“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE
FRIDAY’S SCORES
ADAMS CENTRAL 62 SOUTHERN WELLS 44
ALEXANDRIA 65 WES-DEL 20
ANGOLA 66 CENTRAL NOBLE 40
BATESVILLE 68 GREENSBURG 40
BEECH GROVE 57 SPEEDWAY 54
BETHANY CHRISTIAN 56 MISHAWAKA 53
BLOOMFIELD 59 SHAKAMAK 33
BLOOMINGTON NORTH 59 CENTER GROVE 53
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 79 BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 40
BLUFFTON 59 SOUTH ADAMS 54
BOONVILLE 53 EVANSVILLE BOSSE 45
BORDEN 73 LANESVILLE 69
BROWNSBURG 60 FRANKLIN CENTRAL 45
CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 75 INTERNATIONAL 53
CANNELTON 50 WASHINGTON CATHOLIC 32
CARMEL 70 LAWRENCE CENTRAL 62
CHESTERTON 73 SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 55
CHICAGO LITTLE VILLAGE (ILL.) 48 HAMMOND CENTRAL 44
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 55 BROWN COUNTY 52
CLARKSVILLE 60 SWITZERLAND COUNTY 52
CORYDON CENTRAL 58 NORTH HARRISON 46
COVENANT CHRISTIAN 82 COVINGTON 56
CULVER 53 LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 47
DANVILLE 59 BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 47
DEKALB 50 FORT WAYNE NORTH 47
DECATUR CENTRAL 70 FRANKLIN 47
DELPHI 76 FAITH CHRISTIAN 65
EDGEWOOD 62 CLOVERDALE 46
EDINBURGH 62 OLDENBURG ACADEMY 57 OT
ELKHART CHRISTIAN 71 HAMILTON 20
ELKHART 70 CONCORD 62
EMINENCE 52 TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN 22
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 58 SOUTH SPENCER 53
EVANSVILLE REITZ 64 VINCENNES LINCOLN 51
FAIRFIELD 51 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 29
FISHERS 56 NOBLESVILLE 40
FOREST PARK 66 TELL CITY 31
FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK 57 NEW HAVEN 46
FORT WAYNE SOUTH 71 FORT WAYNE SNIDER 65 OT
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 41 CLINTON CENTRAL 33
FRONTIER 63 CARROLL (FLORA) 48
GARY WEST 45 MICHIGAN CITY 37
GOSHEN 85 SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 51
GREENCASTLE 68 WESTERN BOONE 59
GREENWOOD 65 MARTINSVILLE 47
GRIFFITH 58 LOWELL 48
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 66 AVON 60
HAUSER 77 MORRISTOWN 52
HEBRON 68 NORTH NEWTON 33
HENDERSON COUNTY (KY.) 43 CASTLE 35
HERITAGE HILLS 56 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 52
HERITAGE 59 LEO 42
HIGHLAND 62 HAMMOND SCIENCE & TECH 51
HOMESTEAD 48 WARSAW 37
INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH 70 NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) 65
INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS 107 NORTHWEST HOMESCHOOL 46
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL 71 BREBEUF JESUIT 62
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 73 PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY 38
INDIANAPOLIS RIVERSIDE 96 INDIANAPOLIS ROOTED 23
JASPER 60 GIBSON SOUTHERN 55
JAY COUNTY 52 WOODLAN 28
JENNINGS COUNTY 80 MADISON 56
KNIGHTSTOWN 60 UNION COUNTY 47
KOKOMO 72 PERU 34
KOUTS 78 DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN 43
LAPORTE 60 PLYMOUTH 44
LAVILLE 47 JOHN GLENN 35
LAKELAND 78 FREMONT 28
LEBANON 65 CRAWFORDSVILLE 45
LINTON 55 TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 49
LOOGOOTEE 53 WOOD MEMORIAL 51
MARION 82 WESTERN 54
MEDORA 43 LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 36
MITCHELL 70 CRAWFORD COUNTY 60
MONROE CENTRAL 67 DALEVILLE 60
MONROVIA 103 MTI KNOWLEDGE 8
MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) 61 DELTA 36
MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) 49 NORTH POSEY 25
MUNCIE BURRIS 61 GEO NEXT GENERATION 18
MUNSTER 67 ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 50
NEW ALBANY 94 EVANSVILLE HARRISON 53
NEW CASTLE 71 HAMILTON HEIGHTS 68 3OT
NEW PALESTINE 79 EASTERN HANCOCK 67
NORTH DAVIESS 69 SHOALS 39
NORTH JUDSON 57 KNOX 47
NORTH WHITE 37 ATTICA 32
NORTHWOOD 58 TRITON 47
NORTHRIDGE 61 CULVER ACADEMY 42
NORTHVIEW 71 SULLIVAN 44
NORTHWESTERN 71 MACONAQUAH 56
ORLEANS 37 SPRINGS VALLEY 24
PAOLI 69 HENRYVILLE 42
PARK TUDOR 70 INDIANAPOLIS HERRON 36
PENDLETON HEIGHTS 52 LAPEL 47
PENN 63 CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 53
PERRY CENTRAL 65 EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN 60
PERRY MERIDIAN 51 MOORESVILLE 48
PHALEN ACADEMY 72 RICHMOND 68
PLAINFIELD 64 WHITELAND 52
PROVIDENCE 69 AUSTIN 42
PURDUE BROAD RIPPLE 57 INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE 55
PURDUE ENGLEWOOD 78 KIPP INDY LEGACY 76
RANDOLPH SOUTHERN 61 UNION CITY 55
RIVER FOREST 60 WHEELER 50
ROSSVILLE 70 TRI-COUNTY 47
RUSHVILLE 45 CONNERSVILLE 39
SHENANDOAH 48 EASTBROOK 46
SHERIDAN 62 CLINTON PRAIRIE 47
SILVER CREEK 65 COLUMBUS NORTH 53
SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) 67 ROCK CREEK ACADEMY 64
SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) 60 TRINITY GREENLAWN 38
SOUTH DEARBORN 56 JAC-CEN-DEL 44
SOUTH DECATUR 62 NORTH DECATUR 45
SOUTH KNOX 58 NORTH KNOX 56
SOUTHMONT 57 NORTH MONTGOMERY 53
SOUTHRIDGE 63 WASHINGTON 55
SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) 78 SHAWE MEMORIAL 34
SOUTHWOOD 57 WABASH 49
TAYLOR 58 NORTHFIELD 31
TECUMSEH 67 EVANSVILLE DAY 63
TIPTON 60 FRANKFORT 23
TRI-CENTRAL 50 COWAN 34
TRI 64 BLUE RIVER VALLEY 38
TRITON CENTRAL 63 WALDRON 27
UNIVERSITY 92 SETON CATHOLIC 25
VALPARAISO 78 EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 65
WAPAHANI 61 WINCHESTER 37
WARREN CENTRAL 52 SOUTHPORT 51
WASHINGTON TWP. 62 BOONE GROVE 33
WAWASEE 59 MANCHESTER 36
WEST CENTRAL 80 ARGOS 21
WEST VIGO 73 OWEN VALLEY 32
WEST WASHINGTON 59 EASTERN (PEKIN) 47
WESTVIEW 62 CHURUBUSCO 18
WESTVILLE 47 TRI-TOWNSHIP 31
WHITE RIVER VALLEY 67 DUGGER UNION 41
WINAMAC 62 ROCHESTER 48
ZIONSVILLE 55 WESTFIELD 51
BANKS OF WABASH TOURNAMENT
PARKE HERITAGE 77 NORTH VERMILLION 45 R1
RIVERTON PARKE 45 SOUTH VERMILLION 40 R1
LAFAYETTE TOURNAMENT
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 68 RENSSELAER CENTRAL 40 CON
BENTON CENTRAL 83 TWIN LAKES 70 CON
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) 49 MCCUTCHEON 41 SF
LAFAYETTE JEFF 53 WEST LAFAYETTE 37 SF
POSTPONEMENTS
IRVINGTON PREP INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON PPD.
LAKEWOOD PARK FORT WAYNE DWENGER PPD.
NORTH PUTNAM SOUTH PUTNAM PPD.
OWEN VALLEY NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) PPD.
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SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
ALL TIMES EASTERN
ANDERSON AT FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 4:30 PM
ATTICA AT SCHLARMAN (ILL.) 6:30 PM
BLACKFORD AT BLUE RIVER VALLEY 7:30 PM
BOWMAN ACADEMY AT ANDREAN 2:30 PM
BROWN COUNTY AT SOUTH PUTNAM 7:00 PM
CALUMET AT HAMMOND NOLL 8:00 PM
CANNELTON AT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY MADISON 7:30 PM
CARROLL (FLORA) AT SOUTHWOOD 7:30 PM
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AT ANDERSON PREP 7:00 PM
CHICAGO FARRAGUT (ILL.) AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 9:00 PM
CHRISTEL HOUSE AT INDIANAPOLIS RITTER 7:30 PM
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY AT NEW WASHINGTON 7:30 PM
CLINTON CENTRAL AT MADISON-GRANT 7:45 PM
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN AT SEVEN OAKS 3:30 PM
COLUMBUS NORTH AT MARTINSVILLE 7:30 PM
CONCORD AT ANGOLA 7:30 PM
COVINGTON AT FAITH CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM
COWAN AT SHENANDOAH 7:30 PM
CRAWFORD COUNTY AT CLARKSVILLE 8:00 PM
CROTHERSVILLE AT EASTERN (PEKIN) 7:30 PM
CULVER AT WEST CENTRAL 7:30 PM
DALEVILLE AT TRI-CENTRAL 7:30 PM
DELPHI AT SOUTH NEWTON 7:30 PM
DELTA AT CENTERVILLE 7:30 PM
EAST CENTRAL AT WHITELAND 5:30 PM
EAST NOBLE AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 7:30 PM
EASTBROOK AT ELWOOD 8:00 PM
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) AT ALEXANDRIA 7:30 PM
EASTERN GREENE AT MITCHELL 7:30 PM
EASTERN HANCOCK AT WES-DEL 7:30 PM
EDGEWOOD AT NORTH PUTNAM 7:30 PM
EDINBURGH AT WALDRON 7:30 PM
EDON (OHIO) AT LAKEWOOD PARK 7:30 PM
EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN AT SPRINGS VALLEY 7:30 PM
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI AT SOUTHRIDGE 5:00 PM
EVANSVILLE NORTH AT FOREST PARK 7:30 PM
FLOYD CENTRAL AT RICHMOND 7:00 PM
FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY AT BELLMONT 7:30 PM
FORT WAYNE DWENGER AT KOKOMO PPD.
FRANKLIN COUNTY AT LAWRENCEBURG 7:30 PM
FRONTIER AT TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN 7:30 PM
GRIFFITH AT LAKE STATION 8:00 PM
HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT MISSISSINEWA 7:30 PM
HAMMOND MORTON AT MUNSTER 8:00 PM
HENRYVILLE AT SALEM 7:30 PM
HERITAGE HILLS VS. LINTON 5:45 PM
HIGHLAND AT NORTH NEWTON 8:00 PM
HUNTINGTON NORTH AT WARSAW 2:30 PM
INDIAN CREEK AT TRI-WEST 7:30 PM
INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE AT DANVILLE 6:30 PM
INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AT PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY 4:30 PM
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA AT NEW CASTLE 7:30 PM
INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE AT INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI 2:30 PM
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY AT SOUTH BEND RILEY 7:00 PM
JAY COUNTY AT FORT RECOVERY (OHIO) 7:30 PM
JEFFERSONVILLE VS. CINCINNATI HUGHES (OHIO) 1:30 PM
JENNINGS COUNTY AT SOUTH DEARBORN 7:30 PM
JIMTOWN AT CULVER ACADEMY 7:30 PM
KANSAS DEAF AT INDIANA DEAF 5:30 PM
LAKELAND CHRISTIAN AT HAMILTON 2:30 PM
LANESVILLE AT PAOLI 7:30 PM
LAWRENCE NORTH VS. NOBLESVILLE 4:45 PM
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN AT BROWNSBURG 1:00 PM
LOUISVILLE MALE (KY.) VS. PIKE 6:30 PM
MADISON AT CORYDON CENTRAL 7:30 PM
MARION AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 4:30 PM
MISHAWAKA MARIAN AT FORT WAYNE LUERS 2:30 PM
MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN AT LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 7:30 PM
MORGAN TWP. AT KANKAKEE VALLEY 8:00 PM
MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) VS. FISHERS 8:15 PM
MUNCIE BURRIS AT YORKTOWN 7:30 PM
NEW ALBANY VS. PLAINFIELD 11:30 AM
NEW PALESTINE AT GREENWOOD 5:30 PM
NEW PRAIRIE AT LAPORTE 8:00 PM
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) AT WHITE RIVER VALLEY 7:30 PM
NORTH DAVIESS AT WASHINGTON 8:00 PM
NORTH DECATUR AT SOUTH RIPLEY 7:30 PM
NORTH JUDSON AT RIVER FOREST 8:00 PM
NORTH WHITE AT ROSSVILLE 7:30 PM
NORTHEASTERN AT SOUTH ADAMS 7:30 PM
NORTHVIEW VS. PROVIDENCE 4:00 PM
NORWELL AT OAK HILL 1:30 PM
OREGON-DAVIS AT TRI-TOWNSHIP 7:30 PM
ORLEANS AT BARR-REEVE 7:30 PM
PENN AT CROWN POINT 7:30 PM
PERU AT COLUMBIA CITY 7:30 PM
PORTAGE AT HAMMOND CENTRAL 2:30 PM
PRINCETON VS. CHARLESTOWN 10:00 AM
RISING SUN AT JAC-CEN-DEL 7:30 PM
SEEGER AT CLINTON PRAIRIE 7:30 PM
SEYMOUR AT FRANKLIN 7:30 PM
SHAKAMAK AT SULLIVAN 7:30 PM
SHELBYVILLE AT CONNERSVILLE 7:30 PM
SHOALS AT NORTHEAST DUBOIS 7:30 PM
SILVER CREEK AT AUSTIN 7:30 PM
SOUTH BEND ADAMS AT MERRILLVILLE 2:30 PM
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH VS. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL 2:30 PM
SOUTH DECATUR AT TRI 7:30 PM
SOUTHMONT AT CLOVERDALE 7:30 PM
SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) AT COLUMBUS EAST 7:30 PM
SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) AT TRITON CENTRAL 7:30 PM
SPEEDWAY AT NORTH MONTGOMERY 1:30 PM
TECUMSEH AT WOOD MEMORIAL 8:00 PM
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH AT MOORESVILLE 7:30 PM
TIPTON AT FRANKTON 7:30 PM
TRINITY LUTHERAN AT HAUSER 7:30 PM
UNION (MODOC) AT MTI KNOWLEDGE 2:00 PM
VALPARAISO AT NORTHRIDGE 7:30 PM
VINCENNES RIVET AT BLOOMFIELD 7:00 PM
WAWASEE AT WEST NOBLE 7:45 PM
WEST MEMPHIS CHRISTIAN (TENN.) VS. BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 8:00 PM
WESTERN AT FRANKFORT 7:30 PM
BANKS OF WABASH TOURNAMENT
LOSER GAME 1 VS. LOSER GAME 2 6:00 PM 3RD
WINNER GAME 1 VS. WINNER GAME 2 7:30 PM 1ST
LAFAYETTE TOURNAMENT
LOSER GAME 5 VS. LOSER GAME 6 1:00 PM 7TH
WINNER GAME 5 VS. WINNER GAME 6 3:00 PM 5TH
LOSER GAME 8 VS. LOSER GAME 7 5:00 PM 3RD
WINNER GAME 8 VS. WINNER GAME 7 7:00 PM 1ST
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INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE
FRIDAY’S SCORES
ALEXANDRIA 59 FRANKTON 27
ANGOLA 58 CENTRAL NOBLE 52
BHRA (ILL.) 47 COVINGTON 27
BEECH GROVE 64 SPEEDWAY 31
BELLMONT 61 DEKALB 25
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 50 INDIANAPOLIS HERRON 23
CHESTERTON 56 MICHIGAN CITY 14
CONCORD 34 NORTHWOOD 28
COVENANT CHRISTIAN 49 INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA 10
CROWN POINT 58 PORTAGE 55
CULVER 59 LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 27
EDGEWOOD 61 CLOVERDALE 19
ELKHART CHRISTIAN 72 HAMILTON 16
ELKHART 67 SOUTH BEND RILEY 30
EMINENCE 48 TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN 37
FISHERS 58 CASTLE 51
FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 51 FORT WAYNE DWENGER 27
FORT WAYNE SNIDER 63 FORT WAYNE SOUTH 26
FRANKLIN CENTRAL 52 BROWNSBURG 51
FRANKLIN 64 DECATUR CENTRAL 58
GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 55 INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 37
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 66 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 47
HAMMOND NOLL 62 CALUMET 9
HEBRON 35 NORTH NEWTON 30
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 70 INDIANAPOLIS RITTER 46
HOMESTEAD 77 CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 29
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI 61 GUERIN CATHOLIC 49
KIPP INDY LEGACY 42 INDIANAPOLIS RIVERSIDE 29
KANKAKEE VALLEY 54 LOWELL 43
LAKE CENTRAL 45 MERRILLVILLE 33
LAKE STATION 40 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (DYER) 30
LAWRENCEBURG 52 RICHMOND 41
LEBANON 57 CRAWFORDSVILLE 29
MARTINSVILLE 60 GREENWOOD 23
MORGAN TWP. 48 DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN 29
NORTH PUTNAM 37 SOUTH PUTNAM 18
NORTHEASTERN 79 CENTERVILLE 37
NORTHVIEW 64 SULLIVAN 21
NORWELL 63 HUNTINGTON NORTH 27
OAK HILL 55 ELWOOD 13
PENN 62 SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 8
PERRY MERIDIAN 66 MOORESVILLE 61
PIKE 68 NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) 43
PLAINFIELD 77 WHITELAND 47
PURDUE BROAD RIPPLE 47 INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE 28
SHAWE MEMORIAL 47 SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) 44
SHERIDAN 47 CLINTON PRAIRIE 30
SOUTH BEND ADAMS 60 NEW PRAIRIE 35
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 72 MISHAWAKA MARIAN 35
SOUTH RIPLEY 62 RISING SUN 23
SOUTHMONT 55 NORTH MONTGOMERY 32
SOUTHPORT 44 BLOOMINGTON NORTH 41
SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) 42 CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 15
TRITON CENTRAL 78 WALDRON 15
VALPARAISO 65 LAPORTE 14
VICTORY PREP 44 IRVINGTON PREP 4
WASHINGTON TWP. 65 BOONE GROVE 40
WEST VIGO 51 PHALEN ACADEMY 44
WESTERN BOONE 48 GREENCASTLE 38
WESTVILLE 49 TRI-TOWNSHIP 35
WHEELER 52 RIVER FOREST 26
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SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
ALL TIMES EASTERN
BARR-REEVE AT SHAKAMAK 1:00 PM
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE AT NEW ALBANY 1:30 PM
BETHANY CHRISTIAN AT LALUMIERE 7:30 PM
BLOOMINGTON NORTH AT WESTFIELD 5:30 PM
BLUE RIVER VALLEY AT WES-DEL 2:30 PM
BREMEN AT LAVILLE 7:30 PM
BROWN COUNTY AT SOUTH PUTNAM 3:00 PM
CANNELTON AT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY MADISON 6:00 PM
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) AT NORTHRIDGE 2:30 PM
CASCADE VS. LEBANON 7:30 PM
CENTER GROVE AT DANVILLE 8:00 PM
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AT ANDERSON PREP 5:30 PM
CHRISTEL HOUSE AT INDIANAPOLIS RITTER 6:00 PM
COLUMBIA CITY AT LEO 7:30 PM
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN AT SEVEN OAKS 2:00 PM
CONNERSVILLE AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS 1:30 PM
CRAWFORD COUNTY AT CLARKSVILLE 6:00 PM
CROTHERSVILLE AT HAUSER 1:00 PM
CROWN POINT AT PENN 7:30 PM
CULVER ACADEMY AT KOKOMO 1:30 PM
DELPHI AT WEST LAFAYETTE 1:30 PM
DELTA AT NEW PALESTINE 1:30 PM
EASTBROOK AT ELWOOD 6:30 PM
EASTERN (PEKIN) AT BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 7:30 PM
EASTSIDE AT GARRETT 7:00 PM
EDGEWOOD AT NORTH PUTNAM 6:00 PM
EDINBURGH AT KNIGHTSTOWN 1:30 PM
ELKHART AT VALPARAISO 7:30 PM
FISHERS AT EVANSVILLE NORTH 12:30 PM
FLOYD CENTRAL VS. EVANSVILLE REITZ 11:00 AM
FORT RECOVERY (OHIO) AT JAY COUNTY 1:30 PM
FORT WAYNE NORTH AT FREMONT 4:00 PM
GARY LIGHTHOUSE AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 3:00 PM
GOSHEN AT PLYMOUTH 8:15 PM
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL AT TRI 1:30 PM
GREENSBURG VS. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 2:00 PM
GREENSBURG VS. GIBSON SOUTHERN 6:30 PM
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) AT ANDERSON 2:30 PM
HOBART AT ANDREAN 8:00 PM
ILLIANA CHRISTIAN AT HIGHLAND 3:00 PM
INDIAN CREEK AT TRI-WEST 4:30 PM
INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON 2:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 1:30 PM
INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS AT NOBLESVILLE 1:30 PM
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI VS. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 5:00 PM
JAC-CEN-DEL AT SOUTH DEARBORN 2:30 PM
JENNINGS COUNTY AT BORDEN 2:30 PM
KANSAS DEAF AT INDIANA DEAF 3:30 PM
KNOX AT JIMTOWN 7:30 PM
LAKELAND CHRISTIAN AT HAMILTON 1:00 PM
LANESVILLE AT PROVIDENCE 1:30 PM
LAPORTE AT CONCORD 7:45 PM
LAWRENCE CENTRAL VS. COOPER (KY.) 10:30 AM
LAWRENCE CENTRAL VS. RYLE (KY.) 3:00 PM
LAWRENCEVILLE (ILL.) AT WASHINGTON CATHOLIC 1:00 PM
LOOGOOTEE AT EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN 1:00 PM
MACONAQUAH AT EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 1:30 PM
MADISON-GRANT AT BLACKFORD 2:30 PM
MARION AT BELLMONT 12:30 PM
MCCUTCHEON AT ZIONSVILLE 1:30 PM
MITCHELL AT VINCENNES RIVET 1:00 PM
MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN AT LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 6:00 PM
MUNCIE BURRIS AT YORKTOWN 6:00 PM
MUNSTER AT GARY WEST 8:00 PM
NEW HAVEN AT EAST NOBLE 7:30 PM
NEW WASHINGTON AT SHOALS 1:00 PM
NORTH KNOX AT SOUTH KNOX 7:30 PM
NORTH NEWTON AT GRIFFITH 8:00 PM
NORTHEAST DUBOIS AT TECUMSEH 12:00 PM
NORTHFIELD AT MANCHESTER 7:30 PM
OAK HILL AT WESTERN 7:30 PM
OREGON-DAVIS AT TRI-TOWNSHIP 6:00 PM
PARKE HERITAGE AT BENTON CENTRAL 12:30 PM
PENDLETON HEIGHTS AT MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) 1:30 PM
PERU AT WABASH 7:45 PM
PIKE CENTRAL AT MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) 12:30 PM
PRAIRIE HEIGHTS AT FAIRFIELD 7:30 PM
RANDOLPH SOUTHERN AT WAPAHANI 7:30 PM
ROCK CREEK ACADEMY AT DUGGER UNION 4:00 PM
ROSSVILLE AT FAITH CHRISTIAN 2:30 PM
SHELBYVILLE AT BATESVILLE 1:30 PM
SHENANDOAH AT UNION COUNTY 7:30 PM
SILVER CREEK VS. CASTLE 3:30 PM
SOUTH ADAMS AT HERITAGE 7:30 PM
SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON AT HAMMOND CENTRAL 5:30 PM
SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) AT TELL CITY 12:00 PM
SOUTH DECATUR AT OLDENBURG ACADEMY 1:30 PM
SOUTHERN WELLS AT BLUFFTON 7:30 PM
SOUTHWOOD AT ROCHESTER 7:45 PM
SWITZERLAND COUNTY AT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 1:30 PM
TAYLOR AT ALEXANDRIA 2:00 PM
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH AT FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 7:00 PM
TIPPECANOE VALLEY AT JOHN GLENN 7:30 PM
TRITON AT NORTH MIAMI 6:00 PM
VINCENNES LINCOLN AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE 1:30 PM
WARSAW AT WAWASEE 7:30 PM
WEST CENTRAL AT ARGOS 7:30 PM
WESTVIEW AT CHURUBUSCO 7:30 PM
WHITE RIVER VALLEY AT SPRINGS VALLEY 12:00 PM
WHITKO AT NORTHWESTERN 7:45 PM
WINAMAC AT TRI-COUNTY 7:30 PM
WINCHESTER AT MONROE CENTRAL 7:00 PM
WOODLAN AT ADAMS CENTRAL 1:30 PM
CASS COUNTY INVITATIONAL
CASTON VS. LOGANSPORT 6:30 PM 3RD
LEWIS CASS VS. PIONEER 8:15 PM 1ST
NORTH DAVIESS CLASSIC
EMINENCE AT NORTH DAVIESS 11:00 AM R1
WEST WASHINGTON VS. CLAY CITY 11:00 AM R1
LOSER GAME 2 VS. LOSER GAME 1 12:45 PM 3RD
WINNER GAME 2 VS. WINNER GAME 1 12:45 PM 1ST
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WRESTLING RESULTS:
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WRESTLING RESULTS:
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE
#11 GONZAGA 94 #18 KENTUCKY 59
#5 UCONN 83 E. TEXAS A&M 59
XAVIER 79 CINCINNATI 74
NOTRE DAME 87 TCU 85 OT
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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES
#25 WEST VIRGINIA 97 MERCYHURST 51
EASTERN MICHIGAN 96 DEFIANCE 44
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE 56 WICHITA STATE 52
OHIO 72 ILLINOIS CHICAGO 70
ARIZONA STATE 57 MCNEESE STATE 47
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 63 UTAH STATE 58
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE/SCORES
WEEK 15/CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
FRIDAY, DEC. 5
KENNESAW STATE 19 JACKSONVILLE STATE 15
#25 JAMES MADISON 31 TROY 14
BOISE STATE 38 UNLV 21
#20 TULANE 34 #24 N. TEXAS 21
SATURDAY, DEC. 6
12 P.M. | TEXAS TECH VS. BYU — BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP (IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS) | ABC
12 P.M. | WESTERN MICHIGAN VS. MIAMI (OHIO) — MAC CHAMPIONSHIP (IN DETROIT) | ESPN
12 P.M. | VILLANOVA AT LEHIGH (FCS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
12 P.M. | SOUTH DAKOTA AT MERCER (FCS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
1 P.M. | ILLINOIS STATE AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE (FCS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
1 P.M. | ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (FCS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
1 P.M. | NORTH DAKOTA AT TARLETON STATE (FCS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
2 P.M. | PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT JACKSON STATE — SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP | ESPN2
2 P.M. | YALE AT MONTANA STATE (FCS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
2 P.M. | SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT MONTANA (FCS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN+
4 P.M. | GEORGIA VS. ALABAMA — SEC CHAMPIONSHIP (IN ATLANTA) | ABC
8 P.M. | VIRGINIA VS. DUKE — ACC CHAMPIONSHIP (IN CHARLOTTE) | ABC
8 P.M. | OHIO STATE VS. INDIANA — BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP (IN INDIANAPOLIS) | FOX
10 P.M. | RHODE ISLAND AT UC DAVIS (FCS SECOND ROUND) | ESPN2
WEEK 16
3 P.M. | ARMY VS. NAVY | CBS/PARAMOUNT+ (IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND)
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NFL
WEEK 14
SUNDAY, DEC. 7, 2025
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ATLANTA FALCONS, 1:00 P.M. ET, FOX
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS, 1:00 P.M. ET, CBS
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT BUFFALO BILLS, 1:00 P.M. ET, FOX
TENNESSEE TITANS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS, 1:00 P.M. ET, FOX
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS, 1:00 P.M. ET, CBS
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS, 1:00 P.M. ET, FOX
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT NEW YORK JETS, 1:00 P.M. ET, CBS
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, 1:00 P.M. ET, CBS
DENVER BRONCOS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS, 4:05 P.M. ET, CBS
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS, 4:25 P.M. ET, FOX
CHICAGO BEARS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS, 4:25 P.M. ET, FOX
HOUSTON TEXANS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 8:20 P.M. ET, NBC
MONDAY, DEC. 8, 2025
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS, 8:15 P.M. ET, ABC/ESPN
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NBA SCORES
ORLANDO 106 MIAMI 105
BOSTON 126 LA LAKERS 105
NEW YORK 146 UTAH 112
CLEVELAND 130 SAN ANTONIO 117
DENVER 134 ATLANTA 133
CHARLOTTE 111 TORONTO 86
DETROIT 122 PORTLAND 116
INDIANA 120 CHICAGO 105
MEMPHIS 107 LA CLIPPERS 98
PHILADELPHIA 116 MILWAUKEE 101
HOUSTON 117 PHOENIX 98
OKLAHOMA CITY 132 DALLAS 111
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NHL SCORES
VEGAS 3 NEW JERSEY 0
WINNIPEG 4 BUFFALO 1
DALLAS 4 SAN JOSE 1
UTAH 4 VANCOUVER 1
ANAHEIM 4 WASHINGTON 3
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NCAA VOLLEYBALL
MARQUETTE 3 WESTERN KENTUCKY 0
MICHIGAN 3 XAVIER 0
TCU 3 STEPHEN F AUSTIN 0
FLORIDA 3 RICE 0
KANSAS STATE 3 SAN DIEGO 2
IOWA STATE 3 ST. THOMAS 2
PENN STATE 3 S. FLORIDA 1
PURDUE 3 BAYLOR 1
INDIANA 3 COLORADO 0
LOUISVILLE 3 LOYOLA CHICAGO 0
PITTSBURGH 3 MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY 0
KANSAS 3 MIAMI FLORIDA 1
KENTUCKY 3 UCLA 1
TEXAS A&M 3 CAMPBELL 0
SMU 3 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 0
ARIZONA 3 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 1
CREIGHTON 3 NORTHERN IOWA 1
NEBRASKA 3 LONG ISLAND 0
MINNESOTA 3 FAIRFIELD 0
TEXAS 3 FLORIDA A&M 0
WISCONSIN 3 NORTH CAROLINA 0
ARIZONA STATE 3 UTAH STATE 1
STANFORD 3 UTAH VALLEY 1
CAL POLY 3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2
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NCAA VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE – SATURDAY
LOUISVILLE – MARQUETTE
PITTSBURGH – MICHIGAN
PENN STATE – TEXAS
KANSAS STATE – NEBRASKA
TCU – TEXAS A&M
FLORIDA – SMU
IOWA STATE – MINNESOTA
STANFORD – ARIZONA
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SECOND ROUND: DEC. 5-6
REGIONALS: DEC. 11 AND 13 OR DEC. 12 AND 14
SEMIFINALS: THURSDAY, DEC. 18
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: 3:30 P.M. ON SUNDAY, DEC. 21 | ABC
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MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER
NCAA TOURNAMENT
QUARTERFINALS:
FURMAN 1 PORTLAND 0
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SATURDAY, DEC. 6
1 P.M. | NO. 14 AKRON VS. SAINT LOUIS
1 P.M. | NO. 4 MARYLAND VS. WASHINGTON
MEN’S COLLEGE CUP:
SEMIFINALS: FRIDAY, DEC. 12
FINALS: MONDAY, DEC. 15
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WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER
NCAA TOURNAMENT
WOMEN’S COLLEGE CUP
FINALS: MONDAY, DEC. 8
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYOFFS
SEMI-FINALS
FLORIDA STATE 1 TCU 0
STANFORD 1 DUKE 0
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CHAMPIONSHIP
SATURDAY, DEC. 6: 2:30 P.M.
MIAMI VS. VANCOUVER
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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
NO. 20 TULANE HANDLES NO. 24 UNT FOR AMERICAN TITLE, EYES CFP BID
Quarterback Jake Retzlaff rushed for two touchdowns and safety Jack Tchienchou was involved in three big plays to help put No. 20 Tulane on the doorstep of earning a College Football Playoff berth with a 34-21 victory over No. 24 North Texas in the American Conference championship game on Friday at New Orleans.
Jamauri McClure rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown for the Green Wave (11-2), who are in prime position to land a CFP berth as one of the top five conference champions. Chris Rodgers returned an interception for a touchdown and Retzlaff completed 13 of 22 passes for 145 yards and added 49 yards on the ground.
Drew Mestemaker connected on 21 of 34 passes for 294 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions for North Texas (11-2). Tre Williams III and Miles Coleman caught scoring passes and Ashton Gray ran for a touchdown for the Mean Green.
North Texas star running back Caleb Hawkins left early in the second quarter due to a left arm injury. Hawkins is the national leader in both rushing touchdowns (23) and total touchdowns (26). He had 20 yards on seven carries before exiting.
Both coaches were guiding their teams despite landing other jobs. Tulane’s Jon Sumrall will become the coach of Florida, and North Texas’ Eric Morris is taking over at Oklahoma State.
Tchienchou forced a fumble with the blow that caused Hawkins to leave the game. LJ Green returned it 34 yards to the North Texas 37-yard line.
Two plays later, McClure scored on a 7-yard run to give the Green Wave a 14-7 lead with 12:29 left in the half. The lead grew to 10 when Patrick Durkin booted a 30-yard field goal with 5:46 remaining.
Late in the half, Alec Clark’s punt hit North Texas’ Baron Tipton in the leg and Tchienchou recovered at the Mean Green 13 with 50 seconds left. Tulane cashed in when Retzlaff scored on fourth-and-goal from the 1 as time expired for a 24-7 halftime lead.
Midway through the third quarter, a deflection off the hands of North Texas’ Wyatt Young was plucked by Rogers, who ran 35 yards for a score to give the Green Wave a 24-point lead.
North Texas then drove to a first-and-goal at the Tulane 2. Mestemaker threw the ball to a wide-open Young, and the pass went off his hand and directly to Tchienchou for an interception with 3:58 left in the third.
With 16 seconds remaining in the quarter, Mestemaker hit Coleman on a 59-yard score.
North Texas crept within 31-21 on Gray’s 9-yard scoring run followed by his two-point conversion run with 9:26 remaining in the game.
Durkin kicked a 30-yard field goal to boost the Tulane lead to 13 with 2:51 remaining.
Tulane’s Jahiem Johnson intercepted Mestemaker in the end zone with one minute left to seal the victory.
In the first quarter, Mestemaker tossed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Williams, and Tulane responded with Retzlaff’s 2-yard run.
NO. 25 JAMES MADISON MAKES CFP CASE WITH SUN BELT TITLE WIN OVER TROY
Alonza Barnett III threw for a touchdown and added a crucial late-game touchdown run as No. 25 James Madison fended off Troy for a 31-14 victory in the Sun Belt Conference championship game Friday night at Harrisonburg, Va.
Wayne Knight rushed for 212 yards, including a go-ahead 73-yard burst early in the second quarter, as the Dukes tried to make a case for inclusion into the College Football Playoff by scoring two touchdowns in the final five minutes.
With a Duke win in Saturday’s Atlantic Coast Conference championship game, a bid could very well be there for the Dukes.
It was quite a send-off for the final home game under second-year coach Bob Chesney, who’s leaving to become UCLA’s head coach but agreed to stay through a potential CFP run. It was a frigid night that included fans throwing snowballs onto the field as the Dukes (12-1) won their 11th game in a row.
Troy (8-5) was gunning for its third Sun Belt title in a four-year span.
Barnett was just 10-for-25 passing for 93 yards, a touchdown and an interception in the air. He gained 85 yards on 12 carries. Knight had 21 rushing attempts.
Troy quarterback Goose Crowder was 15-for-34 passing for 196 yards. The Trojans were held to minus-26 rushing yards.
James Madison scored first on Morgan Suarez’s 40-yard field goal with 1:55 to play in the first quarter.
The Trojans responded less than three minutes later, scoring on Crowder’s 1-yard scramble.
But on the Dukes’ next snap from scrimmage, Knight broke away on his long TD run on a tackle-shedding gallop. James Madison stretched the lead with 6:56 to play in the second quarter on Barnett’s 26-yard touchdown pass to Braeden Wisloski, who made a leaping catch in the back of the end zone.
Troy responded and scored on Tae Meadows’ 2-yard run with 2:12 remaining in the first half.
The Dukes were in an offensive slump. Despite holding the halftime lead at 17-14, they were 0-for-7 on third-down conversion.
There wasn’t any scoring in the second half until Barnett’s touchdown run with 4:11 remaining. But the Dukes piled on from there, with Sahir West’s sack of backup quarterback Tucker Kilcrease forcing a fumble and Drew Spinogatti returning the ball 22 yards for a touchdown.
It was the cherry on top of a stellar individual performance by West, who finished with 5 1/2 tackles for loss and three sacks.
REPORTS: PENN STATE IN TALKS TO HIRE IOWA STATE’S MATT CAMPBELL AS NEXT HEAD COACH
Penn State is in talks to name Iowa State’s Matt Campbell as its next head football coach, according to reports.
Multiple outlets, including The Athletic and ESPN, citing anonymous sources, reported talks between Campbell and the Nittany Lions were progressing.
Campbell’s potential hire comes nearly two months after the Nittany Lions fired longtime coach James Franklin midway through his 12th season following an 0-3 start in Big Ten play.
The Nittany Lions began the year ranked No. 2 after advancing to last year’s CFP semifinals. They went 3-3 under interim coach Terry Smith and are currently awaiting a bowl assignment.
Campbell, Iowa State’s all-time winningest coach, went 72-55 for a Cyclone program that was 489-622-45 with just three bowl wins over its 133-year history before his arrival. Campbell’s 10-year tenure in Ames includes eight winning seasons, three bowl wins and the program’s only 11-win campaign last year, when Iowa State reached the Big 12 championship game.
Campbell, who was previously the head coach at Toledo for five years before joining the Cyclones, is 107-70 overall as a head coach. He signed a contract extension at Iowa State in August worth $5 million per year until 2032, with a buyout of $2 million.
An Ohio native, Campbell would become Penn State’s 17th full-time coach. He would take over a team that missed big during the early signing period that began on Wednesday.
Penn State, the second Power Four program to fire its coach this season, signed only two players toward its 2026 recruiting class this week. The Nittany Lions have no commitments in the 2027 class.
Many of those who had previously committed to Penn State flipped to Virginia Tech, where Franklin was hired last month following a tenure in Happy Valley that yielded a Big Ten championship in 2016, a Rose Bowl win and a trip to the CFP semifinals. Franklin, however, struggled to win big games. Penn State went just 4-21 against teams ranked in the top 10 during his 11-plus seasons.
Now, current Nittany Lions will have to weigh whether or not to stick around and play for Campbell, who’s done a lot with a little in Ames while reportedly passing on other job offers, including overtures from the NFL.
Should he take the job, Campbell will walk into a somewhat thorny situation where he did not appear to be among the top choices during an unexpectedly lengthy process. Many potential candidates appeared to sign lucrative extensions at their current schools instead, including BYU’s Kalani Sitake.
As Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft conducted his search without the aid of a search committee, a large contingent of Penn State players campaigned for the blunt-talking Smith to be named the permanent coach.
After the Nittany Lions’ win over Nebraska on Nov. 22, players held up “HIRE TERRY SMITH!” signs on the sidelines. A handful flashed the signs to Kraft, who walked off the field with an arm around Smith, a Penn State alum who played for Joe Paterno and is a veteran of Franklin’s staff.
A fanbase and athletic department accustomed to seeing the same coach roaming the Penn State sideline for 46 years as Paterno did has never gone this long without a gridiron leader.
The search to find Paterno’s permanent successor during the most tumultuous season in program history took 40 days in 2011. Paterno was fired on Nov. 9 in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal and then-acting athletic director Dave Joyner announced a six-person search committee on Nov. 28. The program introduced Bill O’Brien on Jan. 7.
Two years later, O’Brien informed Penn State that he was taking the Houston Texans job on Jan. 2 and Penn State introduced Franklin nine days later to massive fanfare.
EX-SEC COMMISSIONER ROY KRAMER, WHOSE VISION PAVED THE WAY FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS, DIES AT 96
Roy Kramer, who as commissioner of the Southeastern Conference helped transform the league into a national power while reshaping the entire sport of college football with a precursor to today’s playoff system, has died. He was 96.
Kramer died on Thursday in Vonore, Tennessee, the SEC said.
Kramer served as SEC commissioner from 1990 through 2002. He was the first to imagine a conference title game, which divided his newly expanded 12-team league into divisions and pitted the two champs in a winner-take-all affair that generated millions in TV revenue.
That led to his greatest contribution — the Bowl Championship Series system that moved college football away from its long-held tradition of determining a champion via media and coaches’ polls. The system in place from 1998 through 2013 produced its share of predictable debate and caused annual frustration for a large segment of the sport’s fans, but the pathway had been created for the true tournament format that’s held in just about every other team sport. A four-team playoff replaced the BCS in 2014, and that was expanded to 12 teams starting last season.
Kramer served as coordinator of the BCS from 1995-99 when the system was developed using computerized formulas to determine which two teams should play in the top bowl game for the title.
Kramer was named the SEC’s commissioner in 1990 and made it one of the richest conferences in the nation during his tenure, mostly by successfully negotiating lucrative television contracts. He began by bringing Arkansas and South Carolina into the conference in 1991 — a small preview of the massive expansion that has overrun the sport some 35 years later.
That allowed him to introduce the SEC title game, which added to a growing font of media revenue. In Kramer’s last year, the SEC distributed $95.7 million in revenue to its 12 member schools, a jump from 1990 when the SEC brought in $16.3 million. In the 2023-24 fiscal year, the SEC distributed $808.4 million — a testament to the exponential growth in college sports that Kramer envisioned back in the ’90s.
Kramer insisted the vitriol that stemmed from BCS selections wasn’t a knock on the system itself but rather a welcomed byproduct because it brought attention to college football.
The BCS has been “blamed for everything from El Nino to the terrorist attacks,” Kramer joked in 2002 when announcing his retirement.
“Roy Kramer will be remembered for his resolve through challenging times, his willingness to innovate in an industry driven by tradition, and his unwavering belief in the value of student-athletes and education,” current SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said.
Born Roy Foster Kramer in Maryville, Tennessee, on Oct. 30, 1929, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Maryville College, where he was a football lineman and wrestler. Kramer earned a master’s at the University of Michigan and served three years in the Army during the Korean War.
He coached football at five high schools in Michigan before he was named assistant coach at Central Michigan in 1965 and then head coach in 1967. Kramer was named the 1974 national coach of the year after leading Central Michigan to the Division II national championship and went 83-32-2 over 11 seasons in charge of the Chippewas. Kramer ended his coaching career in 1978 when he became athletic director at Vanderbilt, where he served until he left for the SEC.
Kramer didn’t want to admit he left a legacy in college athletics, but he was widely admired and respected.
“By any standard,” former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese said in 2002, “Roy’s influence has been mind-boggling.”
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL NEWS
NO. 11 GONZAGA REBOUNDS WITH BLOWOUT OF NO. 18 KENTUCKY
Graham Ike dominated with 28 points and 10 rebounds, Braden Huff added 20 points and No. 11 Gonzaga overwhelmed No. 18 Kentucky in a 94-59 victory on Friday night as part of the Music City Madness in Nashville, Tenn.
Gonzaga (8-1), which bounce back from a 40-point loss to then-No. 7 Michigan on Nov. 26, enjoyed a wire-to-wire victory. Huff scored the game’s first points 12 seconds in and the Bulldogs never looked back. They jumped out to a 19-2 lead, led 43-20 by halftime and extended it to 37 points in the second half.
Rounding out the Bulldogs’ double-digit scorers were Adam Miller and Braeden Smith, who both finished with 11 points off the bench. Smith also had six rebounds and six assists. Gonzaga shot 57.1% from the field and made half of its 3-point attempts (9 of 18).
The 35-point loss for Kentucky (5-4) was its first by 30 or more since a 118-84 loss to Duke on Nov. 6, 2018. The Wildcats have lost all four of their games against ranked opponents this season.
Otega Oweh led Kentucky with 16 points, five rebounds and five assists. Collin Chandler finished with 11 points for the Wildcats, who shot 26.7% from the field and 20.6% from 3-point range.
Gonzaga’s fast start featured 3-pointers by Mario Saint-Supery and Steele Venters and an old-fashioned three-point play by Huff. A jumper by Miller at the 12:12 mark made it 19-2.
Kentucky missed its first 10 field-goal attempts and had five turnovers before Denzel Aberdeen knocked down a corner 3. But the Wildcats never cut significantly into the lead.
The Bulldogs had another 7-0 spurt later in the half, taking a 30-11 lead on a putback by Ike at the 5:44 mark. By halftime, Gonzaga had made 50% (17 of 34) of its shots from the field compared to Kentucky’s 16.1% (5 of 31). The Bulldogs had a 22-4 advantage in points in the paint, thanks in part to Ike’s 17 first-half points.
Kentucky, which rallied back from a 16-point halftime deficit against Gonzaga last season, didn’t fare any better in the second half.
The Bulldogs extended their lead to 61-30 with just under 13 minutes left after a 7-0 run, started with a 3 by Emmanuel Innocenti.
Gonzaga leads the all-time series 3-2. Up next, Gonzaga returns home to face North Florida on Sunday. Kentucky hosts North Carolina Central on Tuesday.
BRAYLON MULLINS CONTRIBUTES TO NO. 5 UCONN’S STEADY WIN VS. EAST TEXAS A&M
Braylon Mullins scored all 10 of his points in the second half of his home debut as fifth-ranked UConn never trailed and pulled away for an 83-59 victory over visiting East Texas A&M on Friday night at Storrs, Conn.
The Huskies (8-1) won their fourth straight ahead of Tuesday’s showdown with 15th-ranked Florida at the Jimmy V Classic in New York.
Although UConn never trailed, it struggled to surge ahead in the first half before outscoring the Lions (4-4) 45-32 in the final 20 minutes.
After playing limited minutes in last Friday’s win over Illinois in New York and scoring 17 in Tuesday’s five-point win over Kansas, the freshman was 4-of-10 shooting and played 16 minutes in his first home game after missing over a month with an ankle injury.
Solo Ball led the Huskies with 14 and Eric Reibe added 13 while starting in place of Tarris Reed (ankle). Alex Karaban chipped in 12 as UConn shot 61.3% in the second half and 52.3% overall.
The Huskies countered missing 12 of 16 3-point tries by scoring 58 points in the paint. UConn went a combined 25 of 35 on layups and dunks.
Ronnie Harrison scored 15 to lead the Lions, who were more competitive than last season’s 35-point loss to UConn. Damian Garcia added 12 and Gianni Hunt contributed 11 for East Texas A&M, which shot 38.9% and hit 8 of 24 3-pointers.
UConn scored nine straight and then took a 20-11 lead on a trey by Jayden Ross with 11:24 left. The Huskies scored seven straight and opened a 29-15 lead on Jaylin Stewart’s 3-point play with 6:52 left.
After appearing to seize control, the Huskies let the lead slip to 34-27 on consecutive jumpers by Harrison with 56 seconds left and held a 38-27 edge at halftime after Karaban converted the putback of Stewart’s missed layup at the horn.
Ball’s layup off a turnover put the Huskies up 45-29 with 16:34 left. Consecutive 3s by Hunt moved the Lions within 47-37 around the 14 1/2-minute mark, but Karaban hit a pair of layups in a span of 73 seconds for a 57-38 lead.
Mullins scored eight straight UConn points on a three-point play, a 3-pointer and a layup to extend the lead to 66-42 with 8:17 left.
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NO. 25 WEST VIRGINIA DOMINATES MERCYHURST TO END 2-GAME SKID
Jordan Harrison and Carter McCray set season highs in scoring as No. 25 West Virginia rolled past Mercyhurst 97-51 on Friday night in Morgantown, W. Va.
Harrison scored 19 points and McCray tallied 15 plus seven rebounds in just 17 minutes off the bench. They combined to shoot 12 of 17 from the floor as the Mountaineers (7-2) went 33 for 63 overall and 23 of 30 at the free-throw line.
Kierra Wheeler added 14 points and eight rebounds, Sydney Shaw had 13 points and six assists and Gia Cooke scored 12 points as West Virginia ended a two-game slide that included losses to Ohio State and Villanova.
West Virginia led 50-22 in paint points and turned a whopping 29 Mercyhurst turnovers into 39 points. Shaw had a season-high six steals and Wheeler tied a season best with five more.
Sofia Wilson scored 14 points and Erica Hall had 13 on 5-of-6 shooting to lead the Lakers (0-8).
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NBA NEWS
NBA ROUNDUP: KEVIN DURANT HITS 31K CAREER POINTS IN ROCKETS’ WIN
Amen Thompson and Kevin Durant combined for 59 points to pace a blistering shooting effort as the Houston Rockets rolled to a 117-98 victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns on Friday.
Durant scored 17 of his 28 points in the second quarter to turn the tide, and he became the eighth player in NBA history to eclipse 31,000 career points. He added eight assists.
Thompson scored a season-high 31 points on 12-for-17 shooting from the field. The Rockets excelled despite the absence of Alperen Sengun (illness), hitting 59.2% of their field-goal attempts.
Dillon Brooks paced the Suns with 23 points while Jamaree Bouyea scored a career-high 18. Phoenix, playing without leading scorer Devin Booker (groin), shot 5-for-36 (13.9%) on 3-point attempts.
Thunder 132, Mavericks 111
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points in three quarters, helping Oklahoma City to a home win over Dallas.
The Thunder have won 14 consecutive games and 22 of their first 23 to start the season. Gilgeous-Alexander shot 10 of 12 from the field while adding six assists and five rebounds. The reigning Most Valuable Player scored 16 of his points in the third quarter when Oklahoma City put the game away.
The Mavericks’ three-game winning streak was snapped. Jaden Hardy led Dallas with 23 points off the bench, including 12 in the third quarter.
Nuggets 134, Hawks 133
Nikola Jokic totaled 40 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, helping visiting Denver rally for a win over Atlanta. Jamal Murray added 23 points and 12 assists for Denver, which trailed by as many as 23 en route to its ninth straight road win.
Atlanta’s Jalen Johnson became the fifth player in the play-by-play era (since 1997-98) to record a first-half triple-double. After having 11 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists before the break, he finished with 21, 18 and 16, respectively.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 30 points while Kristaps Porzingis contributed 25 as the Hawks dropped their third straight game. At the end, Alexander-Walker then had his 3-point attempt blocked by Murray, and he settled for a layup with 2.2 seconds remaining. Denver inbounded the ball and ran out the clock.
Celtics 126, Lakers 105
Jaylen Brown had 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to help Boston stretch its winning streak to four games by beating visiting Los Angeles.
The Celtics received 19 points from Derrick White, 17 from Jordan Walsh and 15 from Payton Pritchard. Walsh has made 18 of his 19 shots from the floor over the past three games.
The Lakers played without Luka Doncic (personal), LeBron James (sciatica and foot) and Marcus Smart (lumbar). Austin Reaves had a 36-point performance for Los Angeles, and Gabe Vincent tossed in 18.
Cavaliers 130, Spurs 117
Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points and Jaylon Tyson tallied 16 of his 24 points in the second half as Cleveland used a big third-quarter run to beat visiting San Antonio.
Tyson scored 11 points during a 31-7 run in the third that gave the Cavaliers the lead for good at 98-81. Evan Mobley had 17 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for Cleveland, which had lost two straight at home.
Devin Vassell finished with 28 points while De’Aaron Fox had 25 points and nine assists for San Antonio. The Spurs fell to 4-3 on their trip through nine cities in 18 days.
Pistons 122, Trail Blazers 116
Cade Cunningham scored 29 points and dished out nine assists as host Detroit held off Portland.
Jalen Duren contributed 18 points and eight rebounds and Ron Holland II had 17 points off the Pistons’ bench. Ausar Thompson supplied 15 points as Detroit won for the third time in four games.
Deni Avdija led the Trail Blazers with 35 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Jerami Grant fired in 29 points and Shaedon Sharpe had 28. There were 64 fouls called and 83 free throws attempted in the contest.
Knicks 146, Jazz 112
Jalen Brunson scored 33 points in three quarters for host New York, which rode its biggest game-opening run on record to a rout of visiting Utah.
The Knicks raced out to a 23-0 lead, their longest game-opening run since at least 1996-97, when the NBA began tracking play-by-play data. New York led by at least 19 thereafter as it completed a second straight wire-to-wire win. Miles McBride scored 22 points off the bench and was 7-of-10 from 3-point range.
Lauri Markkanen and Keyonte George had 18 points apiece before sitting out the fourth for the Jazz, whose two-game winning streak was snapped. Ace Bailey and Isaiah Collier each put up 13 points.
Magic 106, Heat 105
Franz Wagner scored 32 points as host Orlando held off a late Miami surge to record a win.
The Heat, down by 10 points in the fourth quarter, got within a point on back-to-back inside buckets by Norman Powell. On an inbounds play in the last second, the Magic’s tight defense forced a contested 3-point heave from Bam Adebayo that came nowhere close.
Orlando’s Paolo Banchero made his return to the lineup from a groin strain that cost him 10 games, and he scored nine points in 20 minutes. Powell paced the Heat with 28 points, and Adebayo registered 24 points and 15 rebounds.
Hornets 111, Raptors 86
Rookie Kon Knueppel had 21 points and seven assists as visiting Charlotte defeated Toronto.
Tidjane Salaun added a career-best 21 points — 13 in the fourth quarter — and Miles Bridges had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Hornets. LaMelo Ball added 11 points before leaving with left ankle soreness during the third quarter.
Immanuel Quickley scored 31 points for the Raptors, who have lost four of five. Scottie Barnes added 13 points as Toronto showed signs of carryover from a loss on a buzzer-beater against the Lakers on Thursday.
Pacers 120, Bulls 105
Pascal Siakam produced 36 points and 10 rebounds and Bennedict Mathurin added 28 points to lift visiting Indiana to a victory against scuffling Chicago.
The Pacers stopped a two-game slide while sending the Bulls to their season-high sixth straight defeat. Andrew Nembhard (15 points), Jay Huff (11) and Ethan Thompson (11) also scored in double figures for the Pacers.
Coby White led Chicago with 22 points and Matas Buzelis posted 19 points and 12 rebounds. The Bulls, who have lost 12 of 15, shot 44.2% compared to 53.6% for the Pacers.
76ers 116, Bucks 101
Quentin Grimes scored 22 points and Paul George added 20 to lead visiting Philadelphia to a win over Milwaukee.
It was an atypical scoring night for Philadelphia, with Tyrese Maxey managing just 12 points and the bench unit contributing 61. Maxey’s previous season low in scoring was 20.
Bobby Portis led Milwaukee with 22 points on 9-of-16 shooting. Kevin Porter Jr. added 20 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, and Myles Turner put up 19.
Grizzlies 107, Clippers 98
Rookie Cedric Coward had 23 points and 14 rebounds, logging four points and a steal in the closing 2:17, while leading Memphis to a victory over visiting Los Angeles.
Jaylen Wells and Cam Spencer added 17 points apiece for the Grizzlies, who won for the sixth time in eight games. Jaren Jackson Jr., who was held to two points in the first half, finished with 13.
Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 24 points, eight rebounds and four assists. James Harden had 18 points and seven assists as Los Angeles lost for the ninth time in 11 games.
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NHL NEWS
NHL ROUNDUP: STARS STOMP SHARKS, EXTEND POINT STREAK TO 9 GAMES
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists as the Dallas Stars defeated the visiting San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Friday to run their points streak to nine games (7-0-2).
Since the start of the 2015-16 season, the Stars are 12-1-0 in 13 home games against the Sharks.
Sam Steel, Jason Robertson and Miro Heiskanen also scored for Dallas, and Wyatt Johnston had two assists. Jake Oettinger stopped 16 of 17 shots in the Dallas net, giving him a fifth consecutive victory.
Yaroslav Askarov stopped 20 of 23 shots for the Sharks, who are on a two-game skid. Collin Graf recorded San Jose’s only goal.
Ducks 4, Capitals 3 (SO)
Beckett Sennecke and Ross Johnston each had a goal and an assist and Anaheim defeated visiting Washington in a shootout.
Troy Terry and Mason McTavish scored in the shootout for the Ducks, who rallied three times from one-goal deficits in regulation. Cutter Gauthier added a goal and Ville Husso made 18 saves as Anaheim bounced back from a 7-0 home loss to the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday.
Tom Wilson, Ethen Frank and Aliaksei Protas scored for the Capitals, who had won six straight and were finishing up a four-game road trip. Logan Thompson made 35 saves. Anthony Beauvillier scored Washington’s lone shootout goal.
Golden Knights 3, Devils 0
Akira Schmid made 24 saves en route to his second shutout of the season as Vegas earned prevailed in Newark, N.J.
It was the third career shutout for Schmid, who improved to 10-2-4, a career high for wins in a season. Schmid, a fifth-round draft pick by New Jersey in 2018 and who went 14-18-3 in three seasons with the Devils (2021-24), was facing his former club for the first time in his career.
Shea Theodore had a goal and assist, Jack Eichel notched two assists and Tomas Hertl and Ivan Barbashev also scored goals for Vegas, which won its third straight. Jacob Markstrom finished with 22 saves for the Devils, who took their fourth consecutive loss.
Mammoth 4, Canucks 1
Karel Vejmelka stopped 31 of 32 shots and Kevin Stenlund and Mikhail Sergachev each had a goal and an assist to spark Utah to a win over host Vancouver.
Vejmelka had his second straight strong outing after blanking Anaheim two nights earlier. Nick Schmaltz and John Marino also scored for the Mammoth, who won their second straight game, which was preceded by a four-game losing streak.
Arshdeep Bains scored and Kevin Lankinen made 14 saves for the Canucks, who opened a four-game homestand by taking their fourth straight defeat.
Jets 4, Sabres 1
Eric Comrie made 34 saves to help Winnipeg to a win against visiting Buffalo.
Kyle Connor, Tanner Pearson and Cole Koepke scored for the Jets, who won for just the second time in their past eight games.
Jason Zucker scored and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 19 saves for the Sabres, who have lost two in a row after winning four of six.
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TOP INDIANA NEWS RELEASES/HEADLINES
COLTS FOOTBALL NEWS
COLTS-JAGUARS PREVIEW
For one decade-long streak to end, another must as well.
The Colts (8-4) enter Week 14 tied with the Jacksonville Jaguars (8-4) atop the AFC South, a division they have not won since 2014. If the Colts are to win their division and host a home playoff game for the first time in 11 years, they in all likelihood need to beat the Jaguars on Sunday at EverBank Stadium.
And the Colts have not won in Jacksonville since 2014.
Now, how much does that north Florida losing streak matter to the Colts? Very little, if at all.
“I do not (talk about it),” head coach Shane Steichen said. “All I know is that we play Jacksonville in Jacksonville this week, and we’re excited for that opportunity.”
The most the Colts discuss their Jacksonville losing streak is when they’re asked about it in press conferences. Outside of those settings, what happened from 2015-2024 doesn’t impact how Daniel Jones will attack a zone-heavy Jaguars defense, or how Lou Anarumo will scheme against a Jacksonville offense that’s scored 25 or more points in four straight games since a midseason trade for wide receiver Jakobi Meyers.
Notably, none of those three names there (Jones, Anarumo, Meyers) had a single thing to do with this streak.
“I think you guys talk about the streak enough for all of us,” linebacker Zaire Franklin. “I don’t really know how relevant it is to be honest with you just because it’s a new year, it’s a new scene. (They have) a new head coach. We got – it’s a whole bunch of new people in here. Every year is a new opportunity. We even got new ownership.
“It’s a whole lot of new and it’s a year of a whole lot of firsts. A whole lot of firsts going around this year. JT did a whole lot of firsts. We even did a whole lot of firsts, so – first in a while at least. So that is just an irrelevant thing, but I understand it’s something to speak on. Was thankful that we was able to give our fans something less to talk about after that Week 1 thing. I guess we got another one to run through this week.”
With that in mind, here’s what to watch for in all three phases during an absolutely massive game on Sunday:
When the Colts have the ball
The top line here is the Jaguars’ defense has held opposing teams to 82.4 rushing yards per game, the lowest average in the NFL entering Week 14. Only two teams (the Houston Texans and Seattle Seahawks) have allowed opponents to score on a lower rate of possessions than the Jaguars (32.6 percent), with Jacksonville’s ability to take the ball away (20 turnovers, third-most) a key factor there.
Let’s start with the Jaguars smothering opposing rushing attacks. A few things here: First, the Jaguars have yet to face a team that’s top 10 in the NFL in rushing yards per attempt – but will on Sunday with the Colts, who despite some issues in the last two weeks still lead the NFL at 5.1 yards per carry.
The Colts will certainly look to bounce back on the ground, though, as in losses to the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans, they collectively averaged 3.8 yards per rush, 20th in the NFL in that span.
“It’s just been one little thing here or there,” offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter said. “It’s not one run scheme, it’s not one guy making the same mistake. It’s just these little things.
“… We’re trying to do everything we can to make those yards and put JT in great position to go do what he does so well. And the defenses, they’re spending as much time as we are trying to stop that from happening. It’s an ongoing battle.”
From a scheme standpoint, Jaguars defensive coordinator Anthony Campinile leans heavily into zone coverages – and has had plenty of success with those. Jacksonville is one of a dozen teams that’s played zone on 550 or more defensive snaps; on those, they’re second in the NFL in EPA per play (-.150), seventh in success rate (31.5 percent) and seventh in yards per play (5.2).
The Colts’ offense, entering Week 14, has had success attacking zone defenses: They’re first in yards per play (7.2), second in EPA per play (.131) and second in success rate (40.9 percent).
Zooming out, the larger thing for the Colts here is getting back to the success they had on first down prior to the bye week. Avoiding second-and-long situations is important against Jacksonville: The Jaguars are second in EPA per play on second-and-seven or more (-.222); having fewer of those difficult down-and-distances on second down requires efficiency on first down.
The Colts still lead the NFL in success rate on first down (37.6 percent) and are second in EPA per play on first down (.130). But over the last two games that success rate has dipped to 26.2 percent (23rd) and the Colts’ EPA per play on first down has dropped to .022 (17th).
When the Jaguars have the ball
Trevor Lawrence enters Week 14 with the third-lowest passer rating among qualified quarterbacks at 81.6; no starting quarterback has led his team to the playoffs with a passer rating under 82 since Marcus Mariota’s Tennessee Titans in 2017. Lawrence has completed under 60 percent of his passes, thrown 11 interceptions and been sacked 32 times in 12 games.
But amid some of the Jaguars’ season-long lows throwing the ball has been a noticeable uptick in efficiency since acquiring wide receiver Jakobi Meyers from the Las Vegas Raiders prior to the trade deadline. Over the last four games – all with Meyers – the Jaguars’ dropback success rate has risen to 43.9 percent, fourth-best in the NFL since Week 10, while Jacksonville is generating an explosive gain on 17.1 percent of their passes, also fourth-best in that span.
Meyers, who was a 1,000-yard receiver for Las Vegas in 2024, has 18 catches on 21 targets for 245 yards with two touchdowns with the Jaguars.
“Good speed, good route-running ability,” Steichen said. “(He’s a) hell of a player.”
Jacksonville also recently got tight end Brenton Strange back from injured reserve, and he has eight catches for 138 yards with a touchdown in the Jaguars’ last two games. And 2024 first-round pick Brian Thomas Jr., while his production has dipped and he’s been banged up this year, remains one of the NFL’s most dangerous outside-the-numbers threats.
“You got guys that can hurt you, not only vertically down the field, but you got some really good route runners inside,” defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo said.
Meanwhile, the Jaguars are 7-1 when rushing for over 100 yards, and they’ve gone over 150 yards on the ground four times this season.
On special teams
The Colts swapped in Blake Grupe for Michael Badgley this week and will move forward with the ex-new Orleans Saints kicker. Baseline: The Colts need Grupe to connect on his PATs, with Badgley’s three misses on PAT leading to him being waived on Tuesday.
But if Sunday’s game comes down to a kick, the Colts may need Grupe – who looked impressive during a practice window open to the media on Thursday – to deliver. Last year, Grupe made 27 of 31 field goals (87.1 percent) for the Saints.
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INDIANA PACERS NEWS
GAME REWIND: PACERS 120, BULLS 105
The Indiana Pacers traveled to Chicago for a Friday night matchup with the Bulls and a chance to break their winless streak on the road. The Pacers were 0-10 on the road this season entering Friday’s matchup, but led by five points at halftime. Indiana went on to win the game against the Bulls, 120-105, breaking the streak of road losses.
Matas Buzelis – Chicago’s 11th overall pick from just a year ago – had a strong first quarter for the Bulls. He scored 10 points in the period on 2-for-3 shooting as he led all scorers through the first 12 minutes. Indiana’s shooting struggles returned for a brief period as the Pacers opened the contest 1-for-9 from long range, and 4-for-14 overall. Conversely, Chicago sank seven of its 12 3-pointers in the quarter.
Andrew Nembhard began to find a groove down the stretch of the first, and was the engine of Indiana’s attack as he racked up five assists in the first quarter. He scored seven points to lead the Pacers.
Pascal Siakam picked up two quick fouls that sent Indiana’s leading scorer to the bench for the majority of the opening quarter.
Indiana trailed by three points after one, 33-30.
Siakam returned to the floor in the second and immediately got to work. He tallied 14 points in the second quarter alone as the Pacers battled to close out the first half, 62-57.
Ethan Thompson, recent two-way signing, had a stellar first half. He scored nine points off Indiana’s bench, and made timely plays and reads throughout his 18 minutes. Thompson’s opportunity came as a result of Ben Sheppard’s absence. Sheppard, sidelined with a calf strain, missed his first game of the season on Friday.
Siakam, Nembhard, and Bennedict Mathurin each had strong showings throughout the first half of play. The trio combined for 35 points of Indiana’s 62 total – Nembhard with seven, Siakam with 14, and Mathurin with 14. Coby White (13) and Buzelis (12) led the Bulls’ scoring efforts.
The Pacers got into a shooting rhythm despite the rough start – Indiana shot 56 percent from the field in the first half, including 43 percent from 3-point range.
Indiana carried that momentum into the second half as Mathurin sank a 3-pointer, Siakam put back his own missed shot, and Jay Huff threw down a dunk. Suddenly, the Pacers led by 18 points just over three minutes into the third quarter.
Dalen Terry cut the lead back down to 10 points for the Bulls as he drained a 3-pointer with just under four minutes remaining in the third quarter. The Bulls kept fighting, and whittled that lead all the way down to three points late in the period.
With less than a minute to play and a five point lead, Siakam stepped to the line and knocked down both free throws. Indiana got a stop on the other end, and Nembhard knocked down a floater to send the Pacers into the fourth quarter ahead by nine, 92-83.
Mathurin and Siakam hit back-to-back triples midway through the fourth that gave the Pacers a 15-point advantage. Siakam’s shot gave him 32 points – the fifth time he’s reached the 30 point mark this season.
It was all Indiana for the remaining minutes of the contest, led by Siakam and his season-high 36 points. Mathurin had a strong night as well, notching 28 points, while White led the Bulls with 22.
Huff was critical in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter as he recorded three blocks in the period, and five swats overall.
The Pacers were just short of their season-high field goal percentage (54.1), knocking down 53.6 percent of their shots.
It culminated in Indiana’s first road win this season, with another matchup in Gainbridge Fieldhouse on the horizon. The Pacers return to Indianapolis on Monday, Dec. 8, 7:00 PM to match up with the Sacramento Kings.
Inside the Numbers
Pascal Siakam’s 36 points on Friday is a new season-high.
Chicago’s bench scored 42 points to Indiana’s 27.
Indiana grabbed 35 rebounds to the Bulls’ 46.
The Pacers were just shy of recording season-highs in both field goal percentage (54%) and 3-point field goal percentage (46%).
Indiana did record a season-high in made 3-point field goals as it knocked down 18.
You Can Quote Me on That
“Ethan Thompson, what a great job. I talked to him this morning and told him to be ready…He was just very steady, and played a very good all around game.” – coach Rick Carlisle on Ethan Thompson’s career night
“Andrew Nembhard’s one of the best defenders in the world. It’s as simple as that. Whether you’re talking about on the ball or off the ball…He did some job of busting over screens, getting square, and making it difficult. A lot of elements right now have to be in place for us to be an effective road team against a team like Chicago. And Drew was tremendous. ” – Carlisle on Andrew Nembhard’s defense
“I love his confidence. [He’s] playing free, playing the game the right way. I just love his energy…and he can shoot that thing too.” – Pascal Siakam on Ethan Thompson’s night
Stat of the Night
Ethan Thompson, who made his NBA debut just four days ago, logged a career-high 34 minutes in the matchup on Friday. He notched 11 points on 4-for-6 shooting, two rebounds, and three assists.
Noteworthy
Ben Sheppard missed his first game of the season on Friday as he sat out with a calf strain.
Bennedict Mathurin grabbed his 1,000th career rebound in Friday’s contest.
Ethan Thompson logged a career-high 34 minutes against the Bulls.
Mathurin recorded his seventh 20-point game of the season on Friday.
Pascal Siakam notched his fifth 30-point game of the season on Friday.
Up Next
The Pacers return to Indianapolis to host the Sacramento Kings on Monday, Dec. 8, at 7:00 PM ET.
Tickets
The Pacers return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse to host DeMar DeRozan and the Sacramento Kings on Monday, Dec. 8 at 7:00 PM ET.
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INDY FUEL NEWS
FUEL WIN BIG OVER CYCLONES ON FRIDAY NIGHT
FISHERS – The Fuel hosted the Cincinnati Cyclones on Friday night in the first of two games against them this weekend. After giving up a goal in the first two minutes of the game, The Fuel bounced back and took a 7-2 victory.
1ST PERIOD
Sam Stevens opened the scoring at 1:08 to put the Cyclones up 1-0 early. The goal was unassisted.
Indy’s Jacob Leguerrier took the game’s first penalty at 4:24 for cross checking. This put Indy on the penalty kill until 5:12 when Cincinnati’s Elijah Vilio took an interference penalty. Both penalties were killed off.
At 11:50, Kevin Lombardi took a delay of game penalty which put the Fuel back on the penalty kill. They killed it off.
Brett Moravec scored at 14:11to tie the game up, 1-1. Harrison Israels and Lombardi claimed the assists on that goal.
With 2:55 to go in the first period, Israels scored to give the Fuel a 2-1 lead. He claimed his second point of the night along with Lombardi who had the primary assist on that goal. Tyson Feist had the secondary assist.
35 seconds later, Cincinnati’s Ryan Kirwan tied it up once more with a goal at 17:39.
The period ended with a score of 2-2 while the Fuel outshot the Cyclones, 12-7.
2ND PERIOD
Lombardi scored to give the Fuel a 3-2 lead at 10:46 with the help of Moravec and Leguerrier.
After a review, what looked like a goal by Israels was called good at 12:43. This was his second goal of the game, making it 4-2 in favor of the Fuel. Defensemen Chris Cameron and Christian Berger had the two assists.
At 13:30, Cincy’s Stevens took a penalty for holding. This put the Fuel on the power play once again but the Cyclones were able to kill it off.
At 16:57, Cincinnati’s Ryan McCleary and Lombardi each took a double minor for roughing.
Less than a minute later, Jadon Joseph and Cincy’s Cole Fraser each took a minor roughing penalty too.
At 18:01, another fight broke out and the Fuel ended up on a 4-on-3 power play when Stevens and Noel were called for roughing while only Indy’s Lee Lapid was called for roughing.
By the end of the period, there was only one second remaining on those penalties, however there was another scuffle after the whistle.
The Fuel led Cincinnati 4-2 after two periods while outshooting them 22-15.
3RD PERIOD
Fraser took another penalty to start the third period as a result of the fight after the second period ended. He was called for roughing, but did not stay in the box long as Indy’s Owen Robinson scored on the power play just 26 seconds in. This made it 5-2.
At 1:57, it was Robinson who took a high sticking penalty, putting the Fuel back on the penalty kill. They killed it off successfully.
Lee Lapid made it 6-2 in favor of the Fuel with a goal at 8:55, assisted by Jesse Tucker and Feist.
Indy’s Michael Marchesan and Cincinnati’s Justin Portillo dropped the gloves right after a puck drop, each earning five minutes for fighting at 9:00.
Leguerrier followed that up with a holding the stick penalty at 10:27 but all penalties were killed off.
Zack Trott was called for high sticking at 16:45, giving the Fuel another power play chance. They quickly capitalized with a goal from Lombardi to make it 7-2. This was his second goal of the game, totaling four points on the night. Israels and Matt Petgrave had the assists.
Ultimately, the Fuel outshot the Cyclones 29-21 while taking a dominant 7-2 win over them.
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INDIANA VOLLEYBALL NEWS
SWEET 16 BOUND IN 2025!
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For just the second time in program history, the Indiana volleyball team (25-7, 14-6 B1G) is headed to the Sweet 16 and the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament. The fourth-seeded Hoosiers came from behind in the third set to finish off a sweep of fifth-seeded Colorado (25-20, 25-17, 25-23) at Wilkinson Hall on Friday (Dec. 5) night.
Senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles played one of the best games of her career in what is likely the last home game of her career. She provided 16 kills at a .556 clip, making just one attacking error in three sets. She provided six digs, three assists and two blocks in the win.
Freshman outside hitter Jaidyn Jager found an extra gear late in the match, recording 15 kills while hitting .375. She added three digs, three assists and a service ace. Senior opposite hitter Avry Tatum tallied eight kills and matched a season high with five blocks.
Even though it only shows one ace in the box score, IU was relentless from the service line. Colorado was forced behind the three-meter line for most of the evening. The Hoosiers racked up 11 blocks, led by a brilliant seven-block night from senior middle blocker Madi Sell. Colorado hit just .208 on the evening.
The performance of the night came from graduate student outside hitter Jessica Smith. After not practicing all week and missing yesterday’s game, Smith stepped up to serve IU on a 5-0 from the end line. Three consecutive attacking errors handed IU a 23-22 lead in game three. Jager forced match point with her 15th kill before Colorado hit the final ball of the night out of bounds – sending IU to its first Sweet 16 since 2010.
IU will wait to learn its opponent for the NCAA regional semifinals but is expected to meet top-ranked Texas next Thursday or Friday in Austin. The ESPN family of networks will carry all games in the regional round. IU’s win on Friday was the 25th of the season – further extending a single-season program record in the NCAA era.
How it Happened
• IU played a spirited performance from the jump. The electric outside hitter duo of freshman Jaidyn Jager and senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles provided 31 kills with just four attacking errors. As a team, IU hit .378 on the night.
• The Hoosiers got contributions from several players on its roster. Freshman outside hitter Charlotte Vinson and graduate student outside hitter Jessica Smith had impactful runs from the service line off the bench. Senior middle blocker Madi Sell had a late solo block to spark energy in the gym.
Top Hoosier Performers
#3 Alonso-Corcelles, Candela
16 kills, .556 hitting percentage, 6 digs, 3 assists, 2 blocks
#24 Jager, Jaidyn
15 kills, .375 hitting percentage, 3 digs
#1 Sell, Madi
2 kills, 7 blocks
Notes to Know
• IU will head to its second NCAA regional semifinal in program history. Both times that the Hoosiers have hosted postseason volleyball, they have advanced to the Sweet 16. The victory over No. 24 Colorado was just the second AVCA top-25 home win in Wilkinson Hall history.
• Senior middle blocker Madi Sell matched a career high with seven blocks. It’s the sixth time in her college career that she’s had seven blocks in a single match. It’s the third time she’s done it this season. Despite not playing for a long stretch of the year, Sell worked back into the starting lineup and has provided valuable experience for IU.
• In all likelihood, Friday’s game will be the last contest that IU’s senior class plays at Wilkinson Hall. Senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles is 40-15 (.727) in her four years on the home court in Bloomington. Since senior opposite hitter Avry Tatum arrived in town in 2023, IU is 33-9 in the home venue.
• Since the beginning of the 25-point rally-scoring era in 2008, senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles is the first true left-side attacker at IU to record a match with at least 16 kills, one-or-fewer attacking errors and a hitting percentage north of .500. She did it all in IU’s sweep of Colorado on Friday.
• Freshman outside hitter Jaidyn Jager has been one of the best first-year players in the country this season. She recorded the eighth match of her debut campaign with at least 15 kills. She’s now third among IU freshmen in single-season kills (374) in program history.
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INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS
INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES – GAME 9 VS. NO. 6/6 LOUISVILLE
Opening Tip
• Indiana University returns to non-conference play its 126th season of competition in men’s basketball against No. 6/6 Louisville at 2:15 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The game is part of the third annual CareSource Invitational, a series of college basketball games dedicated to raising awareness and funds for adolescent and young adult mental health. A national television broadcast will be provided by CBS with Tom McCarthy, Clark Kellog, and Robbie Hummel on the call.
• Louisville (7-1) is led by second-year head coach Pat Kelsey. The Cardinals are led by one of the best backcourts in the country. Senior guard Ryan Conwell, a Pike High School graduate, has averaged a team-high 19.5 points on 31 made 3-pointers.
• Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr., a presumptive lottery pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, adds 17.6 points and 5.6 assists per night. Senior guard Isaac McKneely chips in 12.1 points on 41.0% shooting from distance, while junior big Sananda Fru posts 10.4 points and 6.1 boards.
• UofL averages 12.6 made 3-pointers per game, the second-highest clip in college basketball. The Cardinals average 94.6 points per night and play at the 48th-fastest pace nationally.
Game Information
Dec. 6, 2025 • 2:15 PM ET
Gainbridge Fieldhouse (20,000) • Indianapolis, Ind.
TV: CBS (Tom McCarthy, Clark Kellog, Robbie Hummel)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 12-10
Last Meeting: UofL 89, IU 61 on Nov. 27, 2024, in Paradise Islands
Series History
• Indiana holds a 12-10 series advantage against Louisville and will play on a neutral floor for the third-straight season.
• IU rallied from a second-half deficit at the Empire Classic to defeat UofL by a score of 74-66 on Nov. 20, 2023, at Madison Square Garden. Kel’el Ware posted 12 points and seven boards in the win.
• Louisville exacted revenge in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis with an 89-61 result on Nov. 27, 2024.
• The game will mark the sixth in which both programs are ranked. The Hoosiers are 2-3 in the previous five ranked games against the Cardinals.
Nov. 24, 1984: #17 UofL 75, #14 IU 64
Dec. 18, 1985: #16 UofL 65, #17 IU 63 (OT)
Dec. 1, 1990: #10 IU 72, #25 UofL 52
March 25, 1993: #1 IU 82, #15 UofL 69
Dec. 31, 2016: #6 UofL 77, #16 IU 62
Last Time Out
• Indiana (7-1, 0-1 B1G) suffered its first setback of the season with a 73-64 result at Minnesota on Wednesday, Dec. 3.
• Despite advantages of 22-5 in points off turnovers and 13-1 in bench production, the Hoosiers struggled to find consistent offense and shot just 22-of-55 (40.0%) from the field and 8-of-27 (29.6%) from behind the arc.
• Sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway led the IU offense with 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor. He added two assists and a game-best four steals. Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson tallied 15 points, his fourth straight game with at least 10 points scored.
• Senior forward Sam Alexis added 10 points, three rebounds, and two assists. Redshirt senior guard Conor Enright dished out seven assists.
Getting it Done on the Defensive End
• Indiana ranks 17th nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency, per KenPom. The last time the Hoosiers closed the season ranked inside the top 20 in the metric was 2012-13, a year that ended in a Big Ten Championship.
• IU holds opponents to 42.2% effective field goal shooting (7th nationally), 40.5% shooting from inside the arc (4th), and 30.8% from the 3-point line, the lowest mark for an Indiana defense since 2013-14.
• Opposing teams have scored 70 points or less in six of eight games.
• The Hoosiers force 13.8 turnovers per games. Four players average at least 1.0 steal per game, led by 2.0 from sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway.
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PURDUE VOLLEYBALL NEWS
#3-SEEDED PURDUE ADVANCES TO REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 3 seeded Purdue volleyball team took down No. 6 seed Baylor, 25-16, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20 in the NCAA Second Round, punching their ticket to its third straight Regional Semifinal and sixth in the last seven years.
The Boilermakers will wait to find out their opponent and location for Regional Semifinals and Finals (Round of 16 and eight), after the remainder of the Second Round matches conclude Saturday night. The Regional Semifinals will be played on either Thursday, December 11 or Friday, December 12 depending on host site with the Regional Finals to follow on December 13 or 15.
The best-ranked seed in Purdue’s region of the lower-left quadrant will host, with currently No. 1-seeded Pitt and No. 2 seeded SMU still competing in the NCAA First/Second Rounds.
NCAA Tournament Notes:
The Boilermakers punched their ticket to the sixth NCAA Regionals appearance in the last seven years, including third consecutive year.
It will be Dior Charles, Akasha Anderson, Lindsey Miller and Bianka Lulic’s first NCAA Regional appearance.
Purdue nearly set a program record for hitting % in an NCAA match, out-pacing the record of .454% in the third set before Baylor came from behind to disrupt the sweep.
Boiler Notes
As a team, Purdue led in all statistical categories , including blocks (12-5), hitting % (.405 – .250) and aces (10-2).
Purdue’s 10 aces tied a season-high (at Indiana, 10/16).
Taylor Anderson dished out 45 assists while leading Purdue to a .405 attack % and posting the match-winning point on a block solo.
Kenna Wollard posted an impressive 18 kills with just three errors on 34 swings for a .441 attack % and 12 digs for her ninth double-double of the season, including the fourth in the last five matches. She was errorless over the first two sets, hitting .714% with 10 kills on 14 attacks.
Akasha Anderson, coming off one of the best matches of her career against Wright State in which she became the first Boilermaker this century to stay errorless while posting as many kills or attacks as she did (16 kills, 29 attacks), racked up 17 kills on a .361 clip with just three errors – two of which came in the final set.
The Boilers had just two attack errors over the first two sets of play, averaging a .466% efficiency while out-blocking the Bears, 8-1
With the win, HC Dave Shondell sits at 511 career wins, one away from tying legend and all-time winningest head coach at Purdue Gene Keady.
Led by Taylor Anderson, the Boilers hit three sets over .450% in the NCAA First/Second Rounds.
Julia Kane came one shy of tying her career-best, ending the night with three service aces alongside eight digs and three assists.
Ryan McAleer led the back row with 15 digs and four assists.
Grace Heaney set a career-high with three service aces. The redshirt-sophomore added an errorless four kills on 15 swings, four blocks (1-3) and a trio of digs.
The Boilers have reached double-digit blocks in three of the last four matches.
Lindsey Miller led the team in efficiency, recording 10 kills with one error on 16 attacks (.562%) with four blocks.
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PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS
#1 PURDUE BATTLES #10 IOWA STATE IN SATURDAY SHOWDOWN IN MACKEY
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
[1 / 1] Purdue (8-0, 1-0) vs. [10 / 9] Iowa State (8-0, 0-0)
Saturday, December 6 | 12:00 PM ET
West Lafayette, Indiana | Mackey Arena (14,876)
TV: CBS (Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE SCENE SETTER
• No. 1 Purdue hosts its toughest non-conference opponent to date as No. 10 Iowa State visits Mackey Arena for a Saturday showdown on CBS. The Boilermakers and Cyclones have combined for a 16-0 start and are own the best regular-season, non-conference records in the country since the start of the 2021-22 season (combined 99-9 record). The squads are ranked No. 2 (Purdue) and No. 4 (Iowa State) on KenPom.
• Following the contest with Iowa State, Purdue will host Minnesota on Wednesday for its second Big Ten December contest.
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• Purdue leads the all-time series with Iowa State by a 3-2 margin, but this will be the first game played in a home facility since 1987-88 season, a 104-96 Iowa State victory in Mackey Arena. It was the last time that Purdue lost when scoring 90 points — a span of 13,893 days.
• Purdue is looking for its sixth season starting 9-0 or better since the 1938-39 campaign (first year of NCAA). Three of the previous five occurrences of 8-0 or better have come under Matt Painter (2009-10, 2015-16, 2022-23).
• Purdue is ranked No. 3 in the NCAA NET rankings as of Thursday morning, trailing Michigan and Duke. Purdue is 2-0 in quad-1 games and have played just two quad-4 games so far this season. Iowa State is No. 7 in the NCAA NET rankings.
• Purdue leads the country in assist / turnover ratio (2.17), while ranking fifth in assists per game (20.6), fifth in 3-point percentage (.418), 18th in scoring margin (+21.7), 14th in rebound margin (+11.6), 16th in scoring margin (+21.0), 21st in tunovers per game (9.5) and 23rd in field goal percentage (.510). Iowa State leads the country in scoring margin (+30.9), turnover margin (+9.5) and is second in turnovers forced per game (19.5). It is also first nationally in field goal percentage (.550) and third in 3-point percentage (.433).
• Individually, Braden Smith is second in assists per game (8.9), Trey Kaufman-Renn is eighth in rebounds per game (11.0), Daniel Jacobsen is 19th in blocks per game (2.38) and Fletcher Loyer is 11th in free throw percentage (.964), 21st in 3-point percentage (.491) and 36th in 3-pointers per game (3.25).
• Purdue (23rd – 5th – 29th) is one of four schools nationally to rank in the top 30 in field goal percentage, 3-point percentage and free throw percentage. The other three schools are Colorado State (11th – 1st – 3rd), Miami Ohio (5th – 26th – 23rd) and Yale (4th – 2nd – 7th).
• Purdue is one-of-eight schools to rank in the top 20 in both offensive and defensive efficiency, via KenPom.
• Purdue is 95-23 (.805) during the careers of Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer and Trey Kaufman-Renn. The 95 victories are the fourth-most nationally while the 80.5 winning percentage is fifth nationally (Houston, Duke, UConn, Drake).
• The Boilermakers are 48-3 (.941) in non-conference play since the start of the 2021-22 season. Only one other team (Iowa State; 51-6) has fewer than seven losses in non-conference play during that timeframe.
• Purdue has tied a school record for consecutive weeks ranked in the top 25 (64) after being ranked No. 1 for the fourth time in five weeks.
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Purdue has been ranked No. 1 in the AP poll 17 times. Auburn and Houston are next with 11 weeks.
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Purdue has been ranked in the AP Top 10 in a nation’s-best 66 (of 85) polls. Kansas is second at 65.
• Braden Smith, who has 829 career assists, needs 62 assists to move into the top spot on the Big Ten’s career assists list (Cassius Winston – 890 assists). Smith passed Mateen Cleaves (816 assists) for second place in Saturday’s win over Eastern Illinois.
• Last season’s leader in blocked shots, Trey Kaufman-Renn, had 11 blocked shots in 36 games. This year’s leader, Daniel Jacobsen, already has 19 blocked shots in eight games. Teams shot 55.6 percent from 2-point range against Purdue a year ago. This year, it’s at 48.3 percent.
• Purdue has had two coaches since the 1980-81 season (Gene Keady, Matt Painter). The duo has combined for 991 wins at Purdue.
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NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS
IRISH FIND A WAY IN OT IN GRITTY 87-85 WIN AT TCU
FORT WORTH, Texas – The Notre Dame men’s basketball team (7-3) earned a huge Quad 1 win on Friday night, downing the TCU Horned Frogs (5-3) in an 87-85 win in overtime inside Schollmaier Arena. It was certainly a resume-building week for the Irish, having previously earned a quad two win at home over Missouri. Notre Dame improved to 5-2 in overtime games in the Coach Shrewsberry era.
It was a gritty performance, and the Irish did it through team basketball, recording 27 assists on 33 made field goals. However, there were certainly some Irish standouts, including Cole Certa and Jalen Haralson, who each dropped 20 points.
Certa finished shooting 50 percent from deep, knocking down 6-12 from three, all in the second half and overtime.
It marked the second game this season in which Certa came off the bench and drained 5+ threes. For Notre Dame – most games off the bench w/ 5+ three pointers made since 1996-97 (Single Seasons Only)
Haralson finished the night shooting 8-12 from the floor, including the big-time jumper that tied it up to send the Irish into overtime. The freshman also grabbed 5 rebounds and dished out a career-high 9 assists for the Irish.
Braeden Shrewsberry poured in 15 points in the win, shooting 5-10 from the floor and 3-7 from three. Shrewsberry also finished with five boards and four assists.
Carson Towt was just one rebound shy of a double-double, recording 13 points on a perfect 6-6 shooting from the floor. Towt grabbed nine rebounds and finished with four assists.
Markus Burton left the game at 9:48 in the first half with a lower left leg injury. He already had six points and five assists at that point.
Burton joined some elite Irish names before he went down. He recorded just the fourth instance since 1996 in which a Notre Dame player has earned 180+ points, 30+ assists & 15+ steals through his first 10 games of a season:
2014-15 Jerian Grant 190 Points, 17 Steals, 61 Assists (11/14/2014 – 12/09/2014)
2013-14 Jerian Grant 187 Points, 21 Steals, 61 Assists (11/08/2013 – 12/11/2013)
2002-03 Chris Thomas 182 Points, 20 Steals, 75 Assists (11/17/2002 – 12/14/2002)
HOW IT HAPPENED
It was a crazy start to the game with it tied 13-13 at the first media timeout at 15:00. Notre Dame started 6-6 from the field while TCU started 5-5 (3-3 from three). Burton was cooking again in the assist department. The junior had four assists by the 12-minute mark and the team had seven assists on eight made field goals – game tied at 18-all.
At 9:48, Burton drove to the rim and converted a tough layup but came down on his leg awkwardly and had to be helped back to the locker room. The score was 23-25.
Notre Dame struggled to find some rhythm offensively after Burton left. After a great 10-15 start from the field, they went 5-11 for the remainder of the half, with six of their eight turnovers occurring in that final nine-minute timeframe.
The Horned Frogs’ offense kept churning from three where they started 7-11 and ultimately finished the half 8-14. TCU shot 63.0 percent from the floor in the first while Notre Dame finished 57.7 percent.
An Irish buzzer-beater from Carson Towt made it 36-45 at the break. Braeden Shrewsberry led with 10 points followed by nine from Jalen Haralson.
The Irish opened up the second half with a 1-2 punch from Towt and Certa as a Towt jumper was followed by back-to-back Certa three’s to bring it within one at 44-45 at the 17:26 media timeout.
Three straight triples from the hot hand of Certa tied this game at 47-all at the 15:59 media timeout. Then, Certa hit his fourth straight out of the timeout to give the Irish a lead at 50-47 in an incredible shooting stretch.
Notre Dame’s defense was also doing its part, not giving up clean looks to TCU and limiting them to a 1-8 shooting stretch heading into the under-12 timeout. The Irish led 54-50 at this point.
Certa’s fifth three of the half came at 10:11, now 59-58 Irish. The Irish and Horned Frogs continued to swap leads, but a 4-0 TCU run would give them a 64-68 edge over the Irish.
Looking to answer, Garrett Sundra hit one from deep to bring the Irish back within one yet again with 6:44 remaining. A Haralson layup followed by a Towt free throw would cap off the 6-0 run that put Notre Dame back in front 70-68.
TCU responded with a run of their own, scoring 4 straight points to give them a 72-70 advantage with 2:01 remaining.
A Shrewsberry jumper was traded for another TCU layup that would keep the Horned Frogs in front, 74-72.
With 53 seconds remaining, Haralson would take it to the rim for a tough finish to tie it up at 74-all.
A TCU free throw made it 75-74, but after missing the second shot from the charity stripe, a Haralson rebound was followed by an Irish timeout with 25 seconds on the clock.
A costly turnover in the final possession put TCU back at the foul line with just nine seconds left. After making the first and missing the second, the ball ended up in Haralson’s hands as he brought it up the floor for the final shot.
Down two with 3 seconds remaining, Haralson hit a step-back fadeaway jumper as the freshman tied it up 76-all to take it into overtime.
Who other than Haralson to score first in overtime, giving Notre Dame the early 78-76 lead. The Horned Frogs knocked down a pair from the charity stripe to tie it up yet again, but Haralson followed with two free throws of his own.
One last TCU free throw would bring them within one at 79-80, but Certa would extend the Irish lead with another big-time three to put Notre Dame up 83-79 with 2:56 left.
A TCU 3-1 scoring stint brought them within two at 84-82 with 42 seconds remaining, but a pair of Certa free throws extended the lead to four yet again with 27 seconds on the clock.
Desperate to close the gap, the Horned Frogs drained one from behind the arc to make it a one-point game, 86-85, with 10 seconds left.
Looking to regain possession, TCU fouled Shrewsberry to send him to the line where he knocked down one last Irish free throw.
With eight seconds remaining, the Irish defense dug in for a stop to secure the 87-85 overtime road win.
UP NEXT
The Fighting Irish look to make it three wins in a row and keep the good times rolling. Notre Dame will play three times at home inside Purcell before the Christmas break and ACC play begins. Up first is the Idaho Vandals on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. ET on ACCNX.
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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Dec. 6
1939 — Iowa’s Nile Kinnick wins the Heisman Trophy. The back passed for 638 yards and 11 touchdowns and rushed for 374 yards.
1961 — Syracuse running back Ernie Davis becomes the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy.
1984 — Martina Navratilova loses to Helena Sukova, ending the longest winning streak in history of women’s singles tennis — 74 matches dating to Jan. 15, 1984.
1986 — Miami’s Vinny Testaverde wins the Heisman Trophy in a runaway. The quarterback, who led the nation in passing efficiency, won the by 1,541 points over Temple running back Paul Palmer, the country’s top rusher.
1990 — The Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators receive approval to join the NHL in 1992-93.
1992 — Jerry Rice becomes the NFL’s career leader in touchdown receptions with his 101st scoring pass during the fourth quarter of the San Francisco 49ers’ 27-3 victory over Miami. Rice surpassed Steve Largent’s mark of 100.
1992 — Jim Courier rebounds from a slow start to beat Switzerland’s Jakob Hlasek in four sets as the United States recaptures the Davis Cup.
1998 — Denver with a 35-31 comeback win over Kansas City, becomes the third 13-0 team in NFL history. The Broncos join the 1934 Chicago Bears and 1972 Miami Dolphins.
2000 — Golden State’s Antawn Jamison and the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant each scored 51 points, including trading six straight scores in the final two minutes of overtime. It’s Jamison’s second 51-point performance in four days, and Bryant’s career high. But Jamison earns extra satisfaction as the Warriors prevail 125-122 over Los Angeles. It’s the first time in 38 years two players score 50 in the same game.
2003 — Army becomes the first team to finish 0-13 in major college history after a 34-6 loss to Navy.
2005 — Philadelphia wins the first scoreless NHL game that is decided by a shootout, beating Calgary 1-0. Philadelphia’s Antero Niittymaki stops 28 shots in regulation and overtime and all three during the shootout.
2008 — Southern California beats UCLA 28-7 to win its record seventh straight Pac-10 championship. The Trojans (11-1) also have won 11 or more games in seven straight seasons — another record.
2009 — Switzerland’s Carlo Janka wins the giant slalom to become the first man in more than 2 1/2 years with three consecutive World Cup victories. Janka won the super combined event two days earlier and the downhill yesterday.
2009 — Drew Brees is 35 for 49 for 419 yards with two touchdowns and one interception as New Orleans stays undefeated with a 33-30 overtime win at Washington. New Orleans and Indianapolis both improve to 12-0, marking the first time in NFL history that two teams are unbeaten this late in the season.
2009 — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre sets an NFL record by playing in his 283rd consecutive game, a 30-17 loss to Arizona. The 40-year-old Favre breaks the record of 282 held by longtime Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall.
2013 — Jennifer O’Neill scores a career-high 43 points, including the go-ahead basket in the fourth overtime, and No. 5 Kentucky beats No. 9 Baylor 133-130 in the highest-scoring Division I women’s game in history. The previous high for a Division I women’s game was 252 points in SMU’s 127-125 win over TCU, also in four overtimes, on Jan. 25, 1997.
2018 — Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry explodes for franchise-record 238 yards & 4 touchdowns in 30-9 win v Jacksonville Jaguars in Nashville; 99-yard TD run ties Dallas Cowboys HOF RB Tony Dorsett’s longest run in NFL history.
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TV SPORTS TODAY
Saturday, Dec. 6
AUTO RACING
5:25 a.m.
ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
8:55 a.m.
ESPN2 — Formula 1: Qualifying, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
Noon
ACCN — Southern Miss. at Miami
CBS — Iowa St. at Purdue
ESPN2 — Dayton vs. Virginia, Charlotte, N.C.
FOX — Duke at Michigan St.
TRUTV — Rhode Island at Providence
12:30 p.m.
USA — Old Dominion at Richmond
1 p.m.
CW — UNC Asheville at NC State
2 p.m.
BTN — Ohio St. at Northwestern
FS1 — Marquette at Wisconsin
TNT — Boise St. at Butler
2:15 p.m.
CBS — Louisville at Indiana
2:30 p.m.
USA — Princeton at Loyola of Chicago
4 p.m.
BTN — Rutgers at Michigan
ESPNU — Seton Hall at Kansas St.
FS1 — Maryland at Iowa
4:30 p.m.
CBS — Baylor at Memphis
5 p.m.
CBSSN — Colorado at Colorado St.
6 p.m.
BTN — Washington at Southern Cal
ESPN2 — Wake Forest at West Virginia
PEACOCK — Oregon at UCLA
7:30 p.m.
CBSSN — Oklahoma St. at Grand Canyon
8 p.m.
ESPN — Illinois at Tennessee
PEACOCK — Florida St. at Houston
PEACOCK — Mississippi at St. John’s
9 p.m.
TRUTV — Ark.-Pine Bluff at DePaul
10 p.m.
CBSSN — Oklahoma vs. Arizona St., Phoenix
ESPN — Auburn at Arizona
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Noon
BTN — Indiana at Illinois
6 p.m.
FS1 — Iowa at Rutgers
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Noon
ABC — Big 12 Championship: TBD, Arlington, Texas
ESPN — Metro Atlantic Championship: TBD, Detroit
2 p.m.
ESPN2 — Prairie View A&M at Jackson St.
4 p.m.
ABC — Southeastern Championship: TBD, Atlanta
ESPN — Southeastern Championship: TBD, Atlanta (Field Pass)
8 p.m.
ACCN — Atlantic Coast Championship, Charlotte, N.C. (Field Pass)
ABC — Atlantic Coast Championship, Charlotte, N.C.
FOX — Big Ten Championship: TBD, Indianapolis
GOLF
4 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player, Third Round, Gary Player CC, Sun City, South Africa
Noon
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Hero Challenge, Third Round, Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas
2:30 p.m.
NBC — PGA Tour: The Hero Challenge, Third Round, Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas
10 p.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Crown Australian Open, Final Round, Royal Melbourne GC, Melbourne, Australia
4 a.m. (Sunday)
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player, Final Round, Gary Player CC, Sun City, South Africa
NBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.
NBATV — Golden State at Cleveland
NHL HOCKEY
7 p.m.
NHLN — Utah at Calgary
SKIING
5 p.m.
NBC — FIS: Alpine Ski World Cup, Beaver Creek, Colo.
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7:30 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Arsenal at Aston Villa
10 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Brentford at Tottenham Hotspur
12:30 p.m.
NBC — English Premier League: Liverpool at Leeds United
2:30 p.m.
FOX — MLS Cup: TBD, Final
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Sunday, Dec. 7
AUTO RACING
7:55 a.m.
ESPN — Formula 1: The Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
ESPNU — Formula 1: The Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (F1 Kids)
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
1 p.m.
ESPN2 — Missouri vs. Kansas, Kansas City, Mo.
2 p.m.
SECN — UTSA at Alabama
3 p.m.
ESPN2 — Texas Tech vs. LSU, Fort Worth, Texas
4 p.m.
ACCN — Hofstra at Pittsburgh
SECN — San Francisco at Mississippi St.
5 p.m.
ESPN — Georgetown at North Carolina
ESPN2 — SMU at Texas A&M
FS1 — Creighton at Nebraska
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ACCN — Boston U. at North Carolina
BTN — Purdue at Michigan
SECN — NC Central at South Carolina
1 p.m.
FS1 — DePaul at UConn
2 p.m.
ACCN — Duke at Virginia Tech
BTN — Ohio St. at Northwestern
3 p.m.
FS1 — Oregon at UCLA
4 p.m.
BTN — Maryland at Minnesota
6 p.m.
BTN — Michigan St. at Wisconsin
8 p.m.
BTN — Washington at Southern Cal
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Noon
ESPN — College Football Playoff Selection Show
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
7:30 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Division III Tournament: TBD, Championship, Bloomington, Ill.
COLLEGE WATER POLO (MEN’S)
6 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Championship, Stanford, Calif.
FIGURE SKATING
4:30 p.m.
NBC — 2025 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: The 2025-26 Grand Prix Final, Nagoya, Japan
GOLF
4 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player, Final Round, Gary Player CC, Sun City, South Africa
11:30 a.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Hero Challenge, Final Round, Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas
1:30 p.m.
NBC — PGA Tour: The Hero Challenge, Final Round, Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas
NFL FOOTBALL
1 p.m.
CBS — Regional Coverage: Miami at N.Y. Jets, New Orleans at Tampa Bay, Indianapolis at Jacksonville, Pittsburgh at Baltimore
FOX — Regional Coverage: Seattle at Atlanta, Cincinnati at Buffalo, Tennessee at Cleveland, Washington at Minnesota
4:05 p.m.
CBS — Denver at Las Vegas
4:25 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Chicago at Green Bay OR L.A. Rams at Arizona
8:20 p.m.
NBC — Houston at Kansas City
PEACOCK — Houston at Kansas City
NHL HOCKEY
1 p.m.
NHLN — Colorado at Philadelphia
7 p.m.
NHLN — Vegas at N.Y. Rangers
SKIING
12:30 p.m.
NBC — FIS: Alpine Ski World Cup, Beaver Creek, Colo.
SOCCER (MEN’S)
9 a.m.
USA — Premier League: West Ham United at Brighton & Hove Albion
11:30 a.m.
USA — Premier League: Crystal Palace at Fulham
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