“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL REGIONAL SCORES
| CLASS 6A | ||||
| CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) | 41 | PENN | 30 | |
| WESTFIELD | 20 | FISHERS | 10 | |
| BROWNSBURG | 47 | DECATUR CENTRAL | 23 | |
| WARREN CENTRAL | 24 | CENTER GROVE | 21 | |
| CLASS 5A | ||||
| MERRILLVILLE | 34 | MICHIGAN CITY | 14 | |
| CONCORD | 47 | LAFAYETTE JEFF | 45 | |
| NEW PALESTINE | 20 | EAST CENTRAL | 6 | |
| BLOOMINGTON SOUTH | 55 | FLOYD CENTRAL | 7 | |
| CLASS 4A | ||||
| SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH | 10 | HOBART | 7 | |
| FORT WAYNE DWENGER | 39 | LEBANON | 27 | |
| INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI | 31 | YORKTOWN | 27 | |
| HERITAGE HILLS | 35 | MARTINSVILLE | 19 | |
| CLASS 3A | ||||
| KNOX | 28 | ANGOLA | 21 | |
| FORT WAYNE LUERS | 14 | TWIN LAKES | 7 | |
| CASCADE | 37 | LAWRENCEBURG | 33 | |
| GIBSON SOUTHERN | 42 | INDIAN CREEK | 14 | |
| CLASS 2A | ||||
| ANDREAN | 52 | SOUTHMONT | 32 | |
| ADAMS CENTRAL | 42 | EASTBROOK | 28 | |
| LAPEL | 38 | INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN | 7 | |
| BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL | 43 | LINTON | 18 | |
| CLASS 1A | ||||
| PIONEER | 34 | LAVILLE | 14 | |
| SOUTH ADAMS | 25 | NORTH MIAMI | 22 | |
| SOUTH PUTNAM | 26 | SHERIDAN | 6 | |
| MILAN | 22 | PROVIDENCE | 7 | |
SEMI-STATE MATCH-UPS
6A
FW CARROLL VS. WESTFIELD
BROWNSBURG VS. WARREN CENTRAL
5A
MERRILLVILLE VS. CONCORD
NEW PALESTINE VS. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH
4A
SB ST. JOSEPH VS FW DWENGER
RONCALLI VS. HERITAGE HILLS
3A
KNOX VS. FW LUERS
CASCADE VS. GIBSON SOUTHERN
2A
ANDREAN VS. ADAMS CENTRAL
LAPEL VS. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL
1A
PIONEER VS. SOUTH ADAMS
SOUTH PUTNAM VS. MILAN
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INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE
FRIDAY’S SCORES
ALEXANDRIA 55 BLUE RIVER VALLEY 16
ANDERSON PREP 56 CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 18
ANDERSON 52 RICHMOND 43
AUSTIN 66 CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 38
AVON 41 BREBEUF JESUIT 39
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 61 SCOTTSBURG 34
BELLMONT 59 WOODLAN 20
BREMEN 41 JOHN GLENN 24
CARMEL 44 INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS 30
CASTON 48 NORTH WHITE 41
CHESTERTON 47 MUNSTER 15
CLAY CITY 53 LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 34
COLUMBIA CITY 51 WHITKO 48
COLUMBUS EAST 44 SOUTHPORT 23
CRAWFORD COUNTY 55 HENRYVILLE 39
DALEVILLE 61 CENTERVILLE 32
DELTA 57 CONNERSVILLE 50
EASTERN (PEKIN) 65 NORTH HARRISON 49
EASTSIDE 54 FREMONT 46
ELKHART CHRISTIAN 60 BETHANY CHRISTIAN 7
FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK 53 NEW HAVEN 32
FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 65 FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA 34
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 43 FAITH CHRISTIAN 33
FRANKLIN CENTRAL 75 NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) 45
FRANKLIN 79 WHITELAND 41
GREENCASTLE 37 SEVEN OAKS 23
GREENSBURG 65 NORTH DECATUR 19
HAMMOND MORTON 105 GARY 21ST CENTURY 7
HANOVER CENTRAL 51 PORTAGE 31
KNIGHTSTOWN 70 WINCHESTER 24
MADISON 64 SWITZERLAND COUNTY 13
MARION 70 MUNCIE CENTRAL 29
MORGAN TWP. 43 WEST CENTRAL 33
NEW CASTLE 66 UNION COUNTY 46
NOBLESVILLE 68 HAMILTON HEIGHTS 51
NORTH MONTGOMERY 36 ATTICA 34
NORTHWOOD 43 WEST NOBLE 39 OT
NORTHFIELD 32 OAK HILL 20
NORWELL 50 CULVER ACADEMY 21
ORLEANS 62 SALEM 39
PARK TUDOR 77 INDIANAPOLIS HERRON 6
PERRY CENTRAL 62 MITCHELL 18
PLAINFIELD 81 DANVILLE 39
PURDUE ENGLEWOOD 80 CHRISTEL HOUSE 4
RANDOLPH SOUTHERN 67 WES-DEL 16
ROCK CREEK ACADEMY 60 CANNELTON 30
SILVER CREEK 54 SEYMOUR 31
SOUTH DECATUR 53 RISING SUN 43
SOUTHERN WELLS 52 LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 19
SPEEDWAY 50 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 38
TAYLOR 54 EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 52
WESTVIEW 58 WAWASEE 39
WOOD MEMORIAL 52 NORTH DAVIESS 31
CORYDON CENTRAL TOURNAMENT
WASHINGTON 46 BORDEN 33
EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 46 NORTHVIEW 41
CASTLE 66 CORYDON CENTRAL 43
SOUTH KNOX 48 NEW ALBANY 47
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
ALL TIMES EASTERN
ANDERSON PREP AT UNION CITY 12:30 PM
BEN DAVIS AT BROWNSBURG 1:30 PM
BENTON CENTRAL AT CLINTON PRAIRIE 7:30 PM
BLACKFORD AT SOUTH ADAMS 7:30 PM
BOONE GROVE AT WHITING 1:30 PM
BOONVILLE AT EVANSVILLE HARRISON 1:30 PM
BROWN COUNTY AT EMINENCE 3:00 PM
CASTON AT WINAMAC 7:30 PM
CENTRAL NOBLE AT PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 7:30 PM
CHESTERTON AT MISHAWAKA 3:00 PM
CONCORD AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 1:30 PM
COWAN AT MADISON-GRANT 7:30 PM
CULVER ACADEMY AT FORT WAYNE NORTH 12:00 PM
DELPHI AT TWIN LAKES 12:30 PM
EAST NOBLE AT BLUFFTON 7:30 PM
EASTBROOK AT SOUTHERN WELLS 7:30 PM
EASTERN GREENE AT DUGGER UNION 12:30 PM
EASTERN HANCOCK AT TRITON CENTRAL 7:30 PM
EDGEWOOD AT LINTON 7:30 PM
EDINBURGH AT TRI 7:30 PM
ELKHART CHRISTIAN AT ARGOS 6:30 PM
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH 1:30 PM
EVANSVILLE NORTH AT PRINCETON 8:00 PM
FAIRFIELD AT GOSHEN 7:30 PM
FISHERS AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 1:30 PM
FISHERS AT COLUMBIA CITY 6:30 PM
FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK AT LEO 2:30 PM
FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY AT CAREER ACADEMY 1:30 PM
FORT WAYNE DWENGER AT FORT WAYNE SNIDER 7:30 PM
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL AT ROSSVILLE 12:00 PM
FRANKLIN COUNTY AT NORTHEASTERN 1:30 PM
FRANKTON AT LAPEL 2:30 PM
FREMONT AT ADAMS CENTRAL 7:30 PM
GARRETT AT NEW HAVEN 2:30 PM
GREENWOOD AT SEYMOUR 1:30 PM
GRIFFITH AT HOBART 3:30 PM
GUERIN CATHOLIC AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 1:30 PM
HAGERSTOWN AT KNIGHTSTOWN 7:30 PM
HAMMOND CENTRAL AT CROWN POINT 8:00 PM
HENRYVILLE AT SWITZERLAND COUNTY 7:30 PM
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS 1:30 PM
HUNTINGTON NORTH AT OAK HILL 7:30 PM
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD AT GIBSON SOUTHERN 1:30 PM
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI AT HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) 1:30 PM
JASPER AT HERITAGE HILLS 7:30 PM
JAY COUNTY AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS 7:30 PM
JEFFERSONVILLE AT CARMEL 1:30 PM
KNOX AT RENSSELAER CENTRAL 8:00 PM
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT WESTERN 7:30 PM
LAPORTE AT KANKAKEE VALLEY 8:00 PM
LAWRENCE CENTRAL AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 12:30 PM
LAWRENCE NORTH AT WESTFIELD 5:30 PM
LEBANON AT MCCUTCHEON 7:30 PM
LEWIS CASS AT TRI-CENTRAL 7:30 PM
LOGANSPORT AT TIPTON 7:30 PM
LOWELL AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 3:30 PM
MACONAQUAH AT MANCHESTER 2:30 PM
MARION AT WABASH 7:30 PM
MERRILLVILLE AT ELKHART 7:30 PM
MILAN AT MORRISTOWN 7:30 PM
MITCHELL AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 7:00 PM
MONROVIA AT COVENANT CHRISTIAN 7:30 PM
MUNCIE BURRIS AT MONROE CENTRAL 2:00 PM
NEW PALESTINE AT INDIAN CREEK 1:30 PM
NEW PRAIRIE AT SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) 1:30 PM
NORTH DECATUR AT BATESVILLE 7:30 PM
NORTH HARRISON AT CHARLESTOWN 7:30 PM
NORTH JUDSON AT OREGON-DAVIS 1:30 PM
NORTHRIDGE AT NORWELL 2:30 PM
PAOLI AT BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 7:30 PM
PENN AT LAKE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
PIKE AT HOMESTEAD 2:30 PM
PLYMOUTH AT MICHIGAN CITY 2:00 PM
PORTAGE AT SOUTH BEND RILEY 2:30 PM
PURDUE ENGLEWOOD AT WARREN CENTRAL 1:30 PM
RICHMOND AT MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) 7:30 PM
RIVER FOREST AT NORTH NEWTON 8:00 PM
ROCHESTER AT PERU 1:30 PM
SHAKAMAK AT CLOVERDALE 1:00 PM
SHAWE MEMORIAL AT TRINITY LUTHERAN 1:30 PM
SHELBYVILLE AT CONNERSVILLE 7:30 PM
SOUTH DEARBORN AT RUSHVILLE 7:30 PM
SOUTH PUTNAM AT CASCADE 7:30 PM
SOUTH RIPLEY AT JAC-CEN-DEL 7:30 PM
SOUTH SPENCER AT CLARKSVILLE 12:30 PM
SOUTHPORT AT TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 1:30 PM
SOUTHRIDGE AT LANESVILLE 12:30 PM
SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) AT OLDENBURG ACADEMY 1:30 PM
SOUTHWOOD AT NORTH MIAMI 7:30 PM
SULLIVAN AT OWEN VALLEY 6:30 PM
TECUMSEH AT EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN 2:30 PM
TERRE HAUTE NORTH AT MARTINSVILLE 7:30 PM
TIPTON AT WINCHESTER PPD.
TRI-COUNTY AT TRI-TOWNSHIP 8:00 PM
UNIVERSITY AT MUNCIE CENTRAL 1:30 PM
VINCENNES LINCOLN AT EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 7:30 PM
WAPAHANI AT UNION (MODOC) PPD.
WARSAW AT VALPARAISO 7:30 PM
WESTVILLE AT CULVER 6:30 PM
WHITKO AT CHURUBUSCO 2:30 PM
WOOD MEMORIAL AT NORTH POSEY 6:30 PM
BANKS OF WABASH TOURNAMENT
SOUTH VERMILLION VS. NORTH VERMILLION 4:00 PM 3RD
RIVERTON PARKE AT PARKE HERITAGE 5:30 PM 1ST
CORYDON CENTRAL TOURNAMENT
BORDEN VS. NORTHVIEW 10:00 AM CON
WASHINGTON VS. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 10:00 AM SF
NEW ALBANY AT CORYDON CENTRAL 12:00 PM CON
CASTLE VS. SOUTH KNOX 12:00 PM SF
LOSER GAME 5 VS. LOSER GAME 7 5:30 PM 7TH
WINNER GAME 5 VS. WINNER GAME 7 7:15 PM 5TH
LOSER GAME 6 VS. LOSER GAME 8 5:30 PM 3RD
WINNER GAME 6 VS. WINNER GAME 8 7:15 PM 1ST
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE
CLEMSON 20 #20 LOUISVILLE 19
#8 OREGON 42 MINNESOTA 13
SATURDAY, NOV. 15
12 P.M. | NO. 2 INDIANA VS. WISCONSIN | BIG TEN NETWORK
12 P.M. | NO. 3 TEXAS A&M VS. SOUTH CAROLINA | ESPN
12 P.M. | NO. 10 NOTRE DAME AT NO. 24 PITT | ABC
12 P.M. |NO. 21 MICHIGAN AT NORTHWESTERN | FOX
12 P.M. | ARIZONA AT CINCINNATI | FS1
12 P.M. | KANSAS STATE AT OKLAHOMA STATE| ESPNU
12 P.M. | AIR FORCE AT UCONN | CBSSN
12 P.M. | UTSA AT CHARLOTTE | ESPN+
12 P.M. | SOUTH FLA. AT NAVY | ESPN2
12 P.M. | EASTERN MICHIGAN AT BALL STATE| ESPN+
12:45 P.M. | ARKANSAS AT LSU| SEC NETWORK
1:00 P.M. | OREGON STATE AT TULSA | ESPN+
1:00 P.M. | WEST VIRGINIA AT ARIZONA STATE | TNT
1:30 P.M. | TENNESSEE TECH AT KENTUCKY| SEC NETWORK +
2:00 P.M. | MARSHALL AT GEORGIA STATE | ESPN+
2:00 P.M. | NORTH TEXAS AT UAB | ESPN+
3:00 P.M. | UTEP AT MISSOURI STATE | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | NO. 4 ALABAMA VS. NO. 12 OKLAHOMA | ABC
3:30 P.M. | NO. 8 TEXAS TECH VS. UCF | FOX
3:30 P.M. | NO. 14 VIRGINIA AT DUKE | ESPN2
3:30 P.M. | NO. 17 GEORGIA TECH AT BOSTON COLLEGE | ACC NETWORK
3:30 P.M. | NO. 18 MIAMI (FLA.) VS. NC STATE | ESPN
3:30 P.M. | NO. 19 USC VS. NO. 20 IOWA | TBA
3:30 P.M. | PENN STATE AT MICHIGAN STATE | TBA
3:30 P.M. | MARYLAND AT ILLINOIS | FS1
3:30 P.M. | MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT WESTERN KENTUCKY| ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | SAN JOSÉ STATE AT NEVADA | CBSSN
3:30 P.M. | APP STATE AT JAMES MADISON | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | SOUTH ALABAMA AT UL MONROE | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | TEXAS STATE AT SOUTHERN MISS | ESPN+
4:00 P.M. | MEMPHIS AT EAST CAROLINA | ESPNU
4:00 P.M. | FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT TULANE | ESPN+
4:15 P.M. | NO. 25 TENNESSEE VS. NEW MEXICO ST. | SEC NETWORK
4:30 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA AT WAKE FOREST | THE CW NETWORK
5:00 P.M. | LIBERTY AT FIU | ESPN+
6:00 P.M. | COASTAL CAROLINA AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN | ESPN+
7 P.M. | NO. 6 OLE MISS VS. FLORIDA | ESPN
7 P.M. | NO. 13 UTAH AT BAYLOR | ESPN2
7 P.M. | NO. 23 WASHINGTON VS. PURDUE | FS1
7 P.M. | SAM HOUSTON VS. DELAWARE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | UTAH STATE AT UNLV | CBSSN
7:30 P.M. | NO. 1 OHIO STATE VS. UCLA | NBC
7:30 P.M. | NO. 5 GEORGIA VS. NO. 11 TEXAS | ABC
7:30 P.M. | VIRGINIA TECH AT FLORIDA STATE | ACC NETWORK
7:45 P.M. | NO. 22 MISSOURI VS. MISSISSIPPI ST. | SEC NETWORK
8 P.M. | KENNESAW STATE AT JACKSONVILLE STATE | ESPNU
10 P.M. | LOUISIANA TECH AT WASHINGTON STATE | THE CW NETWORK
10:15 P.M. | NO. 7 BYU VS. TCU |ESPN
10:30 P.M. | BOISE STATE AT SAN DIEGO STATE | CBSSN
10:30 P.M. | WYOMING AT FRESNO STATE | FS1
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
#4 DUKE 100 INDIANA STATE 62
#9 KENTUCKY 99 EASTERN ILLINOIS 53
#11 TEXAS TECH 80 MILWAUKEE 63
#23 CREIGHTON 84 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE 45
#21 ARKANSAS 79 SAMFORD 75
#18 NORTH CAROLINA 97 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL 53
#6 MICHIGAN 67 TCU 63
#14 ILLINOIS 84 COLGATE 65
#5 ARIZONA 69 #15 UCLA 65
#19 GONZAGA 77 ARIZONA STATE 65
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 82 COPPIN STATE 59
IU INDY 90 EASTERN MICHIGAN 83
RUTGERS 84 LEHIGH 72
WEST GEORGIA 100 CITADEL 92
NORTHERN IOWA 70 FURMAN 54
RHODE ISLAND 80 ALBANY 61
CHARLESTOWN 88 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 61
FAIRFIELD 73 STONE HILL 70 OT
IONA 76 FORDHAM 71
TOWSON 51 NORFOLK STATE 41
MCNEESE STATE 88 LOUISIANA 62
JACKSONVILLE STATE 74 COASTAL CAROLINA 67
USC 87 ILLINOIS STATE 67
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EDWARDSVILLE 61 DRAKE 59
NEW ORLEANS 85 TULANE 63
ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM 91 HIGH POINT 74
OLE MISS 82 BAKERSFIELD 60
CENTRAL FLORIDA 86 TEXAS A&M 74
RICE 71 E. TEXAS A&M 64
IOWA 81 XAVIER 62
COLORADO 97 PROVIDENCE 88
NORTHWESTERN 81 DEPAUL 79
BAYLOR 94 TARLETON STATE 81
GEORGIA 92 GEORGIA TECH 87
STEPHEN F AUSTIN 76 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 66
MONTANA 90 CAL POLY 82
UC DAVIS 77 SACRAMENTO STATE 73
UTAH TECH 81 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 75 2OT
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 74 TROY 63
ST. MARY’S 80 N. TEXAS 49
CAL BAPTIST 69 WESTERN ILLINOIS 59
WASHINGTON 81 WASHINGTON STATE 69
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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
#6 OKLAHOMA 89 N. ALABAMA 61
WEST VIRGINIA 57 #15 DUKE 49
#7 BAYLOR 62 UNLV 54
HAWAII 46 ST. MARTINS 41 OT
TEMPLE 75 LASALLE 54
ST. JOHN’S 88 YALE 60
CHARLESTOWN 75 IONA 44
TEXAS ARLINGTON 78 TENNESSEE STATE 58
UNC GREENSBORO 57 PRESBYTERIAN 53
MINNESOTA 88 NJIT 39
ST. BONAVENTURE 66 CANISIUS 61
STATE 68 XAVIER 60
STEPHEN F AUSTIN 77 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 76
STANFORD 54 WASHINGTON STATE 46
VCU 81 MAINE 77
GEORGE MASON 61 GEORGETOWN 54 OT
NORTHWESTERN 69 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE 54
MARQUETTE 71 BOWLING GREEN 55
INDIANA STATE 65 WESTERN KENTUCKY 60
LONGWOOD 128 BLOOMFIELD 31
DENVER 56 NORTHERN COLORADO 53
EASTERN MICHIGAN 52 ST. THOMAS 41
CAL BAPTIST 69 SAN JOSE STATE 55
UTAH VALLEY 85 PEPPERDINE 56
BOISE STATE 91 UC DAVIS 77
OREGON STATE 64 ILLINOIS 59
SETON HALL 80 SAN FRANCISCO 66
SANTA CLARA 76 WYOMING 45
ST. MARY’S 51 UC RIVERSIDE 41
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NFL SCHEDULE/SCORES
WEEK 11
SUNDAY, NOV. 16
WASHINGTON VS. MIAMI AT MADRID, 9:30 A.M.
TAMPA BAY AT BUFFALO, 1 P.M. (CBS)
LA CHARGERS AT JACKSONVILLE CINCINNATI AT PITTSBURGH, 1 P.M. (CBS)
CAROLINA AT ATLANTA, 1 P.M. (FOX)
GREEN BAY AT NY GIANTS, 1 P.M. (FOX)
CHICAGO AT MINNESOTA, 1 P.M. (FOX)
HOUSTON AT TENNESSEE, 1 P.M. (FOX)
SAN FRANCISCO AT ARIZONA, 4:05 P.M. (FOX)
SEATTLE AT LA RAMS, 4:05 P.M. (FOX)
KANSAS CITY AT DENVER, 4:25 P.M. (CBS)
BALTIMORE AT CLEVELAND, 4:25 P.M. (CBS)
DETROIT AT PHILADELPHIA, 8:20 P.M. (NBC)
MONDAY, NOV. 17
DALLAS AT LAS VEGAS, 8:15 P.M. (ESPN/ABC)
BYES: INDIANAPOLIS, NEW ORLEANS
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NBA SCOREBOARD
ORLANDO 105 BROOKLYN 98
NEW YORK 140 MIAMI 132
DETROIT 114 PHILADELPHIA 105
MILWAUKEE 147 CHARLOTTE 134 OT
MINNESOTA 124 SACRAMENTO 110
LA LAKERS 118 NEW ORLEANS 104
HOUSTON 140 PORTLAND 116
LA CLIPPERS 133 DALLAS 127 2OT
GOLDEN STATE 109 SAN ANTONIO 108
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NHL SCOREBOARD
NASHVILLE 2 PITTSBURGH 1 OT
CAROLINA 4 VANCOUVER 3 OT
PHILADELPHIA 6 ST. LOUIS 5
NY ISLANDERS 3 UTAH 2 OT
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYOFFS
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
NOV. 22 – NOV. 23
EASTERN CONFERENCE: TBD
WESTERN CONFERENCE: TBD
CONFERENCE FINAL
NOV. 29 – NOV. 30
SEMIFINAL WINNERS, TBD
CHAMPIONSHIP
SATURDAY, DEC. 6: CONFERENCE FINAL WINNERS, 2:30 P.M.
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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
NFL NEWS
COMMANDERS COACH DAN QUINN FEELS IT’S FEASIBLE FOR NFL TEAMS TO PLAY 1 GAME ABROAD EVERY YEAR
MADRID (AP) — Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn paused briefly to gather his thoughts when asked whether he would like to play abroad every year.
“Good question,” he said, with another pause, before jokingly asking if anyone from the NFL was there.
“No, just kidding…” he quickly added, before going on to answer the question.
“We knew it hurts a little bit in the beginning of the week, but then as you get closer to game day, man, you’re ready to perform,” Quinn said. “So I think if you could do it, yeah, I think there’s a way depending on where you go, I guess.”
The Commanders will face the Miami Dolphins at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Sunday in the seventh — and final — international game of the season, the most ever in one year for the NFL as it continues to expand globally.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said he would like to see each team playing one international game every year.
Quinn said he likes that now there’s a lot of thought and preparation involved in the international games, with the teams, the league and local organizers making sure everything runs smoothly.
He said the bonding opportunity for his squad was a big plus, especially with his team struggling at 3-7 and looking to snap a five-game losing streak.
“I personally like getting the team together,” he said. “I don’t know if there’s a science behind that, but I know what that energy can look like when you connect.”
He said good planning for the trip was important to allow players to adapt quickly.
“You have to be thoughtful about it, about when you go and when you don’t,” Quinn said. “But so far I liked this feeling and the idea of leaving on the Monday night. Tuesday, you arrive here in the morning, tried to keep the players up, had a workout, could do some things, so then go to bed Tuesday night to get into a normal routine.”
And the bad side of it?
Quinn said the “toughest thing” is probably adapting to a new environment where the players come to practice.
“When you’re on a normal road trip, you practice at your own facility and then pack up and go play. When you do an extended trip, now there’s ‘Where do I go for treatment? Where do I go for the recovery work, the locker room?’” he said. “So, finding those spaces and getting into that vibe, it takes a few days. But if you have a few days of that, then you can find the routine. As any ball player would say, routine is very important.”
This is Washington’s first international game since 2016, when it tied the Cincinnati Bengals at Wembley Stadium in London. The Dolphins are playing in their eighth regular-season game abroad, second only to the 14 played by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
More than 60 regular-season games will have been played abroad through this season, with London, Munich, Frankfurt, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Madrid, Berlin, Dublin and Toronto hosting them. Next year, the NFL will go to Australia, which could pose a bigger problem for teams because of the bigger time difference.
BEARS CB JAYLON JOHNSON RETURNS TO PRACTICE AS TEAM OPENS WINDOW TO ACTIVATE HIM FROM IR
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson returned to practice Friday when the team opened a 21-day evaluation window to activate him from injured reserve or lose him for the remainder of the season.
The two-time Pro Bowler has played in only one game this season because of a groin injury and will likely need a few weeks to increase his activities before suiting up. The Bears (6-3) are at Minnesota on Sunday and then have back-to-back games against division leaders Pittsburgh and Philadelphia before visiting Green Bay.
“He’s worked his tail off to get to this point,” coach Ben Johnson said. “And it’s on us as coaches to put him in a good spot here, going forward, to get him ready to compete here in the rest of the year.”
Jaylon Johnson missed training camp, the preseason and the season opener because of a groin injury. He then injured a different part of the groin in a Week 2 loss at Detroit and had surgery to repair that region.
“We trust our medical and we felt really good about him being healthy,” Ben Johnson said. “It happens sometimes. He wants to go out there, he wants to compete, he wants to win. We’ll be really smart with the information we have at hand in terms of putting him in a good spot and at the same time, helping our team.”
Johnson’s return would be a huge boost for a defense that has been hit hard by injuries, particularly at cornerback.
Terell Smith suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason. Kyler Gordon, who signed a three-year, $40 million extension in April, missed the first four games because of a hamstring injury and has been sidelined since Week 7 because of a groin injury. The Bears expect him to return from IR at some point.
Chicago gave the secondary a boost two weeks ago, signing C.J. Gardner-Johnson. He has three sacks in two games for the Bears.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
NO. 8 OREGON RUNS, THROWS ALL OVER MINNESOTA IN WIN
Dante Moore threw for 310 yards and a pair of scores to lead No. 8 Oregon to a 42-13 win over Minnesota on Friday night in Eugene, Ore.
Moore threw only three incomplete passes in 30 attempts as the Ducks (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten) racked up 510 yards of total offense in their fourth straight victory.
Tight end Kenyon Sadiq celebrated his return from injury with eight catches for 96 yards, including a touchdown, and the Ducks were dominant from beginning to end against the Golden Gophers.
Minnesota (6-4, 4-3) was coming off a bye but nonetheless couldn’t get much going on offense. The Golden Gophers were held to 200 total yards, 62 of those rushing.
Quarterback Drake Lindsey threw for 138 yards with a touchdown, but lost 28 yards running the ball (thanks primarily to two Oregon sacks).
It was a different story for Oregon’s ground game as the Ducks ran for 179 and four touchdowns on 30 carries, as well.
The Ducks started fast, scoring touchdowns on their first two possessions of the game. Two long completions from Moore to Malik Benson and Sadiq set up Oregon at the Gophers’ 1-yard line. Jordon Davison punched it in for a touchdown.
On the Ducks’ next possession, Davison ran 39 yards over left guard for his second touchdown of the night and a 14-0 Oregon lead.
An Oregon fumble in the second quarter led to a Brady Denaburg 46-yard field goal, but Oregon struck with another big run, Noah Whittington powering through the line and somehow emerging from a pack of tacklers to go 40 yards for a 21-3 Ducks lead with 9:31 left in the second.
The Ducks took a 28-6 lead into halftime, Moore finding Sadiq for a 3-yard touchdown pass along the side of the end zone with 37 seconds left in the half. Oregon had 332 total yards at halftime, 200 through the air for Moore.
A Lindsey-to-Javon Tracy 10-yard touchdown pass for Minnesota with 8:17 left in the third quarter made it 28-13, but the Ducks responded with Moore’s 13-yard touchdown to Jeremiah McClellan a few minutes later, sealing Oregon’s win.
Jay Harris ran for a 12-yard touchdown for the Ducks early in the fourth quarter to complete the scoring.
CLEMSON TAKES ADVANTAGE OF MISSED KICKS TO TOP NO. 20 LOUISVILLE
Adam Randall ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner with 7:16 remaining, to give visiting Clemson a 20-19 upset victory over No. 20 Louisville on Friday night.
The Tigers (5-5, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) survived a bad punt snap with 2:31 remaining as Nick Keller missed a 46-yard field goal try with 1:33 left.
Earlier in the quarter, Cooper Ranvier missed a 50-yard field goal that would have given the Cardinals the lead. Ranvier also doinked an extra-point attempt in the second quarter that led to Clemson’s margin of victory.
Louisville’s Keyjuan Brown eclipsed the century mark for the second straight game with 135 yards on 15 carries.
The two teams traded field goals in the first quarter as neither amounted much on offense. Both team’s touchdowns came on short fields.
Neither team played especially well. Clemson converted just one of its 13 third downs. Louisville (7-3, 4-3) outgained its guests 385-308 but the Cardinals committed 10 penalties for 84 yards. They racked up 20 yards in flags on the drive that resulted in Keller’s miss.
Louisville got its first lead after Clemson’s thanks Jack Smith’s 31-yard punt that gave the Cardinals the ball at the Tigers’ 38. The drive started with Miller Moss finding Bell for a 37-yard pass. Two plays later, Moss plunged in from the 1 to make it 9-3 with 8:47 remaining in the half, but Ranvier’s PAT attempt bounced off the left upright and was no good.
Clemson got its short field five minutes later after Avieon Terrell stripped Duke Watson of the ball and recovered the fumble at the Louisville 25. The Tigers needed only one play, a Randall draw, to score and take a 10-9 with 3:17 to go in the second quarter.
With the win, the Tigers are now one win away from extending their bowl streak to 21 seasons.
The defeat, the Cardinals’ second straight, ends any chance the team had for an ACC title-game appearance. All of Louisville’s losses have come by three points or less this season.
PURDUE COACH BARRY ODOM READY TO FACE BROTHER, BRIAN, AND LONGTIME FRIEND RYAN WALTERS AT WASHINGTON
When Purdue coach Barry Odom walks onto the field Saturday in Seattle, he’ll see some familiar faces.
Sure, he may chat with Washington defensive coordinator Ryan Walters, a longtime friend who spent four seasons on Odom’s defensive staff at Missouri and the previous two years holding the title Odom now owns. He’ll almost certainly mingle with Huskies inside linebackers coach Brian Odom, his younger brother and also a former staff member at Missouri.
And Odom knows how difficult those three-plus hours on Saturday will be for himself and his two opponents.
“A number of things are based around relationships and as you change colors, that doesn’t change the relationship,” Odom said, reflecting on his first game against Missouri after the Tigers fired him following the 2019 season. “It was hard on both sides, you know, to walk across and see the guys you recruited just a few, short months ago, guys you were coaching and developing. Ryan’s a friend, and I hate coaching against my brother. But we signed up for it, so he wants to beat me, and I want to beat him.”
While their relationships run far deeper than football, the journey here, to his matchup, has been long, winding and emotional.
The Boilermakers gave the then 36-year-old Walters a chance to build on the program’s 2022 Big Ten West Division crown and first conference championship game appearance. Instead, things went south fast.
Walters went 5-19 in two seasons, losing his final 11 games — a stretch that included the two worst losses in school history, 66-7 to Notre Dame and 66-0 at Indiana. He was fired the day after the loss to Indiana.
That opened the door for Odom, who had revived UNLV’s program, and he took advantage quickly. Purdue opened the season by beating two Football Championship Subdivision schools, Indiana State and Southern Illinois, to end the Football Bowl Subdivision’s second-longest active losing streak. But Purdue (2-8, 0-7) hasn’t won since and has now lost 19 straight against FBS teams and a school record 15 in a row in league play.
For Washington (6-3, 3-3), coming off a 13-10 loss at Wisconsin that knocked the Huskies out of the AP Top 25, this return home with a chance to prove Purdue made a mistake with Walters and help Brian Odom get the upper hand in his sibling rivalry has given the players additional motivation.
“It definitely means a lot for us,” linebacker Xe’ree Alexander said. “Like the whole defense is fired up. The whole team is fired up just to go out this week and ball out.”
Walters, for his part, isn’t saying much about facing a Purdue roster that looks nothing like the one he recruited after more than 80 new players followed Barry Odom to West Lafayette, Indiana. But instead of feeling bitter, Walters remains grateful the Boilermakers gave him his first head coaching job.
“I am appreciative of my time there and the experience I had and the people I got to work with every day, and the young men I got to coach,” Walters said. “So, I’ll always be forever thankful for that opportunity. But I’m having a lot of fun here and really enjoy working at UW and being part of Seattle’s community.”
Brian Odom’s cross-country trek included stops at Arizona, Houston, Washington State, Oklahoma and Southern California in addition to the two seasons the Odom brothers coached together at Missouri. He’s never been a head coach, though, and while Barry Odom said they have spoken and that he’s proud of his brother, one lingering question remains.
Who will their parents be rooting for Saturday?
“You’ll have to ask them,” Barry Odom said with a laugh. “I don’t know if I’ve ever been the favorite. I don’t know, it’s strange. But the right answer would be both of us, of course.”
FORMER GEORGIA RECRUIT ARCH MANNING TO LEAD NO. 10 TEXAS AGAINST NO. 5 BULLDOGS IN SEC SHOWDOWN
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia fans finally will have their chance to see Arch Manning play at Sanford Stadium.
He won’t be wearing Georgia’s red and black, though.
No. 5 Georgia (8-1, 6-1 Southeastern Conference, No. 5 College Football Playoff) will face Manning and No. 10 Texas (7-2, 4-1, No. 10 CFP) on Saturday night. Each team will be looking to protect its hopes of making a repeat trip to the SEC championship game.
Gunner Stockton replaced the injured Carson Beck and led the Bulldogs to a 22-19 overtime win over Texas in last year’s SEC championship game in Atlanta. Beck transferred to Miami and Stockton has kept the starting job this season, using his dual-threat talents to win over fans who once dreamed Manning would make Athens his home.
Manning acknowledged this week he came close to signing with Georgia.
“They’re a good team. I was considering them until the end,” Manning said Monday.
Manning, the preseason Heisman Trophy favorite, and the Longhorns, who were No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25, have a four-game winning streak after a 3-2 start.
Manning claimed his first SEC offensive player of the week honor after Texas’s win over Vanderbilt. He has passed for 674 yards with six touchdowns and one interception over the past two games.
It’s the kind of production Georgia coach Kirby Smart anticipated when he recruited Manning, the latest in the line of Manning football players that includes his father, Cooper, grandfather Archie and uncles Peyton and Eli.
“It really wasn’t about the celebrity nature,” Smart said Monday, adding “the tape” was his motivation to recruit Manning.
“I have a good relationship with their family,” Smart said. “I’ve known his dad for a while, his uncle for a long time, and his grandfather. They’ve got a wonderful family, but it has nothing to do with his recruitment. His recruitment was based on he’s athletic, he’s fast, he’s tall, he’s intelligent, he’s got composure, he’s got an arm. He can do it all. He can run the ball, he can throw the ball. In this day and age, you got to have a quarterback that can do both and he can.”
Smart added Manning has “great composure” and is “not really affected by many things, even the way he’s managed the hype and expectations of what he was supposed to be this year.”
Return visit
This won’t be Manning’s first visit to Sanford Stadium. He said he attended a Georgia home game against South Carolina when he was a recruit.
“It’s a big-time atmosphere,” Manning said. “I’m excited.”
Thanks to that visit, Manning says he knows what to expect to hear on Saturday night.
“It’s my first time preparing for barking,” he said. “It should be fun.”
Ancient history
Georgia won two games against Texas last season. In addition to the SEC championship game victory, the Bulldogs beat then-No. 1 Texas 30-15 in Austin.
Players from each team agree last year’s games will have no effect on Saturday night’s contest.
“It’ll have no carryover,” Georgia safety KJ Bolden said. “Those are two different teams, a lot of different players on each team. You know it’s going to be a great game.”
SEC hopes
Texas and Georgia do not control their hopes of returning to the SEC title game. No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 4 Alabama have no SEC losses. The Bulldogs and Longhorns are playing to remain in position to enter a possible tiebreaker scenario if either Alabama or Texas A&M lose.
CFP hopes
Georgia and Texas also will be playing to protect their playoff hopes. The Bulldogs are motivated to play for a first-round bye.
With two losses, the Longhorns may have a greater sense of urgency. Texas defensive end Ethan Burke says that’s nothing new.
“I think every week we know what we’ve got to do,” Burke said. “We know how much has been on the line the last five games or so. Every game has been huge and it’s critical to where we want to be.”
Texas pass rush
The Longhorns have been on a tear getting to the quarterback. Texas ranks No. 1 nationally in sacks per game at 3.78 and has 34 overall. The leaders are edge rushers Colin Simmons and Burke. Simmons has eight sacks.
“He draws a lot of attention, it’s a benefit for the whole front,” Burke said of Simmons. “The quarterbacks have to keep him in their vision.”
COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: GEORGIA AT TEXAS
GEORGIA GAME NOTES:
#5 Georgia (8-1, 6-1 SEC) vs. #10 Texas (7-2, 4-1 SEC) Nov. 15, 2025, 7:30 pm ET; Site: Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium (93,033), Athens, Ga. ABC-TV: (Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe & Laura Rutledge) UGA Coach: Kirby Smart (113-20, 10th year); UT: Steve Sarkisian (91-54 overall, 45-19/5th@UT) Local Radio: Georgia Bulldog Sports Network (Learfield): Scott Howard (PxP), Josh Brock (Analyst), D.J. Shockley (Sideline); Satellite Radio: SiriusXM 84, and on the app; National Radio: Westwood One (Nate Gatter, Derek Rackley, Jon Stashower-Studio) SEC Nation Pre-Game Show: In Athens; SEC Network Re-Air: TBA Fast Facts On The Georgia-Texas Series *Fifth-ranked Georgia (8-1, 6-1 SEC) finishes the SEC regular season Saturday when it plays host to No. 10 Texas (7-2, 4-1 SEC) for the first time in Athens. Kickoff will be at 7:30 pm on ABC. Last Saturday in Starkville, Georgia cruised to a 41-21 victory over MSU while UT had an open date. *The Bulldogs upset then No. 1 Texas 30-15 in Austin last year and then beat the No. 2 Longhorns again in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta 22-19 in overtime. UT holds a 4-3 edge in the series history. The first meeting came in the 1949 Orange Bowl (UT won 41-28 in Miami). *The Bulldogs are 8-0 against top 10 ranked opponents Between the Hedges under Kirby Smart. *Georgia is 41-17 against ranked opponents in the Smart era including 15-2 in Athens. *Georgia is 39-3 in its last 42 SEC regular season games. “Hard To Kill” *Georgia has trailed early and/or late in six of its seven SEC games this year, and it is 5-1 in those contests. The Bulldogs have rallied to beat No. 15 Tennessee and Auburn on the road for their ninth straight victory in those series, outlasted No. 5 Ole Miss in Athens, won their fifth straight over Florida in Jacksonville, and last Saturday in Starkville, erased an early 7-0 deficit with 38 unanswered points and eventually recorded a 41-21 decision for the program’s 900th all-time win. *Georgia blanked then No. 17 Alabama and Auburn in the second half while Kentucky’s lone second half score came on a 23-yard drive with 1:51 left in the contest and the Bulldogs up 35-7. Trailing 35-26, Georgia outscored No. 5 Ole Miss 17-0 in the 4th quarter in its 43-35 win. Against Florida, Georgia fell behind 20-17 early in the 4th quarter, took the lead for good with 4:36 left and posted a pair of 4th-Down stops including one in the Red Zone as UF came in 22-for-23 there. *The only league contest where Georgia led wire-to-wire was a 35-14 home win over UK while the only comeback that fell short came to No. 17 UA 24-21 in Athens. Playing With FPE (Fire, Passion & Energy) *One of Georgia’s main themes in 2025 is to play with “FPE.” *Fifty-four percent of Georgia’s roster consists of players in their first or second season here. *Redshirt junior QB Gunner Stockton is in his first season as a starter, and he has accounted for 22 TDs (15 passing, 7 rushing). He ranks 14th nationally in Completion Percentage (69.4). He had a streak of 157 consecutive passing attempts without an INT end in the UK game. *Stockton helped Georgia pass its first SEC road start, leading the Bulldogs to a 44-41 win in overtime against No. 15 Tennessee in front of a crowd of 101,915. Georgia trailed five different times including in OT. At Auburn, he rallied the Bulldogs in the second half to a 20-10 victory. He sparked Georgia’s comeback against No. 5 Ole Miss with a perfect second half, going 12-for-12 for 135 yards and 3 TDs in a 43-35 victory. *Junior ILB CJ Allen, the SEC leader in average tackles per game at 8.3, is a semifinalist for the Butkus Award. *Due to injuries, Georgia started six different offensive line units in the first six games. The regular lineup has returned for the past three contests. They helped pave the way for 34 first downs and 515 total yards vesus No. 5 Ole Miss, 361 yards against Florida, and then a season-high 567 yards of total offense including a season-best 303 rushing yards in the road win over MSU. *The Bulldog defense has posted 15 scoreless quarters this season. Opponents have scored 103 points in the first half and just 72 in the second half of regulation. SMART Football *Kirby Smart is in his 10th season at the helm of his alma mater with a 113-20 mark. He is one of only two active coaches (Dabo Swinney, Clemson) with multiple national championships. *Smart has the most FBS wins by a coach in his first 10 seasons in the modern era. The previous best was Bob Stoops who went 109-24 at Oklahoma from 1999-2008. *Georgia is the only team in the CFP-era to win back-to-back national titles, doing it in 2021-2022. *In 2024, the Bulldogs made their fourth straight appearance in the SEC Championship Game (SECCG) and seventh overall trip under Smart. After a 22-19 overtime win over then No. 2 Texas, the Bulldogs claimed their 15th SEC title in school history and the No. 2 seed in the CFP.
Bulldogs Scoring With Stockton’s Arm and Legs Redshirt junior Gunner Stockton is a 6-1, 215-pound native of Tiger, Ga. *8-2 Career Record as a starter including 3-2 versus ranked teams. *Directed three 4th quarter comebacks in 2025 including over #5 Ole Miss, #15 Tennessee in Knoxville and versus Florida in Jacksonville *Davey O’Brien QB Class of ’25, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top 10 selection *Swept national weekly QB honors after Georgia’s win over No. 5 Ole Miss (26-of-31, 289 yards, 4 TDs, 59 rushing yards including 22-yard TD). *Led Georgia to scoring drives on each of its first 8 drives in win over #5 Ole Miss, the first team to do that against an AP Top-10 team since 2016 *Directed 2nd half comeback against #5 Rebels, going 12-for-12, 135 yards, 3 TDs including erasing a 35-26 deficit in the 4th quarter. *According to ESPN Research, Stockton is the first QB to go 12-for-12 or better in a half against an AP top-five opponent since California’s Aaron Rodgers did it versus then-No. 1 USC in 2004. *Led 2nd half comeback in 20-10 road win over AU, finished as leading rusher (9-for-26, 1 TD) and was 24-for-37 for 217 yards through the air. *Directed 35-14 win over UK and completed 15-for-23 for 196 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT and 48 rushing yards on six attempts with 2 TDs. *Won first SEC road start at No. 15 Tennessee in front of a crowd of 101,915. *Named Davey O’Brien National QB of the Week after 44-41 overtime win over #15 UT. Georgia trailed five times, including 21-7 after the 1st quarter, 38-30 with 6:40 left in regulation, and in OT. *Successful home debut in the 2025 opening win over Marshall as the team’s leading rusher (73 yards on 10 attempts with 2 scores) plus threw for 190 yards and 2 TDs…First Georgia player to have two passing TDs and two rushing scores in a season opener in the past 80 years per ESPN Stats. *2024 Highlights: Started the 2nd half of the 2024 SECCG against Texas who had the No. 1 rated pass defense and No. 3 total defense after Carson Beck was injured…Led the Bulldogs on scoring drives of 75, 61 and 72 yards in three of the first four possessions and then the game-winning TD in OT…Made first career start versus No. 5 Notre Dame in the CFP Quarterfinal Allstate Sugar Bowl (20-for-32 for 234 yards, 1 TD despite being sacked four times).
Frazier & Bowens Headline Ground Attack Georgia is averaging 197.2 rushing yards per game with 22 TDs. *Sophomore Nate Frazier (team-high 575 yards) has started seven games including the first four contests. He had a team-best 72 rushing yards plus a three-yard TD catch in the win over No. 5 OM. Most recently, he went for a career-high 181 yards on just 12 carries (15.1 avg.) in the road win over MSU. His performance at MSU featured a career-best 59-yard TD run. *Redshirt freshman Chauncey Bowens made his first career start in the win over UK and provided 70 yards on a career-high 15 carries. Against No. 17 UA, he posted a career-best 119 yards on 12 carries (9.9 average). He has 474 yards and 6 TDs, the latest a 36-yard scamper for the go-ahead score in the 4th quarter in the win over UF. *Senior Cash Jones, redshirt senior Josh McCray and sophomore Dwight Phillips Jr., provide various looks. *The Bulldogs had 55 rushes for 198 yard in the win at No. 15 UT. Frazier had a team-long 21-yard burst on the first play in overtime to set up the game-winning score by McCray who notched a pair of scores in the triumph. *Jones is known for breaking tackles, being a solid blocker and receiver with a 16-yard TD catch against UK. Branch Setting The Tone For the Wideouts The Bulldogs are averaging 239.1 receiving yards a game with 16 TDs. *Junior Zachariah Branch (53-for-542 yards, 3 TDs) is poised to move into the top 10 in school history for most catches in a single season. Brice Hunter tallied 76 in 1993 followed by Brock Bowers with 63 in 2022 while a trio of former Bulldogs are tied for third place with 59 receptions. *With senior Colbie Young (23-for-336 yards, 1 TD) sidelined now with a leg injury (happened in the win over No. 5 OM), Branch and seniors Noah Thomas (8-for-154 yards, 2 TDs), Dillon Bell (18-for-204 yards, 1 TD) and junior London Humphreys (16-for-221 yards, 2 TDs) are the top pass catchers.
*Thomas has the longest catch of the season, a 64-yard TD against MSU. He got his first score as a Bulldog on a 22-yarder against UF for a 17-10 lead. *Branch posted a career high 10 receptions for 112 yards in the neutral site victory over UF. He had a team-high eight catches for 71 yards in the win over No. 5 OM. Branch had five catches for 69 yards in the victory at No. 15 UT, including a 36-yard TD and the game-tying two-point conversion with 2:32 left in regulation *Humphreys had THE catch of the season. Down 38-30 with 2:38 remaining in the game at No. 15 UT, it was 4th-and-6. He hauled in a 28-yard touchdown strike from Gunner Stockton. For Whom The Bell Totes Senior Dillon Bell has shown he can catch it, run it and even throw it. *As a wideout this year, he has 18 catches for 204 yards and one TD. In the win over No. 5 OM, he had two receptions for 57 yards. Bell has 10 career TD receptions. He had four catches for 43 yards and a TD in the win over UF. *Bell has flashed in the running game too with a 43-yard dash on a reverse against No. 17 UA. He had two scores in the win against UK. Against No. 5 OM, he had two rushes for 19 yards. For the year, he has 74 yards on nine carries. Bell has five career rushing TDs in 43 attempts. *In 2023, he threw an 18-yard TD in a road win over Tennessee. Ready Or Not, It’s Go Time Due to injuries, Georgia used a different starting OL unit in its first six games but have been able to keep the same unit for the past three contests. *Redshirt senior Micah Morris (LG) and Drew Bobo (C) are the only two linemen to start every game. The Bulldogs have employed three different starting RGs, two different LTs and four different RTs. *Junior LT Monroe Freeling had the longest the starting streak on the line at 10 games, but he left the UK game in the first quarter with a leg injury and did not return. He didn’t start at AU but did earn SEC OL of the Week honors. *Bobo was named Outland Trophy National Player of the Week for his performance in leading the line in the road win over No. 15 UT. *True freshman Juan Gaston Jr. has started at RG and RT while true freshman Dontrell Glover has started the last six games at RG. *RS-junior Earnest Greene III (RT), who has 28 career starts, has been hampered with a back issue during his career. He returned to his starting role in the win over No. 5 OM after missing the previous three games. *RS-freshmen Bo Hughley saw action at RT in the win at No. 15 UT, made his first career start there against No. 17 UA plus started at LT against AU. *The Bulldogs did not allow a sack in their first two games before the Vols collected four. Still, when the UT game was on the line, the offensive line came through. In overtime, it was three rushing plays for 25 yards that rallied the No. 6 Bulldogs to victory. Also of note, when Georgia trailed No. 15 UT 21-17 to start the 3rd quarter, the Bulldogs leaned on their running game, going 75 yards for a TD on 14 plays (13 rushes) to take their first lead. *Did You Know? Gaston joined Andrew Thomas (RT, 2017) as the only true freshman offensive lineman to start a season opener in the Smart era. Thomas went on to be a first round pick (fourth overall selection) in the 2020 NFL draft by the New York Giants. He remains a starter for the Giants.
TEXAS GAME NOTES:
THE OPENING KICKOFF • Fresh off a bye week, Texas travels to Athens, Ga., for the first time to take on the Georgia Bulldogs at 6:49 p.m. CT Saturday, Nov. 15, at Sanford Stadium. The game will broadcast on ABC with Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe (reporter) and Laura Rutledge (reporter) on the call. • The Longhorns have won four-consecutive games, including three of those coming away from Austin. Texas has won two-straight true road matchups. • UT is coming off a 34-31 victory over No. 9/11 Vanderbilt at home on Nov. 1. • Texas’ 12 ranked wins over the past three seasons are the most of any program in the FBS. • Texas currently boasts 968 all-time wins, the fifth-most all-time victories in FBS history. Georgia’s 900 all-time wins rank ninth in FBS history. • Texas has won 19-straight home games against unranked opponents – the team’s longest such streak since an 18-game stretch that spanned between the 1999 and 2003 seasons. • The Longhorns concluded the 2024 season with a 13-3 overall record, including an SEC-best 7-1 mark during conference play, and their second-consecutive trip to the College Football Playoff Semifinal. Texas’ 13-3 record matched the school record in wins. UT finished the season with its second-straight top-five ranking (No. 3 Coaches/No. 4 Associated Press). • Texas is 32-7 over the last three seasons and is the only program to appear in each of the last two College Football Playoffs. • Steve Sarkisian holds a 45-19 record at Texas and an 92-54 mark in 12 seasons as a head coach.
SERIES HISTORY VS. GEORGIA • The Horns and Bulldogs will meet for the eighth time in history on Saturday. Texas leads the all-time series, 4-3. • Texas will be facing Georgia for the first time in Athens. The two teams have played a pair of games in the Peach State with both happening in Atlanta. Texas is 1-1 against the Bulldogs in the state of Georgia. • Georgia will be the fourth AP Top 10 opponent Texas has faced this season. The Longhorns are 2-1 against Top 10 foes in 2025. • UT and UGA will be meeting for the third time over the last two seasons.
A TEXAS WIN WOULD … • Move Texas’ 2025 overall record to 8-2 and its conference record to 5-1. • Move Texas to 3-1 vs. AP Top 10 opponents this season. • Be Texas’ 969th all-time victory. • Secure Steve Sarkisian his 93rd victory as a head coach and 46th at Texas in his 147th career game as a head coach. • Move Texas’ series edge to 5-3. • Secure Texas’ first victory vs. Georgia in Athens. YEAR FIVE OF THE SARKISIAN ERA • Texas Football Head Coach Steve Sarkisian is in his fifth season at the helm of the Longhorns and his 12th season as a head coach overall. • Texas made its third-consecutive postseason appearance under Sarkisian in 2024, including its second straight CFP semifinal appearance.
• Sarkisian was named to the preseason watch list for the Dodd Trophy on July 7. • Sarkisian was tabbed a finalist for the George Munger Award on Dec. 24, 2024. • In UT’s inaugural season in the SEC in 2024, Sarkisian led Texas to the best regular season record in the conference (7-1) and an SEC Championship Game berth, and the Longhorns became the only program to earn a spot in the CFP semifinals in each of the last two seasons. Texas’ 13-3 record in 2024 matched the school-record for wins and included a second-straight final top-five ranking (No. 3 Coaches Poll/No. 4 AP), marking the first consecutive top-five finishes for the Longhorns since 2008-09. • Sarkisian and the Horns turned in a historic season in 2023 with a 12-2 record, a Big 12 Championship, No. 3 final ranking and College Football Playoff semifinal appearance. He has also compiled top-five recruiting classes over the past four years. • The 2024 Longhorns were just the third team in program history to amass 13 or more victories in a single season. • RB Quintrevion Wisner rushed for 1,064 yards on the ground in 2024, the 13th consecutive year a Sarkisian offense has had a 1,000-yard rusher.
TAKING THE LONG WAY HOME • The Longhorns are back on the road as they take on the Georgia Bulldogs on Nov. 15. Including this upcoming game against Georgia, Texas will have played one home game in Austin over the span of 63 days by the time the Horns face Arkansas on Nov. 22. • The Longhorns’ stretch of 42 days without a true home game this season (Sept. 20 – Nov. 1) is the longest such stretch for an FBS team since Texas A&M went 42 days without a home game in the 2022 season (Sept 17 – Oct 29). • On Nov. 1, Texas returned home after an extraordinarily long stretch between games at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The extended road swing started after the Sam Houston game on Sept. 20, and including a bye week (Sep. 27), and covered 42 days before the Longhorns returned home to face Vanderbilt (Nov. 1). Following the road tussle at Florida on Oct. 4, Texas was the home team for this year’s Allstate Red River Rivalry against Oklahoma (Oct. 11), traveled to Lexington to face Kentucky (Oct. 18) and concluded the road swing at Mississippi State (Oct. 25). That lengthy home game draught matched the Longhorns’ longest stretch away from home since 2013 when Texas went 42 days between home games against Kansas State (Sep. 21) to its next game at DKR-TMS vs. Kansas (Nov. 2). ALL EYES ON TEXAS • According to Nielsen, Texas is the fourth-most watched college football team in the nation. The Longhorns average 6.48 million viewers per game this season.
SEC NATION IN THE HOUSE • For the eighth time in two seasons and third time this season (including back-to-back games), SEC Nation will be airing live for a Texas Longhorn game day. SEC Nation will air live on SEC Network from Myers Quad at the University of Georgia on Saturday, Nov. 15. • SEC Nation last aired live for a Texas game vs. Vanderbilt on Nov. 1. Previously, the show also aired live in Texas’ road matchup at Florida on Oct. 4, the CFP Semifinal/Cotton Bowl vs. Ohio State on Jan. 10. The first Round vs. Clemson at the University of Texas Campus on Dec. 21 and 2024 SEC Championship in Atlanta on Dec. 7 were also fixtures for the show. The show also visited the Texas campus in 2024 for UT’s home contest vs. Kentucky on Nov. 24. The show aired live from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Oct. 12 for the annual Allstate Red River Rivalry vs. Oklahoma. • Laura Rutledge hosts SEC Nation, her ninth season in the host’s chair and her 10th on the show overall, joined by Paul Finebaum, Roman Harper, Jordan Rodgers and Tim Tebow for a weekly breakdown of the SEC football action to come. • Additionally, Marty & McGee Presented by Old Trapper will be live on Saturday morning from 8-9 a.m. CT, as Marty Smith and Ryan McGee meet at the intersection of southern lifestyle and college football to bring viewers the latest headlines, Hillbilly and otherwise, across the SEC landscape. Marty & McGee is live on the road with SEC Nation every Saturday this fall. • Myers Quad will also be home to The Paul Finebaum Show Presented by Johnsonville, with #FinebaumFriday live from 2-6 p.m. CT. SARK’S STAMPEDE • Under head coach Steve Sarkisian, the Longhorns are 33-8 in their last 41 games. Seven of their eight losses are against AP top-15 programs. • In Sarkisian’s first 22 games as head coach at Texas, UT went 11-11. • Sarkisian is one of two coaches in program history with a 13-win season (Mack Brown) after Texas finished the 2024 season 13-3 overall. • Since the start of the 2023 season, UT is 31-7 with six of seven losses against AP top-15 ranked foes. • Texas is 21-3 at home over the last three seasons with its only three losses to top-five ranked foes (No. 5/4 Georgia on Oct. 19, No. 1/1 Alabama in 2022 and No. 4/4 TCU in 2022). • Texas has won 16 of its last 18 conference matchups. AFTER BYE WEEKS • Head coach Steve Sarkisian is 13-4 in games played after a bye week during his career. He holds a 4-2 record at Texas while amassing a 2-1 record at USC and a 7-1 record at Washington.
HORNS STREAKS • With the win over No. 9/11 Vanderbilt on Nov. 1, Texas improved to 18-1 in its last 19 games at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium. • The Horns have secured multiple victories over AP Top 10 opponents during the regular season for the first time since 2016. • Texas is 17-1 at home since the start of the 2023 season with 15 wins coming by 14 or more points. That is the second-most such wins in the FBS over that span (Ohio State – 16). • The Longhorns have not allowed 100 yards rushing in five-straight home games, tied for the longest active streak in the FBS. It’s the longest run by the Longhorns since a six-game stretch between 2009-10. • Texas has won 19-consecutive games at home against unranked opponents – the team’s longest stretch since an 18-game stretch between the 1999 and 2003 seasons. • Texas is 23-1 when it scores first since the beginning of the 2023 season. • Over the last 25 seasons, Texas is 62-0 at home when leading by 14+ points at halftime. • UT has registered an interception in 11 of the last 14 games. • Texas has not allowed a score on their opponent’s opening drive in their last 15 regular season home games dating back to September 2023. • The Longhorns have opened 4–0 at home for the third straight season — their first time doing so since the stretch from 2000 to 2002. • Texas has forced a turnover in 21-straight home games, the longest active streak in the FBS (Memphis is second with 16-consecutive home games). During this stretch, the Longhorns have converted those takeaways (39 total) into 158 points. It’s also the longest streak by Texas since recording 24-consecutive from 1999-2003. • UT has held five of its eight opponents to under 300 yards of total offense this season: OSU 203, San Jose 273, UTEP 259, Sam Houston 113 and Oklahoma 258. • Texas won 12-plus games in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2008-09. The Horns had nine consecutive 10-win seasons from 2001-09. • 2024 marked the second-straight season in which UT played in a conference championship game. • The Texas defense gave up just four passing touchdowns through 12 games during the regular season in 2024 – the fewest in program history since giving up four in 1972 (10 games). It also tied for the fewest by an FBS team during the regular season (tied with Ohio State). • Texas held its opponent to under 350 yards in its first 13 games of the season, becoming the first FBS team to do so in 13-consecutive games in a single season since Alabama in 2011. The last team to do so in 14-straight games in a single season was another Alabama squad (2009). • Texas led Texas A&M 17-0 at halftime on Nov. 30, 2024, and posted first-half shutouts in three of its last four conference matchups to close out the regular season.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: USC VS. IOWA GAME NOTES
USC NOTES:
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME ••• The USC Trojans will host the Iowa Hawkeyes for Homecoming weekend in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. PT. ••• The game will be broadcast nationally on Big Ten Network. ••• This is the sixth time Iowa has visited the Coliseum with the last time being in 1976 (USC won 55-0). ••• USC has won 11 national championships, Iowa 5. ••• Both schools have produced Heisman Trophy winners (USC has 8 [the most of any college football program], Iowa 1). ••• USC has appeared in an unprecedented 33 Rose Bowls where it has a 25-8 mark (.758) (not including 1 appearance and 1 loss later vacated due to NCAA penalty; original record: 34 Rose Bowls, 25-9, .735). That is not only the most Rose Bowl wins of any team, but also the most wins by a school in a single bowl. Iowa has been to the Rose Bowl 6 times and is 2-4. ••• USC has 56 bowl appearances with a 36-20 record and a .643 winning percentage – the nation’s sixth-highest among the 105 schools that have made at least 10 bowl appearances (not including 1 win and 1 loss vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 37-21, .638). Iowa has competed in 37 bowls with a 18-18-1 record (.500). ••• The Trojans claim 177 All-American first teamers, while the Hawkeyes have 88. ••• USC has 889 all-time wins with a .695 winning percentage, while Iowa boasts 708 all-time wins with a .547 winning percentage. (Not including USC’s 14 wins and 1 loss vacated due to NCAA penalty; original record: 903, .697). ••• USC has a 68-28-4 record in its Homecoming games, dating back to the first such event in 1924 (not including 1 win vacated due to NCAA penalty; original record: 69-28-4). ••• USC’s first homecoming football game was played on Dec. 6, 1924 against Syracuse (USC won 16-0).
HEY, WHAT’S UP, HELLO ••• Under the Friday night lights, USC defeated Northwestern in a statement win with a final score Fetty Wap could sing about, 17-38! ••• The Trojans recorded 482 total yards while holding Northwestern to just 280. ••• USC remains undefeated at home 5-0. ••• Head coach Lincoln Riley is 41-0 while holding opponents to 20 points or less. ••• USC is the only team in the nation averaging 300 passing yards per game and 200 rushing yards per game. USC has not produced those numbers since 2005.
••• No FBS team has produced these numbers since LSU in 2023, and no Big Ten team has since Indiana in 2013. ••• This is the first time since 2016 and just the third time in the last 25 seasons that USC is averaging 200+ rushing yards per game. MAIAVA MAGIC ••• QB Jayden Maiava continued to decorate his stat sheet in USC’s 38-17 victory against Northwestern on Friday. He went 24-of-33 (.727) for 299 yards and 2 TDs. ••• He recorded a 93.0 QBR. ••• He also rushed for 10 yards on 4 carries and 1 TD. ••• The game marked the third time this season Maiava has had a rushing and passing TD in the same game. ••• He recorded 9.1 yards per pass attempt and 6.3 yards per rush attempt. ••• At the end of the second quarter, Maiava was picked off by Northwestern DL Najee Story, Maiava didn’t hesitate, took off after Story and launched his body into Story’s 6-4, 300-pound frame to force a fumble on the USC 1-yard line to prevent a Wildcat TD, and the play resulted in a touchback. ••• Maiava’s tackle and never-give-up attitude completely changed the momentum of the game. ••• He is the only QB in the FBS to record a forced fumble this season. ••• USC got the ball back, and in three big plays, immediately scored and took a 21-14 lead. ••• Maiava is second in the nation in QBR with 90.7. ••• Maiava has 17 TDs so far this season, matching his single-season career high from his 2023 UNLV season. ••• Maiava on his forced fumble: “I just sacrificed my body for my brothers.” ••• USC S Kamari Ramsey on Maiava: “When your quarterback puts his body on the line like that, how could we not?” ••• USC WR Makai Lemon on Maiava: “Just shows you what type of player he is.” ••• USC RB King Miller on Maiava: “He’s Superman, you know?” ••• USC has continued to shine against teams with strong pass defenses. USC defeated Nebraska (2nd) and Northwestern (13th). Coming down the line are Iowa (5th), Oregon (1st) and UCLA (27th).
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT MAIAVA ••• Matt Leinart, USC Heisman Trophy winner and FOX Sports Analyst – “Keep an eye on Jayden Maiava and the Heisman race. It’s early but bookmark this….” ••• Robert Griffin III, Heisman Trophy winner and FOX Sports Analyst – “When you have a quarterback like Jayden Maiava who is a dual threat, you always have to pay attention. Don’t go to sleep, otherwise his feet will eat!” ••• Daniel Jeremiah, NFL Analyst -“USC QB Jayden Maiava is cooking! He just keeps getting better and better. Lincoln Riley knows how to develop QBs.” ••• Connor Rogers, NBC Sports – “Jayden Maiava has put so many great touch throws on tape this season.” ••• Jordan Mendoza, USA Today – “Jayden Maiava is cooking, really impressive when it comes during a tough stretch for USC.” ••• Ryan Dyrud, LA Football Network- “Jayden Maiava using his legs more has been a revelation.” ••• Kalshi CFB – “Jayden Maiava is a Heisman candidate.” HE’S #GOODFOR6…AND THE BILETNIKOFF AWARD ••• Biletnikoff contender USC WR Makai Lemon continues to display why he is the nation’s best receiver and that he is always #GoodFor6. ••• He recorded 11 receptions for a career-high 161 yards (14.6 avg.) with 1 TD. ••• Lemon caught the pass from Maiava and shouldered his way into the end zone to score. ••• Keep in mind, Lemon is also a serious Hornung Award candidate, as he also tallied 1 rush for 4 yards and a TD. ••• On a sneaky, short toss from Maiava behind the line of scrimmage, Lemon ran left, but the defense ran right for a walk-in TD. ••• It was his fourth 100+ yard receiving game of the season. ••• His 3.47 Yards per route run are second in the Power Four and first in the Big Ten, and his 39 first downs are fifth in the Power Four and third in the Big Ten. ••• Lemon earned placement on the Week 11 PFF College Football Team of the Week. ••• Per PFF, his 90.4 offensive grade and his 88.7 receiving grade against Northwestern ranked second amongst Power Four receivers and first in the Big Ten. ••• Lemon is No. 1 in the Big Ten and No. 3 in the nation in receiving yards (937) and receiving yards per game (104.1).
RESHUFFLED AND RELENTLESS ••• The Trojan offensive line continues to display its depth and versatility . ••• The offensive line, who earned Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll recognition, has now showcased six different offensive line combinations in nine games. ••• Additionally, OL Tobias Raymond has now started at 3 different spots on the line for the Trojans this season (LG six-times, LT twice and RT once). ••• The USC offensive line has helped the Trojans average 303.0 passing yards per game (first in the Big Ten), while averaging 200.2 yards on the ground (fourth in the Big Ten). ••• USC is ranked No. 2 in the nation and first in the Big Ten in total offense, averaging 503.2 yards per game. ••• The offensive line’s pass blocking has allowed USC QB Jayden Maiava to go 178-of-269 (.662) for 2,614 yards with 17 TDs. ••• Maiava is second in the nation with a 90.7 QBR. ••• He leads the Big Ten in passing yards per completion (14.69) and passing yards per game (290.4). ••• The line has protected Maiava well considering he has only been sacked 6 times all season. He has the second fewest sacks in the Big Ten and the fifth fewest in the Power Four. ••• The line’s run blocking has allowed seven different Trojans to score a total of 24 rushing touchdowns so far this season. ••• The Trojan offensive line’s chemistry and outstanding play is a testament to the development of each player in the room by USC head coach Lincoln Riley and offensive line coach Zach Hanson.
D’ANTON’S DEFENSE ••• The Trojan defense once again displayed a dominant performance. ••• For the second week in a row, the Trojan defense held its opponent to just 3 points in the second half. ••• The Trojans have had four halves this season where they have held an opponent to just three points: the second half against Missouri State (Aug. 30), the first half against Purdue (Sept. 13), the second half of Nebraska (Nov. 1) and the second half versus Northwestern (Nov. 7). ••• Only 2 Power Four conference teams are under 70% in defensive red zone scoring percentage: USC (67.9%) and Ohio State (56.3%). ••• DT Jide Abasiri tallied 5 tackles, including 1 for loss (with 1 sack for minus 5 yards) and a forced fumble. ••• Abasiri’s 78.4 tackle grade against Northwestern was first among all Power Four defensive linemen per PFF. ••• CB DeCarlos Nicholson recorded 3 tackles and 2 crucial PBUs. ••• Nicholson earned placement on the Week 11 PFF College Football Team of the Week. ••• Nicholson recorded a 83.7 defensive grade and an 85.4 coverage grade, both first among Power Four cornerbacks in Week 11 per PFF. ••• DT Jahkeem Stewart tallied his first sack against Northwestern. ••• CB Braylon Conley had a career-high 6 tackles and made the most of his opportunity when he came in for Marcelles Williams. He tied with S Kamari Ramsey to lead the Trojans in tackles versus the Wildcats. ••• DE Anthony Lucas nabbed his first fumble recovery versus Northwestern.
IOWA GAME NOTES:
• Saturday’s game is Iowa’s first game against USC in Los Angeles since 1976. • Iowa’s three losses have come against teams ranked16th, 11th and 19th by a combined 10 points (3, 5, 2). All three games were decided in the closing minutes. • The Hawkeyes became bowl eligible in the Week 9 win over Minnesota. Iowa is eligible for the 13th consecutive season and for the 23rd time in the last 25 seasons. • The Hawkeyes scored a touchdown via offense, defense and special teams in its Week 9 victory over Minnesota. It was the first time for the program since 2020 vs. Michigan State. • Iowa’s defense has recorded an interception in six straight games, including a season-high three against the Gophers. All 10 picks have come in the last six games. • Senior Drew Stevens made a 58-yard field goal in Week 11 against Oregon, tying an Iowa and Kinnick Stadium record. It is tied for the second-longest make in the NCAA this season. • The Iowa defense is fourth nationally in total defense (250.2) and scoring defense (13.0), fifth in first down defense (129) and passing defense (146.7) and 17th in rushing defense (103.6). The 13.0 scoring defense would be the lowest in a single season under DC Phil Parker. • QB Mark Gronowski is the only player in the nation to score a touchdown in every game and the streak is the longest by a Big Ten quarterback all-time. (Arizona State WR Jordyn Tyson has scored in all seven contests; he has missed three games because of injury.) • Gronowski’s 12 total rushing TDs are seventh-most nationally and are the fourth-most among FBS quarterbacks. The 12 rushing TDs are a single season record by an Iowa quarterback. • Coach Kirk Ferentz has coached in the L.A. Coliseum once before, in 1993 when he was an assistant coach for the Cleveland Browns. • PK Drew Stevens has made 71 career field goals — the most in program history. He is also tied for second in school history in career scoring (324). • Graduate Kaden Wetjen has a 95-yard punt return for a touchdown (Week 3 vs. UMass), a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown (Week 4 at Rutgers) and a 50-yard punt return TD (Week 9 vs. Minnesota). He is the only player in the nation to have both a punt and kickoff return TD in 2025. • Wetjen is also the only player in the country to score via a punt, kickoff, rushing and passing touchdown. He is the first player since 2009 to accomplish the feat. • Over his last six games, Gronowski has completed 96-of-144 attempts (66.7 percent) for 957 yards and four touchdowns. • Iowa lost its first fumble since the season opener in Week 11 against Oregon. The team has three lost fumbles in nine games.
THE SERIES • Saturday’s game will be the 11th meeting in the all-time series between Iowa and USC. The series began in 1925 in Los Angeles. • USC leads the all-time series, 7-3. The Trojans are 3-2 against Iowa in Los Angeles. This is Iowa’s first trip to play a road game against USC since 1976 — a 55-0 Trojan victory. • The last two meetings in the series came in the 2003 Orange Bowl (38-17 USC win) and the 2019 Holiday Bowl (49-24 Iowa win). SERIES RESULTS 11/21/1925 L, 0-18 (A) 9/29/1950 W, 20-14 (A) 10/7/1961 W, 35-34 (A) 10/6/1962 L, 0-7 (H) 9/26/1970 L, 0-48 (H) 10/5/1974 L, 3-41 (A) 10/4/1975 L, 16-27 (H) 10/2/1976 L, 0-55 (A) 1/2/2003 L, 7-38 (N) — Miami, Fla. 12/27/2019 W, 49-24 (#22) (N) — San Diego, Calif.
ALONE AT THE TOP Kirk Ferentz is in his 27th season as Iowa’s head football coach. He is the longest tenured active head coach in college football and the all-time winningest coach in Big Ten Conference history. Ferentz won his 206th game as a member of the Big Ten on Sept. 13, 2025, against UMass, to pass Ohio State’s Woody Hayes atop the prestigious list. He currently has 210 career victories. • Ferentz has 132 Big Ten wins, which rank third all-time, trailing Hayes (153) and Michigan’s Bo Schembechler (143). • Ferentz won his 200th career game at Iowa State in 2023. He is the 27th coach at an FBS institution to reach the 200-career win milestone and the 99th coach across all divisions. Former Hawkeye head coach Hayden Fry finished his career with 236 victories. • Ferentz has 10 career bowl game victories, which tie Joe Paterno for the most bowl wins as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
MORE NOTABLES • Iowa has sold out 27 consecutive games in Kinnick Stadium. • TE D.J. Vonnahme had a 3-yard touchdown reception in Week 11 vs. Oregon. It was the first touchdown by a Hawkeye tight end this season. • The Hawkeyes have scored 25+ points in five of the last seven games. The Hawkeyes are 38-1 when scoring 21+ points since 2020. • The Hawkeyes have rushed for 200+ yards in four games this season. Iowa has rushed for 200+ yards 11 times under OC Tim Lester. • The Hawkeyes are 13th in the country in fewest turnovers lost (8). • Iowa’s passing defense held back-to-back opponents (82 at Wisconsin; 93 vs. Penn State) under 100 yards passing for the first time since 2023 (Northwestern, Rutgers). The unit has held three teams under 100 yards and seven teams below 150 passing yards in 2025. • The Hawkeye win over Penn State was the program’s fourth all-time victory against a team that was ranked in the AP Preseason top two and first since 2017. • Hidden yards… Iowa’s punt return unit is second in the nation, averaging 25.71 yards per game, while the kickoff return unit is 13th (26.00). Kaden Wetjen is No. 1 in the nation in combined kick return yards (674). • Iowa forced three turnovers in back-to-back games in consecutive wins over Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Hawkeyes have recorded an interception in each of the last six games. • The Hawkeyes have won four consecutive games over Wisconsin for the first time since 2002-06. Iowa has held the Badgers to 10 points or less in four straight and in five of the last six meetings. • Iowa’s defense has held five of its nine opponents under 250 yards of total offense this season and has allowed seven points or less in four contests. • Iowa has won the time of possession battle in seven of the nine games. The only games where the opposition had a longer T.O.P. was Rutgers in Week 4 and Penn State in Week 8. • The Hawkeyes have outrushed their opponent in seven of the first nine games in 2025. • First-year Iowa starting QB Mark Gronowski won his 55th career game in the Week 9 victory over Minnesota, extending his NCAA record (all levels). • Since returning from injury, sophomore RB Kamari Moulton has rushed for 457 yards on 102 carries with two touchdowns in six games. He now leads the team with 522 rushing yards in seven contests. Moulton went over 1,000 yards for his career in Week 9 vs. Minnesota. • Iowa posted its first shutout of the season in a 37-0 road victory at Wisconsin in a battle for the Heartland Trophy in Week 7. The 37 points are the team’s most ever scored in Madison. • Iowa’s offense finished with a season-high 422 yards of total offense and 47 points in Week 3 against UMass. It is the fourth time under OC Tim Lester that Iowa has gone over 400 yards and the 47 points were a high under the second-year OC.
• The Hawkeye rushing attack ranks 48th in the nation (sixth in the Big Ten), averaging 175.9 yards per game. The Hawkeyes have rushed for 200+ yards in four games in 2025 and 11 times during Lester’s tenure. • Iowa is 38-1 when scoring 21+ points since 2020. Since the start of the 2015 season, Iowa is 83-5 when leading by eight points at any point in a game. • The Hawkeyes scored 20 points in the first quarter in Week 3 against UMass – the most in an opening quarter since Oct. 16, 2016, at Purdue. Iowa scored 31 in the first half in Week 9 vs. Minnesota – the most in a half since 2021 at Maryland. • Iowa is the only school in the nation to have a consensus All-American in each of the past six seasons. • The Hawkeyes are one of five teams in FBS to have won at least eight games in each of the last nine seasons (Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, Ohio State). • Iowa is one of seven programs nationally to have posted 11 straight winning seasons (Alabama, Boise State, Clemson, Georgia, Iowa, Memphis, Ohio State). • Iowa has had a consensus All-American in each of the past six seasons — the only school nationally to accomplish the feat. The program has 12 consensus All-Americans over the past 11 seasons. • Since 2020, Iowa is 17-8 in road games and the Hawkeyes have posted a winning road record dating back to the start of the 2018 season (23-12 record). • Iowa’s defense has allowed fewer than 400 yards in 46 of the last 50 games and 15 or fewer points in 29 of their last 49 games. The Hawkeyes have held 13 teams without a touchdown since the start of the 2022 season. • Iowa has played 14 games decided by a single possession since the start of the 2023 season. The Hawkeyes are 7-7 in such games. • The Hawkeyes are 164-8-1 when allowing 10 points or less since 1970 and 397-59-19 when allowing 10 points or less all-time. TIGHT GAMES Iowa has played 137 games in the Ferentz era in games decided by one score or less. The Hawkeyes are 67-70 (.489) in such contests. Over the past two-plus years, Iowa has won seven of 14 games decided by eight points or fewer.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: OKLAHOMA AT ALABAMA
OKLHOMA NOTES:
OPENING KICK u No. 11/11/10 Oklahoma (7-2, 3-2 SEC) plays its sixth ranked opponent of the season when it travels to face No. 4/4/4 Alabama (8-1, 6-0) on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. The game will be televised by ABC with Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy and Molly McGrath announcing. u Oklahoma owns a 4-2-1 record against Alabama, including a 2-0 mark in Norman and a 1-0 advantage in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide owns a 2-1-1 edge in bowl games. u Oklahoma and Alabama are tied for the all-time national lead with their 27 seasons each of 11-plus wins. UA ranks first nationally with its 43 seasons of at least 10 wins, while OU ranks second with 42. u The 2025 season marks the 131st in OU football history. The Sooners lead the nation with their 50 all-time conference titles, 27 11-plus-win seasons (tied), 33 AP top-five finishes and five No. 1 overall NFL Draft picks (tied). They rank second with their seven Heisman Trophy winners (tied), third with seven AP national championships, their 101 weeks as the AP’s No. 1 team and 432 total weeks in the AP Top 5, fourth with their 419 NFL Draft picks and fifth with their 58 bowl appearances. u Saturday’s contest will mark the 1,361st in OU history. The Sooners rank fifth nationally with their .723 all-time winning percentage (957- 350-53 record), trailing Ohio State (.737), Alabama (.734), Michigan (.733) and Notre Dame (.732). Since the end of World War II (1946 season to present), OU leads all programs with 713 wins, which is 27 more than Alabama, the program with the next most. u OU has already played five games against teams ranked in the AP or coaches polls at the time of competition, and two of its final three foes are ranked this week: at No. 4/4 Alabama, vs. No. RV/24 Missouri.
KEY STORYLINES u Oklahoma is one of two teams nationally that has produced points on all of its red-zone trips this year (the other is Eastern Michigan). It is 28 for 28, with 21 touchdowns and seven field goals. Alabama ranks eighth nationally by allowing opponents to score on 71% of its red-zone trips.
u OU is 3-0 in true road games this season, downing Temple 42- 3, South Carolina 26-7 and Tennessee 33-27. In those contests, the Sooners held opponents to an average of 261.3 yards (3.9 per play) and 47.7 rushing yards (1.5 per carry). u Statistically, Oklahoma’s defensive unit is one of the best in the country. The Sooners rank seventh in scoring defense (14.1 ppg) and total defense (264.2 ypg), fourth in rushing defense (82.4 ypg) and 22nd in passing defense (181.8 ypg). OU also ranks first nationally in tackles for loss per game (10.8; next most is 8.5 by Indiana), No. 3 in sacks per game (3.7), TDs allowed (12) and rushing TDs allowed (4), No. 6 in opponent yards per play (4.2) and No. 8 in passing TDs allowed (7) and opponent third-down conversion percentage (30.4). u Forty-four percent of OU’s opponents’ offensive plays this season (249 of 572) have gone for zero or negative yards. An additional 31 plays have resulted in a one-yard gain, meaning 49% of opponent plays have yielded one or fewer yards. u In its seven wins, Oklahoma has held opponents to a 23% third down conversion rate (22 for 97). In OU’s two losses, opponents have combined for a 50% rate (19 for 38). Texas was 10 for 17 (59%) and Ole Miss was 9 for 21 (43%). u Saturday’s game will pit an Alabama team that ranks fourth nationally in turnover margin (+1.11 per game) against an Oklahoma squad that ranks 111th (-0.56 per game). UA has 16 turnovers gained to OU’s seven (three last game at Tennessee). u Since the start of the 2023 season, OU is 16-0 when it wins the turnover battle (3-0 this year) and 6-10 when it loses it (4-2).
u Despite starting just four of OU’s nine games, redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Taylor Wein ranks fourth in the SEC with his 11.0 tackles for loss. Five Sooners rank in the top 17 of the 16-team SEC in TFLs. Joining Wein are senior lineman R Mason Thomas (7th; 9.5), redshirt senior linebacker Kendal Daniels (11th; 9.0) and redshirt junior linebacker Owen Heinecke and sophomore lineman David Stone (17th; 7.0 each). u After totaling six catches for 60 yards over OU’s first two games, redshirt junior wide receiver Isaiah Sategna III has amassed 43 receptions for 632 yards and five TDs over the last seven contests. His career highs entering the season were 37 catches and 491 yards last year at Arkansas, but has 49 grabs for 692 yards for the Sooners in 2025. He was added to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List on Nov. 5. u Sophomore running back Xavier Robinson has rushed for over 100 yards in each of the last two games (career highs of 109 vs. Ole Miss and 115 at Tennessee). Over the last three outings, Robinson has carried 37 times for 282 yards (7.6 per carry) and four TDs. Prior to the stretch, he had 16 carries for 50 yards (3.1 average) on the year. u Looking to become OU’s first winner of the Lou Groza Award, redshirt junior kicker Tate Sandell, who is in his first year with the Sooners after transferring from UTSA, leads the SEC and ranks sixth nationally by converting 95% of his field goal attempts (18 for 19). The lefty missed his first field goal try of the season but has been perfect since. His streak of 18 conversions is tied for the longest in program history. Thirteen of his makes have been from at least 40 yards, breaking the previous OU single-season record of nine such conversions. His six makes from 50-plus yards (all in the last five games; he is 6 for 6) are the most in an OU career and the most nationally this season. He has booted four from 55 yards, also the most in school history for a career and tied for the most nationally in a season over the last 30 years. See the page 3 chart for more of Sandell’s 2025 accomplishments.
RECAPPING THE VICTORY AT TENNESSEE u Oklahoma’s defense generated a season-high three turnovers, including one for a touchdown, the offense racked up 252 yards in the second half and Tate Sandell turned in perhaps the greatest kicking performance by a Sooner in a 33-27 win at No. 14/14 Tennessee on Nov. 1 in front of the third-largest crowd in OU history (101,915). u The No. 18/18 Sooners got 159 passing yards (19 completions on 29 attempts) and a season-high 80 rushing yards from quarterback John Mateer, whose one-yard touchdown run with 1:44 to go in the fourth quarter put OU ahead 33-24. u Sophomore running back Xavier Robinson rushed a season-high 16 times for 115 yards (7.2 average) and a touchdown, his second career high in yards in as many weeks. In the second half alone, Robinson rushed for 96 yards on 10 carries. His TD came on a 4-yard play with 2:03 left in the third quarter and gave OU a 23-17 lead (the Sooners did not trail the rest of the game). With the OU up 26-24 with 1:55 left in the fourth quarter, he registered a 43-yard rush and took a knee at the 1-yard line, forcing Tennessee to call a timeout and leading to Mateer’s score.
u With OU trailing 7-0 midway through the first quarter and the Volunteers driving, redshirt junior linebacker Owen Heinecke registered a strip-sack of UT quarterback Joey Aguilar. While engaged with a blocking tight end, senior defensive lineman R Mason Thomas scooped the ball, stiff-armed the opponent for 25 yards and eventually broke free for a 71-yard TD. It was the longest fumble return in OU history. Thomas injured his leg on the return and missed the rest of the game. u Heinecke finished with a career-high 13 tackles, the sack, the forced fumble and 1.5 tackles for loss to earn SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors. u OU’s other takeaways were second-quarter picks by defensive backs Peyton Bowen (first of career) and Robert Spears-Jennings (second) that led to field goals and a 16-10 halftime lead. u Sandell was named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after going 4 for 4 on field goals (tied a school record for makes in a game) and 3 for 3 from beyond 50 yards (tied the FBS single-game record for makes from 50-plus). In order, his conversions came from 51, 55, 40 and 55 yards. The 55-yarders tied for the longest makes in Neyland Stadium history, and his average-make distance of 50.3 yards set a single-game FBS record (min. 4 conversions). u OU held the Volunteers to 27 points, more than 18 below their season average of 45.6 points per game. The Sooners also limited Tennessee to 63 rushing yards, 126 yards below the Vols’ season average of 189.
OU-ALABAMA SERIES HISTORY u Oklahoma leads the all-time series against Alabama, 4-2-1, with the Sooners winning all three on-campus matchups (37-27 in 2002 in Norman [OU was ranked No. 2], 20-13 in 2003 in Tuscaloosa [OU was No. 1] and 24-3 in Norman last season [UA was ranked No. 7]). u The other four meetings came in bowls. No. 5 Alabama won 17-0 over the No. 8 Sooners in the Orange Bowl to cap the 1962 season before No. 20 OU and the unranked Crimson Tide played to a 24- 24 tie in the 1970 Bluebonnet Bowl. At the end of the 2013 season, Bob Stoops’ No. 11 Sooners beat Nick Saban’s No. 3 Alabama squad 45-31 in the Sugar Bowl. In the most recent postseason matchup in 2018, the No. 1 Tide downed fourth-ranked OU 45-34 in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Orange Bowl.
LOOKING AT LAST YEAR’S WIN VS. THE CRIMSON TIDE u After falling behind 3-0 late in the first quarter, Oklahoma scored 24 unanswered points to down No. 7/7/7 Alabama on Nov. 23, 2024, on the Sooners’ senior night. It was OU’s first home game against an AP top-10 opponent since beating No. 8 TCU 38-20 in 2017. It was also its first home win over a top-10 team when unranked since 1990. u The Sooners’ defensive performance was one for the history books. OU became the first program to hold Alabama without a touchdown since 2011 and the first to limit the Crimson Tide to three or fewer points since 2004. UA’s 234 offensive yards were its fewest since 2014. u Oklahoma led 10-3 at halftime and turned interceptions on Alabama’s first two possessions of the third quarter into touchdowns to account for the game’s final points. True freshman cornerback Eli Bowen registered his first career pick that OU converted into a 1-yard Xavier Robinson TD rush for a 17-3 lead before redshirt sophomore linebacker Kip Lewis returned an interception 49 yards for a TD and a 24-3 advantage just eight plays later. u Alabama’s five second-half possessions resulted in three interceptions, a punt and a turnover on downs. u Oklahoma’s run-game performance was its best against an FBS opponent of the season, rolling up 257 yards on 50 carries for a 5.1-yard average. It was the most rushing yards allowed by Alabama in 26 games and just the ninth performance of 250-plus yards against the Crimson Tide in the last 20 seasons. Redshirt junior Febechi Nwaiwu (right guard) was named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week.
u The Sooners became just the fifth team going back to at least 1996 to have two players each rush for at least 100 yards against Alabama. Sophomore quarterback Jackson Arnold rushed 25 times for a career-high 131 yards (5.2 average) and Robinson rushed 18 times for a career-high 107 yards (5.9 average) and two TDs. u Arnold only attempted 11 passes but completed nine of them (82%) for 68 yards (no TDs or interceptions). u Robinson, who was named SEC Freshman of the Week two days later, rushed for 40 yards on his first carry of the game, his longest career run and the second longest by an OU running back of the year. His first touchdown came from 18 yards and gave OU a 10-3 lead in the second quarter. u The Sooners registered nine tackles for loss while giving up just four (Alabama’s first didn’t happen until the 3:56 mark of the third quarter). OU also allowed just one sack. u Junior defensive end R Mason Thomas logged three tackles (1.5 for loss), OU’s lone sack and two QB hurries and was named SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week. His second hurry resulted in an interception by Woodi Washington, as Thomas hit quarterback Jalen Milroe’s arm, forcing the ball high into the air. Milroe entered the game averaging 60.8 rushing yards per contest and 5.1 yards per rush, but the Sooners held him to seven yards on 15 rushes (0.5 average). He also averaged 223.2 passing yards per game entering the day but was held to 164 on 11-of-26 throwing (42.3%).
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INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Eighth Meeting (Alabama trails, 2-4-1) In Tuscaloosa: Second Meeting (Alabama trails, 0-1) Current Streak: Alabama, Lost 1 Last Meeting: Nov. 23, 2024 – Norman (L, 3-24) Series Notes: Alabama and Oklahoma will meet for just the eighth time in the history of the two storied programs on Saturday afternoon inside Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Crimson Tide trails, 2-4-1, all-time, including an 0-3 mark against the Sooners during the regular season. Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer is 0-1 against the Sooners while Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables is 1-0 against the Tide following last season’s matchup in Norman.
TIDE TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS: Alabama produced four consecutive victories over Associated Press Top 25 conference opponents in as many weeks following the Tide’s 37-20 win over then-No. 11 Tennessee on Oct. 18. UA’s streak of ranked wins over SEC foes also included a 27-24 win at then-No. 14 Missouri on Oct. 11, a 30-14 win over then-No. 16 Vanderbilt on Oct. 4 and a 24-21 victory at then-No. 5 Georgia on Sept. 27. The Crimson Tide is the first team in SEC history to defeat four straight ranked opponents with no open dates. Alabama also became the fourth team in SEC history to defeat four consecutive ranked opponents including open dates, with the Tide also accomplishing the feat in 2016. BUILDING A RÉSUMÉ: Alabama has reeled off eight consecutive wins and boasts a superlative résumé entering Week 12. The Crimson Tide stands as one of three teams in the nation with two wins over opponents in the current top 15 of the College Football Playoff Rankings and is one of just nine programs with at least two victories over opponents currently ranked in the CFP Top 25. As well, Tide is the only program in the country to produce five wins against Power 4 opponents with a winning record and is one of just four teams with five wins over FBS opponents that own a winning record. UA is also one of only two programs to manage four wins over P4 bowl-eligible opponents and is one of just five teams with four-plus wins over bowl-eligible opponents. Alabama’s four wins versus Associated Press Top 25 opponents at the time of the game leads the nation, while the Tide is one of only two teams with three wins over the current AP Top 25. Alabama, along with Texas and Texas Tech, are the only teams in the nation with two wins over opponents currently ranked in the AP Top 15. BEATING THE BEST: The Crimson Tide is 87-23 (.790) against the Associated Press Top 25 since the start of 2008. That record includes four consecutive wins over AP Top 25 opponents in as many weeks, such as Alabama’s 37-20 win over then-No. 11 Tennessee, a 27-24 win at then-No.14 Missouri, a 30-14 victory over then-No. 16 Vanderbilt, and a 24-21 win at then-No. 5 Georgia. Alabama became the first team in SEC history to produce four consecutive wins over AP-ranked opponents in a four-week span. The Tide had three ranked wins during the 2024 season. Since 2007, Alabama has 27 wins over AP top-five teams, the most in the country. LSU has produced the next-closest win total with 13.
DEBOER AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS: Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer is 19-3 (.863) across 22 career matchups with teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25, including an impressive 6-1 (.857) mark against top-10 teams. DeBoer owns a 7-1 (.875) record against AP Top 25 opponents since arriving at Alabama in 2024, including the Tide’s 37-20 win over then-No. 11 Tennessee on Oct. 18, a 27-24 win at then-No. 14 Missouri on Oct. 11, a 30-14 win over then-No. 16 Vanderbilt on Oct. 4 and a 24-21 win at then-No. 5 Georgia on Sept. 27. Last season, Alabama produced three AP Top 25 wins including his first with the Crimson Tide, a 41-34 win over then-No. 2 Georgia on Sept. 28. DeBoer’s first career matchup against a top-25 foe at the FBS level came at Fresno State on Sept. 4, 2021, with the Bulldogs falling at No. 11 Oregon. Following the loss to the Ducks, DeBoer-led teams at Fresno and Washington proceeded to reel off 12 straight wins against ranked foes, including six victories in 2023. The winning streak was snapped following Washington’s 34-13 loss to top-ranked Michigan in the 2025 CFP National Championship Game.
OFFENSIVE NOTES THE DEBOER-GRUBB COMBO: On Feb. 6, 2025, head coach Kalen DeBoer announced the hiring of offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, a veteran play-caller and one of the top offensive minds in football. DeBoer and Grubb have worked alongside one another at multiple stops over the years, producing potent offenses. Now in their fifth season with DeBoer as head coach and Grubb as the offensive coordinator, the pair have combined to post a 45-10 (.818) record while averaging 35.4 points per game and 467.3 yards of total offense per game.
FIRST YEAR STARTING QBs AT ALABAMA: With the exit of two-year starter Jalen Milroe, the Crimson Tide tabbed Ty Simpson as its starting quarterback in 2025. Since 2009, a total of nine quarterbacks have maintained their starting role for 10-plus games of a season in which they were named QB1 for the first time. The list of nine includes: Milroe (2023), Bryce Young (2021), Mac Jones (2020), Tua Tagovailoa (2018), Jalen Hurts (2016), Jake Coker (2015), Blake Sims (2014), AJ McCarron (2011) and Greg McElroy (2009). All but McCarron won an SEC Championship in their first season at quarterback while four upperclassmen (redshirt sophomore or above) won national titles – Jones (redshirt junior), Coker (senior), McCarron (redshirt sophomore) and McElroy (junior). TY TAKES OVER: Ty Simpson was named the starting quarterback by head coach Kalen DeBoer on Aug. 11, replacing two-year starter Jalen Milroe, who was drafted in the third round (92nd overall) by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2025 NFL Draft. Simpson made his first career start at Florida State on Aug. 30, completing 23-of-43 passes for 254 yards and two touchdowns while adding nine carries for 17 yards. Simpson became the first UA quarterback since Bryce Young in 2021 to manage a touchdown pass in the first drive of his first-ever start, finding Josh Cuevas for a two-yard score. Simpson’s 254 passing yards were also the fifth-most by a UA quarterback in his first career start in program history. EPITOME OF EFFICIENCY: Ty Simpson has shined in his new role as the Crimson Tide’s starting quarterback. Through his first nine starts, Simpson has completed 198-of-296 passes (66.9 percent) for 2,461 yards and 21 touchdowns while adding 55 carries for 87 yards and two scores. Below is a look at where Simpson stands in the SEC and nationally among signal-callers.
SIMPSON A MAXWELL SEMFINALIST: Quarterback Ty Simpson was named a Maxwell Award semifinalist, the Maxwell Football Club announced Nov. 11. Simpson is one of 13 semifinalists for the Maxwell, an award presented to the most outstanding player in college football. Finalists for the Maxwell will be announced on Nov. 27 before the 2025 winner is announced on Dec. 11 as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show. Alabama has produced five Maxwell Award winners since 2013, including AJ McCarron (2013), Derrick Henry (2015), Tua Tagovailoa (2018), DeVonta Smith (2020) and Bryce Young (2021). SIMPSON SELECTED AS SEMFINALIST FOR WALTER CAMP, O’BRIEN: On Nov. 12, Ty Simpson was named a semifinalist for two of the nation’s most prominent individual honors. Simpson was first named among 20 semifinalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, a distinction recognizing the most outstanding player in college football. The three finalists for the Walter Camp will be announced later this month before the 2025 recipient of the award is named during the Home Depot ESPN College Football Awards Show on Friday, Dec. 12. Alabama has produced three Walter Camp Award winners in its history, including Derrick Henry (2015), Tua Tagovailoa (2018) and DeVonta Smith (2020). Simpson was also highlighted as one of 20 signal callers chosen as a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award, an honor presented to the nation’s best college quarterback. The Davey O’Brien Foundation will announce three finalists on Tuesday, Nov. 25, leading up to the award’s winner also being unveiled on the Home Depot ESPN College Football Awards Show. The Crimson Tide has had two O’Brien winners, first with Mac Jones in 2020 followed a year by Bryce Young in 2021.
DEFENSIVE NOTES ALEXANDER AWARD SEMIFINALIST LEE JR.: Dijon Lee Jr. was named a semifinalist for the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award, the Maxwell Football Club announced Nov. 5. Lee Jr. is one of 14 semifinalists for the Alexander, an award presented to the most outstanding freshman player in college football. Finalists for the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award will be announced on Dec. 3 before the 2025 recipient is announced on Dec. 30. A formal presentation of the trophy will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards on Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Atlanta, Ga. Alabama has produced two Alexander Award winners in the honor’s six year existence, with Will Anderson Jr. garnering the distinction in 2020 and Caleb Downs in 2023. LAWSON DUBBED BUTKUS SEMIFINALIST: Deontae Lawson was announced as a semifinalist for the 2025 Dick Butkus Award, the Butkus Foundation announced on Nov. 4. Lawson is among 12 semifinalists vying for the Butkus, which is given annually to the nation’s top linebacker. Four Crimson Tide players have won the award previously with Reuben Foster taking home the hardware most recently in 2016. Joining Foster on the list of Alabama linebackers to capture the honors are C.J. Mosley (2013), Rolando McClain (2009) and Derrick Thomas (1988).
WHAT A WEEK FOR ZB: Zabien Brown earned various league and national honors after his game-changing performance against then-No. 11/11 Tennessee on Oct. 18. Highlighted by his 99-yard interception return for a touchdown just before halftime, Brown also contributed a career-high seven tackles while limiting the Volunteers’ receiving corps to just 16 yards on six targets, equating to an allowed passer rating of 2.8 per Pro Football Focus. Brown was first named the SEC’s Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 20 before garnering national honors including Bronko Nagurski Player of the Week, Jim Thorpe Defensive Back of the Week and the Lott IMPACT Trophy Player of the Week. BIG PLAY YHONZAE: Yhonzae Pierre was named SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week along with Zabien Brown on Oct. 18 for his efforts against then-No. 11/11 Tennessee. Pierre matched his career high with six tackles against the Vols, including a career-best three sacks (-31 yards), one of which led to a Tennessee safety. Pierre’s three sacks were the most by an Alabama player since 2021 and came against a UT offensive line unit that had only allowed four sacks through six games entering the Third Saturday in October. In addition to earning his first-career SEC weekly honor, the Eufaula native was also named the Chuck Bednarik Player of the Week for his showing against the Vols. PIERRE BRINGS PRESSURE: Yhonzae Pierre has evolved into the one of the Tide’s most impactful defenders. Through nine games, Pierre has totaled 31 tackles while leading all Alabama defenders with 9.5 tackles for loss (-80 yards), six sacks (-67 yards), eight quarterback pressures and three forced fumbles. The Eufaula native is one of only seven SEC defenders with at least 6.0 sacks, including five sacks over his last three games, while his -67 sack yards are the eighth-most in the country.
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NFL NEWS
WEEK 11 NFL CAPSULES
Washington Commanders (3-7) vs. Miami Dolphins (3-7) at Madrid
Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Dolphins -2.5, Total 47.5
Series Rewind: These franchises have met 16 times including twice in the big game. Washington defeated the Dolphins 27-17 in Super Bowl XVII in January 1983. Miami defeated Washington 14-7 a decade earlier in Super Bowl VII.
De’Von Achane was a problem for the Buffalo Bills last week, piling up 225 total yards (174 rushing) and scoring twice. That included a 59-yard TD run. Explosives in the running game have been common against Washington, which takes the field in Spain without DT Daron Payne (suspended). Jahmyr Gibbs of the Lions had three total touchdowns and averaged 9.5 yards per carry in Detroit’s 44-22 win over the Commanders last week. Washington surrendered at least 145 rushing yards in five of the past six games. But committing to stop Achane opens outside running lanes and gives QB Tua Tagovailoa clean windows to get the ball to WR Jaylen Waddle (46 receptions, team-high five TD catches). With three starters in the secondary hurt, most recently rookie CB Trey Amos, the Commanders don’t match up well with Miami’s vertical speed. And during a five-game losing streak, Washington hasn’t proven capable of playing catch-up. QB Marcus Mariota starts for the injured Jayden Daniels hoping to poke holes in a Miami defense hit for 27 touchdowns (17 passing) this season.
Green Bay Packers (5-3-1) at N.Y. Giants (2-8)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Packers -7, Total 42.5
Series Rewind: This is the third meeting in four seasons. The Giants have won the past two games against the Packers by a total of seven points. The decades-old rivalry includes five NFL Championship games, four of them won by Green Bay.
Green Bay is packing good-luck charm Micah Parsons, who is 8-0 in his career against the Giants from his time with the Cowboys. Parsons can introduce himself to first-game head coach Mike Kafka, who is at the controls of the Giants on an interim basis following the firing of Brian Daboll on Monday. Kafka won’t have rookie QB Jaxson Dart (concussion), but turns to Jameis Winston in their joint debut in new roles. Winston was the No. 3 quarterback behind Russell Wilson, who was demoted by Kafka this week. Now in his fourth season with the Giants, Kafka had the offense performing reasonably well. New York had Chicago down by 10 points last week but fell apart in the fourth quarter. WR Wan’Dale Robinson leads New York with 53 receptions and might get an opportunity to line up across from former Kentucky teammate Carrington Valentine, a corner for the Packers. Winston’s undoing in the past has been turnovers. He has the arm to attack vertically if protection keeps Parsons and Rashan Gary at bay. The Packers have only three interceptions this season. Scoring has been the moving target for the Packers and QB Jordan Love. In losses to the Browns, Panthers and Eagles, Green Bay totaled 30 points. They averaged 30.5 in their other six games (five wins and a 40-40 tie at Dallas) this season.
Carolina Panthers (5-5) at Atlanta Falcons (3-6)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Falcons -3.5, Total 41.5
Series Rewind: The Panthers enter having won consecutive games against the Falcons for the first time since 2014-15. Prior to that, Atlanta had won 13 of the last 18 against Carolina and leads the all-time series 37-24.
At seven years apiece, the Panthers and Falcons are tied for the second-longest active playoff drought, shorter than only the New York Jets. This week’s game feels important as both teams attempt to hang on the precipice of postseason contention this season. Atlanta enters on a four-game losing streak, with the last two defeats coming in heartbreaking fashion on a missed extra point at New England and an overtime loss to Indianapolis in Berlin last week. Second-year QB Michael Penix Jr. ranks 31st among qualified passers in completion percentage (58.8), while the offense has converted just 3 of 29 (10.3%) of its third-down attempts across the last three games. Carolina has shown higher highs of late, handing Green Bay just its second loss of the season on the road two weeks ago before laying an egg in Sunday’s 17-7 home loss to the New Orleans Saints, who previously had just one win. Bryce Young ranks 30th in the NFL with 168.2 passing yards per game for a Carolina offense that’s 15th of 16 NFC teams in scoring (17.7 points per game).
Cincinnati Bengals (3-6) at Pittsburgh Steelers (5-4)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Steelers -5.5, Total 49.5
Series Rewind: The Steelers have dominated the all-time series with this AFC North rival, but the Bengals have snatched up the past two wins, including a 33-31 home win last month.
Two AFC North teams struggling for consistency meet for a rematch of a dramatic finish from mid-October. Joe Flacco outdueled Aaron Rodgers and led the Bengals’ game-winning drive in the final two minutes, capturing a 33-31 win on Evan McPherson’s 36-yard field goal with seven seconds remaining. Flacco finished 31-of-47 for 342 yards and three touchdowns, while Rodgers threw for 249 yards and four touchdowns but was intercepted twice. Last week, the Steelers managed just 10 points and 221 total yards in a prime-time flop at the Chargers. “I don’t need a pat on the back,” coach Mike Tomlin deadpanned. “We stunk it up. We’ll be back.” Flacco again practiced only once this week due to a sprained AC joint in his throwing shoulder, but he’s been the least of the Bengals’ problems. They rank last in the league in total defense, rushing defense and points allowed, and defensive ends Trey Hendrickson (hip/pelvis) and Shemar Stewart (ankle) were pronounced doubtful to play early in the week. Pittsburgh, whose division lead has shrunk to one game, may be without cornerback Darius Slay (concussion) and linebacker Alex Highsmith (pectoral), among others.
Houston Texans (4-5) at Tennessee Titans (1-8)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Texans -5.5, Total 37.5
Series Rewind: After an 0-3 start, the Texans got their first win of the season in shutout fashion, 26-0, over the Titans back in Week 4. Houston has won five of the last six meetings to trim Tennessee’s lead in the all-time series to 24-23.
With a chance to pull itself back to .500 for the first time this season, Houston will again turn to Davis Mills at quarterback, with C.J. Stroud (concussion) ruled out for his second straight game. The good news for the Texans is that Mills sure seemed up to the task last week when he anchored a 19-point fourth-quarter comeback with three late touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) to fuel a 36-29 win over the Jaguars. He’s supplemented by a defense that leads the league in total defense (261.3 yards per game) and scoring defense (16.7 points per game). The Titans are coming off a bye week which they hope has set the stage for a strong finish to a challenging rookie season for No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward. He still hasn’t thrown multiple touchdowns in a game this season and has more interceptions (six) than passing TDs (five) through his first nine starts. A return of receiver Calvin Ridley, who has been limited in practice this week after missing the last three games with a hamstring injury, would certainly make things a bit easier for Ward.
Los Angeles Chargers (7-3) at Jacksonville Jaguars (5-4)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Chargers -3, Total 43.5
Series Rewind: This will be the first time these teams face off since Jacksonville rallied from a 27-0 deficit to stun Los Angeles 31-30 in an AFC wild-card playoff game in January 2023. The Jaguars have won the last two games, but the Chargers lead the all-time series 9-5.
Los Angeles brings a three-game winning streak into Jacksonville as it remains right in the middle of the contested AFC West race, a game behind Denver and two ahead of Kansas City. While the Chargers have done that despite battling injuries, they received good news on that front this week. Star QB Justin Herbert, who is second in the league in passing yards (2,610), has been practicing fully after he was seen limping during last week’s win over Pittsburgh. Jacksonville, which was 4-1 in early October, is 2 1/2 games behind Indianapolis in the AFC South after blowing the largest lead in franchise history (19 points) last week at Houston. The team announced Tuesday that two-way sensation Travis Hunter Jr. was undergoing season-ending knee surgery, and top receiver Brian Thomas Jr. also appears questionable to return this week after he was limited in the team’s first two practices. That could make things hard for Jacksonville QB Trevor Lawrence, who has two TDs and two interceptions in the last three games.
Chicago Bears (6-3) at Minnesota Vikings (4-5)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Vikings -2.5, Total 47.5
Series Rewind: Minnesota has won eight of the past nine meetings, including a 27-24 road victory in Week 1.
Chicago is soaring with six wins in its past seven games after stumbling out of the gate. After Chicago’s opening loss to Minnesota, the Bears were walloped 52-21 by the Detroit Lions. But Chicago has rebounded well under first-year coach Ben Johnson and has scored at least 24 points in all six of its victories. Second-year quarterback Caleb Williams has emerged and has thrown for 2,136 yards and 13 touchdowns against four interceptions. But perhaps the 14 sacks are the most impressive stat. As a rookie, Williams was sacked a league-worst 68 times. Safety Kevin Byard and linebacker Tremaine Edmunds (team-best 80 tackles) are tied for the team lead with four interceptions. Minnesota has dropped three of four games and is looking for first-year starting QB JJ McCarthy to get more comfortable. He has been picked off six times in 108 attempts and has a meager 53.7 completion rate. McCarthy has thrown six scoring passes but has been sacked 15 times in four games. Star wideout Justin Jefferson hasn’t had a 100-yard receiving game since Oct. 5 and has ended up with less than 50 each of the past two weeks. He caught four passes for 37 yards with a long of 11 in last week’s 27-19 loss to Baltimore.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-3) at Buffalo Bills (6-3)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Bills -5.5, Total 47.5
Series Rewind: Josh Allen passed for two scores and rushed for one as Buffalo defeated visiting Tampa Bay 24-18 in Week 8 in 2023. Baker Mayfield tossed two touchdowns for the Buccaneers.
Two star quarterbacks from the 2018 draft class square off in this contest. Buffalo’s Allen is the reigning NFL MVP, while Tampa Bay’s Mayfield was the No. 1 overall pick of their class. Allen was the seventh overall selection and has passed for 2,139 yards and 15 touchdowns against five interceptions this season. However, not all is well for the Bills as they were whipped 30-13 by the lowly Miami Dolphins last week for their third loss in five games. Buffalo running back James Cook has been superb and ranks second in the NFL with 920 rushing yards. Cook and Allen have both run for seven scores. The Buccaneers also have slowed down and are just 3-3 after a 3-0 start. Mayfield has been a high performer and has thrown for 2,192 yards and 16 touchdowns and has been intercepted just twice. Star rookie Emeka Egbuka has been a force with 40 catches for 677 yards and six touchdowns. Tampa Bay could get running back Bucky Irving (shoulder/foot) back after missing the past five games. Buccaneers star nose tackle Vita Vea (back) is responding well to treatments. He was injured in last week’s 28-23 loss to the New England Patriots.
Seattle Seahawks (7-2) at Los Angeles Rams (7-2)
Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Rams -3, Total 47.5
Series Rewind: Five of the past six meetings in the rivalry have been decided by six or fewer points, including overtime victories by the Rams (26-20 in Week 9 last season) and the Seahawks (19-16 in Week 18 in the 2022 season).
Seattle’s Sam Darnold (116.5) and L.A.’s Matthew Stafford (114.8) rank third and fourth in the NFL in passer rating, with Stafford leading the league in passing yards per game (269.7) and Darnold ranked No. 1 in yards per completion (14.0) and per attempt (9.9). Darnold’s top targets are longtime Ram Cooper Kupp and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who just became the third player in NFL history with 75-plus receiving yards in each of the first nine games of a season (Michael Irvin, Antonio Brown). Stafford’s primary weapons are Puka Nacua and Davante Adams, whose next catch will be No. 1,000 of his storied career. All those stars are facing two defenses ranked in the top five in scoring defense, with the Rams allowing 17.0 points per game and the Seahawks 19.1. Seattle has won a franchise-record 10 straight road games, including a 30-25 victory over Los Angeles in the regular-season finale last season at SoFi Stadium.
San Francisco 49ers (6-4) at Arizona Cardinals (3-6)
Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: 49ers -3, Total 48.5
Series Rewind: The teams have traded season sweeps of late, the 49ers doing the honors in 2022 and 2023 and the Cardinals in 2021 and 2024. San Francisco looks to keep the trend going after its 16-15 win in Week 3.
Barring a late setback with his toe injury, Brock Purdy will make just his third start of the season and first since Week 4 for the 49ers. Purdy is 4-1 against Arizona with a 120.4 passer rating and a 9-2 touchdown-to-interception ratio. San Francisco star Christian McCaffrey last week became just the fourth player in NFL history with more than 7,000 rushing yards and 5,000 receiving yards, joining Hall of Famers Marcus Allen and Marshall Faulk as well as Tiki Barber. In the 49ers’ 16-15 win in Week 3, no Cardinals rusher or receiver gained more than 44 yards. Arizona QB Jacoby Brissett has passed for at least 250 yards with multiple touchdowns in all four of his starts this season in place of the injured Kyler Murray. Trey McBride is on a historic streak as the first tight end in NFL history with five or more catches in each of his first nine games in a season.
Kansas City Chiefs (5-4) at Denver Broncos (8-2)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Chiefs -3.5, Total 44.5
Series Rewind: The Broncos have taken two of the past three meetings after the Chiefs ripped off 16 straight wins in the series. Denver won 38-0 in Week 18 last year with Kansas City resting many starters.
The Chiefs’ streak of nine straight division titles is in jeopardy as they travel to Denver for a game that will either put the Chiefs back in the AFC West race or leave them battling for a wild card. If the Broncos win, they’d open a 3 1/2-game advantage over Kansas City with six games to go. The Chiefs went into their bye after losing by seven at Buffalo on Nov. 2. Patrick Mahomes is utilizing his legs more than previous seasons. Mahomes rushed for a career-high 389 yards in 2023, and this year he has 285 rushing yards in just nine games, on pace for 538 yards. Isiah Pacheco, the Chiefs’ leading rusher, missed the Bills game due to a knee injury and didn’t practice Wednesday. The Broncos have stayed stout while missing cornerback Patrick Surtain II, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year who missed the past two games due to a pectoral injury. He’s expected back after the Week 12 bye, while linebacker Alex Singleton is out after having surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. Leading rusher J.K. Dobbins sustained a foot injury against the Raiders; backup RJ Harvey would carry more of the load if Dobbins can’t go, as expected.
Baltimore Ravens (4-5) at Cleveland Browns (2-7)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Ravens -7.5, Total 39.5
Series Rewind: Jackson threw for four touchdowns when Baltimore blew out Cleveland 41-17 in Week 2. Each of the Ravens’ last three wins in the series have come by 24 or more points.
The Ravens have won three straight games — the last two with Lamar Jackson (hamstring) back as quarterback — and can reach the .500 mark if they finish off the regular-season sweep of the Browns. Jackson surprisingly has never had a 300-yard passing game against Cleveland but he has thrown three or more touchdown passes on four occasions and rushed for two touchdowns three times. Baltimore has outscored Chicago, Miami and Minnesota 85-41 during the three-game winning streak. Derrick Henry has three 100-yard rushing outings but was held to a season-low 23 yards on 11 carries by Cleveland in the mid-September meeting. The Browns are trying to learn as much as they can about rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel and he has topped 200 yards just once in five starts. Gabriel has thrown just two interceptions in 174 attempts but is completing just 58.6% of his throws. He has 869 yards and seven touchdowns. Cleveland star defensive end Myles Garrett is enjoying another big season and is tied for the NFL lead with 11 sacks. Garrett had 1.5 sacks against Baltimore in the first meeting. Linebacker Carson Schwesinger, a second-round pick, has been superb with a team-best 74 tackles.
Detroit Lions (6-3) at Philadelphia Eagles (7-2)
Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET
FanDuel odds: Eagles -2.5, Total 46.5
Series Rewind: Dan Campbell and Nick Sirianni have met twice since both became head coaches in 2021. Sirianni’s Eagles defeated Campbell’s Lions in Detroit in Week 8 in 2021 (44-6) and in Week 11 in 2022 (38-35).
Sirianni is 10-0 against the NFC North, including the playoffs, and Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is 10-1. In his past 15 regular-season games dating back a full calendar year to Week 11 in 2024, Hurts has accounted for 31 touchdowns (22 passing, nine rushing) with just one interception. In his last appearance on “Sunday Night Football,” Philadelphia star Saquon Barkley racked up 302 scrimmage yards (255 rushing, 47 receiving) with two TDs against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 12 last season. A.J. Brown has been quiet this season for the Eagles but has found the end zone in four of his past five Sunday night games. Lions quarterback Jared Goff has completed 77.6% of his passes with 10 TDs and just one interception in five road starts this season. Detroit has the NFL’s No. 2 scoring offense (31.4), powered by running back Jahmyr Gibbs (920 yards and 10 TDs from scrimmage) and wideout Amon-Ra St. Brown (64 receptions, 693 yards and eight scores).
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 5 ARIZONA DOWNS FAMILIAR FOE IN NO. 15 UCLA
Anthony Dell’Orso scored 20 points off the bench and Jaden Bradley tallied 13 of his 15 points in the second half to help No. 5 Arizona notch a 69-65 victory over No. 15 UCLA on Friday in the Hall of Fame Series at Inglewood, Calif.
Motiejus Krivas added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Wildcats (4-0), who scored 16 of the game’s final 22 points to prevail in the contest between former Pac-12 powerhouse squads considered two of the top programs in the West.
Tyler Bilodeau scored 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting for the Bruins (3-1). Eric Dailey Jr. added 13 points, Donovan Dent had 11 points and eight assists, and Xavier Booker registered 10 points and seven rebounds.
Arizona shot 47.3% from the field and hit 6 of 19 (31.6%) from 3-point range. Dell’Orso made 4 of 7 from behind the arc. The Bruins connected on 43.1% of their shots and were 9 of 17 (52.9%) from long distance. Bilodeau and Dailey each had three treys.
No. 4 Duke 100, Indiana State 62
Freshman Cameron Boozer scored a career-high 35 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Blue Devils overcame a slow start to earn pull away from the Sycamores in Durham, N.C.
Caleb Foster added 14 points, Dame Sarr had 10 points and Patrick Ngongba II contributed nine points and eight rebounds for the Blue Devils (4-0), who shot 53.5% from the floor and erased an early 10-point deficit. Boozer shot 13-for-16 from the floor.
Duke recorded back-to-back 100-point games for the first time since 2017, having recorded a 114-59 victory at Army on Tuesday. Sterling Young scored 14 points and Ian Scott had 13 for the Sycamores (2-2).
No. 6 Michigan 67, TCU 63
Yaxel Lendeborg posted 14 points and 10 rebounds, Trey McKenney made several clutch plays down the stretch, and the Wolverines rallied for a victory over the Horned Frogs in Fort Worth, Texas.
Michigan (3-0) overcame committing 22 turnovers. The Wolverines did so by dominating inside, winning the rebounding battle 44-23 and outscoring the Frogs in the paint 36-26.
TCU (2-2) was led by Brock Harding’s 15 points. Micah Robinson added 12 points for the Horned Frogs, who shot 37.1% from the field.
No. 9 Kentucky 99, Eastern Illinois 53
Mouhamed Dioubate scored 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting and collected 11 rebounds to help the Wildcats roll to a victory over the Panthers in Lexington, Ky.
Denzel Aberdeen had 13 points and Otega Oweh added 12 for Kentucky (3-1), who rebounded from a 96-88 loss to No. 12 Louisville on Tuesday. The Wildcats held a commanding 49-17 rebounding advantage and shot a sizzling 60.9% from the field.
Terry McMorris registered 18 points, three blocked shots and two steals for the Panthers (1-3), who never led. Andrew Austin made three treys while adding 13 points.
No. 11 Texas Tech 80, Milwaukee 63
Christian Anderson scored 18 points to lead five players in double figures as the Red Raiders pulled away from the Panthers for a win in Lubbock, Texas.
Donovan Atwell tallied 17 points while Tyeree Bryan scored 13 points for Texas Tech (3-1). JT Toppin, who was averaging 33 points per game, was held to seven points on 3-of-10 shooting. He did grab 10 rebounds.
Danilo Jovanovich led Milwaukee with 17 points, Sekou Konneh scored 12 points and Seth Hubbard added 11 points for the Panthers (2-3).
No. 14 Illinois 84, Colgate 65
Freshman forward David Mirkovic piled up 27 points and 21 rebounds to lead the Fighting Illini to a victory over the Raiders in Champaign, Ill.
In his fourth college game, Mirkovic produced the school’s first 20-20 game since NBA first-round pick Nick Weatherspoon notched 37 points and 22 rebounds against DePauw on Dec. 2, 1972. Keaton Wagler provided 19 points for Illinois (4-0).
Andrew Alekseyenko paced Colgate (1-3) with 21 points. Jalen Cox added 12 points, six rebounds and four assists.
No. 18 North Carolina 97, North Carolina Central 53
Freshman Caleb Wilson turned in another sterling performance for the Tar Heels with 21 points and 13 rebounds in a trouncing of the Eagles in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Luka Bogavac posted 13 points and Henri Veesaar added 12 points and 11 rebounds as the Tar Heels (4-0) handled business in mostly workmanlike fashion. They also received 39 points from their reserves, led by Zayden High’s 11 points along with nine apiece from Derek Dixon and Jonathan Powell.
Ramondo Battle II led N.C. Central (1-4), which lost to an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent for the third time this season, with 14 points off the bench. The Eagles were limited to 14 points in the first 15 minutes of the second half as the Tar Heels’ lead swelled to 76-38.
No. 19 Gonzaga 77, Arizona State 65
Graham Ike poured in 20 points and pulled down nine rebounds, Tyon Grant-Foster posted 14 points and 12 rebounds, and the Bulldogs pulled away from the Sun Devils in Tempe, Ariz.
Adam Miller, who spent the previous two seasons with Arizona State, scored 10 points in 20 minutes for the Bulldogs (4-0).
Maurice Odum registered a team-leading 12 points for Arizona State (2-1), and Santiago Trouet amassed 10 points and 11 rebounds. Massamba Diop and Bryce Ford each scored 11 points, and Anthony Johnson had 10.
No. 21 Arkansas 79, Samford 75
Darius Acuff Jr. scored 20 points and Meleek Thomas added 17 points to lead the Razorbacks to a hard-earned win over the Bulldogs in Fayetteville, Ark.
Acuff made 7 of 13 attempts from the field overall, including 2 of 3 from 3-point range. Thomas shot 5 of 13 from the field in addition to grabbing eight rebounds and dishing out four assists. Trevon Brazile chipped in 15 points on 6-of-14 shooting for the Razorbacks (3-1).
Zion Wilburn and Cade Norris each put up 15 points for Samford (2-2), both sinking three 3-pointers. Jadin Booth, the nation’s leading scorer through three games at 27.7 points per contest, was held to 14 points on a lackluster 3-of-15 night from the field.
No. 23 Creighton 84, Maryland Eastern Shore 45
Blake Harper and Jasen Green each scored 14 points to lead the Bluejays to a win over the Hawks in Omaha, Neb.
Harper also had nine rebounds while Green had five for the Bluejays (2-1). Creighton shot 49.3% from the field and outrebounded its overmatched opponent 43-26.
Justin Monden led Maryland Eastern Shore (1-4) with 13 points off the bench, hitting all six of his shots from the field.
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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RAEGAN BEERS LEADS NO. 6 OKLAHOMA PAST NORTH ALABAMA
Raegan Beers had 20 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots as No. 6 Oklahoma rolled to an 89-61 win against North Alabama on Friday afternoon in Norman, Okla.
The Sooners (3-1) led 57-33 at halftime and held the Lions (3-1) to 32.4% shooting. Oklahoma’s superior size produced a 53-40 edge in rebounds and a 32-14 advantage in points in the paint.
Beers made 6 of 11 shots from the field, including a 3-pointer, and all seven of her free throws for her second double-double of the season. Joining her in double figures were Aaliyah Chavez (17 points), Sahara Williams (13) and Zya Vann (12).
Alexsandra Alvarado was the only North Alabama starter in double figures with 14 points. Venla Ulander added 12 points and India Howard had 10 off the bench.
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NBA NEWS
NBA ROUNDUP: STEPHEN CURRY SCORES 49 AS WARRIORS EDGE SPURS
Stephen Curry capped a season-best 49-point performance by sinking the game-winning free throws in the final seconds as the visiting Golden State Warriors outlasted the San Antonio Spurs 109-108 on Friday in an NBA Cup clash.
The Warriors swept a two-game mini-series in San Antonio over three nights and won for the third time in their past four games overall. Golden State improved to 1-1 in West Group C play in the league’s in-season tournament, while the Spurs fell to 1-1.
Spurs star Victor Wembanyama jumped over a defender for a tip-in to expand the lead to 108-105 with 1:06 left. Jimmy Butler III’s layup cut the gap to a point, and after a stunning block by Wembanyama and a miss by the Spurs’ De’Aaron Fox, Curry drove the lane and was fouled with 6.4 seconds to play.
Curry made both free throws. After a timeout, San Antonio went back to Fox, whose contested jumper at the buzzer bounced twice on the rim before falling away.
Knicks 140, Heat 132
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 31 of his 39 points in the first half, Landry Shamet had a career-high 36 points off the bench, and fellow reserve Josh Hart posted a triple-double to lead host New York past Miami.
Towns scored eight unanswered points to ignite the decisive 17-6 run that ended the first half for the Knicks, who finished 6-1 during a season-long seven-game homestand. New York won Friday despite missing Jalen Brunson, who was sidelined with a right ankle injury suffered in Wednesday’s 124-107 loss to the Orlando Magic.
Shamet scored the most points by a reserve in the NBA this season and the most by a Knicks player off the bench since J.R. Smith had 37 points against the Charlotte Bobcats on Mar. 29, 2013.
Bucks 147, Hornets 134 (OT)
Myles Turner hit a 3-pointer to open overtime and host Milwaukee never looked back, outlasting Charlotte in a back-and-forth game.
The Bucks, who never led by more than seven in regulation, outscored the Hornets 18-5 in overtime. Kyle Kuzma led Milwaukee with 29 points and 10 rebounds, and Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 25 points, 18 assists and seven assists.
Miles Bridges and rookie Kon Knueppel had 32 points apiece for the Hornets, who led by as many as 10 in the first half before losing for the fourth time in five games. LaMelo Ball, back from an ankle injury, had 16 points and 10 assists
Pistons 114, 76ers 105
Javonte Green led six players in double figures with 21 points and nine rebounds as short-handed Detroit won its ninth straight by rallying past visiting Philadelphia. Daniss Jenkins had 19 points and eight assists for the Pistons.
Tyrese Maxey led the 76ers with 31 points, while VJ Edgecombe contributed 18 points and Justin Edwards chipped in 13.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Andre Drummond and Edwards pushed Philadelphia’s lead to 83-71 late in the third quarter. But Detroit clawed back with a 17-7 run to end the quarter and outscored the visitors 26-15 in the fourth quarter.
Magic 105, Nets 98
Franz Wagner sank a pair of late 3-pointers to highlight his 25-point performance and fuel host Orlando past Brooklyn.
Tristan da Silva added 22 points and nine rebounds while starting in place of the injured Paolo Banchero (left groin strain) as the Magic overcame an early 16-point deficit and finished with an 11-0 run to record their sixth win in the last eight games and improve to 2-0 in the NBA Cup.
Brooklyn’s Michael Porter Jr. collected 24 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high seven assists. He made 10 of 23 shots from the floor as the Nets lost for the 11th time in 12 games and both NBA Cup games.
Rockets 140, Trail Blazers 116
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 30 points, Alperen Sengun flirted with a triple-double and Houston crushed visiting Portland.
Durant scored 16 first-quarter points to ignite the Rockets. Sengun posted 25 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists while Jabari Smith Jr. tallied 22 points.
Deni Avdija scored 14 of his 22 points in the third quarter to help Portland shave a 23-point deficit to 101-91 with a three-point play at the 1:23 mark of the period. But Houston scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter and cruised to its third straight win. Shaedon Sharpe paired 19 points with eight rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who took their third loss in four games.
Lakers 118, Pelicans 104
Luka Doncic scored 24 points with 12 assists and Austin Reaves added 31 points with seven assists as Los Angeles handed New Orleans another home loss.
Deandre Ayton added 20 points with 16 rebounds, Rui Hachimura had 14 points, and Marcus Smart added 13 as the Lakers improved to 2-2 on a five-game road trip that followed a five-game winning streak. Los Angeles is 9-4 without LeBron James (sciatica), who could make his season debut next week.
Trey Murphy III scored 35 points and Jeremiah Fears had 19 for the Pelicans, who saw their losing streak extend to four games. New Orleans is 0-2 to start a five-game homestand and fell to 1-4 in its own building. The Pelicans were without Zion Williamson (hamstring) and Jordan Poole (quad), while Dejounte Murray (Achilles) is out until at least January.
Timberwolves 124, Kings 110
Anthony Edwards scored 30 points and Minnesota finished strong for a victory over Sacramento in Minneapolis.
Julius Randle posted a double-double with 26 points and 11 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who won their fourth game in a row. Donte DiVincenzo finished with 20 points, and Naz Reid contributed 12 points and 12 boards.
Domantas Sabonis scored 34 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Sacramento. Zach LaVine added 25 points for the Kings, who lost their fifth straight game.
Clippers 133, Mavericks 127
James Harden recorded his 82nd career triple-double and scored four of his 41 points in the second overtime as Los Angeles ended a six-game losing streak with a win in Dallas.
Harden had season highs in points and rebounds (14) while dishing 11 assists in 51 minutes for the Clippers, who scored the final points of the game on Derrick Jones Jr.’s two foul shots with 2:20 remaining. Los Angeles moved to 2-0 in NBA Cup West Group B play, while Dallas fell to 0-2.
D’Angelo Russell spearheaded the Mavericks’ rally in the final minutes of regulation. He scored eight straight Dallas points during a 17-6 run, including a layup with 52.4 seconds left that tied the game at 114-114 and sent the game to overtime. Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg scored with 20 seconds left in the first OT to force the second one.
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NHL NEWS
NHL ROUNDUP: ISLES’ MATTHEW SCHAEFER MAKES HISTORY WITH OT WINNER
Matthew Schaefer became the youngest player to score an overtime goal in NHL regular-season history, finding the net at 2:06 of the extra session as the New York Islanders rallied to beat the Utah Mammoth 3-2 in Salt Lake City on Friday.
Schaefer, 70 days past his 18th birthday, broke the mark held by Sidney Crosby, who was 31 days older when he scored for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 16, 2005. The youngest NHL postseason OT scorer was Don Gallinger, who was 17 when he led the Boston Bruins to a win in the 1943 playoffs.
Emil Heineman and Jonathan Drouin also scored and David Rittich made 27 saves as New York won its fourth consecutive game. The Islanders’ Bo Horvat had an assist to extend his point streak to eight games (six goals, six assists).
JJ Peterka and Dylan Guenther scored for the Mammoth, who have lost four of the past five games (1-3-1). Karel Vejmelka made 19 saves.
Flyers 6, Blues 5 (SO)
Trevor Zegras scored two goals, earned an assist and buried the shootout winner as Philadelphia overcame a pair of two-goal deficits to win in St. Louis.
Christian Dvorak also logged two goals and an assist for the Flyers while Owen Tippett had a goal and three assists Samuel Ersson made 12 saves — then two more in the shootout.
Jordan Kyrou, Jimmy Snuggerud and Robert Thomas each had a goal and assist for the Blues. Justin Faulk and Dylan Holloway also scored for St. Louis while Cam Fowler earned two assists to reach the 500-point plateau in his career.
Predators 2, Penguins 1 (OT)
Steven Stamkos scored 44 seconds into overtime as Nashville rallied for a win over Pittsburgh in the opener of the 2025 NHL Global Series in Stockholm. The two teams will meet again in Sweden on Sunday.
Filip Forsberg also scored for the Predators, who ended a five-game losing streak (0-3-2). Juuse Saros made 16 saves.
Evgeni Malkin scored and Silovs made 28 saves for the Penguins, who have lost five of their past six games (1-3-2).
Hurricanes 4, Canucks 3 (OT)
Sebastian Aho’s goal with 31 seconds remaining in overtime gave Carolina a victory over Vancouver in Raleigh, N.C.
Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and added an assist, Aho had two points and Taylor Hall also found the net for the Hurricanes, who won for the fifth time in six games. Shayne Gostisbehere provided three assists, and Pyotr Kochetkov made 14 saves.
Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist while Max Sasson and Conor Garland also scored for the Canucks, who have lost three in a row (0-1-2). Kevin Lankinen made 34 saves.
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INDIANA HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES
INDIANA PACERS NEWS
GAME PREVIEW: PACERS VS RAPTORS
The Pacers (1-11) return home from a four-game Western Conference road trip this weekend to host the Toronto Raptors (7-5) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
The Blue & Gold went winless on their road trip, losing by an average margin of 26.8 points. They ran out of gas in the second half on Thursday night in Phoenix, where the Suns outscored Indiana 38-7 over a 9:08 stretch spanning the end of the third and beginning of the fourth quarter to pull away.
The good news for most of the road trip was that the Pacers were getting healthier. Starting point guard Andrew Nembhard returned at the start of the trip after missing seven games with a sprained shoulder and veteran backup T.J. McConnell made his season debut on Tuesday after recovering from a hamstring injury.
But the Pacers suffered another setback on Thursday when starting wing Aaron Nesmith injured his left knee in the third quarter against the Suns. Head coach Rick Carlisle said afterwards that he thought the Pacers “may have dodged a bullet” in regard to Nesmith avoiding a major injury, but believed that Nesmith will still “miss some time.”
The Raptors have been one of the surprise stories in the NBA early this season, winning six of their last seven games to climb above .500. They’re coming off an impressive 126-113 win on Thursday night in Cleveland, where Scottie Barnes narrowly missed out on a triple-double with 28 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists.
Former All-Star Brandon Ingram leads Toronto in scoring at 20.5 points per game, while Barnes — the 2022 Rookie of the Year — adds 20.2 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.8 blocks per contest. The Raptors boast four strong scoring options in their starting lineup, as former Knicks RJ Barrett (19.1 points per game) and Immanuel Quickley (16.1 points per contest) are both also capable of going off on any given night.
Probable Starters
Pacers: G – Andrew Nembhard, G – Ben Sheppard, F – Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, F – Pascal Siakam, C – Tony Bradley
Raptors: G – Immanuel Quickley, G – Brandon Ingram, F – RJ Barrett, F – Scottie Barnes, C – Jakob Poeltl
Injury Report
Pacers: Johnny Furphy – out (left ankle sprain), Tyrese Haliburton – out (right Achilles tendon tear), Quenton Jackson – out (right hamstring strain), Kam Jones – out (lower back stress reaction), Cody Martin – out (illness), Bennedict Mathurin – out – (great right toe sprain), Aaron Nesmith – out (left knee sprain), Obi Toppin – out (right foot stress reaction)
Raptors: Ochai Agbaji – questionable (lumbar strain), Collin Murray-Boyles – questionable (illness), Jonathan Mogbo – out (G League assignment)
Last Meeting
Feb. 26, 2025: Tyrese Haliburton had 33 points and 11 assists as the Pacers rolled to a 111-91 win over Toronto at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Haliburton 12-for-15 from the field and 7-for-9 from 3-point range while committing just one turnover in the victory.
Myles Turner also recorded a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, Pascal Siakam added 15 points and eight boards, Aaron Nesmith scored 12, and Bennedict Mathurin added 10 points off the bench.
Immanuel Quickley had a team-high 18 points for Toronto, which shot just 6-for-27 (22.2 percent) from 3-point range and committed 21 turnovers. RJ Barrett and Jonathan Mogbo added 16 points apiece.
Noteworthy
The Pacers will wear their 2025-26 Nike City Edition uniforms for the third time this season and the first time at home and will debut a new City Edition court on Saturday.
The Raptors won two of three games against the Pacers last year, with the home team winning all three games.
Indiana and Toronto are both in East Group A for the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup, but Saturday’s game does not count towards the NBA Cup standings. Their game in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 26 is designated as an NBA Cup Group game.
Indiana and Toronto will meet four times in the regular season, with the Pacers also hosting the Raptors on Jan. 14 and a second trip to Toronto on Feb. 8.
The Pacers roster features two Canadians players: Aurora native Andrew Nembhard and Montreal native Bennedict Mathurin.
Broadcast Information (Where to Watch and Listen to Pacers Games >>)
TV: FanDuel Sports Network – Chris Denari (play-by-play), Quinn Buckner (analyst), Jeremiah Johnson (sideline reporter/host)
Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan – Mark Boyle (play-by-play), Eddie Gill (analyst), Pat Boylan (sideline reporter/host)
Tickets
After a four-game road trip, the Pacers will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse to host Scottie Barnes and the Toronto Raptors on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:00 PM ET.
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INDY FUEL NEWS
FUEL LOOK TO PUT A SPELL ON RAPID CITY ON SATURDAY NIGHT
FISHERS– The Fuel will host the Rapid City Rush for the third straight game on Saturday night. After winning the series with back-to-back wins, the Fuel look to extend their overall win streak to five games on Wizard Night.
LAST TIME OUT
The last time these two teams met was last night when the Fuel shut out the Rush, 3-0. Goaltender Owen Flores earned his first professional shutout in net while Jesse Tucker and Jadon Joseph netted two important first period goals to put Indy up quickly. Dustin Manz added an empty net goal to secure the win.
STREAKS CITY
The Fuel are looking for their fifth win in a row after a rocky start to the season. With November being their busiest month of the season, racking up wins now will prove very important for Indy as they go on. Fuel forward Jesse Tucker also extended his point streak to four games with his goal on Friday night against Rapid City. This was his second game-winning goal of the season to lead the team alongside Lee Lapid.
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INDIANA FOOTBALL NEWS
INDIANA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES VS. WISCONSIN
Setting The Scene
• No. 2/2/2 Indiana returns home after two weeks on the road to face Wisconsin on Saturday (Nov. 15) at noon ET on Big Ten Network on Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.
• The matchup will mark the programs’ first meeting since 2023 when the Hoosiers won 20-14 in Bloomington. Indiana has won the last two meetings after Wisconsin owned a 10-game winning streak in the series from 2005-2017.
• The game will be Indiana’s last regular season home contest in 2025 and serve as the program’s senior night prior to the game.
News & Notes
• Indiana’s ranking in the AP and USA Today/US LBM Coaches Poll is No. 2 for the fourth-straight week. The Hoosiers also debuted at No. 2 in the College Football Playoff rankings last week (Nov. 4).
• The 21 victories since the beginning of the 2024 season are the most in any two-year span in program history and rank tied for No. 2 nationally over that span. The 15 Big Ten wins during that span are also the most in a two-year stretch in IU history. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Indiana is 10-0 to start a season for the second time in program history (2024) after its 27-24 win at Penn State (11/8) in Week 11. The 10 wins are the second-most all-time in a single season behind 11 victories in 2024.
• Indiana’s 7-0 start in Big Ten play marks the second time in program history an Indiana team started with an unblemished mark through at least seven conference games (7-0; 2024) and are the second-most conference wins in a season.
• The Hoosiers are 41-27-1 all-time as a ranked team, which includes a 34-20-1 mark in Big Ten play.
• Indiana’s win over Penn State marked the first time the program had ever won on West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium.
• The final scoring drive at Penn State was the program’s first go-ahead touchdown drive starting with 2:00 or under in regulation since Antwaan Randle El‘s rushing touchdown versus Iowa on October 17, 1998.
• Indiana’s two rushing touchdowns against Penn State marked the 19th time in 23 games that Indiana rushed for multiple touchdowns under head coach Curt Cignetti. MORE ON PAGE 7
• Indiana forced multiple turnovers for the sixth time in 2025 and a third-straight game. The Hoosiers had a fumble recovery and an interception against the Nittany Lions.
• Fernando Mendoza threw the go-ahead touchdown pass to Omar Cooper Jr. on a 7-yard score with 36 seconds remaining to give Indiana the 27-24 lead.
• Mendoza leads the Big Ten with 26 passing touchdowns and is tied for the most in the FBS with Baylor’s Sawyer Robertson. MORE ON PAGE 7
• Elijah Sarratt is tied for the Big Ten lead with 10 touchdown receptions while Omar Cooper Jr. is at No. 2 with nine. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Charlie Becker had a career-high 118 yards receiving on seven catches, including a career-long 52-yard reception in the first quarter. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Kaelon Black‘s 1-yard rushing score in the second quarter at Penn State notched back-to-back weeks with a touchdown. MORE ON PAGE 8
• Aiden Fisher became the first Hoosier since 2022 with an interception and fumble recovery in the same game when he picked up the ball from Jamari Sharpe‘s forced fumble of Kaytron Allen in the second quarter and picked off Ethan Grunkemeyer in the third. MORE ON PAGE 12
• Isaiah Jones leads the Big Ten in tackles for loss (12.0) and has at least 0.5 tackle for loss in nine of ten games. MORE ON PAGE 12
• Rolijah Hardy had his second career double-digit tackle game against Penn State with 12 stops, including 1.0 sack. MORE ON PAGE 12
• Sharpehas forced fumbles in back-to-back weeks, and ranks No. 4 nationally with four forced fumbles on the season. MORE ON PAGE 14
COMPLETE GAME NOTES: https://static.iuhoosiers.com/custompages/PDF/fb/2025/25-11-15-Notes_Wisconsin.pdf
WISCONSIN NOTES:
Coming off its first Big Ten victory of the season and first ranked win since 2021, Wisconsin heads to Bloomington, Indiana to take on the No. 2 Hoosiers. The Badgers’ rugged schedule continues Saturday as they log their 4th trip to face a Top-25 team this season. Wisconsin plays its 6th game against a Top-25 team this season overall, more than any other regular season in program history. UW opponents’ 70-30 (.700) record so far this season is the best in the nation. After a challenging midseason stretch, the Badgers rallied to win a slugfest at Camp Randall over #23 Washington behind a stout defensive effort and the debut of true freshman QB Carter Smith.
QB carousel… After being thrust into action during the win over Washington, true freshman QB Carter Smith could become the 4th Badger QB to start a game this fall if he gets the nod.
The Badgers are the only Big Ten team this season to have 4 different QBs attempt at least 10 passes. West Virginia is the only other Power 4 program with the same scenario this season. The last time UW had 4 different QBs attempt 10+ passes in a season was 1956. 6 Badger players have attempted a pass this season: QBs Edwards Jr., O’Neil, Simmons, Smith, P Sean West and WR Tyrell Henry. West led the Badgers with 24 passing yards vs. Washington, coming on a fake punt. UW is 8-3 under Fickell when the starting QB (proj. season starter) plays the entire game. Some slate… ESPN currently ranks the Badgers’ 2025 slate as the 2nd-hardest in the nation. Wisconsin will be playing its 6th ranked opponent of the season, 4th in a row and 5th out of the last 6 games. Wisconsin is currently tabbed to face 3 top-10 teams and 6 top-25 teams this season (first time in program history). The last time UW faced 3 top-10 teams during the regular season was 2016. It’s never faced 6 T-25 teams in a single regular season.
Young guns… While steady veteran leadership still permeates through the Badger roster, true freshmen have been thrust into meaningful roles recently. LBs Cooper Catalano and Mason Posa started as a tandem at Oregon and shined in Wisconsin’s upset win over Washington. Catalano registered an astounding 19 tackles, including a sack, in the win, the most tackles for a Power 4 freshman since 2017 (Paddy Fisher, Northwestern). His 19 tackles were the most for a Badger since LB Mike Taylor registered 22 against Ohio State in 2011. Catalano became the first Big Ten player to have 19 tackles and a sack in a game since Blake Cashman (Minnesota) in 2018. Posa was also a difference-maker, totaling 11 tackles, 2.5 sacks and forcing and recovering the same fumble to set up Wisconsin’s game tying TD in the 3rd quarter. Posa became the first FBS player this season to have 10+ tackles, 2.0+ sacks, a FF and FR in a game. He’s the first P4 player to do so since 2020 (Joseph Ossai, Texas). Injuries taking a toll… The Badgers have been ravaged by injuries this fall, forcing the Badgers’ depth to be tested across the roster. To this point, 2025 projected starters have had 44 games missed or significantly impacted by injuries. Injuries on the O-line led to 3 R-Fr. starting on the unit together (vs. Maryland) for the first time since 2015. The Badgers have deployed 7 different starting offensive line configurations through 9 games this season.
COMPLETE GAME NOTES: https://uwbadgers.com/documents/2025/11/10/GM10_IND.pdf
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INDIANA VOLLEYBALL NEWS
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Energy comes in waves at Wilkinson Hall. On Friday (Nov. 14) evening, over 2,000 fans sparked the Indiana volleyball team (20-5, 11-4 B1G) to a fantastic four-set victory (20-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-14) in Bloomington. The Hoosiers picked up their first win over Oregon in program history and completed a 4-0 campaign against the Big Ten’s west coast programs.
After a slow first set, IU’s offense began marching a fast rate. Freshman outside hitter Jaidyn Jager won the duel of the Big Ten’s best two freshman attackers. She provided 15 kills (.308 hitting percentage) and 10 digs for her fifth double-double of the season. Jager added three blocks and passed tremendously on 25 attempts in serve receive.
Senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles (10) and senior opposite hitter Avry Tatum (11) each reached double figures to help finish off the win. It’s the 31st time in the past three years that the two attackers have each had 10+ kills in the same match. On the season, IU is 9-2 when three different players have at least 10 kills.
Freshman middle blocker Victoria Gray had one of the cleanest matches in her young career. She had eight kills (no errors) at a .727 hitting percentage. She came through in the clutch with six blocks, one off her career high. The Hoosiers had 11 blocks as a team and also contributed 10 aces.
With the win, Alonso-Corcelles became the program’s winningest player in Big Ten action. No player in the 51-year history of IU volleyball has been a part of more conference wins (39) than the 6-foot-2 Spaniard. It’s also just the seventh 20-win season (since volleyball was adopted by the NCAA in 1981) in program history.
The Hoosiers return to the court on Sunday (Nov. 16) afternoon for a chance to match two all-time program marks. A win over Maryland would tie program single-season records for regular season wins (21) and Big Ten wins (12) since the sport was formally adopted by the NCAA. First serve comes at Noon ET on B1G+ in Wilkinson Hall.
How it Happened
• IU’s offense was in full motion on Friday as it dispatched of Oregon in four sets. The Hoosiers hit above .300 (.307) for the 11th time this season and the fourth time in Big Ten play. Five different players had at least six kills. Two players – Victoria Gray and Teodora Kričković – had at least six kills and zero errors.
• Down the stretch, the Hoosiers picked up the points from other aspects of their game. They had four blocks and five aces alone in set four while allowing Oregon to hit just .034 (8-7-29) in the final frame. On the match, IU had more kills, assists, blocks, aces and digs.
Top Hoosier Performers
#24 Jager, Jaidyn
15 kills, 10 digs, 3 blocks, 2 assists, .308 hitting percentage
#10 Kričković, Teodora
44 assists, 6 kills, 3 digs, 3 blocks, 2 aces
#23 Gray, Victoria
8 kills, .727 hitting percentage, 6 blocks
Notes to Know
• Friday’s win made senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles the winningest Big Ten player in program history. No player in the 51-year history of IU volleyball has won more conference games (39) than the Spanish attacker. She is just three wins away from breaking the program’s all-time wins record (since the NCAA adopted volleyball in 1981).
• The Hoosiers are up to 20 wins on the season after beating Oregon in four sets. It’s just the seventh 20-win season in program history – since the NCAA adopted volleyball in 1981. It’s the second 20-win campaign in the last three years and just the fourth since the turn of the century.
• IU picked up the 50th all-time win at Wilkinson Hall on Friday evening. Since the venue opened in 2019, IU has quickly turned its home floor into one of the toughest in the country. Over 2,000 fans packed Wilkinson Hall on Friday evening as the Hoosiers won their 20th-straight home match against an unranked opponent.
• One of the toughest things to do in college volleyball is score from different areas. While IU’s offense is elite, its defense and serving came to life on Friday. The Hoosiers had 11 blocks and 10 aces in the match for the first time this season. It’s the first time IU has had at least 10 blocks and 10 aces in the same match since a win over Michigan State (Nov. 24, 2023) two years ago.
• For the 31st time in their career together, senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles and senior opposite hitter Avry Tatum each had 10-or-more kills in the same match. In those contests, IU is 23-8 since the start of 2023. It is 9-2 this season in those respective matches.
• The Hoosiers picked up their first win over Oregon in school history and now have at least one win against every Big Ten team currently in the conference. IU completed a perfect 4-0 campaign against the new west coast programs after finishing 1-3 against the same schools last year.
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INDIANA WRESTLING NEWS
NO. 26 INDIANA TOPS COLUMBIA
ELLETSVILLE, Ind. ––– Indiana and Columbia battled in a close dual for the second-straight year on Friday (Nov. 14) and once again the Hoosiers came out on top.
Indiana won the dual, 22-19, securing the match after the 197 lbs. bout, to move to 2-0 in the season.
The match was wrestled at nearby Edgewood High School in Ellettsville, Ind.
KEY MOMENTS
• No. 12 Jacob Moran opened the dual with a 7-3 decision win over Sulayman Bah (125) to put Indiana up 3-0.
• Columbia won in back-to-back bouts at 133 and 141 lbs. by major decision to take an 8-3 lead in the team score.
• The Hoosiers responded with two major decisions in a row of their own with Joey Buttler (149) and Bryce Lowery (157) each winning their matches by eight points.
• No. 21 Tyler Lillard bested No. 26 Cesar Alvan (165) in Sudden Victory, 8-5, to put Indiana up 14-8.
• Freshman and No. 20-ranked Sam Goin had a dominant display against No. 16 Aaron Ayzerov (184) in a 10-3 decision victory where he did not allow a takedown.
• No. 11 Gabe Sollars did not allow a point in his 15-0 (5:35) tech fall over Adam Haselius (197).
NOTABLES
• No. 21 Tyler Lillard earned his second ranked win of the season.
• Indiana has defeated Columbia in back-to-back years, topping the Lions last year in New York City, 23-21.
• The Hoosiers won three matches in bonus-point victory fashion.
• Edgewood’s high school coach is former Indiana wrestler Paul Konrath.
• This was Indiana’s first time wrestling a dual in a high school gym since 2010 when it faced Purdue at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis.
MATCH RESULTS
125: No. 12 Jacob Moran (IU) def. Sulayman Bah (CU) | Dec. 7-3 | Score: IU up 3-0
133: Evin Gursoy (CU) def. Jackson Blum (IU) | MD, 8-0 | Score: CU up 4-3
141: No. 29 Lorenzo Frezza def. No. 25 Henry Porter (IU) | MD, 11-2 | Score: CU up 8-3
149: Joey Buttler (IU) def. Richard Fedalen (CU) | MD, 14-6 | Score: CU up 8-7
157: Bryce Lowery (IU) def. Charlie Scanlan (CU) | MD, 9-1 | Score: IU up 11-8
165: No. 21 Tyler Lillard (IU) vs. No. 26 Cesar Alvan (CU) | SV-1, 8-5 | Score: IU up 14-8
174: No. 29 Nick Fine (CU) def. No. 31 Derek Gilcher (IU) | TF, 20-4 (6:21) | Score: IU up 14-13
184: No. 20 Sam Goin (IU) def. No. 16 Aaron Ayzerov (CU) | Dec. 10-3 | Score: IU up 17-13
197: No. 11 Gabe Sollars (IU) def. Adam Haselius (CU) | TF, 15-0 (5:35) | Score: IU up 22-13
285: Vincent Mueller (CU) def. Caleb Marzolino (IU) | Fall (0:37) | Score: IU up 22-19
UP NEXT
• Indiana will be back in action next weekend when they face Oklahoma on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 3 p.m. in Norman, Okla.
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PURDUE FOOTBALL NEWS
PURDUE VS. WASHINGTON GAME NOTES
PURDUE NOTES:
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Football makes its final road trip of the 2025 season, traveling 2,192 miles to face Washington in the first Big Ten matchup between the two teams. Kickoff from Husky Stadium is set for 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT) on FS1.
QUICK HITS
The Boilermakers are making their sixth trip to Washington, the first since 198. That includes the first matchup in the series, a 13-6 victory in 1961.
The last two matchups were in bowl games. Purdue defeated Washington 34-24 in the 2002 Sun Bowl. The two teams also met in the 2001 Rose Bowl after the Boilermakers captured the 2000 Big Ten title.
The contest features the Boilermakers going up against their former head coach, Ryan Walters, who serves as the Huskies’ defensive coordinator. Purdue head coach Barry Odom’s brother, Brian, coaches Washington’s inside linebackers.
Purdue’s November features opponents with a combined record of 32-5. That includes hosting the top two teams in the country and coming off back-to-back weeks against the last two national champions.
On this date in 1958, Jack Mollenkopf’s No. 8 Boilermakers went on the road to beat No. 13 Northwestern 23-6 in a Top 15 matchup.
Last week, Purdue became the first team this season to hold a lead over No. 1 Ohio State at the end of the first quarter (3-0). The Boilermakers also became the second team to hold the Buckeyes scoreless in two quarters this season.
Purdue ranks third in the Big Ten and 21st nationally in red zone defense.
After forcing only one turnover through the first five games of the season, the Boilermakers have forced seven turnovers in the last five games, at least one in each contest during that stretch.
The Top 3 tackle leaders in the Big Ten are Boilermakers. Mani Powell (94) leads the way, while Tahj Ra-El (91) is second and Charles Correa (88) ranks third.
All three crack the nation’s Top 30 in tackles per game. Powell (9.4) ranks 17th, Ra-El (9.1) ranks 22nd and Correa (8.8) ranks 28th.
CJ Nunnally IV is one of three players in the country with at least seven tackles-for-loss, five sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one interception (Xavier Adkinson – Auburn and Byrun Parham – UConn). Nunnally has recorded at least five sacks in all three seasons at the FBS level.
Spencer Porath is 12-for-13 on field goals this season, ranking third in the Big Ten and 10th nationally in field goal percentage (92.3%). Porath hit a career-long 50-yard field goal at Michigan to kick off the month of November.
Purdue leads the Big Ten and ranks 18th nationally in net punting with a 42.2 average.
Jack McCallister ranks second in the Big Ten in punt average (44.8) and leads the conference with 16 punts pinned inside the 20-yard line.
The Boilermakers also rank 21st nationally in punt return defense, allowing only 3.9 yards per return.
CROSS-COUNTRY CONNECTIONS
Despite being more than 2,000 miles apart, there are several connections between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Washington Huskies.
Purdue starting punter Jack McCallister spent four seasons at Washington, including the past three as the Huskies’ starting punter.
Head coach Barry Odom’s brother, Brad, is the inside linebackers coach at Washington.
Washington defensive coordinator Ryan Walters served as Purdue’s head coach during the 2023 and 2024 campaigns.
Washington special teams coordinator Chris Petrilli served on Walters’ Purdue staff in the same position.
FAR, FAR AWAY
When Purdue makes the 2,192-mile trip to Seattle this weekend, it will be the 21st time in history that the Boilermakers have traveled more than 2,000 miles to play a football game.
With Washington being one of the newest members of the Big Ten, Saturday’s game will be the longest road trip for a conference game in Purdue Football history.
The Boilermakers have made five trips to Seattle to face Washington, their most-common opponent from the West Coast, having met 10 times throughout history.
Six of those 2,000-mile road trips have been to the Los Angeles area for matchups against UCLA and USC, as well as a pair of Rose Bowl appearances (1967, 2001).
MISSING MOCKOBEE
For the rest of the season, Purdue is without one of the best running backs in program history.
Devin Mockobee suffered an injury in the fourth quarter against Rutgers (Oct. 24), which required season-ending surgery.
Mockobee missed the matchup at No. 21 Michigan (Nov. 1) due to injury, snapping a streak of 37 straight games played by the starting running back going all the way back to the 2022 season opener.
Mockobee appeared in five games before earning the starting position midway through the 2022 campaign and never looking back.
The Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year semifinalist ranks in the program’s Top 10 in several career categories: 100-yard rushing games (4th – 9), rushing yards (4th – 2,987), all-purpose yards (7th – 3,864) and rushing touchdowns (9th – 23).
This season, Mockobee leads the team in rushing yards (521) and rushing touchdowns (4). He has also thrown a touchdown and caught a touchdown this year.
LAST WEEK VS. OHIO STATE
Purdue held a 3-0 advantage at the conclusion of the first quarter, becoming the first team to lead Ohio State at the end of the first quarter this season.
The Purdue offensive line did not allow a sack on 22 pass attempts. It marked the third time this season that the o-line played a complete game without giving up a sack.
Purdue became the second team this season to hold Ohio State scoreless in two quarters, the first coming being Texas in the season opener.
Mani Powell had 13 tackles, one sack, and 1.5 tackles-for-loss. It was Powell’s fourth game this season with double digit tackles.
CJ Nunnally IV became the first Boilermaker defensive lineman with an interception since George Karlaftis on Sept. 14, 2019 vs. TCU.
CJ STUFFS THE STAT SHEET
Joining Purdue after two years as a First Team All-MAC defensive lineman at Akron, CJ Nunnally IV has proven to be a major transfer pickup for Barry Odom’s Boilermakers.
The Douglasville, Georgia, native leads Purdue in sacks (5.0), forced fumbles (2) and QB hurries (8), while ranking second in tackles-for-loss (7.5). He also has an interception and a fumble recovery to his credit.
Nunnally is one of three players in the FBS this season with at least seven tackles-for-loss, five sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one interception (Xavier Adkinson, Auburn and Byrun Parham, UConn).
He recorded the first interception of his career last game against No. 1 Ohio State, picking off Heisman Trophy favorite Julian Sayin in the end zone. His interception was the first by a Boilermaker defensive lineman since George Karlaftis against TCU in 2019.
Nunnally has picked up the pace lately, forcing two fumbles and intercepting a pass over the last three games.
He has at least five sacks in all three of his seasons at the FBS level.
SWARM THE BALL
Mani Powell (94), Tahj Ra-El (91) and Charles Correa (88) have combined for 273 tackles this season, more than any other trio of teammates in the country.
The Top 3 tacklers in the Big Ten are Boilermakers. Powell leads the way, Ra-El ranks second, and Correa is tied for third. Those numbers are even better in conference play. Powell’s 11.1 tackles per conference contest lead the Big Ten, while Ra-El (9.7) and Correa (9.3) round out the Top 3.
The three Boilermakers crack the nation’s Top 30 in tackle average. Powell ranks 18th (9.4), Ra-El (9.1) ranks 22nd and Correa (8.8) ranks 28th.
With Ra El’s career-high 15-tackle performance against Rutgers, Purdue became the second team nationwide to record at least three individual 15-tackle games this season (Buffalo).
Correa and Powell led the attack against No. 22 Illinois, recording 15 and 14 tackles, respectively. They became the first pair of Purdue teammates to have at least 14 tackles in the same game since the Boilermakers’ 2021 Music City Bowl win over Tennessee (Chris Jefferson, Jaylan Alexander and Kieren Douglas).
SPECIAL SPENCER
Spencer Porath has been a major factor in Purdue’s special teams play this season, going 12-of-13 on field goals.
The sophomore went 7-for-11 as a freshman. He eclipsed his make total in game four this season.
Against Michigan this season, Porath connected on a career-long 50-yard field goal. It was Purdue’s first kick of 50 or more yards since J.D. Dellinger made a 53-yard boot against TCU in 2019.
Porath is one of 14 kickers this season to have made 10 or more field goals at a 90% clip with a long of 50 yards or better. He and USC’s Ryon Sayeri are the lone representatives from the Big Ten.
Porath’s perfection through the his first nine kicks of the season matched the best start by a Purdue kicker since Mitchell Fineran in 2021.
In just 18 career games, Porath has moved into 14th on the Purdue career charts with 19 made kicks.
His 79.1% career field goal clip is currently second in Purdue history.
He made a career-high three field goals at No. 21 Notre Dame. That included a career-long 48-yard field goal in the second quarter.
Against Southern Illinois, he scored 10 points thanks to a pair of field goals and splitting the uprights on four PATs. For his performance, Porath became Purdue’s first Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week since Dellinger six seasons ago (Nov. 11, 2019).
MANI’S THE MAN
A leader on the field and in the locker room as a team captain, Mani Powell is the Big Ten’s leading tackler through the first 10 games of the season.
Powell leads the conference in total tackles (94) and ranks 17th nationally with 9.4 tackles per game. He has been even better in conference play, as his 11.1 tackles per game in B1G games lead the league.
He also paces Purdue with 10.0 tackles-for-loss and ranks second on the team with 4.0 sacks.
Against Northwestern, the Columbus, Ohio, native produced one of the best performances this century by a Purdue defender. He made a career-high 20 tackles, the most by a Big Ten player in a conference game since 2018.
Powell’s game marked the first time a Boilermaker recorded 20 tackles in a game since Willie Fells accomplished the feat against Iowa 28 years ago (Nov. 1, 1997).
COMPLETE GAME NOTES: https://purduesports.com/documents/5b593c9d-4ab2-405c-a047-58099fb41a72.pdf
WASHINGTON GAME NOTES:
THE GAME: The Washington football team (6-3 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) returns home to Husky Stadium this Saturday to take on Purdue (2-8, 0-7) for the first time since the 2002 Sun Bowl game. Kickoff is set for 4:00 p.m. PT and the game will air on FS1 television. The contest will also mark the program’s annual “Salute to Service” game as the Huskies honor those who serve and have served the country. Washington and Purdue have played one another 10 times, with the more recent two coming in bowl games – the 2001 Rose Bowl and the 2002 Sun Bowl. The last time the Boilermakers visited Husky Stadium was in 1989. The following Saturday, Nov. 22, the Dawgs travel to face UCLA at the Rose Bowl, before wrapping up the 2025 regular season Nov. 29, vs. Oregon, back in Seattle.
QUICK HITTERS: Husky RB Jonah Coleman, one of six finalists for the Paul Hornung Award, is sixth in the nation in scoring (10.0 points per game); third in total touchdowns (15) and rushing touchdowns (13); and ninth total points (90) … Coleman has new career highs for attempts (24 vs. Colo. St.), rushing TDs (5 vs. UC Davis), receptions (8, vs. Maryland), and receiving yards (104 vs. WSU) this year … Husky QB Demond Williams Jr. is currently No. 5 in the nation in completion percentage and No. 14 in pass efficiency … Williams is currently the FBS active career leader in pass efficiency (165.91), which would rank No. 12 in NCAA-FBS history … Washington won 24-20 Oct. 4 at Maryland, despite trailing 20-0 … it was the seventh 20-point comeback in UW history and the first on the road since the 1993, 24-23 win at California … Washington has outscored opponents 94-28 in the fourth quarter this season … only three of eight UW opponents has scored in the final quarter this year … Washington ranks No. 6 in the nation in third-down conversions and No. 15 in team passing efficiency … the Huskies are also No. 23 in rushing defense and No. 28 in scoring defense … Washington has won 24 of its last 25 home games … the Huskies have outscored opponents in all four quarters this season, including 94-28 in the fourth quarter … the current UW roster includes players from 19 different states, as well as in Australia and Canada.
TELEVISION: The UW-Purdue game will air on FS1, with Dan Hellie and Spencer Tillman on the call. For more on how to watch online, go to www.foxsports.com/live.
RADIO: All Washington football games will air on the Washington Sports Network from Learfield, with Tony Castricone (play by play), former Husky tight end Cameron Cleeland (analyst) and former UW basketball player Elise Woodward (sidelines) on the call. Radio coverage begins four hours before kickoff on the network’s flagship station – Seattle’s SportsRadio KJR 93.3 FM – with “Husky Gameday” live from The Zone for Husky home games. Statewide coverage on the 17-station Washington Sports Network begins two hours before kickoff. The entire broadcast is available worldwide on the Huskies Gameday mobile app and the Varsity app. The UW broadcast of this game will also air on Sirius/XM channel 389 (app). Additionally, the Husky Football Coach’s Show airs each game-week Monday during the season at 6:00 p.m. PT, live from JOEY Kitchen in University Village.
GRADUATES: A total of 12 Huskies head into the 2025 season already having earned their undergraduate degree, whether from UW or from another university before transferring to UW. Here’s the list: CJ Christian (S), Zach Durfee (DE), Makell Esteen (S), Geirean Hatchett (OL), Milton Hopkins (DE), Deshawn Lynch (DL), Dyson McCutcheon (S), Quentin Moore (TE), Simote Pepa (DL), Logan Sagapolu (DL), Anthony Ward (LB), Carver Willis (OL).
ACADEMIC SUCCESS: Following the most recent academic quarter (spring, 2025), the UW football program posted some impressive results. The Husky football team’s cumulative GPA for the quarter was 3.27, highest ever in program history. Additionally, 26 football players made the Dean’s list, including the following 22 current team members: Xe’Ree Alexanders, Deven Bryant, Jonah Coleman, Elinneus Davis, Decker DeGraaf, Kade Eldridge, Jonathan Epperson Jr., Omari Evans, Luke Gayton, Zachary Henning, Luke Luchini, Jacob Manu, Dyson McCutcheon, Paul Mencke Jr., John Mills, Ephesians Prysock, Jack Shaffer, Austin Simmons, Anterio Thompson, Rainen Vines-Bright, Beck Walker and Demond Williams Jr.
IN THE CFP ERA: The era of the four-team College Football Playoff is gone, but that 10-season stretch (2014-2023) is instructive in terms of illustrating the teams that operated at the top level of the sport during that timespan, and Washington is one of those teams. Over that 10-year stretch, only 15 different programs earned a berth in the CFP semifinals, and only eight reached the tournament more than once. With two CPF berths in the four-team era (2016 and 2023), Washington is one of those eight. Only six teams made more than two appearances: Alabama (8), Clemson (6), Ohio State (5), Oklahoma (4), Georgia (3) and Michigan (3). For what it’s worth, six more teams made their CFP debut in the 12-team bracket in 2024, but UW remains one of (now) 10 teams to have appeared in the CFP more than once, when counting the 2024 data.
B1G TIME: As has been well documented over the last couple of years, Washington officially joined the Big Ten Conference ahead of the 2024-25 school year, effective on Aug. 2, 2024. The Huskies were joined be fellow former Pac-12 programs Oregon, UCLA and USC in making the move to the B1G, which now includes 18 schools. Washington was one of four founding members of the Pacific Coast Conference (along with Cal, Oregon and Oregon State), and, along with Cal, was one of just two teams that were a part of that league (which changed names to the AAWU, Pac-8, Pac-10 and Pac-12) for the entirety of its full-fledged existence from 1915 to 2024.
FUTURE SCHEDULES: In October, 2023, the Big Ten revealed 18 football teams’ home and away, conference opponents for the next for the following five seasons (2024-28). Here are the UW’s home and road, Big Ten games, for the coming three years:
2026: home – Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Penn State; road – Michigan State, Nebraska, Oregon, Purdue, USC
2027: home – Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Oregon, USC; road – Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers
2028: home – Michigan, Northwestern, UCLA, Wisconsin; road – Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio State, Oregon
HUSKIES vs. BOILERMAKERS HISTORY: Washington and Purdue have faced one another a total of 10 times, with UW holding a 7-2-1 record vs. the Boilermakers. UW lost the first meeting, in 1961, and tied the next the follow-ing season, before winning seven in a row, a stretch that ran through the 2001 Rose Bowl game. Purdue won the most recent meeting, at the 2002 Sun Bowl.
The Huskies, fresh from a national championship year in 1960, opened the ’61 season at home vs. Purdue, with the visitors winning, 13-6. The Boilers got two Skip Ohl field goals and a 30-yard touchdown run from Dave Miller to take a 13-0 lead, and then held off UW, which managed only a 15-yard TD pass from Bill Siler to Jim Stiger early in the fourth. The fol-lowing year, also in Seattle in season opener, the game finished in a 7-7 tie. UW’s Bob Mon-roe scored on a two-yard run in the first, and Purdue’s Tom Yakubowski scored from two yards out in the second to account for the final score. UW missed two late field-goal at-tempts that could have broken the tie.
A decade later, UW and Purdue once again met, in 1971 and 1972. In ’71, Washington fought to claim a 38-35 victory in a thriller that pitted start QBs Sonny Sixkiller and Gary Danielson against one another. Sixkiller went 24-for-48 for 387 yards (breaking his own school record for passing yards), with two TDs and three interceptions. Danielson 11-for-23 for 183, one score and two picks, but Sixkiller’s 33-yard toss to Tom Scott with 2:29 left in the game proved the winner. The following year in West Lafayette, the two quarterbacks squared off once again, and UW won, 22-21, on a field goal with 2:04 to play. Down 21-7, the Huskies scored 15 in the final quarter. Danielson rushed for 213 yards in the loss.
The series was renewed over four consecutive seasons, 1987-1990, with the Huskies win-ning all four. In 1987, Husky quarterback Chris Chandler passed for 200 yards and three touchdowns in a 21-10 Husky win in Seattle. The following year at Rose-Ade Stadium, Wash-ington out-slugged the Boilermakers in a 20-6 win, despite just 294 yards of total offense.
In 1989, the 15th-ranked Dawgs rolled to a 38-9 win in Seattle, with Cary Conklin passing for 215 yards and three touchdowns. Greg Lewis rushed for 165 yards in the win. The following year back in Indiana, Washington pulled out a 20-14 win, thanks to a fourth-quarter, 35-yard TD pass from Mark Brunell to Orlando McKay, overcoming that had once been a 14-7 Purdue edge. Lewis rushed for 101 yards while Brunell passed for 150 and ran for 76.
It wasn’t until the end of the 2000 season when the Huskies and Boilermakers once again squared off on the gridiron, this time in the 2001 Rose Bowl game, which feature another matchup of high-profile QBs: Washington’s Marques Tuiasosopo and Purdue’s Drew Brees, the MVPs of the Pac-10 and Big Ten Conferences. With injured teammate Curtis Williams watching from the press box less than three months removed from the devasting injury that would eventually take his life, the Huskies took a 14-0 lead on runs from Braxton Cleman and Tuiasosopo, but Purdue cut the lead to 14-10 by half. In the third quarter, the Boilers tied the score at 17-17, but a John Anderson field goal and touchdowns from Willie Hurst and Todd Elstrom gave the Huskies a 34-17 lead. A late Purdue score narrowed the gap. Tuiasos-opo was the game’s MVP, and the Huskies finished the season 11-1 and No. 3 in the final AP poll.
Two seasons later, the teams once again met in a bowl, this time at the 2002 Sun Bowl in El Paso. Washington took a 17-0 lead in the first quarter, but Purdue stormed back, trailing 17-14 at half. The Boilermakers then outscored the Huskies, 17-0, in the third period and coast-ed to a 34-24 win, reversing the Rose Bowl score from two years earlier. Kyle Orton passed for 283 yards for Purdue, while Cody Pickett notched 272 for UW.
DEMOND’S BIG DAY: UW quarterback Demond Williams Jr. turned in a career performance in Washington’s 38-19 win over Rutgers on Fri., Oct. 10, passing for 402 yards while rushing for 138. In doing so, he became the first Husky, second Big Ten player and 16th QB in NCAA-FBS history to pass for 400-plus yards and rush for 100 or more in a game. His 138 rushing yards were fourth-most ever by a Husky quarterback (his was just the 12th 100-yard rushing performance by a QB in UW history), and his 538 yards of total offense broke Michael Penix’s record of 529, set in 2022 vs. Arizona (516 passing, 13 rushing). His 402 passing yards were 15th-most in UW single-game history.
ROSTER TURNOVER: Like at a lot of programs in this day and age of college football, Washington’s roster has seen a good deal of turnover in the last few years, unsurprisingly, given that UW has had four head coaches in seven years. However, in terms of class years, the 2025 Husky football roster is relatively balanced. At the start of the season, UW’s 103-man roster includes 29 true freshmen, 15 redshirt freshmen, 19 sophomores, 18 juniors, and 22 seniors. However, taking into consideration how many years players have been at UW provides a different picture, as 77 of the 103 are playing their first (47) or second (30) at Washington in 2025. UW’s roster also includes 14 third-year Huskies, seven fourth-year (including Anthony Ward, who spent two years at UW before going to Arizona for two seasons), four fifth-year (including Geirean Hatchett, who spent last season at Oklahoma), and one sixth-year roster member (Makell Esteen, whose first year at UW was 2020).
ALASKA AIRLINES FIELD AT HUSKY STADIUM: The Oregon game on Nov. 5, 2011, marked the final game in Husky Stadium prior to major renovations that were completed in summer, 2013. The Huskies re-opened their home field with a 38-6 win over then-No. 19 Boise State on Aug. 31, 2013. The 2024 season marks the 104th season of play in Husky Stadium. Original construction on the facility was completed in 1920 when Washington played one game in the new campus facility. UW’s all-time record in Husky Stadium stands at 422-186-21 (.688). Washington is 67-17 (.798) in home games since the stadium re-opened in 2013.
COMPLETE GAME NOTES: https://gohuskies.com/documents/2025/11/10/FBRel_2025_10_PURDUE.pdf
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PURDUE VOLLEYBALL NEWS
9 STRAIGHT WINS FOR #9 VOLLEYBALL
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 9 Purdue volleyball team extended its winning streak to nine consecutive matches with a dominant sweep over Maryland on Hammer Down Cancer Night (25-19, 25-17, 25-18).
The Boilermakers, holding the lone spot at second in the Big Ten standings, improve to 22-3 (13-2 Big Ten) while the Terps fall to 8-17 (1-14 Big Ten).
Purdue will close out its four-match homestand tomorrow, when the Boilermakers host the Oregon Ducks for the first time ever in Holloway Gymnasium. The match will take place in under
Boiler Notes
Purdue set a season-high set hitting %, registering a .571 clip in Set 1, seeing just one attack error on 21 swings.
It’s the eighth Big Ten match the Boilers have reached double-digit blocks (57% of conference matches). All 10 of the team’s blocks came over the first two sets
Dior Charles was on half of all the team’s blocks (five) while also contributing four kills on eight swings for a.375 clip.
Julia Kane led the back row with seven digs
Grace Heaney led the team with 13 kills on a .435 attack %
The Boilers have dropped just one set in the last three matches
Taylor Anderson reached the 1,000 season assists benchmark in the win, totaling 28 assists, an errorless four kills on five swings, four digs and a pair of blocks.
The Boilers hit .357 on the night while holding the Terps to .157
Nine different Boilers produced at least one dig
Sienna Foster secured three aces, not only tying a career-high (set three matches ago at Michigan), but the sixth consecutive match with an ace. In total she’s notched 11 aces over the span.
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PURDUE XC NEWS
BUCKERIDGE, WALKER TAKE HOME ALL-REGION HONORS AT NCAA GREAT LAKES REGIONAL
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Purdue Cross Country concluded the 2025 season on Friday at the NCAA Great Lakes Region. Douglas Buckeridge and Nathan Walker led Purdue with a pair of all-region accolades.
Men’s Notes
• Buckeridge paced Purdue in 20th (30:27.7) and concluded his season atop the Boilermakers in all five of his meets this season. He is a two-time all-region honoree after a runner-up finish last season.
• Walker concluded his cross country career in 21st (30:27.9) to earn the first all-region selection of his career. He also concluded his career with two Second Team All-Big Ten accolades.
• Nerius White finished 43rd (31:14.8) and was Purdue’s third-highest finisher for the first time this season when Purdue ran a full squad. He improved his regional placement by 35 spots since last season.
• Jason Polydoris finished 70th (32:03.5) and Kiefer Bell finished 77th (32:12.9) to cap Purdue’s top five finishers.
• Purdue finished eighth out of 30 teams.
Women’s Notes
• Lauren Pegher was Purdue’s top finisher in 93rd (21:48.8) and it was her second time leading the Boilermakers this season.
• Elise Peckinpaugh finished second on the Boilermakers in101st (21:57.80) and she improved 21 places in the final 2k of the race.
• Sofia Munoz was the second Boilermaker to cross the line in 111th (22:07.78), followed by Julia Economou in 121st (22:13.56) and Elizabeth Butler in 136th (22:29.93).
Next Up
Purdue’s cross country season comes to a close and the Boilermakers now turn their attention to the track & field season.
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NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL NEWS
NOTRE DAME VS. PITTSBURGH GAME NOTES
PITTSBURGH NOTES:
Series Began: 1909 Series Overall: ND leads 51-21-1 At Pittsburgh: ND leads 28-11-1 At Notre Dame: ND leads 23-10 At Neutral Sites: DNA Overtime Games: Series tied, 1-1 Last Meeting (at ND): Oct. 28, 2023 (Notre Dame 58, Pitt 7) Last Meeting at Pitt: Oct. 24, 2020 (Notre Dame 45, Pitt 3) Current Series Win Streak: Notre Dame has won 4 Longest Pitt Series Win Streak: 3 games (three times, last: 1983, ‘86-87) Longest Notre Dame Series Win Streak: 11 games (1964-74) Largest Pitt Victory Margin: 26 points (26-0, 1936) Largest Notre Dame Victory Margin: 58 points (58-0, 1944)
In a series rich in history and tradition, CFP No. 24 Pitt and CFP No. 10 Notre Dame meet for the 74th time—and for the first time in Pittsburgh since 2020. The game will mark the first Top-25 matchup hosted by the Panthers in the College Football Playoff era. • ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot is returning to Pittsburgh for the game, broadcasting live from the North Shore from 9 a.m. to noon. The visit marks GameDay’s fourth all-time stop in Pittsburgh and first since 2022. ACC Network’s ACC Huddle will also broadcast live from Pittsburgh that morning. • The contest will also feature Aaron Donald’s return to Acrisure Stadium, as the future first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer will have his No. 97 jersey retired at halftime. • Ten of the past 14 meetings between Pitt and Notre Dame have been decided by single digits. The Panthers last defeated the Irish in 2013, a 28-21 victory in Pittsburgh. • Both teams enter the contest riding significant win streaks—Pitt having won each of its past five games, while Notre Dame has won seven straight. • The Panthers are coming off a bye week following a 35-20 road victory at Stanford in Week 10. • In that game, Pitt’s defense held the Cardinal to minus-10 rushing yards— the lowest total allowed in Pat Narduzzi’s 11 years as head coach—and just the fourth time the Panthers have held an opponent to negative rushing yards under his tenure. • The Pitt defense also recorded five sacks and forced three interceptions, each for the second time this season. • Linebacker Kyle Louis anchored the unit with a team-high 11 tackles, one interception, and two pass breakups. He was the only ACC player last week to record at least 11 tackles, one interception, and two breakups in a single game. His second-quarter interception marked the sixth of his career and second of the 2025 season, continuing his all-conference-caliber play as the leader of Pitt’s linebacking corps. • True freshman quarterback Mason Heintschel continued his stellar debut campaign, completing 23 passes for 304 yards and three touchdowns while adding 21 rushing yards in his fifth career start. Heintschel has now thrown at least three touchdown passes in three of the past five games and surpassed 300 passing yards in four of those five. He became the first true freshman since Jameis Winston (2013) to record at least three touchdown passes and 300 passing yards in three of his first six career games. Heintschel is tied for the second most such performances by a true freshman since 2000, joining Luke McCown and Philip Rivers. Impressively, he has led Pitt to a touchdown on the opening drive in each of his first five starts. For the season, Heintschel has totaled 1,547.
NOTRE DAME GAME NOTES
GAME DAY AT A GLANCE • Saturday evening will mark the 74th meeting between Notre Dame and Pittsburgh. The series stands with a 51-21-1 Notre Dame advantage all-time. • The Irish are 29-11-1 all-time on the road against the Panthers. • Notre Dame holds a 4-2 record against Pittsburgh at Acrisure Stadium. • It is the second meeting between Marcus Freeman and Pat Narduzzi as head coaches. The Irish are 1-0 against the Panthers under Freeman after a 58-7 win on October 28, 2023 at Notre Dame Stadium. • The two coaches have been on opposing sidelines when Freeman was an assistant at Purdue while Narduzzi was an assistant at Michigan State during the 2013 and 2014 seasons. • The two teams last faced off in Pittsburgh on October 24, 2020 as the Irish claimed a 45-3 victory at thennamed Heinz Field. • Notre Dame is 222-84-3 all-time against current ACC members with a 91-42-3 record in away games. • The Irish are 14-2 against ACC opponents under head coach Marcus Freeman (excludes 2022 contests against Cal and Stanford and 2023 game against Stanford as both teams were active members in the Pac12). • Notre Dame is 6-2 against ACC members in true road games under Freeman. • The Notre Dame-Pittsburgh series (74) is the fifth-most played series in program history for the Irish, trailing Navy (98), USC (96), Purdue (89) and Michigan State (79), and is the most-played series against current ACC members in program history. ACRISURE STADIUM • Acrisure Stadium has been the home of Pittsburgh football since 2001. • It is also the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers and has served as the home field of both teams since its opening in 2001. • It is the second NFL stadium the Irish have visited in the 2025 season. • The stadium was known as Heinz Field from its opening in 2001 until 2022. • Seating capacity is listed as 68,400 while the playing surface is Kentucky bluegrass. • The Irish are 5-2 all-time at Acrisure Stadium. • Notre Dame is 28-15 in current NFL stadiums since 1992, and the Irish are 7-3 in current NFL stadiums under head coach Marcus Freeman.
IRISH BY THE NUMBERS:
1 Jeremiyah Love became the first player in program history with two 90-yard rushing touchdowns in a career (98 vs Indiana, 2024; 94 at Boston College, 2025). 1 With his performance at Miami, freshman quarterback CJ Carr became the first Irish QB to have at least one passing TD and one rushing TD in his first start since Brandon Wimbush in 2017. 1 CJ Carr is first among all FBS quarterbacks in yards per pass attempt (10.11) and is second among all freshman quarterbacks in FBS in passing touchdowns (19). He also ranks third passing efficiency (176.8) and passing yards per completion (14.97), 17th in passing touchdowns (19), 22nd in passing yards per game (252.8) and 29th in passing touchdowns among all FBS quarterbacks. 3 Jadarian Price became the third running back in program history to register multiple rushing TDs and a kick return TD in the same game, joining John Petibon (vs. Detroit Mercy, 1951) and Willie Maher (vs. Kalamazoo, 1923) in the win over Purdue. 3 Donovan Hinish was named as a captain for the 2025 season to join his brother Kurt (2021) as a captain. The Hinish brothers are the third pairing of brothers to earn the captain title in the history of Notre Dame football, joining Bob Golic (1978) and Mike Golic (1984) and Zack Martin (2012 & 2013) and Nick Martin (2014 & 2015). 4 Jeremiyah Love recorded four touchdowns at Arkansas – two rushing and two receiving – to post the most touchdowns by an FBS player of the weekend. He is the first player in Notre Dame history to score four in a single half since 1996. 4 Jadarian Price was responsible for four touchdowns against Purdue – three rushing and one on a kick return – which had marked the most touchdowns for an Irish player since Audric Estimé rushed for four TDs at Stanford in 2023. 4 The 2025 Notre Dame offense has four players who have amassed over 1,500 career all-purpose yards – Jeremiyah Love (3,108 yards), Jadarian Price (2,431), Malachi Fields (2,340) and Will Pauling (1,740). 13 Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price each scored a rushing touchdown in the victory over Navy, marking the 13th time the pair have both scored a touchdown in the same game. 26 With his start against Navy at running back, Jeremiyah Love registered his 26th-consecutive start, which puts him second all-time in program history at the running back position. 36 Senior wide receiver Malachi Fields has had at least one reception in 36 consecutive games, dating back to his time at Virginia. It is tied for the fourth-longest streak in FBS. 37 With a pair of touchdowns against Navy, Jeremiyah Love has 37 career touchdowns and is fifth all-time in program history for career touchdowns. 56 The 56 points scored by the Irish at Arkansas were the most against a first-time opponent on the road since a 55-2 win at Rice in 1915. 100 Junior running back Jadarian Price has two touchdown kickoff returns for 100 yards – one against Purdue and one against USC – to become the first player in program history with multiple kickoff returns of 100 yards. 228 Jeremiyah Love’s 228 rushing yards against USC were the most rushing yards in a home game by an Irish player in Notre Dame Stadium history (512 games). 2000 Jeremiyah Love became the second-fastest Notre Dame running back in the modern era and fourth-fastest in program history to reach 2,000 career rushing yards, needing just 329 carries.
TWO-DEEP TIDBITS – OFFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS • Malachi Fields was named a 2025 Phil Steele Preseason All-America Fourth Team selection and has 154 career receptions for 2,346 yards and 14 touchdowns after joining the Irish from Virginia. Fields is on the 2025 Biletnikoff Award Watch List and averages 15.2 yards per catch over his career. • Jaden Greathouse became the first Irish player since Javon McKinley in 2020 to have consecutive games with 100+ receiving yards as he posted back-to-back 100+ yard efforts in the 2025 Orange Bowl and CFP Championship games. He has 930 career receiving yards with nine touchdowns. • Will Pauling joined the Irish after competing at both Cincinnati and Wisconsin. He has 1,733 career receiving yards via 150 receptions with 14 TDs. A team captain for the Irish in 2025, he averages 11.6 yards per catch for his career and had his first 100-yard receiving game in an Irish uniform in the win over NC State. • Jordan Faison has 92 career receptions for 1,223 yards and averages 13.3 yards per catch over his career. He posted his second 100+ yard receiving game of his career against Purdue and was named the Burlsworth Trophy Walk-On of the Week on September 23. • The Notre Dame offensive line was named to the Joe Moore Midseason Honor Roll for their work in 2025. The group is led by the experience of Billy Schrauth, Aamil Wagner and Anthonie Knapp, who were all key to the Irish run in the 2024 season. Guerby Lambert has played in 15 games on the offensive line and on special teams, and Sullivan Absher has competed in 26 games of his career to date. Joe Otting made his first start at center against USC after Ashton Craig sustained a season-ending injury, and Absher earned his first career start at Boston College in place of injured Schrauth. • Craig, Wagner and Schrauth have all drawn attention from national award committees ahead of the 2025 campaign. Craig was named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List while Wagner and Schrauth were both named to the Outland Trophy Watch List. Schrauth garnered Outland Trophy National Player of the Week honors for his performance against USC. • Eli Raridon has competed in 37 games for the Irish and has three receiving touchdowns and averages 13.7 yards per catch for his career. Among FBS tight ends, he ranks third for yards per game (58.0) and yards per reception (16.9) and is 12th in total receiving yards (406). • CJ Carr has 2,275 passing yards with 19 touchdowns through nine games this season. He is 152 of 225 and averages 252.8 passing yards per game in 2025. He ranks first in yards per pass attempt (10.11) and third in the nation in both passing yards per completion (14.97) and passing efficiency (176.8) among all FBS quarterbacks. He is second among all freshman quarterbacks in FBS in passing touchdowns (19) and is fifth in passing yards (2,275). Carr was named as a midseason addition to the Manning Award Watch List and is a Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Semifinalist. • Jeremiyah Love entered the season as a preseason All-America First Team selection by Walter Camp, Sporting News, the Associated Press, The Athletic, ESPN, CBS Sports, Athlon Sports and Phil Steele. He set a Notre Dame record for most consecutive games with a touchdown to start a season with 13 last fall. Love became the first player in program history with two 90-yard rushing TDs in a career. He registered a career-high 228 rushing yards against USC – the most rushing yards in a single game by an Irish player in Notre Dame Stadium history – and had four touchdowns in the first half at Arkansas. • Jadarian Price came into the season as a 2025 Doak Walker Award Preseason candidate and was named as a Paul Hornung Award Finalist in November. He has over 1,500 rushing yards in his career with 19 rushing, two receiving touchdowns and three kickoff return touchdowns. • Price and Love are both experienced on the kick return unit. Price rattled off a 99-yard return at home against USC in 2023 and added 100-yard returns against Purdue and USC in 2025. Love has a career-long return of 21 yards, which he posted in the 2023 at Duke. • Faison and Pauling are the top two options for the Irish on punt returns. Faison had a career-long 43-yard kick return in the CFP First Round win at home over Indiana. • James Rendell averages 42.6 yards per punt in two seasons. He has placed 34 punts inside the 20-yard line and has ten punts of 50+ yards with the Irish. • Noah Burnette was on the 2024 Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List while at North Carolina. He has connected on 54 field goals and 158 PATs over his career. • Erik Schmidt has converted 19 PATs and has taken 48 kickoffs in 2025 for the Irish. He was ranked as the No. 1 kicker in the nation by 247Sports Composite and was the No. 1 ranked punter in the country by Kohl’s Kicking.
TWO-DEEP TIDBITS – DEFENSE • Battle-tested and ready to dig deep in the trenches, the Irish defensive line boasts nine players with experience up front. Seniors Jordan Botelho, Junior Tuihalamaka, Jason Onye, Jared Dawson and Gabriel Rubio along with juniors Joshua Burnham and Donovan Hinish have all competed in at least 20 games over their careers. Sophomores Boubacar Traore and Bryce Young, meanwhile, both made an immediate impact in the 2024 season. • Jordan Botelho tied for seventh all-time in career games played in an Irish uniform with 59 appearances. He has 12.5 career sacks and 16.5 TFL. • Junior Tuihalamaka boasts two fumble recoveries – the second of which set up a late second-quarter touchdown for the Irish in a 23-10 Sugar Bowl win over No. 2 Georgia. The 2024 season saw Tuihalamaka set new single-season highs for tackles (33), TFLs (5.5) and sacks (three). • Jason Onye has competed in 28 games for the Irish and has 41 career tackles with three blocked kicks and a pair of sacks. • Jared Dawson joins the Irish from Louisville, where he played in 38 games with 51 tackles and 13.5 TFL. He has 65 career tackles through 46 games played with 16 TFLs, nine sacks, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles. • Boubacar Traore led all FBS freshman players in sacks prior to a season-ending injury in 2024. He notched a career-high two sacks for a loss of 21 yards against NC State and has 30 tackles with eight TFL and 6.5 sacks in 2025. Through 18 career games played, he has 42 tackles with 10.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and an interception, which he returned for a touchdown. He was named the Defensive Comeback Player of the Month for September. • Donovan Hinish was named as a captain for the 2025 season. He boasts 55 career tackles with six sacks and a pass breakup. • Bryce Young totaled 23 tackles (14 solo) with 3.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks and two QB hurries in his first season with the Irish while also contributing to special teams. He ranked second in the nation (tied) in blocked kicks with three on the year (two blocked field goals and a blocked punt) in 2024 and has 37 career tackles through 24 games played. • Jaylen Sneed posted a career-best 51 tackles a season ago with 6.0 TFL and 2.5 sacks. He has 96 career tackles with 6.5 sacks, 12.5 TFL and four forced fumbles. • Drayk Bowen is on the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List and the Butkus Award Watch List ahead of the 2025 season. He posted 14 solo tackles at Boston College, the most solo tackles in a game by any FBS player in the nation this season. He has 147 career tackles with 7.5 TFL, three sacks and four forced fumbles. • Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa has 81 tackles through 23 career games with the Irish. He had career-highs for tackles (9), TFLs (2.5) and sacks (1.5) at Boston College. He tallied an interception against NC State and recovered a fumble against USC. • DeVonta Smith joined the Irish after four seasons at Alabama. Smith registered 30 tackles a season ago with a forced fumble and five pass breakups. • Leonard Moore was named to the 2025 Preseason All-America First Team lists by Walter Camp, Sporting News, the Associated Press, The Athletic, ESPN, CBS Sports, Athlon Sports and Phil Steele and is on the watch lists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award. Moore has 70 tackles, 14 pass breakups and five interceptions through 23 games of his career. He was named as both the Walter Camp FBS Defensive Player of the Week and Thorpe Award Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7. • Jalen Stroman joined the Irish after four seasons at Virginia Tech. Stroman has 136 career tackles with six pass breakups and 3.0 TFL. He set a single-game high with 14 tackles in the 2023 season against Purdue. • Tae Johnson registered his first start for the Irish in the win over Purdue and recovered a blocked punt for a touchdown against Texas A&M. He has 46 tackles and three interceptions – including two at BC – through 12 games played in his career. He was named as a Midseason All-Freshman Team by The Athletic . • Adon Shuler started every game at safety in 2024 and posted three interceptions with 94 yards in returns. He has 112 career tackles with nine pass breakups. He was the only member of the 2024 Irish defense to record an interception, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble during the season. • Christian Gray started 15 games in 2024, totaling 35 tackles, three interceptions (including a pick-six returned 99 yards), nine pass breakups, 2.5 TFL and a forced fumble. Through 34 career games played, he has 62 tackles with 19 pass breakups and six interceptions.
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NOTRE DAME HOCKEY NEWS
IRISH BESTED BY #1/1 MICHIGAN STATE FRIDAY NIGHT
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame hockey team battled against the top-ranked Spartans of Michigan State Friday night, falling to the visiting team by a 4-1 margin after a late empty netter sealed their fate.
Junior forward Brennan Ali nearly had the Irish on the board first just over four minutes into play but his backhanded chance was turned away at the last second by Trey Augustine in the MSU net to keep the game scoreless.
At 6:39 of the opening frame, the first penalties of the night were assessed when a skater from either team got involved with some hitting after the play was blown dead. With both teams skating four-on-four, the Spartans were called for a bench minor, too many men, giving the Irish the first powerplay opportunity of the night.
The Irish peppered the Spartan net during the man-advantage, evening the shots on goal count at seven a piece before MSU iced the puck to force a stoppage of play.
MSU broke open the scoring at 11:53 of the first period when a rush up the ice drew Nicholas Kempf off his far post to create an open shot at the back door.
Following the Spartans’ opening goal Kempf stood tall in his crease, casting aside 13 saves saves to close out the first 20 minutes of play with his Irish only down by a goal behind 20 saves by the sophomore.
The Irish brought pressure in the Spartan end to start the second stanza but neither team was able to register a shot on net through the first 4:29 of the frame.
MSU recorded the first shot on goal of the frame, a shot from the halfwall while the Irish were on the kill at 4:59 of the period following a tripping call in the Irish zone. The Spartans capitalized on the man-advantage when Porter Martone net his second of the game with a shot top shelf over the blocker of Kempf.
At 9:26 of the frame, the Irish headed back to the box for interference after a play in the neutral zone to slow a Spartan offensive rush. Notre Dame killed off the MSU powerplay chance to keep it a two goal game off a series of key saves between the pipes by Kempf.
The Irish saw their first powerplay chance of the night when MSU was called for a slash with 4:14 to play in the second period. Danny Nelson and Evan Werner were stifled early on the powerplay chance when Augustine made a diving glove save to keep the Irish off the board as the Irish continued to search for their opening goal. Moments later though, Paul Fischer got the Irish on the board with a shot from the far dot at 17:07 to slice the Spartan lead in half.
The score would hold at 2-1 Spartans through the second period as the Irish skated to their locker room looking for the equalizer against the top-ranked team with a big third period looming.
Fischer nearly had his second of the game just over two minutes into the third when his shot from atop the circle rang off the pipe and back into play. The Irish were unable to settle the rebound in the Spartan end and play transitioned to the opposite end of the ice momentarily.
At 8:08 of the third period, the Spartans took advantage of a screen in front of Kempf to make it a 3-1 game. The Irish were sent to the penalty box shortly after the MSU goal for cross-checking and the home team was tasked with its third kill of the evening.
The Irish successfully killed off the infraction and were back to full strength just over 10 minutes into the final frame looking to overcome the two-goal deficit as time ticked off the clock.
With just 1:18 to play in regulation, the Irish called timeout and opted for the extra attacker but it was the Spartans who took advantage of the late decision as they found the back of the empty net at 19:06 of the third.
The Irish ultimately fell to the Spartans, 4-1, Friday night as they drop to 3-7-1 on the season behind a 43 save performance in goal by Kempf.
GOALS
Paul Fischer scored the opening goal for the Irish Friday evening with a powerplay tally at 17:07 of the second period. The junior blueliner quarterbacked the Irish special teams unit, picking up a feed from Pano Fimis before burying his shot top shelf, beating Trey Augustine in the MSU net.
KEY STATS
With an assist on Fischer’s second period goal, Sutter Muzzatti became the first Irish skater to hit double digit points on the year. The graduate forward now boasts 10 points off six goals and four assists in an Irish sweater.
Fischer’s goal at 17:07 of the second was his third of the season and the team’s 10th on the man-advantage this season. Going one-for-two on the powerplay Friday night, the Irish are operating at .294 percent which ranks among the nation’s best.
Nicholas Kempf posted 43 saves between the pipes Friday night, marking his first 40+ save performance of the season and third of his career.
The Irish jumped in front of 14 pucks in the loss, with Jimmy Jurcev, Brennan Ali, and Jaedon Kerr each picking up a pair of blocked shots in the contest to pace the Irish.
UP NEXT
The Irish close out their November home slate with the Spartans Saturday night inside Compton Family Ice Arena. The game, presented by Jordan Lexus of Mishawaka, is set to start at 6:05 p.m. and can be streamed live on Peacock.
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NOTRE DAME VOLLEYBALL NEWS
IRISH FALL TO #14 MIAMI
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame volleyball team was able to win the third set Friday night against 14th-ranked Miami, but ultimately came up short in the end, dropping to the Hurricanes in four sets, 14-25, 14-25, 26-24, 18-25.
Sydney Helmers led the Irish with 11 kills and six digs. Morgan Gaerte chipped in nine kills with two service aces.
Notre Dame got two huge contributions off the bench from Mallory Bohl and Lucy Trump. Bohl had two kills and four blocks in her first action since the first of the month while Trump notched six kills and an ace.
Miami’s offensive attack was strong all night, locking in 53 kills on .305 hitting percentage. Flormarie Heredia Colon, who leads the country in kills this season, had 32 of them for the Hurricanes.
The Irish will look to flip the page on Sunday against Florida State at noon. The match was moved up an hour to accommodate the Seminoles’ travel schedule. Sunday’s match will feature the final edition of the poster series giveaway this season for Notre Dame. Fans are encouraged to stay after the game for post game autographs featuring the senior class (one item per fan).
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NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S SOCCER NEWS
#1 IRISH WELCOME UIC TO SOUTH BEND FOR NCAA FIRST ROUND
#1 NOTRE DAME vs. UIC – Saturday, November 15 at 6:00 PM
Location: South Bend, IN | Alumni Stadium
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#1 IRISH WELCOME UIC TO SOUTH BEND FOR NCAA FIRST ROUND
- The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (14-1-3, 8-1-1) are dancing in the 2025 NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the top-left quadrant, announced by the NCAA on Monday afternoon.
- This is the fifth straight year that Notre Dame has been a seeded team. Since the Irish are a seeded team yet again, they’ve earned the ability to host their First Round matchup.
- The Irish welcome Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Champion University of Illinois Chicago (8-7-6, 3-3-3) on Saturday, Nov. 15. The match will kick off at Alumni Stadium at 6 p.m. ET.
BY THE NUMBERS- NCAA TOURNAMENT
- For the 31st time over the last 33 years, the Notre Dame women’s soccer program qualified for the NCAA Tournament in the 2025 season.
- Their postseason record is 77-26-4 and boasts an impressive record of 52-4-1 at home in the NCAA Tournament.
- Doug and Lisa Jones Family Head Women’s Soccer Coach Nate Norman is no stranger to the NCAA Tournament. The past four seasons under Coach Norman: Sweet 16 in 2021, Elite Eight in 2022, 2nd Round in 2023 and an Elite Eight in 2024. Thus, two quarterfinal appearances over the last three years.
- This is the second time the Irish have earned a one-seed under Head Coach Nate Norman.
- They have recorded 50 all-time clean sheets in the NCAA Tournament.
- Last year, the Irish made their 17th all-time appearance in the NCAA Quarterfinals, where they fell to the Stanford Cardinal 2-0 and are 12-5 all-time in the quarterfinals. They are now 12-5 all-time in that round.
- They’ve qualified for 12 College Cups with their last being in 2010. They are 8-4 in the Semifinal round.
- The Irish boast three NCAA championships, which is tied for second most – 1995, 2004, 2010 – and five runner-up finishes (1994, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2008).
#2 IRISH TAKE ON #1 STANFORD IN ACC CHAMPIONSHIP
- It was an absolute battle right to the very end in the 2025 ACC Championship as the No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (14-1-3, 8-1-1) fell with a final score of 2-2 as the No. 1 Stanford Cardinal (16-1-2, 9-0-1) clinched their title by winning penalty kicks 5-4.
- Izzy Engle and Charlie Codd scored the Notre Dame goals in the final 25 minutes of regulation to level the score before heading into double overtime and eventually, penalty kicks.
- Annabelle Chukwu, Laney Matriano and Ellie Hodsden each recorded an assist for the Irish.
- It was a historic match regardless of the outcome as this was Notre Dame’s first time in program history that they made it to the ACC title game.
IRISH DEFEAT DUKE 2-1 IN ACC SEMIFINALS
- For the first time in program history, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women’s soccer team is heading to the ACC Championship. On Thursday evening, the No. 2-seed Irish (14-1-2, 8-1-1) secured their spot in the championship by defeating the No. 3-seed Duke Blue Devils (13-4-1, 7-3-0) in the ACC semifinals in a hard-fought 2-1 victory.
- The sophomore duo of All-ACC First Team forwards, Izzy Engle and Annabelle Chukwu, each scored a goal in the win. Charlie Codd, Abby Mills, and Morgan Roy each dished out an assist for the Irish.
IZZY ENGLE = GOALS
- Sophomore forward Izzy Engle was an absolute offensive force for the Irish this season. She’s scored 44 points across 19 matches, which is the best in the nation in points per game (2.59).
- She has now scored 19 goals this season, the most of any player in the ACC so far this year as she is fourth nationally.
- In regular season conference play, Engle scored 11 goals and was one of only two players to record double-figure goals in ACC matches this season.
- She was the only player to register a hat trick in league play, scoring three times in Notre Dame’s 5-0 win at Virginia Tech on October 23.
- She’s also been recognized as the ACC Offensive Player of the Week twice this season.
- The All-American sophomore has scored 38 career goals in just 39 matches played.
Irish Draw 1-1 at Wake Forest
- The No. 1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-0-2, 8-0-1) recorded their first draw of ACC play as they drew 1-1 at Wake Forest (10-3-4, 4-2-3) on Sunday afternoon.
- Izzy Engle recorded Notre Dame’s sole goal, which was her 17th goal of the season as she leads all ACC players in goals scored this season.
Engle’s Hat Trick Powers #1 Irish Past Virginia Tech, 5-0
- The No. 1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-0-1, 8-0) defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies (4-10-3, 0-8-1) in a 5-0 shutout road win on Thursday evening.
- Sophomore forward Izzy Engle led the way with her first hat trick of the season, her second hat trick of her career. Engle also recorded an assist for an impressive 7 points on the night.
- She leads the ACC with 16 goals and is averaging 1.14 goals per game this season.
- Sophomore Annabelle Chukwu also continued her incredible form, scoring her 11th goal of the season. Junior Morgan Roy also got on the score sheet with her third goal of the 2025 campaign.
- The Notre Dame defense recorded its sixth clean sheet of the season, as Sonoma Kasica and Jackie Holloman combined for five saves in the victory.
Irish Advance to 7-0 in ACC After Defeating SMU 3-0
- The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-0-1, 7-0-0) kept their unbeaten streak alive as they defeated SMU (8-5-2, 2-3-2) on Sunday afternoon in a 3-0 victory. Notre Dame’s 11-match win streak is the longest win streak in the country this season.
- Annabelle Chukwu recorded her 10th goal of the season for Notre Dame’s first goal of the day and Abby Mills followed shortly after with her second goal of the season.
- Morgan Roy finished the day with three points, as she recorded an assist and a goal, while Grace Restovich recorded two assists for the Irish in the win, tying her season-best.
A Dominant Second Half Leads #2 Irish Past #5 Florida State
- The No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-0-1, 6-0) handed the No. 5 Florida State Seminoles (8-1-2, 4-1-1) their first loss of the season in an incredible comeback at Alumni Stadium. Down 2-0, the Irish would score four unanswered goals for an impressive 4-2 win over the Seminoles. Notre Dame’s 10-match win streak is now the longest win streak in the country this season.
- Florida State has been known for their defense, conceding just two goals all season long in their previous 10 games. Tonight, the Irish doubled that with four goals in the victory. This is the first time since 2010 that the Seminoles have fallen in a match when they led at the half.
- The Irish got contributions from many different players in the attack. Paige Buchner, Izzy Engle, Ellie Hodsden, and Annabelle Chukwu each netted a goal for the Irish, while Laney Matriano, Ally Pinto, Hodsden, and Engle each dished out an assist in the win.
- Engle is second in the country with 31 points this season. She also leads the ACC and is third nationally with an impressive 13 goals across 12 games this year.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Sonoma Kasica recorded a season-high seven saves in the win.
#2 Irish Advance to 5-0 in ACC Play After Defeating #23 Louisville
- The No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-0-1, 5-0) remain undefeated after defeating the No. 23 Louisville Cardinals (10-3, 3-2) in a 3-1 victory at Alumni Stadium on Friday night.
- Annabelle Chukwu, Ally Pinto, and Izzy Engle each scored a goal in the win. Morgan Roy, Abby Mills, and Engle each recorded an assist as well.
#2 Irish Lead ACC After Defeating Clemson 5-1
- The No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-0-1, 4-0) lead the ACC and remain undefeated on the season after taking down the Clemson Tigers (3-4-5, 0-3-2) on the road in a 5-1 victory on Sunday evening.
- Izzy Engle recorded her ninth multi-goal match of her career as she finished with a brace in the fourth conference win of the season.
- Ellie Hodsden, Grace Restovich, and Paige Buchner each scored a goal a piece in the win, contributing to the most goals Clemson has conceded this season.
- The Irish dished out five assists tonight as Leah Klenke, Carolyn Calzada, Annabelle Chukwu, Charlie Codd, and Izzy Engle each finished with an assist.
- Engle’s brace and assist gave her an impressive five points on the night.
#2 Irish Take Down #22 Tar Heels
- The No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-0-1, 3-0) remain undefeated as they took down the No. 22 North Carolina Tar Heels (7-4, 1-2) at Alumni Stadium in a 4-3 victory on Wednesday evening.
- Since UNC has competed in the NCAA (since 1982) the Tar Heels have now allowed four or more goals in a match just four times, with ND achieving the feat twice.
- Sophomores Izzy Engle, Ally Pinto, and Elle Hodsden, along with freshman Tessa Knapp, each netted a goal for the Irish in the 4-3 win. Pinto recorded her first career goal in the win.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Sonoma Kasica tied her season-high with five saves tonight.
#6 Irish Take Down #3 Duke In 3-2 Battle At Alumni
- It was a top-10 matchup at Alumni Stadium on Thursday evening as the No. 6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-0-1, 2-0) defeated the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils (6-2-1, 1-2) in a 3-2 ACC victory.
- Sophomore Izzy Engle, sophomore Annabelle Chukwu, and senior Laney Matriano each netted a goal for the Irish. Engle is tied for a conference-best eight goals so far on the year with Chukwu right behind her at seven goals.
- The Irish defense held the Blue Devils to nine shots with just three shots on goal.
- The last top-five win in the regular season for the Irish was Oct. 9 2022 as Notre Dame defeated No. 3 Florida State in a 4-0 shutout at home.
IRISH OPEN UP ACC PLAY WITH 2-1 WIN AT NC STATE
- The No. 6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-0-1) finished with a 2-1 win on the road against the NC State Wolfpack (1-6-2) to open up ACC play.
- It was a battle all night as the Wolfpack defense was relentless in their efforts. The Irish found a way to get the job done on the road as the sophomore duo of Izzy Engle and Annabelle Chukwu each scored a goal a piece for Notre Dame to clinch the road win.
- In the 86th minute, Roy sent a perfect delivery into the box, connecting with Chukwu on the cross. Chukwu’s clinical finish found the back of the net, securing all three points for the Irish in the 2-1 win over the Wolfpack in the league opener.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Sonoma Kasica was great defensively down the stretch as she had four big-time saves in the second half for a season-best five saves on the night.
CHUKWU CLINIC AT MICHIGAN STATE
- Sophomore Annabelle Chukwu has been named the ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week and was also named to the Top Drawer Soccer Women’s Team of the Week.
- She recorded her first career hat trick as she scored one goal in the first half and two goals in the second in the 3-0 win at Michigan State
- Shooting a perfect 3-for-3 on night, she finished with a career-high six points.
- This is also Chukwu’s first multi-goal game in her Irish career. With the three goals in the win, she has now recorded a total of eight career goals, six games through her sophomore season.
- Chukwu’s header in the 26th minute put the Irish on the board and scored again in the 48th minute, burying it from the top of the box into the upper 90 to make it 2-0.
- Just two minutes later, In the 50th minute, Morgan Roy fired the perfect corner kick to the near post as another Chukwu header found the back of the net to cap off the hat trick.
Matriano Has Herself A Week
- Laney Matriano has been named the ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week and was also named to the Top Drawer Soccer Women’s Team of the Week.
- Matriano helped guide the Irish to a 3-0 win over Michigan and an 8-0 win over Oakland, finishing the week with an impressive two goals, three assists, and seven points.
- She recorded a career-high three assists in the win over the Wolverines on Thursday, assisting on every goal scored that game and becoming the first ACC player to record three assists in a match against a Power Four conference team since Pitt’s Landy Mertz on November 11, 2023.
- She then recorded a brace in the win over Oakland on Sunday, another career-best.
A Career night in the 8-0 win over oakland
- The No.6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish advanced to 4-0-1 on the season as they defeated the Oakland Golden Grizzlies (1-4-1) in a 8-0 victory on Sunday evening.
- The Irish had seven players in the scoring column, but senior Laney Matriano led the way with a brace, recording a career-high two goals in the dominant win.
- Junior Morgan Roy and sophomore Grace Restovich recorded their first goals of the season, The sophomore duo of Annabelle Chukwu and Izzy Engle chipped in one goal a piece for their second and sixth goals on the season, respectively.
- It was a night of career-firsts and career-highs for Notre Dame. Freshman Tessa Knapp and sophomore Randie Foor each recorded their first career goals, with junior Jackie Hollomon grabbing her first save in goal.
- Sophomore Lily Joseph tied her career-high two assists and Senior Kiki Turner recorded her first career assist.
IRISH REMAIN UNDEFEATED: TAKE DOWN WOLVERINES
- The No. 6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-0-1) remain undefeated on the season as they defeated the Michigan Wolverines (2-3-0) in a 3-0 win at Alumni Stadium on Thursday evening.
- The Irish scored on three headers in the win, with goals coming from the sophomore trio of Izzy Engle, Abby Mills, and Ellie Hodsden.
- Notre Dame finished with a season-best five assists as senior Laney Matriano led the way with a team-best and career-high three assists. Senior Leah Klenke and graduate Carolyn Calzada each recorded an assist for the Irish in the win.
- The Irish outshot the Wolverines 16-5 as sophomore Sonoma Kasica finished with three saves and recorded her ninth career clean sheet.
IRISH TAKE DOWN BEARcATS
- It was a great offensive night for the Irish with three players netting goals in the 4-0 win at Alumni on Thursday, Aug. 21.
- Sophomore Izzy Engle recorded her second brace of the season, with sophomore Annabelle Chukwu and sophomore Ellie Hodsden each adding one goal apiece in the second half.
- Sophomore Grace Restovich led the way with two assists, with senior Laney Matriano and junior Morgan Roy each recorded an assist as well.
- The Irish defense suffocated the Bearcat attack, allowing only one shot on goal. Sophomore Sonoma Kasica finished with a clean sheet for the Irish, her eighth clean sheet in her career.
Irish Draw At #2 Arkansas
- The No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1-0-1) earned a hardfought draw on the road against No. 6 Arkansas Razorbacks (0-1-1) on in a heated top-10 battle.
- The Irish offense was led by Charlie Codd and Ellie Hodsden, who each recorded their first goals of the season in the 2-2 draw.
- While Codd netted the first goal of the game to tie it up at1-all, just over 35 minutes later, Ellie Hodsden had the play of the game. The sophomore received a pass in her own half and took it coast-to-coast before firing in a great shot from just inside the box.
- Sonoma Kasica recorded four saves in the stalemate, totaling eight saves in the opening week of the season.
ENGLE WAS EVERYTHING NEEDED IN HOME OPENER
- Sophomore Izzy Engle recorded a brace in the 2-1 win in the season opening win against the defending MAC Champions Western Michigan at Alumni Stadium on Thursday evening.
- The reigning ACC Freshman of the Year and All-American picked up right where she left off in the 2024 campaign, recording her seventh career multi-goal game.
- The Irish improved to an impressive 29-5-3 record in season openers.
- Junior Chase Ying recorded her first career point off an assist on the opening goal.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Sonoma Kasica recorded four saves to pick up the win.
PRESEASON PRAISE
- Coming off of NCAA Quarterfinal run last season, the Irish were selected as the no. 2 team in the country in this year’s United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll. This is the highest preseason ranking since the 2011 season after the Irish won the National Championship in 2010.
- The Irish were also selected as the no. 2 team in the 2025 Preseason ACC poll.
- Goalkeeper Sonoma Kasica and forward Izzy Engle have been named to the United Soccer Coaches 2025 NCAA Players to Watch list this preseason.
- Engle was also selected as a Preseason All-ACC honoree, alongside senior Leah Klenky. Both were All-ACC standouts last season, earning All-Region status as well.
- Engle and Klenke are were each named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List as well this preseason.
NOTRE DAME’S 2024 RESUME
- In the final United Soccer Coaches Poll, the Irish landed in the No. 6 position. There were six ACC teams in the top-10.
- Irish finished with a RPI rank of No. 8. They achieved a 4-4-1 record against the RPI 1-25.
- Notre Dame competed in the No. 1 RPI league, the ACC, and went 5-2-4.
- The Fighting Irish recorded a 5-4-1 mark against ranked opposition this season. They defeated No. 2 Miss State, No. 6 Stanford, No. 13 TCU and No. 14 Virginia, No. 25 Cal, while tying at No. 1 Duke.
- All 4 of ND’s losses were to ranked teams.
HOME SWEET HOME
- It is not easy for opposing teams to earn a victory inside Alumni
- Stadium. Since its creation in 2009, Notre Dame has gone 134-32-
- 11.
- Over the last four seasons in particular – an impressive 36-6-6 (.813) record inside Alumni.
- The last 5 seasons – 47-9-7 (.802)
A COLLEGE CUP CORE
- The expectations every year for this program is to qualify for a College Cup and compete for a national championship. The Irish fell a little short in 2024 but the pieces are there to make a run in 2025. We’ve talked already about how dynamic of a freshman class it was. Then there’s the returning vets: Morgan Roy, Charlie Codd, Laney Matriano, Leah Klenke and Clare Logan all started in at least 15 games this season.
- Key losses include graduate forward/midfielder Ellie Ospeck (who recorded 33 points over her Irish career), captain Sophia Fisher (68 games played, 19 starts, 19 points) and KJ Ronan (58 games played, 5 starts).
- All-in-all, the Irish return 141 of its 161 points aka 87.6 percent.
ACC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1. North Carolina (10), 246
2. Notre Dame (2), 229
3. Florida State (4), 225
4. Duke, 208
5. Stanford, 201
6. Wake Forest, 172
7. Virginia (1), 169
8. Virginia Tech, 162
9. Clemson, 132
10. California, 124
11. Pitt, 111
12. SMU, 83
13. Boston College, 81
14. Louisville, 67
15. Miami, 44
16. NC State, 40
17. Syracuse, 18
ALL-AMERICAN – IZZY ENGLE Is BACK FOR YEAR 2
- Izzy Engle immediately took the collegiate landscape by storm by putting together an All-American campaign in her freshman season. The United Soccer Coaches named her a Second Team All-American. Head Coach Nate Norman has now produced four different All-Americans over the past three years (Korbin Albert, Eva Gaetino, Olivia Wingate).
- Engle scored 19 goals on the year, plus one assist, finishing with 39 total points. Her 19 goals were the sixth most all-time by a freshman at Notre Dame.
- Her 19 goals were the 2nd most scored in the country in 2024. Kate Faasse from North Carolina scored 20. Engle’s 0.86 goals per match ranked second nationally as well.
- The Minnesota native scored nine goals over the last nine games and scored in three of the four NCAA Tournament games, including the game-winner against Mississippi State.
- Engle’s 39 points ranked sixth nationally and second amongst ACC players.
- Engle’s brace at No. 1 Duke marked the first time in program history in which an Irish freshman recorded multiple goals against the No. 1 team in the country.
- Engle recorded the first freshman hat trick in program history since 2008 in Notre Dame’s win at Samford. She was the third quickest in program history to record a hat trick, doing so in just her second game. Kerri Hanks (2005) and Rosella Guerrero (1992) achieved hat tricks in their freshman debuts.
Freshmen clean up acc awards – 2024 accolades
- Kudos to Coach Norman for the talent he’s been developing in South Bend. For it was the third straight year in which the program took an ACC ‘of the year’ award. And get this, it’s been three different players as well. Korbin Albert in 2022 (ACC Midfielder of the Year), Eva Gaetino in 2023 (ACC Defender of the Year) and now Izzy Engle in 2024 (ACC Freshman of the Year).
- Engle’s awards didn’t stop there. The Minnesota native was also named First Team All-ACC alongside junior defender Leah Klenke. Third-Team All-ACC honors went to freshmen Annabelle Chukwu and Lily Joseph.
- Klenke, who missed a portion of the early season because she was busy winning a bronze medal with Team USA at the U20 World Cup. Klenke came back and solidified the back-three while also securing a goal and an assist. This marked the second straight year for Klenke taking home an All-ACC award, improving upon her Second-Team status in 2023.
- The Irish dominated the ACC All-Freshman Team list with four of the 11 spots, the most of any school. Izzy Engle, Lily Jospeh, Ellie Hodsden and Annabelle Chukwu were all named to the All-Freshman Team. The foursome ranked first, second, fourth and sixth, respectively, on the team in total points.
NOTRE DAME’s OFFENSIVE IMPROVEMENT
- Notre Dame’s scoring offense of 2.50 ranked eighth in the country and third in the league. It marked Notre Dame’s highest scoring offense since 2008 (3.07).
- In addition, Notre Dame had a whopping 16 different goal scorers on the year, which marked the most since 2008 as well.
- The Irish ranked seventh in the nation in shots per game (19.6) and 12th in SOG/game (8.7).
- Their 55 goals ranked seventh nationally.
- 44 of the team’s 55 goals were scored by freshmen.
- The top-4 point getters on the team were freshmen: Izzy Engle (39 points), Lily Joseph (22 points), Grace Restovich (21 points) and Ellie Hodsden (18 points).
- Irish were 14-0 when scoring first this season. They were 13-0-1 when leading at the half.
AN EMBARRASSMENT OF FRESHMEN RICHES
- This year’s sophomore class was a gamechanger for Coach Norman in the 2024 as the class is loaded with top-talent. We’ve already talked about Izzy Engle but there were so many more rookie contributors.
- Both Lily Joseph and Ellie Hodsden finished with the second most goals, contributing eight each. Joseph also dished out six assists to finish with the second most points with 22.
- Joseph brought the flashy play, especially down the stretch. Her dribbling in open space was must see. At the Starkville Regional she recorded a brace against 5-seed Kentucky in the second round, then had the game-winning assist to Izzy Engle in the win over Miss State.
- Hodsden played the role of super-sub. Despite missing the first six games due to injury, she still recorded 18 points (fourth most on the team). In fact, Hodsden averaged a goal every 60.0. minutes. Hodsden earned ACC Offensive Player of the Week after an amazing four-goal week in wins over No. 25 Cal and No. 6 Stanford. Hodsden started with her first career hat trick against Cal – scoring by three different means: chest, head and foot. She then followed that up with a second half goal against Stanford. Hodsden also played hero at Boston College, recording a brace to rally the Irish down 2-0 for the 2-2 tie. Her game-tying goal came via header in the 88th minute.
- Next, there’s Grace Restovich, who led the Irish in assists with 11 – which ranked 11th in the country. Restovich also punched in five goals which made her the third and final Irish player/freshman with 20+ points. The St. Louis native scored two of her five goals in the NCAA Tournament, including a rocket of a goal in the 2-0 victory over 1-seed Miss State.
- Freshman forward Annabelle Chukwu made 11 starts and recorded three goals and two assists. She missed the first portion of the season due to the U20 World Cup. More on that next.
- Defensively speaking, Abby Mills took over the starting centerback position from an all-time great, Eva Gaetino. Mills even netted one goal and one assist.
- Then right behind her in the GK position was Sonoma Kasica who won the starting role halfway through the season. Kasica posted a 10-4-3 record with a 1.12 GAA, a .750 save percentage, plus seven shutouts.
U20 WORLD CUP EXPERIENCE
- Three Notre Dame starters got valuable youth national team experience during the early portion of the season. Leah Klenke (USA), Annabelle Chukwu (Canada) and Clare Logan (Canada) all participated in the U20 World Cup. Klenke returned to South Bend with a Bronze Medal.
- During the U20 World Cup, Chukwu broke Canada’s all-time youth scoring record, surpassing Canadian great Christina Sinclair.
- Their U-20 experience continued into the 2025 summer as Chukwu competed in the 2025 Concacaf Women’s U20 Qualifier and earned herself a spot on the Canada Women’s National Team.
- Sonoma Kasica, Abby Mills, Grace Restovich, and Izzy Engle were all named to 2025 CONCACAF U.S. Women’s U-20 Championship Roster.
- Abby Mills, Grace Restovich, Izzy Engle, and Lily Joseph competed in the L’Albir U19 International tournament in Spain. Mills, Restovich, and Engle got the call up to the U19 U.S. Women’s National Team.
- Morgan Roy and Sonoma Kasica were each called up to the U.S. U20 Women’s National Team. goals, contributing eight each. Joseph also dished out six assists to finish with the second most points with 22.
- Joseph brought the flashy play, especially down the stretch. Her dribbling in open space was must see. At the Starkville Regional she recorded a brace against 5-seed Kentucky in the second round, then had the game-winning assist to Izzy Engle in the win over Miss State.
- Hodsden played the role of super-sub. Despite missing the first six games due to injury, she still recorded 18 points (fourth most on the team). In fact, Hodsden averaged a goal every 60.0. minutes. Hodsden earned ACC Offensive Player of the Week after an amazing four-goal week in wins over No. 25 Cal and No. 6 Stanford. Hodsden started with her first career hat trick against Cal – scoring by three different means: chest, head and foot. She then followed that up with a second half goal against Stanford. Hodsden also played hero at Boston College, recording a brace to rally the Irish down 2-0 for the 2-2 tie. Her game-tying goal came via header in the 88th minute.
- Next, there’s Grace Restovich, who led the Irish in assists with 11 – which ranked 11th in the country. Restovich also punched in five goals which made her the third and final Irish player/freshman with 20+ points. The St. Louis native scored two of her five goals in the NCAA Tournament, including a rocket of a goal in the 2-0 victory over 1-seed Miss State.
- Freshman forward Annabelle Chukwu made 11 starts and recorded three goals and two assists. She missed the first portion of the season due to the U20 World Cup. More on that next.
- Defensively speaking, Abby Mills took over the starting centerback position from an all-time great, Eva Gaetino. Mills even netted one goal and one assist.
- Then right behind her in the GK position was Sonoma Kasica who won the starting role halfway through the season. Kasica posted a 10-4-3 record with a 1.12 GAA, a .750 save percentage, plus seven shutouts.
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BUTLER XC NEWS
BUTLER EARNS RUNNER-UP FINISH AT NCAA GREAT LAKES REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The Butler men’s cross-country team earned a runner-up finish Friday afternoon at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship, securing an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships next Saturday, Nov. 22.
No. 14 Butler placed six runners in the top 34, finishing with 75 points, 15 behind No. 16 Notre Dame, which won the region.
Jesse Hamlin led the Bulldogs with a second-place finish, covering the 10K championship course in 29:43.16. William Zegarski, last year’s individual champion, finished fourth in 29:50.65. Notre Dame’s Ethan Coleman won the individual title, finishing two seconds ahead of Hamlin.
Austin Gabay, Matteo Rosio and Eli Fullerton also finished in the top 30. Gabay placed 15th in 30:10.32. Rosio was 25th in 30:30.93, and Fullerton followed in 29th with a time of 30:44.50.
The Bulldogs competed without Big East runner-up Matthew Forrester, a graduate student who will race in the national championship meet next Saturday.
“To rest an All-American and feel comfortable qualifying for NCAAs is new territory for us,” head coach Matt Roe said. “We were super confident in our supporting group today, and they delivered.”
“The automatic qualification was just a bonus. This result is a program validation that you can still focus on development and be a factor at the national level.”
Men’s Championship Team Results
1) No. 16 Notre Dame 60
2) No. 14 Butler 75
3) No. 15 Wisconsin 99
Butler Men Individual 10k Results
2) Jesse Hamlin 29:43.16
4) William Zegarski 29:50.65
15) Austin Gabay 30:10.32
25) Matteo Rosio 30:30.93
29) Eli Fullerton 30:44.50
34) Brendan Thomas 30:53.41
54) David Slapak 31:43.19
Women’s Recap
On the women’s side, Butler finished 17th with 461 points. No. 5 Notre Dame won the regional championship, scoring 22 points, 73 ahead of second-place No. 25 Wisconsin.
Hannah Moore led the Bulldogs, finishing 59th over the 6K course in 21:19.88. Notre Dame’s Amaya Aramini won the individual title, breaking the course record with a time of 19:37.97.
Camile El Baghlouli and McKenna Mazeski also posted top-100 finishes for Butler. El Baghlouli was 82nd in 21:45.52, while Mazeski finished 99th in 21:59.35.
Women’s Championship Team Results
1) No. 5 Notre Dame 22
2) No. 25 Wisconsin 95
3) Toledo 104
The Butler Women Individual 6k Results
59) Hannah Moore 21:19.88
82) Camille El Baghlouli 21:45.52
99) Mckenna Mazeski 21:59.35
108) Kylie Cline 22:08.8
113) Elsa Rusthoven 22:10.87
143) Lila Volkers 22:40.88
181) Cameron Kirtley 23:29.68
Up Next
The 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Selection Show will air on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. ET on NCAA.com. A link to the show will be on the front page of NCAA.com.
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BUTLER VOLLEYBALL NEWS
BUTLERVB SIGNS FOUR STUDENT-ATHLETES TO THE 2026 RECRUITING CLASS
The Butler Volleyball team led by head coach Kyle Shondell added four new players to the 2026 recruiting class on National Signing Day.
“We are really excited about this class,” said Head Coach Kyle Shondell. “It is one of the best recruiting classes we have ever had here at Butler and we are excited to welcome them to campus in the fall”
Chase Lemming
5’11” I Outside Hitter I Attica Indiana
Chase Lemming is a 5-11 outside hitter from Attica, Indiana, who attends Seeger High School. Lemming holds eight school records, including most kills in a season, most kills in a career (1,893), most kills per set in a season, most kills in a set in a career, highest kill efficiency in a season, highest kill efficiency in a career, most service aces per set in a season, and most service aces in a career.
Coach Kyle Shondell on Lemming Signing- “Beyond the high rankings and hype, Chase Lemming is a true dawg. We are excited to be getting the player she is now, but even more excited to add a player and a human that has stayed humble, patient, and hungry throughout her prep career. She will make an immediate impact on Butler Volleyball.”
Why Lemming Chose Butler- I chose Butler because of the positive atmosphere, the culture, and the coaches. It is also close to home.
Taylor Wathen
6’3″ I Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker I Louisville Kentucky
Taylor Wathen, a 6-3 outside hitter/middle blocker from Louisville, Kentucky, attends Whitefield Academy. A three-time KHSAA Athletic Excellence Award winner and two-time varsity Offensive MVP, Wathen has earned multiple All-District and All-Tournament honors. She was nominated for Athlete of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Courier Journal High School Volleyball Player of the Year (Louisville, 2025) and earned National Volleyball Player of the Week recognition. Wathen is currently ranked the No. 8 overall high school volleyball player in the country.
Coach Kyle Shondell on Wathen Signing- “Taylor is the longest outside hitter we’ve ever recruited at Butler, but beyond her size and contact point is a heavy arm and a fierce competitor. She will work hard to develop into a complete player once she steps foot in Hinkle, and it’s that work ethic mixed with her proven abilities to score and be a defensive presence that should have our fans excited.”
Why Wathen Chose Butler- I choose Butler University because of the immediate sense of community by how the coaches and team welcomed me and how they all interacted with each other. Butler is also a great fit for everything I’m looking for academically, starting with the top tier business program and the beautiful campus. Overall Butler is the perfect fit for me where I can grow on and off the court and I cannot wait to start there in the fall and be a DAWG!
Lucy Gray
6’2″ I Outside Hitter I Milwaukee Wisconsin
Lucy Gray is a 6-2 outside hitter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who attends Rufus King High School. She was First Team All-Conference from 2022 through 2025, served as team captain in 2024 and 2025, and was named Milwaukee City Conference Volleyball Player of the Year in 2025.
Coach Shondell on Gray Signing- “Lucy is an ideal cultural fit with massive upside. Her length and athleticism alone will make her stand out in almost any DI gym, but she’s a high character and elite academic addition to our program that does nothing but make us better.”
Why Gray Chose Butler- I chose Butler because I love the campus and the culture on the volleyball team. I can really see myself thriving here on and off the volleyball court.
Karen Dutro
6’1″ I Middle Blocker I Columbus, Ind
Karen Dutro, a 6-1 middle blocker from Columbus, Indiana, attends Columbus North High School. A three-time captain and team MVP, she is a four-time All-Conference and three-time Republic All-Area honoree. Dutro holds school records for career kills (1,118) and blocks (482) and was named IHSVCA South All-District and Academic All-State Gold Award winner.
Coach Shondell on Dutro- “Karen epitomizes The Butler Way. She has made a name for herself by dominating bigger and higher rated middles throughout her career and she plays with a fire that fits right into this era of Butler Volleyball. We can’t wait for Karen to be in the building.”
Why Dutro Chose Butler- I chose Butler because of the wonderful academics and opportunities that are available through the university. I also love the girls and coaches in the volleyball program, and their culture centered around hard-work, passion, and striving for excellence. The Butler family made me feel at home right away, and I am so excited to be on campus!
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BUTLER FOOTBALL NEWS
BULLDOGS TRAVEL TO SAN DIEGO FOR FINAL ROAD TRIP OF 2025
GAME 11: Butler (5-5, 3-3 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE) vs. San Diego (6-4, 4-2 PFL)
Date: Saturday, Nov. 15
Time: 4 p.m. EST
Location: San Diego, Calif. | Torero Stadium
LAST WEEK: Butler narrowly dropped a road contest at Morehead State 31-30. Ethan Loss totaled 174 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns. Loss had seven receptions for 72 yards and two carries for two yards and a rushing score. Loss had a 100-yard kickoff return marking his second touchdown off of a kickoff return this season. Reagan Andrew completed 13-of-20 passes for 103 yards and threw two interceptions. Andrew added 74 rushing yards on 16 carries.
THE SERIES: This will be the 28th meeting between the two programs dating back to 1993. San Diego leads the all-time series 21-6. In the last meeting on Nov. 5, 2022, Butler defeated the Toreros 26-23 in California.
ONE YEAR AGO: Butler did not play San Diego last season. The last meeting between the two sides was in 2022 – Butler defeated San Diego 26-23. BU secured the victory behind an impressive performance from quarterback Bret Bushka. The signal caller accumulated 309 total yards with 268 coming through the air and 41 on the ground. Luke Wooten hauled in 14 receptions for a game-high 147 yards and a touchdown. BU secured the win on a last second 56-yard field goal from Luka Zurak. It was Butler’s first victory over San Diego since 2009.
BULLDOG BLITZ:
The Bulldogs are 17-6 when playing at the Sellick Bowl since the beginning of the 2022 season.
The Bulldogs rank third nationally in time of possession averaging 33:17 minutes of possession per game.
Last week at Morehead State, Reagan Andrew completed 13-of-20 passes for 103 yards and threw two interceptions. Andrew added 74 rushing yards on 16 carries.
In last week’s matchup Ethan Loss totaled 174 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns. Loss had seven receptions for 72 yards and two carries for two yards and a rushing score. Loss had a 100-yard kickoff return marking his second touchdown off of a kickoff return this season.
On defense, Peyton Daniels led the team in tackles with seven while Will Mason chipped in five total tackles for BU in last week’s matchup. Jackson Stratton recorded 1.5 sacks in the game for a loss of 15 yards.
Mason Armstrong leads the BU defense with 57 tackles on the season and has 10 tackles for loss. Onye Onuoha leads the team in pass break ups with nine so far this season.
Mason is second on the squad in tackles with 56 to his credit and leads the team in interceptions with two.
BU leads the PFL and is 16th nationally in FCS for blocked kicks, tallying three on the season. Butler also ranks first in the PFL and ninth nationally in fewest penalties per game, averaging 4.30.
Butler was picked fourth in the 2025 Pioneer Football League Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
Jeremiah Jackson and Danny Orgler represent Butler on the 2025 Preseason All-PFL Team.
Butler added 29 newcomers to the 2025 roster, including transfers from Ball State, Idaho, Toledo and Tulane.
SCOUTING SAN DIEGO
San Diego enters Saturday’s game with a 6-4 record and a 4-2 mark in PFL action after defeating Valparaiso 43-27 last weekend.
The Toreros are averaging 27.0 points per game while limiting their opponents to 27.7 points per game.
San Diego has 1,521 rushing yards on the season and has recorded 2,140 passing yards in 10 games.
Dom Nankil boasts a 63.7 percent completion percentage as the signal caller for the Toreros, recording 1,625 passing yards and 12 touchdowns thus far. Nankil also has 134 rushing yards to his credit and has two rushing touchdowns.
Adam Criter paces the San Diego offense with 795 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. Cole Monach leads the Torero offense in receiving yards with 676 to his credit on 48 catches.
Nate Fischer leads the San Diego defense with 78 total tackles, 8.5 of which were tackles for loss. Ruben Lopez paces the defense with four interceptions on the season.
WHAT LIES AHEAD
Butler will be back in action on Saturday, Nov. 22 for the Bulldogs’ final game of the 2025 season. BU will celebrate Senior Day against Valparaiso with kickoff at the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl slated for 1 p.m. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on Butlersports.com.
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BUTLER MEN’S SOCCER NEWS
PAUL SNAPE ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION AS BUTLER MEN’S SOCCER HEAD COACH
Butler men’s soccer head coach Paul Snape has announced his resignation, effective immediately (Friday, Nov. 14).
“Over his 15 years at Butler, Paul has represented our university extremely well, leading a program that exemplified The Butler Way,” said Butler Vice President/Director of Athletics Grant Leiendecker. “Paul coached several of the most successful teams in program history, highlighted by players who earned national and conference recognition under his mentorship. On behalf of all Bulldogs, we thank Paul for the positive impact he had on the Butler community, and we wish the Snape Family the very best in the future.”
Snape recently completed his 15th season as the head coach at Butler. Compiling an overall record of 113-112-45, he owns the most wins in program history. Snape led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament on three occasions (2016, 2017, 2019) with the 2017 team advancing to the Round of 16. Snape was named the 2017 BIG EAST Coach of the Year after the Bulldogs won the regular season BIG EAST title. Butler won the 2016 BIG EAST Tournament. Snape arrived at Butler in 2011, which was the program’s final season as a member of the Horizon League. After a single season in the Atlantic 10 (2012), Butler joined the BIG EAST.
Butler will begin a national search to identify the next leader of the program. Elevate College & Talent will assist Butler throughout the process.
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BUTLER VOLLEYBALL NEWS
BUTLER SET TO WRAP UP 2025 CAMPAIGN AT HINKLE THIS WEEKEND
Saturday, Nov. 15 Butler will Marquette at 1 p.m. ET Watch Live Stats Tickets
Sunday, Nov. 16 Butler and DePaul will square off at 12 p.m. ET Watch Live Stats Tickets
Senior Day
Sunday against DePaul Butler will celebrate senior day. The Dawgs will honor Rylie Tam before the match.
Butler So Far
The Dawgs will enter their final two matches of the season 5-9 in BIG EAST conference play and eliminated from BIG EAST Tournament contention, and 12-15 overall on the season.
Bulldog Bites
Alaleh Tolliver is fifth in the conference in kills, averaging 3.74 per set.
Tolliver leads the team in service aces with 40.
Elise Ward is 10th in the conference in kills, averaging 2.90 per set.
Kaylee Finnegan is sixth in the conference in assists, averaging 7.95 per set.
Finnegan was named BIG EAST setter of the week on Sept. 2 after she posted 128 assists over the course of three matches.
Lauren Evans is third in the BIG EAST in digs, averaging 4.22 per set.
Zoe McDonald leads the team in blocks with 86.0.
Coach Kyle Shondell won his 100th career match as a collegiate women’s volleyball coach against Seton Hall on Oct. 24.
Scouting Marquette
Currently, Marquette is the four seed in the BIG EAST tournament, sitting at 9-5 throughout conference play and 15-9 overall. The Golden Eagles got the best of the Bulldogs on Oct. 28 when the teams first met.
Offensively for the Golden Eagles, Natalie Ring leads the BIG EAST in kills, averaging 4.52 kills per set. Isabela Haggard is normally the one setting up Ring, Haggard is third in the conference in assists, averaging 9.20 a set.
Scouting DePaul
Butler and DePaul will meet for the second time this season, with Butler winning the first matchup 3-1 on Oct. 17 in Chicago. DePaul will enter the weekend 6-8 in BIG EAST play and are 13-12 overall.
For the Blue Demons, Kendall Timme leads the team in kills averaging 3.27 kills per set. Amanda Saeger sets everything up offensively for DePaul, averaging 8.84 assists per set which is good for fifth in the conference.
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IU INDY MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS
BALANCED JAGUARS ESCAPE EASTERN MICHIGAN VICTORIOUS, 90-83
YPSILANTI, Mich. – The IU Indianapolis men’s basketball team made winning plays down the stretch in going on the road to defeat Eastern Michigan (1-2) inside the George Gervin GameAbove Center on Friday night (Nov. 14), 90-83.
Freshman Maguire Mitchell scored a team-high 19 points and Micah Davis and Kyler D’Augustino scored 16 points apiece for the Jaguars and Finley Woodward finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Addison Patterson led EMU with 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting and Jon Sanders tallied 16 in the defeat.
“I thought we did a good job of wearing them down,” head coach Ben Howlett said. “We had some guys step up and make some big time plays down the stretch at both ends of the floor. Maguire Mitchell didn’t look like a freshman tonight and I thought Jaxon Edwards was tremendous down the stretch. Same with Micah, I thought he was really good late in the game.”
The game was knotted at 74 all with 6:08 to play, but the Jaguars continually made plays and never allowed EMU to take the lead. Mitchell drained a three off a D’Augustino find with 3:29 to play to extend the Jaguars’ lead to 81-75. EMU scored the game’s next four points, all at the free throw line, and had a potential game-tying layup come up empty with 1:20 to play. However, Edwards supplied the defense, captured the rebound and launched a long pass up the floor to Davis, who delivered a rhythm three to make it a two-possession game.
After EMU crept within three on a Sanders drive, Mitchell retaliated with a drive of his own with 47 seconds remaining. After Sanders misfired on a three, Maguire captured the rebound and the Jaguars essentially iced the game from there.
The Jaguars enjoyed their best shooting night of the season, hitting 54.7 percent from the field and 10-of-21 (47.6 percent) from three. EMU was limited to just 41.1 percent shooting and 7-of-25 (28 percent) from deep.
The first half was similar to the second as the teams were largely even in the early stages before the Jags gained separation down the stretch.
After EMU tied the score at 23 all on a Mak Manciel jumper, the Jaguars scored eight of the game’s next 10 points, beginning on a Matt Compas three and followed by a Mitchell three. After Mitchell’s hit, Reece Hagy stole the ensuing inbounds pass and scored from point blank to push the lead to six.
After an EMU layup, Howlett opted to call timeout ahead of the under-4 timeout to ideally continue to wear down the Eagles before intermission. The Jaguars subsequently outscored EMU 18-11 over the final four minutes, capped by a Mitchell trey on the final possession to take a 49-38 halftime lead. The Jaguars shot 54 percent overall and 6-of-13 (46.2 percent) from three to build a double-digit advantage.
Conversely, after a hot start, EMU cooled to shoot just 39 percent from the field and 3-of-10 from three.
Mitchell finished 4-of-8 from deep while both Davis and Aiden Miller hit two threes apiece.
“I’m used to it,” Mitchell said. “In high school, I was kind of the guy so I don’t really get nervous in those situations. I just trust all the hard work I’ve put in and trust myself.”
The Jags entered play ranked among the nation’s leaders in steals, but collected just six on Friday while committing 18 turnovers. However, the Jaguars found stops down the stretch while clinging to the lead.
“Defense is everything and honestly, that’s how we’re going to win games,” Mitchell said. “Getting big stops like that – that’s how we’re going to win.”
The Jaguars will continue the stretch of four straight games away from home on Tuesday, Nov. 18 when they face Charleston Southern at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+.
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IU INDY VOLLEYBALL NEWS
VOLLEYBALL FALLS TO NORSE IN THE JUNGLE
INDIANAPOLIS – IU Indy battled throughout the night against first-place Northern Kentucky, but the Norse pulled out a 3–1 win (25–15, 27–25, 17–25, 25–19) on Friday at the Jungle. Maia Long led the Jaguars with 13 kills, while Morgan Ostrowski added nine kills and a team-high eight blocks. Libero Laura Roeder anchored the defense with 23 digs and delivered four service aces.
The Jaguars hung tight through the early points, helped by three early kills from Maia Long and strong blocking from Ostrowski and Jillian Tippmann. But NKU’s efficiency at the net began to separate the set midway through, as the Norse strung together a 10–2 run to take control. Despite a late kill from Ostrowski, NKU closed out the opener 25–15.
IU Indy responded with one of its best stretches of the match in the second set. A service run from Roeder — including an ace and back-to-back forcing errors — helped the Jaguars flip an early deficit into a 6–5 lead. The set featured 14 ties as Long, Tippmann, and Amanda Stephens found momentum offensively. IU Indy held a 23–21 advantage late, but NKU rallied with key swings from Sydney Bray and Allison Risley, edging out the set 27–25 despite the Jaguars’ improved blocking and ball control.
The Jaguars dominated the third frame behind outstanding serving and net play. Roeder opened the set with a service ace and sparked an 8–0 run. Ostrowski’s blocking presence and an efficient 12 Jaguar kills on just four errors from the team helped IU Indy maintain full control. Long, Tippmann, and Stephens kept the offense rolling as the Jaguars cruised to a 25–17 win to extend the match.
NKU jumped out to an early lead in the fourth set behind Risley and Hopewell, but the Jags kept themselves within striking distance thanks to timely kills from Long and Tippmann. Roeder and Purichia each delivered aces to tighten the gap to 22–18, but NKU closed the night on a 3–1 mini run to seal the match. Long led IU Indy in the final set with several clutch swings, while Ostrowski and Tippmann added key blocks.
The Jags and Norse rematch is set for 2:00 PM tomorrow, Saturday, November 15.
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IU INDY XC NEWS
SHAPPELL SHINES AT NCAA GREAT LAKES REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
VANSVILLE, Ind. – Redshirt sophomore Luke Shappell provided a bright spot as the IU Indianapolis men’s cross country team capped the season at the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals at Angel Mounds on Friday (Nov. 14). Shappell finished 52nd of 215 runners in a time of 31:42.33 against an elite field. Collectively, the Jaguars finished 28th of 30 teams competing with 717 points.
Cincinnati’s Nickson Kogei won the race in a time of 29:42.74, edging out Butler’s Jesse Hamlin for the individual title. Notre Dame collected the team title with 60 points, just ahead of Notre Dame (75), Wisconsin (99) and Michigan State (103).
Shappell was the team’s low man from the opening gun, hovering among the top-50 throughout. Behind him, Joey LaPatra was 158th overall at 33:40.77 and Joey Ashman was 166th at 33:52.22.
Redshirt freshman Nick Cook placed 174th overall at 34:03.41 and sophomore Riley Nixon closed out the scoring five in 179th place at 34:12.34.
Nolan King (34:28.29) and Sam Grimes (35:41.59) closed out the team’s entries.
SMITH LEADS JAGUARS AT SEASON-ENDING NCAA GREAT LAKES REGIONAL
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The IUPUI women’s cross country team wrapped up its 2025 campaign on Friday (Nov. 14) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, held at Angel Mounds in Evansville. The Jaguars were led by senior Julie Smith, who crossed the line in 22:10.53 to finish 116th overall.
Smith paced the Jags from the gun and closed out her collegiate cross country career as the team’s top finisher for a fifth straight time this season. Behind her, junior Grace Bragg clocked 22:33.59 to finish 141st, followed by Ella Colclesser in 176th with a time of 23:12.64. Junior Wini Barnett turned in another solid showing at 23:29.62 and freshman AnnMarie Gibson made her first appearance among the team’s scoring five at 23:41.94. Emily Bruns (23:56.61) and Hannah Robbins (24:05.46) capped the lineup in 24:05.46.
“It was a rough day overall,” head coach Antonio McDaniel said. “I think we just used everything we had at the Horizon League Championships this year. We will have to do a better job of bouncing back the last two weeks of the season.
“Having said that, I’m very proud of a lot of the growth I’ve seen from this group and can’t wait to see what we can do moving forward.”
The Jaguars finished 27th in the team scoring with 783 points. Notre Dame dominated the team scoring with 22 points, followed by Wisconsin (95), Toledo (104) and Michigan State (107). Notre Dame freshman Amaya Aramini won the race in a time of 19:37.97, winning by six seconds over teammate Mary Bonner Dalton.
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IU INDY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TO HOST BRADLEY
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis women’s basketball team is set to host the Bradley Braves in the Jungle on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 6:00 PM. The Jaguars are currently 1-2 overall. Bradley is coming into the Jungle 2-0 overall.
IU Indy is coming off of a 72-81 loss against Ball State on Nov. 9. The Jaguars had four finishing in double digit points. Hailey Smith led with 19 points; Olivia Smith followed with 13 points. Sydney Bolden was right behind with 12 points followed by Nevaeh Foster with 11 points. IU Indy forced 18 Ball State turnovers, however Ball State’s free-throw shooting and rebounding advantage secured the win.
Bradley is coming off of a 78-64 victory against DePaul University on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Fifth Year Kaylen Nelson scored 28 points for the team throughout the game. Bradley controlled the game using efficient scoring and strong interior play. They dominated in the third quarter having a shooting percentage of .727 percent from the field and .750 percent from three.
IU Indy and Bradley have gone head-to-head one other time on Nov. 21, 2024, when the Jaguars fell 47-72. IU Indy could not overcome the Braves’ strong shooting.
Sunday’s game will be aired on ESPN+.
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BALL STATE VOLLEYBALL NEWS
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CELEBRATES SENIORS WITH FRIDAY SWEEP OF CMU
MUNCIE, Ind. – – The Ball State women’s volleyball team completed one of the most impressive regular seasons in program history Friday with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-15) sweep of Central Michigan on Senior Night in Worthen Arena.
With the win, the Cardinals closed the regular season with a 21-9 overall record and tied the third-best Mid-American Conference mark in program history at 17-1. The next stop for the Cardinals, a trip to the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio, for the semifinals of the MAC Volleyball Championship next Saturday (Nov. 22) at 4 p.m.
“We had a great regular season,” head coach Kelli Miller Phillips said. “To go 17-1 in MAC play was special considering where we started the season in non-conference play and trying to figure out our lineup. Thanks to our veteran leadership on and off the court, we found our rhythm and are playing our best volleyball right now. That’s the goal heading into the MAC Tournament, to make sure we continue to get a little better this week, stay healthy and stay as prepared as possible.”
Tonight was all about the program’s three seniors as Ball State paid a fitting tribute to their contributions with its ninth league sweep of the season and second straight over the Chippewas (9-21, 6-12 MAC).
Leading the senior group on the floor was outside hitter Noelle VanOort, who blasted 10 kills and hit .240 (10-4-25) in her final regular season match inside Worthen Arena. A two-time All-American in her four seasons at Indiana Tech before joining the Cardinals, VanOort has tallied 2,053 kills over her collegiate career.
On the right side, opposite Christyn Ashby celebrated her final match in Worthen Arena with three kills and a block, raising her collegiate totals to 413 and 185, respectively, after starting her career with one season at Georgia State and playing three more at Alabama State.
While she missed her final season due to injury, senior Katie Egenolf still played a role as a mentor to both fifth-year transfers, as well as to the program’s underclassmen. Her leadership and energy from the bench helped Ball State earn its second MAC regular season championship during her time with the program. She finished her playing career with 245 kills, 181 digs and 38 total blocks.
Along with the contributions from the senior class, sophomore Carson Tyler led all players with 15 kills in the match, raising her season total to 491. She was also credited with nine digs, two blocks and a service ace in the win, while upping her league-leading kills-per-set average to 4.23 on the year. She also hit .467 (15-1-30) in the win.
Sophomore opposite Tiffany Snook chipped in nine kills and hit .467 (9-2-15) as well, while junior middles Gwen Crull and Camryn Wise collected six and five kills, respectively. Wise led BSU at the net with three total blocks, while Crull added two.
On a night which saw the offense connect at a .346 (48-11-107) clip, its fourth-best effort of the season, junior setter Lindsey Green dished out 24 assists and freshman setter Reese Axness added 15. Green would add five digs and two aces to her stat line, while Axness was credited with six digs.
Rounding out Ball State’s key contributors on the night was a match-high 15 digs from sophomore libero Sophie Ledbetter and eight digs and a match-best three aces from sophomore defensive specialist Elizabeth Tabeling.
As a team, the Cardinals defense limited the Central Michigan attack to a .219 (34-13-96) attack percentage with Izzy Swiercz and Taylor Cripe tying for team-high honors with seven kills. Cripe also collected a team-high 11 digs.
“We just want to go out and have some fun next weekend,” Phillips added. “I feel good about the group we have and the skills we have. But we still have to go out and perform; go out and earn it. We are in a great spot and I’m really looking forward to next week.”
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BALL STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS
MEN’S BASKETBALL RETURNS HOME TO HOST LITTLE ROCK SATURDAY NIGHT
The Ball State men’s basketball team returns home to host Little Rock on Saturday night at 7 p.m.
Links to the ESPN+ stream, radio broadcast, live stats and tickets can be found above and on the schedule page. Jack Kizer and David Eha are on ESPN+, and Mick Tidrow and Scot Bunnell handle the radio call on WMUN 92.5 FM / 1340 AM and on the WMUN app.
The Cardinals (2-1) most recently fell 86-55 at No. 24 Wisconsin on Tuesday night. Elmore James IV paced Ball State in scoring (17 points) in the team’s first road game of the regular season.
Little Rock (1-2) lost 89-49 to Marquette Wednesday night after dropping a 92-72 decision at Milwaukee Monday. The Trojans opened the season with a 92-63 win over Arkansas Tech on Nov. 4.
Head coach Darrell Walker is in his eighth season leading Little Rock, who went 19-14 (12-8 Ohio Valley) last season to tie for third in the OVC regular season standings. The Trojans were picked to win the league in the OVC preseason poll and feature two of the five returning All-OVC performers in guard Johnathan Lawson and forward Tuongthach Gatkek.
Lawson paces Little Rock in scoring (11.7 points per game) through the season’s first three contests while being the team’s highest volume shooter both on 3-point attempts (17) and overall field goal attempts (29).
Ball State next plays at Indiana State next Saturday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m.
OVC OPPORTUNITIES: Ball State has played at least one opponent from the Ohio Valley Conference every year since the 2021-22 season.
That season’s Cardinals played Eastern Illinois (and Western Illinois two seasons before it joined the OVC). The 2022-23 team also played the Panthers, while the 2023-24 group played Little Rock and SIUE. Last season Ball State played at SIUE.
CAREER HIGHS FOR JONES: Junior forward Mason Jones set career bests in 3-pointers made (three) and steals (four) on Tuesday night at Wisconsin.
The Valparaiso, Ind., native tallied three of those steals in the first half and went 3-for-3 from distance in the second period.
DYNAMIC DUO: Guards Davion Hill and Armoni Zeigler traded off leading the team in points and rebounds in the first two games of the season, with the other pacing the Cardinals in assists.
Hill went for 16 points, eight boards and four assists in the Nov. 3 season-opening win over Louisiana, while Zeigler chipped in 13 points, three rebounds and a team-best five assists. Zeigler tallied 20 points, nine rebounds and five steals on Nov. 7 against Mansfield as Hill had 16 points, six rebounds and four helpers.
FINISHING STRONG: Ball State controlled the closing minutes in the 75-64 win over the Ragin’ Cajuns and 84-54 decision vs the Mountaineers.
The Cardinals scored the final 12 points of the game and 36 of the last 44 overall against Mansfield on Nov. 7. Ball State used an 11-2 run with under five minutes on the clock vs Louisiana the previous Monday to create separation in the season opener.
SUCCESS VS SUN BELT: The Nov. 3 win over Louisiana in the season opener was Ball State’s third in as many tries in home games of the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge.
Ball State topped Old Dominion 73-68 on Nov. 11, 2023 and Southern Miss 77-76 on Feb. 8, 2025 in the two previous installments of the challenge at Worthen Arena.
I’VE SEEN YOU BEFORE: Senior guard Elmore James IV is no stranger to the Mid-American Conference having played three seasons at Ohio before coming to Ball State.
The Cleveland, Ohio native has made 24 starts in 50 career MAC games, scoring 339 points. James averaged 8.2 points and 2.6 rebounds overall last season for the Bobcats while shooting 37.3 percent from 3-point range.
FAMILIAR NAME: Junior guard Armoni Zeigler, a transfer from Saint Peter’s, is the brother of former Tennessee point guard Zakai Zeigler.
Armoni averaged 11.1 points and 6.1 rebounds per game for the Peacocks last season while leading the team in field goals made (114) and steals (43).
BIG GAME POTENTIAL: Guards Devon Barnes, Juwan Maxey and Davion Hill have shown the ability to put up big scoring games in their collegiate careers.
The senior Barnes put up 40 points in a game as a freshman at Triton Community College and 33 against California Baptist as a sophomore at Tarleton State. Fellow senior Maxey scored 29 points against Milwaukee last season when he went to Youngstown State and 23 points vs Robert Morris in the Horizon League championship game. Hill, a redshirt sophomore, tallied double figures in points on 22 occasions including a season-high 38 points last season at Northwest Florida State College.
FLYING FISH: Redshirt sophomore forward Kayden Fish comes to Muncie with NCAA Tournament experience after scoring an and-one and registering a block and a steal last March in Iowa State’s first round win over Lipscomb.
The Kansas City, Mo., was awarded a medical redshirt his freshman year with the Cyclones and played in nine games last season before transferring to Ball State.
TV GAME AT WORTHEN ARENA: The game against Ohio originally scheduled for Jan. 17 in Muncie has been moved to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 16 due to it being aired on CBS Sports Network.
Ball State’s most recent home MAC game on a Friday was back on March 3, 2023 against Toledo in a game that was also broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
WELCOME TO THE MAC: Ball State plays league newcomer UMass twice in the regular season in the first season in the league for the Minutemen.
The Cardinals play at UMass on Jan. 10 before hosting the Minutemen on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The two teams have faced off only once prior, in an 89-86 Ball State win on Nov. 21, 2021 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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BALL STATE FOOTBALL NEWS
KELLY LOOKS TO EXTEND 6-2 HOME RECORD AS CARDINALS HOST EASTERN MICHIGAN
MUNCIE, Ind. — As the Ball State football program prepares for Senior Day this weekend, one student-athlete to be honored Saturday afternoon is quarterback Kiael Kelly, who has built a dominant resume as leader of the Cardinals’ offense at Scheumann Stadium.
Kelly enters Ball State’s matchup against Eastern Michigan with a 4–0 home record in 2025 and a 6–2 mark overall as the Cardinals’ starting quarterback in Muncie. This season, Kelly has helped lead the squad to wins over New Hampshire (34-29), Ohio (20-14), Akron (42-28), and Kent State (17-13). Kelly’s leadership has guided an offense that has leaned on his ground attacks and big passing plays in crucial late-game moments.
Kelly’s consistency at home began taking shape two seasons ago, when he went 2–2 in starts at home in 2023. That year included wins over Central Michigan (24-17) and Kent State (34-3), as well as narrow losses to Toledo (13-6) and Miami (OH) (17-15).
Now in his final year with the program, Kelly has delivered the most productive passing season of his career. His 1,155 passing yards in 2025 have already surpassed the total from his first three seasons combined (608), more than doubling his career output to 1,763 yards entering Saturday. His four starts at home this season make up 584 yards of his career-best productivity, throwing six touchdowns, which is also a career best.
In Kelly’s 15 career starts, he has totaled 1,107 rushing yards on 265 carries, averaging 73.8 yards per game. He has rushed for at least 90 yards in six of those starts, including two performances this season at home versus New Hampshire (101) and Ohio (96). At Scheumann Stadium in 2023, he reached the 90-yard mark versus Toledo (99) and Miami (OH) (136).
Kelly aims to march the Cardinals to a perfect 5-0 record at home when Ball State faces Eastern Michigan at noon Nov. 15 at Scheumann Stadium. The contest will also be aired live on ESPN+ and WLBC 104.1 FM.
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BALL STATE XC NEWS
SPLETZER LEADS CARDINALS IN STRONG REGIONAL FINISH
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Carly Spletzer led a strong Ball State cross country finale on Friday morning, leading the Cardinals with a 6K time of 21:01.90 to finish in 39th place among 231 runners at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. Spletzer shaved 24 places off a 63rd-place finish in last year’s regional event.
“This was a solid day for our young ladies, and I couldn’t be prouder of their effort and focus,” said Ball State head track coach Adrian Wheatley. “They stayed locked in, tuned out the noise, and finished the season strong. Carly Spletzer had a phenomenal day, improving 24 places from last year to finish 39th overall and 12th among MAC competitors. Her growth is a great example of what commitment and consistency can achieve. We’re excited to use this momentum to fuel the rest of the season and continue building on what we’ve accomplished.”
Run on a course at the Angel Mounds State Historic Site, Ball State finished its 2025 cross country season with four runners completing the course. Freshman Emily Decker conquered the course in a time of 22:13.93. Juniors Kendyl Thrasher and Maci Hoskins both got through the blustery 6K track in just over 24 minutes — Thrasher in 24:08.82 and Hoskins in 24:53.85.
The Cardinals’ distance runners will begin training for the indoor and outdoor track schedules which commence in December.
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INDIANA STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
SYCAMORES FALL TO NO. 4/4 DUKE ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN DURHAM
DURHAM, N.C. – Indiana State men’s basketball traveled to No. 4/4 Duke and fell 100-62, moving to 2-2 on the season while Duke improved to 4-0.
Indiana State opened up the game taking an 8-2 lead from back-to-back threes by Sterling Young and Camp Wagner. That lead quickly become 14-4 with 16:39 on the clock after those two went back-to-back again.
Duke then went on an 18-3 run to lead 22-17 at the under-12 media timeout with 11:45 on the clock. The Blue Devils shot a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and knocked down all six free throw attempts, while the Sycamores made only 1-of-5 from the field.
Indiana State over the next 4:44 battled as Duke led 30-24 with 7:25 on the clock, but another offensive outburst by Duke, a 17-4 run over 4:35, had the Blue Devils ahead 47-26 with 3:15 remaining; Duke shot 7-for-8 in the stretch. Xavier Hall scored at the rim and made a pair of free throws and Scott recorded a layup of his own to close out the half.
Indiana State went into the locker room down 51-32 at the break. Duke made 20-of-32 in the first 20 minutes (62.5%), including 16-of-20 from inside the arc, compared to the Trees shooting 38.7% from the field. The Sycamores shot 35.3% from deep as Duke made 33.3%.
The Blue Devils opened the half with the first five points, but Young made a layup and one free throw for the first Sycamore points. Through the first media timeout at 15:49, Duke led 64-41. The Blue Devil defense continued to press, forcing five-straight misses to score nine unanswered points, holding a 73-41 lead at the 13:28 mark.
The scoring run was stopped by a pair of Scott free throws and a Young triple at the 11:04 mark, but Indiana State didn’t put one through the hoop until Derek Vorst made a layup at 7:57 as Duke led 84-49. Enel St. Bernard slammed one home at 6:36.
After free throws were exchanged, Indiana State closed out the final four-and-a-half minutes shooting 4-for-7 from the field before Duke took the 100-62 victory.
Indiana State was led by Sterling Young with 14 points on 5-for-11 shooting from the floor, including finishing 3-for-6 from three. Ian Scott followed with 13 points on a near perfect shooting night with 5-for-6 effort from the floor and 2-for-2 from the line. Scott also swiped four passes. Camp Wagner scored 11 points and led the team in rebounds with five rebounds. Xavier Hall led the game in assists with six.
Cameron Boozer led Duke with 35 points on 13-for-16 shooing with 12 rebounds, five assists, three steals, and three blocks.
Indiana State shot 36.1% from the floor (22-for-61), 30.0% from three (9-for-30), and 60.0% from the line (9-for-15). Duke finished 53.5% from the field (38-for-71), 35.7% from deep (10-for-28), and 66.7% from the line (14-for-21).
News & Notes
The Sycamores have scored the most points in the league (306).
Ian Scott is shooting .733 so far on the season (22-for-30), leading all those in the MVC that have played three-or-more games. He is second in the league in total rebounds with 33.
Xavier Hall has 28 assists on the year, which leads the MVC.
Camp Wagner made three triples in the game, needing one more to hit 100 three-pointers in his career.
Quotes from Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer (Courtesy Duke Athletics)
“I want to give my best wishes to Coach [Matthew] Graves. I know he’s not going through a great time, and I’m wishing him a speedy recovery. It’s an honor for us to play against Indiana State. We knew going in they’d really test our defense – they play with great spacing, with great pace. They do a good job screening and trying to attack whatever defense you’re playing, and we got punched in the face.
Up Next
Indiana State returns to Terre Haute for a two-game home stretch. On Wednesday, November 19 to host Louisiana Tech at 7 p.m. ET before hosting in-state rival Ball State for a rare Saturday night game inside Hulman Center on November 22 at 7 p.m. ET.
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INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS
TREES OPEN ROAD TRIP WITH COMEBACK WIN OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Five players scored in double-figures Friday night for Indiana State, as the Sycamores came from behind to defeat Western Kentucky 65-60 inside E.A. Diddle Arena
For the third game in a row, a Sycamore off the bench led the Sycamores in points as Jayci Allen recorded 14. Samiyah Briggs added 13, Kennedy Claybrooks had 12, Tierney Kelsey tacked on 11 and Amerie Flowers finishing with 10. Flowers also recorded her first double-double of the season, adding 10 rebounds, while Clemisha Prackett also added 10 boards.
The Sycamores jumped out to an early 8-2 lead; however, the Trees did not control the lead for the majority of the game. The first half went back-and-forth, with neither team able to fully separate itself. The Sycamores entered the half down just four, but WKU used a 9-2 run in the third to take the largest lead by either team at 44-35. Indiana State went on a tear when it mattered most, hitting six threes in the final 15 minutes and outscoring the Lady Toppers 30-16 in that span to claim its second straight win.
First Half
The opening quarter of play was a back-and-forth battle for both teams. A three from Claybrooks along with a basket down low from Flowers keyed an 8-0 run for the Blue and White as Indiana State led early. WKU bounced back with a run of its own to tie the game up late in the frame. The teams would trade off shots before the opening quarter would end 13-all, after a last-second basket by the home side.
Indiana State found itself playing from behind after a 7-0 Lady Topper run, but threes from Allen and Kelsey pulled the Trees back within a pair midway through. Briggs added another late trey for the Trees, but Indiana State headed to the break down 31-27.
Second Half
Flowers had the hot hand early in the third for the Blue and White with six points in the first three-plus minutes, but a 9-2 Lady Topper run had the Trees trailing by its largest margin, 44-35, midway through the frame. The Trees began to slowly chip away at WKU’s lead, with threes from Briggs, Allen and Claybrooks clawing the Sycamores back even. Indiana State went back in front on a Claybrooks three inside the final minute, but a three-point play from the home side saw the teams head to the fourth quarter deadlocked at 50.
After a slow start for both teams in the fourth, Briggs drove baseline for a layup and then knocked down a three from the wing to give the Sycamores the lead for good. Allen knocked down a midrange jumper before a clutch three-point play from Kelsey pushed Indiana State’s lead to 60-54 with lees than three minutes to play. Kelsey added the dagger, a corner three with less than two minutes to go, as the Trees’ defense held strong to seal a 65-60 win, their second in the last four days.
News and Notes
Friday’s win snapped a six-game losing streak to Western Kentucky. The Sycamores’ last win over the Lady Toppers came in the AIAW era back in 1977.
Indiana State managed to win despite shooting less than 40% from the field and having a worse shooting percentage than Western Kentucky
Indiana State out-rebounded Western Kentucky 26-10 in the second half after being a minus-2 in rebound margin in the first half
Indiana State held WKU to just 10 fourth quarter points, the fewest for a Sycamore opponent in any quarter since Jan. 26, 2024 against Valparaiso (four)
Indiana State knocked down a season-high 11 threes, with four different Sycamores hitting multiple 3-pointers.
The Sycamores saw five players with double-digit points for the first time since Feb. 9, 2025 at Southern Illinois
Friday’s game was the second straight where the Sycamores have had two players with 10-plus rebounds and third straight with multiple double-digit scorers off the bench
Samiyah Briggs made a season-high three three-pointers and pulled down a season-high six rebounds
Kennedy Claybrooks tallied season highs of 12 points and six rebounds, while tying her career high of five steals
Tierney Kelsey dished out a career-high seven assists while scoring in double-figures for the third straight game off the bench.
Amerie Flowers notched her first collegiate double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Flowers has pulled down double-digit boards in each of the first three games.
Indiana State has two wins through three games after managing just four in the entirety of the 2024-25 season. The Sycamores’ two wins have come against teams Indiana State lost to by double digits last year.
Up Next
Indiana State continues its three-game road trip Sunday at Austin Peay, with tipoff set for 2 p.m
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INDIANA STATE VOLLEYBALL NEWS
INDIANA STATE FALLS 3-2 AGAINST SIU
TERRE HAUTE, IND – Indiana State opened its final weekend of regular-season play with a hard-fought five-set loss to Southern Illinois (19-25, 25-20, 28-26, 16-25, 12-15). The Sycamores return to the Hulman Center on Saturday, November 15, to close out the regular season and celebrate Senior Day against Drake.
The Sycamores were led by Kira Holland’s 25 kills, followed by Curry Kendall with 15, while Ava Robart and Kimora Whetstone added 7 each. Macy Lengacher paced the defense with 23 digs, with Avery Hales adding 15 and Holland contributing 14.
Set 1 | Southern Illinois 25, Indiana State 19
The Salukis pulled ahead early with a seven-point service run from Cecilia Bulmahn, halted by a Holland kill to make it 9-4. Indiana State cut the deficit to two at 12-10 on a Kendall kill, but SIU broke free again to lead 23-16. Hales provided a three-point service run to shorten the gap, but the Salukis were undeterred and closed out the set 25-19.
Set 2 | Indiana State 25, Southern Illinois 20
Indiana State answered with a strong start in the second set, jumping ahead 5-1 behind a five-point service run from Robart that included two aces. SIU pulled within one at 13-12 and later tied the set at 17-17, but the Sycamores regained control and finished the set on a two-point service run from Emily Weber to win 25-20.
Set 3 | Indiana State 28, Southern Illinois 26
The Sycamores opened with a 4-0 run on Lengacher’s serve and held a multi-point lead until SIU closed the gap with a four-point service run from Jillian Shaneyfelt, setting the score at 20-19 before a Robart kill stopped the momentum. The teams traded points with four ties down the final stretch, but Indiana State prevailed 28-26.
Set 4 | Southern Illinois 25, Indiana State 16
The fourth set stayed close early until SIU broke away at 9-7, stringing together two small service runs to build an 18-9 lead. Holland sparked a brief rally with a four-point service run to make it 21-15, but the Salukis regained control and claimed the set by winning four of the final five points.
Set 5 | Southern Illinois 15, Indiana State 12
The decisive set featured three lead changes and six ties. Indiana State held the early edge before SIU swung ahead at 3-3. A Robart kill tied the set up at 6-6 and the Sycamores held the lead until the Salukis pulled another tie at 11-11. Southern Illinois then closed the match with a four-point service run to secure the 15-12 win.
News and Notes
With 196 attempts, that is the most attempts for the Sycamores all season
It was previously set on September 19 in the win over Chattanooga with a 188
The Sycamores scored their most kills in a loss with 62
This is also the most kills in a game since October 24 at Drake
With 82 digs in the match, this was the most for the Sycamores in a loss all season
The Sycamores’ 60 assists were the most since August 29 in the win vs SIUE
The Salukis’ .196 hitting percentage is the lowest an opponent has hit against the Sycamores since August 29 vs. Bellarmine
The Sycamores had two double-doubles tonight
Kira Holland had a Kills-Digs with (25K, 14D), the first since October 24 at Drake
Avery Hales had an Assist-Digs with (26A, 15D), the first since Emily Weber’s on October 14 vs Evansville
The Sycamores had two players with 25+ assists for the first time since September 11, 2021, vs Austin Peay (Hales 26, Weber 25)
Two Sycamores recorded 15+ kills for the first time since September 19 vs Chattanooga (Holland 25, Kendall 15)
The Sycamores had four players record 10+ digs for the first time since October 3 at Southern Illinois (Lengacher 23, Hales 19, Holland 14, Robart 12)
They also had two players record 15+ digs for the first time since October 4 at Evansville
This is the first match that a player has had 3+ aces in since September 19 vs Chattanooga (Robart 3)
Curry Kendall had a season high of 15 kills and 40 attacks
She also tied her career high in block assists with three
Holland recorded her 11th double-double of the season
This is the 5th time this season that she has had 20+ kills
Macy Lengacher set both a season and MVC high with 23 digs
She also set a new career high with seven assists
Hales recorded her 6th double-double of the season
Her 15 digs is also a new career high
Taylor Knuth set a season high in block assists with two
Kimora Whetstone recorded her 5th straight game hitting .200-or-better, hitting .250 tonight
Up Next
The Sycamores close out regular season action, Saturday, November 15, as they welcome Drake into the Hulman Center, where they will honor their seniors, Cadence Gilley, Emily Weber, and Kimora Whetstone.
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INDIANA STATE XC NEWS
SYCAMORE WOMEN CARD SECOND STRAIGHT TOP-10 REGIONAL FINISH, SIX EARN TOP-75 SPOTS
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Indiana State recorded a top-10 team finish on the women’s side for the second straight year at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, with the Trees finishing ninth Friday morning at Angel Mounds Cross Country Course.
All five scorers for the Sycamores on the women’s side placed in the top 75, as did Ryan York on the men’s side. Indiana State finished 23rd as a team on the men’s side.
Brittney Burak paced the Blue and White on the women’s side, earning a top-40 finish for the second straight year with a time of 21:01.5. Hadley Gradolf was right behind her, placing in the top 50 with a time of 21:05.0.
The trio of Gnister Grant (21:27.7), Halle Miller (21:30.3) and Sawyer DeWitt (21:32.2) all placed in the top 75 to round out the scoring for the Sycamores. Peyton Smith and Eve Schurr closed out the season for the Trees with times of 22:00.3 and 22:32.0.
York ran a time of 31:44.8 to place 56th on the men’s side, leading the way for the Sycamores. Mason Nobles also finished in the top 100, crossing the line in 32:30.1, while Emerson Fayman clocked a time of 33:00.0.
Chris Angeles (33:24.3) and Brandon Mueller (33:29.6) closed out the scoring for the Sycamores, with Ryan Handy (34:26.1) closing out the finishers for the Blue and White.
Notre Dame and Wisconsin earned the auto bids for the national championships on the women’s side, with the Fighting Irish and Butler earning the auto bids on the men’s side. Notre Dame’s Amaya Aramini (women’s) and Cincinnati’s Nickson Kogei (men’s) were the individual winners
Indiana State Results (Men’s 10K/Women’s 6K)
WOMEN: 9th of 32 teams (36-41-66-68-70-(101)-(132)) – 281 points
38. Brittney Burak – 21:01.5
44. Hadley Gradolf – 21:05.0
69. Gnister Grant – 21:27.7
71. Halle Miller – 21:30.3
73. Sawyer DeWitt – 21:32.2
105. Peyton Smith – 22:00.3
138. Eve Schurr – 22:32.0
MEN: 23rd of 11 teams (56-98-123-145-148-(182)) – 570 points
56. Ryan York – 31:44.8
100. Mason Nobles – 32:30.1
126. Emerson Fayman – 33:00.0
148. Chris Angeles – 33:24.3
151. Brandon Mueller – 33:29.6
185. Ryan Handy – 34:26.1
Parker Mimbela – DNF
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S SOCCER NEWS
MASTODONS TAKE ON VIKINGS IN #HLMSOC TITLE GAME
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne will play for the 2025 Horizon League Championship on Saturday when the Mastodons head to Cleveland to face Cleveland State. It will be the Mastodons’ first attempt to win a league title since joining NCAA Division I. The Mastodons’ last, and only, league title came in 1999 when the ‘Dons won the Great Lakes Valley Conference in NCAA Division II.
Game Day Information
Who: No. 2 Purdue Fort Wayne (8-2-6) vs. No. 1 Cleveland State (8-3-6)
When: Saturday, Nov. 15 | 1 p.m. ET
Where: Cleveland, Ohio | Krenzler Field
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Tickets: Link
All-Time Series: Cleveland State leads the all-time series 8-5-2. This includes a 3-1 win over the Mastodons on Oct. 25 of this season. The ‘Dons are 2-7-0 all-time in Cleveland, with the last win in 2005 2-1 in overtime. The ‘Dons haven’t defeated the Vikings in six tries in Horizon League play. The only positive result was a 2-2 tie in 2023 at Hefner.
About the Vikings
Cleveland State is 8-3-6. They defeated Robert Morris 2-0 in the semifinals to advance to Saturday’s title game. The Vikings went on a 12-match unbeaten streak prior to losing to Green Bay in the final game of the regular season. The Vikings have 26 goals on the season, with Peleg Armendariz leading the team with five.
All-League Picks
– Offensive Player of the Year: Shane Anderson
– First Team: Andrew Hollenbach, Iann Topete, Shane Anderson
– Second Team: Sep Habibi
– Third Team: Jonny Hernandez
Notes on the picks
– First time in the Division I program history with three first team picks in the same season.
– First Offensive Player of the Year honor since Max Touloute in 2011
– Hernandez is the first Mastodon freshman to earn all-league honors since Corey Tom in 2012.
– Hollenbach was a second team pick last year, Anderson was a third team selection
Smart Too
Shane Anderson was named to the 2025 Academic All-Horizon League Team.
Seven Again
The Mastodons’ eight wins are the most since the ‘Dons won 10 games in 2018.
Talking Positive
With eight wins and six ties, the Mastodons have 14 positive results this season. That is the most positive results in a single season in the Division I era history of the program. The ‘Dons had 11 positive results in 2023 and 2018.
RPI
The NCAA’s updated RPI rankings that came out on Friday have the ‘Dons at 141.
What is the Point(s)?
Shane Anderson (24) and Iann Topete (19) are first and second in the league in points. Anderson is third in the DI era for most points in a season Topete is in 10th.
It’s Good to Have Goals
Shane Anderson ranks sixth in the DI era of the program for goals in a season with nine. Topete’s eight goals have him tied for seventh.
Sep Habibi Facts
– Habibi’s six shutouts this season are tied for third most in a season in the program’s DI era. They are the most of any goalkeeper in the league.
– His .954 goals against average is tops in the league.
– He owns an .797 save percentage this season. It is the best in the league.
Shots, shots, shots
– Shane Anderson has 70 shots in 2025, second most in the program’s DI era for a season. He needs just seven more to eclipse the 76 shots Oscar Uyamadu took in 2016.
– Anderson’s 4.38 shots per game is ranked 3rd in the nation
– His 1.75 shots on goal per game ranks ninth in the nation.
Nice Start
The Mastodons opened the season 6-0-5. It was the longest undefeated stretch to start a season in program history. At 11 games, it was also the longest undefeated streak in the program’s Division I era history. The last time a Mastodon team put a streak together like this was the 1999 NCAA Division II Tournament bound ‘Dons that had a 14-match unbeaten streak which included a 10-match win-streak.
2025 Horizon League Player of the Week
– Offensive – Iann Topete (Aug. 25) – two goals at DePaul
– Offensive – Shane Anderson (Sept. 22) – two goals at Wright State
– Defensive – Sep Habibi (Oct. 13) – shutout vs. IU Indy
– Defensive – Sep Habibi (Nov. 10) – shutout vs. Northern Kentucky
‘Dons & Ends
– At 6.56, the Mastodons are 2nd in the nation in shots on goal per game.
– The team’s .803 save percentage is 20th best in the nation
– 14 different Mastodons have either a goal or an assist on the season.
All Eyes on ‘Dons
The department’s sixth annual Party at the Pitch on September 10 drew a record crowd of 1,062. It is the third time the ‘Dons have drawn over 1,000 for the event.
Coming Up
If the ‘Dons win on Wednesday, they will advance to the NCAA Division I Tournament for the first time. The selection show is slated for Monday (Nov. 17) evening.
All-Time Conference Tournament Results
1985 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
IPFW 2, Indianapolis 0 – Quarterfinals (at Indianapolis)
Southern Indiana 2, IPFW 1 (OT) – Semifinals (at Kentucky Wesleyan)
1986 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
IPFW 5, Indianapolis 0 – Quarterfinals (at IPFW)
IPFW 3, Kentucky Wesleyan 0 – Semifinals (at Lewis)
Lewis 2, IPFW 0 – Championship (at Lewis)
1987 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
Saint Joseph’s 2, IPFW 0 – Quarterfinals (at Saint Joseph’s)
1988 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
Lewis 7, IPFW 0 – Quarterfinals (at Lewis)
1990 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
Southern Indiana 6, IPFW 0 – Quarterfinals (at Southern Indiana)
1991 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
IPFW 3, Bellarmine 2 – Quarterfinals (at IPFW)
Lewis 2, IPFW 0 – Semifinals (at Southern Indiana)
Northern Kentucky 3, IPFW 0 – 3rd place game (at Southern Indiana)
1992 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
IPFW 3, Saint Joseph’s 0 – Quarterfinals (at Saint Joseph’s)
Northern Kentucky 2, IPFW 1 (OT) – Semifinals (at Lewis)
Lewis 3, IPFW 1 – 3rd place game (at Lewis)
1993 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
UW-Parkside 6, IPFW 0 – Quarterfinals (at Northern Kentucky)
1994 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
Lewis 4, IPFW 0 – Quarterfinals (at Lewis)
1995 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
UW-Parkside 5, IPFW 0 – Quarterfinals (at UW-Parkside)
1996 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
UW-Parkside 2, IPFW 0 – Quarterfinals (at UW-Parkside)
1998 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
Missouri- St. Louis 2, IPFW 0 – Quarterfinals (at Missouri-St. Louis)
1999 – Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II)
IPFW 1, UW-Parkside 0 – Semifinals (at IPFW)
IPFW 4, Missouri-St. Louis 0 – Championship (at IPFW)
2005 – Mid-American Conference
Buffalo 4, IPFW 0 – Quarterfinals (at Buffalo)
2006 – Mid-American Conference
Buffalo 3, IPFW 0 – Quarterfinals (at Buffalo)
2011 – Summit League
Oral Roberts 3, IPFW 2 – Semifinals (at Kansas City)
2012 – Summit League
Oakland 5, IPFW 1 – Semifinals (at Western Illinois)
2014 – Summit League
Denver 3, IPFW 0 – Semifinals (at Denver)
2018 – Summit League
Omaha 1, Purdue Fort Wayne 0 – Semifinals (at Omaha)
2023 – Horizon League
Purdue Fort Wayne 1, Detroit Mercy 0 – Quarterfinals (at Detroit Mercy)
Oakland 1, Purdue Fort Wayne 0 – Semifinals (at Oakland)
2024 – Horizon League
Milwaukee 1, Purdue Fort Wayne 0 – Quarterfinals (at Milwaukee)
2025 – Horizon League
BYE – Quarterfinals
Purdue Fort Wayne 2, Green Bay 2 (Mastodons 4-3, PKs) – Semifinals (at Purdue Fort Wayne)
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MASTODON WBB TURNS FOCUS TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Fresh off a 68-67 win over Purdue, the Purdue Fort Wayne women’s basketball team will look to start a win streak with a game against Southern Illinois on Saturday (Nov. 15) at 5 p.m. It will be a doubleheader with the men’s team, which plays Boyce at 2 p.m.
Game Day Information
Who: Southern Illinois Salukis
When: Saturday, November 15 | 5 PM
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Gates Sports Center
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Radio:Link
Tickets:Link
Game Notes: Purdue Fort Wayne | Southern Illinois | Horizon League
Know Your Foe
Southern Illinois is 1-0 this season after opening the season with a 69-53 win over Lewis. The Salukis have been off since that game on November 4. SIU had five players score in double-figures in the win, led by 16 points from Alayna Kraus. The Salukis are coming off a 4-26 season a year ago.
Series History
Purdue Fort Wayne leads the all-time series 3-0 with the last game coming in 2023. The Mastodons forced overtime in that game in Carbondale, finishing regulation on a 13-2 run. Shayla Sellers had 20 points in the win.
B1G Wins!
Purdue Fort Wayne’s 68-67 win over Purdue on Nov. 12 was the Mastodons’…
• First-ever win over Purdue in eight tries
• Second-ever win over a Big Ten team in program history (Michigan State, 2013)
• Third win over a power conference foe under Maria Marchesano (Cincinnati, 2024; Butler, 2025; Purdue, 2025)
Bess Shot, Best Shot
Rylee Bess’ game-winner over Purdue was the first Mastodon game-winner with under 30 seconds left since Lauren Ross at Cleveland State last season. Bess is the first Mastodon freshman to hit a game-winner in the program’s Division I history.
Beating the B1G
Purdue Fort Wayne was the third team in the country to beat a member of the Big Ten this season. Marquette beat Wisconsin 65-62 on November 8, Stony Brook beat Rutgers 71-54 on November 9 and Purdue Fort Wayne beat Purdue 68-67 on November 12.
Reid-ing the Defense
Jordan Reid had a career-high 21 points against Purdue on November 12. In her career against the Boilermakers, she averaged 16.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals while shooting 44.4 percent from the field (12-of-27) and 44.4 percent (2-for-5) from three.
What’s Up Fort Wayne?
There was an announced attendance of 1,158 fans for the Purdue Fort Wayne game against Purdue. It was the largest crowd at the Gates Sports Center for a women’s game since 2019, and the most for a non-doubleheader/Fitness Day since 2006, when Indiana came to town in front of 1,801 fans.
Bench Mob
Purdue Fort Wayne’s bench is out-scoring its opponents benches 63-48 this season.
Inside The Arc? Guaranteed Bucket
Lili Krasovec is shooting 80.0 percent from the floor this season (12-for-15). If she qualified for the leaderboard with enough attempts, she would lead the Horizon League in the field goal percentage category.
Sharing The Sugar
Lili Krasovec had seven assists at Xavier (Nov. 7), matching the most for a Mastodon since Destinee Marshall had nine in a game in 2024. She is the first non-guard to have that seven or more assists since Laura Douglas in 2001.
Reid-Bounder
Jordan Reid had 10 rebounds at Xavier (Nov. 7), which set a new career-high.
Nelson the Hooper
Alana Nelson scored a Division I career-high of 23 points on 8-of-16 shooting at Xavier (Nov. 7). She was 5-for-8 from 3-point range, marking the most 3-point makes by a Mastodon since Lauren Ross against Cleveland State in the 2025 Horizon League Championship.
Bess Is Best
Rylee Bess had four steals at West Virginia, which was the first time a Mastodon freshman ever had four steals against a power conference opponent. Kayla Drake was the only other ‘Don to do so; she had four steals against Louisville in 2010. Drake was a redshirt-sophomore.
Watch Out For Marchesano!
Purdue Fort Wayne head coach Maria Marchesano was selected for the Kathy Delaney-Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year Award Preseason Watch List. The 2025 Horizon League Coach of the Year is the only coach from the Horizon League and the only one from the state of Indiana to be named for the list of 20.
Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne knocked off Purdue 68-67 thanks to a 3-pointer from Rylee Bess with 5.7 seconds left. Jordan Reid scored a career-high 21 points in front of 1,158 fans, the most in the Gates Sports Center for a women’s game since 2019.
Next Time Up
Purdue Fort Wayne stays at home next week with a visit from Eastern Michigan on Wednesday (Nov. 19). The Mastodons won 94-49 in Ypsilanti last season.
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS
MASTODONS HOST BOYCE IN DH AT GATES
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne hosts a doubleheader on Saturday (Nov. 15) at the Gates Sports Center. The men will play Boyce at 2 p.m. The women will follow at 5 p.m. against Southern Illinois. It is education day with kids K-12 free.
Game Day Information
Who: Purdue Fort Wayne (1-3) vs. Boyce (1-1)
When: Saturday, November 15 | 2 PM ET
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Gates Sports Center
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: 1380 AM Brett Rump (PBP)
Game Notes: Link
Know Your Foe
Boyce is from Louisville, Ky. They are a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association. They opened the season with an 85-75 win over Alice Lloyd. Andrew Thomas had 21 points in the contest.
Series History
First meeting.
‘DONS & ENDS
// A couple of key points from the Western Michigan game
– Corey Hadnot II set a new career high for the second time this season with 32 points.
– Darius Duffy had five blocks, the first time a Mastodon has had five blocks in a game since John Konchar vs. Western Illinois on February 14, 2018.
– The ‘Dons outscored the Broncos 37-32 in the first half.
– The ‘Dons had nine turnovers while forcing 15 Bronco turnovers.
// Some takeaways from the Dominican game
– The ‘Dons set a new single game program record with 137 points.
– The ‘Dons shot 67.5 percent, which ranks 3rd all time for a single game in program history.
– The ‘Dons had 31 assists, which ranks 2nd all time for a single game in program history.
– Career scoring performances: Ebrahim Kaba (20), Mason Shrout (15), EJ Mosley (11) and Yuval Levin (10).
– The ‘Dons forced 27 Dominican turnovers.
– Eight ‘Dons had double-digit scoring efforts.
// A smattering of bullet points on the game at Ohio State
– Mikale Stevenson finished with a career-high 21 points.
– Corey Hadnot II had a career-best six steals, besting the five he had at Penn State.
– The ‘Dons forced 19 Ohio State turnovers.
– Darius Duffy was 5-of-5 for 10 points, his second-career double-digit scoring effort and first as a Mastodon.
– DeAndre Craig Jr. finished with 18 points for a second consecutive game.
– Yuval Levin recorded his first collegiate points, scoring four points with three rebounds and two steals.
// A couple tidbits from the opener vs. GCU
– All of DeAndre Craig Jr.’s game-high 18 points came in the second half.
– The ‘Dons out-scored the ‘Lopes 44-41 in the second half.
– Corey Hadnot II had a career-high six assists.
– The ‘Dons had 13 turnovers while forcing 15 GCU turnovers.
– Ebrahim Kaba (3), EJ Mosley (3) and Mason Shrout (2) each recorded their first collegiate points in the contest.
// A few notes on the exhibition win over Ball State
– Mikale Stevenson had 23 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists
– Stevenson’s second half dunk was No. 3 on ESPN SportsCenter that evening.
– The ‘Dons led 17-0 in fast break points and 41-33 in rebounds.
– The ‘Dons held a 54-30 advantage in points in the paint. For comparison, the ‘Dons didn’t record more than 50 points in the paint against a Division I opponent all of last season.
// Jon Coffman owns 199 career coaching victories. He needs just one more to reach 200 for his career. He is already the program leader in wins.
// In May 2025 head coach Jon Coffman was selected as a Red Coat recipient from the Mad Anthonys Foundation. Each year the Red Coat is given to an individual that has made a positive impact on the region and the state of Indiana. A few of the previous honorees include: Keith Busse, Chuck Surack, Brad Stevens, Bob Chase, Arnie Ball, Shelley Long, Matt Painter, Brian Kelly, Brad Stevens, Joe Tiller, Bob Knight and John Wooden. The Red Coat Gala began in 1958.
// The Mastodons have recorded double-digit wins at home in 11 of the last 13 years. Last season the ‘Dons opened the season 9-0 at home, the best undefeated home stretch to start a season in the program’s NCAA Division I history.
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EVANSVILLE SWIMMING NEWS
ACES COMPLETE ANOTHER STRONG DAY AT A3 INVITE
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Another eventful day saw stellar performances by the University of Evansville swimming and diving teams in the second day of the A3 Invite. Both teams remain in fourth, the Men with 197 points, and the Women with 214.
Friday Results
Starting off with the 200 Medley Relay, Ane Madina, Claire Mewbourne, Evelyn Chin, and Grace Moody put up a combined time of 1:45.33. On the Men’s side Boris Tavrosky, Joao Guilherme, Alex Willis, and Sammy McCall put together a 1:33.65 with both groups placing 3rd overall.
In the 400 IM, freshmen Jillian Giese swam a personal best time of 4:37.82 in the A Final, a nearly two second drop from her preliminary swim. For the men freshmen Chris Rector placed 3rd in the A Final, his time of 4:02.31 being the sixth fastest time in the UE Record Books. Incredible performance from the UE freshmen.
In the Women’s 100 Fly, Grace Moody and Evelyn Chin put up 2nd and 3rd place finishes respectfully. Moody with a time of 55.77 has the freshmen with the fourth best time in the school’s history, with Chin at a 56.04 she has the fifth best time in the books.
Claire Mewbourne swam in the A Final for the Ace’s in the 100 Breast, her time of 1:05.53 scored 8th for the team. Teammates Rafaela Markarewicz and Tristen Thomas both swam season bests times of 1:07.06 and 1:09.60.
The UE divers had a phenomenal day on the boards, with every athlete receiving a personal best score. Senior Levi McKinney placed 2nd for the Aces, with an impressive score of 312. In the Final’s Gabe Lett dove a 174.25 for 9th. On the Women’s side sophomore Leah Gardner placed 4th with a final score of 191.8, freshmen Eden McRoberts was 5th with her best score being 191.00
Overall, the Ace’s saw many notable personal best times. Brendan Ulewicz in the 100 Fly put up a 51.12, in the 200 Free Harry McDowell swam a 1:45.44, and Captain Joao Guilherme in the 100 Breast swam a time of 56.87 the 10th best time in UE history.
Tomorrows Events –
200 Back
100 Free
200 Breast
200 Fly
400 Medley Free Relay (Finals)
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EVANSVILLE VOLLEYBALL NEWS
ACES PUT UP STRONG FIGHT AGAINST BULLDOGS
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In a hard-fought contest from start to finish, Drake finished with a 3-1 win over the University of Evansville volleyball team inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse on Friday evening.
Box Score
Hinsley Everett led the way with 17 kills and 7 digs for the Purple Aces. Ryan Scheu added nine kills while Brooke Herdes totaled 8 kills and 9 digs. Ainoah Cruz led all players with 21 digs while Maddie Hawkins finished with 12. Kora Ruff notched 26 assists with Lexi Owen tallying 15. Macy Daufeldt paced the Bulldogs with 13 kills with Kacia Brown picking up 12.
Set 1 – UE 28, Drake 26
After the Bulldogs scored the first three points of the match, a solo block by Chloe Cline got UE on the board as the Aces came back to tie it at 3-3. Drake regained control going back up 8-4 before Evansville rallied once again. A Brooke Herdes ace was followed by a Hinsley Everett kill that made it a 9-8 deficit. Two points later, Makenzie Miller’s ace knotted the score at 10-10 while two errors by DU would give the Aces their first lead at 12-10.
Drake tied the score at 14-14, but another response by the Aces saw them take their largest lead at 19-16 on a Miller kill. The Bulldogs rallied to tie the score at 21-21 and had a chance to take the set as they held a 24-23 lead. The Aces bounced back to take a 25-24 lead on a Miller/Herdes block before Everett’s kill clinched the set.
Set 2 – Drake 25, UE 21
In a similar fashion as the first set the Bulldogs had the early momentum. They started with a 4-2 lead before extending the advantage to 10-5. Chloe Cline registered a kill that made it a 2-point game at 11-9 before the Bulldogs regained the 5-point edge at 17-12. With DU still up by five at 22-17 the Aces made a final push. Kills from Herdes and Everett brought UE back within two at 23-21, however, the Bulldogs scored the final two points to tie the match at 1-1.
Set 3 – Drake 25, UE 15
Another quick start saw Drake record the opening four tallies before extending the lead o 12-4. Four Bulldog errors were followed by an Everett kill that cut the deficit to 12-9. From there, it was all Drake as they pulled away to win by a score of 25-15 and take a 2-1 lead in the match.
Set 4 – Drake 25, UE 21
Hinsley Everett picked up two early kills leading to a 3-3 tie while Maddie Hawkins added an ace to give UE a 4-3 edge. The Bulldogs countered to go up by five at 13-8. Ryan Scheu came in and picked up kills that cut the deficit to two (16-14) before another made it a 1-point contest at 19-18. Everett recorded an ace that tied the score at 21-21. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs had the final rally, scoring the final four points to clinch the match.
On Saturday, the Aces honor seniors Kora Ruff and Maddie Hawkins when they face Southern Illinois in the regular season finale. Match time has been moved up to 4 p.m.
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EVANSVILLE XC NEWS
LEA BREAKS SCHOOL 10K RECORD AS CROSS COUNTRY WRAPS UP SEASON AT NCAA REGIONAL
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Evansville junior Samuel Lea (Worcester, United Kingdom/Worcester Sixth Form College) broke his second school record of the 2025 season on Friday morning, finishing 49th overall in the men’s 10k with a record-breaking time of 31:33.72. Lea beat the previous record by 38 seconds.
Rafael Rodriguez (Segovia, Spain/Colegio Claret) also landed on Evansville’s all-time 10k list, posting the 10th best time in program history at 34.42.5. Rodriguez and James Cruse (Melbourne, Australia) placed 112th and 118th, respectively, in the 210-runner field. Lea, Rodriguez, Cruse, Tanner Spence (Carmi, Ill./Carmi), and Nathan Campbell (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington North) all posted personal bests.
Avery Stephens (Newburgh, Ind./Newburgh) paced the Aces’ women’s team, recording a personal best 6k time of 22:32.85 to finish 140th in the 231-runner field. Kyleigh Wolf (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North) finished second for Evansville, while Josie Lynch (Brazil, Ind./Northview) finished third with a time of 23:45.82, a personal best.
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SOUTHERN INDIANA VOLLEYBALL NEWS
USI COMPLETES SWEEP OF LIONS FOR 10TH HOME WIN OF THE SEASON
EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Volleyball completes the sweep of Lindenwood University with another four-set win Friday night for the 10th win of the 2025 regular season inside Liberty Arena.
The Screaming Eagles maintain their spot in third place in the Ohio Valley Conference standings, moving to 12-4 in conference play and 16-12 overall.
Set 1: USI 25, LU 20
Sophomore Audrey Small kicked off the match for the Screaming Eagles with a six-point serving run, gaining a comfortable lead for USI. OVC Freshman of the Week, Aysa Thomas, dished out 10 assists, two kills, and an exciting solo block. Junior Leah Coleman led the Eagles with four kills, followed by freshman Carley Wright, who landed three kills on no errors.
Set 2: USI 25, LU 16
The Screaming Eagles continued to control the advantage after starting set two with a quick lead that they maintained for the entire frame. Wright led the court in the set with six kills on no errors, hitting a .750 percentage. Thomas added eight assists and three more digs, leading her offense to an error less set and a .577 team hitting percentage.
Set 3: LU 25, USI 18
Lindenwood bounced back from falling in the first two sets and took a quick lead in the third, which the Eagles struggled to come back from. Junior Ashby Willis doubled her kill count, adding five more to the board to lead the court.
Set 4: USI 25, LU 19
The fourth set had the most push and pull from both sides to start off, but the Eagles took the lead by the ninth point and maintained it. Willis had her best set of the night, adding eight kills with no errors to hit a .800 percentage. She also picked up six digs to keep the defensive front up.
For the game, Thomas finished with 39 assists, nine digs, four kills, and three blocks. Willis completed a double-double with 18 kills and 10 digs. Small picked up 14 digs and a season-high nine assists. Coleman followed Willis on the offensive attack with 14 kills.
USI will finish out its regular season on the road at Western Illinois University next Tuesday and Wednesday. For updates of the Eagles on the road, fans can follow USI Athletics on Facebook, Instagram, and X for game coverage, as well as online at usiscreamingeagles.com.
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SOUTHERN INDIANA XC NEWS
SCREAMING EAGLES FINISH 13TH AT REGIONALS
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country outperformed its regional ranking in its first-ever trip to the NCAA Division I post-season. The Screaming Eagles raced to a 13th-place finish out of 30 teams at the Great Lakes Region Championships at Angel Mounds Historical Site Friday.
The Screaming Eagles, who were 15th in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association Great Lakes Regional Poll, had four runners finish in the top 100 of the 210-competitor field as they finished with 397 points. USI was just 63 points away from a top 10 finish and was fourth among Indiana teams.
Notre Dame and Butler finished first and second, respectively, to punch their tickets to the NCAA I National Championships, while Wisconsin, Michigan State and Michigan rounded out the top five teams.
Senior Dominick Beine was the Screaming Eagles’ top finisher as he crossed the finish line in 58th place with a 10-kilometer time of 31 minutes, 46.9 seconds. Junior Alex Nolan was 61st with a time of 31:51.6.
Junior Landen Swiney and freshman Carson Brown had strong performances as Swiney was 76th and Brown 93rd. Freshman Kraedyn Young and junior Cole Hess were 113th and 121st, respectively, while sophomore Andrew Smith rounded out the Screaming Eagles’ lineup with a 143rd-place finish.
Cincinnati’s Nickson Kogei won the race with a time of 29:42.8, while Butler senior Jesse Hamlin was second in 29:43.2.
Friday’s meet marked the first time since 2021 that the Screaming Eagles have competed in a regional. USI was not allowed to compete at regionals during their transition to full-time Division I status.
USI begins its 2025-26 indoor track & field season December 6th when it competes at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener in Boston, Massachusetts. The Screaming Eagles also are scheduled to race at the Indiana Eary Bird in Bloomington December 12th before taking a month off over the holiday break.
USI WOMEN’S XC RACES TO 19TH-PLACE FINISH AT REGIONALS
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—Making its first-ever NCAA Division I postseason appearance, University of Southern Indiana Women’s Cross Country raced to a 19th-place finish out of 32 teams at the Great Lakes Region Championships Friday morning at Angel Mounds Historical Site.
Sophomore Hadessah Austin was 56th to pace the Screaming Eagles, while junior Ellie Hall was 60th in the 231-competitor field. Austin finished the six-kilometer race in 21 minutes, 13.5 seconds after hovering around a top 40 spot for most of the race, while Hall completed the course in 21:17.3.
The Screaming Eagles finished with 545 points, just five back of Purdue University for 18th and 40 in front of Purdue Fort Wayne, which was 20th. Notre Dame and Wisconsin were first and second, respectively, to punch their tickets to the NCAA I National Championships, while Toledo, Michigan State and Cincinnati rounded out the top five teams.
USI was buoyed by the efforts of junior Zoe Seward and sophomore Addison Applegate. Seward finished 130th, while Applegate was 152nd. Freshman Lilyanna Blais and junior Sara Livingston were 172nd and 174th, respectively, while sophomore Abrielle Richard rounded out the Screaming Eagles’ lineup with a 204th-place finish.
Notre Dame freshman Amaya Aramini won the race in 19:38.0, while Notre Dame sophomore Mary Bonner Dalton was second with a time of 19:44.0
Friday’s meet marked the first time since 2021 that the Screaming Eagles have competed in a regional. USI was not allowed to compete at regionals during their transition to full-time Division I status.
USI begins its 2025-26 indoor track & field season December 6th when it competes at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener in Boston, Massachusetts. The Screaming Eagles also are scheduled to race at the Indiana Eary Bird in Bloomington December 12th before taking a month off over the holiday break.
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VALPO VOLLEYBALL NEWS
VOLLEYBALL DROPS FIVE-SET MATCH TO ILLINOIS STATE
The Valpo volleyball team held a 2-1 lead against Illinois State Friday night at the ARC in an effort to secure its second-place finish in the MVC standings, but the visiting Redbirds took set four in extra points and then pulled away in the final frame for a 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 16-25, 27-25, 15-8) victory over the Beacons. With Friday’s results, Valpo needs a win or a Drake loss at Indiana State Saturday to earn the two seed for the MVC Tournament.
How It Happened
With a 2-1 lead in the match, it looked like the Beacons might roll to the match win after they started the fourth set with the first four points. But the Redbirds rallied and took the lead as early as 8-7, setting up a set which featured 13 tie scores.
After a tight frame throughout, ISU pulled out to a four-point lead at 20-16 and still led by four at 22-18 before the Beacons scored five of the next six points to tie it up at 23-all. The Redbirds earned set point at 24-23 and 25-24, but each time Lilly Merk (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute South Vigo) came up with a block to extend the frame. On ISU’s third set point chance, however, the Redbirds recorded a kill to extend the match to the fifth set.
Valpo led by two points on two occasions early in the decisive fifth set, and still held a one-point lead at 6-5 before the Redbirds reeled off six points in a row to take control on their way to the match win.
Valpo held a four-point lead on multiple occasions in the first half of the opening set. A 12-3 run from the Redbirds turned the tables, giving them a five-point lead as the Beacons got no closer than three points the rest of the way.
ISU led 10-7 approaching the halfway mark of the second set until a 4-0 Valpo run gave it the lead. The Beacons never trailed again in the frame, but didn’t pull away until late, when a 4-1 spurt — which included two kills and a block by Kadence Brumitt (Niles, Mich./Brandywine) — turned an 18-17 lead into a 23-19 edge. The teams sided out the rest of the way as Valpo leveled the match.
A 7-0 run on the serve of Addy Kois (Osceola, Ind./Penn) — including back-to-back aces from the senior — pushed an 11-9 lead to 18-9 in the third set as Valpo took a firm grasp of the frame on its way to a 2-1 lead in the match.
Inside the Match
The loss was Valpo’s first in a five-set affair in MVC play this season, as it had previously been 4-0 in conference matches which went the distance.
The result flipped from the reverse fixture last month, when Valpo went to Normal and emerged with a 3-2 win over the Redbirds.
The loss dropped Valpo into a second-place tie with Drake in the MVC standings with an 11-4 record in conference play.
Valpo held a 61-54 edge in kills over the Redbirds and hit 80 points higher (.202-.122), as the Beacons tallied 14 blocks — tied for their highest output in a single match in Valley play.
The service line proved to be Valpo’s bugaboo on Friday, as ISU gained 14 points there — the Redbirds tallied nine aces and seven service errors, while the Beacons had just three aces against 15 service errors. The 15 service errors were five more than the Beacons had in any match this season prior to Friday and tied the most by a Valpo team in a single match since 2007.
Jordyn Gove (Amarillo, Texas/Randall) led all players with 15 kills, a season best and one off her career high. The sophomore recorded her third double-double of the year as well, racking up 12 digs.
Brumitt was also just one off her career high in the kills department, finishing with 13 to top all players other than Gove. Ava Helming (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) rounded out a trio of Beacons in double figures with 10 kills — the 13th time in 15 MVC matches this season she has tallied at least 10 terminations.
Kois led all players with 30 assists, while Mara Thomas (Bogart, Ga./Athens Academy) recorded her 10th double-double of the season with 22 assists and 14 digs.
Merk and Jessica Pickett (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) each had seven blocks to tie for match-high honors and anchor the Beacons’ net defense, while Sam Warren (Kentland, Ind./South Newton) registered six rejections.
Emma Hickey (Granger, Ind./Penn) led the Valpo back row with 23 digs.
Next Up
Valpo (20-8, 11-4 MVC) once again tries to claim the second seed and the corresponding bye to the MVC Tournament semifinals on Saturday evening at 6 p.m. when it hosts Bradley. It will be Senior Night at the ARC, with Hickey, Kois, Warren, Claire Campbell, Maddie Moan and Kendal Ramey being honored after the match. Tickets are available by visiting https://tickets.valpoathletics.com/event/valpo-volleyball-vs-bradley-h5vgzh.
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VALPO WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
HOME OPENER HERE SUNDAY FOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Valparaiso (0-3, 0-0 MVC)
Game #4 – November 16, 2025 – 4 p.m.
Milwaukee (1-3, 0-0 Horizon)
Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) – Valparaiso, Ind.
Next Up in Valpo Basketball: The Valpo women’s basketball team opens up its 2025-26 home slate Sunday afternoon when it welcomes former Horizon League rival Milwaukee to the ARC for the first time in nearly nine years. The home opener is part of a basketball doubleheader Sunday.
Previously: Milana Nenadic enjoyed easily the most prolific game of her collegiate career, exploding for 20 points to lead the Beacons on Wednesday as they dropped a 97-50 decision at #16/18 Iowa State.
Following Valpo Basketball: Video: ESPN+ – Brian Jennings (PxP) and Renee’ Turpa (Analyst)
Radio – WVUR (95.1 FM, Valparaiso) – Eli Conklin
Links for live coverage: Available via ValpoAthletics.com
Head Coach Courtney Boyd (0-3 at Valpo, 1st season; 190-71 [.728] overall, 9th season): Courtney Boyd was named the ninth head coach of the Valparaiso University women’s basketball program on Friday, April 4, 2025. A national championship-winning head coach and player, an NAIA National Coach of the Year, and a two-time conference Coach of the Year, Boyd has won 20 or more games in seven of her first eight seasons as a head coach. She spent the last two seasons at the helm of the Quincy University program after six seasons as head coach at Clarke University, leading the latter program to the NAIA national title in 2022-23.
Series Notes: Milwaukee owns a 23-9 advantage in an all-time series in which the two programs shared conference affiliation for one year in the Mid-Continent Conference and 10 seasons in the Horizon League. The Panthers have won the last six meetings between the two teams, including a 90-79 victory in Milwaukee last season in the first matchup since Valpo departed the Horizon League. Layla Gold scored 23 points in that game, while Raeven Raye-Redmond also notched a career high with 15 points.
@ValpoWBB…
…at #16/18 Iowa State
– Matched up against Iowa State All-American post Audi Crooks, Milana Nenadic went right at her early on, scoring eight points in the first four-plus minutes to help Valpo to a 10-8 lead.
– The Cyclones closed the final 5:26 of the opening period on an 8-0 run to lead 16-10 with 10 minutes elapsed.
– Iowa State pushed its lead to double figures for the first time three minutes into the second quarter, but on back-to-back possessions, Kylie Waytashek and Mor Shabtai drilled 3-pointers to bring the Beacons back within 24-18 with 6:10 to play in the half.
– The Cyclones limited Valpo to just four points the remainder of the half, reeling off a 19-4 run to close the half as the Beacons trailed 43-22 at halftime.
– Nenadic had eight points as Valpo out-scored Iowa State 17-11 over the first 6:50 of the second half to bring its deficit down to 54-39.
– The Cyclones once again closed the quarter on a run, this time a 13-3 run to push their lead back out to 67-42 with 10 minutes to play, and then scored the first six of the fourth quarter en route to the win.
– Nenadic more than doubled her previous collegiate scoring output with her 20-point night and matched her career high with six rebounds.
– Shabtai tied her career best in the scoring column, dropping eight points for the second time this season. She also handed out four assists, just one off her career high, while not committing a turnover.
– Valpo shot just 29% (18-of-62) from the floor and was 5-of-17 from 3-point range. Iowa State hit at a 53.4% clip (39-of-73) from the field, but the Beacons held the Cyclones to just 4-of-16 from the 3-point line.
– Crooks scored a school-record 43 points for the Cyclones, the first time Valpo has surrendered 40+ to an opposing player since 1991.
– Wednesday’s game was the 49th time in program history Valpo has faced a nationally-ranked team and the eighth time it has played a current Big 12 program.
…at Detroit Mercy
– The Titans opened the game on a 21-3 run over a stretch of nearly nine minutes.
– Valpo responded with a 17-2 run of its own spanning the first two quarters, pulling back to within 23-20 with 5:42 to play in the first half.
– The Titans maintained a lead in the mid-single digits for the remainder of the half, as Valpo went into the locker room trailing 33-27.
– The Beacons cut the deficit to four in the first minute of the third quarter and had six shots on their next two trips to make it a one-possession game, but were unable to convert.
– UDM took advantage, going on a 10-0 run to extend its lead to 43-29 and force a Valpo timeout approaching the midway point of the quarter. The margin fluctuated between nine and 15 points the rest of the period, with the Titans eventually taking a 53-41 lead with 10 minutes to play.
– Valpo was unable to get any closer than that 12-point spread in the fourth quarter, and the Titans went on to end the game on a 15-0 run to extend the final margin.
– Fiona Connolly tied for game-high honors with 19 points and led the Beacons with nine rebounds, both of which were career highs.
– Playing just her second collegiate game, Allia von Schlegell reached double figures in the scoring column with 10 points – including three 3-pointers – while not committing a turnover in 26 minutes of action.
– Mikayla Huffine tied her career best with six rebounds and also dished out a game-high four assists.
– Valpo shot just 28.6% (18-of-63) from the floor, hit just 25% (6-of-24) from 3-point range and was only 46.2% (6-of-13) from the foul line. The Beacons also committed 24 turnovers against their former Horizon League rivals while forcing just 13 UDM miscues.
…looking ahead
– Valpo returns to the road, playing at South Dakota next Friday, Nov. 21.
– The Beacons will spend Thanksgiving in Cleveland, facing Radford, Cleveland State and St. Bonaventure over a four-day stretch at the CSU Invitational.
…at the ARC
– Sunday’s game is the first of 13 home games this season for the Beacons, as Valpo will host three nonconference games and 10 MVC games.
– Valpo posted a 9-6 record at the ARC last season, the program’s first winning record at home since the 2019-20 season.
…in home openers
– The Beacons dropped their home opener last season to Purdue Fort Wayne, 72-56.
– Valpo’s last win in a home opener came on Nov. 12, 2023, a 72-65 win over Southern Miss.
– This season’s home opener being the fourth game of the year is the program’s latest home opener since the 2020-21 team played four straight road games before finally taking the floor at the ARC for game five.
…and @ValleyHoops
– Valpo is in its ninth season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.
– Valpo was picked outside the top-four of the MVC preseason poll, as the Valley released only the top four selections.
– The Valley finished last season ranked seventh in the NET, matching the conference’s highest NET/RPI ranking in Valpo’s time as an MVC member (2020-21).
…looking back at last year
– Valpo finished last season with a 13-19 overall record and went 9-11 in MVC play to finish in eighth place.
– Among the Beacons’ 13 victories were a thrilling rally from a 20-point deficit for a home win over Drake which entered the game ranked 69th in NET, the program’s highest-ranked win since a win over #54 UNI in 2021-22.
– Leah Earnest was tabbed a First Team All-MVC honoree as she concluded a decorated career that saw her finish first in program history in career rebounds and third in career scoring.
– The 2024-25 Beacons hit 245 3-pointers, third-most in a single season in program history, and tallied 314 steals, seventh on the program’s single-season chart and the most since 2001-02.
@MKE_WBB
– Milwaukee enters Sunday’s game at 1-3 this season, most recently getting edged at home by Western Michigan Thursday, 65-64.
– The Panthers, who were picked ninth in the Horizon League preseason poll, have been led early this season by Jorey Buwalda, who paces the team with 10.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.
– Milwaukee is coming off an 8-24 record in 2024-25, which includes a 5-15 mark in Horizon League play.
Nenadic’s Night
– Milana Nenadic enjoyed the most prolific game of her collegiate career last time out at #16/18 Iowa State.
– Nenadic, who entered Wednesday’s game with 18 points across three-plus seasons of college basketball and a career high of eight points, tied that career high just 4:22 into the ballgame en route to a 20-point night.
– Even more impressively, 18 of Nenadic’s 20 points came when going head-to-head with ISU’s All-American post, Audi Crooks.
– It was the first 20-point effort by a Valpo player against a Power Four opponent since Grace White has 22 at Michigan State Nov. 16, 2021.
– It was Valpo’s first 20-point game against a top-25 team since Carie Weinman and Caitlin Morrison had 20 apiece versus #25 Missouri State Jan. 31, 2021.
Old Friend Alert
– Sunday marks one of four matchups for Valpo in nonconference play against a former league opponent, as it shared membership with Milwaukee in the Mid-Continent Conference during the 1993-94 season and in the Horizon League from 2007-17.
– The Beacons opened the season against DePaul, which they shared conference affiliation in the North Star Conference with from 1987-91.
– Valpo has also already played Detroit Mercy and plays at Cleveland State later this month, both of which were in the Horizon League for the entirety of Valpo’s 10-year tenure as a league member.
Road Warriors
– Sunday is the Beacons’ lone home game before Dec. 7, as Valpo opened the season with three straight on the road and will play seven of its first eight games away from home.
– The last time Valpo played this many consecutive road games to start a season came in 2020-21, when it opened with four straight road contests.
– The last time Valpo had a stretch like this in terms of games away from home to open the season came in 2013-14, when it started with eight of its first nine games away from home.
Career Bests
– Of Valpo’s five players with previous D-I experience who played in the season opener at DePaul, three of them set career highs in the scoring department.
– Leading the way was Fiona Connolly with 12 points, topping her previous best of 10 points last season against Illinois State.
– Connolly went on to easily top that mark last time out at Detroit Mercy, scoring 19 points while also grabbing a career-best nine boards.
– With eight points at DePaul, Mor Shabtai edged past her previous best of seven points last season against Goshen. Shabtai matched that mark again last time out at #16/18 Iowa State
– Milana Nenadic doubled her previous career best of four points as she came off the bench with eight points at DePaul, before exploding for her 20-point night last time out.
– Nenadic also tripled her previous career best in the rebounding department by grabbing six boards at DePaul, a mark she matched against the Cyclones, while Kamryn Winch also set a career high in the season opener with a team-best 11 boards.
– At Detroit Mercy, Mikayla Huffine matched her career best with six rebounds.
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VALPO MEN’S BASKETBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL SEEKS 3-0 HOME START ON SUNDAY
Valparaiso (2-1, 0-0 MVC)
vs. Bryant (1-2, 0-0 America East)
Game No. 4 – Sunday, Nov. 16, Noon CT
Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) – Valparaiso, Ind.
Next Up in Valpo Basketball: A full day of hoops tips off at high noon as the Valparaiso University men’s basketball team hosts Bryant, an NCAA Tournament team from last season, to start a “back-to-back Beacons” promotion that also features the women’s team hosting Milwaukee at 4 p.m. The Valpo men will look to move to 3-0 at home this season with a win on Sunday.
Last Time Out: A 24-point performance on 8-of-11 shooting and 4-of-5 from 3 by freshman Rakim Chaney helped propel the Beacons to a 68-63 win over Nicholls on Wednesday night at the Athletics-Recreation Center. Shon Tupuola contributed 10 points and seven rebounds, while Owen Dease poured in 13 points off the bench. Brody Whitaker had nine points and seven boards as part of a team effort.
Glancing Ahead: The Beacons will hit the road to clash with former conference foe Cleveland State on Wednesday. The Vikings are in White Sulphur Springs, W.V. this weekend playing Kent State and Radford after a 1-2 start to the season with a one-point win over Capital and losses to Loyola Chicago and Northwestern.
Following the Beacons: Streaming – ESPN+ – Todd Ickow (play-by-play) and Jamie Stangel (analyst)
Radio – WVUR 95.1 FM Valparaiso, TuneIn Radio App, ValpoAthletics.com – Jack Hutter and Grayson Merchant
X updates – @ValpoBasketball
Links for video, audio and live stats will be available at ValpoAthletics.com.
Head Coach Roger Powell Jr.: Roger Powell Jr. (24-45) is in his third season as the head coach of the Valpo men’s basketball program. After helping guide Gonzaga to a 121-13 record during his four seasons as an assistant coach, Powell returned to Valpo, where he was part of head coach Bryce Drew’s staff from 2011-2016 and led the team to 124 wins in five seasons, including a program-record 30 victories and a National Invitation Tournament (NIT) title game appearance in 2015-16. He was part of head coach Mark Few’s Gonzaga staff as the Bulldogs reached the 2021 national championship game after winning their first 31 games of the season. During Powell’s first season on staff in 2019-20, Gonzaga was 31-2 at the time the NCAA college basketball season was halted due to COVID-19. The Bulldogs reached the Sweet Sixteen in each of his final three seasons on staff, including two Elite Eight appearances and the aforementioned trip to the 2021 national title game. Prior to his arrival at Gonzaga, Powell served as the associate head coach at Vanderbilt University under Bryce Drew from 2016-2019. During his stint as an assistant at Valpo, he was part of four Horizon League regular-season championships in a five-year period while also leading the 2012-13 and 2014-15 squads to Horizon League tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. A product of Joliet West High School and a native of Joliet, Ill., Powell capped a prolific collegiate playing career at Illinois with a national title game appearance in 2005 before going on to a successful professional playing career. In the second season of the Powell Era in 2024-2025, Valpo over doubled its overall win total from the previous season and doubled its conference win output before earning a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinal berth. The Beacons finished with 15 wins, the team’s highest total since 2019-20.
Series Notes: This will mark the first matchup between Valpo and Bryant.
Solid Start
Valpo is off to a 2-0 start to the home portion of the schedule for the first time in the Roger Powell Jr. head coaching era.
With a victory on Sunday, the Beacons would improve to 3-0 at home for the first time since 2020-21.
With a win on Sunday, Valpo would hold a 3-1 mark through four games, which would be the team’s best record through four games since 2019-20.
Chaney Off the Chain
Valpo freshman Rakim Chaney is off to a strong start to his collegiate career, averaging a team-high 17.0 points per game through the first three contests.
Chaney had 24 points, six rebounds and three assists while grabbing two steals on Nov. 12 vs. Nicholls. He went 8-of-11 from the floor and 4-of-5 from 3.
He became the first Valpo player with a 24-point, six-rebound game that included eight made field goals and four made 3s since Quinton Green on Feb. 11, 2023 vs. Illinois State. If you toss in the three assists and two steals, Chaney was the first Valpo player since Tevonn Walker on Jan. 10, 2018 vs. Drake to post that stat line.
Chaney became the first Valpo freshman to make eight shots and four 3s as part of a game that featured at least 24 points and at least six rebounds since Alec Peters on Dec. 14, 2013 vs. Loyola Marymount.
Chaney became the second freshman nationally with a 24-point, six-rebound game featuring eight made field goals and four made 3s this season, joining Duke’s Cameron Boozer (Nov. 8 vs. Western Carolina).
He looked unfazed in a raucous environment at Rupp Arena in Lexington, tallying a team-high 15 points against the No. 9 Wildcats.
Chaney’s 15 points at No. 9 Kentucky were the most by a Valpo freshman against a top-10 opponent since Samuel Haanpaa’s 18 on Dec. 2, 2006 at No. 3 Ohio State.
Chaney’s 15-point, five-assist game at Kentucky was just the second instance of a Valpo rookie recording 15 or more points and five or more assists against any opponent since 2014. The other was All Wright with 18&5 on Jan. 18 of last season vs. UIC.
Rakim’s Rookie Rankings
At 17.0 points per game, Valpo’s Rakim Chaney is tied for 17th nationally among freshmen.
He leads all Missouri Valley Conference freshmen in scoring average, over two points per game ahead of the next-best rookie.
Chaney is one of five freshmen nationally shooting 50 percent from the field, 45 percent from 3 and averaging at least 17.0 points per game, joining Isaiah Johnson (Colorado), Jackson Furman (Army), Darryn Peterson (Kansas) and Jackson Rasmussen (Idaho).
Chaney has scored in double figures in each of his three collegiate contests.
Other Notes Wrapping Up Nov. 12 – Valpo 68, Nicholls 63
Freshmen Rakim Chaney and Carter Hopoi made their first career starts.
Owen Dease tallied 13 points and had a team-best plus-minus of +17. The 13 points were more than he had in his first two games combined (nine).
Shon Tupuola recorded 10 points and seven rebounds while recording two blocks.
Brody Whitaker contributed nine points and seven rebounds, sharing the team lead on the glass.
The two teams had similar shooting numbers with Nicholls at 43.1 percent and Valpo at a season-best 41.5. The Colonels caught fire in the second half, shooting 53.6 percent including 50 percent from deep over the final 20 minutes.
Valpo has held its opponent to exactly 63 points in each of its last three victories – the two this season vs. Nicholls and Eastern Illinois and last year’s MVC quarterfinal win over UNI. Also, Valpo held Brescia to 62 points in an exhibition game leading into this season.
Valpo turned it over a season-low nine times and has given it away 10 times or fewer in each of the last two games.
Dating back to last season, four of Valpo’s last five games have been decided by five points or fewer.
Scouting the Bulldogs
Coming off a home-opening 82-75 victory over Dartmouth on Wednesday after losses at Siena (82-66) and Georgia Tech (74-85).
Went 14-2 in the America East Conference and had a 23-12 overall record last season, making an NCAA Tournament appearance after winning the America East Conference regular-season and tournament crowns.
Picked to finish sixth in the America East preseason poll.
Under the direction of first-year head coach Jamion Christian after former head coach Phil Martelli Jr. accepted the head coaching job at VCU.
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UINDY MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS
GREYHOUNDS FALL TO PANTHERS IN FIRST GAME OF REGULAR SEASON
The UIndy men’s basketball team dropped its first game of the regular season against Kentucky Wesleyan, 67-73 Friday night.
After trailing the Panthers by 12 points early in the second half, the Hounds crept back, going on a 13-5 run capped by a three from Elad Bakshi to bring the game within 4. The Panthers answered swiftly with a Caleb Mackrey three, matched by a Pierce Thomas bucket from beyond the arc, followed by another Kentucky Wesleyan to swing momentum back in favor of the Panthers. The Hounds stayed within seven points for the final five minutes, coming within five points with 3:16 on the clock.
Kelvin Amoako had a game-high 18 points for the Hounds, going 4-4 at the line in 29 minutes of play.
Noah Kon opened the scoring for the Hounds with an early jumper in the first half, and would go on to score six points, shooting 3-4 from the field, grabbing two rebounds and two assists with zero turnovers.
INSIDE THE BOX
-The Hounds dominated down low, nearly doubling the Panthers’ points in the paint; 40-24
-Both benches added 20 points to their team’s totals
-Both squads were 40% from deep, with UIndy going 6-15 and Kentucky Wesleyan hitting 10-25 from three
-The Hounds brought the pressure on the defensive end, tallying seven steals, two blocks, and forcing 13 Panther turnovers
UP NEXT
The Hounds return to action Sunday at 3 p.m. against Grand Valley State University for UIndy’s home opener.
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UINDY VOLLEYBALL NEWS
UINDY TREATS RAUCOUS CROWD TO FIVE-SET VICTORY ON SENIOR NIGHT
INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy volleyball team gave a raucous crowd a thriller on Friday evening, defeating Southwest Baptist in five sets to celebrate Senior Night the right way.
Prior to the match, the UIndy coaching staff honored six seniors: players Kaitlin Fasbender, Lauren Gips, Claire Morris, and Paige Parlanti, as well as managers Emily Boyette and Emma Morris.
A recorded crowd of 557 were in attendance for the wins, the highest total present in Ruth Lilly Fitness Center for a Greyhound Volleyball contest since December 2012.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The fans fueled the early momentum for the home team, rolling to a quick 2-0 lead looking for a Senior Night sweep. Parlanti knocked down nine of her 14 kills in those first pair of frames, while the Hounds attacked at a .347 clip.
The difference was night and day over the third and fourth sets, as the Bearcats muted the noise and limited the Greyhound offense to a paltry .054 hitting percentage. Southwest Baptist scooped up 12 UIndy attacks, while blocking three others.
The highlight of the night was the fifth set as the hour past 8 Eastern. Maddie Lynch maintained her steady demeanor in the deciding game, adding three more kills to her match total of 13, including the finish that ended the match. Parlanti’s final two kills of the evening – just before Lynch’s winner – officially gave her the team’s highest total in the win.
Freshman setter Carly Fonda, who split time with Morris over the first two-plus sets, dished out 31 assists overall and eight in the fifth frame. Nine Hounds recorded a kill in the win, including Maddie Berger and Paige Boettcher in key moments off the bench.
INSIDE THE BOX
– Fonda had yet another match where she proved to be an offensive threat, totaling six kills against zero errors. It is the seventh time this fall Fonda has totaled at least five kills and the 18th instance she has recorded a kill without an error against her.
– The middle duo of Fasbender and Gips played big at the net, totaling 13 blocks between them. Each of them made three solo stops, while Fasbender led the team with four assisted blocks.
– Seven Greyhounds combined for 10 service aces, led by Macy Bruton’s three. The junior libero led all players with 19 digs, while also chipping in five helpers.
UP NEXT
UIndy closes out the regular-season slate on Saturday, welcoming Drury to the Circle City for a 3 o’clock matchup. The Panthers knocked off Lewis in four sets on Friday.
The Greyhounds have clinched a top-four seed in the upcoming GLVC Championship Tournament. The complete bracket and schedule will be released later this weekend following the conclusion of Saturday’s matches.
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UINDY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
HOUNDS BATTLE SIXTH-RANKED EAGLES TO FINAL BUZZER
ASHLAND, OH – UIndy used a second half comeback effort to push No. 6-ranked Ashland to the brink in a 68-61 loss on Friday afternoon.
The Greyhounds had three players in double figures, led by Patricia Chikamba’s 19 points. Autumn Rucker also added a career-high 16 points on 7 for 12 shooting, while newcomer Graycie Poe collected 10 points in her first game as a Greyhound.
HOW IT HAPPENED
After the Eagles jumped out to an 18-4 lead after the first quarter, the Greyhounds outscored Ashland the rest of the way 57-50.
UIndy used multiple scoring runs in the second half, including an 18-7 run spanning over the third and fourth quarters, capped by a Poe three pointer, her second of the game, to cut the Ashland lead to five, 57-52, with six minutes remaining. Rucker led the way for UIndy with eight points over that 6:25 minute run.
The team shot 9 for 17 (56.3%) from the field in the fourth quarter, which marks the highest fourth quarter field goal percentage since the Greyhounds’ 80-78 comeback win last season against Illinois Springfield.
Both teams traded buckets over the final six minutes, with the Hounds trimming the Eagles lead to six, but four free throws and three made buckets were enough for Ashland to deny the potential upset bid from UIndy.
INSIDE THE BOX
– Amyrah Sapenter collected a career high 10 boards.
– Kylah Lawson notched the 12th game of her career with at least two blocks.
– UIndy snagged 10 steals in today’s contest, besting the team’s season average of 8.7 steals/game from last season.
– UIndy grabbed 40 rebounds as a team in today’s game, Ashland didn’t allow a single opponent in the 2024-25 to grab 40 rebounds. The last time the Eagles allowed 40 team rebounds was in March 2024 against Thomas More.
UP NEXT
The Hounds head east to Canton, OH for a match up against the No. 2 ranked team in the G-MAC, Malone, at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 15.
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MARIAN WOMEN’S SOCCER NEWS
MARIAN WOMEN’S SOCCER NAMED AS NO. 1 OVERALL SEED IN NAIA TOURNAMENT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Road to Pensacola rolls on as 40 teams have earned a ticket to the 2025 NAIA Women’s Soccer National Tournament, First and Second Rounds presented by Select Sport America. For the first time in the program’s history, the Marian women’s soccer team has been named the No. 1 overall seed and will be the top team in the championship bracket.
The first and second round will take place on Thursday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 22 at campus sites around the nation, the winners from each site will then pack a bag and begin to converge on Pensacola, Fla., where the final site will be played starting on December 1 and go until only one team remains on December 8 and is crowned a champion.
Marian, who has been the No. 2 team in the country in the most recent pair of NAIA Coaches’ Polls, has ascended to the No. 1 team in the NAIA entering the NAIA Tournament. This is the first time in program history the Knights will be the No. 1 team in the bracket, matching their prowess in the NAIA’s RPI rankings throughout the year.
This year’s field will also be the second time in the past 42 seasons that the defending national champion will not have the opportunity to defend its title. The last time that happened was in 2001, after Simon Fraser (B.C.) won the Red Banner the previous season.
Six teams in this year’s field have won it all in the past: Cumberlands (Ky.), Keiser (Fla.), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Northwestern Ohio, Spring Arbor (Mich.), and William Carey (Miss.). The Blue Raiders lead the field in both red banners raised and appearances, claiming four as they make their 25th appearance in the national tournament.
The Mustangs of Morningside (Iowa) ended the longest national tournament drought of any team this year, snapping a 10-year absence.
While it’s never easy to win a national championship, this year puts an exclamation point on that. The combined record of the field is 550-117-92, boasting a winning percentage of 78.6%. The winning percentages of the field from 2024 and 2023, 79.4% and 78.3%, respectively.
Two conferences lead the way, qualifying a total of five teams each in the Crossroads League and Heart of America, while the Mid-South Conference trails, qualifying four teams this year. The Cascade Collegiate Conference and the Sooner Athletic Conference both qualified three teams.
Joining Marian from the Crossroads League are Indiana Wesleyan, Taylor, Grace, and Spring Arbor. Below is a quick scout of each of the three teams in Marian’s bracket.
The winner of the Indianapolis bracket will play the winner of No. 16 Taylor and Central Methodist in the Round of 16 in Pensacola, Florida.
Scouting The Teams
Marian will be the top team in the bracket in Indianapolis, and are the No. 1 team in the NAIA entering the national tournament. The Knights are 18-0-2 overall on the season, winning the Crossroads League Regular Season while finishing as the runner-up in the league tournament, falling to Grace on penalties. Marian is led by CL Player of the Year Katie Koger, while head coach Justin Sullivan was named as the league’s Coach of the Year. Marian went 8-0-1 in their conference season, and have allowed just two goals since September 24. The Knights had nine total selections to their All-Crossroads League honors.
St. Ambrose finished as the runner-up in the Chicagoland Conference and went on to defeat St. Francis (Ill.) 1-0 in the CCAC Championship game on Tuesday, November 11. The Fighting Bees have won seven consecutive games entering the NAIA Tournament, and have not lost a game since September 20, when they fell 1-0 against Holy Cross. The Bees played Marian in their season opener on August 23, falling to the Knights 1-0. Four Bees were named to the CCAC All-League teams.
Aquinas was the WHAC Tournament Runner-up, earning an automatic bid to the tournament. The Saints are 11-6-1 this season, and finished among the top-three teams in the WHAC in the regular season. The Saints had six total All-WHAC honors, including former Knight Catherine Hoff, who was named as the WHAC Newcomer of the Year. The Knights have played Aquinas six times since 2012, and hold a 5-1 record in that span. The last meeting between the two saw Marian win 5-1 in the 2022 regular season, while Marian also has won 1-0 over Aquinas in the NAIA First and Second Round, with that coming in the spring championship of the 2020 season.
Game times for the NAIA Tournament First and Second Round will be announced on Monday afternoon.
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SMALL INDIANA COLLEGE SPORTS WEB SITES
UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/
MARIAN ATHLETICS: https://muknights.com/
INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/
EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/
WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/
FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/
ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/
ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index
TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index
BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/
DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/
HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/
MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/
HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/
OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx
ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index
IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/
IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/
IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/
PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/
INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx
GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/
ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/
GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/
HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php
TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/
VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index
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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Nov. 15
1879 — Princeton beats Harvard 1-0 in a college football game held in New Jersey. The Tigers unveil the concept of using blockers to help advance the ball.
1890 — Minnesota and Wisconsin square off for the first time in what has become the most-played series in college football history. The Gophers beat the Badgers 63-0 in Minneapolis.
1901 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Gus Ruhlin in the sixth round to retain the world heavyweight title in San Francisco.
1913 — Australia’s Ernie Parker beats New Zealand’s Harry Parker 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 to win the Australasian Championships.
1952 — An NBA-record 13 players, five Baltimore Bullets and eight Syracuse Nationals, foul out in an overtime game. The Bullets win 97-91. So many Syracuse players fouled out that the officials let some of the players back into the game so the Nationals could keep five men on the court. Whenever those players fouled, Baltimore was given a technical foul shot in addition to the free throws.
1960 — Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 71 points, an NBA record at the time, in a 123-108 victory over the New York Knicks.
1964 — Kansas City quarterback Len Dawson fumbles seven times in a 28-14 loss to the San Diego Chargers.
1969 — The New York Knicks run their record to 17-1, the best start in NBA history, by beating the Boston Celtics 113-98.
1969 — Bill Cappleman of Florida State passes for 508 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-26 loss to Memphis State.
1975 — Tony Dorsett of Pittsburgh rushes for 303 yards and scores a touchdown in a 34-20 victory over Notre Dame.
1980 — Dale Earnhardt wins his first NASCAR Winston Cup championship. Earnhardt finishes fifth in the Los Angeles Times 500, the final race of the season, to win the title by 19 points over Cale Yarborough.
1983 — Mike Bossey scores his 75th hat trick for the New York Islanders.
2002 — Tampa Bay forward Dave Andreychuk sets an NHL record by scoring his 250th career power-play goal in the first period of the Lightning’s game against San Jose.
2003 — Brian Vickers becomes NASCAR’s youngest champion ever, claiming the Busch Series title with an 11th place finish behind first-time winner Kasey Kahne at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
2011 — Mike Krzyzewski becomes Division I’s all-time winningest men’s basketball coach when No. 6 Duke beats Michigan State 74-69 in the State Farm Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Blue Devils give Coach K his 903rd win, breaking the tie with Bob Knight, Krzyzewski’s college coach at Army and his mentor throughout his professional career.
2014 — Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon rushes for 408 yards to break the single-game major college football rushing record before sitting out the final quarter in a 59-24 rout over Nebraska.
2015 — Matthew Stafford throws for two touchdowns, and the Detroit Lions ends a 24-game road losing streak against the Green Bay Packers with an 18-16 victory. It’s Detroit’s first win at Green Bay since a 21-17 victory on Dec. 15, 1991.
2018 — LeBron James passes Wilt Chamberlain for 5th on the NBA’s career scoring list.
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Nov. 16
1929 — Southern California and Notre Dame play before 112,912 at Soldier Field in Chicago, with the Fighting Irish prevailing 13-12. It’s the third time in the 1920s that the two schools attract more than 112,000 fans.
1957 — Notre Dame ends Oklahoma’s NCAA record 47-game winning streak with a 7-0 triumph.
1957 — Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics sets an NBA Record with 49 rebounds in a 111-89 victory over the Philadelphia Warriors.
1962 — Wilt Chamberlain scores 73 points, including 45 in the first half, to lead the San Francisco Warriors to a 127-111 victory over the New York Knicks.
1968 — Ron Johnson rushes for 347 yards and scores five touchdowns to lead Michigan to a 34-9 rout of Wisconsin.
1976 — Rick Barry of the San Francisco Warriors ends then the longest NBA free throw streak of 60 in a 110-102 win over the Seattle SuperSonics. Barry scores 33 points, including 9 of 10 from the free-throw line.
1980 — Doug Williams of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers passes for 486 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-30 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
1982 — The NFL Management Council and the NFL Players’ Association announce settlement of a 57-day player strike.
1991 — Gerry Thomas of No. 1 Florida State misses a 34-yard field goal by the length of a football with 25 seconds left, giving No. 2 Miami a 17-16 victory.
1993 — Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf of the Denver Nuggets has his consecutive free throw streak end at 81 in an 86-74 loss to San Antonio. Abdul-Rauf’s streak is the second longest in NBA history, trailing only the record 97 established by Minnesota’s Micheal Williams one week earlier.
1996 — Byron Hanspard of Texas Tech becomes the sixth major-college player to run for 2,000 yards in a season, rushing for 257 yards and four touchdowns in the Red Raiders’ 56-21 victory over Southwestern Louisiana.
1996 — Corey Dillon set an NCAA rushing record for a quarter, gaining 222 yards on 16 carries in the first period as No. 15 Washington overwhelmed San Jose State 53-10.
2002 — Larry Johnson rushes for 327 yards, a career-high four TDs and shatters the 31-year-old school career rushing record, leading Penn State to a 58-25 victory over Indiana.
2003 — 16-year old Lionel Messi makes his official debut for FC Barcelona when he comes on as a substitute in a friendly against Porto.
2008 — Pittsburgh rallies to beat San Diego 11-10, the first such final in NFL history, spanning 12,837 games.
2012 — Stanford snaps defending national champion Baylor’s 42-game winning streak, winning 71-69 when player of the year Brittney Griner misses a short turnaround at the buzzer.
2013 — Cartel Brooks of Heidelberg runs for 465 yards to set an all-division NCAA record in a 42-14 win over Baldwin Wallace. Brooks, with 38 carries, scores on runs of 81, 41 and 13 yards.
2013 — Ricardo Louis scores on a deflected 73-yard pass on fourth and 18 with 25 seconds left to lift No. 7 Auburn to a stunning 43-38 victory over No. 25 Georgia.
2014 — Erica Enders-Stevens wins the Auto Club NHRA Finals to become the first woman to earn the Pro Stock world championship title.
2017 — James Harden scores 23 of his 48 points in the second quarter while Houston puts up 90 points in the first half en route to a 146-116 win over Phoenix. The Rockets make 61 percent of their first-half shots to get the second-most points in a first half in NBA history.
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Nov. 17
1956 — Syracuse beats Colgate 61-7 behind halfback Jim Brown. Brown sets an NCAA-record for points by an individual player in a single game by scoring six touchdowns and kicking seven extra points for 43 points.
1959 — Syracuse’s Connie Dierking becomes the first player to foul out of a game in the first quarter, as the Nationals beat Cincinnati 121-116 at New York.
1968 — The “Heidi” television special starts on time and cuts off the NBC broadcast of the Oakland-New York Jets game in the final minutes, leaving viewers in the dark and unaware that the Raiders score two touchdowns in the last minute for a 43-32 comeback victory.
1975 — Ken Anderson of the Cincinnati Bengals passes for 447 yards and two touchdowns in a 35-24 victory over the Buffalo Bills.
1981 — Bill Cartwright of the New York Knicks ties a 20-year-old NBA record by hitting 19 of 19 free throws in a 124-110 loss to the Kansas City Kings.
1984 — Purvis Short of the Golden State Warriors scores 59 points in a 131-114 loss to the New Jersey Nets.
1990 — David Klingler of Houston throws an NCAA-record 11 touchdown passes as the Cougars trounce Eastern Washington 84-21. Klingler completes 41 of 58 passes for 572 yards and ties the NCAA record for touchdown passes in a season with 47.
1991 — Detroit offensive lineman Mike Utley suffers a spinal injury on the first play of the fourth quarter of a 21-10 victory over the Los Angeles Rams and is left paralyzed from the chest down.
2000 — Jason Kidd has a dubious quadruple-double — 18 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 14 turnovers in the Phoenix Suns’ 90-85 loss to the New York Knicks. The turnovers tie the NBA record set by Atlanta’s John Drew on March 1, 1978.
2001 — Lennox Lewis knocks out Hasim Rahman in the fourth round to get back his WBC and IBF heavyweight titles. Rahman’s championship reign of 209 days is the shortest in heavyweight history.
2004 — New Orleans ties an NBA low by taking just two foul shots in a 95-84 loss to Phoenix.
2007 — Martin Brodeur becomes the second goalie in NHL history to win 500 career games by stopping 26 shots in New Jersey’s 6-2 win at Philadelphia. Patrick Roy won 551 games in his career.
2013 — Jimmie Johnson wins his sixth Sprint Cup championship in eight years. Johnson, who needed only to finish 23rd or better to wrap up the title, finishes ninth.
2013 — Sebastian Vettel wins the U.S. Grand Prix in easy fashion, setting an F1 season record with his eighth straight victory behind another blistering drive that gave the field no chance to catch him.
2014 — Amber Orrange makes a go-ahead jumper with 1:38 left in overtime and the tying 3-pointer with 1.4 seconds remaining in regulation, sending No. 6 Stanford to an 88-86 victory against top-ranked Connecticut to snap the Huskies’ 47-game winning streak. UConn, which went 40-0 last season, loses for the first time since falling to Notre Dame in the 2013 conference tournament.
2014 — Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton agrees to terms with the team on a $325 million, 13-year contract. The contract tops the $292 million, 10-year deal Miguel Cabrera agreed to with the Detroit Tigers in March.
Nov. 18
1962 — Bill Wade of the Chicago Bears passes for 466 yards and two touchdowns to edge the Dallas Cowboys 34-33.
1970 — Joe Frazier knocks out Bob Foster in the second round to retain the world heavyweight title in Detroit.
1974 — Charley Johnson of the Denver Broncos passes for 445 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-34 loss against the Kansas City Chiefs.
1978 — Vanderbilt’s Frank Mordica rushes for 321 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-27 victory over Air Force. Mordica scores on runs of 48, 30, 6, 70 and 77 yards.
1990 — Monica Seles captures the first five-set women’s match since 1901, defeating Gabriela Sabatini 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Virginia Slims Championships.
1995 — Iowa State’s Troy Davis becomes the fifth player in NCAA Division I-A to rush for 2,000 yards, reaching that plateau in a 45-31 loss to Missouri.
1995 — Alex Van Dyke sets an NCAA record for most receiving yards in a season, catching 13 passes for 314 yards as Nevada beats San Jose State 45-28. Van Dyke raises his total to 1,874 yards, surpassing the record of 1,779 set in 1965 by Howard Twilley of Tulsa.
2000 — Indiana’s Antwaan Randle El becomes the second player in NCAA Division I-A history to rush for 200 points and pass for 200 points in a career in a 41-13 loss to Purdue.
2003 — American soccer phenom Freddy Adu, 14, signs a six-year deal with MLS.
2006 — Top-ranked Ohio State beats No. 2 Michigan 42-39 in Columbus in the regular-season finale. The Big Ten rivals had the top two spots in The AP football poll since Oct. 15.
2007 — Jimmie Johnson becomes the first driver to win consecutive Nextel Cup championships since Jeff Gordon in 1997 and ’98, wrapping up the title by finishing a trouble-free seventh in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
2007 — Top-ranked Roger Federer wins his fourth Masters Cup title in five years, overwhelming No. 6 David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
2012 — Matt Schaub has a career-high five touchdown passes, completes a franchise-record 43 passes and finishes with 527 yards passing, second most in NFL history, to lead the Houston Texans to a 43-37 overtime win over Jacksonville. Norm Van Brocklin holds the record with 554 for the Rams in 1951.
2014 — The NFL suspends Adrian Peterson without pay for at least the rest of the season. The league informs the Minnesota Vikings running back he would not be considered for reinstatement before April 15 for violating the NFL personal conduct policy.
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Nov. 19
1961 — George Blanda of the Houston Oilers passes for 505 yards and seven touchdowns in a 49-13 rout of the New York Titans.
1961 — Cleveland’s Jim Brown rushes for 237 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Browns to a 45-24 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.
1966 — No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Michigan State play to a 10-10 tie. The Irish rally from a 10-0 deficit against a Spartans team that features Bubba Smith and three teammates who were among the top eight picks of the next NFL draft.
1978 — Philadelphia’s Herman Edwards returns a fumble for a touchdown with 31 seconds left to give Philadelphia a 19-17 victory over the New York Giants. Instead of taking a knee to preserve a 17-12 victory, quarterback Joe Pisarcik botches the hand off to fullback Larry Csonka. Edwards picks up the dropped ball and runs 26 yards for the winning touchdown.
1983 — Jari Kurri of the Edmonton Oilers scores five goals and Wayne Gretzky adds three goals and five assists in a 13-4 rout of the New Jersey Devils.
1983 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of Los Angeles becomes the second player in NBA history to score 30,000 points, joining Wilt Chamberlain, as the Lakers win 117-110 at Portland.
1992 — Oakland reliever Dennis Eckersley is selected the American League’s MVP. Eckersley, who led the majors with 51 saves in 54 chances, becomes the ninth player to win both the Cy Young Award and MVP honors in the same season.
1993 — Oregon and Oregon State play to a 0-0 tie in Eugene. It’s the last scoreless tie in FBS history. Overtime for NCAA games starts in 1994.
1994 — Rashaan Salaam becomes the fourth 2,000-yard rusher in major-college history, running for 259 yards and two touchdowns in Colorado’s 41-20 victory over Iowa State.
1995 — The Baltimore Stallions defeat the Calgary Stampeders 37-20 to become the first U.S. team to win the Grey Cup in the CFL’s 83-year history.
2004 — Indiana’s Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson charge into the stands to fight with Auburn Hills fans in the final minute of their game against the Detroit Pistons. The brawl forces an early end to the Pacers’ 97-82 win.
2006 — Jaromir Jagr becomes the 16th NHL player with 600 goals when he scores in the first period of the New York Rangers’ 4-1 win over Tampa Bay.
2009 — South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential.
2011 — Robert Griffin III of Baylor passes for 479 yards and four TDs, including a 34-yarder to Terrance Williams with 8 seconds left, and the 25th-ranked Bears beat No. 5 Oklahoma for the first time, 45-38. The Bears were 0-20 against the Sooners.
2018— Jared Goff throws a 40-yard touchdown pass to Gerald Everett for the go-ahead score with 1:49 to play, and the Los Angeles Rams outlast the Kansas City Chiefs for a 54-51 victory. Patrick Mahomes has a career-high 478 yards with six touchdown passes for the Chiefs. This is third highest-scoring game ever played.
2018 — Rutgers holds Eastern Michigan to an NCAA-record low four first-half points in a 63-36 rout. The Scarlet Knights tied a men’s NCAA Division I basketball record for points allowed in a half. The halftime score is 31-4.
2019 — LeBron James scores 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107 to become the first player in NBA history to record a triple-double against all 30 franchises.
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Nov. 20
1934 — Busher Jackson scores four third-period goals to power the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Eagles.
1960 — Jerry Norton of St. Louis intercepts four passes to send past the Washington Redskins 26-14.
1969 — Brazilian soccer legend Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.
1977 — Walter Payton rushes for an NFL record 275 yards, and the Chicago Bears edge the Minnesota Vikings 10-7.
1979 — Red Holzman of the New York Knicks wins his 500th game, a 130-125 overtime victory over Houston at Madison Square Garden. Holzman is the second coach, after Red Auerbach, to reach that mark.
1983 — Seattle’s Dave Krieg passes for 418 yards and three touchdowns, lifting the Seahawks to a 27-19 victory over the Denver Broncos.
1983 — Steve Bartkowski throws a 42-yard desperation pass that is deflected to Billy Johnson at the 5-yard line, and he then fights his way into the end zone to give the Atlanta Falcons a 28-24 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
1994 — Tisha Venturini scores twice and Angela Kelly, Sarah Dacey and Robin Confer add goals for North Carolina, which beats Notre Dame 5-0 for its ninth consecutive NCAA women’s soccer championship.
1997 — A.C. Green breaks the NBA record for consecutive games — his 907th straight appearance in the Dallas Mavericks’ 101-97 loss to the Golden State Warriors. Green surpasses Randy Smith’s mark of 906 set from 1972-83.
1999 — TCU’s LaDainian Tomlinson rushes for an NCAA Division I record 406 yards on 43 carries with six touchdowns in a 52-24 victory over UTEP.
2001 — Ball State beats No. 3 UCLA 91-73 in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational, one day after knocking off No. 4 Kansas in the opening round.
2010 — Mikel Leshoure of Illinois rushes for a school-record 330 yards and scores two touchdowns in the Fighting Illini’s 48-27 win over Northwestern at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. All offensive plays are run toward the same end zone because a brick wall, although heavily padded, is too close behind the other one.
2011 — Brittney Griner has 32 points and 14 rebounds while Baylor establishes itself as the clear No. 1 team with a 94-81 victory over No. 2 Notre Dame in the preseason WNIT championship game.
2011 — Landon Donovan scores in the 72nd minute on passes from Robbie Keane and David Beckham, and the Los Angeles Galaxy’s three superstars win their first MLS Cup together with a 1-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo.
2012 — Jack Taylor scores 138 points to shatter the NCAA scoring record in Division III Grinnell’s 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible in Grinnell, Iowa.
2016 — Jimmie Johnson ties Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt with a record seven NASCAR championships when he defeats Carl Edwards, Joey Logano and defending champion Kyle Busch at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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TV SPORTS TODAY
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Saturday, Nov. 15
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
Noon
CW — Ohio at Louisville
PEACOCK — Clemson at Georgetown
1 p.m.
PEACOCK — Penn St. at La Salle
2 p.m.
CW — Butler at SMU
PEACOCK — Maryland at Marquette
6 p.m.
TRUTV — William & Mary at St. John’s
7 p.m.
FOX — UConn vs. BYU, Boston
TRUTV — Duquesne at Villanova
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
NBC — Notre Dame vs. Michigan, Detroit
9 p.m.
FOX — South Carolina vs. Southern Cal, Los Angeles
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Noon
ABC — TBA
ACCN — Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (Command Center)
BTN — Wisconsin at Indiana
CBSSN — Air Force at UConn
ESPN — TBA
ESPN2 — South Florida at Navy
ESPNU — Kansas St. at Oklahoma St.
FOX — Michigan vs. Northwestern, Chicago
FS1 — Arizona at Cincinnati
12:45 p.m.
SECN — Arkansas at LSU
1 p.m.
TNT — West Virginia at Arizona St.
TRUTV — West Virginia at Arizona St.
3:30 p.m.
ABC — Oklahoma at Alabama
ACCN — Georgia Tech at Boston College
CBS — TBA
CBSSN — San Jose St. at Nevada
ESPN — TBA
ESPN2 — TBA
FOX — UCF at Texas Tech
FS1 — Maryland at Illinois
4 p.m.
ESPNU — Memphis at East Carolina
4:15 p.m.
SECN — New Mexico St. at Tennessee
4:30 p.m.
CW — North Carolina at Wake Forest
7 p.m.
CBSSN — Utah St. at UNLV
ESPN — Florida at Mississippi
ESPN2 — Utah at Baylor
FS1 — Purdue at Washington
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
ABC — Texas at Georgia
ACCN — Virginia Tech at Florida St.
NBC — UCLA at Ohio St.
7:45 p.m.
SECN — Mississippi St. at Missouri
8 p.m.
ESPNU — Kennesaw St. at Jacksonville St.
10 p.m.
CW — Louisiana Tech at Washington St.
10:15 p.m.
ESPN — TCU at BYU
10:30 p.m.
FS1 — Wyoming at Florida St.
ESPN2 — UC Davis at Montana St.
CBSSN — Boise St. at San Diego St.
11 p.m.
ESPNU — SIAC Championship: TBD
GOLF
8:30 a.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, Third Round, Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Fla.
11:30 a.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Third Round, Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton, Bermuda
2:30 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, Third Round, Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Fla.
4:30 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Third Round, Phoenix Country Club, Phoenix
1:30 a.m. (Sunday)
GOLF — DP World Tour: The DP World Tour Championship, Final Round, Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
NBA BASKETBALL
5 p.m.
NBATV — Memphis at Cleveland
8 p.m.
NBATV — L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee
NHL HOCKEY
7 p.m.
NHLN — Boston at Montreal
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
Noon
CBS — NWSL Playoffs: TBD, Semifinal
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Sunday, Nov. 16
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
12:30 p.m.
FS1 — Notre Dame at Ohio St.
1 p.m.
ESPN2 — TBA
3 p.m.
ESPN — Houston at Auburn
5 p.m.
ESPN — UNLV at Memphis
5:30 p.m.
BTN — Incarnate Word at Indiana
7:30 p.m.
BTN — Akron at Purdue
8:30 p.m.
ESPN — Miami vs. Florida, Jacksonville, Fla.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Noon
PEACOCK — Ohio St. at UConn
1 p.m.
BTN — N. Dakota St. vs. Nebraska, Sioux Falls, S.D.
ESPN — TCU at NC State
3 p.m.
ACCN — Jacksonville at Georgia Tech
ESPN2 — Louisville at Clemson
5 p.m.
ACCN — Indiana at Florida St.
COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)
11 a.m.
ESPNU — Ivy League Tournament: TBD, Championship
1 p.m.
ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: TBD, Championship, Cary, N.C.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
1 p.m.
ACCN — Miami at Louisville
SECN — Oklahoma at Tennessee
3 p.m.
SECN — Vanderbilt at Mississippi St.
5 p.m.
ESPN2 — SMU at Stanford
COLLEGE WRESTLING
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — National Duals Invitational: From Tulsa, Okla.
FIGURE SKATING
3 p.m.
NBC — 2025 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: The 2025 Skate America, Lake Placid, N.Y.
GOLF
9:30 a.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, Final Round, Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Fla.
11 a.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Final Round, Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton, Bermuda
2 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, Final Round, Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Fla.
4 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Final Round, Phoenix Country Club, Phoenix
NFL FOOTBALL
9:30 a.m.
NFLN — Washington vs. Miami, Madrid
1 p.m.
CBS — Regional Coverage: Tampa Bay at Buffalo, Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, L.A. Chargers at Jacksonville
FOX — Regional Coverage: Carolina at Atlanta, Houston at Tennessee, Chicago at Minnesota, Green Bay at N.Y. Giants
4:05 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Seattle at L.A. Rams OR San Francisco at Arizona
4:25 p.m.
CBS — Regional Coverage: Baltimore at Cleveland OR Kansas City at Denver
8:20 p.m.
NBC — Detroit at Philadelphia
PEACOCK — Detroit at Philadelphia
NHL HOCKEY
9 a.m.
NHLN — Nashville vs. Pittsburgh, Johanneshov, Sweden
7 p.m.
NHLN — Detroit at N.Y. Rangers
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
3 p.m.
ABC — NWSL Playoffs: TBD, Semifinal
SPEED SKATING2 p.m.NBC — ISU: World Cup Speedskating #1 – Olympic Games Qualifying Event, Salt Lake City
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