“THE SCOREBOARD” INDIANA BOYS BASKETBALL STATE FINALS SATURDAY MARCH 28 SESSION 1 10:30 AM ET | CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BARR-REEVE (27-1) VS. TRITON (25-3) APPROX. 12:45 PM ET | CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PARKE HERITAGE (26-4) VS. WESTVIEW (27-1) SESSION 2 6 PM ET | CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (24-5) VS. NEW HAVEN (22-7) APPROX. 8:15 PM ET | CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE) (27-3) VS. CROWN POINT (25-1) CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW: https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2025-26%20Boys%20Basketball%20Preview.pdf =========================================================== INDIANA BOYS BASKETBALL ALL-STATE TEAMS (IBCA RELEASE) Fifteen seniors and 15 underclass boys’ basketball players have earned IBCA “Supreme 15” All-State honors for 2025-26, it was announced Wednesday (March 25). The IBCA also named Large School All-State teams (17 seniors, 16 underclass) and Small School All-State teams (16 seniors, 15 underclass). The “Supreme 15” is the top honor awarded, and players were voted to that group without regard to school size. The Large School and Small School all-state teams are secondary accolades — the Large School group including players from Class 3A and Class 4A schools and the Small School group including players from Class A and Class 2A schools. Players who make the Supreme 15 are not considered for Large School or Small School honors. Large School and Small School honor teams typically have 15 players each, but ties in voting resulted with more players on three of four groups this year. In addition, 97 more seniors and 93 more underclass players were selected honorable mention all-state. The honorable mention laurels are awarded without regard to school size. In total, 284 players — 145 seniors and 139 underclass players — were recognized on the 2026 IBCA boys’ basketball All-State teams. In total, 706 players were nominated (305 seniors, 401 underclass) from 331 schools. Those voted to the 2026 IBCA boys’ Senior Supreme 15 are: Keaton Aldridge Jr., Indianapolis Cathedral; Dane Caldwell, Silver Creek; Luke Ertel, Mt. Vernon (Fortville); DeZhon Hall, Indianapolis Crispus Attucks; Evan Harrell, Carmel; Terrence Hayes Jr., Gary 21st Century; Tyrese Jones, South Bend Riley; Jashawn Ladd, Ben Davis; Kai McGrew, Fishers; Brennan Miller, Lawrence North; Brady Scholl, Northridge; Dikembe Shaw, Crown Point; Nick Shrewsberry, South Bend Saint Joseph; Noah Smith, Plainfield; and Baron Walker, Noblesville. Those voted to the 2026 IBCA boys’ Underclass Supreme 15 are: Harper Baker-Lands, Plainfield; Devin Bolden, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter; Caleb Coolman, Penn; Cash Daniels, Carmel; Jason Gardner Jr., Fishers; Isaiah Hill, Pike; Brandon Hunter, Silver Creek; Elijah King, South Bend Saint Joseph; Landon Lampley, Pike; Jahari Miller, Pike; Austin Schlabach, Westview; Max Vise, Mt. Vernon (Fortville); Noah Washington, New Albany; Mack Welker, Homestead; and Cooper Zachary, Fishers. The IBCA All-State teams are selected through a process organized by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. All IBCA-member head coaches have the opportunity to nominate players. A panel of 22 IBCA coaches — 16 from the current regional areas plus six at-large representatives (two each from IHSAA Districts 1, 2 and 3) — reviews the nominations and votes to determine the honor teams. David Wood, former coach at West Lafayette, is the non-voting committee chairman and finalizes the lists. The IBCA will provide plaques to Supreme 15 honorees as well as certificates to players receiving Large School All-State, Small School All-State and Honorable Mention All-State recognition. Plaques will be sent via U.S. mail to the coach of the Supreme 15 honorees in April. Certificates will be emailed as a PDF to the coach of each Large School, Small School and Honorable Mention recipient in mid-April. Upon receipt, each honoree’s coach may present the award to each player prior to the end of the 2025-26 academic year. The complete 2026 Senior All-State and 2026 IBCA Underclass All-State teams for boys’ basketball are listed below. * * * 2026 IBCA BOYS’ ALL-STATE SENIOR SUPREME 15 KEATON ALDRIDGE JR., INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL DANE CALDWELL, SILVER CREEK LUKE ERTEL, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE) DEZHON HALL, INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS EVAN HARRELL, CARMEL TERRENCE HAYES JR., GARY 21ST CENTURY TYRESE JONES, SOUTH BEND RILEY JASHAWN LADD, BEN DAVIS KAI MCGREW, FISHERS BRENNAN MILLER, LAWRENCE NORTH BRADY SCHOLL, NORTHRIDGE DIKEMBE SHAW, CROWN POINT NICK SHREWSBERRY, SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH NOAH SMITH, PLAINFIELD BARON WALKER, NOBLESVILLE SENIOR LARGE SCHOOL ALL-STATE (17) JACK CLARK, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH JUSTIN CURRY III, NOBLESVILLE MASON DARRELL, CROWN POINT CAMERON FENNELL, TERRE HAUTE NORTH ANTHONY FRESH, CHARLESTOWN BRAYDEN GOFF, NORTHVIEW DREW HAFFNER, WESTFIELD EDWIN HOLMES, PRINCETON PRESCOTT HORVATH, MISHAWAKA MARIAN SHERMAN MOSS, BEN DAVIS LANDON OSSWALD, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN LANDON RICHMOND, COLUMBIA CITY COOPER SIMS, PENDLETON HEIGHTS JULIEN SMITH, INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL CAMERON WEBSTER, LAWRENCE NORTH LUKE WEEMER, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN XAVIER WILSON, FORT WAYNE SNIDER SENIOR SMALL SCHOOL ALL-STATE (16) CAMDEN BELL, WAPAHANI COOPER BOCK, SULLIVAN CONNER DAILY, LINTON-STOCKTON MONTE DILLARD JR., LIBERTY CHRISTIAN A.J. FOSTER, LOOGOOTEE STRYKER GILL, HAUSER KADEN GRAU, WESTVIEW JAVIONNE HARRIS, TAYLOR SHEA HOLLENDONNER, CENTERVILLE COLTON LINDSAY, EASTERN (GREENTOWN) BRYCE MATHIS, INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA BLAKE NEILL, BLOOMFIELD PAUL OLIVER, LINTON-STOCKTON TREIGH SCHELSKY, PARKE HERITAGE ELI SEGO, TRITON CENTRAL BRYCE WILCOX, SOUTHWOOD SENIOR HONORABLE MENTION ALL-STATE (97) BRANDON ADDISON, BROWNSBURG STEPHEN AKASE, WAWASEE ELI ANDREWS, WAPAHANI TASHAUN BEATTY, MONROE CENTRAL DAQUANTAE BELL, INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN JASE BENNETT, INDIANAPOLIS RIVERSIDE CARTER BIGGS, WESTERN KAMERON BLAIR, HAUSER TONY BOS III, DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN DORION BOWEN, EVANSVILLE BOSSE KEEVIN BOWMAN, CHARLESTOWN DAVID BRIGHAM JR., CHRISTEL HOUSE ACADEMY MYDIN BURGHER, WARSAW BRYSON CHAPMAN, EVANSVILLE NORTH CADEN CLAXTON, SHELBYVILLE BRAXTON CLINE, GOSHEN AIDEN COFFEY, SHENANDOAH PARKER CONDER, WOOD MEMORIAL BRADY COOK, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) DEVIN CRAIG, LAPEL ISAAC CRANE, COVENANT CHRISTIAN KASEN DAEGER, SILVER CREEK ALEX DEWITT, ORLEANS PARKER DOOLIN, GREENWOOD CAYDEN DRAKE, SOUTH DECATUR NOAH ENYEART, LAKE CENTRAL CALEB FERGUSON, COLUMBUS NORTH JACK FESSEL, CORYDON CENTRAL AUSTIN FORD, BREBEUF JESUIT ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN, INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON LANDON GILLIATT, PLAINFIELD SAM GOOCH, GREENCASTLE PEYTON GRAY, HERITAGE HILLS DEVON HAMILTON, SHERIDAN KORBYN HAMMEL, KOKOMO DORON HARRIS, LAWRENCE CENTRAL MARRIUS HARRIS, EVANSVILLE BOSSE ETHAN HILLSMAN, FISHERS JOHNNIE HUDSON, CALUMET DALTON HUSBAND, HUNTINGTON NORTH HAYDEN JOHNSON, NORTHRIDGE TIM JONES, MARION JAMES KALALA, SOUTHPORT LANDYN KEISER, CENTERVILLE GAVIN KELLER, HAUSER CONNER KESLER, RONCALLI LUCAS KLECKNER, KOUTS BRADY KLOPFENSTEIN, TERRE HAUTE NORTH DANE KUNZ, WHITELAND AVERY MACFARLANE, LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN JOSH MALLOY, MUNSTER OWEN MARSHALL, COLUMBIA CITY DREW MATELIC, SPEEDWAY MASON MCCARTY, CRAWFORDSVILLE JOSH MCGEE, UNIVERSITY CARTER MCQUIGG, FLOYD CENTRAL JEDIDIAH MINNETT, AVON CLAY MULLINS, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL DEMARCUS NEWSON, PRINCETON MAR NICHOLSON, SHELBYVILLE MICAH NORMAN, MILAN CRIS OLSON, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON DANE PADGETT, PAOLI MASON PEARSON, NORTHWOOD LANE PENDLETON, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL BRYCE PETERS, CROWN POINT ISAAC PICKEL, PARKE HERITAGE LOGAN POKORNEY, CHESTERTON CADEN POWERS, EASTERN HANCOCK JAKE PRIOR, HERITAGE HILLS BRAYLEND REBER, ADAMS CENTRAL GABE RIEHLE, MILAN MEYER ROBB, MT. VERNON (POSEY) GAVIN ROBINSON, MITCHELL SHALON ROBINSON, KIPP INDY LEGACY LEVI SAWATZKY, GOSHEN DRAKE SCAGGS, SOUTH DECATUR HOUSTON SCHOONOVER, WOOD MEMORIAL PETE SOCCI, HEBRON DANE SPRIGLER, SILVER CREEK WILL SPURGEON, JIMTOWN RYAN STUCKEY, ANGOLA GRADIN SWOVELAND, JAY COUNTY AYLE TAYLOR, FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS JOE TAYLOR, RONCALLI CHRIS THOMPSON-MOORE, MOORESVILLE JARVIS TOLBERT, SOUTH BEND ADAMS PRESTON TOLLIVER, EVANSVILLE REITZ BRADY TREBLEY, CASCADE DEREK WATSON JR., INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN BEN WERTH, WEST LAFAYETTE DREW WHITLOCK, WEST LAFAYETTE T.J. WILLIAMS, PURDUE POLY-ENGLEWOOD ELIJAH WILSON, INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE GAVIN WOELFLE, TERRE HAUTE NORTH SPENCER WYNSMA, HEBRON ELYAS ZAPATA, DECATUR CENTRAL ^ ^ ^ UNDERCLASS SUPREME 15 HARPER BAKER-LANDS, JR., PLAINFIELD DEVIN BOLDEN, JR., INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER CALEB COOLMAN, SO., PENN CASH DANIELS, JR., CARMEL JASON GARDNER JR., JR., FISHERS ISAIAH HILL, JR., PIKE BRANDON HUNTER, JR., SILVER CREEK ELIJAH KING, JR., SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH LANDON LAMPLEY, SO., PIKE JAHARI MILLER, JR., PIKE AUSTIN SCHLABACH, JR., WESTVIEW MAX VISE, JR., MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE) NOAH WASHINGTON, SO., NEW ALBANY MACK WELKER, JR., HOMESTEAD COOPER ZACHARY, JR., FISHERS UNDERCLASS LARGE SCHOOL ALL-STATE (16) BRODY BAKER, JR., HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) BRADLY BASILA, SO., CHESTERTON DON BOWLING III, SO., ANDERSON VARSCHON CLARK, SO., HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN DUNCAN COMBS, JR., BLOOMINGTON SOUTH DERRICK CROSS JR., JR., BLOOMINGTON NORTH T.J. DAVIS, JR., INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE WILL DAVISON, SO., NEW PALESTINE JAKE GRISSOM, JR., GUERIN CATHOLIC CHARLES HARDIMAN, SO., MERRILLVILLE JAMES HUGHES, JR., BATESVILLE BRYCE LACROSS, SO., FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN KENNETH LAMPLEY, JR., PIKE DA’KORI PARKER, JR., SOUTH BEND RILEY TYLER RENN, JR., TERRE HAUTE NORTH KARSON STOUDEMIRE, FR., NEW ALBANY UNDERCLASS SMALL SCHOOL ALL-STATE (15) COLE BREEDEN, SO., EVANSVILLE MATER DEI CARTER CRUM, JR., PARKE HERITAGE KEYSHAWN GALLOWAY, JR., TAYLOR JARRETT HARRIS, SO., INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN ISHMAEL KITEKA, SO., CLOVERDALE MARI LEGGETT, SO., BLACKFORD KIERSON LENGACHER, JR., BARR-REEVE KENDRICK MARTIN, JR., LIBERTY CHRISTIAN JOSIAH MAYS, JR, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC MICAH MOHLER, FR., AUSTIN PAUL RIDGWAY, JR., SULLIVAN COBY SYKES, JR., EASTERN GREENE BRAYDEN THIELE-HAHN, JR., ROSSVILLE JACE TONAGEL, JR., OAK HILL WILL TONAGEL, FR., OAK HILL UNDERCLASS HONORABLE MENTION ALL-STATE (93) WYATT ADAMS, JR., SOUTH DEARBORN DAKOTA APPLE, JR., PAOLI MAKEIL BAKER, JR., DECATUR CENTRAL TARVAR BASKERVILLE II, JR., NEW HAVEN TREY BENNETT, JR., FRANKTON BRADY BISHOP, SO., WEST CENTRAL BRAXTON BOWMAN, SO., CRAWFORD COUNTY TRAYVEN BUIS, JR., NORTHVIEW ROMYIEZ CALVIN, FR., EVANSVILLE HARRISON R.J. CLEM, JR., LOGANSPORT DEVIN COLBERT JR., JR., DECATUR CENTRAL JAYDEN COMER, JR., JAY COUNTY COLIN COOK, SO., NORTHWESTERN JAKE COOLMAN, JR., HOMESTEAD KELLEN CRIM, JR., MORRISTOWN GRAYSON DEASE, FR., EVANSVILLE REITZ CHASE DEVINE, JR., BREMEN DREW DIXON, JR., SOUTH BEND ADAMS LANCE EDISON, JR., LAVILLE KYLE EDWARDS, JR., WHITELAND TYREE ELDRIDGE, JR., FORT WAYNE WAYNE QUENTAVIOUS FLY, SO., BOWMAN ACADEMY CHACE FORD, JR., BREBEUF JESUIT JAYLIN FOSTER, SO., INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA ELI FOXWORTHY, JR., FOUNTAIN CENTRAL MANON GANT JR., JR., HENRYVILLE OWEN GARBER, JR., LAPEL ELI GILPIN, SO., SOUTH RIPLEY TATE GOYER, JR., TWIN LAKES JAYLON GRABER, SO., BARR-REEVE SCOUT GRAY, JR., SOUTH DEARBORN BLAKE HAMMOND, JR., TERRE HAUTE NORTH JACE HOLLENDONNER, SO., CENTERVILLE LANE HOOK, JR., CASTON JAYVON IRBY, JR., FORT WAYNE SOUTH MANU JACKSON, SO., ANDERSON WYATT JONES, SO., BORDEN TERRANCE JORDAN, JR., FORT WAYNE SOUTH JOBAN KALKAT, JR., WHITELAND NOAH KLOSKA, SO., ST. THOMAS MORE (SOUTH BEND) NILES KNOX, SO., ANGOLA BRYCE KOBE, SO., PORTAGE KARTER KOBE, JR., PORTAGE HUDSON LANG, JR., TRINITY LUTHERAN AZARION LEMONS, JR., MICHIGAN CITY TEAGAN LEONARD, SO., NORTH VERMILLION QUINN LEWIS, SO., NORTHVIEW GRANT LINDEMANN, JR., CORYDON CENTRAL JAYLEN MANERS, JR., JASPER LUKE MANSHIP, SO., EASTERN HANCOCK JOSH MCBRIDE, SO., NORWELL JAXON MCKAIN, JR., BOONVILLE PEYTON MIAMBA, JR., SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH BILLY MILLER, SO., KOUTS RYAN MILLER, JR., TRI-WEST LOGAN MOLLENKOPF, SO., CASTON DENNIS MORAN III, JR., PORTAGE LUKE MORGAN, SO., MONROE CENTRAL CARTER MURANS, JR., GUERIN CATHOLIC D.J. NASH, SO., KOKOMO GRIFFIN OTT-LARGE, JR., LAPORTE DAMON OXLEY, JR., TECUMSEH TREY PAGE, JR., SHERIDAN KAMDON PARTENHEIMER, JR., FOREST PARK KETRON PASCHALL, JR., FORT WAYNE SNIDER NOLIN PEARCE, SO., LANESVILLE AUSTIN PERRY, JR., COLUMBUS NORTH GREG PIETEREK, JR., EVANSVILLE NORTH VAUGHN RAEL-KLUDT, JR., MARQUETTE CATHOLIC T.J. RAY, JR., CHESTERTON LANDON REED, JR., FLOYD CENTRAL HAYDEN ROGERS, JR., GUERIN CATHOLIC TRACEN ROUSH, SO., AUSTIN HOLDEN RUSSELL, JR., WEST WASHINGTON ARI SAHM, JR., INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD KOLTON SCHMITT, JR., GIBSON SOUTHERN ZION SEE, JR., PERU DRAKE SEFTON, SO., FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN DANIEL SELKING, SO., BELLMONT NASH SIGMUND, JR., DECATUR CENTRAL JOHNOVAN SMITH, SO., CRAWFORDSVILLE CALVIN SNYDER, SO., WEST LAFAYETTE BILLY STEIN, JR., KNIGHTSTOWN MASON TRAMMELL, JR., YORKTOWN JAYKOB TROUTWINE, SO., HAGERSTOWN JAECE VOGT, SO., WEST LAFAYETTE QUINTYN VOLTZ, SO., PRINCETON DREW VOLZ, JR., SOUTH RIPLEY ANDRE WELLS, JR., MISHAWAKA MARIAN CALEB WELLS, JR., LAWRENCE CENTRAL TAIT WETZEL, JR., HERITAGE HILLS M.J. WILSON, SO., CROWN POINT CHASE WINKLER, JR., FRONTIER ===================================================================== NCAA TOURNAMENT MEN’S SCHEDULE/SCORES THURSDAY, MARCH 26 (SWEET 16) (2) PURDUE VS. (11) TEXAS, 7:10 P.M. | CBS (4) NEBRASKA VS. (9) IOWA, 7:30 P.M. | TBS/TRUTV (1) ARIZONA VS. (4) ARKANSAS, 9:45 P.M. | CBS (2) HOUSTON VS. (3) ILLINOIS, 10:05 P.M. | TBS/TRUTV FRIDAY, MARCH 27 (SWEET 16) (1) DUKE VS. (5) ST. JOHN’S, 7:10 P.M. | CBS (1) MICHIGAN VS. (4) ALABAMA, 7:35 P.M. | TBS/TRUTV (2) UCONN VS. (3) MICHIGAN STATE, 9:45 P.M. | CBS (2) IOWA STATE VS. (6) TENNESSEE, 10:10 P.M. | TBS/TRUTV =========================================================== MEN’S NIT SCORES ILLINOIS STATE 61 DAYTON 55 AUBURN 75 NEVADA 69 ========================================================== NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FRIDAY MARCH 27 NOTRE DAME VS. VANDERBILT 2:30 NORTH CAROLINA VS. UCONN 5:00 MINNESOTA VS. UCLA 7:30 DUKE VS. LSU 10:00 SATURDAY MARCH 28 LOUISVILLE VS. MICHIGAN 12:30 KENTUCKY VS. TEXAS 3:00 OKLAHOMA VS. SOUTH CAROLINA 5:00 VIRGINIA VS. TCU 7:30 ========================================================== WOMEN’S NIT FRIDAY MARCH 27 PURDUE FT. WAYNE VS. ARKANSAS STATE 2:00 GEORGE WASHINGTON VS. LOYOLA IL 6:00 MARSHALL VS. YOUNGSTOWN STATE 6:30 ABELINE CHRISTIAN VS. ILLINOIS STATE 7:30 ========================================================== COLLEGE BASEBALL SCORES #20 OREGON 12 UC SAN DIEGO 4 #22 ARIZONA STATE 10 NEW MEXICO STATE 4 PURDUE 18 ILLINOIS CHICAGO 13 ========================================================== COLLEGE SOFTBALL SCORES #6 ALABAMA 10 JACKSONVILLE STATE 3 #25 CENTRAL FLORIDA 3 FLORIDA GULF COAST 2 #20 OKLAHOMA STATE 10 TULSA 7 #3 FLORIDA 3 STETSON 2 #14 MISSISSIPPI STATE 7 TENNESSEE MARTIN 0 #12 GEORGIA 18 MERCER 1 #24 STANFORD 7 E. CAROLINA 2 #23 ARIZONA STATE 7 NC STATE 3 #1 TEXAS 3 TEXAS STATE 2 #6 ALABAMA 12 N. ALABAMA 0 #17 VIRGINIA 2 LIBERTY 1 PURDUE 10 VALPARAISO 2 OHIO STATE 10 CALIFORNIA 3 ========================================================== MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY SCORES NCAA HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY MARCH 26 #3 MICHIGAN STATE VS. UCONN 1:30 QUINNIPIAC VS. PROVIDENCE 5:00 WISCONSIN VS. DARTMOUTH 5:00 #2 NORTH DAKOTA VS. MERRIMACK 8:30 FRIDAY MARCH 27 #4 WESTERN MICHIGAN VS. MINNESOTA STATE 2:30 #1 MICHIGAN VS. BENTLEY 5:30 CORNELL VS. DENVER 6:00 PENN STATE VS. MINNESOTA DULUTH 9:00 ========================================================== MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL SCORES #17 PENN STATE 3 #15 OHIO STATE 1 ========================================================== DIVISION 1 MEN’S LAX SCORES NO GAMES SCHEDULED ========================================================== DIVISION 1 WOMEN’S LAX SCORES #21 LOYOLA MARYLAND 16 AMERICA 5 #4 NAVY 11 LEHIGH 6 JAMES MADISON 11 #20 VIRGINIA 10 #12 NORTHWESTERN 17 #1 NORTH CAROLINA 16 OT ========================================================== NBA SCORES ATLANTA 130 DETROIT 129 OT LA LAKERS 137 INDIANA 130 PHILADELPHIA 157 CHICAGO 137 MIAMI 120 CLEVELAND 103 BOSTON 119 OKLAHOMA CITY 109 SAN ANTONIO 123 MEMPHIS 98 WASHINGTON 133 UTAH 110 MINNESOTA 110 HOUSTON 108 OT DENVER 142 DALLAS 135 PORTLAND 130 MILWAUKEE 99 GOLDEN STATE 109 BROOKLYN 106 LA CLIPPERS 119 TORONTO 94 ========================================================== NBA G-LEAGUE SCORES MOTOR CITY 143 GREENSBORO 132 DELAWARE 120 LONG ISLAND 118 OSCEOLA 129 COLLEGE PARK 120 AUSTIN 99 RIP CITY 93 VALLEY 114 MEXICO CITY 94 ========================================================== NHL SCORES BOSTON 4 BUFFALO 3 OT TORONTO 4 NY RANGERS 3 ========================================================== MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NY YANKEES 7 SAN FRANCISCO 0 ========================================================== WOMEN’S PRO VOLLEYBALL SCORES GRAND RAPIDS 3 INDY IGNITE 1 SAN DIEGO 3 OMAHA 1 ========================================================== MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER NO GAMES SCHEDULED ========================================================== NATIONAL SPORTS NEWS RELEASES NBA NBA ROUNDUP: CELTICS END THUNDER’S 12-GAME WINNING STREAK Jaylen Brown had 31 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to help the Boston Celtics end the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder’s 12-game winning streak with a 119-109 victory Wednesday in a that featured the last two NBA champions. Jayson Tatum added 19 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists for the Celtics, who trailed by 13 in the first quarter. Boston received 14 points from Payton Pritchard, who was 4 of 6 from 3-point territory off the bench. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 33 points and eight assists for Oklahoma City, last season’s NBA champion. Gilgeous-Alexander was 10 of 12 from the field and 10 of 12 from the free-throw line. Lu Dort made four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points. Oklahoma City was within six with 1:30 to play, but a Brown jumper gave Boston a 117-109 advantage with 47.3 left to put the game away. Boston was 7 of 24 (29.2%) from the floor in the first quarter and trailed 31-20 after 12 minutes. Games Timberwolves 110, Rockets 108 (OT) Jaden McDaniels scored 25 points on 10-for-17 shooting and Minnesota stormed back for a stunning overtime win over Houston in Minneapolis. Julius Randle added 24 points for Minnesota (45-28), which won for the fourth time in its past five games. Rudy Gobert finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds and Naz Reid tallied 14 points and 13 boards off the bench. Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun scored 30 points apiece to lead Houston (43-29), which has lost four of its last six. Jabari Smith Jr. notched a double-double with 16 points and 12 boards. After the Rockets rallied from down 10 with 5:15 left in regulation to force overtime — with Durant scoring the Rockets’ final seven points of the fourth quarter — the Timberwolves finished the game on a 15-0 run. Nuggets 142, Mavericks 135 Jamal Murray scored 33 of his season-high 53 points in the first half, Nikola Jokic had 23 points, 21 rebounds and 19 assists, and host Denver held on to beat Dallas. Jokic, who has triple-doubles in three straight games, recorded his 6,000th career assist on Murray’s layup midway through the second quarter — becoming the first center in NBA history to reach that milestone — on his way to a season-high assist total. Peyton Watson scored 21 and Cam Johnson finished with 12 for Denver, which has won four in a row. Cooper Flagg had 26 points, Naji Marshall scored 22, P.J. Washington had 19 points and 15 rebounds, and Brandon Williams and Khris Middleton added 11 points each for Dallas, which has lost five straight and 24 of its last 28. Lakers 137, Pacers 130 Luka Doncic scored 28 of his 43 points in the first half as Los Angeles defeated Indiana in Indianapolis. Doncic also had seven assists and six rebounds for Los Angeles, while Austin Reaves paired 25 points with eight assists. LeBron James flirted with a triple-double, racking up 23 points, nine boards and nine assists, and Jaxson Hayes posted season highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds. Pascal Siakam scored 20 points and Jay Huff contributed 18 as eight Pacers reached double figures. T.J. McConnell added 17 and Andrew Nembhard’s 14 points were complemented by a career-best 19 assists as Indiana rallied late to turn a 29-point third-quarter deficit into a two-possession game late. 76ers 157, Bulls 137 Joel Embiid scored 35 points and Paul George added 28 in their returns to the lineup as Philadelphia rolled past visiting Chicago. Philadelphia welcomed back Embiid (oblique), who had missed the previous 13 games, and George (suspension), who had sat out the last 25 contests. Tyrese Maxey (finger) continues to sit out, but the Sixers (40-33) barely missed him in this one, as they posted the eighth-highest point total in team history and won for the fifth time in their last seven games. Games The Bulls (29-43) gave up 51 third-quarter points — their most ever allowed in a quarter and the most the Sixers had scored in any quarter since the 1960s. Josh Giddey paced Chicago with 23 points and 12 assists, while Matas Buzelis contributed 18 points. Hawks 130, Pistons 129 (OT) Jalen Johnson had 27 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds as streaking Atlanta won again, edging host Detroit in overtime for the Hawks’ 14th win in their last 15 games. CJ McCollum also had 27 points while Nickeil Alexander-Walker tossed in 21. Dyson Daniels added 16 points and 13 rebounds for Atlanta (41-32), which avoided a four-game season sweep at the hands of the Pistons. Jalen Duren led Detroit (52-20), which had its four-game winning streak snapped, with 26 points and 14 rebounds. Tobias Harris had 22 points and Daniss Jenkins supplied 19 points and 10 assists. Spurs 123, Grizzlies 98 Victor Wembanyama had 19 points, 15 rebounds and seven blocks as visiting San Antonio dominated from the opening minutes and posted a wire-to-wire victory over injury-riddled Memphis. Devin Vassell finished with 19 points and seven rebounds for the Spurs, while Keldon Johnson and Stephon Castle scored 15 apiece. San Antonio, which has won 12 of its last 13, is now just two games back of Oklahoma City for the top spot in the Western Conference standings. GG Jackson had 20 points and seven rebounds to lead Memphis (24-48), which lost for the 12th time in 13 games. Olivier-Maxence Prosper scored 17 points and DeJon Jarreau added 15 for the Grizzlies, who were without Ty Jerome and Jaylen Wells in addition to the numerous players ruled out for the season. Heat 120, Cavaliers 103 Norman Powell scored 19 points and Bam Adebayo collected 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, allowing visiting Miami to beat Cleveland after blowing a 21-point lead. Tyler Herro added 18 points, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Pelle Larsson each scored 14 points for Miami (39-34), which snapped a five-game losing streak and claimed sole possession of eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points in 33 minutes before fouling out for the first time in his career for the fourth-place Cavaliers (45-28). Sam Merrill and James Harden had 18 points apiece, while Keon Ellis scored 17. Wizards 133, Jazz 110 Julian Reese scored 26 points and collected 17 rebounds to help Washington snap a 16-game losing streak with a victory over Utah in Salt Lake City. Will Riley added 19 points, 10 rebounds and five assists and Jaden Hardy chipped in 21 points while making five 3-pointers for the Wizards, who never trailed and led by as many as 37 points. Washington shot 55.3% from the field and made 13 3-pointers. Cody Williams led the Jazz with 24 points, Blake Hinson added 21 points off the bench and Kennedy Chandler chipped in 14 points and eight assists. Utah lost for the third straight time and seventh in the last eight games. Games Trail Blazers 130, Bucks 99 Scoot Henderson scored 23 points off the bench and Portland never trailed in a dominating victory over visiting Milwaukee. Deni Avdija recorded 18 points and seven assists and Jerami Grant also scored 18 points as Portland (37-37) won for the sixth time in its past eight games to remain a half-game back of the eighth spot in the Western Conference standings. Ryan Rollins scored a career-high 36 points and made six 3-pointers for the Bucks, who played without star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (left knee) for the fifth straight game and lost for the 12th time in the last 15 games. Warriors 109, Nets 106 Gui Santos scored a career-high 31 points and Brandin Podziemski added 22 as Golden State rallied to beat Brooklyn in San Francisco. Golden State won for the third time in its last 11 games, while Brooklyn lost its ninth straight. Kristaps Porzingis had 17 points and 10 rebounds, De’Anthony Melton added 14 points and Gary Payton II scored 10 for the Warriors, who won despite matching a season high with 26 turnovers. Ziaire Williams led Brooklyn with 19 points and Jalen Wilson had 15. Ben Saraf scored 14 points with seven assists, Malachi Smith added 12 points, Chaney Johnson chipped in 11 and Drake Powell finished with 10. Clippers 119, Raptors 94 Kawhi Leonard, Darius Garland and Bennedict Mathurin combined for 74 points as Los Angeles routed visiting Toronto in Inglewood, Calif., thanks to a dominant first quarter. Los Angeles led nearly wire-to-wire on the way to their third consecutive win, building a 14-point lead by the end of the first 12 minutes behind a hot start from Brook Lopez. The veteran center scored 11 of his 14 points in the opening period. The LA bench added 52 points in the game. Toronto, closing out a 2-3 road swing, could not close the gap to within a single-digit-point margin, shooting just 40 of 96 from the floor. Brandon Ingram, who scored a team-high 18 points, and Jakob Poeltl, who finished with 10 points, were the only Raptors starters to connect at better than a 33% clip. VEGAS AND SEATTLE A STEP CLOSER TO GETTING NBA TEAMS. LEAGUE’S OWNERS APPROVE EXPANSION EXPLORATION NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle and Las Vegas are one step closer to having NBA teams. The league’s board of governors voted Wednesday to approve a plan that will allow NBA officials to “formally explore potential team expansion” to those two cities, which have long been thought of as the front-runners to land franchises. “Today’s vote reflects our Board’s interest in exploring potential expansion to Las Vegas and Seattle — two markets with a long history of support for NBA basketball,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “We look forward to taking this next step and engaging with interested parties.” Silver was scheduled to hold a news conference later Wednesday to discuss next steps. The league said investment bank PJT Partners has been brought on “as a strategic adviser to evaluate prospective markets, ownership groups, arena infrastructure, and the broader economic implications of expansion.” Expansion — and in Seattle’s case, a return — isn’t a done deal. But it’s not just a dream anymore, either. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson applauded the vote, saying “the time is right.” “Bringing the Sonics back is a top priority, and the state will be a strong partner in this effort,” Ferguson said. “I plan to be there at tipoff with thousands of fellow fans when the Sonics return.” New Orleans guard Dejounte Murray was 11 years old when Seattle last had an NBA team. He grew up with hopes of being like Gary Payton, Ray Allen and Shawn Kemp, and even remembers a rookie who played for the SuperSonics named Kevin Durant. It’s been nearly two decades since those days ended. That said, Wednesday’s vote should finally fuel real hope of a basketball revival for Seattle — and a new chapter in Las Vegas. “It’s a basketball city, basketball culture, so it’s mandatory I think that they get it back over there,” said Murray, a Seattle native. Added Orlando’s Paolo Banchero, another Seattle native: “I think it’s been a long time coming for the city. I think everybody was pretty bummed out when they left. And since then it’s just been waiting and hoping that one day they will come back. I’m sure with the news, everybody’s excited. I know I’m excited for all the kids growing up because Seattle’s a really big basketball city.” It is, and so is Las Vegas — which has become a major part of the NBA ecosystem even without a team. The NBA’s Summer League is held in Las Vegas each year and has become a can’t-miss event for league executives, coaches, media, agents and even players who aren’t taking part in the games. The championship round of the NBA Cup, the in-season tournament, has been held in Las Vegas as well. And the city used to play host to the occasional regular-season game; for example, in 1984, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers broke the league’s career scoring record in a game against the Utah Jazz — who used Las Vegas for some of their home games at that time. The idea of putting a franchise there might have seemed unlikely a couple of decades ago. Not anymore, especially not with the NFL’s Raiders, the NHL’s Golden Knights and the WNBA’s Aces all already there and with Major League Baseball on the way. “Today’s vote by the NBA Board of Governors is a testament to the incredible growth we’re seeing in Southern Nevada and our state’s business-friendly environment,” Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo said. “Las Vegans have already shown unwavering support for our professional sports franchises, and a new NBA team will provide even more entertainment, more jobs, and more small business growth for the region.” Silver had said in December while speaking about expansion while in Las Vegas for the NBA Cup: “I think Seattle and Las Vegas are two incredible cities.” Assuming owners will eventually decide to actually expand the NBA past its 30-team footprint, there will be much to figure out. On the short list: the expansion fee (expected to be at least $6 billion), the timeline for adding the clubs (2028-29 would almost certainly be the earliest this could happen) and how the Western Conference will be realigned (at least one team is likely to join the Eastern Conference). Golden State coach Steve Kerr said the SuperSonics were “one of the iconic franchises in the NBA.” The team left in 2008 and became the Oklahoma City Thunder. “I was shocked when the league left Seattle,” Kerr said. “Incredible fan base. Great basketball market. A ton of talent coming from Seattle. Top 10 media market. Incredible sports city. So, it was kind of shocking to all of us when the league left Seattle. And I think we all hoped it would be a lot sooner than 18, 19 years, whatever it’s going to be, before they got back in the league. “They belong in that city, and a team belongs there,” he added. “Those fans deserve it.” ===================================================================== MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL MARCH MADNESS: HERE’S ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EACH OF THE 16 TEAMS REMAINING IN MEN’S FIELD Florida isn’t around to defend its title anymore, but all the other top seeds in this year’s NCAA Tournament are still around. And many of them are winning convincingly. In the first week of the NCAA Tournament, games were decided by an average of 15.3 points. According to Sportradar, that represents the third-highest average margin of victory through the round of 32 since 1985, when the tournament expanded to 64 teams before eventually getting to its current 68-team format. The only NCAA Tournaments with higher average victory margin since then came in 1993 (16.1) and 2024 (15.4). Florida, which lost to Iowa 73-72 on Sunday, is the only team seeded No. 1 or No. 2 that didn’t get to the Sweet 16. As the tournament prepares to enter its second week, here’s a statistic worth noting for each of the remaining 16 teams. West Purdue: The Boilermakers are shooting an NCAA Tournament-leading 57.9% (22 of 38) from 3-point range through the first two rounds. In its 79-69 win over Miami on Sunday, Purdue became the fourth team ever to shoot at least 50% overall, 50% from 3-point range and 95% from the free-throw line in an NCAA Tournament game. The others were Syracuse vs. Montana State in 1996, Marquette vs. Missouri in 2003 and UConn vs. N.C. State in 2022. Next up for Purdue is Texas, a First Four team which has allowed its three NCAA Tournament foes to make just 25.9% of their 3-point attempts. Texas: Dailyn Swain had five turnovers and just four assists in a First Four victory over N.C. State, but he has totaled 12 assists and one turnover in the two games since. Arizona: The Wildcats have an NCAA Tournament-leading plus-24.5 rebound margin through their first two games. That statistic’s importance is evident from the fact that six of the top eight Division I teams in rebound margin heading into the NCAA Tournament are still alive: Tennessee, Michigan State, Duke, Arizona, Illinois and Michigan. The two exceptions both made the NCAA Tournament but lost in the opening weekend: Florida and Saint Mary’s. Arkansas: Darius Acuff’s 60 points are the most by a freshman in the first two rounds of any NCAA Tournament. Nobody else still playing has scored that many points in this NCAA Tournament. Acuff has joined Chris Paul (in 2004 with Wake Forest) and Derrick Rose (in 2008 with Memphis) as the only freshmen to have multiple NCAA Tournament games with at least 20 points and five assists. South Nebraska: Although Nebraska had never won an NCAA Tournament game before last week, Florida’s loss to Iowa means the Cornhuskers now have the longest postseason win streak (not counting conference tournaments) of any team left in the field. Nebraska won four straight games over Arizona State, Georgetown, Boise State and Central Florida to win the College Basketball Crown last year in Las Vegas. Iowa: This will be the third time Iowa and Nebraska have faced off this season. The home team won the two previous meetings — a 57-52 Iowa triumph on Feb. 17 and an 84-75 Nebraska overtime victory on March 8. Iowa must take better care of the basketball this time. Iowa totaled 22 assists and 31 turnovers in those two previous meetings with the Cornhuskers. Houston: The Cougars are in the Sweet 16 for a seventh consecutive time, which represents the longest active streak of any school. Houston still has a way to go to match North Carolina’s record of 13 straight Sweet 16 appearances from 1981-93. Sweet 16 records began in 1975, the first year all teams were required to win at least one game to get to that round. Illinois: Tomislav Ivisic had 14 points and 11 rebounds in a second-round win over VCU, giving him two double-doubles in four career NCAA Tournament games. The 7-foot-1 center from Croatia also can score from long range. His 101 3-pointers over the last two seasons are the most by any 7-footer during that stretch. East Duke: Cameron Boozer is the first Duke player to have double-doubles in each of his first two NCAA Tournament games since Gene Banks and Mike Gminski accomplished the feat in Duke’s 1978 Final Four season. Banks had four straight double-doubles and Gminski had three in a row that year. Boozer is averaging 20.5 points and 12 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament. St. John’s: The Red Storm trailed for only 38 seconds in their 67-65 second-round victory over Kansas, though they needed a layup from Dylan Darling to break a tie at the buzzer. Before that, they had gone four straight games without ever falling behind. UConn: Alex Karaban already owns program records for career wins (123), starts (146) and games played (147). The 6-foot-8, fifth-year senior is playing his best as his college career draws to a close. Karaban scored a career-high 27 points in a 73-57 win over UCLA on Sunday. The 49 points he has scored thus far in the NCAA Tournament represent the most he’s ever compiled in a two-game stretch. Michigan State: Jeremy Fears’ 16 assists in a 77-69 win over Louisville represented the highest NCAA Tournament single-game total in Michigan State history, breaking the record Magic Johnson set by dishing out 14 assists against Western Kentucky in 1978. He has 13.5 assists per game in the NCAA Tournament — four more than any other player in the 68-team field. Midwest Michigan: The Wolverines have displayed a knack for winning close games since Dusty May arrived as coach last season. Michigan is 20-5 in games decided by four points or fewer over the last two seasons. That includes a 7-1 mark this year. Alabama: The Crimson Tide’s 436 3-point baskets this season represents the fifth-highest single-season total in NCAA Division I history. Villanova holds the record with 464 in its 2018 championship season. Iowa State: Tamin Lipsey is coming off a 26-point, 10-assist performance against Kentucky, and he also has four steals per game in the NCAA Tournament to lead all Sweet 16 performers. Next up is a matchup with Tennessee’s Ja’Kobi Gillespie, who has averaged 25 points and 7.5 assists through the first two rounds of this tournament. Tennessee: The Vols have advanced by producing stretches of defensive dominance in each of their first two NCAA Tournament games. Miami (Ohio) went nearly 6½ minutes without a basket in its 78-56 loss to Tennessee. Virginia went over 5½ minutes without scoring in its 79-72 defeat Sunday. The Vols now face an Iowa State team that scored 108 points in the first round and 82 in the second. ARIZONA MEETS ARKANSAS FOR SWEET 16 MATCHUP Arkansas Razorbacks (28-8, 16-5 SEC) vs. Arizona Wildcats (34-2, 19-2 Big 12) San Jose, California; Thursday, 9:45 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -7.5; over/under is 166.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 2 Arizona plays No. 14 Arkansas in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats are 19-2 against Big 12 opponents and 15-0 in non-conference play. Arizona leads the Big 12 in rebounding, averaging 40.2 boards. Tobe Awaka paces the Wildcats with 9.3 rebounds. The Razorbacks’ record in SEC action is 16-5. Arkansas is 26-8 against opponents over .500. Arizona makes 50.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.7 percentage points higher than Arkansas has allowed to its opponents (45.3%). Arkansas scores 21.9 more points per game (90.3) than Arizona allows to opponents (68.4). TOP PERFORMERS: Brayden Burries is averaging 16 points and 1.5 steals for the Wildcats. Jaden Bradley is averaging 13 points and 3.7 assists over the past 10 games. Darius Acuff Jr. is shooting 44.6% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Razorbacks, while averaging 23.3 points and 6.5 assists. Meleek Thomas is shooting 44.3% and averaging 16.2 points over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Wildcats: 10-0, averaging 81.8 points, 38.9 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 5.3 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 48.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.0 points per game. Razorbacks: 9-1, averaging 91.5 points, 33.7 rebounds, 17.5 assists, 7.3 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 49.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 86.0 points. PURDUE MEETS TEXAS IN SWEET 16 MATCHUP Texas Longhorns (21-14, 9-10 SEC) vs. Purdue Boilermakers (29-8, 17-7 Big Ten) San Jose, California; Thursday, 7:10 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Boilermakers -7.5; over/under is 148.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Purdue and Texas meet in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. The Boilermakers are 17-7 against Big Ten opponents and 12-1 in non-conference play. Purdue averages 82.2 points and has outscored opponents by 12.1 points per game. The Longhorns are 9-10 in SEC play. Texas is sixth in the SEC with 34.7 rebounds per game led by Dailyn Swain averaging 7.5. Purdue averages 82.2 points, 6.1 more per game than the 76.1 Texas gives up. Texas has shot at a 48.3% clip from the field this season, 3.7 percentage points above the 44.6% shooting opponents of Purdue have averaged. TOP PERFORMERS: Trey Kaufman-Renn is averaging 14.1 points and 8.5 rebounds for the Boilermakers. Fletcher Loyer is averaging 3.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games. Swain is scoring 17.4 points per game and averaging 7.5 rebounds for the Longhorns. Matas Vokietaitis is averaging 16.5 points and 8.0 rebounds over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Boilermakers: 7-3, averaging 80.2 points, 29.0 rebounds, 20.6 assists, 4.7 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 50.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.5 points per game. Longhorns: 5-5, averaging 77.2 points, 31.4 rebounds, 11.8 assists, 4.6 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.4 points. HOUSTON MEETS ILLINOIS IN SWEET 16 MATCHUP Illinois Fighting Illini (26-8, 15-6 Big Ten) vs. Houston Cougars (30-6, 16-5 Big 12) Houston; Thursday, 10:05 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -2.5; over/under is 139.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 5 Houston takes on No. 13 Illinois in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament. The Cougars’ record in Big 12 play is 16-5, and their record is 14-1 in non-conference play. Houston is 1-2 in one-possession games. The Fighting Illini’s record in Big Ten games is 15-6. Illinois is 116th in college basketball averaging 11.0 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 35.0% from deep. Keaton Wagler leads the team averaging 2.4 makes while shooting 40.8% from 3-point range. Houston makes 45.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.2 percentage points higher than Illinois has allowed to its opponents (40.9%). Illinois scores 22.4 more points per game (84.7) than Houston gives up to opponents (62.3). TOP PERFORMERS: Kingston Flemings is averaging 16.2 points, 5.2 assists and 1.6 steals for the Cougars. Emanuel Sharp is averaging 12.5 points over the past 10 games. David Mirkovic is averaging 13.6 points and 7.9 rebounds for the Fighting Illini. Ben Humrichous is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Cougars: 7-3, averaging 76.5 points, 34.1 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 6.6 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.9 points per game. Fighting Illini: 6-4, averaging 85.3 points, 36.3 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 4.0 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.9 points. NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS FACE THE IOWA HAWKEYES IN SWEET 16 Iowa Hawkeyes (23-12, 11-11 Big Ten) vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-6, 15-6 Big Ten) Houston; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cornhuskers -1.5; over/under is 132.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 15 Nebraska and Iowa play in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. The Cornhuskers’ record in Big Ten play is 15-6, and their record is 13-0 in non-conference play. Nebraska averages 9.3 turnovers per game and is 22-1 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents. The Hawkeyes’ record in Big Ten games is 11-11. Iowa averages 74.9 points and has outscored opponents by 8.9 points per game. Nebraska is shooting 46.6% from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points higher than the 46.0% Iowa allows to opponents. Iowa averages 7.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.8 fewer makes per game than Nebraska gives up. The teams meet for the third time this season. The Cornhuskers won 84-75 in the last matchup on March 8. Cale Jacobsen led the Cornhuskers with 15 points, and Kael Combs led the Hawkeyes with 18 points. TOP PERFORMERS: Pryce Sandfort averages 3.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Cornhuskers, scoring 17.9 points while shooting 41.0% from beyond the arc. Rienk Mast is averaging 13.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists over the past 10 games. Bennett Stirtz is averaging 19.7 points, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals for the Hawkeyes. Cooper Koch is averaging 10.5 points over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Cornhuskers: 7-3, averaging 70.7 points, 30.6 rebounds, 16.8 assists, 7.8 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 45.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.8 points per game. Hawkeyes: 5-5, averaging 69.8 points, 27.0 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 5.9 steals and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.8 points. REPORTS: BRAD STEVENS TURNS DOWN NORTH CAROLINA OVERTURES Brad Stevens plans to continue to pilot the front office of the Boston Celtics and declined to interview for the coaching vacancy at North Carolina, according to CBS Sports. The former Butler coach hasn’t had a sideline role since 2021 but reportedly was among high-profile targets of the Tar Heels after Hubert Davis was fired on Tuesday. CBS reported Stevens passed on talking with the North Carolina search committee that also has been linked to Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd, Michigan coach Dusty May, Iowa State’s TJ Otzelberger and Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan. Currently president of basketball operations for the Celtics, Stevens, 49, has been a common target for high-profile college coaching jobs. He has been named as a candidate for the job at his home-state university, Indiana, on multiple occasions, but each time turned down the opportunity. ==================================================================== WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EACH OF THE 16 WOMEN’S TEAMS LEFT IN MARCH MADNESS This could be a familiar Final Four in the women’s NCAA Tournament. UConn, South Carolina, UCLA and Texas reached the Final Four last year. They’re the top four seeds this season. And they’ve all won convincingly through the first two rounds of this tournament. That creates the possibility of the first repeat Final Four since 1996, when Tennessee, UConn, Georgia and Stanford all made the national semifinals for a second straight year. UConn captured the title in 1995, while Tennessee won it all in 1996. While the results have been relatively predictable, aside from Virginia’s rise from the First Four to the Sweet 16, there have been plenty of notable performances. Here’s one statistical nugget you need to know about each team remaining in the women’s bracket heading into the Sweet 16. Fort Worth 1 Vanderbilt: Mikayla Blakes’ 891 points this season are the most ever by a Division I sophomore. Aari McDonald previously owned the record after scoring 890 points for Arizona in 2018-19. Blakes has a Division I-leading 27 points per game. Notre Dame: Through the first two rounds of this tournament, Hannah Hidalgo has collected 16 steals — more than twice as many as any player in the field. For the season, Hidalgo ranks third in Division I in scoring (25.2) and first in steals (5.6). UConn: Only one of UConn’s victories during its 52-game winning streak had a single-digit margin. That one close call was a 72-69 triumph over Michigan on Nov. 21. UConn’s 31 wins since the Michigan game have all been decided by at least 14 points. Each of their last eight contests had margins of 32 points or greater. North Carolina: The Tar Heels have allowed NCAA Tournament opponents to shoot just 5 of 38 from 3-point range. North Carolina will face a much greater challenge dealing with the outside shooting of UConn, which has made 20 3-pointers through the first two rounds to tie for first place among all Sweet 16 teams. Sacramento 2 UCLA: The Bruins have outrebounded their first two NCAA Tournament opponents by 21.5 boards per game, which constitutes the best rebound margin for anyone in the 68-team field. UCLA ranks second to LSU among all Division I teams in rebound margin this season. Minnesota: The Gophers have gone 13 of 27 from 3-point range through the first two rounds for the best NCAA Tournament 3-point percentage of anyone still playing. Mara Braun has gone 7 of 10 from beyond the arc. LSU: The Tigers have scored at least 100 points in 16 games this season, including each of their two NCAA Tournament contests. That breaks the Division I record formerly held by Long Beach State, which had 15 games with at least 100 points in 1986-87. Next up is Duke, which has allowed 65 points or fewer in each of its last five games. LSU won 93-77 at Duke on Dec. 4. Duke: In the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, opponents have shot just 27.9% from the floor against Duke. In Duke’s regular-season loss to LSU, the Tigers shot 59.7%. Fort Worth 3 Michigan: The Wolverines head into their regional semifinal matchup with Louisville already owning a 3-0 record against Atlantic Coast Conference schools. Those three wins all came against NCAA Tournament teams: Notre Dame, Syracuse and N.C. State. On the other hand, Louisville has faced Michigan twice before in the NCAA Tournament (2019 and 2022), and the Cardinals won both meetings. Louisville: The Cardinals’ second-round win over Alabama marked the first time all season that Louisville hadn’t outscored its opponent in points off the bench. Louisville entered that game ranked second among all Division I teams with 33.8 bench points per game. Texas: Madison Booker has shot at least 50% in each of her last six games and has shot at least 60% in four of them. Her 40 points in a second-round victory over Oregon represented the highest NCAA Tournament single-game total by any player in the history of Texas’ program. Kentucky: Clara Strack’s 29 rebounds through the NCAA Tournament’s round of 32 are the most for any player in the Sweet 16. Sacramento 4 South Carolina: The Gamecocks’ 17 steals in a second-round win over Southern California represented their highest total ever in an NCAA Tournament game. Now they face Oklahoma, which is coming off a 23-turnover performance in a victory over Michigan State. Then again, South Carolina produced 13 steals and forced 21 turnovers against Oklahoma on Jan. 22, and the Sooners still won that game 94-82 in overtime. Oklahoma: Raegan Beers has recorded double-doubles in each of her five NCAA Tournament games with Oklahoma since transferring from Oregon State. The 6-4 senior is averaging 18 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks through the first two rounds of this tournament. She had 18 points and 14 rebounds when Oklahoma beat South Carolina during the regular season. TCU: Olivia Miles is one of only three players ever to have two career NCAA Tournament triple-doubles. The others were Sabrina Ionescu at Oregon and Nicole Powell for Stanford. Miles’ first triple-double came against UMass in her NCAA Tournament debut with Notre Dame in 2022. Her second came Friday when she had 12 points, 16 rebounds and 14 assists against UC San Diego. She was two assists shy of a triple-double in TCU’s second-round overtime win over Washington. Virginia: Kymora Johnson ranks third among all Division I players in 3-point attempts this season with 274, but she’s also shown a knack for getting to the foul line in this tournament. Johnson has gone 22 of 26 on free-throw attempts and 11 of 30 from 3-point range while averaging 24.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and five assists through Virginia’s three NCAA Tournament games. =================================================================== NFL NFL WILL OPEN 2026 SEASON ON A WEDNESDAY FOR 2ND TIME EVER WITH THE CHAMPION SEAHAWKS AS HOST The NFL will open the season on a Wednesday night for the second time ever with the defending champion Seattle Seahawks set to host the first game of the 2026 season. The NFL announced on Wednesday that the Seahawks will play the traditional opener as Super Bowl champions on Sept. 9, a day earlier than usual with the league also having a Week 1 game in Australia between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams. The opponent for Seattle on the game that will be broadcast on NBC will be determined later. The only other time the first game of the NFL season was played on a Wednesday came in 2012 when the Dallas Cowboys visited the New York Giants. The game was moved from its usual Thursday spot that year because President Barack Obama was set to speak that night at the Democratic National Convention. The Rams and 49ers will play their opener on Sept. 11 in Melbourne. The game is expected to kick off at about 10:35 a.m. that Friday in Australia, which is 8:35 p.m. ET on Thursday night in the United States. The broadcaster for that game has not been determined yet. The NFL had played Week 1 games in Brazil the past two seasons on the first Friday night in September. With Labor Day being later this year, the opening Friday for the 2026 season is the second one in September, making the NFL unable to play games that night on television because of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961. While Wednesday games were played occasionally in the early years of the NFL, this will be just the fifth since 1950. There were two games on Christmas Day when it fell on a Wednesday in 2024, one in 2022 that was delayed because of COVID-19 and the 2012 opener. =================================================================== MLB MAX FRIED DEALS AS YANKEES BLANK GIANTS ON OPENING NIGHT Max Fried threw 6 1/3 innings of shutout ball, Trent Grisham highlighted a five-run second with a two-run triple and the New York Yankees spoiled the managerial debut of Tony Vitello with a 7-0 romp over the host San Francisco Giants on Opening Night of the 2026 season. Ryan McMahon had a two-run single, while Giancarlo Stanton and Austin Wells collected a pair of hits apiece for the Yankees on a night when the star attractions – Aaron Judge and Logan Webb – both struggled. Judge struck out four times, one shy of his career-high, including in the gamebreaking second inning, which Stanton ignited innocently enough with a one-out single. Webb then hit Jazz Chisholm Jr. with a pitch, after which Jose Caballero opened the season’s scoring with an RBI single and McMahon followed with his two-run single, making it 3-0. Wasting no time, Wells then hit Webb’s next pitch for a single and Grisham launched the following delivery to the fence in right-center field, plating McMahon and Wells with the fourth and fifth runs. The Yankees tacked on in the fifth on an RBI single by Stanton and a throwing error by Giants shortstop Willy Adames on a potential double-play groundball by Chisholm. Staked to a big lead, Fried coasted, allowing just a one-out single by Rafael Devers in the first inning and two-out single by Heliot Ramos in the fourth. Last year’s 19-game winner was pulled one batter into the seventh after throwing 86 pitches. Fried (1-0) walked one – the first batter he faced, Luis Arraez – and struck out four. Jake Bird, Brent Headrick and Camilo Doval combined for the final eight outs, giving the Yankees their first Opening Day shutout since beating the Giants 5-0 in New York three years ago. Judge finished 0-for-5, capping his night with a groundout to third in the ninth, his first Opening Day without a hit in 10 such games. Games Hoping to deliver a win for Vitello, the first major league manager with no previous professional playing or coaching experience, Webb (0-1) was pulled after five innings, charged with seven runs (six earned) on nine hits. He walked one and struck out seven. EX-UMP RICHIE GARCIA WORRIES CURRENT UMPS WILL BE EMBARRASSED WHEN ROBOTS OVERTURN BALL/STRIKE CALLS NEW YORK (AP) — Richie Garcia is worried about the impact that robot umpires will have on their human counterparts. Major League Baseball introduced the Automated Ball-Strike System for regular-season play this season starting with the New York Yankees’ opener at San Francisco on Wednesday night, giving teams a chance to appeal strike zone decisions to a system based on 12 Hawk-Eye cameras. “I think it’s embarrassing, embarrassing to the umpires that are calling the game. Nobody likes to be humiliated in front of 30,000, 40,000 people,” said Garcia, a major league umpire from 1975-99. “What Major League Baseball is saying is: I don’t trust the umpire’s strike zone, so I’m going to use something that’s going to be operated by some computer geek that knows nothing about baseball, and he’s the one that’s going to measure this and measure that because he’s got a Ph.D. in physics or whatever the hell he’s got a degree in.” Garcia drew criticism for not calling a strike on a 2-2 pitch from San Diego’s Mark Langston to the Yankees’ Tino Martinez in the 1998 World Series opener, and Martinez hit a tiebreaking grand slam on the next offering that sparked New York to a four-game sweep. Umpires keep improving While there is constant debate over calls, umpires were overall their most accurate ever last year. Just not as perfect as technology. There were 368,898 regular-season pitches called by big league umps last season, an average of 152 per game. The 92.83% accuracy rate was the highest — an average of 10.88 missed calls per game, according to MLB. That is down from an average of 16.58 missed calls per game in 2016, when the accuracy rate was 89.31%. “I’m 60 and it seems to me like the younger generation really wants this technology and they want the certainty of a pitch being a ball or a strike,” said Ted Barrett, a big league ump from 1994 to 2022. Under ABS, each team gets two challenges per game and keeps a challenge if successful. A team out of challenges gets one additional in each extra inning. “As an umpire, you never want to miss anything. You want to be absolutely 100% correct, but we’re all human and that’s just not possible,” said Sam Holbrook, an MLB umpire from 1996 to 2022. “Social media and the media have really been hammering the umpires for pitches that are just minutely off the zone or in the zone or whatever, and it’s just too hard to be perfect with all of this. I think it’s going to be good to correct any egregious pitches. I think it’s going to show how good the umpires actually are.” A quarter-century of electronic evaluation MLB installed an Umpire Information System developed by Questec at some ballparks in 2001 and upgraded to a league-wide Zone Evaluation in 2009 as part the PITCHf/x system. TrackMan’s doppler radar system took over in 2017 as part of MLB Statcast. Since 2009, umpires have received a Z-E evaluation for every game they work behind the plate. Since 2014, they also have experienced getting overturned by expanded video review. “It’s tough mentally on an umpire because you failed at your job and there’s that instant feedback of failure,” Barrett said. “Nobody wants to fail at your job, but then there’s also the, hey, thank God I didn’t cost that team a game or a run or a pennant. No one wants to live with that. And so we take the positive of that. The negative is sometimes it’s like: What am I doing over there? I got overturned twice at first base.” Under ABS, a strike is defined as when the ball crosses over the plate at the midpoint of the plate in a box 53.5% of the batter’s height at the top and 27% at the bottom. That is different from the rule book strike zone of a cube whose top is the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants and whose bottom is at the hollow beneath the kneecap. “They’re going to change to what the ABS calls, whether it’s a challenge or not because, remember, they are getting evaluated on their performance based on that ABS,” Barrett said. Spring training test results from 2026 Philadelphia had the best spring training challenge success rate among teams at the plate with 61%, followed by the Chicago Cubs (60%), Boston and Seattle (54% each), while Texas and Arizona (33% each) and Kansas City (34%) were at the bottom. St. Louis (75%), Cincinnati (71%) and Cleveland (70%) topped challenge success by fielding teams, while the Los Angeles Dodgers (43%) and Baltimore (45%) lagged. Batters won 46% of 887 challenges and defense 60% of 1,020. The Yankees won the most challenges overall with 54, and Arizona, the Dodgers and the New York Mets tied for the fewest wins with 20. Boston’s Willson Contreras had the most batter challenges and was successful on six of seven. Philadelphia’s Christian Cairo had the most challenges among batters with a 100% success rate at four. Among catchers, Pedro Pagés of St. Louis was 8 for 8, Cincinnati’s P.J. Higgins 7 for 7 and Milwaukee’s Jeferson Quero 6 for 6. Edgar Quero of the Chicago White Sox was 2 for 11, Payton Henry of the New York Yankees 1 for 9 and Austin Wynns of the Athletics 0 for 7. ================================================================= NHL BRUINS RALLY IN THIRD, UPEND SABRES IN OT FOR PIVOTAL WIN David Pastrnak opened the scoring, then recorded his second assist on Pavel Zacha’s overtime goal as the visiting Boston Bruins rallied to cool off the Buffalo Sabres with a 4-3 victory on Wednesday. On the rush, Pastrnak pulled back then sent a pass to Zacha, who beat Buffalo goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (27 saves) 38 seconds into overtime for his ninth goal in March. Boston (40-24-8, 88 points) trailed 3-2 when with six minutes remaining in regulation, former Sabre Casey Mittelstadt converted via a friendly carom from the end board of teammate Jonathan Aspirot’s shot and off the skate of Luukkonen. Trying to better its playoff position in the Eastern Conference, Boston pushed its road point streak to six games (3-0-3). Games Atlantic Division-leading Buffalo (44-20-8, 96 points), 33-7-4 since Dec. 9, trailed 2-1 after two periods and found itself killing a penalty early in the third.Just after that Boston power play ended, Zach Benson took the puck from the Bruins’ Mason Lohrei, broke into the zone and got it past Joonas Korpisalo (22 saves) while crashing the net to tie the game 5:54 into the third. Lohrei was whistled for cross-checking at the end of the play and the Sabres made him and the Bruins pay. Just 33 seconds later, Tage Thompson sent a pass from behind the net for Jason Zucker to chip in for his second goal of the night. Boston opened the scoring with 8:53 remaining in the first period. Camped out at the bottom of the circle, Pastrnak successfully one-timed Fraser Minten pinpoint pass from behind the Buffalo net. Buffalo equalized with 4:42 left before the initial intermission. On the power play, Thompson sent the puck between the legs of Boston defenseman Hampus Lindholm and onto the stick of Zucker to beat Korpisalo. After tripping himself up on a potential breakaway earlier in the second period, Pastrnak had a hand in giving Boston the lead back with near the midway point of the frame. Luukkonen was able to poke-check the puck away from a net-front Pastrnak, but it was backhanded in by a trailing Viktor Arvidsson. JOSEPH WOLL’S 40 SAVES HELP MAPLE LEAFS OUTLAST RANGERS The Toronto Maple Leafs built a 3-0 lead and Joseph Woll made 40 saves in goal Wednesday night in a 4-3 victory over the visiting New York Rangers. The Rangers trimmed the lead to one goal with two second-period power play goals and again cut the lead to one in the third period. Jake McCabe, Nicholas Robertson, Dakota Joshua and John Tavares scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won two straight. Matias Maccelli added two assists. Woll made sure the goals stood up with a season-high in saves. Mika Zibanejad scored twice and Alexis Lafreniere had a goal and two assists for the Rangers, who haven’t posted a win since March 14. Adam Fox added two assists. Igor Shesterkin stopped 14 shots. McCabe was in the slot when he buried the rebound from Maccelli’s close-in shot at 5:15 of the first period. Max Domi fed Robertson, who scored from the left circle at 12:08 of the first. The Rangers, who had 10 shots on goal in a 2-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Monday, had their 10th shot on goal on Wednesday midway through the first period. They had 14 for the period, four more than Toronto. Joshua scored from the left circle at 5:41 of the second period on a pass from Maccelli to bump the lead to 3-0. Woll got the other assist. Lafreniere scored from close range during a power play at 10:16 of the second. Simon Benoit was off for roughing. Toronto’s Easton Cowan hit the post with a wrist shot at 14:20 of the second. Zibanejad cut the lead to one when he scored from the bottom of the left circle during a power play at 18:01 of the second. Lafreniere found him with a pass from the right circle. Oliver Ekman-Larsson was off for slashing. Domi’s shot clanked off a post at 5:43 of the third period. Tavares scored unassisted from the right circle at 11:57 of the third period. Zibanejad answered with a goal at 13:04. Shesterkin was removed for an extra attacker late in the third. ================================================================== INDIANA SPORTS TEAM RELEASES INDIANA PACERS GAME REWIND: PACERS 130, LAKERS 137 The Indiana Pacers returned to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Wednesday to host the Los Angeles Lakers in the first game of a three-game homestand. The Pacers stopped a losing skid on Monday with a win over the Magic as the Lakers had a nine-game winning streak snapped in a loss to the Pistons. Los Angeles was without starting center Deandre Ayton, who was sidelined with back soreness, but his absence didn’t slow down the Lakers. Los Angeles defeated the Pacers, 137-130. Luka Doncic got started early as he knocked down a 3-pointer just over a minute into the first quarter. He notched 44 points in the last meeting between the Pacers and the Lakers, and looked to have some rhythm on Wednesday. Los Angeles jumped out to a 10-0 lead after a shaky start from Indiana, but Jay Huff knocked down back-to-back triples to get the Pacers back within four points, 10-6. The Blue and Gold kept the Lakers within reach for the opening minutes, but Los Angeles went on a 20-8 run down the stretch of the first quarter, and followed that run with eight unanswered points. The Lakers led after the first, 45-28. Los Angeles’ 45 first quarter points mark the most points Indiana has allowed in the first quarter all season. Doncic finished the opening frame with 21 points. A mini-run from the Pacers had them back within 16 points with four minutes to play in the second quarter. Andrew Nembhard lobbed a pass to the rim from near halfcourt, and Obi Toppin finished the dunk on the other end. Indiana followed that highlight play with a 3-pointer from Ben Sheppard, and the Lakers led, 63-47. Those momentum plays energized the Pacers. Indiana went on a 12-4 run, and shifted the energy of the game. Pascal Siakam finished tough at the rim to earn free throws, and Indiana bit into the deficit. Indiana trailed at halftime, 75-59. Siakam became the first Pacer to score in double-figures as he knocked down a free throw with 55 seconds remaining in the first half. He entered the halftime break leading the Pacers in scoring with 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting. Nembhard notched seven points and 11 assists. Doncic led the Lakers with 28 points, and James contributed 15 points, six rebounds, and six assists. The Pacers struggled with turnovers throughout the half, and recorded 10 to Los Angeles’ four. The Lakers also outrebounded Indiana, 24-14 through the first half of play, leading to a 16-point halftime lead. Jaxson Hayes got a hot start to the second half for Los Angeles. He recorded six points in the opening four minutes of the third quarter as the Lakers opened the second half on an 11-4 run. That run ballooned to a 19-6 run before Sheppard connected on his third triple of the evening, but Indiana was still staring down a 26-point deficit, 94-68. Los Angeles outscored the Pacers by four points in the third quarter, and took a 20-point lead into the fourth, 105-85. Indiana hung with the Lakers, and cut the deficit down to 16 points by the midpoint of the fourth quarter. Siakam fouled out of the game with five minutes to play – he finished the contest with 20 points and eight rebounds in his 30 minutes. A run from the Pacers late in the fourth had them down 13 points, 126-113. It marked the closest they’d come to the lead since the final minute of the second quarter. Toppin threw down a dunk to cut the lead to 10 with under two minutes to play, and the Pacers applied more pressure as Nembhard laced a triple. Indiana still trailed, 131-122. The Pacers came within six points of the lead as Walker knocked down a triple, but the clock trickled down to 21.5 seconds, and the Blue and Gold were still down, 133-127. The Lakers held off the Pacers, defeating Indiana, 137-130. Doncic’s 43 points led all scorers, and Siakam’s 20 points led the Pacers. Nembhard recorded a new career-high 19 assists along with his 14 points. The Pacers are back in action at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday, March 27, when they host the Los Angeles Clippers, 7:00 PM ET. Inside the Numbers Andrew Nembhard’s 19 assists on Wednesday marked a new career high. Luka Doncic’s 21 points in the first quarter are the third-most scored against the Pacers in a single quarter this season. The Lakers outrebounded the Pacers by 10 rebounds in the first half, but Indiana won the rebounding margin in the second half by five. Los Angeles outrebounded the Pacers, 39-34. Indiana recorded 35 assists on 48 made field goals. =================================================================== INDY IGNITE DESPITE LOSS, IGNITE STILL LEAD MLV HEADING TO ALL-STAR BREAK GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (March 25, 2026) – For one of the first times this season, the Indy Ignite failed to find their footing in a match. The result? A four-set loss at Grand Rapids in the final outing prior to the Major League Volleyball All-Star break. The Ignite played inconsistently all night, falling to 15-4 on the season. They still retain first place in the standings by a game over the 14-5 Dallas Pulse, who play Thursday. Despite the struggles, Indy fared well enough in the opening set, breaking from a 15-15 tie to take it going away 25-19. The bottom fell out after that. The Rise (7-12) jumped on the Ignite early in each of the succeeding sets, building leads of 12-5 in the second, 10-3 in the third and 10-2 in the fourth. The Ignite recovered to tie the second set at 21, 22 and 23 before falling 25-23. They weren’t able to mount rallies in the latter sets, losing by scores of 25-19 and 25-17. “Grand Rapids played a great game today,” Ignite head coach Lauren Bertolacci said. “They put a lot of pressure on us. We really struggled to stop their offense and not a lot of our balls went down. … It was just an unfortunate situation where we were not able to gain the advantage today, but this is a very, very well-deserved win by Grand Rapids.” Bertolacci used multiple player combinations throughout the night in an effort to turn the tide. All 13 available Ignite players saw action, with outside hitter Taylor Landfair and setter Ainise Havili coming off the bench to shine. But it wasn’t enough to pull out a victory. “We’re definitely in the stage where we kind of recognize when we’re maybe not playing at our best, best, best,” Bertolacci said, “so we have a deep roster and we want to make sure by the time we hopefully get to playoffs that we understand what those people can do. I think these two (Landfair and Havili) kind of showed how they can influence a game as well, and it’s important to learn that. “It wasn’t planned but it’s been known for a while that we want to make these rotations when we have a chance to really see where we’re at.” In her first extensive match time of the season, rookie Landfair tied for the team lead in kills (11) and points (13). She led the team in kill percentage (52.4) and efficiency (38.1). “It was nice,” Landfair said of the opportunity. “I’ve been working really hard at practice, so just being able to apply what I’ve been working on at practice I feel is getting easier for me. Also, it’s nice that the coaches have confidence in me and my teammates have confidence in me to be able to go out and just be myself, do my thing and even make mistakes, and it’s going to be OK.” Havili played the majority of the match at setter and had her best outing in two seasons with the team. Replacing starter Mia Tuaniga for most of the final three sets, Havili handed out 35 assists and contributed 11 digs for her first double-double this season and third as a member of the Ignite. But she wasn’t happy with the result. “We definitely were out-scrapped today,” Havili said. “They just came out and were an aggressively gritty team. I thought we were mixing up our shots but they were making it really hard to score. That’s a credit to their defense.” The Ignite now have the chance to rest and regroup before returning to action April 4 when they travel to Omaha. A priority, Bertolacci said, is adding a middle blocker after the team lost Blake Mohler to a season-ending leg injury and continues to wait for fellow middle Lydia Martyn to return from a foot injury. “We’re going to use that time to find a middle before the trade deadline because we’re kind of running low on them,” Bertolacci said. “That’s going to be important for us. It’s a chance for us to reflect a little and come back firing. We know exactly what we need to work on, so we’re going to come back into the gym next week and do that.” Ignite players Elena Scott, Azhani Tealer and Tuaniga are headed to Orlando for the AdventHealth MLV All-Star Match that airs live on CBS and Paramount+ at noon ET Saturday. Mohler and Martyn made the all-star team as well but won’t play because of their injuries. Indy’s March 4 match at Omaha streams live at 4 p.m. on WTHR+ and the MLV YouTube channel. The next home match is April 12 against Atlanta. For ticket information, visit IndyIgniteVB.com. ==================================================================== INDY FUEL FUEL FACE WALLEYE ON FRIDAY NIGHT FISHERS- The Fuel will head to Toledo to kick off their weekend with a game against the Walleye. With a tight playoff race in the Central division, this weekend will be important in solidifying playoff spots. LAST TIME OUT The last time these two teams met was on December 7, 2025 in Toledo when the Walleye defeated the Fuel 3-2 despite Indy leading for most of the game. Sahil Panwar and Cody Laskosky scored early for the Fuel, but late-game goals by Brandon Hawkins and Will Hillman gave the Walleye the win. WHAT’S UP WALLEYE The Walleye currently sit in first place in the Central division with 83 points, however the Fort Wayne Komets have kept up with them all season and sit just two points behind them with a game in hand. They are still looking to officially clinch the playoffs, but will likely land in the top two seeds in the division. ====================================================================== INDIANA TRACK AND FIELD MEET CENTRAL: IUTF OPENS OUTDOOR SEASON AT RALEIGH RELAYS BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana track and field program looks to open their outdoor season as they head to Raleigh, N.C. for the Raleigh Relays, hosted by N.C. State. The three-day meet will start Thursday, March 26, and will conclude on Saturday, March 28. The meet will be broadcast to the ACCNX for fans to watch.The Hoosiers will be competing in their first meet of the outdoor season, featuring their throwers and distance groups. Indiana has entered 29 athletes across a combined 14 events.THE MEETRaliegh Relays (All Times EST)LiveStats | ScheduleVenue: Paul H. Derr TrackCoverage: Follow Indiana T&F at iuhoosiers.com and on social media at @IndianaXCTF THE HOOSIER LINEUP Distance & Mid-Distance: 1,500-meters Ellia Hayes, Jessica Hegedus, Catie McCabe, Lily Myers, Maddie Rocchio Matt Kim, Aidan Lord, Andrew Mangum 3,000-meter Steeplechase Michaela Quinn, Joey Rastrelli, Alayna Todnem Caden Click, Garrett Hicks, Cole Raymond, Nolan Satterfield 5,000-meters Jessica Hegedus, Ava Jarrell, Claire Overfelt, Katelyn Winton 10,000-meters Claire Overfelt Dylon Nalley Throws: Hammer Throw Hannah Alexander, Bridget Beyer Michael Neuenroth, Nikolaos Sidirenios Shot Put Emma Gardner, Makayla Hunter Seth Brosseau, Caleb Smith Discus Hannah Alexander, Emma Gardner Seth Brosseau, Caleb Smith Javelin Dalton Boisseau Rocklan Boisseau For complete coverage of everything Indiana track and field and cross country, make sure to follow the teams via X, Facebook and Instagram. =================================================================== INDIANA SWIMMING SÁRKÁNY SETS NCAA RECORD IN 1,000 FREE ATLANTA – Indiana senior Zalán Sárkány recorded the fastest 1,000-yard freestyle in collegiate swimming history on Wednesday (March 25) night, splitting an 8:33.10 during his NCAA runner-up performance in the 1,650-yard freestyle. IU now owns the NCAA record in the men’s 1,000 free in addition to Lilly King’s 100-yard breaststroke standard from 2019 (55.73). Texas’ Clark Smith previously held the 1,000-yard free mark with an 8:33.93 in 2015. Earning his third consecutive medal in the 1,650 free, Sárkány dropped over nine seconds from his personal best time to record a Big Ten and program record with a 14:12.20 – 12 hundredths off the previous NCAA record. Florida’s Ahmed Jaouadi won the event in 4:10.03, denying Sárkány’s bid for a third straight NCAA title. Sárkány was one of two Hoosiers to reach the podium in the mile, as sophomore Luke Whitlock placed sixth with a 14:34.30. Indiana ranks tied for first in the team standings after three events thanks to its multiple finishes in the mile as well as from both relays. “Great first night for the Hoosiers,” IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “Two outstanding miles by Luke and the Zalán – who set a Big Ten record – and two fantastic relays. I loved how aggressive we were tonight. We have good momentum for tomorrow morning.” Indiana’s opening night relays set the tone for the week, dropping time and improving on their seeds. In the 200-yard medley relay, IU came into the week as the No. 8 seed with a 1:21.99 but improved with a fourth place finish and a time of 1:21.12 – ranking No. 2 in program history. Sophomore Miroslav Knedla led off with a personal best 20.36, followed by sophomore Travis Gulledge’s 22.73. Senior Owen McDonald contributed a 19.77 on the fly leg, and junior Mikkel Lee brought it home with an 18.26. Indiana closed the night with a sixth place performance in the 800-yard freestyle relay, finishing with a time of 6:07.66. The Hoosiers kept fairly consistent splits on each leg between junior Aaron Shackell (1:31.77), McDonald (1:31.64), sophomore Raekwon Noel (1:32.64) and junior Dylan Smiley (1:31.61). RESULTS 1,650 FREESTYLE 2. Zalán Sárkány – 14:12.20 (NCAA Silver, Big Ten Record, Program Record, Personal Best, First-Team All-America) Zalán Sárkány (1,000-yard split) – 8:33.10 (NCAA Record, Big Ten Record, Program Record, Personal Best) 6. Luke Whitlock – 14:34.30 (First-Team All-America) 22. Luke Ellis – 14:58.38 200 MEDLEY RELAY 4. Miroslav Knedla, Travis Gulledge, Owen McDonald, Mikkel Lee – 1:21.12 (First-Team All-America) 800 FREESTYLE RELAY 6. Aaron Shackell, Owen McDonald, Raekwon Noel, Dylan Smiley – 6:07.66 (First-Team All-America) UP NEXT Indiana will compete in the 100-yard butterfly, 400-yard IM, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle relay and 1-meter springboard events on day two of the NCAA Championships Thursday. Prelims begin at 10 a.m. ET, followed by finals at 6 p.m. ================================================================== PURDUE TRACK AND FIELD BOILERS TO SPLIT BETWEEN ORLANDO AND RALEIGH WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Track & Field has its first split week of the outdoor season with distance traveling to the Raleigh Relays (March 26-27) and the rest of the team traveling to the UCF Knights Invite (March 27-28). Men’s Notes • Samuel Vessat, coming off a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 400m, is set for his first outdoor meet as a Boilermaker. He is scheduled to open his season in the 200m in Orlando. • Douglas Buckeridge, Purdue’s 10,000m school-record holder (28:51.46), is set to open his outdoor season in the event in Raleigh. He also ranks third in school history in the 5000m (13:56.33), fifth in the 1500m (3:45.88) and seventh in the 3000m steeplechase (8:50.19). • Hugh Jacobsmeyer prepares to open his season in the 1500m in Raleigh, an event he holds the No. 9 spot in school history (3:46.53). He is coming off a record-setting indoor campaign when he broke the 33-year-old 800m school record (1:48.37). • Victory Achakpoekri is set for his first 400m as a Boilermaker. He was the Southland outdoor bronze medalist last season at SE Louisiana. • Joel Gates opened his first outdoor season at Purdue with a personal best 54.29m (178-01) in the discus that finished third and fell just 0.68m shy of entering Purdue’s top 10. Women’s Notes • The 4x100m team of Nia Wilson, Marissa Palmer, Ashley Odiase and Jayla Cooper opened the season in 43.99 to enter Purdue’s top five and rank seventh in the nation to start the season. • Odiase entered Purdue’s record book tied for ninth in the 100m (11.55) in her first individual outdoor race at Purdue. She is scheduled to run the 200m in Orlando, an event she set the program record indoors (23.34). • In her first individual race as a Boilermaker, Palmer ran 11.58 and was in Purdue’s top 10 before Odiase ran 0.03 seconds faster one heat later. Palmer is scheduled for the 200m, an event she ran a wind-legal 23.09 in last season at Georgia State. That time would rank second in Purdue history. • Britannie Johnson threw an outdoor personal best in the shot put (15.59m / 51-01.75) in the opener to increase her No. 7 standing in school history. • Lauren Pegher is set to open her outdoor season in the 5000m in Raleigh after she put up two top five times in school history indoors in the 3000m (9:25.65) and 5000m (16:20.69). Next Up Purdue has a week off before traveling to the Spec Towns Invitational in Athens, Georgia (April 10-11). ================================================================== PURDUE BASEBALL ROGERS, SWIDERSKI STAR AS BOILERS SCORE 18 IN WILD WIN WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Brandon Rogers and Trey Swiderski hit back-to-back home runs in the first of Purdue Baseball’s two six-run innings and Swiderski later robbed a home run, leading the Boilermakers to a wild 18-13 victory vs. UIC on Wednesday at Alexander Field. Purdue (17-7) closed out its six-game homestand with a 5-1 record, winning games by margins of 2-1 and 3-2 as well as 12-7 and 18-13. The 18 runs Wednesday matched a season high and were the Boilers’ most at Alexander Field since also scoring 18 in an April 2024 win vs. East Tennessee State. Purdue has won eight of its last 10 games overall. Both teams’ 7-hole hitters connected for a pair of home runs and finished with six RBI. Rogers hit a grand slam high off the videoboard in the first inning and a two-run shot to center field in the bottom of the seventh with the Boilers leading by only a run. Both long balls were estimated at well over 400 feet. Ashton Kampa hit two-run homers in the third and fourth innings. He would have had a third two-run shot if not for Swiderski’s leaping catch at the right field wall in the top of the sixth. In a game that featured a combined seven home runs, both teams’ leading home run hitters – UIC’s Jake Busson (9th) and Purdue’s Sam Flores (7th) – also contributed to that total with a solo shot apiece. WEDNESDAY NOTABLES • The game’s 31 combined runs matched the most ever at Alexander Field, which debuted in 2013. There were also 31 runs scored in Purdue’s home wins vs. Northern Illinois (17-14) and Indiana (16-15) in April 2022. • At four hours and 28 minutes in length, the midweek slugfest goes down as the longest nine-inning game in the Purdue record book. The Boilermakers and Flames also played a 14-hour marathon on March 20, 2024 at Alexander – a game that took five hours and three minutes to complete. • Both teams used eight pitchers. Gavin Beuter (3 IP) was the only one to record more than five outs. • There were only six scoreless half innings of the 17 total. UIC scored in five consecutive innings from the second through the sixth. • Brandon Rogers joined Aaron Manias as Boilermakers with a multi-homer game this season, both coming over the last week at Alexander. • Rogers and Trey Swiderski hit Purdue’s first set of back-to-back homers since the Boilermakers hit three in a row on March 1 last season. Rogers was also part of that trifecta. The 2024 home finale marked the last time Purdue went back-to-back at Alexander. • Swiderski hit his first career home run at Alexander. The Boilermakers led 6-0 after an inning but found themselves in a 10-7 hole entering the bottom of the fifth. They seized control of the game again by sending 12 men to the plate in their second six-run frame of the day. The second big inning did not feature a home run. Instead, it was powered by a stretch in which nine of 10 batters enjoyed a productive plate appearance. The key play of that sequence was a two-out ground ball to second base off the bat of Flores. Colin Husko was playing in short right field against the lefthanded hitting Flores. Husko fielded cleanly but was nonchalant on the throw to first, allowing Flores to beat it out for a two-out infield hit that gave the Boilermakers the lead back. It loomed even larger when Aaron Manias followed with an RBI double and CJ Richmond delivered an RBI single in his second trip to the dish of the frame. Instead of Purdue tying the game at 10-10 with a three-run frame, Flores’ hustle helped make it a 13-10 lead for the home team. The Boilermakers did not trail the rest of the day. Eli Anderson’s two-run double with the bases loaded was the other big hit of the six-run fifth inning. Dylan Drake and Anderson both extended their hit streaks Wednesday, Drake doing so with a base hit in his final at-bat. That single helped ignite a two-run rally, a pair of insurance tallies that made the top of the ninth a bit less frantic after UIC loaded the bases with two outs. STREAKS EXTENDED • Brandon Rogers: 17-game on-base; 12-game on-base at home (since May 3, 2025); 6-game hit; 5-game hit at home • Westin Boyle: 11-game on-base; 8-game on-base at home • Dylan Drake: 10-game hit; 7-game hit at home • Eli Anderson: 7-game hit; 7-game hit at home Jacob Boland retired four of the first five batters he faced to help Purdue get to the finish line. Boland looked poised to close out the win for his first save of the season, but Kampa singled with two outs and Husko was hit by a pitch to reach base safely for the sixth time – leading to the bases-loaded setting. Thomas Howard came on for the final out of the marathon, earning his first save as a Boilermaker. He’s the fifth Purdue pitcher with a save this season. Purdue is back in action Friday when it opens a three-game Big Ten series at Michigan State. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m. ET. HOMESTAND LEADERS • Eli Anderson: 14-for-28, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 8 R, 3 SB • Aaron Manias: 10-for-20, 3 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 4 BB, 2 HBP, 7 R, Sac Fly • Dylan Drake: 11-for-23, 4 2B, 3B, HR, 7 RBI, 2 HBP, 4 R, 2 Sac Flies • Brandon Rogers: 9-for-19, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 2 HBP, 6 R, 2 SB • Sam Flores: 10-for-23, 2 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 4 BB, HBP, 9 R, SB • Jacob Boland: 4 App, 7 2/3 IP, 6 H, R, 4 BB, 6 K • Jake Kramer: 3 App, 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K • Thomas Howard: 3 App, 5 IP, 5 H, ER, BB, 2 K ================================================================== PURDUE SOFTBALL 8-RUN FIFTH LEADS BOILERS TO RUN-RULE VICTORY WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Boilers walked-off Valparaiso in five innings powered by an eight-run fifth inning. Purdue (24-8) improved to 11-2 during its 13-game homestand. Moriah Polar came up big again with another walk-off, her second in the last two weeks. Four different Boilers had multi-hit performances, and two had multi-RBI performances. BOILER BITS Offensive Highlights Moriah Polar: 3-for-4, RBI, R Khloe Banks: 3-for-4, RBI, R Anna Moore: 2-for-3, 3 RBI, 2 R Ashlynn Campbell: 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI Delaney Reefe: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, R Offensive Highlights Malone Moore: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 BF Brooke Perez: (W, 6-0) 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 12 BF The Boilers plated their first run in the bottom of the first off the bat of a Haley Painter double. One of two doubles for the Boilers, with Maura Condon claiming a two-bagger as a part of the Boilers eight-run fifth inning. Before roaring back in the fifth, the Boilers stayed in a stalemate with Valpo in the third and fourth after Anna Moore tied the game up with an RBI groundout. The bottom of the fifth began with a single up the middle from Ashlynn Campbell, her second hit of the day. The bases were immediately loaded by back-to-back singles from Khloe Banks and Polar. Moore added her second and third RBI of the day with a single to center, forcing a pitching change from the Beacons. Delaney Reefe immediately greeted the new pitcher with a two-RBI single down the left-field line. Maura Condon then came in to pinch hit for Haley Waggoner blasting an RBI double to bring the score out to 7-2. Ansley Armstrong was then hit by a pitch, followed by Ashlynn Campbell earning an RBI, reaching first on an error by the pitcher. Banks and Polar came around for the second time in the inning, each earning an RBI, the final two of the game, that sent the Boilers into the run-rule victory. For updates on Purdue Softball, follow the Boilermakers on Twitter (@PurdueSoftball), Instagram (@purduesoftball), and Facebook (Purdue Softball). =================================================================== NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HIDALGO NAMED A NAISMITH DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FINALIST ATLANTA – Notre Dame phenom Hannah Hidalgo has been named a 2026 Naismith Women’s College Defensive Player of the Year finalist, as announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club on Wednesday. The junior is the best on-ball defender in college basketball, leading the country in steals per game with an unbelievable mark of 5.6. Over the past weekend Hidalgo completely wrecked the opposition’s offensive gameplans, recording eight steals in each of the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament games to lead the Irish to the Sweet Sixteen. The eight steals in a game are a program record for most steals in an NCAA Tournament game. The guard has five career games of 10 or more steals, four coming this season, making Hidalgo one of just two players since the start of the 1999-00 season to record five or more career games of 10+ steals. Hidalgo set the NCAA record for steals in a game earlier this season, recording 16 against Akron. The junior has three games with 30+ points and 10+ steals. There has only been one other player in the country to record 30 or more points and 10 or more steals in a single game and it occurred just once. The guard has already broken the Notre Dame program record for steals in a career, as she currently sits at 468, passing Irish legend Skylar Diggins’ mark of 381 earlier this season. The junior also broke her own program record for steals in a season with 189. Hidalgo and the Fighting Irish travel to Fort Worth, Texas, to take on No. 2 seed Vanderbilt in the Sweet Sixteen at 2:30 p.m. ET on Friday, March 27 inside Dickies Arena. The game will air on ESPN. =================================================================== BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL BUTLER HIRES ALUM RONALD NORED AS MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH AFTER THAD MATTA’S RETIREMENT Ronald Nored will be returning to Butler as the head coach of the men’s basketball program, vice president and director of athletics Grant Leiendecker announced Wednesday. Nored succeeds coach Thad Matta, who announced his retirement last week after leading Butler for the past four seasons, all of which the Bulldogs finished with losing records in Big East conference play. Matta will stay on board at the school as special assistant to the president and athletic director. Nored graduated from Butler in 2012, helping the Bulldogs to back-to-back NCAA national championship games as the team’s starting point guard under coach Brad Stevens. He leads the program in games played (143) and postseason games played (16). Nored brings experience coaching in various capacities for several NBA franchises, including the Hawks, Pacers, Hornets and Celtics. He was also the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets’ G-League team, the Long Island Nets, from 2016-18. He most recently served as a Hawks assistant coach over the past three seasons. “The term ‘dream job’ doesn’t do justice to how I feel about the opportunity to lead the Butler program,” Nored said in a statement. “Butler is an incredibly special place. As a player, I poured blood, sweat and tears into this program. No one appreciates both the responsibility and the potential that comes with this position more than me.” Leiendecker describes Nored as “the absolute best leader to spearhead the future of Butler basketball.” The Bulldogs finished the 2025-26 season with a 16-16 record following a 91-81 loss to Providence in the Big East Tournament on March 11. “There is incredible momentum at Butler right now,” Nored said, “and I can’t wait to hit the ground running as we elevate Butler to new heights.” ==================================================================== BUTLER WOMEN’S LAX BULLDOGS PREPARE FOR CONFERENCE OPENER AGAINST NO. 18 DENVER INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.- The Butler women’s lacrosse team is set to play their first conference game of the season at home against No. 18 Denver on Saturday, March 28 at 11:30 a.m. Bulldog Bits Senior Elise Latham enters the game as the leader in goals (28). She was awarded BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the week of 2/9-2/16 and 3/16-3/23. Freshman Kerrin McGovern sits third in the BIG EAST in draw controls per game averaging 4.20. She totals 42 on the season. Riley Ryan leads the team in assists (14) and points (30). Olivia DiCarlo leads the team in ground balls with 19 on the season. SCOUTING DENVER Denver is currently 8-1 to start the season and 1-0 in conference play. Head coach Liza Kelly is in her 19th season at the helm. Kelly led the pioneers in 2025 to an NCAA tournament appearance and fourth-straight BIG EAST Tournament title. Junior Olivia Ripple leads the team in points (46) and goals (36). Senior Ryan Dineen leads the team in assists (14). Up Next The Bulldogs will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio on Wednesday, April 1 to continue conference play against Xavier at 4:30 p.m. ================================================================ BALL STATE MEN’S TENNIS MEN’S TENNIS HOSTS TOLEDO AND BUFFALO THIS WEEKEND IN #MACTION MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State men’s tennis team (8-8, 3-2 MAC) is set to conclude the home portion of its 2025-26 schedule this weekend with a critical Mid-American Conference (MAC) double-header at the Foster Adams Family Tennis Complex and Bill Richards Tennis Courts, weather permitting. The Cardinals will host Toledo (6-11, 1-4 MAC) on Thursday, March 26, before celebrating Senior Day against Buffalo (10-5, 4-1 MAC) on Saturday, March 28. First serve for both matches will be at 1 pm ET. Ball State previously defeated the Rockets 5-2 on the road earlier this month (March 6), where seniors Jacks Lancaster and Broc Fletcher both secured singles wins. Since 2000, Ball State holds an impressive 26-11 series lead over Toledo. The rivalry has been highly competitive in recent years, with several matches decided by a single point. In the Cardinals first meeting with the Bulls this season Buffalo won the match by a score of 5-2 in Buffalo on March 8. Saturday’s rematch against the Bulls serves as a vital opportunity for the Cardinals to even the season series and improve their conference standing heading into the final road stretch. The series has been close over the last 11 matchups with the Bulls having a slight 6-5 edge over the Cardinals. Following this weekend’s home finale, the Cardinals will hit the road for their final three regular-season matches against Western Michigan, UIC, and Northern Illinois. ================================================================ IU INDY TRACK MEN’S TRACK TO COMPETE AT WASHU. AND MARIAN THIS WEEK ST. LOUIS – The IU Indianapolis men’s track team will continue its outdoor slate this week as the Jaguars split efforts between the WashU. Distance Carnival and the nearby Marian Knight Open. Nine Jaguars will compete locally at Marian on Friday (Mar. 27) while another group will hunt fast times at WashU. on Thursday (Mar. 26) and Friday (Mar. 27). As WashU., the Jaguars will open with four athletes on Thursday night, led by Joey Ashman in the 800m event and Alec Hueftle in the 3,000m steeplechase. Ashman is the school record holder in the 800m with a best mark of 1:51.22 while Hueftle owns a best time of 9:23.74 in the steeple. Just off his pace in the steeple is junior Nolan King at 9:32.47. On Friday, the trio of Sam Grimes, Joey LaPatra and Matt Mitsch will all compete in their first collegiate 10,000m races in the early afternoon, followed by a full slate of competitors in the 5,000m event. Junior Luke Shappell and sophomore Riley Nixon cap the day’s entries in the 5K with the former having run 14:29.91 and the latter having clocked 14:46.99. At Marian senior Jay Pillai keys the entrants in the 1,500m event with a best time of 4:07.41 and sophomore Jaydon Steidinger will run the 800m event where he holds a personal best mark of 1:54.87. Five other Jaguars will run the 5,000m event with Cameron Smith topping the entries with a best effort of 15:30.90. Junior Noah Price is next in line with a time of 15:31.95. A full recap and results of each day’s events will be posted to IUIndyJags.com immediately afterwards. =============================================================== INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S GOLF WOMEN’S GOLF PLACE SEVENTH AT OZARKS NATIONAL HOLLISTER, Mo. – Indiana State women’s golf placed seventh in the Ozarks National Invitational.FINAL RESULTS As a team, Indiana State finished with a 941 (+77, 313-313-315). Yang Tai led the Sycamores with a top 20 finish, tying in 19th with a 230 (+14, 75-78-77). She tied for the most birdies in the field with 12 – Tai started her tournament making six birdies in the opening 18 holes. She continues her streak of leading the Sycamores, being the lowest finisher in all this spring’s tournaments (she tied with Alana Gilbert in the Huntsville.org Intercollegiate). It’s also her sixth top 20 finish out of the last seven tournaments. Three Sycamores all tied in 35th place, all shooting a 240 (+24): Alana Gilbert (82-76-82), Gabby Cone (78-79-83), and Rosalie DiNunzio (78-86-76). Cone’s 78 was her best round of the spring and tied for the lowest of the season. DiNunzio’s 76 is her second-best round of the spring, after shooting a 74 in the last tournament in Alabama. Sophia Florek rounded out the starting lineup tied in 41st place with a 242 (+26, 82-80-80). Keira Brazeau played as an individual as tied in 65th place shooting a 251 (+35, 85-79-87). Up Next Indiana State hosts their yearly ISU Invitational on April 12-13 at the Country Club of Terre Haute. ================================================================== PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL NO. 20 MASTODONS TRAVEL FOR #MIVAVB ACTION FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Purdue Fort Wayne men’s volleyball program will hit the road, traveling to No. 12 McKendree on Thursday (March 26) and No. 11 Lindenwood on Saturday (March 28) for a pair of MIVA matches.Game Day InformationWho: No. 12 McKendreeWhen: Thursday, March 26 | 8 PM ETWhere: Lebanon, Ill. | Melvin Price Convocation CenterWatch:LinkLive Stats:LinkGame Notes: MIVA | Purdue Fort Wayne Game Day InformationWho: No. 11 LindenwoodWhen: Saturday, March 28 | 2 PM ETWhere: St. Charles, Mo. | Robert F. Hyland ArenaLive Stats:LinkGame Notes: MIVA | Purdue Fort Wayne Know Your Foes No. 12 McKendree is 14-7 on the season, 6-4 in MIVA play for fourth in the association. The Bearcats own top-10 victories over No. 10 Penn State (twice) and No. 8 Lindenwood. McKendree leads the MIVA in digs per set during association play (9.55), sitting seventh nationally on the season (9.95). The Bearcats also lead the association in opponent blocks per set (1.47). Senior Rolen Lively is second in the MIVA in blocks per set (1.03) and third in hitting percentage (.381), fourth nationally (.429). Nate Flayter is seventh in the nation in assists per set with a 10.19 mark. The senior ranks second in digs per set (2.45) and third in service aces per set (0.50) in the MIVA during association play. No. 11 Lindenwood has gone 17-3 this year, 8-2 in association play for second in MIVA standings. The Lions have picked up their lone top-10 win against No. 7 Loyola Chicago. Zach Solomon leads the nation in service aces per set with a 0.667 mark, also third in assists per set in the nation with 10.68. The senior leads the MIVA in service aces per set (0.56), second in assists per set (10.41) and third in digs per set (2.13) during association play. Lindenwood is third in the nation for service aces per set (2.24) and eighth in assist per set (11.86) this season. The Lions lead the MIVA in opponent digs per set (6.51), while sitting second in: opponent assists per set (9.68), opponent kills per set (10.43), opponent blocks per set (1.51) and service aces per set (1.78). Middle blocker Owen Walsh is second in the MIVA in hitting percentage with .432. Series Histories The Mastodons lead the Bearcats 14-11 in the series history. The ‘Dons won the match earlier this season in five sets, fueled by double-doubles from Logan Muir (32k, 11d) and Owen Banner (11k, 12d). Purdue Fort Wayne owns a 15-14 series history lead over Lindenwood. The Mastodons have lost the last five meetings, dropping the first match this season in straight sets. ‘Dons This Season No. 20 Purdue Fort Wayne is 9-8 on the season, 4-6 in MIVA play for seventh in the standings. The Mastodons own wins over (RV) NJIT, No. 20 Charleston, No. 12 McKendree and No. 8 Loyola Chicago, while suffering seven of their eight losses to ranked opponents. Preseason All-MIVA selection Logan Muir leads the association in points per set (4.70) and kills per set (3.87), also sitting second in service aces per set with 0.53. The ‘Dons rank third in MIVA play in opponent kills per set, holding opponents to 11.45 a frame. Last Time Out The Purdue Fort Wayne men’s volleyball program lost in straight sets (25-21, 25-17, 25-23) to No. 9 Ball State on Saturday night (March 21) on the Arnie Ball Court. Logan Muir led the ‘Dons with 14 kills and two service aces. Hunter Hopkins finished with 28 assists and seven digs in the match. Link to recap. Blocked By Fozzy! Kaden Fosdick was selected as the MIVA’s Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday (Feb.10). The junior aided the Mastodons to a 2-0 weekend and into a four match win streak. Fosdick rejected a total of 12 attacks against Northern Kentucky (Feb. 6) and Daemen (Feb. 8) for an average of 2.00 blocks per set, best in the MIVA for the week. The Wisconsin native had seven blocks and a dig during Purdue Fort Wayne’s first MIVA victory over the Norse. Fosdick had another five blocks in the victory over the Wildcats. Link to release. ‘Dons In Five Purdue Fort Wayne is 4-1 this season in five-set matches, all at home, only losing the season opener to Missouri S&T. The Mastodons have beaten (RV) NJIT, Maryville, Daemen and No. 12 McKendree in the fifth set this year. Preseason All-MIVA Logan Muir was selected for the Preseason All-MIVA Team on December 15. Muir was named to the 2025 All-MIVA Second Team following last season. The Junior led the Mastodons in points (464.5), kills (391) and service aces (41) last year. He was second in the MIVA in kills per set (4.39), aces per set (0.41) and points per set (5.19) during conference play. Muir’s 5.09 points per set ranked fifth in the nation. The California native also was 10th in the MIVA in hitting percentage with .299. Muir recorded double-digit kills in 19 of the ‘Dons’ 26 matches. He hit a career-high 23 kills in three sets at McKendree, the third most in the program’s rally scoring era. Link to release. Coming Up The ‘Dons travel to Charlotte for a pair of matches against Queens on April 2 and 3. ============================================================== PURDUE FT. WAYNE TRACK TRACK & FIELD BEGINS OUTDOOR AT WASHU AND MARIAN FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Purdue Fort Wayne track and field program opens the outdoor season by splitting ranks. The Mastodons will travel to the WashU Distance Carnival (March 26-27) and the Marian Knight Open (March 27).WashU Distance CarnivalWhen: March 26-27Where: St. Louis, Mo. | Francis Olympic FieldSchedule:LinkLive Results:Link Women’s Entrees:Ava Genovese (1500m), Haylee Hile (3000S), Bella Hodges (800m), Riley Tate (5000m) Men’s Entrees: Sam Dunnett (5000m), Colten Gasson (5000m), Boden Genovese (1500m) Marian Knight Open When: March 26-27 Where: Indianapolis, Ind. | Ascension St. Vincent Field Schedule:Link Live Results:Link Women’s Entrees:Francesca Carlo (HT), Emery Carrico (SP, DT, HT, JT), Makenna Dommer (DT, HT), Violet Francisco (1500m), McKayla Henry (SP, DT), Diana Hodges (800m), Lena James (200m, 4x400m), Bethany Lockridge (400m, 4x400m), Amelie Mach (100mH, HJ, 4×400), Ava McAlexander (200m, LJ, 4x400m), Ava Milligan (1500m), Faith Norris (1500m, 4x400m), Jaliyah Page (100m, 100mH), Kaylee Rogaczewski (TJ), Nori Silva (1500m), Ali Sparks (SP, DT), Scout Warner (HJ), Amanda Williams (1500m), Martia Williams (TJ), Aniya Young (100m), Ellie Zagel (SP, HT, JT) Men’s Entrees: Andrew Arnos (800m, 1500m), Darius Atkins (100m, 200m), Josiah Bird (SP, DT, HT), Tyler Bowman (SP, HT), Ashton Brann (400m), Hunter Crew (HT), Michael Drohosky (HJ), Ambrose English (200m, 400m, 4x400m), Colin Gasson (800m), Dalyn Givens (PV), Tyler Godwin (1500m), Troy Golden (400m, 4x400m), Tyler Hess (200m, LJ, 4x400m), Aaron Hoffer (400m, 4x400m), Denton Jacobs (DT, HT, JT), Gregory James (200m), Owen Kaufman (DT, HT, JT), Ezra Lewellen (200m), Braydn Livingston (800m, 1500m, 4x400m), Jackson Marshall (1500m), Brevin Miller (JT), Seth Mills (800m, 4x400m), Noah Morris (100m, 200m), Daniel Mullett (1500m), Tristen Newsome (200m), Cainen Northington (100m, 200m), Max Parciak (SP, HT), Andrew Roman (PV), Joshua Roper (1500m, 4x400m), Sawyer Ruminer (PV, LJ), Kale Seymour (1500m, 4x400m), Jaylin Springer (200m), Jack Strong (1500m) #HLTF Outdoor Preseason Polls The Purdue Fort Wayne track and field programs were both voted third in the 2025-26 Under Armour #HLTF Outdoor Preseason Polls, the league announced on March 12. The Mastodon women’s team earned 80 points in the polls, behind Youngstown State (99) and Milwaukee (91). The Penguins took nine first place votes, leaving one for the Panthers. The Mastodon men tallied 49 points in the polls. Youngstown State (63) and Milwaukee (56) owned the top of the men’s preseason polls as well, the Penguins took seven of the eight first place votes. Link to Release. 2025 Indoor Championship Recap (Women) The Purdue Fort Wayne women’s track and field program took third at the 2026 Horizon League Indoor Track and Field Championships. The Mastodons finished with 107 points at the meet. Youngstown State won the meet with 165 points and Milwaukee earned runner-up with 123. Link to recaps: Day One | Day Two. 2025 Indoor Championship Recap (Men) The Mastodon men’s track and field team took third at the 2026 Horizon League Indoor Track and Field Championships, the program’s highest finish at a league indoor meet. The Mastodons tallied 73 points on the weekend. Youngstown State won the meet with 279 points, Milwaukee took runner-up with 83. Link to recaps: Day One | Day Two. Broken Record Tracker Check back in next time ;). =================================================================== EVANSVILLE TRACK TRACK & FIELD BEGINS OUTDOOR SEASON IN ST. LOUIS EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville track & field team begins their outdoor season in St. Louis this week, competing in the WashU Distance Carnival, SLU Speed/Power Festival, and the Billiken Invite. WashU Distance Carnival Evansville begins the weekend on Thursday at the WashU Distance Carnival. The meet begins on Thursday at 7:30 PM and concludes on Friday. Live ResultsMeet InfoMeet ScheduleMeet ProgramSLU Speed/Power FestivalOn Friday, Evansville’s sprint, hurdles, and throws athletes will take to the track for the SLU Speed/Power Festival. The meet is set to begin at 2 PM. Live ResultsMeet InfoBilliken InviteEvansville wraps up the week on Saturday, taking in part of the Billken Invite. The event is hosted by Saint Louis and is scheduled to begin at 10 AM. Live ResultsMeet InfoLast Time OutEvansville wrapped up their indoor season on March 2 at the MVC Indoor Championships, highlighted by by three Aces competing in the final of their events and strong showings from both 4×400 relay teams. Evansville’s 4×400 meter relay team of Josie Seehafer (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Eagan), Kyleigh Wolf (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North), Taylor Johnson (Evansville, Reitz), Chase Hayes (Noblesville, Ind./Western) clocked the second best time in program history, coming in at 4:02.41. ================================================================== SOUTHERN INDIANA TRACK EAGLES OPEN OUTDOOR SEASON WITH MULTIPLE MEETS EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s and Women’s Track & Field opens its 2026 outdoor season Thursday and Friday when the Screaming Eagles compete at three meets. Three-time Ohio Valley Conference indoor champion Alex Nolan goes for a mark in the 10,000 meters Thursday when he competes at Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, North Carolina, while the remainder of the Screaming Eagles will compete at the WashU Distance Carnival Thursday and Friday in St. Louis, Missouri, as well as the Saint Louis University Speed/Power Festival Friday in St. Louis. USI’s men are coming off a strong showing last month at the OVC Indoor Championships. The Screaming Eagles raced to a fourth-place performance behind the first-place efforts of Nolan and freshman Kraedyn Young. Nolan earned wins in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, while Young won the mile and helped USI’s distance medley relay team to a second-place finish. Sophomore Layden Wagoner posted a pair of podium finishes for the Screaming Eagles as he was second in the 3,000 meters after finishing third in the 5,000. Sophomore Addison Applegate led the women’s team an eighth-place finish at the OVC Indoor Championships last month. She raced to a third-place finish in the mile and a second-place finish in the 3,000 meters. USI’s women will be aided by the return of junior Ellie Hall, who sat out the indoor season. Hall was the OVC Cross Country Athlete of the Year in the fall and figures to be a major threat to capture gold in a distance event at the OVC Outdoor Championships in May after finishing second in the 10,000 meters and fifth in the 5,000 meters at last year’s conference meet. This week’s events kick-off a busy spring for the Screaming Eagles, who are slated to compete at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational April 3-4 in Terre Haut, Indiana. USI also has trips to Edwardsville, Illinois, to compete in the Cougar Classic April 11; Azusa, California, to compete in the Bryan Clay Invitational April 16-18; Louisville, Kentucky, to compete in the Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Invitational April 24-25; and Nashville, Tennessee, to compete in the Music City Challenge May 1-2. USI ends the regular-season May 8 with the Billy Hayes Invitational in Bloomington, Indiana, before competing at the OVC Outdoor Championships May 14-16 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The NCAA Division I East Regional is May 25-30 in Lexington, Kentucky, while the NCAA Outdoor Championships are June 10-13 in Eugene, Oregon. ================================================================ VALPO SOFTBALL SOFTBALL DROPS ROAD GAME AT PURDUE WEDNESDAY The Valpo softball team jumped on top of a Purdue team receiving votes in multiple national top-25 polls Wednesday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind. and was still tied with the Boilermakers through four innings before the hosts pulled away in the fifth inning to take the 10-2 win. How It Happened Valpo plated two runs on four hits in its first turn at the plate. Kayden Krug (Milford, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame), Kim Rodas (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) and Kaia Garnica (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central) all tallied singles to load the bases with two outs, and Cadan Brinkman (Bloomington, Ill./Normal Community [Campbell/Wofford]) gave the Beacons the lead with a line-drive double to the wall in left-center. Purdue had four hits of its own in the bottom of the first, but was limited to one run, thanks in large part to the work of Madison Vrastil (Oak Forest, Ill./Andrew), who threw out each of the top two batters in the Boilermakers’ order attempting to steal. The Beacons threatened to add to their lead in the top of the second, as Sophia Leitzen (Orfordville, Wis./Brodhead) drew a two-out walk and Vrastil followed with a double to put two in scoring position. But after a pitching change, a pop-up ended the threat. Caitlyn Quickle (Leesburg, Ohio/Fairfield Local) entered in relief and tossed a 1-2-3 second inning. Purdue did score one off Quickle in the third via small ball, as a single into shallow left and an infield single were followed by consecutive groundouts, tying the game at 2-2. Kayla Purdy (Matthews, N.C./Porter Ridge) entered in relief to start the fourth inning and had a perfect inning of her own. Purdue’s offense broke the game open in the fifth, as the Boilermakers scored eight runs on seven hits, a walk, a hit batter and a Valpo error to end the game via run rule. Inside the Game Despite the proximity of the two institutions, being located just about 90 minutes apart, Wednesday’s contest was the first softball game between Valpo and Purdue since 2013. Krug was the lone Beacon with a two-hit game, as she went 2-for-3 with a run scored for her sixth multi-hit game of the season. Vrastil extended her hitting streak to nine straight games with her second-inning double — her seventh two-bagger in the last eight games. Over the course of the hitting streak, the sophomore is 17-for-34 at the plate. Maybe more impressive for Vrastil was her work behind the plate, cutting down both Khloe Banks and Moriah Polar attempting to steal in the opening inning. Banks was 12-for-13 on the basepaths prior to Wednesday, while Polar was 18-for-20. It is the second time this season Vrastil has thrown out multiple runners attempting to steal in the same game, as she did so as well in the nightcap at Murray State March 13. Vrastil is the first Valpo catcher to catch two runners stealing in the same inning since April 28, 2010, when Lisa DeBruzzi accomplished the feat at Wright State. Garnica extended her hitting streak to six consecutive games with her first-inning single. With her two-run double, Brinkman drove in multiple runs in a game for the first time as a Beacon. The third of Valpo’s four pitchers Wednesday, Purdy was charged with the loss in the circle, falling to 0-2 on the season. Next Up Valpo (13-17) returns home to the Valpo Softball Complex this weekend, diving back into MVC play with a series against Indiana State. The revised schedule has the series opening Saturday with a doubleheader at noon. ============================================================== UINDY MEN’S TENNIS NO.18 MEN’S TENNIS OVERPOWERS NO. 20 TIFFIN 6-1 GREENWOOD, In. – Playing in their fifth in-region matchup of the year, the No. 18-ranked UIndy men’s tennis team overpowered No. 20 Tiffin 6-1. The Greyhounds improve to 8-4, while the Dragons drop to 12-5. After taking the opening doubles point 2-1, UIndy used that hot start to win five of the six singles matches. INS AND OUTS Lorenzo Di Cursi and Jovan Matovic set the tone in doubles play, serving a 6-0 bagel to Lorenzo Galeno and Harry Senior on court #3. Zaid Shelbaya and Tadeo Gaggiofatto echoed at #2 doubles, taking down Romain Marionneau and Lorenzo Perucchini 7-5. Tiffin got right back into the match in early workings of singles play, with Perucchini downing Mathieu Derache 6-2, 6-2 on court #3. No. 11-ranked Asier Ayllon Prado halted the Dragons’ momentum with his 6-2, 6-3 win at #1 singles over Marionneau. Lorenzo DI Cursi was next for the Hounds, who outlasted Senior outworked Senior 7-2 in a first-set tiebreak, and cruised to victory in the second with a 6-0 result. No. 24 Gaggiofatto followed up with a win on court two, downing 6-7(4-7), 6-4, 6-2. The Hounds paced the match with a pair of third-set wins on courts #4 and #5. Shelbaya increased the UIndy lead up to 4 after his 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Erwan Colin at #5 singles. The exclamation point to the winning effort came from the strings of Jovan Matovic, who gritted-out a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win over Jose Portillo at #4 singles. UP NEXT The Hounds will hit the road next Friday, April 3, for a 3PM match against No. 16-ranked Wayne State. ================================================================== UINDY WOMEN’S TENNIS KORNIJCZUK’S THIRD-SET COMEBACK POWERS UINDY TO A 4-3 WIN OVER NO. 44 TIFFIN GREENWOOD, IN. – In another in-region dual, the No. 38-ranked UIndy women’s tennis team topped No. 44 Tiffin University 4-3 this Wednesday. The Greyhounds improve to 5-7, while the Dragons move to 7-7. In the windy Wednesday matinee, the Hounds took the match with four wins in singles play, with Magda Kornijczuk mounting a resilient comeback effort at #3 singles to seal the match. INS AND OUTS The Dragons were on the board first after a contested doubles point, taking wins at #1 and #2 doubles. Jemimah Choi and Brooke McNeal got the ball rolling for Tiffin with a 6-0 win at #1 doubles over No. 45 Maelys Thiery James and Kornijcuk. Jimena De Pablos Hernando and Sofia Cardenas had the responding effort for the Hounds, breezing past Imani Shah and Francesca Milani on #2 doubles. Tiffin clinched the opening point with a 6-4 win from Erna Brdarevic and Katarina Yates, who bested Liza Simak and Silvia Zappoli. Singles action began with Choi’s 6-1, 6-4 victory at #1 doubles over Thiery James, growing the Dragon advantage to 2-0. Shortly after, UIndy found their first point of the afternoon off the stick of Zappoli, who took down Yates 6-3, 6-1. Brdarevic was next to finish, picking up a 6-3, 6-2 win over Simak on court #4. Facing a 3-1 deficit, the Hounds then cashed-in winning results from courts #2 and #6 to get right back into the match. De Pablos Hernando made quick work of Milani at #2 singles, posting a 6-4, 6-2 win at #2 singles. Cardenas overpowered Shah at #6 singles, earning a 6-3, 6-4 win to level the score to 3-3. The fate of the match would be determined on court #3, where Kornijczuk and McNeal were in an intense battle. After Kornijczuk took the opening set 6-3, McNeal took the second set 6-0. Despite McNeal getting an early service break in the early workings of the third set, Kornijczuk broke back, and sealed the match with another break in service at 5-4, going on to win 6-4 in the third. UP NEXT UIndy will host an exhibition with Kenyon College at 4:30 this Saturday, March 28, at the UIndy Tennis Center. =============================================================== MARIAN BASEBALL PAIR OF CROOKED NUMBERS LEADS MARIAN PAST NO. 19 INDIANA TECH INDIANAPOLIS – The Marian baseball team locked in another top-25 upset victory on Wednesday afternoon, as the Knights took down No. 19 Indiana Tech 8-2 from MU Ballpark. The Knights improve to 19-7 on the season following the non-conference win. Jack Peine made his first collegiate start and started the game strong with a four-batter first inning, brushing off a single in the frame. The sophomore followed up with a three-batter second inning, forcing an inning-ending double play to hang his second zero of the day. Peine would get tagged for a run in the third inning, seeing an unearned run cross the plate after he tossed a wild pitch. The Knights had a chance to strike first in the first inning but came up empty after putting two men on, proceeding to follow with a stranded runner in the second and third innings. Kaeb Stebbins relieved Peine in the fourth inning and allowed Indiana Tech’s second run of the game in the fourth inning, as a lead-off double eventually came in to score on an RBI groundout. Stebbins would rebound with a scoreless fifth inning to keep the game a 2-0 contest, and in the home half, the Knights found run support for the pitching staff after stranding runners in each of the first four innings. Tate Bender led off the fifth with a bunt single, and Brayden Coffey followed with a base hit to left field. The Knights then loaded the bases as Landon Sarkey was able to reach on an error, setting up Zach Bale. Bale was able to beat out an infield single against relief pitcher Kaden Plank, while the throw got away from the first baseman, allowing Marian to score all three runners on base. The error gave Marian a 3-2 lead, which would be all the Marian pitching staff needed for the duration of the game. Mitchell Porter came on after Stebbins and pitched three consecutive scoreless innings, retiring each of the nine batters he faced in order. Porter’s efforts carried Marian into the bottom of the eighth inning on top 3-2, and in their final bats, the Knights hung a six-spot on the Warriors, getting the scoring started with a bases-loaded walk drawn by Calvin Miller. Tate Bender followed the RBI walk with a sacrifice fly, and after a passed ball, Landon Sarkey hammered a ball out of the park in the right field corner, giving Marian an 8-2 lead. With the lead secured, the Knights turned the game over to Aiden Kerr, who locked down the ninth inning by striking out the side and closing out the 8-2 victory. Sarkey had two of Marian’s six hits in the win, going 2-5 with three RBI and his three-run home run. Four Knights each had one hit, and Bale, Bender, and Miller each had one RBI. On the mound, Stebbins (4-0) was credited with the win, allowing two hits and one run in the game. Peine pitched three innings with one hit and one run allowed, and Porter logged three innings of scoreless ball, pitching three strikeouts alongside Aiden Kerr. Marian continues a five-game homestand on Friday when they host a doubleheader against Indiana Wesleyan. Friday’s first game begins at 2:00 p.m. ================================================================= MARIAN WOMEN’S LAX LACROSSE STEALS ROAD WIN AT LAWRENCE TECH IN OVERTIME THRILLER Southfield, Mich. – The Marian women’s lacrosse team came from behind and stole a road victory from No. 10 Lawrence Tech on Wednesday afternoon, winning 13-12 in overtime against the Blue Devils. Marian’s win is their first in WHAC play this season, as they improve to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in league play. Wednesday’s contest started back and forth, with Lawrence Tech scoring the first goal of the game before the Knights were able to get an equalizer from Alex Dean. The Blue Devils scored on their next possession after Dean’s goal, taking a 2-1 lead into the final two minutes of the quarter when Ella Grace Giedd scored a tying goal. Marian would yield a third goal to the Blue Devils before the end of the quarter, putting the home team on top 3-2 going into the second. In the second quarter, Marian’s attack stole center stage, as Delaney Koles tied the game four minutes into the period, while Ruby Mason scored a go-ahead goal with 10:03 to play in the half. Lawrence Tech would answer to tie the game, but the goal would be their lone score of the quarter, as the Knights’ defense formed a wall. Ella Grace Giedd scored a pair of goals going into halftime, giving Marian a 6-4 edge at intermission. The halftime break favored Lawrence Tech, as Marian’s defense let down its guard and allowed three quick Blue Devil goals, as the hosts’ 3-0 run in the first 2:15 of the second half gave them a 7-6 lead. Rylie Boezeman stopped the run with an unassisted goal, allowing Marian to get back in the game. The two sides traded goals to end the quarter, sending the game into the fourth quarter tied 8-8. In the final stanza, Marian again fell behind, allowing two early goals to fall into a 10-8 hole. Marian would respond with consecutive goals from Ruby Mason and Delaney Koles, but the tied game would not be enough to push the momentum fully to the Knights, as Lawrence Tech countered with two goals of their own. Trailing 12-10 with four minutes to play, the Knights won back possession and made an attack, getting a Taleah Nool goal to claw back within one. Marian would have to get one more stop before getting its final chance, doing so in the final minute as they put pressure on the cage. Marian’s attack was led Ella Grace Giedd, who drew a foul and scored a game-tying free position shot with 15.8 seconds to play, tying the game 12-12 to force overtime. In the extra session, Marian completed its comeback win off a free postiion play, as Taleah Nool found Delaney Koles attacking behind the goal, coming in to take the pass from Nool and score the game-winning goal, sealing Marian’s 13-12 win. Giedd led Marian in goals with four in the win, assisting on one goal in the win. Koles scored the game-winning goal and ended the game with three goals, while Mason and Nool each scored twice. Nool finished with three assists in the win. Olivia Dean and Aniyah Jones recorded a team-high three ground balls, while Jones made seven saves in the win. Marian will aim to win a second WHAC game on Saturday, traveling to Michigan for an 11:00 a.m. game. ==================================================================== SMALL INDIANA COLLEGE SPORTS WEB SITES UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/ MARIAN ATHLETICS: https://muknights.com/ INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/ EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/ WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/ FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/ ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/ ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/ DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/ HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/ MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/ HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/ OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/ IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/ IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/ PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/ INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/ ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/ GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/ HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/ VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index ========================================================= “SPORTS EXTRA” TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY 1936 Two future Hall of Famers sign modest contracts with their respective teams. The Tigers ink 25-year-old first baseman Hank Greenberg, who will miss most of the season with an injured wrist, for $20,000, and 31-year-old right-hander Red Ruffing, who will post a 20-12 record, comes to terms with the Yankees for $12,000. 1951 During a spring exhibition game against the University of Southern California at Bovard Field, Mickey Mantle, batting left-handed, hit a home run off Tom Lovrich, estimated to have traveled 650 feet. The 19-year-old rookie’s performance, which includes a single, triple, and another homer, is one of the highlights of the Yankees’ first-ever West Coast trip. 1957 The police will arrest Yankee manager Casey Stengel and then release him on $50 bail after allegedly kicking newspaper photographer Branan Sanders of the St. Petersburg Independent. The alleged altercation occurred in the first inning when the former World War II Associated Press photojournalist came into the Yankee dugout after being told he was obstructing the team’s view of their opponents. 1960 Due to Cuba’s political unrest, Miami becomes the new venue for the Orioles-Reds series, initially scheduled for Havana. Having a farm team on the island, Cincinnati wanted to play the exhibition games as planned, but Baltimore’s team president, Lee MacPhail, feared for his players’ safety. 1974 “I said that there come a time when somebody would take my job away, and the time came. That’s the way the ball bounces. I was the same way when I broke in with the White Sox. If I came, someone had to go. Baseball is like life; it goes on no matter what.” – LUIS APARICIO, commenting on his unconditional release by the Red Sox. Boston releases two future Hall of Famers who played well for the team last season, dropping designated hitter Orlando Cepeda (1999) and infielder Luis Aparicio (1984). Cepeda was considered one of the best DHs in the American League with 86 RBIs, 20 home runs, and a .289 average, with Aparicio hitting a respectable .271 in 132 games, the best mark among shortstops in the league. 1976 The American League votes to expand to Toronto, awarding the franchise to a group led by Labatt’s Breweries (45%) that eventually purchases the team for $7 million. At first, the decision appeared in peril when President Gerald Ford attempted to pressure MLB to give the expansion franchise to Washington, D.C., a city without a major league team since the expansion Senators moved to Arlington (TX) to become the Rangers following the 1972 season. 1977 Boston releases fan-favorite Rico Petrocelli, a future inductee to the club’s Hall of Fame in 1997, who batted .251 and hit 210 home runs during his 13 seasons with the team. The two-time All-Star infielder calls it quits after spending his entire career with the Red Sox, playing a vital role in the team’s 1967 and 1975 American League pennants. 1984 In a spring training deal, the Phillies trade outfielders Gary Matthews, Bob Dernier, and right-handed reliever Porfi Altamirano to the Cubs for right-hander Bill Campbell and Mike Diaz, a utility player. The former Philadelphia fly chasers, who will each receive consideration for the MVP award, play a pivotal role in Chicago’s first-place finish this season in the National League Eastern Division. 1984 President Ronald Reagan posthumously bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball’s color line by playing for the Dodgers in 1947. On behalf of her late husband, Rachel Robinson accepts the award, the highest civilian honor given in the United States. 1997 The Expos trade Cliff Floyd to Marlins for right-hander Dustin Hermanson and outfielder Joe Orsulak. The presence of Montreal highly-touted prospect Vladimir Guerrero made their former fly-catcher expendable after he spent the first four major league seasons with the Canadian team. 2000 The demolition of Kingdome takes less than 20 seconds, thanks to 5,800 holes filled with gelatin dynamite ignited by 21.6 miles of detonation cord. The former home of the Mariners, the venue of no-hitters by Randy Johnson (1990 vs. Tigers) and Chris Bosio (1993 vs. Red Sox), is now a 65-foot mound of rubble. ========================================================= TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY On March 26 in … 1856 – New South Wales’ first first-class cricket game, versus Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales wins. 1889 – Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26 out of 47! South Africa versus England. 1889 – Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 and 8-11) versus South Africa at Newlands. 1889 – South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 versus England. 1915 – Stanley Cup: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Ottawa Senators in 3 games. 1917 – Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1; Seattle is first US team to win Stanley Cup. 1923 – Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), three games to one. 1931 – Leo Bentley bowls three consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio. 1937 – Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb’s advice and replaces his 40 with 36 ounce bat. 1945 – De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34. 1949 – 11th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36. 1951 – Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women’s Golf Open. 1952 – 14th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kansas beats Saint Johns 80-63. 1959 – Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad versus West Indies age 15 years 124 days. 1960 – Baltimore Orioles-Cincinnati Reds series for Havana, Cuba is moved to Miami, Florida. 1960 – USC captures NCAA swimming title. 1961 – Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival. 1967 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies’ Golf Open. 1972 – Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Sears Women’s World Golf Classic. 1972 – Los Angeles Lakers break NBA record by winning 69 of 82 games. 1973 – 35th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76; this is UCLA’s 7th consecutive NCAA basketball title. 1974 – George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in two rounds for heavyweight boxing title. 1975 – Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win and NHL record of 17 straight losses. 1976 – American League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for US$7 million. 1979 – 41st NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Michigan State Spartans beat Indiana State Sycamores, 75-64 as Magic Johnson outscores Larry Bird, 24-19; this snaps Indiana State’s 33-game win streak. 1979 – San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo, but Giants’ players reject it. 1987 – Hyderabad beats Delhi on first innings to win Ranji Trophy. 1987 – National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet). 1988 – Janet B Evans swims 1500 metre freestyle female world record (15:02.10). 1989 – Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic. 1991 – Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their first WLAF game 35-34. 1991 – Victoria beats New South Wales by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final. 1992 – NHL New York Rangers clinch first NHL regular season championship in 50 years. 1994 – Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 metre ladies (38.99 seconds). 1994 – Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:02.60). 1994 – Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26). 1995 – 24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen. 1995 – Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup. 1996 – Last day of first-class cricket for Allan Border (Queensland versus Victoria). 1997 – NHL announce Mighty Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan. 2000 – In Seattle, Washington, the Kingdome sports arena is demolished into a mound of rubble over 65 feet high, to make way for a new stadium. 2022 – At SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, NHL regular season game: San Jose Sharks beats Anaheim Ducks by score 4-1. 2022 – At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Seattle Kraken by score 4-2. 2022 – At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats Edmonton Oilers by score 9-5. 2022 – At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 3-2. 2022 – At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats Saint Louis Blues by score 7-2. 2022 – At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Dallas Stars by score 4-1. 2022 – At Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats New Jersey Devils by score 4-3. 2022 – At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Ottawa Senators by score 4-3. 2022 – At Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, NHL regular season game: Montreal Canadiens beats Toronto Maple Leafs by score 4-2. 2022 – At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats Chicago Blackhawks by score 5-4. 2022 – At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Detroit Red Wings by score 2-1. 2022 – At TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats New York Islanders by score 6-3. Births of sports figures on March 26 1908 – Birth of Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling in Essen, Germany; tennis star (French 1935). 1916 – Birth of Bill Edrich; cricket player (Middlesex and England bat, Compton’s mate). 1925 – Birth of Maqsood Ahmed; cricket player (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56). 1926 – Birth of Ann Curtis; American 400-metre freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1948). 1934 – Birth of Gino Cappelletti; ORFU, AFL running back (AFL Player of Year 1964). 1937 – Birth of Barbara Pearl Jones in Chicago, Illinois, USA; 4X100 metre relayer (Olympics-gold-1952, 1960). 1937 – Birth of Wayne Embry; holder of 7 basketball records (Miami of Ohio). 1940 – Birth of Braulio Baeza; jockey (National Horse Racing Hall of Famer). 1945 – Birth of Mikhail Voronin in USSR; horse vault gymnast (Olympics-gold-1968). 1950 – Birth of Graham Barlow; cricket player (England batsman in three Tests 1976-77). 1953 – Birth of Tatyana Providokhina; Russian 1000m runner (world record). 1956 – Birth of Tatyana Kochergina in the USSR; team handball (Olympics-gold-1976, 1980). 1957 – Birth of Walter Rohlfing in Dusseldorf, Germany; WLAF defensive line coach (Rhein Fire). 1959 – Birth of David Delong in Portland, Oregon, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1988 British Columbia Open). 1960 – Birth of Marcus Allen; NFL running back (Los Angeles Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs, Heisman 1981). 1960 – Birth of Michael Evans in Fontana, California, USA; US water polo player (Olympics-silver-1988). 1962 – Birth of John Stockton in Spokane, Washington, USA; NBA guard (Utah Jazz, Olympics-gold-1996). 1962 – Birth of Kevin Seitzer in Springfield, Illinois, USA; infielder (Milwaukee Brewers). 1962 – Birth of Maarten de Young; soccer player (SC Heerenveen). 1963 – Birth of Rebecca Twigg in Seattle, Washington, USA; 79K cyclist (Olympics-silver-1984, 1992, 1996). 1964 – Birth of Ab Plugboer; soccer player (FC Utrecht). 1964 – Birth of Ulf Samuelsson in Fagersta, Sweden; NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, New York Rangers). 1966 – Birth of Lee Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA; Nike golfer (1992 Texarkana Open-5th). 1966 – Birth of Mike Remlinger in Middletown, New York, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds). 1966 – Birth of Wesley Walls; NFL tight end (New Orleans Saints). 1968 – Birth of Ian Hutchings in Zimbabwe; Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Klondike Klassic). 1968 – Birth of Jose Vizcaino in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic; infielder (New York Mets). 1968 – Birth of Kari Gronroos; WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores). 1968 – Birth of Mike Trevathan; Canadian Football League slot back (British Columbia Lions). 1968 – Birth of Shane Reynolds in Bastrop, Louisiana, USA; pitcher (Houston Astros). 1969 – Birth of Luke Richardson in Ottawa, Canada; NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers). 1969 – Birth of Vikram Rathour; cricket player (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-). 1970 – Birth of Paul Bosvelt; soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles/FC Twente). 1971 – Birth of Dave DeGraaf in Lansing, Michigan, USA; team handball circle (Olympics-1996). 1971 – Birth of Jesus Tavarez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; outfielder (Florida Marlins). 1971 – Birth of Tommy Fagan; Canadian Football League/NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons, Winnipeg Blue Bombers). 1972 – Birth of Naoko Kijimuta in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; tennis star (1996 Jakarta). 1972 – Birth of Steve Anderson; Canadian Football League defensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders). 1973 – Birth of Marshall Faulk; running back (Indianapolis Colts). 1974 – Birth of Alfred Shipman; Canadian Football League slot back (British Columbia Lions). 1974 – Birth of Irina Spirlea in Bucharest, Romania; tennis star (1996 Amelia Island). 1974 – Birth of Mike Peca in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Buffalo Sabres). 1988 – Birth of José Vizcaíno in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, infielder (New York Mets). Deaths of sports figures on March 26 1926 – Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Montreal Canadiens), dies. 1937 – Albert Relf, cricket player (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide. 1958 – Phil Mead, cricket player (55061 first-class runs 1905-36), dies. 1973 – Death of George Harold Sisler AKA Gorgeous George at age 80 in Richmond Heights, Missouri, USA; pitcher/first base (Saint Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Boston Braves), 257 hits in 1920 (record until 2004), 0.420 batting average in 1922, American League MVP (1922), Baseball Hall of Fame (1939). 1981 – Tim Wall, cricket player (SA versus New South Wales 1933 is Sheffield Shield record), dies. 1993 – Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at age 84. 1996 – (Elizabeth Cissie) Charlton, football matriarch, dies at age 83. 2016 – Death of Raúl Cárdenas, Mexican footballer and coach (born 1928). ========================================================== TV SPORTS TODAY Thursday, 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