“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE
SATURDAY’S SCORES
ALEXANDRIA 84 EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 67
ANDERSON PREP 60 CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 34
ANDERSON 67 FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 35
ANDREAN 73 BOWMAN ACADEMY 71
ANGOLA 79 CONCORD 66
BARR-REEVE 48 ORLEANS 28
BELLMONT 61 FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY 60
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 52 PURDUE ENGLEWOOD 48
BLACKFORD 71 BLUE RIVER VALLEY 37
BLOOMFIELD 72 VINCENNES RIVET 52
BROWN COUNTY 60 SOUTH PUTNAM 59
BROWNSBURG 68 LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 46
CANNELTON 63 CHRISTIAN ACADEMY MADISON 48
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 64 EAST NOBLE 26
CENTERVILLE 58 DELTA 50
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 45 NEW WASHINGTON 34
CLOVERDALE 59 SOUTHMONT 51
COLUMBIA CITY 73 PERU 63
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN 66 SEVEN OAKS 54
COLUMBUS EAST 72 SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) 55
COLUMBUS NORTH 68 MARTINSVILLE 56
CORYDON CENTRAL 72 MADISON 53
CRAWFORD COUNTY 63 CLARKSVILLE 57
CROTHERSVILLE 73 EASTERN (PEKIN) 68
CROWN POINT 59 PENN 55
CULVER ACADEMY 69 JIMTOWN 66
DANVILLE 85 INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE 47
DELPHI 63 SOUTH NEWTON 49
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 79 CHICAGO FARRAGUT (ILL.) 70
EASTBROOK 54 ELWOOD 36
EASTERN GREENE 64 MITCHELL 53
EASTERN HANCOCK 79 WES-DEL 32
EDGEWOOD 56 NORTH PUTNAM 39
EDON (OHIO) 57 LAKEWOOD PARK 53
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 57 SOUTHRIDGE 49
EVANSVILLE NORTH 71 FOREST PARK 63
FAITH CHRISTIAN 81 COVINGTON 40
FISHERS 57 MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) 48
FLOYD CENTRAL 70 RICHMOND 44
FORT RECOVERY (OHIO) 49 JAY COUNTY 40
FRANKLIN 49 SEYMOUR 40 OT
FRANKTON 48 TIPTON 36
FRONTIER 60 TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN 26
GREENWOOD 78 NEW PALESTINE 66
GRIFFITH 64 LAKE STATION 49
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 80 MARION 67
HAMMOND NOLL 52 CALUMET 43
HAUSER 60 TRINITY LUTHERAN 43
HIGHLAND 49 NORTH NEWTON 45
HUNTINGTON NORTH 60 WARSAW 51
INDIANA DEAF 62 KANSAS DEAF 19
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL 78 SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 71
INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN 70 PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY 51
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER 72 CHRISTEL HOUSE 54
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI 81 INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 55
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA 58 NEW CASTLE 42
JAC-CEN-DEL 60 RISING SUN 49
JEFFERSONVILLE 48 CINCINNATI HUGHES (OHIO) 41
LAPORTE 57 NEW PRAIRIE 37
LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 60 HAMILTON 13
LAWRENCE NORTH 58 NOBLESVILLE 51
LAWRENCEBURG 54 FRANKLIN COUNTY 44
LINTON 68 HERITAGE HILLS 59
MADISON-GRANT 52 CLINTON CENTRAL 38
MISHAWAKA MARIAN 71 FORT WAYNE LUERS 51
MISSISSINEWA 69 HAMILTON HEIGHTS 42
MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN 64 LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 36
MOORESVILLE 67 TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 53
MORGAN TWP. 51 KANKAKEE VALLEY 47
MUNSTER 61 HAMMOND MORTON 52
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) 37 WHITE RIVER VALLEY 36
NORTHEAST DUBOIS 56 SHOALS 12
NORTHEASTERN 59 SOUTH ADAMS 51
NORTHRIDGE 57 VALPARAISO 44
NORTHVIEW 45 PROVIDENCE 25
OAK HILL 64 NORWELL 38
OREGON-DAVIS 36 TRI-TOWNSHIP 30
PAOLI 80 LANESVILLE 32
PIKE 66 LOUISVILLE MALE (KY.) 55
PLAINFIELD 75 NEW ALBANY 65
PORTAGE 74 HAMMOND CENTRAL 38
PRINCETON 68 CHARLESTOWN 54
RIVER FOREST 60 NORTH JUDSON 53
ROSSVILLE 83 NORTH WHITE 14
SALEM 50 HENRYVILLE 47
SCHLARMAN (ILL.) 60 ATTICA 50
SEEGER 67 CLINTON PRAIRIE 53
SHELBYVILLE 61 CONNERSVILLE 38
SHENANDOAH 63 COWAN 46
SILVER CREEK 78 AUSTIN 53
SOUTH BEND ADAMS 77 MERRILLVILLE 73
SOUTH BEND RILEY 84 INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY 31
SOUTH DEARBORN 66 JENNINGS COUNTY 56
SOUTH RIPLEY 70 NORTH DECATUR 56
SOUTHWOOD 52 CARROLL (FLORA) 49
SPEEDWAY 60 NORTH MONTGOMERY 42
SPRINGS VALLEY 54 EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN 46
SULLIVAN 74 SHAKAMAK 35
TRI-CENTRAL 59 DALEVILLE 44
TRI-WEST 77 INDIAN CREEK 37
TRI 52 SOUTH DECATUR 46
TRITON CENTRAL 68 SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) 20
WALDRON 48 EDINBURGH 40
WASHINGTON 39 NORTH DAVIESS 38
WAWASEE 45 WEST NOBLE 33
WEST CENTRAL 58 CULVER 38
WESTERN 72 FRANKFORT 36
WHITELAND 72 EAST CENTRAL 62
WOOD MEMORIAL 86 TECUMSEH 70
YORKTOWN 77 MUNCIE BURRIS 31
BANKS OF WABASH TOURNAMENT
NORTH VERMILLION 69 SOUTH VERMILLION 38 3RD
PARKE HERITAGE 77 RIVERTON PARKE 30 1ST
LAFAYETTE TOURNAMENT
TWIN LAKES 69 RENSSELAER CENTRAL 49 7TH
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 57 BENTON CENTRAL 52 5TH
WEST LAFAYETTE 60 MCCUTCHEON 29 3RD
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) 41 LAFAYETTE JEFF 40 1ST
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INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE
SATURDAY’S SCORES
ALEXANDRIA 86 TAYLOR 12
ANDERSON PREP 59 CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 33
ANDREAN 45 HOBART 32
BARR-REEVE 54 SHAKAMAK 35
BATESVILLE 53 SHELBYVILLE 48
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 63 NEW ALBANY 40
BELLMONT 73 MARION 33
BENTON CENTRAL 56 PARKE HERITAGE 54
BLACKFORD 59 MADISON-GRANT 21
BLUE RIVER VALLEY 40 WES-DEL 26
BLUFFTON 86 SOUTHERN WELLS 41
BORDEN 60 JENNINGS COUNTY 54
BREMEN 58 LAVILLE 36
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 36 EASTERN (PEKIN) 33
CASTLE 60 SILVER CREEK 53
CENTER GROVE 59 DANVILLE 21
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 57 SWITZERLAND COUNTY 41
COLUMBIA CITY 61 LEO 45
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN 50 SEVEN OAKS 40
CONCORD 38 LAPORTE 28
CRAWFORD COUNTY 48 CLARKSVILLE 45 OT
CULVER ACADEMY 49 KOKOMO 43
DELPHI 43 WEST LAFAYETTE 40
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 58 GARY LIGHTHOUSE 16
EAST NOBLE 74 NEW HAVEN 32
EASTSIDE 43 GARRETT 30
EDGEWOOD 59 NORTH PUTNAM 24
ELWOOD 38 EASTBROOK 32
EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN 51 LOOGOOTEE 40
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 57 INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI 52
FAIRFIELD 65 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 29
FISHERS 45 EVANSVILLE NORTH 40
FLOYD CENTRAL 42 EVANSVILLE REITZ 31
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 39 TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 36
FREMONT 61 FORT WAYNE NORTH 21
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 48 TRI 33
GREENSBURG 57 GIBSON SOUTHERN 48
GRIFFITH 40 NORTH NEWTON 28
HAMILTON HEIGHTS 50 CONNERSVILLE 47
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 47 GREENSBURG 40
HAMMOND CENTRAL 59 SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 37
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) 41 ANDERSON 35
HAUSER 54 CROTHERSVILLE 15
HIGHLAND 55 ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 27
INDIAN CREEK 50 TRI-WEST 37
INDIANA DEAF 47 KANSAS DEAF 20
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER 71 CHRISTEL HOUSE 10
INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 72 INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH 3
INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON 24 INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE 14
JAC-CEN-DEL 56 SOUTH DEARBORN 35
JAY COUNTY 55 FORT RECOVERY (OHIO) 43
JOHN GLENN 44 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 34
KNIGHTSTOWN 57 EDINBURGH 35
KNOX 33 JIMTOWN 30
LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 40 HAMILTON 26
LAWRENCE CENTRAL 46 RYLE (KY.) 45
LAWRENCE CENTRAL 51 COOPER (KY.) 49
LAWRENCEVILLE (ILL.) 67 WASHINGTON CATHOLIC 17
LEBANON 48 CASCADE 43
LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 67 MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN 47
MACONAQUAH 75 EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 21
MCCUTCHEON 64 ZIONSVILLE 48
MONROE CENTRAL 49 WINCHESTER 25
MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) 39 PIKE CENTRAL 38
MUNSTER 55 GARY WEST 15
NEW PALESTINE 53 DELTA 50
NEW WASHINGTON 43 SHOALS 21
NOBLESVILLE 61 INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS 51
NORTHFIELD 55 MANCHESTER 54
NORTHRIDGE 68 CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 33
OAK HILL 56 WESTERN 36
OLDENBURG ACADEMY 63 SOUTH DECATUR 31
PENDLETON HEIGHTS 58 MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) 30
PENN 41 CROWN POINT 38
PERU 64 WABASH 35
PLYMOUTH 58 GOSHEN 39
RANDOLPH SOUTHERN 53 WAPAHANI 44
ROCK CREEK ACADEMY 40 DUGGER UNION 39
ROSSVILLE 51 FAITH CHRISTIAN 34
SOUTH ADAMS 61 HERITAGE 33
SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) 51 TELL CITY 45
SOUTH KNOX 44 NORTH KNOX 31
SOUTH PUTNAM 49 BROWN COUNTY 27
SOUTHWOOD 39 ROCHESTER 37
SPRINGS VALLEY 62 WHITE RIVER VALLEY 31
TECUMSEH 44 NORTHEAST DUBOIS 37
TRI-COUNTY 57 WINAMAC 53
TRI-TOWNSHIP 62 OREGON-DAVIS 60
TRITON 45 NORTH MIAMI 44
UNION COUNTY 50 SHENANDOAH 44
VALPARAISO 54 ELKHART 24
VINCENNES LINCOLN 58 EVANSVILLE BOSSE 40
VINCENNES RIVET 39 MITCHELL 19
WARSAW 89 WAWASEE 19
WEST CENTRAL 38 ARGOS 14
WESTFIELD 60 BLOOMINGTON NORTH 26
WESTVIEW 52 CHURUBUSCO 28
WOODLAN 63 ADAMS CENTRAL 53
YORKTOWN 57 MUNCIE BURRIS 17
CASS COUNTY INVITATIONAL
CASTON 56 LOGANSPORT 13 3RD
LEWIS CASS 66 PIONEER 44 1ST
NORTH DAVIESS CLASSIC
NORTH DAVIESS 56 EMINENCE 35 R1
WEST WASHINGTON 42 CLAY CITY 21 R1
CLAY CITY 50 EMINENCE 41 3RD
WEST WASHINGTON 47 NORTH DAVIESS 39 1ST
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WRESTLING RESULTS:
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WRESTLING RESULTS:
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE
#4 DUKE 66 #7 MICHIGAN STATE 60
#10 IOWA STATE 81 #1 PURDUE 58
#6 LOUISVILLE 87#22 INDIANA 78
#25 ARKANSAS 82 FRESNO STATE 58
#3 MICHIGAN 101 RUTGERS 60
WASHINGTON 84 #24 USC 76
#8 HOUSTON 82 FLORIDA STATE 67
#23 ST. JOHN 63 OLE MISS 58
#14 ILLINOIS 75 #13 TENNESSEE 62
#2 ARIZONA 97 #20 AUBURN 68
MIAMI FLORIDA 88 SOUTHERN MISS 64
VIRGINIA 86 DAYTON 73
GEORGIA TECH 79 MONMOUTH 67
PROVIDENCE 90 RHODE ISLAND 71
NC STATE 75 UNC ASHEVILLE 63
UTAH VALLEY 82 BOWLING GREEN 71
MIAMI OHIO 93 MAINE 61
WESTERN MICHIGAN 83 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EDWARDSVILLE 73
PURDUE FORT WAYNE 79 NORTHERN KENTUCKY 71
BOISE STATE 77 BUTLER 68
SOUTH CAROLINA 82 STETSON 51
WISCONSIN 96 MARQUETTE 76
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 78 IU INDY 55
OHIO STATE 86 NORTHWESTERN 82
VALPARAISO 98 CALUMET COLLEGE 58
VIRGINIA TECH 73 GEORGE MASON 62
OAKLAND 98 TOLEDO 97
WESTERN KENTUCKY 80 EVANSVILLE 79
SETON HALL 78 KANSAS STATE 67
WYOMING 93 DARTMOUTH 80
AKRON 88 TULANE 71
KENT STATE 111 ROBERTS WESLEY 68
IOWA 83 MARYLAND 64
OHIO 88 MARSHALL 81
EASTERN KENTUCKY 122 IU EAST 67
MEMPHIS 78 BAYLOR 71
CALIFORNIA 67 PACIFIC 61
COLORADO STATE 91 COLORADO 86
OREGON STATE 81 SOUTHERN UTAH 70
WAKE FOREST 75 WEST VIRGINIA 66
UCLA 74 OREGON 63
UTAH 91 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST 85
OKLAHOMA STATE 84 GRAND CANYON 78
VILLANOVA 90 PENNSYLVANIA 63
MILWAUKEE 74 ROBERT MORRIS 72
WICHITA STATE 74 NORTHERN IOWA 69 OT
DEPAUL 76 ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF 72
NEW MEXICO 98 SANTA CLARA 71
ARIZONA STATE 86 OKLAHOMA 70
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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES
#8 TCU 95 UTEP 40
#24 OKLAHOMA STATE 133 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 46
#12 IOWA 79 RUTGERS 36
ILLINOIS 78 INDIANA 57
NEBRASKA 101 PENN STATE 83
SOUTHERN INDIANA 56 E. TENNESSEE STATE 41
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE/SCORES
#2 INDIANA 13 #1 OHIO STATE 10
#4 TEXAS TECH 34 #11 BYU 7
#3 GEORGIA 28 #9 ALABAMA 7
DUKE 27 #17 VIRGINIA 20 OT
WEEK 16
3 P.M. | ARMY VS. NAVY | CBS/PARAMOUNT+ (IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND)
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NFL
WEEK 14
SUNDAY, DEC. 7, 2025
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ATLANTA FALCONS, 1:00 P.M. ET, FOX
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS, 1:00 P.M. ET, CBS
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT BUFFALO BILLS, 1:00 P.M. ET, FOX
TENNESSEE TITANS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS, 1:00 P.M. ET, FOX
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS, 1:00 P.M. ET, CBS
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS, 1:00 P.M. ET, FOX
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT NEW YORK JETS, 1:00 P.M. ET, CBS
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, 1:00 P.M. ET, CBS
DENVER BRONCOS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS, 4:05 P.M. ET, CBS
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS, 4:25 P.M. ET, FOX
CHICAGO BEARS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS, 4:25 P.M. ET, FOX
HOUSTON TEXANS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 8:20 P.M. ET, NBC
MONDAY, DEC. 8, 2025
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS, 8:15 P.M. ET, ABC/ESPN
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NBA SCORES
BROOKLYN 119 NEW ORLEANS 101
ATLANTA 131 WASHINGTON 116
GOLDEN STATE 99 CLEVELAND 94
DETROIT 124 MILWAUKEE 112
MINNESOTA 109 LA CLIPPERS 106
SACRAMENTO 127 MIAMI 111
DALLAS 122 HOUSTON 109
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NHL SCORES
COLORADO 3 NY RANGERS 2 OT
FLORIDA 7 COLUMBUS 6 OT
CAROLINA 6 NASHVILLE 3
MONTRÉAL 2 TORONTO 1
ST. LOUIS 2 OTTAWA 1
CALGARY 2 UTAH 0
NY ISLANDERS 2 TAMPA BAY 0
BOSTON 4 NEW JERSEY 1
LOS ANGELES 6 CHICAGO 0
VANCOUVER 4 MINNESOTA 2
EDMONTON 6 WINNIPEG 2
DETROIT 4 SEATTLE 3
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REGIONALS: DEC. 11 AND 13 OR DEC. 12 AND 14
SEMIFINALS: THURSDAY, DEC. 18
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: 3:30 P.M. ON SUNDAY, DEC. 21 | ABC
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MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER
NCAA TOURNAMENT
MEN’S COLLEGE CUP:
SEMIFINALS: FRIDAY, DEC. 12
NC STATE VS. ST. LOUIS
WASHINGTON VS. FURMAN
FINALS: MONDAY, DEC. 15
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WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER
NCAA TOURNAMENT
WOMEN’S COLLEGE CUP
FINALS: MONDAY, DEC. 8
FLORDIA STATE VS. STANFORD
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MLS CUP CHAMPIONSHIP
MIAMI 3 VANCOUVER 1
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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
INDIANA SLAYS OHIO STATE TO WIN BIG TEN TITLE
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza made all the big plays Saturday night.
Then his Hoosiers teammates and their fans celebrated like it was 1967.
Mendoza’s neatly tucked 17-yard pass to Elijah Sarratt gave the No. 2 Hoosiers the lead they needed and the defense shut down No. 1 Ohio State the rest of the way in a 13-10 win for their first Big Ten title in nearly half a century while likely locking up the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.
“We were never supposed to be in this position, but now we’re the flipping champs,” Mendoza shouted on television before he was selected the game’s MVP. “We are brothers, we know how to stick together and we’re the toughest glue ever.”
They did it in style — extending the best season in school history to 13-0, snapping a 30-game losing streak against the Buckeyes that stretched to 1988, ending major college football’s longest winning streak at 16 and moving to the precipice of earning the first No. 1 ranking in school history.
Heck, Mendoza could become the first Heisman Trophy winner to play for the Hoosiers, too.
And they sealed it with a remarkable 33-yard pass from Mendoza to Charlie Becker on third down, a play that took the clock down to the 2-minute timeout.
“The Hoosiers are real and we are here,” Becker said after hauling in six passes for 126 yards.
Ohio State fell to 12-1 overall though its quest to win back-to-back national championships for the first time will likely begin with the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye.
The Buckeyes had a chance to retake the lead on fourth-and-1 from the Indiana 5-yard line late in the third quarter. But a replay review overturned the call on the field, determining Julian Sayin came up short. They also had a chance to tie the score with 2:48 to play, but Jayden Fielding missed a 29-yard field goal wide left.
“There’s going to be a lot of hard conversations over the next two weeks,” Buckeyes coach Ryan Day said. “It hurts, it stings.”
Ohio State still hasn’t won a conference crown since 2020.
The two quarterbacks dueling for the Heisman Trophy essentially played to a draw.
Mendoza was injured on the first offensive play of the game but returned after missing one play and went 15-of-23 for 222 yards and the one TD and one interception. Sayin had his ankle retaped in the second quarter and was 21-of-29 for 258 yards, one TD and one interception.
But when the big plays needed to be made, Mendoza made them.
Indiana took a 3-0 lead after Sayin was picked off in the first quarter, but the Buckeyes turned Mendoza’s miscue into a 17-yard TD pass to Carnell Tate for a 7-3 lead late in the quarter.
The teams traded field goals in the second quarter as the Buckeyes took a 10-6 lead, but Mendoza neatly tucked a TD pass into Sarratt near the sideline on Indiana’s first possession of the third quarter and that was all they needed.
“A year late,” Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti said. “I’ve (got) three weeks to get these guys humble and hungry.”
The takeaway
Indiana: The Hoosiers showed everyone why they’re no longer taking a backseat to the Buckeyes or anyone else in college football. Defensively, they were as stingy as ever. Offensively, they moved the ball and played keep away — and did just enough for an historic victory.
Ohio State: The Buckeyes aren’t exactly rolling into the playoffs. They struggled — for a half — at Michigan and two halves against the Hoosiers. At times, Sayin showed his inexperience by missing reads and throws. Still, they’re the defending national champs and are as dangerous as anyone.
Up next
Both teams await the CFP rankings and first-round pairings to be released on Sunday.
NO. 3 GEORGIA STIFLES NO. 9 ALABAMA TO WIN 2ND STRAIGHT SEC TITLE
ATLANTA – Gunner Stockton threw for 156 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 3 Georgia to a stifling 28-7 win over No. 9 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship game Saturday.
Stockton was a surgical 20-of-26 passing (76.9%), earning the Most Valuable Player award.
Nate Frazier rushed for 52 yards and a score, while Zachariah Branch had five catches for 53 yards and a touchdown for Georgia (12-1), which won its second straight conference title and clinched a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff.
The Bulldogs held Alabama to -3 rushing yards, avenging their 24-21 home loss to the Crimson Tide on Sept. 27.
Ty Simpson completed 19 of 39 passes for 212 yards, throwing a touchdown and an interception for Alabama (10-3), which awaits its CFP fate on Sunday. The Crimson Tide were previously 4-0 against Georgia at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and had won 10 of the last 11 meetings.
After punting on each of its first two drives, Georgia made the game’s first momentum-swinging play, as Cole Speer blocked Blake Doud’s punt, which was recovered at Alabama’s 21-yard line. Following three rushes, Stockton found Roderick Robinson II for a 1-yard passing score, giving the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead with 4:36 left in the first quarter.
On Alabama’s ensuing drive, Simpson’s pass skipped off Isaiah Horton’s hands and was intercepted by Daylen Everette. Georgia then doubled its lead as Stockton’s 5-yard touchdown pass to Dillon Bell stamped a 14-play, nearly-eight-minute drive with 8:43 left in the second quarter.
Georgia outgained Alabama 168-70 in the opening half, including an 88-17 advantage on the ground.
The Bulldogs extended their lead to 21-0 on Frazier’s 9-yard touchdown rush with 10:47 left in the third quarter.
Alabama’s offensive implosion continued as it was forced to punt three straight times to begin the second half. The Crimson Tide didn’t eclipse 100 total yards until Simpson’s 21-yard pass to Kaleb Edwards on the final play of the third.
Georgia’s Demello Jones committed a pass interference on the possession, extending Alabama’s drive to the Bulldogs’ 23. Alabama then found the end zone on Simpson’s 23-yard touchdown pass to Germie Bernard with 12:33 left in the fourth.
After Alabama forced a Georgia punt, Simpson’s pass to Bernard sailed on fourth-and-2, turning the ball over on the Crimson Tide’s 12-yard line with 8:13 remaining.
Stockton’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Branch three plays later iced the victory.
STINGY DEFENSE FUELS NO. 4 TEXAS TECH PAST NO. 11 BYU
Ben Roberts recorded two interceptions, Butkus Award winner Jacob Rodriguez racked up 13 tackles and No. 4 Texas Tech earned a College Football Playoff spot with a convincing 34-7 victory over No. 11 BYU on Saturday afternoon in the Big 12 championship game at Arlington, Texas.
Behren Morton completed 20 of 33 passes for 215 yards and two touchdowns and Roberts was named the Most Outstanding Player for the Red Raiders (12-1), who earned the Big 12’s automatic bid and likely will receive a first-round bye in the playoffs.
Coy Eakin had two scoring receptions and Cameron Dickey rushed for a touchdown for Texas Tech, which also routed BYU in the regular season and set a school record with its 12th victory. Anthony Holmes Jr. forced a big fumble as the Red Raiders coaxed four turnovers without committing any.
Bear Bachmeier completed 16 of 27 passes for 115 yards and was intercepted twice for the Cougars (11-2).
LJ Martin rushed for a touchdown for BYU, which had just 200 yards of total offense. BYU is expected to miss the postseason field.
All 12 Texas Tech wins have come by 20 or more points.
The Cougars trailed by six late in the third quarter before Roberts made his huge play to ignite the Red Raiders.
Bachmeier fired a pass to his left and it was toward Roberts, who deflected the ball and then grabbed it for the pick and returned it 9 yards to the Cougars’ 11-yard line.
On the following play, Dickey dashed in for a touchdown with 3:21 remaining. Morton then hit Terrance Carter Jr. for the two-point conversion to give the Red Raiders a 21-7 advantage.
On the second play in the fourth quarter, Holmes exploded in and forced Bachmeier to fumble and Romello Height recovered at the Cougars’ 24. Texas Tech cashed in on Stone Harrington’s 44-yard field goal to take a 17-point lead with 12:49 remaining in the game.
On the next offensive play, Bachmeier was intercepted by Roberts, who returned it 11 yards to the BYU 31. The Red Raiders came up empty when Harrington was wide left on a 49-yard field-goal attempt.
Texas Tech added on when Eakin caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from Morton for a 31-7 lead with 7:03 remaining. BYU then turned the ball over again when Martin fumbled and Jayden Cofield recovered at the Cougars’ 37-yard line, setting up Harrington’s 28-yard field goal with 4:39 left.
The Cougars struck in the first quarter when Martin took a direct snap and scored on a 10-yard run with 4:58 left.
Harrington got the Red Raiders on the board with a 23-yard field goal to open the second quarter. Morton tossed a 33-yard scoring pass to Eakin to give Texas Tech a 10-7 lead with 10:42 left in the first half. Harrington tacked on a 40-yard field goal with 21 seconds remaining for a 13-7 halftime advantage.
DUKE PROVES SPOILER, EDGING NO. 17 VIRGINIA IN OT FOR ACC TITLE
Darian Mensah threw for 196 yards and two touchdowns to Jeremiah Hasley to lead Duke to a 27-20 overtime win over No. 17 Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game Saturday night in Charlotte, N.C.
After Mensah found Hasley for a touchdown on fourth-and-goal from the 1 in overtime, Luke Mergott intercepted Chandler Morris on the first play of Virginia’s overtime drive to secure the victory.
The win clinched the Blue Devils’ (8-5) first outright ACC championship since 1962 and avenged their 34-17 home loss to Virginia 21 days ago.
It also may have cost the ACC a spot in this year’s College Football Playoff, denying what would have been a certain bid for the Cavaliers (10-3).
Duke head coach Manny Diaz, though, vehemently disagrees with the possibility that the ACC could be shut out of the playoff.
“The ACC champion should go to the College Football Playoff this year and every year,” Diaz said postgame. “We’ll be very excited to find out how they rule on that (Sunday).”
Trailing 20-10 with 5:02 left after a Duke field goal, Virginia strung together a quick 50-yard drive to set up Will Bettridge’s 42-yard field goal with 3:54 left and then got a defensive stop.
Morris capped off a 10-play, 96-yard drive with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Eli Wood with 22 seconds left to send the game to overtime.
“I obviously don’t like the outcome, but at the end of the day, our guys fought,” Virginia coach Tony Elliott said. “They fought all the way to the end, they believed they were going to win the game. We came up a few plays short.”
Mensah completed 19 of 25 passes (75%), throwing his 29th and 30th touchdowns and fifth interception of the season. Cooper Barkate caught five passes for a game-high 91 yards. Hasley caught two passes, both of which were touchdowns.
“Shoutout to my o-line, shoutout to my defense,” Mensah, who was named ACC championship game MVP, said. “Those guys played their asses off.”
Morris was 21-of-40 passing for 216 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. J’Mari Taylor had 99 yards from scrimmage (65 rushing, 34 receiving) and a TD.
The Blue Devils made a statement to begin the game, receiving the opening kickoff and going on a 15-play, 75-yard drive that took nearly 10 minutes off the clock before Mensah found Hasley for a 12-yard touchdown pass.
After a missed field goal on Virginia’s opening possession, Corey Costner’s interception set up Virginia’s game-tying touchdown when Morris threw a screen pass to Taylor, who scored from 11 yards out.
Duke responded right back with another extended drive, this one 13 plays and 8:02 of game time, before retaking the lead on Nate Sheppard’s 16-yard TD run.
Virginia finished the first half with 115 yards, 9:31 time of possession and seven points.
The Cavaliers did put together a promising drive after receiving the ball to start the second half, but the 17-play drive stalled inside the 10, resulting in a 24-yard Bettridge field goal that cut the deficit to 14-10.
Duke again responded with a score, this time Todd Pelino’s 29-yard field goal that restored its lead to seven points late in the third quarter.
The Blue Devils added to their lead when Caleb Weaver’s interception set up another Pelino field goal that made it 20-10.
WESTERN MICHIGAN, JALEN BUCKLEY DEFEAT MIAMI (OHIO) TO SECURE MAC TITLE
Jalen Buckley rushed for 193 yards on 19 carries, including two long-scoring runs, and Western Michigan claimed its first Mid-American Conference championship since 2016 with a 23-13 victory over Miami (Ohio) in Detroit on Saturday afternoon.
Broc Lowry completed eight of 13 passes for 111 yards and rushed for 65 yards on 23 carries for the Broncos (9-4), who also won the regular season title outright. Western Michigan’s defense recorded four sacks.
Jordan Brunson rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown for the RedHawks (7-6), who were making their third consecutive appearance in the title game.
The Broncos led 16-6 at halftime.
Buckley’s 67-yard touchdown run opened the scoring. Miami scored on a 1-yard run by Brunson. Palmer Domschke accounted for the rest of the scoring in the half with three field goals, including a season-best 50-yarder.
Buckley broke loose on a 64-yard touchdown run during the first two minutes of the second half.
Henry Hesson’s 6-yard scoring pass to Cole Weaver with 6:43 left cut the Broncos’ lead to 10 but couldn’t get any closer.
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TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 10 IOWA STATE THROTTLES NO. 1 PURDUE IN 2ND HALF
Milan Momcilovic scored 13 of his 20 points after halftime as No. 10 Iowa State poured it on in the second half, running away with an 81-58 win over No. 1 Purdue on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind.
Momcilovic recorded his third straight 20-point game and fifth of the season on 8-of-17 shooting. Blake Buchanan added 12 points and nine rebounds, Killyan Toure scored 13 points and Joshua Jefferson paired 11 points with four assists.
The Cyclones (9-0) outscored Purdue 46-27 in the second half, shooting 54.1% for the game and 47.8% from 3-point range (11-of-23). Momcilovic, Toure and Jefferson each made three 3-pointers. It was Iowa State’s fifth all-time win over the AP No. 1 team, three of which have come in the last four seasons.
The Boilermakers (8-1) were led by 11 points and eight assists by Braden Smith, who also committed six turnovers. Oscar Cluff collected 10 points and six boards, and Daniel Jacobsen scored 10. Purdue made just 4 of 18 3-pointers (22.2%) in the loss which snapped its 36-game nonconference home winning streak which dated back to 2019.
No. 2 Arizona 97, Auburn 68
Koa Peat scored 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting and the Wildcats remained unbeaten with an impressive victory over the Tigers in Tucson, Ariz.
Jaden Bradley and Brayden Burries scored 16 points apiece for the Wildcats (8-0), who shot a torrid 61.2% from the field. Ivan Kharchenkov recorded 12 points and eight assists and Anthony Dell’Orso added 11 points for Arizona, which jumped ahead thanks to runs of 12-0 and 15-0 in the first half and put the game away with an 18-2 run to begin the second half.
Tahaad Pettiford scored a career-high 30 points for Auburn (7-3), which lost for the second time in four games. Keyshawn Hall added 13 points for the Tigers, who shot 33.3% from the floor.
No. 3 Michigan 101, Rutgers 60
Morez Johnson Jr. scored 22 points to lead the Wolverines to a win over the Scarlet Knights in a Big Ten contest in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Johnson went 9 of 11 from the field for Michigan (8-0, 1-0), which scored at least 100 points for the third straight game, the first time it has done that since the 1989-90 season. Yaxel Lendeborg had 14 points and eight rebounds, Trey McKenney scored 13 points, and Elliot Cadeau had 11 points and nine assists.
Harun Zrno scored 13 points and Dylan Grant added 11 for Rutgers (5-5, 0-2), which committed 16 turnovers, shot 35.8% from the field (24 of 67), and hit 26.1% (6 of 23) from 3-point range.
No. 4 Duke 66, No. 7 Michigan State 60
Cameron Boozer scored 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds before fouling out and the Blue Devils relied on late-game defense to pull out a victory against the Spartans at East Lansing, Mich.
Caleb Foster added 12 points and Nikolas Khamenia had 10 points and nine rebounds for Duke (10-0), which shot 38.2% from the field with more than half of its attempts from 3-point range (9-for-29).
Carson Cooper’s 16 points and 16 rebounds led Michigan State (8-1). Jaxon Kohler made four 3-pointers and provided 14 points, while Coen Carr had 10 points. It was the first setback in six home games for the Spartans.
No. 6 Louisville 87, No. 22 Indiana 78
Ryan Conwell returned to his hometown of Indianapolis and scored 21 points to lead the Cardinals to a victory over the Hoosiers in the CareSource Invitational in Indianapolis.
Louisville jumped to a big lead and never looked back. Coming off their first loss, the Cardinals (8-1) made sure that would not happen a second straight time as they scored the game’s first 16 points. Conwell was one of five Cardinals to score in double figures. J’Vonne Hadley had 15 points and Isaac McKneely also finished with 15.
Indiana (7-2) missed its first eight shots from the field. Tucker DeVries led the Hoosiers with 26 points. He was just 5 of 14 from the field but made 12 of 13 from the line. Nick Dorn had 15 points and Lamar Wilkerson finished with 12.
No. 8 Houston 82, Florida State 67
Emanuel Sharp continued his hot start with 27 points to lead the host Cougars to a victory over the Seminoles as part of the Houston Hoops Showdown.
Sharp was 6-of-10 from 3-point range to lead the Cougars (8-1) to their second straight win, both coming against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents. Houston’s defense set the tone early, helping the Cougars jump out to a 15-3 lead. They never trailed in the game.
Robert McCray V led Florida State (5-4), which lost its third game in a row, with 16 points, five assists and four rebounds.
No. 14 Illinois 75, No. 13 Tennessee 62
Tomislav Ivisic and Keaton Wagler scored 16 points apiece to lead the Illini to a victory over the Volunteers in a Music City Madness matchup in Nashville.
Kylan Boswell added 15 and David Mirkovic scored 10. Wagler also provided a team-high eight rebounds and five assists for Illinois (7-2), which used a 15-3 run to take an 11-point lead with less than seven minutes to go after neither team held a three-score lead through the opening 30 minutes.
Ja’Kobi Gillespie paced Tennessee (7-3) with 15 points, five rebounds and five assists. The Volunteers shot a season-low 36.9% from the floor and turned 23 offensive rebounds into 22 second-chance points.
No. 23 St. John’s 63, Ole Miss 58
Zuby Ejiofor scored 15 points and added nine rebounds for the Red Storm, who outlasted the Rebels in a defensive battle in New York.
Bryce Hopkins had eight points while Dylan Darling, Joson Sanon, Oziyah Sellers, Dillon Mitchell and Ian Jackson all had seven points apiece for St. John’s (5-3), which has alternated wins with losses over its last five games.
Malik Dia (18 points, 10 rebounds) posted a double-double while Ilias Kamardine finished with 16 points for Ole Miss (5-4), which has lost four straight. Corey Chest added 10 rebounds.
Washington 84, No. 24 Southern California 76
Hannes Steinbach posted a 24-point, 16-rebound double-double and Desmond Claude scored 22 points against his former team as the Huskies rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to stun the Trojans in Los Angeles.
Washington (6-3, 1-1 Big Ten Conference) scored the first 13 points of the second half, including 3-pointers by Steinbach, Zoom Diallo and former USC player Wesley Yates III. Yates finished with 16 points in his return to Los Angeles.
An early 13-0 run gave the Trojans (8-1, 1-1) a double-digit lead they maintained most of the way to intermission. Chad Baker-Mazara scored 14 of his team-high 21 points before the break and Jerry Easter II recorded 10 of his 13 points in the first half.
No. 25 Arkansas 82, Fresno State 58
Darius Acuff Jr. had 18 points, eight assists and five rebounds, Meleek Thomas and D.J. Wagner had 12 apiece points and the Razorbacks rolled over the Bulldogs in North Little Rock, Ark.
Karter Knox had 11 for the balanced Razorbacks (7-2), whose only two losses are to ranked opponents Duke and Michigan State. Acuff, Thomas and Knox had three 3-pointers apiece as the Razorbacks made 11 of 30 from distance. D.J. Wagner made two threes.
Wilson Jacques had 12 points and a game-high 14 rebounds and reserve Jac Mani had 12 points for the Bulldogs (6-4), who have lost two straight after a four-game winning streak. Jake Heidbreder, who was averaging 20.0 points a game, had eight points and was 1-of-10 from the field, 0-of-5 from distance.
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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL NEWS
WOMEN’S TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 8 TCU ROUTS UTEP
Maddie Scherr scored 21 points and Olivia Miles contributed 11 assists and 10 rebounds as No. 8 TCU easily handed UTEP its first loss of the season, 95-40 in a nonconference game Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Horned Frogs (10-0) outscored the Miners (7-1) in every quarter, including 26-9 in the final one.
TCU hit 46.7 percent of its shots (14 of 30) from 3-point range and held UTEP to 5.9 percent shooting (1 of 17) from deep.
Ndack Mbengue had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Miners, and Sirviva Legions scored 10 points.
No. 24 Oklahoma State 133, Mississippi Valley State 46
Led by Stailee Heard with 26 points, seven Cowgirls players scored in double figures in the nonconference rout of the Devilettes in Stillwater, Okla.
Oklahoma State shot 67.2 percent (45 of 67) from the field in extending its winning streak to five games and eclipsing the 100-point mark for the fifth time this season.
Mississippi Valley State (1-7) got a team-high 14 points from Kylah McCullers.
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NBA NEWS
NBA ROUNDUP: TIMBERWOLVES SURGE PAST JAMES HARDEN, CLIPPERS
Jaden McDaniels scored 27 points on 10-for-13 shooting and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied for a 109-106 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday in Minneapolis.
Julius Randle finished with 24 points for the Timberwolves, who won their fifth game in a row. Naz Reid finished with 19 points off the bench, and Anthony Edwards scored 15 points despite making only three of 11 shots from the field.
James Harden scored 34 points on 10-for-18 shooting to lead the Clippers. Kawhi Leonard finished with 20 points, and Ivica Zubac posted a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds.
Harden surpassed Carmelo Anthony to move into sole possession of 10th place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. He finished the game with 28,303 career points, which bumped Anthony (28,289 points) out of the league’s all-time top 10.
Nets 119, Pelicans 101
Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high-tying 35 points and Brooklyn led virtually the entire way in a victory over NBA-worst New Orleans in New York.
The Nets won for the third time in four games thanks to Porter’s third straight 30-point game and eighth overall. Brooklyn also improved to 5-6 in its past 11 since dropping 11 of its first 12. Porter made 14 of 23 shots, including 5 of 10 3-pointers. He also added nine rebounds as the Nets led by as many as 28.
Trey Murphy III scored 23 but the Pelicans lost their sixth straight. New Orleans dropped to 3-21 overall and 1-11 under interim coach James Borrego.
Hawks 131, Wizards 116
Jalen Johnson recorded his second consecutive triple-double with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists as Atlanta snapped a three-game losing streak by beating host Washington.
Onyeka Okongwu scored 21 points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 17 and Luke Kennard had 15 for the Hawks, who led by as many as 20 in the second quarter before Washington rallied in the second half. Vit Krejci scored 14 points, Dyson Daniels had 12 and Asa Newell 11.
CJ McCollum led the Wizards with 28 points, including seven 3-pointers. Tristan Vukcevic scored a season-high 18, Justin Champagnie added 16, Will Riley and Kyshawn George had 15 apiece and Bub Carrington scored 14.
Warriors 99, Cavaliers 94
Pat Spencer scored 12 of his career-high 19 points in the fourth quarter of his initial NBA start and Gui Santos added 14 points off the bench, lifting injury-plagued Golden State past host Cleveland.
The Cavaliers trailed 97-94 with 4.1 seconds remaining when Donovan Mitchell got a clean look at a 3-pointer from the right wing, but it bounced off the rim. Two-way point guard Spencer grabbed the rebound and converted both free throws to ice the win.
Buddy Hield had 13 points and Quinten Post collected 12 points and nine rebounds for the Warriors. Mitchell poured in 16 of his game-high 29 points in the fourth, including four 3-pointers. Evan Mobley had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Darius Garland scored 17 points as Cleveland shot a season-low 34.6% from the field and 23.8% on 3-pointers.
Pistons 124, Bucks 112
Cade Cunningham led seven Detroit players in double figures with 23 points and added 12 assists as they rolled past visiting Milwaukee.
Isaiah Stewart had 19 points and Jalen Duren powered for 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Pistons. Ausar Thompson supplied 13 points, eight assists and six rebounds. Javonte Green also contributed 13 points, while Caris LeVert tossed in 11 and Jaden Ivey added 10.
Kevin Porter Jr. topped the Bucks with 32 points, six assists and four steals. Kyle Kuzma contributed 15 points, Myles Turner had 12 points and Gary Trent Jr. added 11. Ryan Rollins chipped in 10 points with six rebounds and six assists.
Kings 127, Heat 111
Zach LaVine scored 29 of his season-high 42 points in the first half, helping lead visiting Sacramento to a victory over Miami.
LaVine made eight of his 13 3-point attempts for the Kings, who snapped a four-game skid, improving to 3-10 on the road. Keegan Murray added 16 points, while Nique Clifford scored 15 and DeMar DeRozan tallied 13 for Sacramento, which led by as many as 28.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. led the Heat with 27 points, followed by Simone Fontecchio’s 20 and Norman Powell’s 18. Andrew Wiggins scored 13 points and Nikola Jovic added 12 for Miami, which dropped its third straight.
Mavericks 122, Rockets 109
Anthony Davis scored 29 points on 14-of-19 shooting and collected eight rebounds to help host Dallas post a solid win over Houston.
Brandon Williams matched his season high of 20 points and Cooper Flagg added 19 points as the Mavericks won for the fourth time in five games. Naji Marshall scored 15 points, P.J. Washington added 14 points, seven rebounds and matched his career high of five steals, and Ryan Nembhard had 11 points and seven assists.
Kevin Durant scored 27 points despite sitting out the fourth quarter and Jabari Smith Jr. added 22 points for the Rockets. Aaron Holiday had 19 points and fellow reserve Reed Sheppard had 12 as Houston sustained its worst losing margin of the season.
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NHL NEWS
NHL ROUNDUP: NATHAN MACKINNON STARS AS AVS TOP RANGERS IN OT
Nathan MacKinnon, who leads the NHL with 24 goals this season, scored his second goal of the game on a backhander with 2:14 left in overtime as the visiting Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Saturday afternoon after losing a late lead.
MacKinnon started the game-winner — which became his eighth multi-goal game of the season and second against the Rangers — by getting the puck from Cale Makar, slipping past two defenders and getting in front of goalie Igor Shesterkin. MacKinnon completed his 24th goal by lifting a backhander over Shesterkin that went into the upper corner of the net.
Colorado avoided consecutive regulation losses for the first time this season and improved to 15-1-3 in its past 19 games thanks to MacKinnon’s dynamic game-winner. MacKinnon won it after the Avalanche committed a costly turnover near the blue line that allowed Artemi Panarin to blast a shot from above the right circle by goalie Mackenzie Blackwood with 42 seconds left in regulation.
Panarin’s tying goal occurred after MacKinnon batted in a rebound from the right edge of the crease with 4:34 left in the third period. Parker Kelly scored iand Martin Necas collected three assists for the Avalanche, who bounced back from a 6-3 loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday. Conor Sheary scored New York’s first goal, tying the game at 1-all early in the third.
Panthers 7, Blue Jackets 6 (OT)
Sam Bennett scored with 3.2 seconds left in overtime as Florida rallied to defeat visiting Columbus.
Bennett had a game-high-tying three assists and tied his career high with four points and Brad Marchand had a big game with the same line, a goal and three assists. The Panthers also got two goals from Carter Verhaeghe. The Panthers trailed 4-1, 5-4 and 6-4, and never led until the final second. Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves as Florida snapped a five-game home losing streak, as well as an overall four-game skid.
Columbus got one goal each from Damon Severson, Dmitri Voronkov, Miles Wood, Kirill Marchenko, Cole Sillinger and Isac Lundestrom. Ivan Provorov added a team-high two assists. Elvis Merzlikins made 33 saves.
Bruins 4, Devils 1
Morgan Geekie’s 22nd goal of the season and 10th in a nine-game span in the second period proved to be the game-winner in Boston’s victory over visiting New Jersey.
Fraser Minten, Casey Mittelstadt and Andrew Peeke also scored while Jeremy Swayman made 29 saves for Boston, which has won back-to-back games for the first time in nearly a month.
Timo Meier scored the lone goal and Jake Allen made 17 saves for the Devils, who had been shut out in their previous two games. It was their fifth consecutive loss.
Hurricanes 6, Predators 3
Jackson Blake notched two goals and an assist to help Carolina blast Nashville at Raleigh, N.C.
Nikolaj Ehlers provided a goal and two assists and Taylor Hall, William Carrier and Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes, who registered more than one power-play goal for the first time this season. Carolina rookie goalie Brandon Bussi made 19 saves but gave up three third-period goals that prevented his second shutout in less than a week.
Michael Bunting scored on a Nashville power play with 13:34 remaining before teammates Matthew Wood and Filip Forsberg added goals. Juuse Saros stopped 32 shots for the Predators, who were denied their first three-game winning streak of the season. Nashville had won four of its previous five games.
Blues 2, Senators 1
Jake Neighbours scored twice and Joel Hofer made 41 saves as St. Louis held off host Ottawa.
The Senators had four power-play opportunities during the first period and outshot the Blues 15-2 overall in the first 20 minutes, but Hofer stood tall to keep the game scoreless. The Blues killed off six penalties overall in the win, which snapped a two-game losing streak. St. Louis winger Jordan Kyrou suffered a left leg injury in the first period and did not return.
Fabian Zetterlund scored for the Senators, who lost for the fourth time overall — and for the second time to the Blues — in their last five games. Linus Ullmark made 18 saves in defeat.
Islanders 2, Lightning 0
Cal Ritchie banked in a third-period power-play goal, Ilya Sorokin stopped 32 shots in a record-tying performance and New York beat host Tampa Bay for the second time in five days.
After Lightning forward Brandon Hagel committed a double-minor high-sticking penalty in the third, Ritchie grabbed a hard rebound off the end board and banked it in off goaltender Jonas Johansson for his third goal of the season. Casey Cizikas scored into an empty net in the final seconds for the Islanders’ third straight victory and a 9-4-1 road mark. Sorokin’s third shutout was the 25th of his career, matching Glenn “Chico” Resch for the most in franchise history.
Tampa Bay lost its third straight contest after winning seven in a row, and was shut out for the first time this season. The club was without top point producer Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point and No. 1 goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy due to undisclosed injuries. However, Tampa Bay welcomed back captain Victor Hedman after a 12-game absence.
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1 (SO)
Alexandre Texier scored the decisive goal of a shootout and Montreal defeated host Toronto.
Cole Caufield scored for the Canadiens in regulation and also in the shootout and Jakub Dobes made 22 saves. Montreal has won two in a row and five of seven games.
Scott Laughton scored for the Maple Leafs, who had a three-game winning streak end in their return from a 4-2-0 road trip. With Joseph Woll on injured reserve because of a lower-body injury, Dennis Hildeby started in goal for Toronto and stopped 33 shots. The Maple Leafs’ streak of scoring on their first shot on goal also ended Saturday at four consecutive games.
Kings 6, Blackhawks 0
Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves as Los Angeles shut out visiting Chicago.
It’s the second shutout of the season for Kuemper and the 38th of his NHL career, which is eighth on the NHL active list. Brandt Clarke scored two goals for the Kings, Mikey Anderson and Alex Turcotte each had a goal and an assist, Warren Foegele and Andrei Kuzmenko also scored and Drew Doughty added three assists for Los Angeles, which avoided losing three in a row.
Spencer Knight made 26 saves for the Blackhawks, who beat the Kings 2-1 on Thursday night in Los Angeles.
Flames 2, Mammoth 0
Yegor Sharangovich scored in the opening minute and goaltender Dustin Wolf posted his second shutout of the season as host Calgary claimed a victory over Utah.
Wolf stopped 28 shots to backstop the Flames to their second consecutive win to kick off a crucial four-game homestand and a stretch with 11 of 14 outings in Calgary. Connor Zary also tallied.
Goalie Vitek Vanecek made 21 saves for the Mammoth, who had a two-game winning streak snapped in the final outing of a six-game road trip.
Canucks 4, Wild 2
Aatu Raty scored twice and added an assist as host Vancouver doubled up Minnesota.
Rookie Tom Willander scored his first goal and added an assist and defenseman Elias N. Petterson also found the back of the net for the Canucks, who snapped a four-game winless skid (0-3-1) and won for just the second time in nine contests (2-6-1). Nikita Tolopilo made 28 saves for his second win of the season as Vancouver improved to 4-8-1 on home ice.
Matt Boldy and Mats Zuccarello each had a goal and an assist for the Wild, who have dropped back-to-back games after their 12-game point streak was snapped in a 4-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday. Jesper Wallstedt stopped 16 shots in his first regulation loss of the season (8-1-2).
Red Wings 4, Kraken 3
Patrick Kane scored the tiebreaking goal at 17:31 of the third period as Detroit handed host Seattle its fifth straight loss.
Emmett Finnie, Andrew Copp and James van Riemsdyk also scored and Simon Edvinsson had two assists for the Red Wings, who won for the second time in their past seven games (2-3-2). Goaltender John Gibson made 24 saves.
Adam Larsson had a goal and an assist for the Kraken. Brandon Montour and Chandler Stephenson also tallied, and Joey Daccord stopped 21 of 25 shots.
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NFL CAPSULE: INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (8-4) AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (8-4)
EverBank Stadium | Referee: John Hussey
All-Time Series History
Regular Season: IND leads series, 28-20 (JAX won 3 of past 4)
Postseason: —
The Last Time…
Regular Season: 1/5/25: JAX 23 at IND 26 (OT)
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COLTS NOTES:
COLTS lead NFL with 29.8 points per game. • QB DANIEL JONES passed for 201 yards & 2 TDs with 101 rating in Week 13. Has 60+ comp. pct., 225+ pass yards & TD pass in 4 of his 5 games on road in 2025. Completed 19 of 30 atts. (63.3 pct.) for 202 yards & had 2 TDs (1 pass, 1 rush) in only career start vs. Jax. (10/23/22 w/ NYG). • RB JONATHAN TAYLOR had 121 scrimmage yards (85 rush, 36 rec.) last week. Aims for his 7th in row vs. division with 110+ scrimmage yards. Had 180 scrimmage yards (177 rush, 3 rec.) & rush TD in last meeting. • WR MICHAEL PITTMAN has rec. TD in 5 of his past 6 on road. Had 6 catches for 72 yards in last meeting. • WR ALEC PIERCE had 4 catches for 78 yards & TD in Week 13. Has 75+ rec. yards & rec. TD in 2 of his past 3. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Jax. with 55+ rec. yards & rec. TD. • TE TYLER WARREN had rec. TD last week. Leads rookies in receptions (58) & ranks 3rd with 684 yards. • LB ZAIRE FRANKLIN led team with 13 tackles in Week 13. Aims for his 4th in row with 10+ tackles. Has PD in 3 of his past 4 vs. Jax. Had 8 tackles, sack & PD in last meeting. • LB GERMAINE PRATT had 9 tackles, FF & PD last week. Aims for his 5th in row with PD & 3rd in row vs. Jax. with 9+ tackles & TFL. • DT GROVER STEWART had 3 tackles & PD in Week 13. Had 7 tackles & TFL in last meeting. • DT ADETOMIWA ADEBAWORE had 4 tackles & sack last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with 0.5+ sacks. • CB MEKHI BLACKMON had 4 tackles & PD last week. Has 5+ tackles in 4 of his past 5 on road. • S CAMRYN BYNUM had 6 tackles, TFL & INT in Week 13. Had INT in only career game vs. Jax. (11/10/24 w/ Min.).
JAGS NOTES:
QB TREVOR LAWRENCE passed for 229 yards & 2 TDs with 111.5 rating in Week 13. Aims for his 3rd in row with 225+ pass yards & 2+ TD passes. Completed 28 of 34 atts. (82.4 pct.) for 371 yards & 2 TDs with 119.5 rating in his last game vs. Ind. (10/6/24). • RB TRAVIS ETIENNE had 41 scrimmage yards (28 rush, 13 rec.) last week. Has 70+ scrimmage yards & TD in 3 of his past 4. Aims for his 6th in row vs. Ind. with 60+ scrimmage yards. • RB BHAYSHUL TUTEN (rookie) had rush TD in Week 13. • WR JAKOBI MEYERS led team with 6 catches for 90 yards & rec. TD last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with 50+ rec. yards & rec. TD. Has 5+ catches in 3 of his past 4 vs. Ind. • WR BRIAN THOMAS JR. had 28 rec. yards in Week 13. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Ind. with 5+ catches & 100+ rec. yards. • TE BRENTON STRANGE had 1st rec. TD of season last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with 45+ rec. yards. Had 60 rec. yards in last meeting. • LB FOYESADE OLUOKUN had 6 tackles in Week 13. Aims for his 6th in row overall with 5+ tackles & 5th in row vs. Ind. with 10+ tackles. Needs 4 tackles for his 6th season with 100+ tackles. • LB DEVIN LLOYD led team with 8 tackles last week. Has TFL in 2 of his past 3. Had 6 tackles, 2 TFL & sack in last meeting. • LB VENTRELL MILLER had 1st FF of season in Week 13. Had 7 tackles & TFL in his last game vs. Ind. (10/6/24). • DE JOSH HINES-ALLEN had 3 tackles & 2 sacks last week. Has sack in 4 of his past 5. Aims for his 4th in row vs. Ind. with sack. • DL AUSTIN JOHNSON had 1st sack & FF of season in Week 13. Had INT in his last game vs. Ind. (11/10/24 w/ Buf.). • S ANDREW WINGARD had 3 tackles & 2 PD last week. Aims for his 5th in row with PD.
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INDIANA FOOTBALL NEWS
B-TOWN NOW B1G TITLE TOWN
INDIANAPOLIS — Why not air it out if you’re Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti and offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan with the biggest game in program history on the line when the safe play was to throw short if you throw it at all?
Why not leave it up to quarterback Fernando Mendoza — the Heisman Trophy contender who was nearly knocked out of the game on the first play — and building superstar receiver Charlie Becker, a former backup who is a backup no longer to make the game’s biggest play?
Why not dare greatly against Ohio State’s best-in-the-nation defense, against a program IU hadn’t beaten since 1988 and a defending national championship team with a 16-game winning streak with the audacity that led to the transformation from former losingest major college program to a national powerhouse?
Indiana (13-0) dared and won 13-10 over the top-ranked Buckeyes Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium. It won its first outright Big Ten title since 1945 and its first ever Big Ten title game.
“It was a great win,” Cignetti said. “It was a hard-fought game. We found a way to survive. We made the plays when we had to. When the game is on the line, Fernando was throwing dimes, Becker was making plays, (Elijah) Sarratt with a big touchdown and our defense was creating a lot of issues.”
IU challenged Ohio State (12-1) as no team had done this season, and the Buckeyes blinked. They missed a chip-shot field goal, missed on fourth-and-one at the Indiana 5-yard line when going for a go-ahead touchdown and failed to stop the Hoosiers when it mattered most.
“I told the team when the game was on the line,” Cignetti said, “we’ve been here before and won.”
It was payback for last season’s loss at Ohio State and left Buckeyes’ coach Ryan Day wondering about what might have been.
“Finishing off drives was the story of the game,” he said. “When you get in the red zone and don’t finish, that’s how you lose. We just were not good enough.”
Mendoza was plenty good enough, finishing 15-for-23 for 222 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Becker caught six passes for 126 yards.
Receiver Omar Cooper Jr. was knocked out of the game in the first quarter with a lower body injury. He limped to the locker room and never returned to action.
As for that crunching hit by Ohio State defensive end Caden Curry that left Mendoza momentarily face down on the turf: “I was never going to stay down. If I get a gut punch, a head punch, I’ll get back up. I was going to stay in the game. No hit would take me out.”
Added Cignetti: “He’s a tough guy. He takes some shots. I can’t say enough about the way he competes. He has the heart of a champion.”
A crucial moment came with less than three minutes left in the game and Indiana clinging to that 13-10 lead. It faced third-and-six on its 24-yard line with the clock ticking under three minutes. Rather than go conservative, Cignetti and Shanahan went bold. Mendoza’s 33-yard completion to Becker delivered a first down and enabled the Hoosiers to run out most of the clock.
“I wasn’t going to play not to lose,” Cignetti sad. “We were playing to win. We had to give our guys an opportunity to make a play. It was a great play.”
One the Hoosiers prepared for, Mendoza added.
“We always practice the one- and two-minute drills. It primed us for the season so we can efficiently execute under pressure. The glue is how much we care about the man beside us. It makes us unshakeable in those high anxiety moments.”
Ohio State’s best-in-the-nation defense held the nation’s second-best-in-the-nation offense to just six first-half points, IU’s fewest of the season. Three Hoosier red zone trips produced just those six points.
The good news — the Buckeyes scored just 10.
The Hoosiers were very much in the game.
Cignetti’s halftime message was clear:
“I gathered the team before we went out and it was like, ‘Okay, this was the game we expected. Do we have what it takes to win a gut-check, physical game like this? This is going to be a test of our toughness and our persistence.’
“And we proved that we did.”
Did they ever, snapping a 30-game losing streak to Ohio State and elevating the program to unprecedented heights.
“This was another step we needed to take as a program,” Cignetti said. “This was something a lot of people thought was impossible. It shows when you get the right people and have a plan and support and play for one another, anything is possible.”
Added Mendoza: “What makes this moment so special is the community of Bloomington and how long they’ve waited for this.”
The Hoosiers took an early lead that was set up by safety Louis Moore’s sixth interception of the season. That led to kicker Nico Radicic’s 29-yard field goal to put them ahead 3-0.
Ohio State took advantage of a Mendoza interception with quarterback Julian Sayin’s touchdown pass to receiver Carnell Tate for a 7-3 lead.
Running back Kaelon Black’s 37-yard run led to another field goal opportunity. Radicic couldn’t connect from 39 yards. It was his first miss of the season. Ohio State added a 30-yard field goal for a 10-3 lead. Radicic’s 32-yard field goal made it 10-6 at halftime. The Hoosiers had 163 total yards to the Buckeyes’ 128. Indiana held Ohio State to just 19 rushing yards.
After forcing an Ohio State third-quarter opening punt, IU went on the attack. Mendoza hit Becker with a 51-yard pass. Running back Roman Hemby followed with a 10-yard run before Mendoza connected with receiver Elijah Sarratt for a 17-yard touchdown and a 13-10 Hoosier lead late in the third quarter.
Ohio State drove within touchdown range before linebacker Rolijah Hardy’s pass deflection in the end zone caused Ohio State to try for a tying 27-yard field goal. The Buckeyes missed. The Hoosiers still led 13-10.
The clutch Mendoza-to-Becker completion allowed IU to chew up most of the game’s remaining time. By the time the Hoosiers punted, Ohio State had 18 seconds to drive 50-plus yards for a field goal attempt.
It had no chance.
The clock hit zero and confetti fell, music played and an Indiana celebration once unthinkable erupted.
“I have three and a half weeks to humble this team and get them ready for the playoffs,” Cignetti said.
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INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS
SATURDAY SETBACK IN INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANAPOLIS — Darian DeVries paced the Gainbridge Fieldhouse sidelines with hands on hips, seeking an early Indiana basketball solution against No. 6 Louisville that seemingly wouldn’t come.
And then it did.
A first-half surge brought hope. A second-half run delivered momentum.
DeVries coached to the opportunity. He responded to guard Lamar Wilkerson’s second-half banked-in jumper and follow-up 3-pointer with a series of left and right fist pumps. A Hoosier rally was underway. Would an upset victory follow? Could they sustain the intensity and playmaking?
They could not.
Not during Saturday afternoon’s 87-78 defeat. Not against a Louisville team in full attack mode after a Wednesday night loss at No. 25 Arkansas.
And yet, a late-game, we-ain’t-quitting run (IU won the second half 51-46) brought optimism.
“There were plenty of positives,” Darian DeVries said. “Our ability to continue to fight was good because if you don’t, if you give into it at all, you’re down 30 to 40 points. They can do that to that to you. We continued to battle and chip away.
“We just could never quite get over that hump.”
A second straight loss ripped the luster from IU’s 7-0 season start, but not the determination to get things right.
“Our approach was great,” Darian DeVries said. “We competed hard. Were we prefect? No. It’s like I told our guys, every night you give it everything you’ve got. There will be nights it’s not good enough.
“We left it out there. I liked our mindset, toughness and physicality.”
Louisville’s 16-0 start set a tone Indiana never overcame.
“They came out ready to play,” forward Tucker DeVries said. “We played hard. It wasn’t a lack of effort or physicality. We had mistakes we have to clean up. As we settled in, we played better after that first run.”
Tucker DeVries led IU with 26 points and five rebounds. Wilkerson added 12 points and four assists. Junior forward Nick Dorn came on strong late to finish with 15 points and five rebounds.
The No. 22/19 Hoosiers did have the edge in second-chance points (18-5) and offensive rebounds (10-7).
Foul trouble limited point guard Tayton Conerway to 21 minutes. He had five points, one assist and five turnovers.
“I don’t know if he ever got into the flow of the game,” Darian DeVries said. “He got those early fouls and we had to sit him. He’s the guy who has the ability to get downhill and get to the rim.”
Louisville (8-1) opened with offensive and defensive ferocity Indiana struggled to counter. The Hoosiers committed four turnovers, missed two shots and gave up a layup and a dunk in just over three minutes. The deficit quickly swelled to 16-0.
Darian DeVries burned a pair of timeouts to help settle the Hoosiers, and it worked. A Wilkerson drive and alley-oop pass to forward Sam Alexis for a dunk, followed by guard Conor Enright drawing a Louisville foul and turnover. Then came consecutive Tucker DeVries 3-pointers and two more Cardinal turnovers to cut the lead in half with 11 minutes left in the half.
A Wilkerson 3-pointer cut the lead to 19-14. The Cardinals surged ahead 27-16 with seven minutes left in the half.
Forward Trent Sisley converted an Enright steal into a layup, before a Louisville 3-pointer capped its 41-27 halftime lead. The Cardinals led for all but 27 seconds of the first 20 minutes. Tucker DeVries paced IU with nine points.
The Hoosiers second-half goal was simple – win the first five minutes half to give themselves a chance.
Conerway drove into a defense that refused to yield. The Cardinals converted a three-point play. Tucker DeVries countered with a pair of free throws, and then another. Then came a Conerway basket, and then his steal and score, then a Wilkerson pass to Bailey for a basket and then a Tucker DeVries 3-pointer. The lead was down to 49-39 five minutes into the half. Wilkerson banked in a jumper and then hit a 3-pointer. The lead was down to eight.
A Dorn-led surge got IU within seven points with 33 seconds left, but no closer.
“(Dorn) is a good shooter,” Darian DeVries said. “He’s working his way back. He hasn’t practiced that long, maybe the last two to three weeks. His game legs are starting to come. He did a good job of staying with it and give us a fighter’s chance.”
The next chance comes Tuesday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall against Penn State (8-1, with its only loss at Providence).
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PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS
#1 PURDUE SUFFERS FIRST LOSS OF SEASON TO #10 IOWA STATE
#10 Iowa State 81, #1 Purdue 58 (Postgame Notes)
Purdue suffered its first loss of the season, falling to 8-1 overall with an 81-58 loss to Iowa State at Mackey Arena on Saturday.
The 58 points were the fewest for the Boilermakers in Mackey Arena since scoring 58 against Maryland (58-55 win) on Jan. 22, 2023.
Iowa State shot 59.4 percent from the field in the second half, and made 7-of-12 (.583) from long range.
Purdue fell to a nation’s-best 48-4 in non-conference play since the start of the 2021-22 season (losses to #15 Marquette, #17 Texas A&M, #2 Auburn, #10 Iowa State). Iowa State owns the second-best record at 52-6.
Braden Smith recorded a statsheet-stuffer game (at least 5 in 3 categories with 11 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 steals. Smith moved into a tie for 36th on the NCAA career assists list (837).
Oscar Cluff and Daniel Jacobsen combined to go 9-of-12 from the field for 20 points and nine rebounds. The rest of the Boilermakers went just 15-of-47 (.319) from the field.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — No. 10 Iowa State shot 59.4 percent in the second half and forced 10 turnovers after halftime to hand No. 1 Purdue its first loss of the season on Saturday afternoon at Mackey Arena.
The Cyclones improved to 9-0 with the 81-58 victory over the Boilermakers, which fell to 8-1 on the season.
Purdue trailed only 35-31 at halftime, but the Cyclones used a 13-2 run to start the second half and Purdue got no closer than 10 points the rest of the way in losing its first non-conference, regular-season home game since Nov. 9, 2019.
The Boilermakers had 10 turnovers in the second half, and only outrebounded the Cyclones 33-32 for the contest. Purdue also shot just 4-of-18 (.222) from 3-point range, 40.7 percent from the field and went just 6-of-14 from the free throw line.
Braden Smith led Purdue with 11 points, eight assists, five rebounds and four steals, while going 5-of-9 from the field. Oscar Cluff added 10 points and six rebounds (5-of-6 FGs), while Daniel Jacobsen added 10 points, three rebounds and one block (4-of-6 FGs).
The Boilermakers will host Minnesota on Wednesday in their Big Ten home opener.
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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Dec. 7
1973 — Jerry West of Los Angeles sets an NBA record with 10 steals in the Lakers’ 115-111 loss to the Seattle Supersonics.
1985 — Auburn tailback Bo Jackson beats Iowa quarterback Chuck Long by 45 points in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy, the closest vote in the 51-year history of the trophy.
1991 — AJ Kitt becomes the first American in seven years to win a men’s World Cup race, taking the first downhill of the season In Val D’Isere, France.
2002 — St. John’s (Minn.) coach John Gagliardi wins his 400th game with a 21-14 victory over Linfield in the Division III quarterfinals. Gagliardi is the second coach to reach the 400 mark, eight victories behind Eddie Robinson.
2003 — The computer rankings have Oklahoma as the country’s top team while the human poll voters pick USC. Despite getting walloped by Kansas State 35-7, No. 3 Oklahoma takes its 12-1 record to the Sugar Bowl against No. 2 LSU, which won the Southeastern Conference championship by beating Georgia 34-13.
2006 — Willie Parker breaks Pittsburgh’s single-game rushing record with 223 yards as the Steelers rough up the Cleveland Browns 27-7. Parker, the first player in Steelers history to have two 200-yard games in a season, betters John “Frenchy” Fuqua’s record of 218 yards against Philadelphia in 1970.
2008 — The Arizona Cardinals clinch their first division title in 33 years by beating the woeful St. Louis Rams 34-10. The Cardinals, long the league’s doormat franchise with just one winning season in the past 24 years, earn their first playoff berth since 1998 and first divisional title since they won the NFC East in 1975.
2013 — Aurelien Collin scores the equalizer in the second half of the MLS Cup, then drives home the deciding penalty kick to give Sporting Kansas City a dramatic victory over Real Salt Lake and its first league title since 2000. With the score 1-1 through regulation and 30 minutes of overtime, the teams engage in the longest penalty-kick shootout in championship history — one that both sides had chances to win before Collin’s shot and Jimmy Nielsen’s save left Sporting KC with the 7-6 victory.
2014 — The first College Football Playoff expands the national championship race and produces a final four with major star power. Nick Saban’s No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Urban Meyer’s No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes at the Sugar Bowl. Marcus Mariota and second-seeded Oregon vs. Jameis Winston, last season’s Heisman Trophy winner, and defending national champion Florida State at the Rose Bowl.
2014 — Robbie Keane scores on a breakaway in the 111th minute, and Landon Donovan wins his record sixth MLS title in the LA Galaxy’s 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution in the MLS Cup.
2016 — Napheesa Collier scores 20 points, Gabby Williams has 19 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and No. 1 Connecticut beats No. 2 Notre Dame 72-61 for its 83rd straight victory. UConn’s last loss was 88-86 in overtime to Stanford on Nov. 17, 2014.
2017 — Larry Nassar, a former elite sports doctor whose sexual assault cases that rocked Michigan State University and the group that trains U.S. Olympic gymnasts, is sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for possessing thousands of images of child pornography. Nassar, 54, will also be sentenced for 10 state counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in January. In November, he pled guilty to using his hands to molest girls at his campus office, his home and at a gymnastics club near Lansing, Michigan.
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TV SPORTS TODAY
Sunday, Dec. 7
AUTO RACING
7:55 a.m.
ESPN — Formula 1: The Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
ESPNU — Formula 1: The Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (F1 Kids)
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
1 p.m.
ESPN2 — Missouri vs. Kansas, Kansas City, Mo.
2 p.m.
SECN — UTSA at Alabama
3 p.m.
ESPN2 — Texas Tech vs. LSU, Fort Worth, Texas
4 p.m.
ACCN — Hofstra at Pittsburgh
SECN — San Francisco at Mississippi St.
5 p.m.
ESPN — Georgetown at North Carolina
ESPN2 — SMU at Texas A&M
FS1 — Creighton at Nebraska
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ACCN — Boston U. at North Carolina
BTN — Purdue at Michigan
SECN — NC Central at South Carolina
1 p.m.
FS1 — DePaul at UConn
2 p.m.
ACCN — Duke at Virginia Tech
BTN — Ohio St. at Northwestern
3 p.m.
FS1 — Oregon at UCLA
4 p.m.
BTN — Maryland at Minnesota
6 p.m.
BTN — Michigan St. at Wisconsin
8 p.m.
BTN — Washington at Southern Cal
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Noon
ESPN — College Football Playoff Selection Show
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
7:30 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Division III Tournament: TBD, Championship, Bloomington, Ill.
COLLEGE WATER POLO (MEN’S)
6 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Championship, Stanford, Calif.
FIGURE SKATING
4:30 p.m.
NBC — 2025 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: The 2025-26 Grand Prix Final, Nagoya, Japan
GOLF
4 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player, Final Round, Gary Player CC, Sun City, South Africa
11:30 a.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Hero Challenge, Final Round, Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas
1:30 p.m.
NBC — PGA Tour: The Hero Challenge, Final Round, Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas
NFL FOOTBALL
1 p.m.
CBS — Regional Coverage: Miami at N.Y. Jets, New Orleans at Tampa Bay, Indianapolis at Jacksonville, Pittsburgh at Baltimore
FOX — Regional Coverage: Seattle at Atlanta, Cincinnati at Buffalo, Tennessee at Cleveland, Washington at Minnesota
4:05 p.m.
CBS — Denver at Las Vegas
4:25 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Chicago at Green Bay OR L.A. Rams at Arizona
8:20 p.m.
NBC — Houston at Kansas City
PEACOCK — Houston at Kansas City
NHL HOCKEY
1 p.m.
NHLN — Colorado at Philadelphia
7 p.m.
NHLN — Vegas at N.Y. Rangers
SKIING
12:30 p.m.
NBC — FIS: Alpine Ski World Cup, Beaver Creek, Colo.
SOCCER (MEN’S)
9 a.m.
USA — Premier League: West Ham United at Brighton & Hove Albion
11:30 a.m.USA — Premier League: Crystal Palace at Fulham
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