel will host the Wheeling Nailers on Wednesday night in their third matchup with the Nailers this season. These teams go into this game, splitting the season so far, each going 1-1. Indy hopes to gain two points in the standings on home ice against their North division opponent.
LAST TIME OUT
The last time these two teams met was last week when the Fuel visited the Nailers on Friday night and defeated them 3-2 in a shootout. They forced overtime after Jadon Joseph and Jesse Tucker scored for the Fuel in regulation. Joseph also scored in the shootout along with Eric Martin, and Wheeling could not match them.
SCOUTING REPORT
The Wheeling Nailers sit atop the North division with 60 points in the standings and a 28-12-2-2 record. In their last ten games however, they are 3-4-1-2, including a loss to the Fuel last week. Logan Pietila leads the team in scoring with 37 points, while defenseman Brent Johnson leads defenders with 33 points. He is only second overall in points to Pietila, proving they have defensive scoring weapons as well.
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NOBLESVILLE BOOM
BOOM OUTLAST NETS BEHIND TONEY’S CAREER NIGHT
The Noblesville Boom (12–8), the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, closed their four‑game road trip with a 121–117 victory over the Long Island Nets (12–9) on Tuesday night at Place Bell.
Au’Diese Toney delivered a spectacular performance, scoring a career‑high 30 points on 10‑of‑16 shooting while adding eight rebounds and three steals. M.J. Iraldi recorded his first career double‑double, finishing with 21 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists on 7‑of‑14 shooting. Jalen Slawson flirted with a triple-double, posting 15 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, while DaJuan Gordon added 22 points.
The Nets were led by Nate Williams, who tallied 25 points, eight rebounds and six assists on 8‑of‑16 shooting. Malachi Smith contributed 18 points and 11 assists, and Tyson Etienne provided 23 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals.
The opening half was a back-and‑forth battle defined by scoring runs. After falling behind 12-2 early in the first quarter, the Boom responded with a 20-6 run to take a six‑point lead before Long Island tied the game entering the second. Noblesville shot a blistering 70 percent from the field and 85.7 percent from three in the opening period, but the Nets capitalized on six Boom turnovers to stay within striking distance. Long Island surged ahead by seven early in the second quarter, but the Boom answered again – this time with 11 straight points to retake control. Noblesville outscored the Nets 35-25 in the frame, building a 71-61 halftime lead. Au’Diese Toney led all scorers at the break with 17 points, including 13 in the second quarter on 6‑of‑9 shooting.
The Boom pushed the lead to as many as 15 points to open the third, but the Nets countered with a 25-8 run to move in front by two late in the period. Noblesville weathered the push and regained a 92-90 lead entering the fourth. In a tightly contested final frame, the game was tied 108-108 with 4:42 remaining. From there, the Boom executed down the stretch, powered by 10 fourth‑quarter points from M.J. Iraldi as the Boom delivered timely buckets in the closing minutes. Noblesville never surrendered the lead in the fourth quarter, with five Boom players finishing in double figures to secure the 121-117 win.
NEXT UP
The Boom return home to face the College Park Skyhawks on Thursday morning at The Arena at Innovation Mile in their final game before NBA All‑Star 2026. Tipoff is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. ET on NBAGLeague.com.
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INDIANA BASEBALL
BASEBALL CENTRAL: NORTH CAROLINA
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Baseball returns across the country this weekend as the 56-game, 14-week grind begins on Friday (Feb. 13) afternoon. Eighth-year skipper Jeff Mercer and the Hoosiers begin their 2026 slate with a trip to No. 11 North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The two sides will play a true three-game series at Boshamer Stadium.
IU’s talented sophomore class will be the driving force of a successful season this year. Reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Year – first baseman Jake Hanley – headlines a deep group of returners that all appeared in over 45 games a season ago. Shortstop Cooper Malamazian, third baseman Will Moore and catcher Hogan Denny all got impactful experience a season ago.
With new pitching coach Matt Myers leading the charge, IU will have a new look on the bump in 2026. With the addition of several veteran arms, the Hoosiers believe they have one of their deepest groups of pitchers in the Mercer era. Redshirt senior Pete Haas (1-2, 4.01 ERA), sophomore Brayton Thomas (23 strikeouts) and graduate student Gavin Seebold (49 strikeouts) return to Bloomington after having impactful roles last season.
Mercer’s team will be tested right from the jump on opening weekend. North Carolina hosted a Super Regional last year and return one of the best pitching staffs in the country. It will be the third time in the last five seasons that IU will face an ACC team on Opening Day.
First pitch on Friday afternoon is scheduled for 4 p.m. in Chapel Hill. Graduate student southpaw Tony Neubeck will start Opening Day for the Hoosiers. He will make his 15th career start but his first for the cream and crimson. Senior right-handed pitcher Jackson Bergman will pitch on Saturday afternoon.
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Probable Starters
Indiana at North Carolina
• Friday: LHP Tony Neubeck, Gr. (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
• Saturday: RHP Jackson Bergman, Sr. (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
• Sunday: TBD
Leading Off
BIG HIT HANLEY: Sophomore first baseman Jake Hanley was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year after a fantastic first campaign in Bloomington in 2025. He led all conference freshmen last year in hits (73), batting average (.333), home runs (14) and RBIs (52).
TAKING HIS BASES: Sophomore third baseman Will Moore led the Big Ten in on-base percentage (.514) in 2025. He had more walks (34) than strikeouts (24) while breaking a single-season freshman program record for hit-by-pitches (17). He figures to lead off for the Hoosiers in 2026.
A VETERAN ARM: Graduate student Gavin Seebold has the most innings (55.2) of any returning pitcher on IU’s roster. He’s thrown 163.2 innings in three years of baseball. Expect him to take on a plethora of roles for IU’s pitching staff. He thrived out of the bullpen for the Hoosiers in 2025.
SOPHOMORE JUMP: Sophomore catcher Hogan Denny has been one of the best hitters in the fall each of the last two seasons. He got off to a slow start in 2025 but expect him to be extremely impactful in the middle of IU’s order. Head coach Jeff Mercer has been known for massive sophomore jumps.
OPENING CHALLENGE: Head coach Jeff Mercer hasn’t been shy about testing his teams on opening weekend. This is the third time in the last five years (2022 – at Clemson, 2024 – vs. Duke) that IU will open with an ACC foe. The Hoosiers haven’t won on Opening Day since his first year in 2019.
THE HEAD BALL COACH: The Hoosiers will be running towards a milestone for head coach Jeff Mercer during the 2026 campaign. He is 16 wins away from reaching 300 victories for his career. Mercer can hit the mark in just his 10th season overall as a head coach.
Scouting the Opponent
North Carolina
• A year after falling a win short of Omaha, North Carolina is back with expectations to be one of the best teams in the country. The Tar Heels will boast one of the best pitching staffs in the country, led by expected ace Jason DeCaro (9-3, 3.78 ERA in 2025). Sophomore arms Ryan Lynch and Walker McDuffie were two of the best first-year pitchers in the ACC last year.
• If there are any question marks, it comes in the lineup. UNC has to replace six of its top seven hitters from last year. Head coach Scott Forbes loaded up in the transfer portal with impact additions in first baseman Erik Paulsen (Stony Brook), shortstop Jake Schaffner (North Dakota State) and outfielder Owen Hull (George Mason).
• UNC is ranked 11th by D1 Baseball to begin the season and was projected third in the ACC by the outlet. The Tar Heels were 46-15 last season before falling to Arizona in the Chapel Hill Super Regional. UNC is one of three preseason top-15 programs (LSU, Louisville) that IU will face in 2026.
Inside the Series
North Carolina
• This will be the first meeting all-time on the diamond between the Hoosiers and Tar Heels. It’s the third time in five years (2022 – at Clemson, 2024 – vs. Duke) that IU will play an ACC team on Opening Day.
• If you include a 2023 contest at Auburn, it marks four of the last five year that head coach Jeff Mercer has taken his team on the road to face a Power Four opponent to begin the campaign.
• These two teams have never played in college baseball. The historic basketball programs famously played in the 1981 National Championship game, a victory for Bob Knight and the Hoosiers.
• It’s the 14th different program in the current ACC that IU will have faced in school history. The only teams that IU hasn’t played, and that sponsor baseball, are California and Virginia.
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PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL
#13 PURDUE OUTLASTS #7 NEBRASKA IN OVERTIME, 80-77
#13 Purdue 80, #7 Nebraska 77, OT (Postgame Notes)
13 Purdue outlasted No. 7-ranked Nebraska, 80-77, in overtime to improve to 20-4 overall and 10-3 in the Big Ten Conference. The win was Purdue’s third in a row after three straight losses, with two of the wins coming on the road.
The Boilermakers won their 20th game of the season for the 16th time in Matt Painter’s 21 years at Purdue.
The Boilermakers improved to 6-2 in true road games.
The overtime game was Purdue’s first since the 2024 Big Ten Tournament semifinals and was Purdue’s first overtime road win since a 65-62 win at Nebraska on Dec. 10, 2022.
Purdue now has two road wins over top-10 teams (#8 Alabama, #7 Nebraska), tied with Illinois for the most in the country. It marks just the second time that Purdue has done that in the AP Top 25 poll era since 1948-49 (other year was 2009-10).
Oscar Cluff scored the go-ahead basket with 5.9 seconds left in overtime after Purdue trailed 77-75 with 1:31 to play, and had two offensive rebounds on its final game-winning possession. When Nebraska scored with 1:31 to play, its next possession started with 3.9 seconds.
Purdue improved to 7-4 in quad-1 games, now tied for the fourth-most quad-1 wins in America (Duke, Michigan, Arizona).
Since the start of the 2023-24 season, Purdue is a nation’s-best 12-5 (.706) against top-15 teams. Since 2021-22, Purdue is 17-8 (.680) against top-15 teams, also the best mark in America.
Purdue improved to 138-8 (.945) over the last 10 seasons when scoring 80 points in a game.
Purdue’s 46 attempts from 3-point range were a school record. The previous school record was 36 done four previous times.
Purdue’s senior class won its 107th game during their careers, tied for the fourth most by a class in school history. It has won 55 Big Ten Conference games, just four shy of the league record for a class (59 done by the Purdue classes of 2025 and 2024; Indiana classes of 1978 and 1977).
Purdue improved to 24-13 (.649) in Big Ten road games since the start of the 2022-23 season – the best mark in the league.
Purdue outrebounded Nebraska 54-37 and had 11 turnovers to Nebraska’s 14. When Purdue wins both categories under Painter, the Boilermakers are 167-16 (.913).
Braden Smith scored 13 points with 10 assists and eight rebounds, his 25th career double-double, 24 of which are point-assist double-doubles. He moved into seventh place on the NCAA career assists list with 968, moving past Syracuse legend Sherman Douglas (960).
Smith also became the school’s career leader in minutes played with 4,530 minutes, moving past E’Twaun Moore (4,517).
Fletcher Loyer led the Boilermakers with 18 points, three rebounds and three assists. Loyer’s 17, 3-point attempts were the second most in school history (Carsen Edwards vs. Virginia, 3-30-19; 19 attempts).
Purdue improved to 22-0 during Fletcher Loyer’s career when he makes four or more 3-pointers in a game.
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored just six points, but grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds, including 16 on the defensive end – tied for the second most in a game in school history (Trevion Williams – 17 vs. Iowa; 12-3-21).
Oscar Cluff recorded a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds, his 29th career double-double and sixth of the season. His 10 offensive rebounds tied a school record set four other times, most recently by Zach Edey vs. Indiana (2-4-23).
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Oscar Cluff’s layup put Purdue ahead with 3.9 seconds left in overtime after Nebraska had taken its first lead and Gicarri Harris’ two free throws sealed the No. 13 Boilermakers’ 80-77 victory over the No. 7 Cornhuskers on Tuesday night.
The Boilermakers (20-4, 10-3 Big Ten) recorded their second top-10 win of the season to start a difficult closing stretch that has them playing three top-10 teams over 16 days.
Nebraska (21-3, 10-3) lost for the third time in four games following a 20-0 start. All three losses were to ranked opponents.
Fletcher Loyer led Purdue with 18 points, Trey Kaufman-Renn had a career-high 19 rebounds and Braden Smith had 13 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds.
Rienk Mast led the Huskers with 18 points, Jamarques Lawrence added 16 and Pryce Sandfort had all 15 of his points in the second half.
Sandfort’s layup with 1:31 left in overtime gave Nebraska its first lead, 77-75. Cluff had a chance to tie it when he got fouled pulling down an offensive rebound, but he made only one of two free throws. Cluff’s putback on the next possession put the Boilermakers up by a point in the final seconds. Lawrence fumbled Sam Hoiberg’s inbound pass, and Harris picked up the ball and got fouled. After Harris made his free throws, Cluff intercepted the Huskers’ length-of-the-court pass just ahead of the buzzer.
The Huskers, who overcame 16-point deficits in two of their wins, forced overtime on Mast’s putback with 12.8 seconds left. Mast missed what would have been a go-ahead free throw, and Smith’s fallaway jumper in the lane bounced off the rim as time ran out in regulation.
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NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL
IRISH DROP 81-89 SHOOTOUT AT SMU
DALLAS – The Notre Dame men’s basketball team battled until the very end against SMU inside Moody Coliseum, but ultimately dropped an 81-89 shootout on Tuesday night. The Fighting Irish (11-14, 2-10) erased a 10-point first-half deficit and claimed a three-point lead in the second half. That’s when the Mustangs (17-7, 6-5) fired off a 19-2 run, but even then, the Irish battled back within six multiple times, but just couldn’t get over the final hump by the final buzzer.
Notre Dame shot over 50 percent in each half, finishing the game 31-58 from the field. SMU countered with a strong shooting performance as well, finishing 32-61. The Mustangs used their size as a major strength tonight, outrebounding ND, 38-26, to boast a 17-8 advantage in second-chance points.
Four Irish finished in double figures, led by Jalen Haralson’s 23 points on 9-13 shooting. Braeden Shrewsberry and Cole Certa each supplied 16 points, combining for a 9-18 night from three-point range. Lastly, Brady Koehler posted 11 points on 4-5 shooting, plus six rebounds.
HOW IT HAPPENED
SMU started 6-7 from the field, including 3-3 from beyond the arc, to jump out to a 16-7 lead. The Mustangs were later up 10 until a Shrewsberry three at 12:04 cut the deficit to 14-21 right before the media timeout.
Threes from Certa and Mohammed, coupled with an Imes layup, cut the deficit to two as the 8-0 Irish run made it 22-24 at 9:22.
SMU’s Boopie Miller had the hot hand early, starting 3-3 from three to register 12 points by the 7:29 mark, resulting in a 32-24 Mustangs lead.
A Shrewsberry triple out of the media timeout pulled the Irish within five. A Certa triple at 5:27 then made it a two-point game. Then Certa’s third triple of the half made it 33-34 with four minutes left.
Haralson got into double figures at the 1:57 mark, as his 10th point of the game tied it at 37-all. However, Boopie Miller ended the half with a 6-0 run, pushing the score to 43-37. Miller went 6-7 from the field in the first half, 3-3 from three, to total 18 points.
Notre Dame shot 14-28 (50.0%) in the first half compared to SMU’s 16-28 (57.1%). The Irish were 6-12 from three vs. the Mustangs’ 8-15. Both sides had seven turnovers.
Notre Dame started the second half aggressively, recording a 6-0 run to tie the game with paint scores from Koehler, Haralson and Towt. The Irish then took the lead at 45-43 at 15:54 in the second half, regaining the lead for the first time since 17:43 in the first half.
Soon after, a Shrewsberry three-pointer put the Irish ahead by three, but SMU countered with what would be a game-changing 19-2 run over the next four minutes to go up 64-50 at 10:44.
Shrewsberry’s fourth three-pointer of the night ended the Irish scoring drought. It was followed by five straight points from Haralson as the two traded blows with SMU. Then it was Certa’s fourth triple, which brought it back to an eight-point game, but SMU’s BJ Edwards halted the rally with a three of his own, 61-72 with seven minutes left.
The Irish kept fighting, pushing forward with an 11-6 run to bring it within six at 72-78. A 5-0 run from SMU quickly made it an 11-point game, but a Haralson finish and Shrewsberry triple would cut it to six yet again.
A Mustang 4-0 run followed, but was matched by an Irish 4-0 to counter with 16 seconds remaining. The Irish fouled, sending SMU to the free throw line, where they cashed in on one last pair of free throws to win it 89-81.
UP NEXT
The Irish return home for a Saturday Valentine’s Day matchup against Georgia Tech. Tip is slated for Noon ET on the CW. Tickets are still available on FightingIrish.com.
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BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL
BULLDOGS RETURN TO HINKLE, HOST NO. 6/5 UCONN WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Butler returns to action Wednesday evening, hosting No. 6/5 Connecticut at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The game serves at Butler’s annual Project 44 game, honoring the legacy of the late Andrew Smith.
Butler Bulldogs (13-11, 4-9 BIG EAST) vs. #6/5 Connecticut (22-2, 12-1)
Wednesday, Feb. 11 • 7:30PM
Hinkle Fieldhouse; Indianapolis, Ind.
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Notable Notes of Note
• It’s the second meeting between the teams this season as UConn defeated Butler, 79-60, Dec. 16 in Hartford.
• Butler is 9-4 this season at Hinkle, including a 3-3 mark in BIG EAST games.
• The Bulldogs enter the contest off a 70-55 road loss at Marquette Saturday. The 55 points were a season-low for Butler.
• Butler has the BIG EAST’s second-leading scorer in Finley Bizjack (17.9 points per game) and the conference’s leading rebounder in Michael Ajayi (11.6 per game).
• Ajayi pulled down 19 rebounds at Marquette Saturday and had a season-best 20 rebounds in the Dec. 20 win over Northwestern. Entering this season, there were only 15 games in Butler history where a Bulldog had 19 or more rebounds.
• Ajayi is third nationally in rebounding and his 15 double-doubles rank fourth nationally. He has led the Bulldogs in rebounding in 23 of the team’s 24 games this season.
• Bizjack has scored 20 or more points in seven of Butler’s 13 BIG EAST games this season, including tying his career-high with 30 points Feb. 4 at Providence. Bizjack has 11 20-point games this season.
• Bizjack ranks second in the BIG EAST in free throw shooting at 86 percent. In conference games, his percentage jumps to 91.5 percent (75-for-82).
• In addition to leading the league in rebounding, Ajayi ranks fifth in the BIG EAST at 15.8 points per game. He is also among the conference Top 15 in minutes played (second), field goal percentage (sixth), blocked shots (12th), and assists (13th).
• Thad Matta enters Wednesday’s game with 499 career wins as a head coach.
• Freshman guard Azavier Robinson will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season due to a left wrist injury that requires surgery. Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor has started the last two games since Robinson was injured.
• Butler was also without Jamie Kaiser Jr. (illness) in Saturday’s loss to Marquette. Evan Haywood made his first start of the season in his place.
• Butler has out-rebounded 18 of its 24 opponents this season, including a 43-30 advantage over Marquette Saturday. The Bulldogs have a +4.2 average rebounding margin on the season, which ranks third in the BIG EAST.
• Butler has attempted more free throws than their opponents in 21 of the 24 games this season. The Bulldogs average 26.2 free throw attempts per game, which ranks 15th nationally.
• Butler’s ability to get to the line coupled with fouling only 15.6 times per game (43rd nationally) has allowed the Bulldogs to make more free throws (442) than their opponents have attempted (389) so far this season. That ratio is also true in BIG EAST games with Butler making 244 compared to opponents attempting 230.
• Over Butler’s current four-game losing streak, the Bulldogs have made only 25 total three-pointers (on 31.6-percent shooting) while the four opponents have combined for 42 trifectas (on 42.4-percent shooting).
• Drayton Jones pulled down a season-best 10 rebounds Feb. 4 at Providence; it marked the fourth game of his career with double-digit rebounds.
• Ten different Bulldogs have scored at least 13 points in at least one game this season.
Comments on Connecticut
• UConn’s defense allows only 64.5 points per game, a mark that leads the BIG EAST and is 13th nationally. Opponents shoot only 39.5 percent from the field against the Huskies, who also block 5.4 shots per game (14th nationally).
• Five Huskies average double figures, led by Solo Ball and Tarris Reed Jr. at 14.0 points per game. Reed’s 7.7 rebounds per game are fifth in the BIG EAST. Silas Demary Jr. lead the conference in assists (6.1 per game).
First Time Around
• Connecticut’s defensive pressure limited Butler to 30-percent shooting as the Huskies took a 79-60 win Dec. 6 in Hartford.
• Solo Ball led UConn with 26 points. Tarris Reed Jr. added 16 points.
• UConn shot 51 percent for the game.
• The Huskies’ defense had 13 blocks on the night.
History with the Huskies
• Butler and UConn first met in the 2011 NCAA national championship game in Houston, the second of the Bulldogs’ back-to-back runs to the Final Four.
• Eleven of the 12 match-ups in the series history with UConn have come since the 2020-21 season when the Huskies re-joined the BIG EAST Conference.
The Series: UConn leads, 12-0
Streak: UConn, W12
At Hinkle: UConn leads, 5-0
First Meeting: April 4, 2011; UConn, 53-41 (NCAA Championship Game)
Last Meeting: Dec. 16, 2025; UConn, 79-60 (at UConn)
Andrew Smith and Project 44
• Butler annually partners with Project 44 at a home game to highlight the organization’s mission to create awareness for the national bone marrow registry.
• Launched in 2016, Project 44 was created in honor of the late Andrew Smith. Wearing No. 44, Andrew was a beloved member of Butler’s two-time NCAA Men’s Basketball national championship game teams. On Jan. 12, 2016, at the age of 25, Andrew passed away following a two-year battle with cancer.
• Having been a personal recipient of a bone marrow transplant in November of 2015, Andrew and his wife Samantha were blessed with an additional three months together.
Up Next
The Bulldogs continue a two-game homestand, hosting Seton Hall Sunday at 6 p.m. at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
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IU INDY MEN’S BASKETBALL
JAGUARS DROP NAIL-BITER TO MILWAUKEE INSIDE THE JUNGLE
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis men’s basketball team dropped an 92-88 heartbreaker inside the Jungle to Milwaukee on Tuesday night (Feb. 10), despite a career-high 23 points from rookie Maguire Mitchell. Junior Kyler D’Augustino chimed in 22 points and senior Finley Woodward tied the program’s single-game record with 14 assists against just two turnovers. Senior Jaxon Edwards added 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting to round out the double-digit scorers.
Indianapolis-native Chandler Jackson led Milwaukee (10-17, 6-10 HL) with 25 points and eight rebounds, including a critical putback of a missed free throw with 6.1 seconds remaining to seal the win. Amar Augillard added 17 points and Stevie Elam finished with 14 points off the Milwaukee bench. Aaron Franklin just missed a double-double with nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
The Jaguars (7-19, 3-12 HL) led the majority of the game, but yielded an 11-0 run early in the second half to see its 55-47 lead evaporate into a 58-55 deficit. Things stayed tight throughout the second half with the Jags regaining a 71-70 advantage with 5:29 to play on a pair of Jaxon Edwards free throws. However, Milwaukee got a four-point possession on a free throw and an Elam three after an offensive rebound to take the lead for good.
Sophomore Kameron Tinsley tried to single-handedly shoot the Jags back into the game in the closing minute, making a three with 33 seconds to play to make it a one-possession game. After Milwaukee’s Esyah Pippa-White made two free throws, Mitchell scored on a drive with 15.5 seconds left to again make it a one-possession game. Elam drilled a pair of foul shots with 14.7 seconds left before Tinsley struck again, cutting the lead to two.
Pippa-White missed a pair of free throws with 7.4 seconds to play, but Jackson collected the rebound and scored in close to cap the night’s scoring.
The Jaguars finished the game at 44 percent from the floor while Milwaukee shot 59 percent in the second half to close at 48 percent.
“As a team I feel like we got stagnant a lot of times which caused us to try and attack a set defense, and we’re not very good at that,” D’Augustino said. “We got to get into action. We are a lot better when we get into actions, move the ball from one side to the other. Then I feel like when we did that, we got a lot of wide open layups or wide open in threes.”
Milwaukee finished with a decisive 46-32 rebound margin, including 14 offensive rebounds to outscore the Jaguars 22-11 in second chance points. The Panthers also paraded to the free throw line, hitting 31-of-41 (75.6 percent) attempts while IU Indy attempted just 20, making 15.
The Jags finished with a 20-12 margin in points off turnovers by forcing 13 Milwaukee miscues and committing just seven.
IU Indy led by as many as nine in the first half at 34-25 and 36-27, but led by just four at the break 43-39 after Augillard hit a tough contested three in the corner in front of the Jaguars’ bench on the half’s final possession.
IU Indy hit 9-of-29 (31 percent) from three with three makes each from Mitchell and Tinsley. Mitchell also grabbed a career-high eight rebounds and did the bulk of his damage inside the arc.
“I thought about getting to the rim a little more in this game would help our team and put us in a good position,” Mitchell said. “I did a lot in high school and I haven’t really found that groove yet. I think I’m getting better each and every game, getting to the rim.”
The Jaguars will cap the current three-game homestand on Thursday night (Feb. 12) when they host Northern Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. inside the Jungle.
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BALL STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WBB EARNS 20TH VICTORY OF THE SEASON WITH AUTHORITATIVE 83–68 ROAD WIN OVER EASTERN MICHIGAN
YPSILANTI, Mich. – The Ball State women’s basketball team (20-5, 11-1 MAC) secured an 83–68 victory over Eastern Michigan (11-12, 4-8 MAC) on Tuesday night in the George Gervin GameAbove Center. The win marks the Cardinals’ 10th consecutive regular-season victory over the Eagles and maintains their position near the top of the Mid-American Conference standings.
With tonight’s victory, Ball State head women’s basketball coach Brady Sallee has officially reached the 20-win mark for the ninth time in 14 seasons — Sallee’s 20+ win seasons at Ball State are — 22-10 (2015-16), 21-11 (2016-17) 25-7 (2017-18), 21-10 (2019-20), 20-13 (2021-22), 26-9 (2022-23), 20-2 (2023-24), 26-8 (2024-25) and 20-5 (2025-26).
The Cardinals opened the contest with an early scoring surge building a 13-4 lead over Eastern Michigan by the 4:28 mark of the first quarter, fueled by veteran Tessa Towers. Her dominance in the paint continued a streak of strong interior play, while Bree Salenbien and Karsyn Norman, kept the Eagles off-balance with a high-tempo transition game. Ball State continued to dictate the pace to end the first quarter ahead of the Eagles, 19-11.
The momentum carried into the second stanza as the Cardinals found themselves up by 14-points (41-27) with 2:22 remaining in the half. Salenbien, playing in her home state, put on a show with 10 points in the second period, helping BSU head into halftime with a 32-22 advantage.
Ball State continued to control the tempo in the second half by neutralizing Eastern Michigan’s top offensive threats, Sisi Eleko and Peyton Hill. By the midpoint of the third quarter, Ball State held a 54–42 lead, effectively keeping the Eagles at a double-digit distance for the remainder of the contest.
All-in-all the Cardinals’ high-tempo offense and disruptive defense forced Eastern Michigan out of their rhythm for the full 40 minutes, with Ball State’s early dominance effectively sealing the road victory.
Towers anchored the offense with a highly efficient 22 points on 11-of-18 shooting, while Salenbien matched her with 22 points of her own. Norman delivered one of her standout conference performances, finishing with 18 points, seven rebounds, and five assists.
Ball State shot 48% from the floor and dominated the interior with 52 points in the paint. The Cardinals also controlled the glass, securing 46 total rebounds, including 30 on the defensive end.
The Ball State women’s basketball team will return home Saturday when it hosts Bowling Green at 11 am ET in Worthen Arena. The contest is part of a double-header with the Ball State men’s basketball team who will host Kent State at 2 pm ET.
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BALL STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL BACK HOME TO HOST BUFFALO ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The Ball State men’s basketball team returns home and to Mid-American Conference play for a 7 p.m. Wednesday night game against Buffalo at Worthen Arena.
The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+, while Mick Tidrow and David Eha handle the radio call on WMUN 92.5 FM / 1340 AM and on the WMUN app. Links to both broadcasts, tickets and live stats can be found above and on the schedule page.
Ball State (8-15, 3-7 MAC) got a career high 17 points from Kayden Fish on its way to a 73-68 win at Louisiana Monroe on Saturday afternoon in the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge.
Buffalo (14-10, 4-7 MAC) fell 81-69 at South Alabama on Saturday in its most recent game and has lost 8 of 9 games after an 8-0 start to the season.
George Halcovage III is in his third season in charge of the Bulls, who were picked to finish 11th in the MAC preseason poll after going 9-22 (4-14) last season.
The Bulls rank second in the league and No. 11 in NCAA Division I in 3-point shooting (38.8 percent) while ranking third in the MAC and No. 25 nationally in effective field goal percentage (56.6). Buffalo is second and fourth in the MAC, respectively, in turnovers per game (10.9) and field goal percentage (47.7).
Sophomore guard Daniel Freitag averages the second-most points per game (20.0) in the league but didn’t play on Saturday. Junior guard Ryan Sabol averages 18.2 points a game (fifth in the MAC) and leads the league in 3-pointers made per game at 3.5, which is the 10th-most nationally.
Ball State is set to stay home to host Kent State on Saturday at 2 p.m.
REMATCH WITH THE BULLS: Ball State looks for revenge against Buffalo following an 85-72 setback to the Bulls on Jan. 3 in the MAC road opener for the Cardinals.
This will be Ball State’s first time playing an opponent for the second time this season. The only two teams in the conference the Cardinals have yet to face are Kent State and Western Michigan.
FISH FINDING HIS WAY: Forward Kayden Fish went for a team and career high 17 points and collected six rebounds in Saturday’s 73-68 win at Louisiana Monroe.
The redshirt sophomore shot 6-for-10 from the field and 5-for-6 on free throws while playing in a season-most 30 minutes. Fish bumped his season averages to 7.5 points and 3.4 rebounds a game with the performance.
BENCH GETTING BUCKETS: Led by Fish’s 17 points on Saturday, the Ball State bench scored more than half the team’s points with 38 in the win against the Warhawks.
Davion Hill added 14, and Juwan Maxey chipped in seven for the team averaging the fourth-most bench points per game in the MAC (26.4).
SUCCESS OVER THE SUN BELT: Ball State’s win at Louisiana Monroe on Saturday clinched the Cardinals’ first sweep of the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge, which is in its third season.
A 75-64 win over Louisiana in the season opener was the first leg in the two-game event. Ball State is now 3-0 at home and 1-2 on the road in the Challenge and was one of only three MAC teams to win on Saturday against Sun Belt opponents.
The Cardinals became the first team in the series history with the Warhawks to win on the road, as both teams entered the contest 2-0 at home for a 2-2 split.
LOT OF LEADING SCORERS: Only three teams in NCAA Division I (George Washington, Tarleton State and VCU) feature more different leading scorers in games this season than Ball State’s eight.
Armoni Zeigler (eight), Davion Hill (five), Devon Barnes (three), Kayden Fish (two), Joey Hart (two), Elmore James IV (two), Juwan Maxey (two), and Preston Copeland (one) have all led the Cardinals in scoring in at least one game this season.
MILESTONE WATCH: Senior guards Devon Barnes and Juwan Maxey are approaching career scoring milestones in their respective NCAA Division I careers.
Barnes is 20 points away from reaching 1,000, while Maxey needs 13 to hit the 500-point mark.
WINNING WITH DEFENSE: Ball State’s 58-53 win against Northern Illinois on Jan. 24 was the first time the Cardinals have won a game scoring fewer than 60 points since Dec. 21, 2022 against Georgia Southern (58-54).
The last time the program had won a conference game without reaching the 60-point mark was Feb. 16, 2019 vs Akron (57-56).
HILL BIG OFF THE BENCH: Guard Davion Hill scored or assisted on the final 11 points in Ball State’s win against Northern Illinois on Jan. 24, finishing the game with team bests in points (18), rebounds (eight) and assists (three).
The strong finish came a game after the Williamsport, Pa., native drove to the lane and finished through contact for the game-winning and-one in Ball State’s 68-67 win at Central Michigan on Jan. 21.
Hill ranks second on the team in average points both overall (12.3 per game) and in MAC play (14.2) while shooting 49.5 percent from the field against conference opponents.
ZEIGLER GETTING STRONGER: Junior Armoni Zeigler led the Cardinals in points, rebounds and assists in consecutive games leading up to the Jan. 24 battle vs NIU before tying for a game-high with 18 points and tying a career high with four 3-pointers against the Huskies.
Zeigler averages 16.6 points and 5.2 rebounds a game in MAC play compared to 10.2 points and 4.9 rebounds in the non-conference season. The guard is tenth in the league in scoring and eighth in free throw percentage (82.3) in conference action.
The Amityville, N.Y., native scored a career high 30 points on Jan. 13 at Akron and was the first Cardinal since Jarron Coleman with 30+ points in a game (33 on March 11, 2021 vs Toledo). It was only the fourth 30-point game for a Ball State player in the last nine seasons.
TURNOVER TALK: Ball State committed only eight turnovers in the Jan. 24 triumph vs Northern Illinois a game after limiting giveaways to a season-low five in the win at Central Michigan.
Seven giveaways was the previous season-low on four separate occasions before the game with the Chippewas, and Ball State is the top conference team in turnover margin (+2.9) and taking care of the ball (9.2 turnovers per game) against MAC foes. The Cardinals also give away the fewest turnovers per game in the league overall for the full season (10.7).
Ball State kept control of the ball at Bowling Green, giving up only 10 turnovers to a team that averaged more than 16 turnovers forced per game entering the contest for the sixth-most in NCAA Division I.
TV CHANGES GAME DAY: Ball State’s home game against Akron originally scheduled for Feb. 21 has been picked up by CBS Sports Network and will now be played at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20 at Worthen Arena.
The Cardinals topped Ohio 76-71 on Jan. 16 in another Friday night conference contest aired on CBSSN in Muncie.
CARDINALS CLAMPING DOWN ON DEFENSE: Ball State leads the Mid-American Conference in scoring defense (70.1 points per game) and ranks second in fewest fouls committed per game (15.7) and fourth in steals per game (7.7) through the season’s first 23 contests.
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VALPO MEN’S BASKETBALL
BEACONS HOPE TO SUSTAIN SURGE IN REGIONALLY-TELEVISED GAME AT ILLINOIS STATE
Valparaiso (13-12, 7-7 MVC)
at Illinois State (16-9, 8-6 MVC)
Game No. 26 – Thursday, Feb. 12, 6 p.m. CT
CEFCU Arena (10,200) – Normal, Ill.
Next Up in Valpo Basketball: The Valparaiso University men’s basketball program will play its first of two regionally televised games over the next week as the Beacons visit Illinois State on Thursday night in a game that will air in markets throughout the country including on Fox Chicago Plus in the Chicagoland area. Fans are encouraged to gather at Wings Etc. Valparaiso for a watch party on Thursday. The surging Beacons will attempt to capture their fourth win in a five-game span and make it a three-game winning streak.
Last Time Out: Valpo trailed by seven in the second half, but a true team effort spearheaded by the freshman class helped the Brown & Gold knock off defending Missouri Valley Conference champion Drake 81-76 on Monday night in Des Moines. JT Pettigrew (23) and Rakim Chaney (20) both reached the 20-point plateau, while another freshman made the biggest plays down the stretch as the defense and rebounding of Sader Servilus helped spur the victory.
Glancing Ahead: Valpo will have three of the next four games at home, including Sunday’s Going for Gold game, where fans are encouraged to wear gold for a 1 p.m. tip against Indiana State. It’s also the Mental Health Awareness Game presented by Compass Counseling. Entering Thursday’s game vs. Murray State, the Sycamores are 10-15 overall and 3-11 in Valley play.
Following the Beacons: Television – MVC TV Network – John Rooney (play-by-play) and Kevin Lehman (analyst) – Rapids, Iowa (KCRG 9.2 / MyNet); Ottumwa, Iowa (KYOU 15.3 / THE365); Rockford, Illinois (WSLN 19.2 / THE365); Peoria, Illinois (WHOI 19.1 / MyTeam); South Bend, Indiana (WNDU 16.2 / THE365); Fort Wayne, Indiana (WPTA 21.3 / MyNet) —
Louisville, Kentucky (WAVE 3.2 / Bounce); St. Louis, Missouri (KMOV 32.1 / Matrix Midwest); Kansas City, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO 62.1 / MyNet); Nashville, Tennessee (WSMV 4.2 / TVSN); Knoxville, Tennessee (WVLT 8.2 / MyNet); Paducah, Kentucky / Cape Girardeau, Missouri (WQWQ 9.2 / Matrix); Bowling Green, Kentucky (WBGS 34.3 / TVSN); Davenport, Iowa (KWQC 6.3 / Cozi); Sioux City, Iowa (KTIV 4.3 / MeTV); Quincy, Illinois (WGEM 10.4 / MeTV / MyTV); Evansville, Indiana (WFIE 14.2 / MeTV); Lexington, Kentucky (WKYT 27.4 / MeTV); Springfield, Missouri (KSPR 33.3 / MeTV); Chicago, Illinois (WPWR / FOX 50.1); Decatur/Champaign, Illinois (WAND 17.2).
Streaming – ESPN+
Radio – WVUR 95.1 FM Valparaiso, TuneIn Radio App, ValpoAthletics.com – Todd Ickow (play-by-play) and Brandon Vickrey (analyst)
X updates – @ValpoBasketball
Links for video, audio and live stats will be available at ValpoAthletics.com.
Head Coach Roger Powell Jr.: Roger Powell Jr. (35-56) 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 leads the all-time series between these two teams 17-10 including a 77-71 victory over Illinois State earlier this season. Valpo has had more success against Illinois State than any other Missouri Valley Conference opponent since joining the league as the Beacons are 13-3 against the Redbirds since joining the MVC including a 13-2 record in the last 15 matchups. Illinois State is 0-7 at the ARC since Valpo joined the Missouri Valley Conference, and Valpo has had its fair share of success in Bloomington-Normal as well.
Jan. 7 – Valpo 77, Illinois State 71: Valpo knocked down an eye-popping 75 percent of its 3-point attempts en route to knocking off preseason MVC favorite Illinois State 77-71 on Jan. 7 at the Athletics-Recreation Center. Owen Dease scored 28 points – still the most in a single game by any Beacon this season and his career high – to lead an effort that also saw JT Pettigrew pour in 21. Dease dunked home the clincher with 26 seconds left, using the patented Valpo home-run play after a full-court baseline inbound pass from Brody Whitaker. Illinois State entered the game ranked 90th in the KenPom, making that Valpo’s first top-100 KenPom win since Nov. 27, 2023 vs. James Madison (98) and best win in terms of KenPom rating since knocking off nationally-ranked Drake 74-57 on Feb. 7, 2021, when the Bulldogs were 55th in the KenPom. Valpo snapped a nine-game losing streak against teams picked to win the MVC with the victory over the Redbirds.
With Monday’s Win Over Drake, Valpo…
Surpassed last season’s conference win total, making this the best season in league play under head coach Roger Powell Jr.
Matched last season’s overall regular-season win total as Valpo won 13 regular season games and 15 total including Arch Madness last season.
Has clinched the team’s highest league win total since 2020-21 (also seven).
Moved to within two wins of matching Valpo’s highest league win total since joining the Missouri Valley Conference.
Snapped an eight-game head-to-head losing streak, beating the Bulldogs for the first time since 2021 and first time at Drake since 2018.
Owns a winning record through 25 games for the first time since 2018-2019 (also 13-12).
Owns a .500 or better record through exactly 14 Missouri Valley Conference games for the first time since joining the league prior to the 2017-2018 campaign.
Has won back-to-back games, three out of four and five out of seven.
With a Win Over Illinois State on Thursday, Valpo Would…
Extend its winning streak to three, the team’s second three-game surge of the season and first since beating Nicholls, Bryant and Cleveland State in November.
Have its first three-game winning streak in league play since the first three games of January 2025 – at Missouri State, vs. UNI and vs. Indiana State.
Own a winning record through exactly 15 Missouri Valley Conference games for the first time since joining the league prior to the 2017-18 campaign.
Clinch its second-highest league win total since joining the MVC and move to within one win of matching the 2019-2020 conference win total for Valpo’s most since joining the league.
Have its best overall record through exactly 26 games since the 2016-2017 season (21-5).
Improve to 14-3 against Illinois State since joining the MVC and 14-2 in the last 16 matchups.
Win consecutive road games for the first time since January 2023.
Have back-to-back road wins with no home games in between for the first time since January 2021 (both at Illinois State as part of COVID-19 back-to-back).
Have four road wins, the team’s highest total since 2021-22 (also four) and tied for the team’s highest total since 2019-20 (seven).
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UINDY SWIMMING
SCHOOL RECORD RELAY HIGHLIGHTS OPENING NIGHT OF GLVCS
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The 2026 GLVC Swimming & Diving Championships got underway Tuesday night at Deaconess Aquatic Center in Evansville, Ind. With only the 800 freestyle relay on the docket, the UIndy secured a pair of medals and a school record in the two events.
The men’s team of Jan Schmidt, Harrison Andoko, Jokubas Jankauskas and Swann Plaza combined for a time of 6:26.61, resetting the program record by more than a second while also netting a bronze medal. The Greyhounds women won the silver, with the quartet of Valentina Masella, Lillie Arps. Celina Schmidt and Caroline Reinke combining for a 7:26.12. The women hit an NCAA B cut while the men improved their provisional status.
The Greyhound B teams also contributed to the cause. The men’s team of Nico Basten, William Pettifer, Camille Trinquesse and Silas Buessing won their heat with a 6:37.51, good for the fourth-fastest time of the evening. The UIndy women’s B team of Hanna Burke, Malaika Claudic, Sydney Alamein and Dana Dominguez took the runner-up spot in their initial heat.
The marquee meet shifts to a traditional championship meet schedule on Wednesday and continues through Saturday. Morning preliminaries (11 a.m. ET) and evening finals (6:30 p.m.) make for the bulk of the schedule, with women’s 1-meter diving sandwiched between (1:30 p.m.).
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ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
On February 11 in …
1851 – First cricket first-class game in Australia, Tasmania versus Victoria, Launceston.
1905 – James Blackstone, in Seattle Washington, bowls 299.5; last pin breaks but stands.
1908 – Australia regains the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory versus England.
1927 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran.
1927 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles.
1928 – (to February 19) The II Olympic Winter Games are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
1938 – Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champion.
1948 – Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut England versus West Indies, out for 140.
1948 – Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, versus England Port-of-Spain.
1949 – Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title.
1957 – NHL Players Association forms (New York City, New York); Detroit Red Wings’ Ted Lindsay elected president.
1959 – Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v West Indies at Delhi).
1965 – Milwaukee Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee.
1968 – Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France.
1969 – Diana Crump becomes first US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah.
1971 – Montreal Canadiens’ John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal.
1973 – First one-day international for Pakistan and New Zealand.
1973 – First sub 17-minute 1,500-metre female freestyle swim (Shane Gould 16 minutes 56.9 seconds).
1973 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Naples-Lely Golf Classic.
1973 – Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row.
1974 – First baseball arbitration: Minnesota Twins’ pitcher Dick Woodson seeking US$29,000 (wins), Twins offered $23,000.
1978 – 25th hat trick in New York Islanders’ history-Denis Potvin.
1981 – Australia all out 83 versus India at Melbourne Cricket Ground chasing 143 to win.
1984 – Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short-handed season scoring record at 11.
1985 – Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, US$6 million contract with Minnesota Twins, making him the club’s first million dollar player.
1985 – Pakistani bowler Wasim Akram takes ten wickets in his second Test cricket match, but New Zealand still wins.
1986 – Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
1987 – England beats Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
1989 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary.
1990 – 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 in Miami.
1990 – James “Buster” Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson to win the World Heavyweight Boxing crown.
1990 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge.
1992 – Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400 metre (44.97 seconds).
1993 – Irina Privalova runs world record 60 metre indoor (6.92 seconds).
1995 – Danyon Loader swims world record 400 metre freestyle (3 minutes 40.46 seconds).
1995 – Mark Foster swims world record 50 metre butterfly (23.55 seconds).
1995 – Sandra Völker swims European record 50 metre backstroke (27.67 seconds).
1995 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge.
1995 – West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand.
1996 – 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio.
1997 – Bill Parcells becomes head coach of New York Jets.
2001 – The East beats the West 111-110 in the 50th NBA All Star Game in Washington, DC.
2001 – Three Rivers Stadium, 30-year-old home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is imploded.
2006 – Pitcher Carlos Zambrano and the Chicago Cubs agree to a one-year deal worth US$6.5 million.
2007 – All-star backstop Joe Mauer the Minnesota Twins come to terms on a $33 million, four-year contract.
2022 – At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Seattle Kraken beats Anaheim Ducks by score 4-3.
2022 – At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Arizona Coyotes by score 4-3.
2022 – At Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Edmonton Oilers beats New York Islanders by score 3-1.
2022 – At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats Winnipeg Jets by score 4-3.
Births of sports figures on February 11
1891 – Birth of J W Hearne; cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests).
1900 – Birth of Thomas Hitchcock Junior; great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,1927,1930,1939).
1909 – Birth of Max Baer [The Livermore Larruper] in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; heavyweight boxing champion (1934-35), actor (The Prizefighter and the Lady).
1919 – Birth of Gretchen Fraser in Tacoma, Washington, USA; slalom skier (Olympics-gold-1948).
1928 – Birth of Gerry Alexander; cricket wicketkeeper (West Indies of 50s and 60s).
1930 – Birth of Alevtina Koltschina in USSR; cross country relay skier (Olympics-gold-1960).
1931 – Birth of Larry Merchant; American author and boxing commentator (Showtime, HBO).
1937 – Birth of Bill Lawry; cricket player (dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit).
1937 – Birth of Peter Lashley; cricket player (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66).
1938 – Birth of Bevan Congdon; cricket player (New Zealand batsman of 60s and 70s).
1938 – Birth of Boris Majorov in USSR; ice hockey (Olympics-gold-1964).
1940 – Birth of Calvin Fowler in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; basketball player (Olympics-gold-1968).
1959 – Birth of Corinne Shigemoto; US judo coach (Olympics-1996).
1961 – Birth of Mary Docter; American 3000 metre speed skater (Olympics-1980, 1984, 1988, 1992).
1963 – Birth of Todd Benzinger; US baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
1965 – Birth of Angie Ridgeway in Wabash, Indiana, USA; LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee-8th).
1966 – Birth of Alexander Semak in Ufa, Russia; NHL center (New York Islanders).
1966 – Birth of Anthony Parker; NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings, Saint Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
1967 – Birth of Barbara Byrne in Princeton, New Jersey, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
1967 – Birth of Chris Reohr in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, USA; fencer (Olympics-1996).
1967 – Birth of Derek King in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (New York Islanders).
1967 – Birth of John Patterson; US baseball infielder (San Francisco Giants).
1969 – Birth of Bryan Eversgerd; US baseball pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals).
1969 – Birth of Joe Valerio; NFL outside corner/tackle (Kansas City Chiefs).
1969 – Birth of Kevin King; US baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners).
1969 – Birth of Mark Atkinson; cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman).
1970 – Birth of Alistair Brown, cricket player (Surrey and England ODI opening batsman 1996).
1970 – Birth of Jason Allyn Scott in Iowa City, Iowa, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
1971 – Birth of John Bock; NFL center (New York Jets, Miami Dolphins).
1971 – Birth of Linda Wild in Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA; tennis star (1993 Melbourne Open).
1972 – Birth of Dennis Iliohan; Dutch soccer player (FC Lisse, ADO Den Haag).
1973 – Birth of Tom Tumulty; linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals).
1974 – Birth of Brian Newman; guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
1974 – Birth of Ronnie Ward; linebacker (Miami Dolphins).
1974 – Birth of Wally Richardson; quarterback (Baltimore Ravens).
1975 – Birth of Chuck Watanabe; kayak (alternate-Olympics-1996).
1975 – Birth of Jacque Vaughn; NBA guard (Utah Jazz).
1976 – Birth of Tony Battie; NBA forward (Denver Nuggets).
1977 – Birth of Jessica Carlson in Kalamazoo, Michigan; archer (alternate-Olympics-1996).
1977 – Birth of Stephanie Richardson in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 200 metre/800 metre swimmer (Olympics-1996).
Deaths of sports figures on February 11
1996 – Cyril Poole, English cricket player (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in three Tests), dies (born 1921).
2017 – Death of Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1990).
On February 12 in …
1878 – Frederick Thayer patents the baseball catcher’s mask (patent number 200,358).
1880 – National Croquet League organizes (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
1899 – First two-man team six-day bicycle race in US begins, Madison Square Garden, New York City.
1908 – New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City, New York, USA.
1909 – Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6).
1920 – National League votes 6-2 for one commissioner American League votes 6-2 to keep group commission.
1929 – Karst Leemburg wins Dutch 11 cities skate (11:30).
1937 – Cleveland Rams granted an NFL franchise.
1949 – Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey.
1956 – Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open.
1958 – Boston Celtics’ Bill Russell grabs 41 rebounds to beat Syracuse Nationals 119-101.
1961 – Boston Celtics’ player Bill Russell grabs 40 rebounds to beat Philadelphia Warriors 136-125.
1961 – Mickey Wright wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open.
1961 – Mushtaq Mohammad scores first Test Cricket century at age 17 years 82 days.
1964 – End of Richie Benaud’s 63-Test cricket career.
1964 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming.
1964 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen.
1967 – Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all-round skater.
1971 – Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 and 0 Australia versus England.
1977 – Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0.
1978 – Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic.
1978 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne.
1978 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner.
1980 – New York Islanders second scoreless tie, versus Winnipeg Jets.
1980 – Richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand’s top wicket-taker with 117.
1981 – Arbitrator Goetz declares Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent.
1982 – Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tying NHL record.
1984 – Cale Yarborough becomes first Daytona 500 qualifier above 200 MPH.
1984 – West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup.
1984 – Alice Miller wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic.
1985 – 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary.
1985 – West Indies beats Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup.
1986 – First-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Island versus Guyana.
1989 – 39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston, Texas.
1989 – 50th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Larry Mowry.
1989 – Wayne Gretzky sets two records, his 45th hat trick and 10th 40+ goal season.
1989 – Thursday’s Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-San Francisco, 80 days 20 hours.
1989 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman.
1991 – North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition.
1994 – (to February 27) XVII Olympic Winter Games are held in Lillehammer, Norway.
1995 – 45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix, Arizona.
1995 – Jeff Rouse swims world record 50 metre backstroke (24.37 seconds).
1995 – Angela Kennedy swims woman’s world record 50 metre butterfly.
1995 – Dieter Baumann runs European record 3k indoor (7 minutes 37.51 seconds).
1995 – Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k indoor (7 minutes 35.15 seconds).
1995 – Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.12 metres).
1995 – Susan Auch skates female world record 500 metre (38.94 seconds).
1995 – Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500 metre (38.69 seconds).
1998 – Dallas Cowboys sign Chan Gailey as their fourth head coach.
2002 – For the first time in its history, Major League Baseball owns a team after acquiring the Expos from Jeffrey Loria for $120 million.
2010 – In Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the XXI Olympic Winter Games open. Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky lights the outdoor cauldron of the Olympic flame. 2600 athletes representing 82 nations are scheduled to participate in 86 events.
2022 – At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats New York Islanders by score 5-2.
2022 – At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Chicago Blackhawks by score 5-1.
2022 – At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 3-2.
2022 – At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, NHL regular season game: Winnipeg Jets beats Nashville Predators by score 5-2.
2022 – At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Toronto Maple Leafs by score 3-2.
2022 – At Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats Montreal Canadiens by score 2-1.
2022 – At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Ottawa Senators by score 2-0.
2022 – At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, NHL regular season game: Detroit Red Wings beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 4-2.
2023 – Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Kansas City Chiefs beat Philadelphia Eagles 38-35.
Births of sports figures on February 12
1831 – Birth of John Morrissey; boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track.
1857 – Birth of Bobby Peel; cricket player (great English lefty 1884-96).
1891 – Birth of Cecil Dixon; cricket off-spinner (one Test for South Africa, 3-118, pair).
1911 – Birth of Charles Mathiesen in Norway; 1500 metre speed skater (Olympics-gold-1936).
1918 – Birth of Dominic DiMaggio; baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox).
1926 – Birth of Joe Garagiola in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; sportscaster/host (Today Show).
1934 – Birth of Bill Russell in Monroe, Louisiana, USA; NBA star (Boston Celtics, Olympics-gold-1956).
1937 – Birth of Charles Everett Dumas in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; high jumper (Olympics-gold-1956).
1941 – Birth of Ross Morgan; cricket player (New Zealand batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72).
1949 – Birth of Gundappa Viswanath; cricket player (prolific Indian batsman of 70s).
1949 – Birth of Len Randle; baseball player (New York Mets).
1955 – Birth of Daniele Masala in Italy; pentathlete (Olympics-1976).
1958 – Birth of Ingrid Klich in Whittier, California, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
1961 – Birth of Chris Heyne in Offenbach, Germany; WLAF General Manager (Frankfurt Galaxy).
1963 – Birth of Brent Jones; NFL tight end (San Francisco 49ers).
1964 – Birth of Maurice Douglass; NFL safety (New York Giants).
1964 – Birth of Michel Petit in Saint Malo, France; NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning).
1964 – Birth of Milton Small; cricket pace bowler (West Indies versus Australia 1984).
1965 – Birth of Ruben Amaro; US baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians).
1967 – Birth of Andrew Dunkley in Kent, England; golfer (1991-93 Co-Captain University of West Florida).
1968 – Birth of Todd Fanning in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; golfer (Manitoba Amateur-1984, 1990, 1991, 1992).
1969 – Birth of Colin Keely in Buffalo, New York, USA; water polo driver (Olympics-1996).
1970 – Birth of Bryan Roy; Surinam/Dutch soccer star (Ajax).
1970 – Birth of Dell Demps; NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs).
1970 – Birth of Lamar Thomas; NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins).
1971 – Birth of Lincoln Kennedy; tackle (Oakland Raiders).
1971 – Birth of Romeo Bandison; NFL defensive tackle (Cleveland Browns).
1971 – Birth of Shane Tonkin; Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996).
1971 – Birth of Shante Carver; NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys).
1972 – Birth of Dulip Samaraweera; cricket player (Sri Lankan Test opening batsman 1993-).
1973 – Birth of Brendon Mark Cameron in Pirongia, New Zealand; 4km pursuit cyclist (Olympics-1996).
1974 – Birth of Ian Mcintyre in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks).
1975 – Birth of Chris Szarka; Canadian Football League full back (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
1975 – Birth of Matt Finkes; linebacker (New York Jets).
1975 – Birth of Scot Pollard; NBA center (Detroit Pistons).
1975 – Birth of Seth Payne; defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars).
Deaths of sports figures on February 12
1889 – Andrew Greenwood, cricket player (batted in England’s first two Tests 1877), dies.
1896 – Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 win on 1,412 mounts (44.5 percent), dies at age 35.
1921 – Charles Leslie, cricket player (4 Tests England versus Australia 1882-83), dies.
1982 – Hal Hooker, cricket player (307 partners with Alan Kippax for last wicket), dies.
1992 – Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, Dutch boxing champion (Olympics-gold-1928), dies (born 1907).
2010 – Georgian luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili is killed when his sled flips during a practice run just prior to the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.
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TV SPORTS
Wednesday, 2/11/26
| OLYMPICS | TIME ET | TV |
| Nordic Combined: Normal Hill/10km | 3:00am | Peacock |
| Snowboarding: Women’s Halfpipe Qualification | 4:30am | USA Peacock |
| Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Moguls Qualification | 5:00am | Peacock |
| Alpine Skiing: Men’s Super-G | 5:30am | USA Peacock |
| Nordic Combined: Normal Hill/10km | 7:45am | USA Peacock |
| Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Moguls Final | 8:15am | USA Peacock |
| Men’s Hockey: Slovakia vs Finland | 10:40am | USA Peacock |
| Luge: Women’s, Men’s Doubles | 11:00am | NBC Peacock |
| Speed Skating: Men’s 1000m | 12:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| Curling: Men’s Preliminary Rounds | 1:05pm | Peacock |
| Figure Skating: Free Dance, Snowboarding: Men’s Halfpipe Qualification | 1:30pm | NBC USA Peacock |
| Men’s Hockey: Sweden vs Italy | 3:10pm | Peacock |
| NBA REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Milwaukee Bucks vs Orlando Magic | 7:00pm | FanDuel Sports MIL FanDuel Sports FL |
| Atlanta Hawks vs Charlotte Hornets | 7:00pm | FanDuel Sports ATL FanDuel Sports CHA |
| Washington Wizards vs Cleveland Cavaliers | 7:00pm | MNMT FanDuel Sports Ohio |
| Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics | 7:30pm | NBCS-BOS CHSN |
| Indiana Pacers vs Brooklyn Nets | 7:30pm | FanDuel Sports IND YES |
| Detroit Pistons vs Toronto Raptors | 7:30pm | FanDuel Sports DET TSN |
| New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers | 7:30pm | ESPN MSG |
| Los Angeles Clippers vs Houston Rockets | 8:00pm | FanDuel Sports SoCal SCHN |
| Portland Trail Blazers vs Minnesota Timberwolves | 8:00pm | Rip City FanDuel Sports North |
| Miami Heat vs New Orleans Pelicans | 8:00pm | GCSN FanDuel Sports Sun |
| Oklahoma City Thunder vs Phoenix Suns | 9:00pm | FanDuel Sports OKC AFSN |
| Sacramento Kings vs Utah Jazz | 9:00pm | NBCS-CA KJZZ |
| Memphis Grizzlies vs Denver Nuggets | 10:00pm | ESPN FanDuel Sports MEM ALT |
| San Antonio Spurs vs Golden State Warriors | 10:00pm | FanDuel Sports SW NBCS-BAY |
| MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Iowa at Maryland | 6:00pm | FS1 |
| Colgate at Holy Cross | 6:00pm | NESN |
| The Citadel at Western Carolina | 6:00pm | Nexstar |
| Boston University at Army West Point | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| USC at Ohio State | 6:30pm | BTN |
| VCU at La Salle | 6:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Florida at Georgia | 7:00pm | ESPN2 |
| California at Syracuse | 7:00pm | ESPNU |
| Alabama at Ole Miss | 7:00pm | SECN |
| Virginia Tech at Clemson | 7:00pm | ACCN |
| Chattanooga at ETSU | 7:00pm | CBSSN |
| Loyola Maryland at Lafayette | 7:00pm | Lafayette Sports |
| Eastern Michigan at Kent State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| American at Lehigh | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| West Georgia at North Alabama | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UTSA at East Carolina | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Wofford at Samford | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Toledo at Western Michigan | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| App State at Georgia Southern | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Austin Peay at Queens | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| North Florida at FGCU | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Buffalo at Ball State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UTEP at Jacksonville State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| VMI at UNCG | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Furman at Mercer | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Jacksonville at Stetson | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UConn at Butler | 7:30pm | TNT |
| Providence at Seton Hall | 7:30pm | Peacock |
| South Florida at Wichita State | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Bellarmine at Central Arkansas | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Temple at Tulane | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Marshall at Old Dominion | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| North Dakota at South Dakota | 8:00pm | MidCo Sports |
| Florida Atlantic at Rice | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Troy at Texas State | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Eastern Kentucky at Lipscomb | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Colorado at Texas Tech | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UAB at Tulsa | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Bowling Green at Northern Illinois | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| ULM at Arkansas State | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Michigan at Northwestern | 8:30pm | BTN |
| Tennessee at Mississippi State | 9:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Stanford at Boston College | 9:00pm | ESPNU |
| Missouri at Texas A&M | 9:00pm | SECN |
| Wake Forest at Georgia Tech | 9:00pm | ACCN |
| Cincinnati at Kansas State | 9:00pm | CBSSN |
| Creighton at DePaul | 9:00pm | Peacock |
| Liberty at NM State | 9:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Portland at San Diego | 9:30pm | ESPN+ |
| New Mexico at Grand Canyon | 10:00pm | FS1 |
| Seattle U at Santa Clara | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Loyola Marymount at Pacific | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Pepperdine at Saint Mary’s | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Penn State at Washington | 10:30pm | BTN |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| EPL: Manchester City vs Fulham | 2:30pm | Peacock |
| EPL: Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion | 2:30pm | Peacock |
| EPL: Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2:30pm | Peacock |
| EPL: Crystal Palace vs Burnley | 2:30pm | Peacock |
| DFB Pokal: Bayern München vs RB Leipzig | 2:45pm | ESPN+ |
| Coppa Italia: Bologna vs Lazio | 3:00pm | Paramount+ |
| EPL: Sunderland vs Liverpool | 3:15pm | Peacock |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup: América vs Olimpia | 8:00pm | FS2 fuboTV |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup: Monterrey vs Xelajú | 10:00pm | FS2 fuboTV |
Thursday, 2/12/26
| OLYMPICS | TIME ET | TV |
| Curling: Women’s Preliminary | 3:05am | Peacock |
| Men’s Skeleton | 3:30am | Peacock |
| Snowboarding: Men’s Cross Qualification, Freestyle Skiing: Men’s Moguls Qualification | 4:00am | USA Peacock |
| Alppine Skiing: Women’s Super-G | 5:30am | USA Peacock |
| Men’s Hockey: Switzerland vs France | 6:10am | Peacock |
| Freestyle Skiing: Men’s Moguls Final | 6:15am | USA Peacock |
| Cross-Country Skiing: Women’s 10km Interval Start Free | 7:00am | USA Peacock |
| Snowboarding: Men’s Cross Final | 7:45am | USA Peacock |
| Curling: Men’s Preliminary Rounds | 8:05am | Peacock |
| Speed Skating: Women’s 5000m | 10:30am | Peacock |
| Men’s Hockey: Czechia vs Canada | 10:40am | USA Peacock |
| Luge: Team Relay | 12:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| Curling: Women’s Preliminary Rounds | 1:05pm | Peacock |
| Snowboarding: Women’s Halfpipe Final | 1:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| Short Track: Womne’s & Men’s 1000m Prelims, Final | 2:15pm | NBC Peacock |
| Men’s Hockey: Latvia vs United States | 3:10pm | USA Peacock |
| Men’s Hockey: Germany vs Denmark | 3:10pm | Peacock |
| NBA REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Milwaukee Bucks vs Oklahoma City Thunder | 7:30pm | Prime FanDuel Sports OKC |
| Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz | 9:00pm | Rip City KJZZ |
| Dallas Mavericks vs Los Angeles Lakers | 10:00pm | Prime |
| MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Bryant at UMass Lowell | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UMBC at Maine | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| NJIT at New Hampshire | 6:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Middle Tennessee at Kennesaw State | 6:30pm | CBSSN |
| Northern Kentucky at IU Indianapolis | 6:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Vermont at Binghamton | 6:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Purdue Fort Wayne at Green Bay | 7:00pm | ESPN2 |
| UNC Asheville at Longwood | 7:00pm | ESPNU |
| Valparaiso at Illinois State | 7:00pm | MVC TV |
| Saint Francis U at Fairleigh Dickinson | 7:00pm | YES |
| Stony Brook at Towson | 7:00pm | MNMT |
| Monmouth at Drexel | 7:00pm | NBCS-PHI |
| William & Mary at Northeastern | 7:00pm | NESN |
| Central Connecticut at New Haven | 7:00pm | NESN+ |
| Elon at UNCW | 7:00pm | WITN-DT2 |
| Mercyhurst at Le Moyne | 7:00pm | NEC Front Row |
| Stonehill at Chicago State | 7:00pm | NEC Front Row |
| LIU at Wagner | 7:00pm | NEC Front Row |
| Georgia State at James Madison | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Murray State at Indiana State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Delaware at FIU | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Robert Morris at Cleveland State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Youngstown State at Oakland | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Winthrop at Gardner-Webb | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| High Point at USC Upstate | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Marist at Merrimack | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Detroit Mercy at Wright State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Presbyterian at Charleston Southern | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Hofstra at Charleston | 7:00pm | FloCollege |
| UIC at Drake | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Tennessee Tech at Morehead State | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Evansville at Southern Illinois | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Coastal Carolina at Louisiana | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Portland State at Northern Arizona | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Sacramento State at Northern Colorado | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Kansas City at Oral Roberts | 8:00pm | Summit |
| St. Thomas at Omaha | 8:00pm | Summit |
| Louisiana Tech at Missouri State | 8:30pm | CBSSN |
| South Alabama at Southern Miss | 8:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Little Rock at Western Illinois | 8:30pm | ESPN+ |
| California Baptist at Southern Utah | 8:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Southeast Missouri at SIUE | 8:30pm | ESPN+ |
| UT Martin at Lindenwood | 8:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Memphis at North Texas | 9:00pm | ESPN/2 |
| Oregon State at San Francisco | 9:00pm | ESPN/2 |
| UTA at Abilene Christian | 9:00pm | ESPNU |
| Weber State at Idaho | 9:00pm | SWX |
| UNI at Belmont | 9:00pm | MVC TV |
| Tennessee State at Southern Indiana | 9:00pm | Gray Media |
| South Dakota State at Denver | 9:00pm | Altitude |
| Idaho State at Eastern Washington | 9:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Utah Valley at Utah Tech | 9:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Hawai’i at CSU Bakersfield | 9:30pm | ESPN+ |
| UC Santa Barbara at UC Riverside | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UC Irvine at Cal Poly | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Cal State Fullerton at Long Beach State | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| UC Davis at UC San Diego | 10:00pm | ESPN+ |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| NASCAR: Duel at Daytona | 7:00pm | FS1 |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| PGA: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 3:00pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| EPL: Brentford vs Arsenal | 3:00pm | Peacock |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup: Cruz Azul vs Vancouver FC | 8:00pm | FS2 fuboTV |
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