“THE SCOREBOARD” =========== INDIANA BOYS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD ARGOS 41 LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 40 BENTON HOMESCHOOL 75 SMITH ACADEMY 35 BOONVILLE 43 GIBSON SOUTHERN 41 CLOVERDALE 64 CLAY CITY 53 DANVILLE 64 TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 62 DELTA 55 BLACKFORD 45 ELKHART CHRISTIAN 61 CAREER ACADEMY 48 EVANSVILLE HARRISON 61 VINCENNES LINCOLN 57 FORT WAYNE WAYNE 66 FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY 54 FRANKLIN COUNTY 62 TALAWANDA (OHIO) 48 GARY WEST 77 HAMMOND MORTON 39 HAUSER 69 SOUTH DECATUR 40 INDIANAPOLIS RIVERSIDE 53 PERRY MERIDIAN 52 OT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 53 WARREN CENTRAL 52 LAFAYETTE JEFF 55 HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) 50 LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 69 UNIVERSITY 65 MICHIGAN CITY 80 EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 60 PURDUE BROAD RIPPLE 53 LIVING WATER HOMESCHOOL 48 SOUTH BEND RILEY 92 MISHAWAKA MARIAN 58 SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 90 CULVER ACADEMY 51 SOUTH SPENCER 55 PIKE CENTRAL 46 SOUTHWOOD 63 LEWIS CASS 47 =========== INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD TUESDAY MOORESVILLE CHRISTIAN 47 CROSSPOINTE CHRISTIAN 34 MUNSTER CROWN POINT 53 HAMMOND MORTON 49 VALPARAISO VALPARAISO 63 CHESTERTON 31 PENN SOUTH BEND ADAMS 49 MISHAWAKA 44 GOSHEN ELKHART 62 GOSHEN 15 FORT WAYNE SOUTH HOMESTEAD 64 FORT WAYNE SOUTH 25 CARMEL ZIONSVILLE 50 FISHERS 37 HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 60 WESTFIELD 46 PENDLETON HEIGHTS PENDLETON HEIGHTS 60 MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) 39 GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 50 MUNCIE CENTRAL 13 NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) LAWRENCE NORTH 60 WARREN CENTRAL 58 PLAINFIELD PLAINFIELD 55 BEN DAVIS 51 CENTER GROVE DECATUR CENTRAL 69 MOORESVILLE 35 CENTER GROVE 66 PERRY MERIDIAN 28 TERRE HAUTE NORTH BLOOMINGTON NORTH 46 TERRE HAUTE NORTH 31 COLUMBUS EAST EAST CENTRAL 53 COLUMBUS EAST 16 NEW ALBANY FLOYD CENTRAL 66 JEFFERSONVILLE 56 CASTLE CASTLE 53 EVANSVILLE NORTH 36 CALUMET HIGHLAND 66 CALUMET 21 GRIFFITH 50 GARY WEST 24 KANKAKEE VALLEY LOWELL 57 ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 28 MISHAWAKA MARIAN CULVER ACADEMY 65 NEW PRAIRIE 26 SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 54 PLYMOUTH 33 TIPPECANOE VALLEY COLUMBIA CITY 58 WEST NOBLE 26 FAIRFIELD 46 WAWASEE 38 EAST NOBLE DEKALB 48 FORT WAYNE DWENGER 41 MISSISSINEWA MARION 67 NEW HAVEN 34 WESTERN WESTERN 57 TWIN LAKES 18 YORKTOWN JAY COUNTY 55 NEW CASTLE 46 CONNERSVILLE 50 HAMILTON HEIGHTS 30 LEBANON BREBEUF JESUIT 61 GUERIN CATHOLIC 52 OT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL 65 INDIANAPOLIS HERRON 3 INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 57 INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD 55 EDGEWOOD CASCADE 38 SPEEDWAY 35 NORTHVIEW 64 INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON 5 RUSHVILLE INDIAN CREEK 53 RUSHVILLE 43 CHARLESTOWN SILVER CREEK 65 SCOTTSBURG 23 MADISON 74 CORYDON CENTRAL 59 VINCENNES LINCOLN WASHINGTON 49 JASPER 31 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) 44 EVANSVILLE BOSSE 27 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 56 HERITAGE HILLS 47 WHEELER WHITING 56 LAKE STATION 27 LAVILLE WINAMAC 77 CAREER ACADEMY 25 KNOX 38 JIMTOWN 27 LAKELAND WESTVIEW 35 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 29 CENTRAL NOBLE 47 CHURUBUSCO 30 WOODLAN FORT WAYNE LUERS 55 SOUTH ADAMS 32 WHITKO 56 WOODLAN 37 BENTON CENTRAL SEEGER 58 NORTH MONTGOMERY 36 DELPHI 53 WESTERN BOONE 26 WABASH ROCHESTER 56 MANCHESTER 55 WABASH 44 EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 41 LAPEL FRANKTON 42 ELWOOD 37 OT LAPEL 64 SHERIDAN 40 WAPAHANI MUNCIE BURRIS 30 MADISON-GRANT 22 WAPAHANI 41 EASTBROOK 37 SOUTH PUTNAM NORTH PUTNAM 54 GREENCASTLE 39 PARKE HERITAGE 58 SOUTHMONT 42 PARK TUDOR PARK TUDOR 73 INDIANAPOLIS RIVERSIDE 4 COVENANT CHRISTIAN 52 INDIANAPOLIS RITTER 30 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 61 KIPP INDY LEGACY 5 HAGERSTOWN UNION COUNTY 56 NORTHEASTERN 45 SHENANDOAH 66 WINCHESTER 28 EASTERN (PEKIN) CLARKSVILLE 48 MITCHELL 18 CRAWFORD COUNTY 40 LANESVILLE 25 EASTERN GREENE WEST VIGO 46 EASTERN GREENE 27 SOUTH KNOX 43 SULLIVAN 32 TELL CITY NORTH POSEY 53 TELL CITY 26 MORGAN TWP. MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 73 KOUTS 19 WESTVILLE 50 MORGAN TWP. 44 NORTH WHITE CASTON 33 NORTH WHITE 28 PIONEER 46 NORTH NEWTON 19 OREGON-DAVIS CULVER 51 SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) 25 TRITON 39 OREGON-DAVIS 24 FREMONT FREMONT 62 LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 18 NORTH VERMILLION ATTICA 43 COVINGTON 25 BETHESDA CHRISTIAN CLINTON CENTRAL 40 ROSSVILLE 36 CARROLL (FLORA) 62 CLINTON PRAIRIE 40 SOUTHERN WELLS NORTHFIELD 55 TRI-CENTRAL 30 NORTH MIAMI 44 DALEVILLE 42 UNION CITY UNION CITY 33 CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 12 PURDUE BROAD RIPPLE PURDUE BROAD RIPPLE 40 INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE 28 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 37 INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 24 EMINENCE 54 CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 21 WALDRON EDINBURGH 43 SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) 28 KNIGHTSTOWN 44 MORRISTOWN 32 CLAY CITY WHITE RIVER VALLEY 30 BLOOMFIELD 19 LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 65 DUGGER UNION 32 NORTH DAVIESS ORLEANS 54 SHOALS 15 TECUMSEH SPRINGS VALLEY 81 CANNELTON 5 EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN 61 NORTHEAST DUBOIS 57 =========== WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE CLASS 4A PENN LAPORTE VS. SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 6:00 PM MICHIGAN CITY AT PENN 7:30 PM CLASS 3A EAST NOBLE GARRETT VS. LEO 6:00 PM ANGOLA AT EAST NOBLE 7:30 PM WESTERN NORTHWESTERN VS. PERU 6:00 PM MACONAQUAH VS. WEST LAFAYETTE 7:30 PM LEBANON TRI-WEST VS. DANVILLE 6:00 PM FRANKFORT AT LEBANON 7:30 PM RUSHVILLE INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI VS. BEECH GROVE 6:00 PM GREENWOOD VS. NEW PALESTINE 7:30 PM FRANKLIN COUNTY LAWRENCEBURG AT FRANKLIN COUNTY 6:00 PM BATESVILLE VS. SOUTH DEARBORN 7:30 PM CLASS 2A WHEELER ANDREAN VS. BOONE GROVE 5:30 PM GARY 21ST CENTURY AT WHEELER 7:00 PM HERITAGE CHRISTIAN CHRISTEL HOUSE VS. EASTERN HANCOCK 6:00 PM TRITON CENTRAL VS. IRVINGTON PREP 7:30 PM AUSTIN SOUTH RIPLEY VS. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 6:00 PM SWITZERLAND COUNTY VS. BROWN COUNTY 7:30 PM EASTERN (PEKIN) SALEM AT EASTERN (PEKIN) 6:00 PM PAOLI VS. PROVIDENCE 7:30 PM TELL CITY PIKE CENTRAL VS. SOUTH SPENCER 6:30 PM FOREST PARK VS. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 8:00 PM CLASS 1A MORGAN TWP. BOWMAN ACADEMY VS. TRI-TOWNSHIP 7:00 PM HAMMOND SCIENCE & TECH VS. WASHINGTON TWP. 8:30 PM NORTH WHITE DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN VS. SOUTH NEWTON 6:00 PM WEST CENTRAL VS. TRI-COUNTY 7:30 PM OREGON-DAVIS TRINITY ACADEMY VS. ARGOS 6:30 PM NORTH JUDSON VS. ELKHART CHRISTIAN 8:00 PM FREMONT LAKEWOOD PARK VS. FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK 6:00 PM BETHANY CHRISTIAN VS. FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY 7:30 PM NORTH VERMILLION RIVERTON PARKE AT NORTH VERMILLION 6:00 PM LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. FAITH CHRISTIAN 7:30 PM SOUTHERN WELLS SOUTHWOOD VS. WES-DEL 6:00 PM COWAN AT SOUTHERN WELLS 7:30 PM WALDRON NORTH DECATUR VS. SOUTH DECATUR 6:00 PM TRI AT WALDRON 7:30 PM JAC-CEN-DEL RISING SUN VS. MILAN 6:00 PM SHAWE MEMORIAL AT JAC-CEN-DEL 7:30 PM CLAY CITY SHAKAMAK VS. CLOVERDALE 6:00 PM NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) AT CLAY CITY 7:30 PM NORTH DAVIESS VINCENNES RIVET VS. LOOGOOTEE 6:00 PM WASHINGTON CATHOLIC AT NORTH DAVIESS 7:30 PM WEST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) VS. BORDEN 6:00 PM ========== INDIANA WRESTLING INDIANA STATE WRESTLING ASSOCIATION: https://www.iswa.com/ INDIANA MAT: https://indianamat.com/ ============ INDIANA GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING SECTIONAL FEBRUARY 5, 7 1. MUNSTER (15) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM CT | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM CT TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: CROWN POINT, EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL, GARY WEST SIDE, GRIFFITH, HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL, HAMMOND CENTRAL, HAMMOND MORTON, HIGHLAND, ILLIANA CHRISTIAN, LAKE CENTRAL, LOWELL, MUNSTER, NORTH NEWTON, RENSSELAER CENTRAL, SOUTH NEWTON 2. VALPARAISO (16) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM CT | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM CT TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: ANDREAN, BOONE GROVE, CALUMET, CHESTERTON, HOBART, KANKAKEE VALLEY, KNOX, LAPORTE, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC, MERRILLVILLE, MICHIGAN CITY, NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE, PORTAGE, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS), VALPARAISO, WHEELER 3. SOUTH BEND RILEY (9) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: BREMEN, MISHAWAKA, MISHAWAKA MARIAN, NEW PRAIRIE, PENN, SOUTH BEND ADAMS, SOUTH BEND RILEY, SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 4. WARSAW COMMUNITY (13) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: COLUMBIA CITY, CULVER ACADEMIES, CULVER COMMUNITY, LEWIS CASS, LOGANSPORT, MANCHESTER, OREGON-DAVIS, PIONEER, PLYMOUTH, ROCHESTER COMMUNITY, TIPPECANOE VALLEY, WABASH, WARSAW COMMUNITY 5. ELKHART (11) PRELIMS: THURS 6 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 12 PM ETTICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: ANGOLA, CONCORD, DEKALB, EAST NOBLE, ELKHART, FREMONT, GOSHEN, JIMTOWN, NORTHRIDGE, NORTHWOOD, WAWASEE 6. FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE (15) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: CARROLL (FORT WAYNE), FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER, FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS, FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN, FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY, FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN, FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, FORT WAYNE SNIDER, FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE WAYNE, GARRETT, HOMESTEAD, LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN, LEO 7. JAY COUNTY (11) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: ADAMS CENTRAL, BELLMONT, BLACKFORD, BLUFFTON, DELTA, HUNTINGTON NORTH, JAY COUNTY, MUNCIE BURRIS, MUNCIE CENTRAL, NORWELL, SOUTH ADAMS 8. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (11) PRELIMS: THURS 6 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: ANDERSON, ELWOOD COMMUNITY, FISHERS, FRANKTON, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, LAPEL, MARION, OAK HILL, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, YORKTOWN 9. CARMEL (10) PRELIMS: THURS 6 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: CARMEL, EASTERN (GREENTOWN), GUERIN CATHOLIC, KOKOMO, MACONAQUAH, NOBLESVILLE, NORTHWESTERN, TIPTON, WESTERN, WESTFIELD 10. CRAWFORDSVILLE (13) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: ATTICA, BENTON CENTRAL, COVINGTON, CRAWFORDSVILLE, DELPHI COMMUNITY, FOUNTAIN CENTRAL, NORTH MONTGOMERY, NORTH VERMILLION, SEEGER, SOUTH VERMILLION, SOUTHMONT, TWIN LAKES, WESTERN BOONE 11. PLAINFIELD (10) PRELIMS: THURS 6 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ETTICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: AVON, CASCADE, DANVILLE COMMUNITY, GREENCASTLE, NORTH PUTNAM, PLAINFIELD, SOUTH PUTNAM, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO, WEST VIGO 12. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON (12) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: CARROLL (FLORA), CLINTON CENTRAL, FRANKFORT, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, LEBANON, MCCUTCHEON, ROSSVILLE, UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE, ZIONSVILLE 13. DECATUR CENTRAL (15) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: BEN DAVIS, BREBEUF JESUIT PREPARATORY, BROWNSBURG, COVENANT CHRISTIAN (INDPLS.), DECATUR CENTRAL, HERRON, INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL, INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER, INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS, INDIANAPOLIS GEORGE WASHINGTON, INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE, PARK TUDOR, PIKE, SPEEDWAY, TRI-WEST HENDRICKS 14. LAWRENCE NORTH (12) PRELIMS: THURS 6 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: BEECH GROVE, FRANKLIN CENTRAL, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD, INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL, INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA MEMORIAL, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, LAWRENCE NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), PURDUE POLYTECHNIC – DOWNTOWN, RONCALLI, WARREN CENTRAL 15. NEW PALESTINE (11) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ETTICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: CENTERVILLE, CONNERSVILLE, EASTERN HANCOCK, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, HAGERSTOWN, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), NEW CASTLE, NEW PALESTINE, RICHMOND, SETON CATHOLIC, SHELBYVILLE 16. FRANKLIN COMMUNITY (9) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ETTICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: CENTER GROVE, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, GREENWOOD COMMUNITY, INDIAN CREEK, MARTINSVILLE, MOORESVILLE, PERRY MERIDIAN, SOUTHPORT, WHITELAND COMMUNITY 17. EAST CENTRAL (15) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ETTICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: BATESVILLE, BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, COLUMBUS EAST, COLUMBUS NORTH, EAST CENTRAL, EDGEWOOD, GREENSBURG, LAWRENCEBURG, MILAN, OLDENBURG ACADEMY, RISING SUN, SOUTH DEARBORN, SOUTH RIPLEY, TRINITY LUTHERAN 18. FLOYD CENTRAL (18) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: BORDEN,CHARLESTOWN, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA, FLOYD CENTRAL, HENRYVILLE, JEFFERSONVILLE, JENNINGS COUNTY, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, NEW ALBANY, NEW WASHINGTON, PROVIDENCE, SALEM, SCOTTSBURG, SEYMOUR, SHAWE MEMORIAL, SILVER CREEK, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER), SWITZERLAND COUNTY 19. JASPER (16) PRELIMS: THURS 6:30 PM ET | FINALS: SAT 10 AM, 2 PM ET TICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: BARR-REEVE,BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, CORYDON CENTRAL, FOREST PARK, HERITAGE HILLS, JASPER, LANESVILLE, NORTH HARRISON, NORTHEAST DUBOIS, PIKE CENTRAL, SOUTH KNOX, SOUTH SPENCER, SOUTHRIDGE, TECUMSEH, TELL CITY, VINCENNES LINCOLN 20. EVANSVILLE NORTH (14) PRELIMS: THURS 5:30 PM CT | FINALS: SAT 9 AM, 1 PM CTTICKETS | PRELIMS RESULTS | FINALS RESULTS | SCORES | BACKUP FILES SCHOOLS: BOONVILLE, CASTLE, EVANSVILLE BOSSE, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN, EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ, EVANSVILLE HARRISON, EVANSVILLE MATER DEI, EVANSVILLE NORTH, EVANSVILLE REITZ MEMORIAL, GIBSON SOUTHERN, MT. VERNON, NORTH POSEY, PRINCETON ========= MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES #23 MIAMI OHIO 73 BUFFALO 71 #25 TENNESSEE 84 OLE MISS 66 #4 DUKE 67 BOSTON COLLEGE 49 #3 UCONN 92 XAVIER 60 #22 ST. JOHN 68 DEPAUL 56 #18 VIRGINIA 67 PITTSBURGH 47 #19 ST. LOUIS 91 DAVIDSON 82 AKRON 66 EASTERN MICHIGAN 64 KENT STATE 75 TOLEDO 72 TEXAS 84 SOUTH CAROLINA 75 BOWLING GREEN 77 BALL STATE 52 OHIO 91 WESTERN MICHIGAN 71 UMASS 95 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 89 DAYTON 72 ST. BONAVENTURE 70 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 54 ILLINOIS STATE 50 BRADLEY 72 VALPARAISO 65 INDIANA STATE 84 EVANSVILLE 63 MURRAY STATE 81 ILLINOIS CHICAGO 74 TENNESSEE MARTIN 55 LITTLE ROCK 52 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EDWARDSVILLE 78 LINDENWOOD 72 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 84 SMU 83 BELMONT 103 DRAKE 90 GRAND CANYON 81 AIR FORCE 57 BOISE STATE 91 NEVADA 87 OT UCLA 98 RUTGERS 66 USC 81 INDIANA 75 SAN DIEGO STATE 72 WYOMING 63 FRESNO STATE 98 UNLV 96 ========== WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES NORTHERN KENTUCKY 77 OAKLAND 76 CHARLESTOWN 61 CAMPBELL 49 LINDENWOOD 82 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EDWARDSVILLE 69 LITTLE ROCK 68 TENNESSEE MARTIN 53 CANISIUS 74 NIAGARA 58 TULSA 75 WICHITA STATE 65 ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM 81 TEXAS SAN ANTONIO 69 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 68 TARLETON STATE 65 ============ USA TODAY BASEBALL COACHES PRESEASON POLL RANK SCHOOL (RECORD) POINTS LAST SEASON’S FINAL RANK FIRST-PLACE VOTES 1 LSU (53-15) 733 1 15 2 UCLA (48-18) 724 5 14 3 TEXAS (44-14) 635 12 0 4 GEORGIA TECH (41-19) 596 25 0 5 ARKANSAS (50-15) 582 3 0 6 MISSISSIPPI ST. (36-23) 574 NR 1 7 COASTAL CAROLINA (56-13) 503 2 0 8 NORTH CAROLINA (46-15) 490 8 0 9 AUBURN (41-20) 462 13 0 10 TCU (39-20) 449 NR 0 11 LOUISVILLE (42-24) 438 6 0 12 OREGON ST. (48-16-1) 429 4 0 13 GEORGIA (43-17) 400 15 0 14 FLORIDA ST. (42-16) 391 9 0 15 TENNESSEE (46-19) 384 10 0 16 FLORIDA (39-22) 269 NR 0 17 CLEMSON (45-18) 236 20 0 18 VANDERBILT (43-18) 203 14 0 19 NC STATE (35-21) 181 NR 0 20 SOUTHERN MISS. (47-16) 154 19 0 21 MIAMI (FLA.) (35-27) 140 24 0 22 VIRGINIA (32-18) 101 NR 0 23 OREGON (42-16) 100 16 0 24 ARIZONA (44-21) 98 7 0 25 WAKE FOREST (39-22) 93 NR 0 DROPPED OUT: NO. 11 MURRAY ST. (44-17); NO. 17 WEST VIRGINIA (44-16); NO. 18 MISSISSIPPI (43-21); NO. 21 DUKE (41-21); NO. 22 UTSA (47-15); NO. 23 UC IRVINE (43-17). OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: KENTUCKY (31-26) 92; MISSISSIPPI (43-21) 59; WEST VIRGINIA (44-16) 42; TEXAS A&M (30-26) 38; OKLAHOMA (38-22) 28; EAST CAROLINA (35-27) 25; DALLAS BAPTIST (41-18) 19; UC IRVINE (43-17) 13; KANSAS (43-17) 11; ARIZONA ST. (36-24) 7; MURRAY ST. (44-17) 7; ALABAMA (41-18) 6; DUKE (41-21) 6; SOUTHERN CAL (37-23) 6; UC SANTA BARBARA (36-18) 6; OKLAHOMA ST. (30-25) 5; TROY (39-21) 5; UTSA (47-15) 4; NORTHEASTERN (49-11) 2; BETHUNE-COOKMAN (37-23) 1; CAL ST.-FULLERTON (29-27) 1; UCONN (38-21) 1; NEBRASKA (33-29) 1. ========== NFL NFL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE SUPER BOWL 60 FEB. 8 NEW ENGLAND VS. SEATTLE, 6:30 PM NBC ========== NBA UTAH 131 INDIANA 122 DETROIT 124 DENVER 121 NEW YORK 132 WASHINGTON 101 ATLANTA 127 MIAMI 115 LA LAKERS 125 BROOKLYN 109 MILWAUKEE 131 CHICAGO 115 OKLAHOMA CITY 128 ORLANDO 92 BOSTON 110 DALLAS 100 PHILADELPHIA 113 GOLDEN STATE 94 PHOENIX 130 PORTLAND 125 =========== NHL CAROLINA 4 OTTAWA 3 PHILADELPHIA 4 WASHINGTON 2 COLUMBUS 3 NEW JERSEY 0 NY ISLANDERS 5 PITTSBURGH 4 OT TAMPA BAY 4 BUFFALO 3 OT TORONTO 5 EDMONTON 2 ANAHEIM 4 SEATTLE 2 =========== WOMEN’S PRO VOLLEYBALL NO GAMES SCHEDULED ============ NATIONAL SPORTS NEWS RELEASES NFL UNHERALDED PLAYERS WHO COULD MAKE A BIG IMPACT IN THE SUPER BOWL SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Much of the attention during Super Bowl week is usually on the star players like Drake Maye and Jaxon Smith-Njigba for good reason. But if history is any indication, some lesser-known players could have a big impact on the Super Bowl on Sunday between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. Milton Williams helped key a dominant defensive effort for the Philadelphia Eagles in a win last year over Kansas City, leading to his big free agent contract this offseason with New England. The previous two years Kansas City relied on lesser-known receivers to win back-to-back titles. Mecole Hardman caught the winning TD pass for Kansas City in overtime to beat San Francisco in Super Bowl 58, while Kadarius Toney had a TD catch and long punt return that proved crucial in beating the Eagles the previous year. That’s been the case over the history of the Super Bowl, whether it was unheralded MVPs like Larry Brown, Dexter Jackson or Malcolm Smith; Jack Squirek’s pick-6 for the Raiders in Super Bowl 18 against Washington; Timmy Smith’s 204 yards rushing in his first career start for Washington against Denver in Super Bowl 22; or David Tyree’s helmet catch that helped the Giants spoil New England’s bid for a perfect season in Super Bowl 42. Here are a few players who could fill that role on Sunday: New England WR Mack Hollins Hollins is on his fifth team in as many years but has been an unheralded contributor at all of his stops despite some quirky habits like going barefoot as often as possible and eating without utensils. Hollins came into the league as a valuable special teams player but also provided 46 catches for 550 yards in the regular season for his second-most productive season. Hollins had five receptions on deep passes and converted eight of his nine catches on third or fourth down into first downs. Seattle LB Drake Thomas The third-year undrafted linebacker has turned into a key player on Seattle’s stingy defense, starting 16 games in the regular season and playoffs. Thomas delivered one of the key defensive plays in the regular season when his interception in the red zone helped seal the Week 18 win over San Francisco that gave the Seahawks the division title and No. 1 seed. Thomas finished the season with 3 1/2 sacks, 10 tackles for loss and eight passes defensed as he has been a factor against both the run and pass. New England S Craig Woodson The fourth-round rookie from Cal became an immediate fixture on New England’s defense, playing more snaps in the regular season than anyone else on the unit. Woodson has been solid against both the run and pass and has stepped up his game in the playoffs. Woodson had the coverage on R.J. Harvey on the key fourth-down stop in the AFC title game that turned the tide in New England’s favor. Seattle P Michael Dickson The longest-tenured Seahawks player earned second-team All-Pro honors this season and has been stellar in the playoffs. On five punts in the NFC championship game, he pinned the Rams inside the 20 on four of them and the fifth was muffed for a recovery by Seattle at the 17. The average drive in the postseason after a Seahawks punt has started inside the 15-yard line. Dickson has had only three touchbacks all season with only one in the last 13 games. New England DT Khyiris Tonga Tonga has been a key part of New England’s stingy run defense in his first season with the Patriots as a space eater in the middle of the line. He even delivered a sack in the divisional round and will be used on occasion on offense as a blocking fullback. Seattle RB George Holani The second-year player was used only sparingly on offense in the regular season but was forced into a bigger role after Zach Charbonnet went down with a season-ending knee injury in the divisional round. Holani played a career-high 23 snaps on offense in the NFC title game against the Rams and his three catches matched his total from his first two seasons in the league. Holani could get heavy use on third down as he is a better pass blocker than starter Kenneth Walker. ============ NBA KEVIN HUERTER HEADED TO DETROIT IN 4-PLAYER, 3-TEAM DEAL, AP SOURCES SAY The Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons got deeper Tuesday by agreeing to acquire Kevin Huerter from the Chicago Bulls as the centerpiece of a four-player, three-team deal, two people with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press. The Pistons got Huerter and Dario Saric — who was just acquired over the weekend by Chicago — from the Bulls. Chicago landed Mike Conley Jr. from Minnesota and Jaden Ivey from the Pistons, said the people, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the trade was still pending league approval. ESPN first reported the agreement. Huerter is having one of the most well-rounded seasons of his career and would join a Detroit team aiming for a deep playoff run in the East. The Pistons don’t shoot many 3-pointers — they’re 27th in attempts and 28th in attempts per game entering Tuesday — but that could change with Huerter being added to a group that features constant deep threat Duncan Robinson, among others. Ivey spent parts of four seasons with the Pistons. He was dealing with the aftereffects of knee surgery entering the season and was averaging a career-low 8.2 points, getting only 16.8 minutes per game, another career low. Conley’s departure from Minnesota would come with one benefit for the Timberwolves — their tax bill. Facing an estimated $24 million bill entering Tuesday, the Conley move dropped the anticipated total to somewhere around $4 million and got them below the first apron. That could open the door to other moves for Minnesota, which has been mentioned as one of the teams in pursuit of Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Huerter is averaging nearly 11 points this season and is set to become a free agent this summer. JAREN JACKSON JR. HEADED FROM MEMPHIS TO UTAH IN 8-PLAYER DEAL THAT INCLUDES PICKS, AP SOURCE SAYS Jaren Jackson Jr. has been traded to the Utah Jazz in what will be an eight-player, multiple-pick deal with the Memphis Grizzlies, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Jackson, Jock Landale, John Konchar and Vince Williams Jr. will be going to Utah in exchange for Georges Niang, Kyle Anderson, Walter Clayton Jr. and Taylor Hendricks, said the person, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the trade was still pending league approval. Also included the deal, said the person: three first-round picks for Memphis, which has been engaged in talks about trading star guard Ja Morant as well. Instead, for now, the Grizzlies — who already had built a sizable haul of looming first-round picks even before this move — decided to part with Jackson, a former defensive player of the year. Jackson averaged 19.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game this season for Memphis, the team that drafted him No. 4 overall in 2018. He was a two-time All-Star for the Grizzlies, the 2023 defensive player of the year, a two-time blocked shot champion and a three-time all-defensive team pick. Of the four Utah players moving to Memphis in the deal, none averaged more than 7.1 points per game this season. Niang has yet to play because of injury; he was with Atlanta last season, got traded to Boston in July and then sent to Utah in August. REPORT: CLIPPERS TRADING HARDEN TO CAVS FOR GARLAND, 2ND-ROUNDER The Los Angeles Clippers are sending guard James Harden to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Darius Garland and a second-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. The second-rounder going to the Clippers is for this year, reports Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports. Harden denied reports that he requested a trade while reflecting on the deal with ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne. He said he’s thankful for his two-and-a-half-year stint with L.A. “In life, not even just basketball, when things don’t work out, there are ways to end things in relationships without having to crack each other,” Harden told Shelburne. “O.K., maybe we just don’t see a future with each other. Maybe we just outgrew each other, whatever the case may be. “I feel like other situations weren’t like that. And that’s why I can respect (the front office and coach Tyronn Lue) because they didn’t put me in a weird position as much as everybody tried to make it like that.” The former MVP is recording 25.4 points per game this season, his best mark in the last seven campaigns. Harden was also leading the Clippers with 8.1 assists while contributing 4.8 rebounds per contest. However, he and the team reportedly began discussing trade possibilities in recent days and the Cavaliers quickly emerged as a potential destination. Harden’s arrival provides the Cavaliers with a more experienced backcourt facilitator next to Donovan Mitchell. He’s also an ideal pick-and-roll fit next to bigs Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley. He’ll look to recreate the success with them that he’s had playing alongside other established centers, including Ivica Zubac and Joel Embiid. The 11-time All-Star is optimistic about the Cavaliers’ chances in the East but said he was also happy to help the Clippers get a valuable return for him. “I wanted them to actually have a chance to rebuild and get some draft capital,” he told Shelburne. “In Cleveland, I see an opportunity to win in the East – they got a very good team, coaching staff, all of the above. “So as much as I wanted to stay in L.A. and give it a go – I’ve never won one before. As a basketball mind, I think we have a bit better chance.” The 36-year-old won’t have to wait long to return to the Intuit Dome as a member of the Cavs. The two sides square off Wednesday in L.A., potentially marking Harden’s debut with Cleveland. Garland leaves Cleveland seven years after the franchise drafted him fifth overall. The 26-year-old is averaging 18 points and 6.9 assists but has missed time due to various injuries this season. He’s currently out with a toe sprain that sidelined him for Cleveland’s last nine contests. NBA ROUNDUP: KNICKS ROLL OVER WIZARDS FOR 7TH STRAIGHT WIN Mikal Bridges scored 23 points and Jalen Brunson added 21, fueling the visiting New York Knicks to their season-best seventh straight win, a 132-101 romp over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday. Bridges made 8 of 10 shots from the floor to pace the Knicks to their 11th straight win over the Wizards. Karl-Anthony Towns collected 19 points and 15 rebounds and OG Anunoby also put up 19 points for New York, which had seven players reach double digits in scoring. The Knicks’ Landry Shamet continued his sizzling shooting from the perimeter by making four 3-pointers to highlight his 14-point performance. Washington rookie Will Riley scored 17 points off the bench and Bub Carrington sank three 3-pointers to highlight his 14-point performance. Khris Middleton scored 12 points and Marvin Bagley III and Alex Sarr added 11 apiece for the Wizards. Celtics 110, Mavericks 100 Jaylen Brown posted 33 points and 11 rebounds as Boston extended its winning streak to three with a victory over host Dallas. Boston’s bench was productive with Payton Pritchard contributing 26 points and seven assists, and Luka Garza scoring 16 points, including 4-of-4 on 3-point attempts. Cooper Flagg scored 36 points with nine rebounds and six assists — his third straight game with 30 or more points — for Dallas, which lost its fifth consecutive game. The Mavericks’ next highest scorer was Caleb Martin with 13 points. Pistons 124, Nuggets 121 Cade Cunningham had 29 points and 10 assists as host Detroit held off Denver. Duncan Robinson scored 20 points and Jalen Duren supplied 19 points and 13 rebounds in a game the Pistons never trailed. Detroit was coming off a 53-point victory over Brooklyn on Sunday, the largest margin in franchise history. Tobias Harris contributed 11 points and six rebounds, including a key 3-pointer late. Jamal Murray led Denver with 32 points and eight assists. Nikola Jokic had 24 points and 15 rebounds, while Peyton Watson had 17 points and Julian Strawther added 15. Jazz 131, Pacers 122 Lauri Markkanen scored 27 points and Brice Sensabaugh added 20 as Utah beat Indiana in a matchup of short-handed teams at Indianapolis. The Jazz snapped a season-worst six-game losing streak by shooting 56.8% from the field and 44.8% (13 of 29) from 3-point range. All seven players who took the floor for Utah scored in double figures, including Isaiah Collier, who had 17 points and a career-high 22 assists. Jarace Walker and Quenton Jackson led the Pacers with 24 points apiece. Indiana played without Bennedict Mathurin (rest), Aaron Nesmith (hand), Andrew Nembhard (back), T.J. McConnell (knee) and Pascal Siakam (rest) on the second night of a back-to-back. Lakers 125, Nets 109 LeBron James collected 25 points and seven assists as Los Angeles seized control early in the finale of an eight-game road trip and cruised to victory over host Brooklyn. James made 10 of 16 shots, including a pair of thunderous dunks in the first half. Luka Doncic added 24 points on 8 of 18 shooting and sat for the fourth quarter after playing 29 minutes. Doncic also handed out five assists and grabbed six rebounds. Michael Porter Jr. led the Nets with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Porter missed all nine 3-point tries and was 7 of 18 overall. Bucks 131, Bulls 115 Kyle Kuzma scored 31 and grabbed 10 boards to lead Milwaukee to a dominant victory over visiting Chicago. Ryan Rollins added 21 along with 10 assists for Milwaukee, which snapped a five-game losing skid. AJ Green added 17 while Myles Turner, Pete Nance and Gary Trent Jr. each scored 15. Matas Buzelis scored a team-high 22 points for Chicago, which fell for the fifth time in its last six games. Coby White recorded 21 points and 10 rebounds. Ayo Dosunmu and Patrick Williams each added 17 points. Hawks 127, Heat 115 Jalen Johnson posted 29 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists as Atlanta won at Miami. It was Johnson’s ninth triple-double of the season, second most in the NBA. The Hawks, who broke a two-game losing streak, also got 26 points off the bench from CJ McCollum. Miami was led by Jaime Jaquez Jr., who had a team-high 21 points off the bench. The Heat were without Andrew Wiggins (hamstring), while Norman Powell (personal reasons) and Tyler Herro (ribs) remained sidelined. Thunder 128, Magic 92 Isaiah Hartenstein had his first career triple-double and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 points as Oklahoma City blew out visiting Orlando. Hartenstein had 12 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists, securing the triple-double when he picked up an assist on Isaiah Joe’s 3-pointer five minutes into the fourth quarter. Joe came off the bench for a game-high 22 points, tying a season high, while Luguentz Dort scored 18 and Chet Holmgren had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Jalen Suggs led Orlando with 20 points, going 7 of 11 from the field. Paolo Banchero had 17. ========== MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 23 MIAMI (OHIO) TOPS BUFFALO TO REMAIN UNBEATEN Luke Skaljac scored a career-high 19 points as No. 23 Miami (Ohio) remained unbeaten with a 73-71 victory over host Buffalo on Tuesday night in a Mid-American Conference contest. Buffalo closed to 73-71 on a Noah Batchelor 3-pointer with 12 seconds to play and had a chance to win the game, but Ryan Sabol’s 3-pointer with four seconds left hit the front rim and bounced out. Skaljac also had five steals, four rebounds and three assists. Miami (23-0, 11-0 MAC) received an 11-point performance from Brant Byers and 10 points, five rebounds and eight assists from Peter Suder. Arizona (22-0) is the only other unbeaten Division I team in the country. Buffalo’s Angelo Brizzi made nine of 14 field-goal attempts and scored a game-high 22 points. Daniel Freitag added 18 points, seven assists and four rebounds for the Bulls (14-9, 4-7). No. 3 UConn 92, Xavier 60 Silas Demary Jr. collected 17 points and eight assists to help the Huskies power past the Musketeers in Hartford, Conn., for their 18th straight win. Tarris Reed Jr. made all seven of his shot attempts from the floor to join Eric Reibe with 14 points for UConn (22-1, 12-0 Big East). Reed, who also had eight rebounds, is 19-for-20 from the field in his past three games. All Wright scored 14 points and Roddie Anderson III and Malik Messina-Moore each added 10 for Xavier (12-11, 4-8). No. 4 Duke 67, Boston College 49 Cameron Boozer registered 19 points and 12 rebounds to power the Blue Devils past the Eagles in Durham, N.C., for their 10th straight victory. Boozer shot 9 of 17 from the floor and also tallied a season-best five steals for Duke (21-1, 10-0 ACC). Isaiah Evans added 12 points for the Blue Devils, while Patrick Ngongba totaled nine points and nine boards. Fred Payne paced Boston College (9-13, 2-7) with 14 points as the Eagles took their seventh loss in the past nine games. No. 18 Virginia 67, Pitt 47 Sam Lewis scored 15 points, Thijs De Ridder had a double-double and the Cavaliers eased past the lowly Panthers in Charlottesville, Va. The Cavaliers (19-3, 8-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) have won eight of their last nine games. They improved to 11-1 at home and 17-1 when outrebounding the opposition, posting a 38-31 advantage over the smaller Panthers (9-14, 2-8). De Ridder, the reigning ACC Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, had 10 points and 12 rebounds, and Lewis sank 4 of 8 3-pointers. Pitt has lost five of its last six games and fell to 1-6 on the road and 0-3 against Top 25 opponents. Cameron Corhen and Nojus Indrusaitis led the Panthers with 11 points each. No. 19 Saint Louis 91, Davidson 82 Brady Dunlap poured in 22 points off the bench and the Billikens overcame a first-half hole to beat the Wildcats at Davidson, N.C. Dunlap made all six of his 3-point attempts and accounted for half of the Billikens’ 3-point baskets. Robbie Avila’s 17 points, Amari McCottry’s 14 points and Trey Green’s 13 points were also clutch for Saint Louis (22-1, 10-0 Atlantic 10), which has won 16 games in a row. The Billikens shot 50.8% from the field. Josh Scovens posted 17 points and 10 rebounds, Parker Friedrichsen tallied 15 points and Devin Brown finished with 13 points for Davidson (13-9, 5-5). No. 22 St. John’s 68, DePaul 56 The Red Storm reeled off 12 straight points early in the second half to trigger a win over the Blue Demons in Chicago. Zuby Ejiofor produced 16 points, nine rebounds and four assists to pace St. John’s (17-5, 10-1), which won its eighth in a row to set up a first-place showdown with No. 3 UConn on Friday in New York. Layden Blocker posted 13 points for DePaul (12-11, 4-8), which was trying to extend its home winning streak in league play to five games for the first time since March 2005. The Blue Demons shot 34.6% from the field. No. 25 Tennessee 84, Ole Miss 66 Nate Ament scored 28 points, Ja’Kobi Gillespie added 20 and the Volunteers rode a second-half surge to win their fourth consecutive game by defeating the Rebels in Knoxville, Tenn. Gillespie bounced back from a foul-plagued 11-point outing against Auburn on Saturday to surpass his team-leading season average (18.6). J.P. Estrella had 12 points and nine rebounds and Bishop Boswell added 10 points and eight boards for the Volunteers (16-6, 6-3 SEC), who had a 58-41 scoring advantage in the second half. Patton Pinkins and AJ Storr scored 15 points each, Ilias Kamardine added 11 and Eduardo Klafke had 10 for the Rebels (11-11, 3-6). =========== NHL NHL ROUNDUP: JAKE GUENTZEL CAPS DRAMATIC COMEBACK FOR LIGHTNING IN OT Jake Guentzel scored a breakaway goal with 15 seconds left in overtime as the host Tampa Bay Lightning won their ninth straight home game, beating the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Tuesday night despite trailing with less than 30 seconds left in regulation. Nikita Kucherov spun and fired a half-length-of-the-ice pass to Guentzel, who snared it and beat Buffalo goaltender Colten Ellis (31 saves) for his second straight game-winner. Kucherov increased his point streak to nine games (six goals, 17 assists) with a tally and three helpers. Tampa Bay defenseman Darren Raddysh scored a goal in his fifth straight game — tying the contest with 26 seconds left in regulation — and also had an assist. Guentzel logged two points, and teammate Oliver Bjorkstrand tallied on the man advantage. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 23 shots as the Lightning improved to 18-1-1 in the past 20 games. The Sabres fell to 6-1-1 in the past eight after splitting their back-to-back Florida trip. Maple Leafs 5, Oilers 2 Matias Maccelli scored twice as visiting Toronto upended Edmonton. Matthew Knies added a goal and an assist and John Tavares and Bobby McMann also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won three straight. Anthony Stolarz made 34 saves. Jake Walman and Kasperi Kapanen responded for the Oilers, who have lost back-to-back games. Connor Ingram stopped 22 shots. Blue Jackets 3, Devils 0 Elvis Merzlikins made 24 saves for his first shutout of the season and Mathieu Olivier scored two goals as Columbus scored three times in the third period to beat New Jersey in Newark, N.J. The Blue Jackets extended their season-high winning streak to six games. Columbus is 10-1-0 in its past 11 games and has won five straight away games after completing a 3-0-0 road trip on Tuesday. Merzlikins earn his 12th career shutout while improving to 11-8-1 on the season. Olivier’s two goals and Dante Fabbro’s go-ahead goal all came during a commanding third period for the Blue Jackets, who outshot the Devils 13-7 in the final frame. Jacob Markstrom stopped 23 of 25 shots in the game for New Jersey, which is 1-4-0 in its past five games. Islanders 5, Penguins 4 (OT) Bo Horvat scored a breakaway goal 52 seconds into overtime Tuesday night for New York, which overcame a trio of deficits to edge Pittsburgh in Elmont, N.Y. Barzal, Matthew Schaefer and Ryan Pulock also scored for the Islanders, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Ilya Sorokin made 31 saves. Barzal notched two assists while Schaefer and Horvat had one apiece. Anthony Mantha, Egor Chinakhov, Bryan Rust and Justin Brazeau scored for the Penguins, who have lost two straight following a six-game winning streak. Brazeau registered two points, and Stuart Skinner recorded 18 saves. Flyers 4, Capitals 2 Jamie Drysdale scored a power-play goal with 5:23 remaining as host Philadelphia snapped a four-game losing streak by topping Washington. Dan Vladar (26 saves) authored a terrific performance, while Owen Tippett, Carl Grundstrom and Rasmus Ristolainen also scored for the Flyers and Travis Konecny picked up two assists. Anthony Beauvillier notched a goal and an assist for the Capitals, who came in on a three-game winning streak. Aliaksei Protas also scored for Washington, while Clay Stevenson turned aside 18 shots. Hurricanes 4, Senators 3 Seth Jarvis scored two goals and Jordan Staal scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:07 remaining as Carolina hung on to beat Ottawa in Raleigh, N.C., the Hurricanes’ final home game before the Olympic break. Brandon Bussi made 22 saves, including strong work down the stretch, to boost his record to 22-3-1 as a rookie. The Hurricanes, whose points streak increased to a season-best nine games (7-0-2), saw a two-goal lead vanish. However, they recovered on Staal’s 14th goal of the season when the Senators were slow to respond on a line change. Stephen Halliday, Tim Stutzle and Jake Sanderson, who also had an assist, scored for the Senators, who fell short of notching their first five-game winning streak of the season. Dylan Cozens provided two assists. James Reimer, a former Carolina goalie (2019-21), made 14 saves in defeat. ========== GOLF NEWS OWGR TO START AWARDING RANKING POINTS TO LIV GOLFERS Members of the LIV Golf league will receive points toward the Official World Golf Ranking system on a limited basis, the OWGR governing body announced Tuesday. The decision allows for players who finish in the top 10 (and ties) of LIV Golf’s individual stroke play events to receive ranking points. Players finishing lower will receive no points. “The Board’s overriding aim was to identify an equitable way of ranking the best men’s players in the world, including the top performing players in LIV Golf, while taking account of the eligibility standards that LIV Golf does not currently meet and the fact that it operates differently from other ranked tours in a number of respects,” read an OWGR news release. The breakaway LIV Golf league had sought ranking points when it was founded in 2022. The OWGR board denied the request in October 2023, and LIV reapplied last July. LIV Golf released a lengthy statement critical of the OWGR’s “unprecedented” limitations, questioning the transparency, credibility and equity of the decision. “We acknowledge this long-overdue moment of recognition, which affirms the fundamental principle that performance on the course should matter, regardless of where the competition takes place,” LIV Golf said. “However, this outcome is unprecedented. Under these rules, a player finishing 11th in a LIV Golf event is treated the same as a player finishing 57th. Limiting points to only the top 10 finishers disproportionately harms players who consistently perform at a high level but finish just outside that threshold, as well as emerging talent working to establish themselves on the world stage-precisely the players a fair and meritocratic ranking system is designed to recognize. “No other competitive tour or league in OWGR history has been subjected to such a restriction. We expect this is merely a first step toward a structure that fully and fairly serves the players, the fans, and the future of the sport. “We entered this process in good faith and will continue to advocate for a ranking system that reflects performance over affiliation. The game deserves transparency. The fans deserve credibility. And the players deserve a system that treats them equally.” LIV players will begin to receive ranking points at the league’s opening event this week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Sports Illustrated reported Tuesday that the points distribution will be similar to those handed out at many DP World Tour events but about half the number of a PGA Tour tournament. Among OWGR’s reasons for not giving points to more than 10 players is the fact that LIV has a smaller field size than the PGA Tour. It also cited LIV’s “self-selection of players with players being recruited rather than earning their place on the tour in many cases and, in recent days, the addition/removal of players to/from teams based on their nationality rather than for meritocratic reasons.” “This has been an incredibly complex and challenging process and one which we have devoted a huge amount of time and energy to resolving in the seven months since LIV Golf submitted their application,” said former Masters champion Trevor Immelman, the chairman of OWGR. “We fully recognized the need to rank the top men’s players in the world but at the same time had to find a way of doing so that was equitable to the thousands of other players competing on other tours that operate with established meritocratic pathways. “We believe we have found a solution that achieves these twin aims and enables the best-performing players at LIV Golf events to receive OWGR points.” =========== INDIANA PACERS ISAIAH COLLIER HAS CAREER-HIGH 22 ASSISTS AS JAZZ BEAT PACERS 131-122 WITH 7 PLAYERS INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Isaiah Collier had a career-high 22 assists — the most in the NBA this season and the most by a Utah player since John Stockton in 1992 — and the Jazz beat the Indiana Pacers 131-122 on Tuesday night with just seven healthy players. Lauri Markkanen scored 27 points for the Jazz, who were short-handed after trading Georges Niang, Kyle Anderson, Walter Clayton Jr. and Taylor Hendricks to Memphis earlier Tuesday for Jaren Jackson Jr., Jock Landale, John Konchar and Vince Williams Jr. The last NBA player with 22 assists in a game was Denver’s Nikola Jokic last March 7. Collier, who played the entire game, also scored 17 points as all seven Utah players had 14 points or more. Brice Sensabaugh scored 20, Ace Bailey had 19 and Kyle Filipowski had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Quenton Johnson scored 24 points on 9-of-10 shooting and Jarace Walker also had 24 for the Pacers, who held out four regular starters — All-Star Pascal Siakam, Bennedict Mathurin, Andrew Nembhard and T.J. McConnell — for rest or because of minor injuries. All four played a night earlier, when Indiana lost 118-114 to visiting Houston. Little-used Kam Jones, a healthy scratch on Monday, made his first career start for the Pacers and had 12 points. Keyonte George (ankle), Kevin Love (illness) and Walker Kessler (shoulder) sat out for the Jazz. Jusuf Nurkic was listed as available with an illness but did not play. Stockton had 22 assists for Utah on Dec. 18, 1992 against Philadelphia. The Hall of Famer also had eight games with 23 or more, including a career-best 28 on Jan. 15, 1991 against San Antonio. Up next Jazz: At Atlanta on Thursday night. Pacers: At Milwaukee on Friday night. =========== FUEL HOCKEY FUEL ACQUIRE FORWARD BRANDON SCHULTZ FROM IOWA FISHERS- The Fuel have announced on Tuesday that they have acquired forward Brandon Schultz in a trade with the Iowa Heartlanders for future considerations. Schultz, 29, joins the team from Iowa where he played 23 games, scoring ten points so far this season. Prior to that, he played 39 games for the Herford Ice Dragons of the Germany3 league during the 2024-25 season. He scored 53 points and helped the team to the playoffs. During the 2023-24, Schultz played three games for the Cincinnati Cyclones and twelve games for the Fuel. He has played on four other ECHL teams after graduating from Northern Michigan University in 2021. The 5’9 forward played two seasons there, where he totaled 23 points in 43 games. The Estero, Florida native began his collegiate career with two seasons at Northeastern University. He won a Hockey East championship with them in 2019. =========== NOBLESVILLE BOOM THOMPSON, MCGLOTHAN DESERVING REPRESENTATIVES FOR BOOM AT ALL-STAR WEEKEND By Wheat Hotchkiss | NoblesvilleBoom.com The Noblesville Boom will be well represented at NBA All-Star 2026 in Los Angeles. The G League announced on Tuesday afternoon that two-way guard Ethan Thompson will take part in the G League Next Up Game on Sunday, Feb. 15. Thompson will also compete in the G League 3-Point Contest, while his Boom teammate Gabe McGlothan will take part in the G League Slam Dunk Contest. Thompson has enjoyed a career breakthrough this year in his fifth professional season. The 6-foot-5 guard began the year with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, where he averaged 26.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.5 assists, and 1.4 steals over eight games during the G League Tip-Off Tournament, shooting 45 percent from the field and 36.8 percent from 3-point range. Thompson played well enough to impress the Pacers, who signed him to a two-way contract on Nov. 30. While Thompson previously signed a two-way with Orlando last February, he never played in an NBA game. But with the Pacers beset by a rash of injuries, Thompson was immediately thrown into the fire in Indiana. He made his NBA debut on Dec. 1 and just four nights later logged 34 minutes off the bench in a win in Chicago, tallying 11 points, three assists, and two blocks. The Pacers were +25 with Thompson on the floor, prompting head coach Rick Carlisle to move him into the starting lineup for the next game. Indiana won again, with Thompson contributing six points and five boards. Thompson has appeared in 20 games for the Pacers and has demonstrated that he more than holds his own on an NBA court. He has started five games, scored in double figures four times, and averaged 4.2 points and 1.3 assists over 15.3 minutes per game. As the Pacers have gotten healthier, Thompson has spent more time with the Boom, playing in seven games for Noblesville over the past month. To say he’s been excellent would undersell just how well Thompson has played. In seven games with the Boom, Thompson is averaging 26.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 1.3 steals while shooting an eye-popping 48.4 percent from the field and 53.6 percent from 3-point range. Thompson’s last game with the Boom was his best performance yet. He erupted for 34 points in a 125-109 win over Birmingham at The Arena at Innovation Mile on Sunday, going 11-for-19 from the field and 9-for-15 from 3-point range while also tallying eight assists, seven rebounds, and three steals. Thompson’s nine 3-pointers tied the franchise record for most threes made in a single game. With Thompson leading the way, the Boom are the hottest team in the G League, currently riding a six-game winning streak. Thompson is a deserving choice to represent the franchise at All-Star Weekend. So, too, is McGlothan. The second-year forward has been a steady presence for the Boom all season. He started 14 games for Noblesville in the Tip-Off Tournament, averaging 16.9 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks on 52.9 percent shooting. As the Pacers have gotten healthier and two-way players have spent more time with the Boom, McGlothan has gracefully moved into a reserve role while remaining highly productive. He is averaging 14.7 points and 7.3 rebounds on 53.9 percent shooting in 15 games coming off the bench in the G League regular season. McGlothan’s strong play with the Boom even earned him a call-up to the Pacers on a 10-day hardship contract in December, though he didn’t see action in an NBA game. If McGlothan were to win the G League Slam Dunk Contest, it would be the fourth title in the event in franchise history. Tony Mitchell won the contest in back-to-back years in 2013 and 2014 for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants and DeQuan Jones captured the title for the Mad Ants in 2018, the last time All-Star Weekend was held in Los Angeles. =========== INDY IGNITE VOLLEYBALL IGNITE SETTER TUANIGA NAMED MLV PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOLLOWING STANDOUT PERFORMANCES FISHERS, Ind. (February 3, 2026) – Following a pair of stellar all-around matches that helped guide her team to victories, Indy Ignite setter Mia Tuaniga has been named Major League Volleyball Player of the Week presented by Franklin Sports. In back-to-back wins over Atlanta and Dallas, Tuaniga totaled 77 assists (11.0 per set), 14 digs, four service aces, three kills and three blocks. Tuaniga was the mirror image of consistency in the matches, dishing out 39 assists against Atlanta and 38 versus Dallas while scoring five points and adding seven digs in each match. For the season, the second-year pro from the University of Southern California ranks third in MLV averaging 11.09 assists per set played. Saturday’s win over the Pulse carried added significance since it was a showdown for first place. The Ignite triumphed in an impressive 3-0 sweep to take a league-best 5-1 record into this week’s play. Tuaniga was humbled when told she was named Player of the Week. Like the top-level setter she is, she was eager to share the achievement. “When I’m able to play my best because of the people around me, I think that elevates all of our games,” she added. “Kayla Lund and Elena Scott were a big part of me being able to do what I do because of the vocal leader that Kayla is on the court and just the natural smooth player that Scotty is. They both help me a lot in my own game in different ways, and I hope they know that. This is really more of a team of the week type thing. It’s not just me, so big shout-out to the team.” Tuaniga is the second Ignite player to earn Player of the Week honors this season. Middle blocker Lydia Martyn received the award two weeks ago after setting an MLV record with 11 blocks January 17 against Columbus, tying a league best with six blocks in a set in the same match. The Ignite return to action at 7 p.m. ET Friday when they host Grand Rapids at Fishers Event Center. Indy is commemorating National Girls & Women in Sports Day at the match by hosting a pregame party open to all fans attending. The party begins at 5 p.m. and will include a special Q&A session featuring Olympic gold-medalist swimmer Alex Shackell and nine-time Indianapolis 500 starter Sarah Fisher, moderated by Sarah Myer, Chief of Staff & Strategy for Indiana Sports Corp. Tickets to the match are available here. =========== INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL INDIANA SUFFERS SETBACK AT USC LOS ANGELES – The fight was there. No doubt about it. The Lamar Wilkerson shot was on. No doubt about that, either. It wasn’t enough Tuesday night. Not against USC and guard Alijah Arenas. Not three days after a double overtime win at UCLA. Indiana lost 81-75 to snap its three-game winning streak. Wilkerson led the Hoosiers (15-8 overall, 6-6 in the Big Ten) with 33 points and five 3-pointers. “I didn’t think we had the same juice and energy to start the game,” coach Darian DeVries told Voice of the Hoosiers Don Fischer during the postgame radio show. “As we started going, we never could get into synch. Every time we clawed back in it, we could never get enough stops to sustain anything. “Offensively, we had some good looks. We just didn’t make them. That was tough.” Still, the Hoosiers nearly overcame a 12-point second-half deficit. “I thought the guys had prepared well the last couple of days,” Darian DeVries said. “After the UCLA game, we had some guys log some heavy minutes, but I thought they were ready to go. “We looked a half a step slow the whole night. They continued to battle right up to the end. We gave ourselves a chance to maybe sneak away with one here, but we came up short.” IU couldn’t overcome USC’s 15-6 edge in second-chance points and 24-13 advantage in made throws. “There were a lot free throws,” Darian DeVries told Fischer. They shot too many. We have to do a better job of keeping them off the line. “We’ll look at the film and see how we can be better. And then, see how we can get to the line more. We have to fix that problem. It can’t be that big a disparity or you will lose games. Indiana point guard Tayton Conerway returned to action after missing the last couple of games with an ankle injury. He had seven points, two rebounds and two assists in 10 minutes. The Trojans (17-6, 6-6) had a 40-25 advantage in rebounds. “Rebounding was the main thing we talked about at halftime,” Darian DeVries told. They had eight offensive rebounds. We did a better job in the second half, partly because they didn’t miss as much. We weren’t as tenacious as we had been. Arenas got going. We gave them too many easy ones and they shot too many free throws.” Guard Nick Dorn and Wilkerson opened the game with 3-pointers, but USC hit its first five shots to take an 11-8 lead after four minutes. It extended it to 16-10 on 7-for-7 shooting. The Trojans then missed seven straight shots as IU closed within 16-15, with Wilkerson with 10 of those points. A Jasai Miles jumper completed the Hoosiers’ 7-0 run for a 17-16 lead. USC responded with a 6-0 run before freshman forward Trent Sisley hit a 3-pointer for a 22-20 Trojan lead. A pair of Reed Bailey free throws tied it to 22-22. A Wilkerson 3-pointer pushed the Hoosiers ahead 25-24. A Conerway layup tied it at 30-30 with 1:50 left. USC scored the final five points for a 35-30 halftime lead. Wilkerson led IU with 13 points and three three-pointers. Tucker DeVries scored his first points – on a 3-pointer – as IU closed within 39-37. USC pushed ahead 49-39 forcing Darian DeVries to call a timeout. It didn’t help. The Trojans extended it to 55-41. A pair of Wilkerson free throws and a Conor Enright 3-pointer gave the Hoosiers some momentum. Another Wilkerson 3-pointer cut the lead to 57-49 with 9:32 left. His two free throws and then a jumper brought IU within 59-55. Consecutive Alijah Arenas 3-pointers restored the 10-point USC lead with five minutes left. A Bailey dunk and free throw brought the Hoosiers within 70-65 with 1:55 left. Two Tucker DeVries free throws made it 75-71 with 45 seconds left. A Tucker DeVries steal and a Conerway layup cut it to two points with 31 seconds remaining. IU got no closer. It plays again Saturday when it hosts Wisconsin. =========== INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HOOSIERS HEAD TO WISCONSIN ON WEDNESDAY BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana looks to take momentum on the road as it travels to Wisconsin on Wednesday night in a 7:30 p.m. ET tip at Kohl Center. GAME DAY INFO Indiana (12-11, 1-10 B1G) at Wisconsin (13-9, 5-6 B1G) Wednesday, February 4, 2026 • 7:30 p.m. ET Kohl Center • Madison, Wis. Broadcast: B1G+ Radio: B97 (Austin Render) ABOUT THE BADGERS Wisconsin is coming off an 81-53 loss at No. 11 Ohio State on Jan. 29. It has dropped its last two prior to winning a pair of games against Oregon and No. 24 Nebraska. Graduate student guard Destiny Howell leads the Badgers with 14.6 points per game while junior guard Kyrah Daniels adds 12.8 points. Senior forward Gift Uchenna contributes 7.5 points and a team-high 6.7 rebounds per game. SERIES HISTORY Indiana leads 55-24 LAST MEETING 12/28/24 – W, 85-53 (Bloomington, Ind.) NOTES The Hoosiers used a 30-3 first quarter advantage to build a lead over Northwestern that it wouldn’t relinquish as it picked up its first Big Ten win, 89-75, on Sunday afternoon. Senior guard Shay Ciezki had 33 points while redshirt sophomore guard Lenée Beaumont had a career-high 24 points. IU puts its longest active win streak against another Big Ten opponent on the line when it travels to Wisconsin on Wednesday. The Hoosiers have not lost to the Badgers in 11 tries, dating back to the 2015-16 season. Ciezki is officially on 1,000 point watch for her Indiana career as she added 33 points to her total on Sunday against Northwestern. She now sits with 931 points headed into Wednesday’s game. The Buffalo, N.Y. native has scored 1,688 career points in her three and a half seasons of college basketball. Freshman forward Maya Makalusky scored in double figures for the eighth time this season with 21 points against Northwestern on Sunday. The Fishers, Ind. native has knocked down 41 3-pointers so far in her freshman campaign, which ranks eighth all-time in a single season by a freshman. UP NEXT The Hoosiers return home to host Purdue on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. They will honor cancer survivors in their annual Pink game in addition to Alumni Day. ========== INDIANA FOOTBALL ‘OUTSTANDING WINNER’ – MORE HISTORY FOR MENDOZA WITH MANNING AWARD BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Peyton Manning’s advice hit hard for Fernando Mendoza when delivered a couple of years ago at the Manning Passing Academy in Louisiana. It still resonates as the now former Indiana quarterback prepares for NFL opportunity with yet another honor — the Manning Award — on his resume. Mendoza, then a University of California quarterback, says he was a camp counselor doing a play-action drill while under center, something he hadn’t done since middle school. He says he threw a perfect pass on a difficult throw. He felt good about it. Then Peyton Manning, the former Indianapolis Colts superstar quarterback and NFL Hall of Famer, came over. “He ripped into me,” Mendoza says. “He said that was the wrong foot work.” In college, that might not matter. In the NFL, where the passing windows are smaller and close faster, it could be the difference between a completion and an interception, between winning and losing. “It’s the details,” Mendoza says. “It’s easy to get caught up in I can make a good throw and miss the fine details. That’s what makes the Mannings great. He coached me phenomenally on how small the margin is and how calculating and efficient you have to be to be successful.” Mendoza took Manning’s words to heart with a spectacular season in leading IU to an unprecedented 16-0 record and its first-ever national football title, highlighted by impressive playoff victories over Alabama, Oregon, and Miami. It earned him the Manning Award, which recognizes the nation’s best quarterback based on postseason play. Mendoza is the first Big Ten quarterback to win the award. He’d earlier won the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, the Walker Camp Player of the Year, the Davey O’Brien Award, and more. “It’s such an honor,” Mendoza says. “Winning the Heisman Trophy and the national championship was great. The Manning Award is the cherry on top of that.” He describes his time at the Manning camp — during which he got to interact with Archie, Peyton, Eli and Cooper Manning — “one of the greatest experiences of my life.” Archie Manning, a standout quarterback at Ole Miss and then for 14 years in the NFL, calls Mendoza an “outstanding winner.” In the playoffs, Mendoza was near-perfect against Alabama and Oregon, going a combined 31-for-36 for 369 yards, eight touchdowns, and no interceptions. He also rushed for 44 yards. Mendoza wasn’t as statistically dominant against Miami (16-for-27, 186 yards, one rushing touchdown), reflective of the Hurricanes’ NFL-caliber talent and game plan that centered on hitting him hard and often until he broke. Mendoza didn’t break, but broke Miami with a play-for-the-ages fourth-quarter touchdown run that, like receiver Omar Cooper Jr.’s game-winning, back-of-the-end zone touchdown catch at Penn State, will remain forever etched in Hoosier lore. “We had a great group of quarterbacks in college football this year,” Archie Manning says, “and I’d like to tell you this was (a close vote), but it wasn’t. Fernando had one of the great seasons that any collegiate quarterback has ever had. It was climaxed by a great national championship win, undefeated season, and the Heisman Trophy.” Under head coach Curt Cignetti, offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan and quarterbacks coach Chandler Whitmer this season, Mendoza completed 72.0 percent of his passes for a program-record 41 touchdowns and six interceptions. He also rushed for seven touchdowns. Mendoza credits advice from Peyton Manning on an off-season film work plan as the foundation for preparation that Cignetti has called the best he’s ever seen. “It was what Peyton’s structure was off the field — how he looked at all the interceptions he threw, and almost threw, how he looked at all the touchdowns he threw, and almost threw,” Mendoza says. “I took that directly. “I’m known as an efficient passer, but early in my career, I wasn’t. I had a huge turnover problem with interceptions and fumbles. That was a great turning point in finding that solution.” Mendoza says he continues to learn from the Mannings. He recently watched an Eli Manning podcast that focused on how he transitioned into the NFL. “He talked about some of the troubles he had that led him to be a Super Bowl-winning quarterback (for the New York Giants).” Since the Jan. 19 national championship game, Mendoza says he’s been focused on surrounding himself “with the right team on the football side, the representation side, the financial side” while getting ready for April’s NFL Draft. “It’s all cylinders to make sure you have the system to focus on football and become the best quarterback for your (future) team and teammates.” He calls this the “information gathering stage” while getting insight from the Manning brothers and others so that he can be “the most effective to best serve my (future) teammates.” Mendoza says he will attend the upcoming NFL Combine in Indianapolis, but he won’t participate in drills. He will also be at the IU Pro Day, calling it a “last hurrah with my teammates.” He calls the couple of weeks since the national championship game — which included appearances on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the Today Show and Good Morning America, as well a meet-and-greet session at Bloomington’s Dick’s Sporting Goods – a “whirlwind.” “It’s been a blessing and pleasure. As a team, we had our heads down and our noses to the grindstone during a fantastic playoff run. Now, the dust has settled. Some of the guys have gone to draft prep. It’s a time to reflect and appreciate what the season was. Mendoza projects as the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft. Archie Manning says Mendoza has a bright NFL future. “It’s a big step to the NFL. It’s a faster game. Players are bigger and stronger. “In getting to know Fernando and recognizing his work ethic and what he wants to do, I think he will make a great transition. He’ll work hard this spring. He’ll do what he’s supposed to do. The draft will take of itself. He’ll go to a team and will do great. “You can see why we’re so excited to recognize him (with the Manning Award). We’ve seen what kind of player and person he is. He’ll be great in pro football.” Mendoza says his IU experience makes it possible. “It’s all given me a taste of major success. I’m addicted. I’ll chase that feeling again with my new team. I’ll try to replicate that success on the next level.” =========== PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PURDUE PREPPED FOR PENN STATE AT MACKEY ON WEDNESDAY WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team will look to snap a two-game skid on Wednesday night when it squares off with Penn State on Wednesday night at Mackey Arena. The 7 p.m. tip will be streamed on B1G+. Tim Newton and Jane Schott will bring you the action on the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM. GAME INFORMATION Purdue (11-11, 3-8) vs. Penn State (7-15, 0-11) Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2026 Time: 7 PM TV/Stream: B1G+ Radio: 95.3 BOB FM Live Stats: purdue.statbroadcast.com PROMOTIONS • Wine Wednesday – $5 Wine at the Breakaway Brews stand located by section 4 LAST TIME OUT The Boilermakers could not climb back from an early deficit in an 88-55 loss to Minnesota on Sunday afternoon. A trio of Boilermakers finished in double figures, led by Kiki Smith’s 16 points, including a career-high four 3-pointers. NOTES • After her 16 points at Minnesota, Kiki Smith is six points away from reaching the 500-point mark and eight 3-pointers from 100 triples in her NCAA career. • In her first year playing the guard spot, Tara Daye leads the Boilermakers in points and rebounding with 12.0 and 6.8, respectively. The redshirt junior is one of five guards from the Big Ten to average better than 12 points and 6.0 rebounds per game this season. Daye’s 6.8 boards per game rank 14th in the Big Ten, third among league guards and 12th from guards nationally. • Madison Layden-Zay added to her Purdue career record with her 254th triple at Minnesota. The fifth year has knocked down a triple in 105 career games, second most by a Boilermaker in the last 25 years, behind Katie Gearlds’ 107 career outings with a 3-pointer. • Layden-Zay ranks third in the Big Ten with 37.1 minutes played per league game. She is tied for second in the Big Ten with four games of 40 minutes or more, including all but six seconds in the overtime win over Washington. • Nya Smith has picked up her play since the Wisconsin game on Jan. 8 with 9.4 points per game on 37.1% shooting and 11 3-pointers. All four of the sophomore’s double figure games have come in Big Ten play. • Avery Gordon’s is averaging 6.8 points on 72.2% shooting in Big Ten play, after starting the season with 3.9 points with a 45.7% field goal clip in non-conference action. • The Boilermakers have connected on 161 3-pointers this season, just 19 shy of cracking the single-season top-10. Purdue has four seasons with 200 or more 3-pointers in program history. the top three spots came during the opening three years of the Katie Gearlds era, including a record 239 in 2011-22. • Purdue’s bench has given it a lift this season, averaging 24.5 points per game, good for fourth in the Big Ten, and tallying 20 points or more in 14 games this season. • The Boilermakers have spread out the responsibility this season with eight different players leading a game in scoring, eight in rebounding, eight in assists, 11 in steals and 10 in blocks. • Purdue is 18-1 since the start of last year when scoring 70 or more points and 10-1 this season. On the flip side, Purdue is 7-2 this year and 17-4 since the start 2024-25 when holding teams to 70 points or fewer. ============ NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S LAX RASSAS RECEIVES PRESEASON ALL-ACC HONORS SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Sophomore Madison Rassas was named to the 2026 Preseason All-ACC Team, announced by the league office on Tuesday. This is the second preseason accolade for Rassas this year as the midfielder also received USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American honors in January. Last season, Rassas earned All-ACC Second Team honors and IWLCA West/Midwest All-Region Second Team honors in her rookie season. She led the Irish with 29 goals, recording 4 assists as well for a combined 33 points on the season. Rassas has also tallied 33 draw controls, 5 ground balls, and 5 caused turnovers. The midfielder also set a program record as she recorded 5 goals and 8 points in the home-opening win over CMU, scoring the most goals and points by a Notre Dame freshman in a home opener. 2026 Preseason All-ACC Team Attack Chloe Humphrey, North Carolina Aliya Polisky, Stanford Madison Alaimo, Virginia Midfield* Natalie Shurtleff, Clemson Eliza Osburn, North Carolina Emma Muchnick, Syracuse Kate Galica, Virginia Defense Shea Baker, Boston College Sam Forrest, North Carolina Brooklyn Walker-Welch, North Carolina Goalkeeper Shea Dolce, Boston College Draw Specialist Kate Galica, Virginia At-Large* Molly Driscoll, Boston College Kayla MacLeod, Clemson Bella Goodwin, Duke Madison Rassas, Notre Dame Ava Arceri, Stanford Coco Vandiver, Syracuse *Extra player added because of ties in voting. =========== BUTLER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BUTLER HOSTS VILLANOVA IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFFAIR INDIANAPOLIS – Butler will host the Villanova Wildcats on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at Iconic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. Tip-off for the BIG EAST Conference matchup is slated for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Kelsie Kasper and Alexis Ayala on the call. GAMEDAY INFORMATION Date: Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 Time: 7 PM Location: Indianapolis, Ind. Live Stats: Butlersports.com Watch: ESPN+ ABOUT THE BULLDOGS Butler (9-13, 3-9 BE) is coming off a narrow 63-59 defeat at Xavier on Sunday afternoon. Caroline Dotsey led the Bulldogs in the contest with 14 points on an efficient 6-for-10 shooting performance from the floor. McKenna Johnson rounded out the Bulldogs in double figures with 10 points in the contest. Saniya Jackson was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday, Jan. 26, after an impressive week for Butler. The redshirt sophomore tallied her first career double-double against DePaul (1/21), pouring in a career-high in points (22) and rebounds (10) en route to a 73-67 win over the Blue Demons. The Fort Wayne native nearly posted her second double-double in as many games against Marquette (1/25), chipping in 12 points and nine rebounds in the contest. The redshirt sophomore averaged 17.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game en route to her first BIG EAST Weekly Honor of her career. Saniya Jackson leads the BU offense, averaging 9.8 points per game. The redshirt sophomore is shooting 48.4-percent from the floor and 30.4-percent from beyond the arc. Dotsey leads the squad on the glass, pulling down 5.5 rebounds per game. Butler’s two freshmen, Addison Baxter and Anna Wypych, have been solid contributors this season for BU averaging 19.3 and 15.3 minutes per game, respectively. Baxter, a 2025 Indiana All-Star from Columbia City, is averaging 6.0 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 0.9 steals per game. She is shooting 43.0-percent from the floor and is shooting 78.4-percent from the charity stripe. Wypych posts 5.4 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. The Michigan native has been impressive from the floor, shooting 48.0-percent while sinking 42.1-percent of her shots from behind the arc. Dotsey, Lily Zeinstra and Mallory Miller have all been pivotal pieces for Butler, averaging 8.6, 9.5 and 8.6 points per game, respectively. Dotsey was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Dec. 22 after leading Butler to its first conference win of the season over Xavier with 25 points in the contest. Miller earned a nod to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Dec. 15. Miller averaged 12.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 blocks per game in a 2-0 week for Butler. BU is in the top 100 nationally in assists per game (14.6; 92nd), field goal percentage (43.1%; 95th) and free throw percentage (75.8%; 42nd). Butler had six players score in double figures against Dayton on Nov. 28 (Lily Zeinstra 19, Anna Wypych 12, Caroline Dotsey 12, Saniya Jackson 11, Mallory Miller 10 and Nevaeh Jackson 10). That was the first time Butler has had six players in double figures in the last 15 seasons. The last time Butler had six score in double digits was Dec. 12, 2010, when Butler defeated Ball State 105-98. Austin Parkinson is in his fourth season at the helm of the Bulldogs. Parkinson has led the squad to 42 wins in his first three seasons. SCOUTING VILLANOVA Villanova (17-5, 10-3 BE) is coming off a 69-56 win over DePaul on Saturday afternoon. Jasmine Bascoe led the Wildcats with a game-high 27 points against the Blue Demons. Ryanne Allen rounded out the Wildcats in double figures with 17 points in VU’s last outing. Bascoe and Brynn McCurry lead the Villanova offense, averaging 17.5 points and 11.6 points per game, respectively. McCurry leads VU on the glass, pulling down 5.6 rebounds per game. Denise Dillon is in her sixth season at the helm of Villanova. ABOUT THE SERIES Butler is 7-18 all-time against the Wildcats dating back to the 2013-14 season. In the last meeting between the two sides, Villanova secured a 73-65 victory behind 22 points from Bascoe. The Dawgs are 1-3 in their last four meetings against VU with the lone victory coming in 2023-24 as BU secured a 55-52 win at Finneran Pavilion. 2025-26 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TICKETS: Season tickets remain on sale, providing the best seating locations still available for the upcoming season. Contact the Butler Ticket Office at tickets@butler.edu or 317-940-DOGS (3647) to place your order. Single-game tickets for the 2025-26 Butler Women’s Basketball season are available through ButlerSports.com/BuyTickets. Butler University Upgrades Iconic Hinkle Fieldhouse with Dynamic LED Video Technology consultant Anthony James Partners (AJP) provided design, procurement, and construction administration services for the upgrades, supporting Butler in selecting SNA Displays to manufacture and install more than 2,700 square feet of LED video display technology, including a center hung display system, baseline LED ribbons, multiple courtside tables, and other digital signage. The centerpiece of the project is a new LED center hung display consisting of four curved, 14-foot-tall video screens seamlessly connected to create a continuous 360-degree video surface. Each side features a 4 mm pixel pitch for increased pixel density and clarity. The center hung also includes custom static lettering along the top ring of the structure and a team-branded Bulldog logo facing downward toward the playing surface. Other video signage includes 3-foot-high LED ribbons along the second-level fascia at both ends of the Fieldhouse, two 19-foot-long vomitory displays between the second and third levels, and eight new courtside mobile scorer’s tables equipped with LED screens. For recruitment and training purposes, the project also features two new ASPECT™ all-in-one 16:9 video screens from SNA Displays in an adjacent practice facility, directly integrated into the new control management system. UP NEXT The Bulldogs will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 7 as BU travels to Hartford, Conn. to take on the No. 1 ranked UConn Huskies. The game will be broadcast on FS1 with tip-off scheduled for noon. =========== BUTLER WOMEN’S GOLF BUTLER WOMEN’S GOLF FINISHES 15TH AT THE ADVANCE GOLF PARTNERS COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT INDIANAPOLIS – At the end of the 2026 Advance Golf Partners Collegiate in Palm Beach, Florida, the Bulldogs placed 15th overall and continued to see improvements on the course, finishing with a combined score of 931 (+67). The Bulldogs finished strong, with their best score of 302 (+14) from the three-day tournament. Virginia Tech finished the tournament in first place, with three of its players performing under par at the end of day three. Virginia Tech ended the three-day tournament with a combined score of 868 (+4) and ended day three with a score of 282 (-6). Treva Dodd ended the tournament in 23rd place, which is four places better than her previous day. Dodd finished in 23rd along with Emerson Dever of Virginia Tech. Dodd posted a score of 73 (+1) for the final day with three birdies. On the back nine of Dodd’s final day, she was 34 (-2), which is the lowest score that the Bulldogs posted during the tournament. Emily Mathews from Virginia Tech was the Individual Champion of the three-day tournament, ending even after going 70 (-2) back-to-back days. The Bulldogs are back in action Feb 20 (Fri) through Feb 22 (Sun) in the Rio Verde Invitational in Arizona. Live results will be available with a link posted on ButlerSports.com THE BUTLER WOMEN: 23) Treva Dodd, 81 – 72 – 73 (+10) T61) Ashley Freitas, 86 – 76 – 75 (+21) T61) Addi Kooi, 81 – 79 – 77 (+21) 67) Sophie McGinnis, 79 – 82 – 77 (+22) 80) Cybil Stillson, 81 – 79 – 80 (+25) =========== BALL STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS IN ROAD GAME AT BOWLING GREEN BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Ball State men’s basketball team couldn’t overcome a strong shooting night from Bowling Green and fell 77-52 to the Falcons on Tuesday at the Stroh Center. The hosts got out to a 20-10 lead midway through the first half and went into the break up 40-27. Bowling Green led 62-40 with 13 minutes to go, but Ball State cut the deficit to 15 points at 66-51 with six minutes to play on a 3-point play by Armoni Zeigler. The Falcons went on an 11-1 scoring run from there to close out the home win. Davion Hill paced the visitors with 15 points and added two assists and two steals, while Zeigler joined him in double figures scoring with 11 points, three rebounds and two steals. Elmore James IV chipped in nine points and three rebounds for the Cardinals (7-15, 3-7 Mid-American Conference). Bowling Green (14-9, 5-6 MAC) got a game high 21 points from Josiah Shackelford who also collected six rebounds. The Falcons won the rebounding battle 38-21 and got six more points in the paint (36-30). The Cardinals committed four fewer turnovers (14-10) than Bowling Green and held a 14-12 edge in points off turnovers. Ball State shot 39.2 percent (20-51) from the field including 19.0 percent (4-21) on 3-pointers. Bowling Green hit 56.3 percent (27-48) of its field goal attempts, 50 percent (9-18) from distance and went 93.3 percent (14-15) at the foul line. The Cardinals are set to take a break from conference play with the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge at Louisiana Monroe on Saturday afternoon next up. ========== BALL STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RETURNS TO WORTHEN ARENA FOR MIDWEEK #MACTION WEDNESDAY AGAINST NIU – This will mark the 70th meeting in a series that began in 1982-83 when the Cardinals defeated the Huskies 86-83 on Jan. 26 in DeKalb, Ill. The Cardinals lead the all-time series record 44-25. In their first meeting this season, Ball State defeated NIU by a score of 74-56 at the Convocation Center on Jan. 3, 2026. – In his last 14 seasons, Brady Sallee owns an 19-8 mark against the Huskies. – The Cardinals typically carry on their success throughout the month of February in preparation for the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Under head coach Brady Sallee the Cardinals own a 61-39 (.603) record in February with his best season being in 2019-20 as Ball State posted a 7-1 ledger that year. – The Ball State women’s basketball team moved to 9-1 in Mid-American Conference (MAC) play following a dominant 101–91 road victory over Kent State on February 1, 2026. The Cardinals currently hold a 17-5 overall record and sit in second place in the conference standings, trailing only undefeated Miami (OH). In their recent win at the M.A.C. Center, the Cardinals utilized a relentless offensive attack, shooting 52.1% from the floor. Three players scored 20+ points with Tessa Towers leading the way with a career best 29 points while also pulling down 11 rebounds for her seventh double-double. Strong Shooting Under Sallee: Brady Sallee is known for developing his players into strong shooters, over the years. In the last two seasons the Cardinals have ranked in the top 75 nationally in offense. In 2023-24 the Cardinals were 53rd in offense averaging 72.7 points per game while in 2024-25 Ball State finished the year ranked 72nd averaging 72.5 points per game. This season the Cardinals rank in the nation: 29th in field goal percentage (45.8), 54th in field goal defense (337.3) and 29th in scoring offense (78.1). Where We Rank in the MAC: Ball State remains at the top of the charts in assists per game (18.9),assist/turnover ratio (1.07), field goal percentage (45.8), field goal percentage defense (37.3), rebound margin (10.5), defensive rebounds per game (30.5), rebounds per game (44.14) and scoring offense (78.1). Top 100 in the Nation: Ball State players are moving up in the national rankings each week as Tessa Towers ranks 22nd in field goal percentage (56.8). Towers also sits in 49th in double-doubles (7), 71st in rebounds (181), 74th in field goals (133) and 83rd in rebounds per game (8.2). Also in the top 100, is Karsyn Norman who is 48th in assists (105), 49th in assists per game (4.8) and 86th in assist/turnover ratio (1.81) while Bree Salenbien ranks 49th in double-doubles (7) and 79th in free throw percentage (83.1). Finishing up the top 100 is Grace Kingery as she ranks 38th in 3-pointers (58), 40th in 3-pointers per game (2.64), 62nd in 3-point percentage (39.5) and 64th in 3-point attempts (147). International Success: The Cardinals have had plenty of international success under 14th year head coach Brady Sallee. We all remember Nathalie Fontaine the 6-2 guard from Stockholm, Sweden became Ball State’s all-time leading scorer with 2,166 points. The 2016 MAC Player of the Year and AP honorable mention averaged 21.0 points per game and 10.2 rebounds while making over 50 percent of her shots. After Fontaine was Carmen Grande a native from Madrid, Spain who held onto the all-time assists record with 697 until Ally Becki surpassed her last season with 721 and we also cannot forget Thelma Dis Agustsdottir from Keflavik, Iceland who holds the all-time 3-point record with 325 treys. Agustsdottir also competed at the Celsius 3-point championship at the NCAA Tournament. Tessa Towers Earns MAC Player of the Week: Towers delivered a dominant week for Ball State, capped by a career-defining performance on national television. The highlight of the week came on February 1 at Kent State. In a 101-91 victory broadcast on CBS Sports Network, Towers exploded for a career-best 29 points and 11 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the season. Earlier in the week, Towers was instrumental in a 76-70 road win at Central Michigan where she scored 15 points and pulled down seven rebounds against the Chippewas. For the week, Towers averaged 22.0 points per game, 9.0 rebounds while shooting 56 percent (18-32) from the field and 72 percent (8-11) from the charity stripe. =========== PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S BASKETBALL FIRST RESPONDERS NIGHT SET FOR WEDNESDAY VS. YSU FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Mastodons, winners of six of their last seven games, host Youngstown State on Wednesday (Feb. 4) at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. It is First Responders Night with a free Touch-a-Truck event at 5:30 p.m. outside the main lobby of the venue. First responders, as well as kids K-12, are free at the box office.Game Day InformationWho: Purdue Fort Wayne (14-9, 8-4 Horizon League) vs. Youngstown State (11-12, 4-8 Horizon League)When: Wednesday, February 4 | 7 PM ETWhere: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Allen County War Memorial ColiseumLive Stats: LinkWatch: ESPN+Listen: 1380 AMTickets: LinkGame Notes:Purdue Fort Wayne | Youngstown State Know Your Foe Cris Carroll is averaging 17.6 points per game. He is shooting 42.9 percent (72-of-168) He is one of three Penguins averaging double-digits. Bryson Dawkins (11.9) and Rich Rolf (10.2) are the other two. Series History The all-time series is tied 8-8. The Mastodons won 71-69 in Youngstown State on Jan. 7, 2026. The Mastodons drained 10 3-pointers in the contest. The Mastodons are 5-1 all-time against Youngstown State in Fort Wayne. The Penguins’ only win came in 2023. ‘Dons & Ends // Corey Hadnot II needs 26 points to reach 1,000 for his career. DeAndre Craig Jr. needs 44 to reach 1,000 points. // The Mastodons have won six of their last seven games, in those seven games: – The ‘Dons are shooting exactly 40.0 percent (80-of-200) from three – DeAndre Craig Jr. (47.2 percent), Mikale Stevenson (45.7 percent) and Maximus Nelson (40.4 percent) are shooting above 40.0 percent from three. – The ‘Dons are averaging only 8.6 turnovers per game – Corey Hadnot II is shooting 48.0 percent from the field with 19.3 points per game. // The road game at IU Indy which was scheduled for Jan. 25 was postponed due to a winter storm. The game has been rescheduled for February 28 in Indianapolis. // The Mastodons’ road game at Green Bay on Feb. 12 has been picked to air on ESPN2. Tip is set for 7 p.m. ET. // Corey Hadnot II is averaging 20.1 points, 4.3i rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.8 steals. He is one of four players in NCAA Division I men’s basketball averaging 20/4/3/1.5. The other three are: Nolan Minessale (St. Thomas), Cameron Boozer (Duke) and Daniel Freitag (Buffalo). // The Mastodons have six games this season when they’ve trailed for more than 10 minutes and rallied back to win: Chicago State (largest deficit: 6, time trailed: 11:16), Northern Kentucky (15, 21:37), Detroit Mercy (8, 11:13), Cleveland State (16, 27:58), at Youngstown State (5, 14:25) and at Detroit Mercy (9, 13:41). // The Mastodons have 13 wins despite their opponents shooting a blistering 79.5 percent from the free throw line against the Mastodons this season, second highest in the nation. Only Loyola Chicago’s opponents (80.0 percent) are shooting better at the free throw line than Mastodon opponents. // In December, Corey Hadnot II was named to the Lou Henson Award Watch List. The award recognizes the best player in NCAA Mid-Major Division I basketball. The award is given out at the end of the season. // Purdue Fort Wayne’s 16-point comeback victory vs. Cleveland State (Jan. 4) was the second largest comeback in the program’s NCAA Division I era. The largest comeback victory in program history came in a win at North Dakota State (Jan. 20, 2011) when the ‘Dons rallied back from 18. // The Mastodons have 13 games this season with single-digit turnovers, including just two vs. Detroit Mercy on Dec. 14. // Including this season, the ‘Dons have had a winning streak of at least four games in every season since 2009-10 except for one (2017-18). That is 16-of-17 seasons. // Mikale Stevenson’s 34 points against Milwaukee (Jan. 18) is the fifth best scoring performance in the league this season. The seventh and ninth best scoring games in the league this season belong to Corey Hadnot II. He had 33 at Oakland (Dec. 3) and 32 at Western Michigan (Nov. 12). // Through 12 league games, Corey Hadnot II is averaging 20.3 points per game in league play, second best in the league. // Jon Coffman picked up his 200th career victory on Nov. 15 against Boyce. He is the program’s leader in victories. // DeAndre Craig Jr. has scored double-digits 19-of-23 games this season. He has four games of exactly 18 points this year. He tied a career high with 22 points vs. Oakland. // Darius Duffy has 108 rebounds on the season, 60 have been on the offensive glass. // Maximus Nelson owns 194 3-pointers as a Mastodon. He has reached 10th in program history in 3-point field goals made. He reached the top 10 in the Mastodons’ road game at Detroit Mercy (Jan. 21). // How good has Corey Hadnot II been this year? – Corey Hadnot II is 6th in the nation with 172 field goals. He has 462 points this season, 15th in the nation. He is 1st in the league at 20.1 points per game (28th in the nation). – Hadnot is averaging 20.1 points per game, should he finish at that average, it would rank tie for 7th in Mastodon history for a single season. – He has the second most field goals made (tied, 12 at Oakland) and second most field goals attempted (tied, 22 at WMU) by a Horizon League player this season. – He has the fourth most steals in a game by a Horizon League player this season (6 at Ohio State). – Through 23 games, Hadnot is on track to score 623 points in the regular season this year. This would rank 7th all time for points scored by a player in a single season in Mastodon history. – Through 23 games, he is on track to have 55 steals in the regular season this year. This would rank 24th all time for steals by a player in a single season in Mastodon history. – Hadnot’s scoring is up this year as is his shooting percentage. His field goal percentage has improved each sea son. (Freshman: 40.9 -> Sophomore: 44.6 -> Junior: 52.3) – Hadnot is second in the league in sports-reference’s usage percentage (28.4). He leads the league in points produced (432) and points produced per game (18.8). He is 3rd is player efficiency rating (24.8). // In the nation, the ‘Dons are: – 7th in turnover margin (5.0) – 24th in fewest turnovers per game (9.7) – 28th in steals per game (9.0) – 31st in 3-pointers per game (10.2) – 36th in turnovers forced per game (14.65) – 42nd assist/turnover ratio (1.53) – 48th in fast break points per game (14.39) // Weekly alumni spotlight: – 22 former Mastodons have played professionally in the last 14 years. Jalon Pipkins (2021-22) is playing for Gargzdu in Lithuanian. He had 14 points in a win against Lietkabelis on Feb. 1. Pipkins’ squad have won three games in a row. // John Konchar to enter Mastodon Hall of Fame – Former Mastodon John Konchar (2014-19) was inducted into the Mastodon Hall of Fame on Jan. 31. Konchar, the seven-year NBA veteran with the Utah Jazz, finished his collegiate career as the first student-athlete in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history to record 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 500 assists and 200 steals. // Red Coat honor – 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. // No place like home – The ‘Dons have won 28 consecutive regular season home games against non-league opponents, a streak that started on Nov. 16, 2019 vs. Stetson. As the Mastodons are finished with non-league home games this season, the streak will continue to next season. – The Mastodons are 10-2 at home this season. You can add in another win if you include the Mastodons exhibition win over Ball State. – The Mastodons have recorded double-digit wins at home in 12 of the last 14 years, including this season. // Details to take home from the homecoming win vs. RMU – Four Mastodons scored in double figures (Hadnot II, 21, Craig Jr., 19, Nelson, 14, Stevenson, 12) – Purdue Fort Wayne shot 95.0 percent from the line (19-of-20). The ‘Dons have shot 95.0 percent from the free throw line in a game 16 times during the Division I era. The Robert Morris game was the fourth time it was done with a minimum of 20 attempts. The last time was in 2021 at SIUE (19-of-20). – The Mastodons scored 24 points off 16 Robert Morris turnovers. – The Mastodons outscored Robert Morris 21-2 in fast break points. =========== PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MASTODONS TAKE FOUR-GAME WIN STREAK TO WRIGHT STATE FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne will take its four-game win streak on the road to Wright State on Thursday (Feb. 5) for a Horizon League contest at 7 p.m.Game Day InformationWho: Wright State RaidersWhen: Thursday, February 5 | 7 PMWhere: Dayton, Ohio | Nutter CenterLive Stats: LinkWatch: ESPN+Game Notes: Purdue Fort Wayne | Wright State | Horizon League Know Your Foe Despite making the second-most 3-pointers in the league, Wright State is 6-17 and 2-10 in Horizon League play. The Raiders have lost seven in a row, dating back to an 82-71 win over Detroit Mercy on January 2. Breezie Williams is leading the way for Wright State, scoring 11.7 points per game. Rylee Sagester is the Raiders’ biggest 3-point threat with 43 makes on 38.1 percent this season. Series History Purdue Fort Wayne leads the series 14-11 and has won its last four games and nine of the last 10 against Wright State. Earlier this season, Alana Nelson led all scorers with 26 points in a 68-52 win in Fort Wayne. A Win Would… • Give the Mastodons their fifth win in a row over Wright State • Give the Mastodons their second win in a row over the Raiders in Dayton • Push the Mastodons’ advantage in the series to 15-11 • Be the Mastodons’ fifth win away from home for a 5-7 mark • Extend the Mastodons’ win streak to five games • Give Maria Marchesano her 57th Horizon League win and 89th win as Mastodon head coach Slaying Titans Purdue Fort Wayne made 14 3-pointers at a 50 percent clip in the Mastodons’ 95-66 win over Detroit Mercy (Feb. 2). It was the ninth time in the program’s Division I history that they hit 14 or more 3-pointers on 50 percent or better. A Titan of a Performance The Mastodons shot 57.1 percent from the floor against Detroit Mercy (Feb. 2), which was the 11th-best shooting performance for the ‘Dons in the DI era. Alotta Alana When Alana Nelson scores 15 or more, the Mastodons are 13-1. The only blemish was the Mastodons’ 62-61 loss at Xavier. The Latest of Lili Over the last four games, Lili Krasovec averaged 15.3 points per game while shooting 79.3 percent from the floor. 50-50 Chance The Mastodons have shot over 50 percent in five games this season. This ties for the fourth-most games in a season shooting 50 percent or more in the program’s Division I history. The ‘Dons shot over 50 percent in 11 games in 2010-11, 10 games in 2013-14, eight games in 2024-25 and five games in 2023-24. 3-Point Threat Rylee Bess has the second-best season-long 3-point percentage by a freshman in program history. Her mark of 42.5 percent (51-of-120) is only bested by Jordan Zuppe (2007-08), who shot 43.3 percent (74-of-171) in her freshman season. At Her Bess(t) Rylee Bess’ 42.5 3-point percentage is thebest by any freshman in the country this season and 22nd nationally among all players. Good, Better, Bess Over the last eight games, Rylee Bess is averaging 14.4 points per game, shooting 51.4 percent from the floor and 48.2 percent from the 3-point line. She scored in double-figures in all but one of those games. Triple Trouble Purdue Fort Wayne has had the top 3-point shooter in the Horizon League in each of the last three seasons. 2025-26 – Rylee Bess – 42.5 percent 2024-25 – Lauren Ross – 47.6 percent 2023-24 – Shayla Sellers – 40.2 percent Marchesano Mania Maria Marchesano owns 56 Horizon League wins as the Mastodon head coach, which ranks in the top-20 in Horizon League history. 17. June Olkowski (1993-99) – Butler – 65 17. Mike Bradbury (2010-16) – Wright State – 65 18. Mark Ehlen (1986-95) – Xavier – 60 19. Maria Marchesano (2021-pres.) – Purdue Fort Wayne – 56 Chasing 2,000 Jordan Reid needs 122 points to reach 2,000 in her career between Purdue Fort Wayne and Indiana Wesleyan. More Maria Madness Maria Marchesano’s 60.2 winning percentage (56-37) in Horizon League contests ranks 12th in league history with a minimum of three seasons. Cleveland State’s Chris Kielsmeier is the only active coach with a better mark. Look at Lee! Lauren Lee is second in the HL with 4.1 assists per game. She also has a 2.4 assist to turnover ratio, a league-best. League Leader Alana Nelson leads the Horizon League this season in points (386), points per game (16.8) and field goals (139). She also leads the league in scoring in league games at 17.7 points per game. Her 3-point percentage of 40.0 is second in the league to only teammate Rylee Bess. Career Points Tracker Let’s take a look at the career scoring numbers for the three former NAIA All-Americans on the roster regardless of level. Alana Nelson – 2,655 (482 at Northwood, 1,787 at Spring Arbor, 386 at PFW) Jordan Reid – 1,878 (1,395 at Indiana Wesleyan, 483 at PFW) Lauren Lee – 1,736 (1,630 at Campbellsville, 106 at PFW) Vetting Krasovec Lili Krasovec has 36 free throw makes on her last 42 trips to the charity stripe (85.7 percent) dating back to December 7. Lili Love Lili Krasovec has scored in double-digits 14 times this season after doing so just twice at Boston College. She scored a career-high 24 points against Robert Morris (Jan. 27) after going 11-of-14 from the floor. Lock In Lili Lili Krasovec has scored 15+ points seven times this season. In those games, she was a combined 52-for-77 (67.5 percent) from the floor and 29-of-32 (90.6 percent) from the free throw line. Wicked Wagner On limited attempts off the bench, the 6-foot-4 Avery Wagner is shooting 36.8 percent from 3-point range (7-of-19). 3-Ball Fun The Mastodons are 5-1 this season when they hit 10 or more 3-pointers this season. Under Maria Marchesano’s leadership, the ‘Dons have had 55 such games with a 43-12 record in those games. I’ll Take That Jordan Reid is averaging 2.2 steals per game, which ranks second in the Horizon League and just outside the top-100 nationally. If that average holds for a season-long mark, it would be fourth-best in the program’s Division I era. Inside The Arc? Guaranteed Bucket Lili Krasovec is shooting 64.0 percent from the floor this season (103-for-161), which ranks first in Mastodon history for a single season, topping Jazzlyn Linbo’s 58.3 from last year. Home Sweet Gates Purdue Fort Wayne is 53-22 (70.7 percent) at home under head coach Maria Marchesano and 38-7 (84.4 percent) over the last three seasons. The Magic Numbers Under head coach Maria Marchesano, the Mastodons are 59-9 when they score 70 points or more, 29-3 when they hit 80, and 13-0 when they reach 90. Last Time Out Purdue Fort Wayne obliterated Detroit Mercy 95-66 thanks to 14 3-pointers, five from both Alana Nelson and Rylee Bess. Nelson finished with a game-high 25, Lili Krasovec added 18 and Bess pitched in 17. Next Time Up Purdue Fort Wayne will stay on the road for a game at Cleveland State on Saturday (Feb. 7). The Vikings are 12-1 at home, their only loss coming from Youngstown State. =========== SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL USI MAKES VISITS TO UTM, SEMO THIS WEEK EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball team hits the road this week for critical Ohio Valley Conference games when it visits league-leading UT Martin Thursday and Southeast Missouri State Saturday. Tipoff Thursday for the USI-UTM game is set for 7:30 p.m., while the start time Saturday for USI-SEMO is slated for 3:45 p.m. Both games are scheduled to be streamed on ESPN+. All USI games are aired live on ESPN 97.7FM and The Spin 95.7FM. Currently sitting in 10th in the OVC, the Screaming Eagles (5-17, 2-10 OVC) are looking to snap a cold streak and attempt to climb back into position to make a trip to the OVC Championship. USI needs to make up a three-game deficit in the eight games remaining on the OVC calendar. The Eagles lost a pair of games during Homecoming week, falling to Lindenwood, 73-60, and SIU Edwardsville, 58-46. USI junior guard/forward Amaree Brown led the Eagles last week with 13.5 points per contest, while junior forward Tolu Samuels posted a team-best 11.0 rebounds per game. For the season, senior guard Ismail Habib has been posting 15.9 points per game to lead USI in scoring. Brown is second with 13.8 points per outing, while senior guard Cardell Bailey is third on the team in scoring with 13.5 points per contest this season. UTM (17-5, 9-2 OVC) is the hottest team in the OVC by winning its last two games and nine of the last 10 games. The Skyhawks lead the all-time series with USI, 10-4, after taking the first meeting of the year with USI, 73-56, at Liberty Arena. SEMO (13-8, 6-4 OVC), who hosts Morehead State Thursday before welcoming USI, has won its last four games and eight of the last 11. The Redhawks lead the all-time series with USI, 9-3, after winning the first matchup this season, 84-76, in Liberty. Following the road trip, USI will host its final two regular-season games at Liberty Arena for 2025-26 with new start times for both games. The USI-Tennessee State game, slated for February 12, will tip off at 8 p.m. due to the live telecast on Gray Media (WFIE-14) and the USI-Tennessee Tech game will be moved back to 4 p.m. due to the USI-TTU women’s basketball game on ESPNU. USI will celebrate Senior Day between games on February 14. =========== SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL USI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HOME GAME AGAINST TENNESSEE TECH ON FEB. 14 TO AIR ON ESPNU EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Ohio Valley Conference announced that the University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball game against Tennessee Tech University on Saturday, February 14, at Liberty Arena has been selected to air live nationally on ESPNU. Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m. USI Women’s Basketball will be featured on ESPNU’s national linear platform for the second season in a row. Last season, the Screaming Eagles’ road matchup at Lindenwood University was broadcast on ESPNU. “We are very excited to have our home game against Tennessee Tech selected for the OVC Wild Card Matchup on ESPNU,” USI Women’s Basketball Head Coach Rick Stein stated. “It is a great opportunity to showcase USI, Liberty Arena, and our women’s basketball program on a national stage!” The February 14 contest will be the third time a USI home game at Liberty Arena will be nationally televised on ESPNU, as USI Men’s Basketball hosted ESPNU in 2023 and 2024. Saturday, February 14, will also be the regular-season home finale and Senior Day for the Screaming Eagles. Additionally, the start time of the men’s game has been moved to 4 p.m. More details related to next week’s final homestand, including the regular-season home finale selected for ESPNU, will be announced in the coming days. For the fourth-straight year, the OVC is utilizing a Wild Card selection process to determine the linear broadcasts, with selections determined and announced approximately two weeks before the competition date to ensure the best matchups. The full schedule includes eight total men’s basketball games (five regular season contests and three OVC Tournament games) that will appear on one of the linear networks during the season. The five regular-season games will air on ESPNU. The schedule also includes one regular-season women’s game that will air on ESPNU. In addition, all seven games of the OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament, as well as the first round and quarterfinals of the men’s tournament (four total games), will be available on ESPN+ and the all-new ESPN App. Once again, over 200 regular-season conference games and home regular-season non-conference contests will stream on ESPN+. 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Bundling options available for fans include a limited time offer for the ESPN DTC Unlimited plan with Disney+ and Hulu for $29.99/month for the first 12 months. For more visit stream.espn.com. =========== VALPO MEN’S BASKETBALL MCNAIR, DEASE LEAD BEACONS IN SETBACK AT BRADLEY A team-high 17 points by sophomore Justus McNair (Joliet, Ill. / Joliet West) was not enough for the Valparaiso University men’s basketball team on Tuesday night, as host Bradley made a seven-point halftime lead hold up in a 72-65 victory at Carver Arena in Peoria. Owen Dease (Evansville, Ind. / Evansville Reitz [Texas A&M Corpus Christi]) contributed 16 points for the Beacons in the 2025 Missouri Valley Conference semifinal rematch. How It Happened Valpo scored the game’s first three points, but Bradley jumped ahead with an 8-0 run. The lead was 8-5 with 15 minutes left in the first half. With Valpo down 12-9, Tucker Tornatta (Evansville, Ind. / Reitz Memorial [University of Indianapolis]) scrambled for a rebound off his own miss, then assisted McNair, who swished a game-tying 3. Bradley came back with a go-ahead bucket and led 14-12 at the under-12 media timeout of the first half. Valpo battled ahead, making four out of five shots including a key 3-point play by McNair, and then a go-ahead triple by Rakim Chaney (Rockford, Ill. / Rockford Auburn [212 Sports Academy]). Fresh off the bench, Mark Brown Jr. (South Phoenix, Ariz. / Bella Vista Prep [Snow College]) got in on the 3-point act by draining one that made it 23-21 Valpo. The game went back and forth, with Dease drilling a go-ahead jumper to put Valpo up 27-26 and later McNair laid one in to make it 29-28 Beacons. Bradley sunk eight of its last nine shots of the first half and went into the break ahead 40-33. The Braves shot at a blistering 57.7 percent clip over the first 20 minutes, while Valpo was not too shabby at 51.9 percent but committed nine turnovers. The Beacons did own an 8-0 edge in second-chance points and had a 12-point opening half from McNair. Bradley got the better of the play early in the second half, opening up the team’s first double-figure lead of the game at 47-37 with 14:03 on the clock. McNair continued to help Valpo stay in the game when he nailed a 3 with 13:43 left in regulation to cut the lead to seven. Bradley had it back up to nine at 51-42 at the under-12 media timeout. Valpo fought to within single figures a few times during the second half, including a Chaney trey that made it 61-53 with under four minutes on the clock. Dease hit two 3s in succession to give Valpo hope, making it 71-65 with 39 seconds remaining, but the Flames made one of two free throws and then a missed 3 by the Beacons with 24 seconds left sealed their fate. Inside the Game McNair scored a team-high 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting, his second 17-point game in his last four contests and tied for his high watermark in league play. He has scored at least eight points in five straight games. Dease got to 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting, while also grabbing five boards. He has scored 15 points or more in five of his last six games. Chaney scored in double figures for the third straight game, finishing with 11 points and five rebounds. Valpo’s 12 turnovers were the team’s most in the last six games, and the Beacons were just 4-of-10 at the free-throw line for a season-low 40 percent. Bradley owned a 33-32 rebounding edge, but Valpo held a 10-8 advantage on the offensive glass and outscored the Braves 15-5 on second chances. Valpo played Bradley even in the second half (32-32) but a seven-point halftime lead for the hosts held up. Valpo trailed by 14 with 7:44 to play and cut that lead in half down the final stretch. The game was back-and-forth in the first half, featuring four ties and 13 lead changes. Up Next Valpo (11-12, 5-7 MVC) will host Evansville on Friday at 7 p.m. on Video Game Night at the ARC. Tickets are available at tickets.valpoathletics.com. =========== VALPO WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BEACONS HOST EVANSVILLE FOR GIRLS & WOMEN IN SPORTS GAME THURSDAY Valparaiso (0-22, 0-11 MVC) Game #23 – February 5, 2026 – 6 p.m. Evansville (5-17, 3-8 MVC) Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) – Valparaiso, Ind. Next Up in Valpo Basketball: The Valpo women’s basketball team hosts its annual Girls & Women in Sports game, presented by UChicago Medicine, on Thursday evening as the Beacons return to the ARC to host Evansville. Previously: Allia von Schlegell matched her career high with a team-best 19 points and Kamryn Winch led all players and tied her career best with 12 rebounds as the Beacons suffered a 76-57 defeat at UIC last Saturday afternoon. Following Valpo Basketball: Video: ESPN+ Radio: WVUR (95.1 FM, Valparaiso) Streaming audio: TuneIn app Links for live coverage: Available via ValpoAthletics.com Head Coach Courtney Boyd (0-22 at Valpo, 1st season; 180-90 [.667] overall, 9th season): Courtney Boyd was named the ninth head coach of the Valparaiso University women’s basketball program on 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: Valpo leads the all-time series over the Purple Aces 17-12, including a 12-5 advantage since joining the MVC. Earlier this season, though, it was Evansville which emerged victorious, as the Beacons fell on the road to the Purple Aces, 66-46. Allia von Schlegell had a season-best 19 points and hit five 3-pointers in that contest, while Fiona Connolly added 11 points. @ValpoWBB… …at UIC – A slow start led to UIC taking an early 12-3 lead, prompting a timeout from head coach Courtney Boyd just 3:27 into the contest. – Valpo scored seven straight out of the stoppage to pull within 12-10 with 3:42 to play in the opening period. – The Flames held a 20-14 lead at the end of the first. – UIC scored the first six points of the second quarter to extend its lead to double digits for the first time, but the Beacons pushed back, closing to within seven on a Milana Nenadic basket with 6:17 to play in the period. – The Flames out-scored Valpo 17-4 over the remainder of the half, including seven second-chance points in the last 90 seconds of the half, to take a 43-23 lead into halftime. – A quick 9-2 spurt over the opening 1:43 of the third quarter, including two triples by Allia von Schlegell, brought the Beacons within 45-32. – They were unable to get any closer than 13 points in the second half, however. UIC held a 53-37 lead at the end of the third quarter and maintained at least a 15-point lead throughout the final period. – von Schlegell went 4-of-7 from behind the 3-point line as part of her team-best 19-point effort, matching her career high set earlier this season at Evansville. – No other Beacon reached double figures in the scoring column, as Kamryn Winch was Valpo’s next-highest scorer, tallying nine points on 3-of-5 shooting from the field and 3-of-3 from the foul line. Winch also led all players with 12 rebounds, tying her career best set earlier this year in the overtime game against Milwaukee. – Valpo held a 41-36 advantage over the Flames in rebounds — the fifth time this season the Beacons have held the edge in that department. – Valpo shot 36.4% from the floor and hit 5-of-15 from the 3-point line — a season low in terms of 3-point attempts. UIC ended the game at 44.6% overall and 7-of-17 from deep. – The Beacons were 12-of-16 at the foul line, hitting at least 75% of their free throw attempts for a third straight game. – The turnover column hurt Valpo, as the Beacons committed 23 miscues — their highest total in MVC play — while forcing just 10 UIC turnovers. The Flames held a 31-7 advantage in points off turnovers. …versus Indiana State – The Beacons got off to a slow start, as they trailed 15-4 halfway through the opening quarter. – Valpo bounced back with a 9-0 run over a three-minute stretch to eliminate much of the deficit, with Milana Nenadic contributing six points during that spurt. The Beacons were within 18-13 at the end of the first period. – Indiana State scored eight points in three possessions to push its lead out to 12 points with 6:28 to play in the second quarter. – Valpo responded with an 11-3 run over the course of three and a half minutes — a run which included triples from Mor Shabtai, Allia von Schlegell and Nenadic, the last of which brought the Beacons with 33-29 with 1:37 to play in the half. – The Sycamores scored seven points over their last three possessions to take a 40-29 lead into halftime. – Indiana State extended its lead to begin the third quarter, opening with a 13-2 run over the first six minutes of the half to push its lead to its apex at 22. – Valpo immediately battled back out of a timeout, going on an 11-0 run — including six points from von Schlegell — to erase half the deficit and move within 11 with 1:55 to play in the period. The Sycamores led 57-42 with 10 minutes to play. – Indiana State’s lead remained near that 15-point mark for much of the fourth quarter. Valpo made a late push, getting to within 68-57 with 3:51 to play on a triple by Mikayla Huffine and shrinking its deficit to single digits for the first time in the second half when Kayla Sullivan hit two free throws to make it 70-61 with 1:55 to play, but the Beacons were unable to get any closer. – Nenadic paced the Beacons for the fourth straight game in the scoring department as she scored a game-high 19 points. The redshirt junior also recorded her first career double-double, pacing all players with a career-best 12 rebounds. – von Schlegell finished the afternoon with 15 points, including three 3-pointers. von Schlegell hit the 15-point mark for the eighth time this year and hit at least three triples for the eighth time as well. – Sullivan rounded out the trio of Beacons in double figures with 12 points, her second-highest scoring game of the season — notably, Sullivan’s highest-scoring game was also against the Sycamores. The junior also tied for game-high honors with a season-best three steals. – The Beacons shot 30.6% from the floor and were 8-of-28 from 3-point range, while Indiana State hit at a 43.5% clip from the field and was 7-of-20 from deep. – Valpo narrowly missed winning the rebounding battle, as the Sycamores held a 44-42 advantage on the glass. The 42 rebounds are the Beacons’ most in Valley play this season, while they also tied their best mark in MVC action with 11 offensive boards. – The Beacons finished with a positive assist/turnover ratio, notching 16 assists against just 12 turnovers. The 16 assists are the team’s third-highest total this year, while the 12 turnovers are tied for its second-lowest mark in that department. …looking ahead – Valpo stays at home Saturday to host SIU in the program’s annual Pink Game for cancer awareness. – That is followed by four straight road games Feb. 13-26, starting with games at Murray State and Belmont next weekend. …at the ARC – Thursday’s game is the ninth of 13 home games this season for the Beacons, as Valpo hosts three nonconference games and 10 MVC games. – The Beacons are currently 0-8 at the ARC this year. – Valpo posted a 9-6 record at the ARC last season, the program’s first winning record at home since the 2019-20 season. ….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. @UEAthletics_WBB – Evansville enters Thursday’s game at 5-17 on the season, including a 3-8 mark in MVC play. – The Purple Aces have lost six of their last seven games, but their one win in that stretch was at UNI – their first win in Cedar Falls since 2008. – Camryn Runner ranks fifth in the MVC in scoring (17.1 PPG) and second in assists (5.0 APG). Logan Luebbers Palmer also averages in double figures with 10.7 PPG, but has missed Evansville’s last four games. Allia Heats Up – Freshman Allia von Schlegell has made a big impact in her rookie season. – von Schlegell has scored in double figures 12 times this season, including in nine of Valpo’s last 13 games. – Nine times, von Schlegell has dropped at least 15 points – the most 15+ point games by a Valpo freshman since Dani Franklin hit the 15-point mark 12 times and Jasmyn Walker nine times in the 2014-15 season. – von Schlegell currently ranks third among MVC freshmen in scoring (10.3 points/game) and is first in 3-pointers made (42). – She ranks 77th nationally in freshman scoring and is tied for 16th among freshmen nationally in 3-pointers made. Doing Work on the Road – von Schlegell has excelled in the scoring department on the road in MVC play. – The freshman has scored 15 or more points in five of Valpo’s six MVC road games to date, including a career-high 19 twice – at Evansville and at UIC. – von Schlegell has shot 50% (18-for-36) from 3-point range in road MVC games and is averaging 15.3 points/game in those contests. Taking Advantage of PT – Redshirt junior Kamryn Winch might have played just 13:10 off the bench last time out at UIC, but she took full advantage of every second. – Winch scored nine points (3-5 FG; 3-3 FT) and tied her career best with a game-high 12 rebounds. – That is the second-fewest minutes played by a D-I player who recorded 12 rebounds this season (USC’s Yakiya Milton, Nov. 18 versus Portland, 12:01). – Winch is the first D-I player to register at least nine points and 12 rebounds while playing fewer than 14 minutes since Charlotte O’Keefe did so for UTRGV Nov. 23, 2024. Milana Feasts – Redshirt junior Milana Nenadic has been on a tear offensively lately, averaging 17.0 points/game over the last five games while leading the Beacons in all four contests. – This recent stretch comes after Nenadic averaged 6.6 points/game and scored in double figures just twice in the season’s first 17 games. – Nenadic became Valpo’s first MVC weekly award winner in over four years Jan. 19, as she was named MVC Newcomer of the Week after scoring 34 points at Illinois State (more on that game later) and 18 points versus Drake. – Nenadic has also hit the glass more recently, averaging 6.4 rebounds/game over the last four games after averaging 4.0 rebounds/game over the first 17 games. – Nenadic recorded her first career double-double last Thursday against Indiana State, going for 19 points and 12 rebounds – she is the first Valpo player to reach those marks in a game in which she committed zero turnovers since Sharon Karungi tallied 22 points and 16 boards without a turnover Feb. 22, 2014 versus Oakland. KK Gets Going – Since being inserted into the starting lineup at the start of this calendar year, junior Kayla Sullivan has picked up her production across the board. – Sullivan has averaged 7.2 points and 4.7 rebounds per game over the last nine games after entering the game at Indiana State Jan. 1 averaging just 2.3 points and 1.7 rebounds per game. – She has scored in double figures three times – 14 at Indiana State, 11 versus Drake and 12 last Thursday in the home game versus Indiana State. Nenadic’s Night – It was truly a night to remember for Milana Nenadic at Illinois State Jan. 15, coming off the bench to deliver 34 points on 16-of-25 shooting. – The 16 field goals made broke the program record for baskets in a single game, as the previous mark was shared at 15 by Deb Lahti (Feb. 19, 1983 vs. Carthage) and Lyn Swanson (Feb. 8, 1986 at Carthage). – Nenadic is tied for ninth among NCAA D-I players this season for field goals in a game. – Nenadic’s 25 field goal attempts are tied for eighth-most in a single game in Valpo history. – The junior now shares fifth on Valpo’s single-game scoring chart with Dani Franklin, who dropped 34 at Stetson Nov. 12, 2016. Those two are the only Valpo players to score at least 34 in a game since 1992. Nenadic’s 34 points are the most by a player coming off the bench in program history. – The 34 points is tied with Murray State’s Halli Poock for the highest-scoring game by an MVC player this season. – Nenadic’s previous career best was 20 points earlier this year while facing All-American Audi Crooks at Iowa State. – Nenadic is just the fourth MVC player in the last nine seasons with at least 16 baskets in a game, and joins a few pretty solid players in that department — Drake’s Katie Dinnebier, Belmont’s Destinee Wells and Murray State’s Katelyn Young. Nonconference Scoring – von Schlegell scored in double figures six times in nonconference action, among the best in program history in terms of double-digit scoring outputs by a freshman in nonconference games since Valpo joined the North Star Conference for the 1987-88 season: Dani Franklin, 2014-15, 11 Meredith Hamlet, 2015-16, 8 Tabitha Gerardot, 2010-11, 8 Sarrah Stricklett, 1996-97, at least 7 (2 boxes unavailable) Debbie Bolen, 1989-90, at least 7 (1 box unavailable) Jeanette Gray, 1999-2000, 7 Allia von Schlegell, 2025-26, 6 Stephanie Greer, 1987-88, 6 Amy Cole, 1987-88, 6 Linda Batz, 1987-88, 6 Ali Saunders, 2022-23, 5 Jamie Gutowski, 2002-03, 5 – Notably, the six players ahead of von Schlegell on that list all went on to earn All-Freshman/Newcomer Team honors and closed their time at Valpo among the top-12 in program history in career scoring. Skip the Second? – Three times in MVC play, the second quarter has proven to be the Beacons’ undoing. – Drake outscored Valpo 19-7 in the second quarter, while the Beacons outscored the Bulldogs 49-47 in the other three periods. – At Illinois State, a 31-12 second quarter for the Redbirds accounted for the entire final margin, as Valpo matched ISU 62-62 in the other three quarters. – At Indiana State, the Sycamores’ 24-13 advantage in the second quarter offset Valpo’s 65-64 edge in the other three periods. Shifting Starters – Valpo has used nine different starting lineups this year, the most recent change coming last Thursday against Indiana State with Fiona Connolly out. – With Connolly back, she returned to the lineup alongside Huffine, von Schlegell, Sullivan and Preston at UIC, the fifth start for that quintet – the most of any lineup this season. – Ten different players have been a part of at least one starting five this year, with only one – Mikayla Huffine – starting every game. All ten have started at least three games apiece. – The Beacons have not used the same starting lineup in more than four consecutive games this season. The Tall and the Short – This year’s Valpo roster features recent extremes on both ends of the height spectrum. – Mor Shabtai and Mikayla Huffine both are listed at 5-4, making them the shortest Valpo players since 5-3 Rashida Ray (2007-11). – On the flip side, Kamryn Winch and Milana Nenadic both check in at 6-3, making them the tallest Valpo players since 6-5 Nicole Johanson (2018-19). International Flavor – Valpo has a trio of international players on its 2025-26 roster: sophomore Mor Shabtai (Israel) and transfers Milana Nenadic (Ontario, Canada) and Kennedy Sproule (Manitoba, Canada). – Prior to Shabtai’s arrival last year, the Valpo program hadn’t had an international player since Sharon Karungi (Uganda) roamed the paint from 2013-15. Sister Act – For the third straight season, the Beacons have a pair of sisters on their roster, as freshman Nuala Connolly joins senior sister Fiona on this year’s squad. – The last two years featured identical twins Nevaeh and Saniya Jackson. – Before that, the last set of sisters to suit up together in the Brown and Gold were the trio of Hamlet sisters: Annemarie (2013-16) overlapped with both older sister Elizabeth (2013-14) and younger sister Meredith (2015-19). =========== UINDY MEN’S LAX MEN’S LACROSSE OPENS 2026 SEASON SATURDAY AT HOME AGAINST NORTHWOOD INDIANAPOLIS— The University of Indianapolis men’s lacrosse opens its 2026 season at Key Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 7, at noon. The Greyhounds look to return to the NCAA tournament for the program’s sixth tournament berth, missing out last year after falling to Maryville in the GLVC semifinal match. UIndy is just three wins away from the century mark with a 97-48 all-time program record. UIndy brings USILA Preseason All-America honorees in Alec Score and Tyler Bernarduci, as well as AJ Preachuk, who received USILA All-America Honorable Mention along with Score and Bernarduci. The trio is joined by Matt Pereira and Mitchell Carik, who earned All-GLVC Honors, and Keegan Laughlin and Jason Davide, who received All-Conference Honorable Mention selections for the 2025 season. After the Hounds’ season opener, they will travel to Painesville, Ohio to face Lake Erie at 1 p.m. ET. on Valentine’s Day. The squad will play four more non-conference contests before opening GLVC play against Rockhurst at Key Stadium for a noon faceoff. =========== UINDY WOMEN’S LAX FOUR GREYHOUNDS GRAB PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN HONORS SOUTH BEND, Ind.— Four members of the UIndy women’s lacrosse team were recognized on the USA Lacrosse Division II Preseason All-American list. Two-time IWLCA All-America honoree Olivia Bladon was named First Team All-America, 2025 IWLCA All-American Second-Team honoree Amanda Hurry was named to the Second-Team, and seniors Hollis Rang and Sage Da Silva were both recognized on the Third-Team. Bladon earned her First-Team status in large part due to her 85 goal, 102 point 2025 season, and adding an IWLCA All-American First Team honor along with being named the 2025 GLVC Midfielder of the Year. Following Hurry’s 2024 GLVC Freshman of the Year season, she upped her season totals in both caused turnovers (27) and ground balls (25), and earned 2025 All-GLVC FIrst-Team Honors. Rang took a step forward in year two with the program, snagging 47 ground balls in 2025 which is the second-most in a season for any Greyhound in program history, while Da Silva moved into the top-5 all-time in career assists after she dished out 16 in 2025 along with 48 goals as one of the team’s leading midfielders. The four preseason All-Americans and the Greyhounds return to action for a top-5 nationally ranked match up against Tampa at Key Stadium on Saturday Feb. 14. This will also be a rematch of last year’s National Semifinal. =========== UINDY WOMEN’S GOLF UINDY SELECTED TO REPEAT AS GLVC WOMEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONS INDIANAPOLIS – UIndy was selected in the preseason coaches’ poll as the choice to win the 2026 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) women’s golf title, the league office announced on Tuesday. The preseason poll is selected by the league’s head coaches, who, per GLVC Bylaws, are not permitted to vote for their own team. No. 1 Indianapolis Received ten first-place votes and 139 total points. Won their 17th GLVC Championships, defeating Missouri-St. Louis 3-2 in the Championship Placed 16th at the NCAA Championships in 2025 Ranked 11th in DII and third in the East region by Clippd Rankings. Coached by reigning GLVC Coach of the Year Andy Serketich, who enters his second season at the helm. Return GLVC Individual Medalist Caroline Whallon, and All-GLVC First Team selections Macey Brown, and Ava Ray. The complete poll and voting results can be found below. PlaceSchoolPoints (1st-Place Votes)1.UIndy139 (10)2.Missouri-St. Louis135 (3)3.Lewis1224.McKendree1045.Illinois Springfield966.Maryville937.Drury898.William Jewell589.Quincy5610.Upper Iowa4611.Rockhurst3312.Truman State2313.Lincoln20 ========== SMALL INDIANA COLLEGE SPORTS WEB SITES UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/ MARIAN ATHLETICS: https://muknights.com/ INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/ EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/ WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/ FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/ ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/ ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/ DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/ HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/ MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/ HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/ OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/ IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/ IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/ PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/ INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/ ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/ GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/ HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/ VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index =========== “SPORTS EXTRA” TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY On February 4 in … 1861 – Wearing ice skates, the champion Atlantics defeat the Charter Oak Club, 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in South Brooklyn, New York, USA. 1903 – Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, two games to one and one tie. 1924 – First Olympic Winter Games close at Chamonix, France. 1929 – Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut versus England at Adelaide. 1931 – US Major League Baseball’s National League adopts a deader baseball. 1932 – (to February 15) The III Olympic Winter Games are held in Lake Placid, New York, USA. 1937 – Jim Margie, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, bowls 900 in three (unsanctioned) games. 1939 – Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-minute mile beyond human effort. 1951 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer. 1951 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button. 1956 – American League plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training. 1958 – Baseball Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for first time since 1950. 1960 – Baseball Writers Association of America voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member. 1960 – San Francisco Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park. 1962 – Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game. 1962 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles. 1962 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt. 1968 – Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball. 1969 – 41,163, largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cincinnati Royals versus Detroit Pistons, San Diego Rockets versus Boston Celtics. 1969 – John Madden is named head coach of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders. 1973 – New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres play a penalty-free game. 1973 – Manfred Kokot runs world record 50 metre indoor (5.61 seconds). 1976 – (to February 15) The XII Olympic Winter Games are held in Innsbruck, Austria. 1976 – Judge Oliver upholds Seitz’s decision on Andy Messersmith free agency. 1977 – 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver, BC, Canada. 1979 – Joanne Carner win LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament. 1980 – Joanne Carner win LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek. 1983 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton. 1986 – 38th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 (overtime) at Hartford, Connecticut. 1987 – Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes beat Australia’s Kookaburra 3, bringing America’s Cup yachting trophy back to USA. 1987 – Sacramento Kings score only four points first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954. 1989 – Dean Jones scores 216 versus West Indies at the Adelaide Oval. 1990 – Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 metre freestyle (3 minutes 40.81 seconds). 1990 – Danny Everett runs world record 400 metre indoor (45:04). 1990 – Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60 metre hurdles indoor (7.69). 1990 – NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21. 1990 – Pat Bradley win Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic. 1990 – Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar). 1990 – The Saint Petersburg Pelicans defeat the Palm Beach Tropics to win the first Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship, 12-4. 1991 – Baseball Hall of Fame’s board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose. 1991 – Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make 467 stand versus Sierra Leone, world record. 1994 – Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 metre indoor (6.00 seconds). 1994 – Russian team beats ladies world record 4×800 metre indoor (8:18.71). 1995 – Dean Jones completes 324 for Victoria versus South Australia. 1995 – Zimbabwe’s first Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning. 1996 – NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13. 1997 – Mario LeMieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals. 1997 – Ipswich Town football player Adam Tanner, who recently failed a drugs test, is banned from football for three months at an FA hearing. Tanner received a relatively lenient punishment as he had admitted taking drugs at the first attempt and shown remorse for his behaviour. 2004 – The Saint Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols agree to a US$100 million, seven-year deal. 2005 – The Chicago Cubs sign Aramis Ramirez to a US$8.95 million, one-year contract. 2007 – The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in NFL’s Super Bowl XLI, played at Dolphin Stadium, Miami, Florida. 2008 – Texas Tech University basketball coach Bob Knight resigns. He had coached for 42 years, presiding over 902 winning games, a record among US men’s college basketball coaches. 2010 – The Detroit Tigers sign baseball pitcher Justin Verlander to a US$80-million five-year contract. 2022 – In Beijing, People’s Republic of China, the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics are held. Births of sports figures on February 4 1884 – Birth of Rolland Beaumont; cricket player (South African batsman in five tests 1912-14). 1891 – Birth of Yuri Losmann in Estonia; marathon runner (Olympics-silver 1920). 1906 – Birth of Primo Carnera; Italian boxer (champion-1933). 1912 – Birth of Byron Nelson in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945). 1913 – Birth of Woody Hayes [Wayne]; college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of year). 1935 – Birth of Wallis Mathias; cricket player (first non-Muslim to play for Pakistan). 1937 – Birth of John Devitt in Australia; 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1960). 1937 – Birth of Magnar Solberg in Norway; 20km biathalete (Olympics-gold-1968, 1972). 1946 – Birth of Mary Meyer; American 500-metre speed skater (Olympics-silver-1968). 1948 – Birth of Rakesh Shukla; cricket leg-spinner (one Test India versus Sri Lanka 1982). 1953 – Birth of Svetlana Ulmasova in the USSR, 3000m (world title 1978). 1959 – Birth of Lawrence Taylor; NFL’s greatest linebacker (New York Giants). 1961 – Birth of Denis Savard in Pointe Gatineau, California, USA; NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks). 1961 – Birth of Vern Fleming in Long Island City, New York, USA; basketball player (Olympics-gold-1984). 1962 – Birth of Dan Plesac in Gary, Indiana, USA; pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates). 1962 – Birth of Vern Fleming; NBA guard (New Jersey Nets). 1963 – Birth of Jane Leary in Sydney, Australia; golfer (1992 Australian Amateur Champion). 1963 – Birth of Pirmin Zurbriggen; Swiss alpine skier (Olympics-gold-1988). 1963 – Birth of Tracie Ruiz-Conforto in Hawaii, USA; synchronized swimmer (Olympics-2 gold/silver-1984, 1988). 1965 – Birth of John van Loen; Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord, San Frecce). 1966 – Birth of Barry Klein in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; rower (Olympics-1996). 1967 – Birth of Sergei Grinkov; Soviet ice skater (Olympics-gold 1988, 1994). 1969 – Birth of Brad Cornett; US baseball pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays). 1969 – Birth of Chris Crooms; WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons). 1969 – Birth of Dallas Drake in Trail, British Columbia, Canada; NHL center (Winnipeg Jets). 1969 – Birth of Joe Sacco in Medford, Massachusetts, USA; NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks). 1970 – Birth of John Frascatore; US baseball pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals). 1970 – Birth of Todd Peterson; NFL kicker (Seattle Seahawks). 1971 – Birth of Kevin Farkas; NFL tackle (Carolina Panthers). 1971 – Birth of Maarten Atmodikoro; soccer player (Dordrecht 1990, NAC). 1971 – Birth of Pete Pierson; NFL tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers). 1971 – Birth of Sterling Palmer; NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins). 1972 – Birth of Kelvin Anderson; Canadian Football League running back (Calgary Stampeders). 1973 – Birth of Oscar De La Hoya in Los Angeles, California, USA; boxer (Olympics-gold-1992). 1974 – Birth of Brandon Convery in Kingston, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs). 1974 – Birth of Chris Ward; defensive end (Baltimore Ravens). 1982 – Birth of Tomas Vaitkus; Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist. 1982 – Birth of Mandisa Stevenson; American basketball player. Deaths of sports figures on February 4 1943 – Frank Calder, first NHL president, dies. 1965 – U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at age 33. 1995 – Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at age 62. On February 5 in … 1893 – Alfred Naess skates world record 500 metre (49.4 seconds). 1919 – National League president John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers. 1921 – New York Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx for Yankee Stadium. 1938 – Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500 metre (41.8 seconds). 1942 – Boston Braves get Tommy Holmes from New York Yankees for Buddy Hassett and Gene Moore. 1945 – Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69.6 kph (440 yards in 20.8 seconds). 1948 – Dick Button becomes first US figure skating Olympics champion. 1948 – Gretchen Fraser becomes first US woman Olympics slalom champion. 1949 – Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 1956 – VII Olympic Winter Games close at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. 1956 – Louise Suggs win LPGA Havana Golf Open. 1956 – New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a Brooklyn Sports Center Authority, which will propose building a $30 million downtown sports center. 1958 – Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, West Indies versus Pakistan, Port-of-Spain. 1959 – Australia regains the Ashes with a 10-wicket victory at Adelaide. 1969 – Vince Lombardi becomes part owner, vice president, general manager and head coach of Washington Redskins. 1970 – First Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours, 1 six. 1970 – Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa versus Australia, Durban. 1972 – Bob Douglas is elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. 1974 – Mats Wermelin, of Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win. 1976 – Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies. 1976 – Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath. 1977 – Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in six rounds in his first pro fight. 1977 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne. 1977 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner. 1978 – Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free-throws blindfolded. 1980 – 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit. 1984 – New Zealand beats England (82 and 93) by an innings in three days. 1984 – Patty Sheehan win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic. 1989 – Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points. 1990 – Notre Dame becomes first team to sell its game to a major network (NBC). 1991 – All American Bowl ends after 14 years. 1991 – Big East Football conference forms. 1991 – Los Angeles Kings’ Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHL player to score 1000 points. 1992 – Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar. 1992 – Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win versus India. 1995 – NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13. 1995 – Sandra Völker swims female European record 50 metre backstroke (27.77). 1998 – Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record. 1998 – Figure skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding talk on FOX (Taped December 22nd). 2006 – The Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10. 2009 – Undefeated world super-middleweight and light-heavyweight boxing champion Joe Calzaghe of the United Kingdom announces his retirement, with a record of 46 wins from 46 fights. Births of sports figures on February 5 1889 – Birth of Elias Henry “Patsy” Hendren; cricket player (prolific England bat of 1920s). 1889 – Birth of Ernest Tyldesley; cricket player (first Lancastrian to score 100 100’s). 1891 – Birth of Elizabeth Ryan in Anaheim, California, USA; doubles tennis champion (six-time Wimbledon). 1903 – Birth of Joan Whitney Payson; owner of New York Mets and horse stables. 1934 – Birth of Don Cherry in Ontario, Canada; sports commentator (Hockey Night in Canada). 1934 – Birth of Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron Junior in Mobile, Alabama, USA; baseball player (record 755 home runs, 1957 National League Most Valuable Player). 1937 – Birth of Gaston Roelants in Belgium; world cross-country champion. 1939 – Birth of Brian Luckhurst; cricket player (England opener of 1960s and early 1970s). 1942 – Birth of Roger Staubach; NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys). 1943 – Birth of Craig Morton in Flint, Michigan, USA; NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos). 1957 – Birth of Craig Wilson in Beeville, Texas, USA; water polo goalie (Olympics-silver-1984, 1988). 1959 – Birth of Glenn Dubis in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; 3×40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 1988, 1996). 1960 – Birth of Jane Geddes in Huntington, New York, USA; LPGA golfer (1987 Women’s Kemper Open). 1965 – Birth of Ben Lee in Rangoon, Burma; US badminton player (Olympics-1992). 1965 – Birth of James David McGovern in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA; PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open). 1968 – Birth of Roberto Alomar in Salinas, Puerto Rico; infielder (Baltimore Orioles). 1968 – Birth of Will Furrer; NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Saint Louis Rams). 1970 – Birth of Darren Lehmann; cricket player (South Africa and Victoria LHB Australian ODI 1996). 1970 – Birth of Forey Duckett; NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (New Orleans Saints, Scottish Claymores). 1971 – Birth of Dennis Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; 125.5 pounds greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-silver-1992, 1996). 1971 – Birth of Dianne Norman in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada; basketball forward (Olympics-1996). 1971 – Birth of Peter “Chip” Cipollone in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA; rower (Olympics-1996). 1972 – Birth of Chris Bailey; ice hockey defenseman (USA, Olympics-1998). 1972 – Birth of Tony Johnson; tight end (New Orleans Saints). 1973 – Birth of Israel Raybon; defensive end (Carolina Panthers). 1973 – Birth of Laura Espinoza-Watson in Torrance, California, USA; infielder (Silver Bullets). 1973 – Birth of Richard Matvichuk in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars). 1974 – Birth of Adrienne Johnson; WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers). 1975 – Birth of Giovanni van Bronckhorst; Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord). 1975 – Birth of Jan l’Ami; Dutch soccer player (Willem II). 1976 – Birth of Nancy Feber in Antwerp, Belgium; tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico). Deaths of sports figures on February 5 1897 – Hoss Radbourn, pitcher who won 60 games in 1884, dies at age 42. 1952 – Reginald Allen, cricket player (uncle of Gubby, Test Australia vs England 1887), dies. 1960 – Louis Stricker, cricket player (South Africa open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies. 1979 – Eddie Paynter, cricket player (20 Tests for England, average 59.23), dies. 1993 – Jack Young, cricket player (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies. 1994 – Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at age 63. =========== TV SPORTS Wednesday, 2/4/26 OLYMPICSTIME ETTVCurling Mixed Doubles Prelims1:05pmPeacockNBA REGULAR SEASONTIME ETTVDenver Nuggets vs New York Knicks7:00pmESPNALT2MSGMinnesota Timberwolves vs Toronto Raptors7:30pmESPNFanDuel Sports NorthSNNew Orleans Pelicans vs Milwaukee Bucks8:00pmGCSNFanDuel Sports MILBoston Celtics vs Houston Rockets8:00pmNBCS-BOSSCHNOklahoma City Thunder vs San Antonio Spurs9:30pmESPNFanDuel Sports OKCFanDuel Sports 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