#16 Indiana University Men’s Basketball closes out Four Game Homestand with UNC-Greensboro The #16 Indiana Hoosiers will look to sweep a four game homestand when they host the UNC-Greensboro Spartans Tonight at 6:30 PM inside Simon Sjkodt Assembly Hall with the game televised on Fox Sports 1. Indiana is 3-0 on the season and coming off a 16 point win Last Saturday Afternoon against the South Carolina Gamecocks 87-71. The Hoosiers are averaging 85.7 points game and have scored 80 or more points in all three games while holding their opponents to 62.3 points per game.
Indiana is shooting 55.3 percent from the field, 39.2 percent from three-point range and 79 percent from the free throw line. Sophomore Mackenzie Mgbako is leading the team with 22 points per game and scored 17 points against the Gamecocks last Saturday. Malik Reneau averages 15 points and leads the team with 1.7 steals per ber game. Seven-Footer Oumar Ballo is leading the team with 9.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game and had his best game as Hoosier with 13 rebounds and 6 blocks against South Carolina and added 7 points as he averages 13 points per game. Sophomore Myles Rice led the Hoosiers with 23 points against his hometown team as a Columbia, South Carolina native. Trey Galloway who had off-season surgery is still playing limited minutes averaging 19 per game is averaging 7.3 points and a team leading 6.3 points per game. The Hoosiers got off to a slow start against South Carolina but used a 14-0 run after trailing 4-0 as the Gamecocks could not overcome the deficit and Gamecocks leading scorer Collin Murray-Boyles was held to 2 points and fouled out with 8:16 left in the ball game. Indiana went 27-33 from the free throw line for 81 percent as the Hoosiers hit more free throws than South Carolina attempted all game with 23. The Hoosiers are doing a good job of using their size and pushing the ball in translation to get buckets inside. The Hoosiers did have eight three pointers in the game as Rice knocked down three of those. The Hoosiers need to rebound the ball better, but Ballo is force on the defensive end with his shock blocking and ability to alter shots with his size.
UNC Greensboro is 2-1 on the season with wins over Florida Gulf Coast 73-64 and North Carolina Wesleyan 99-54 at home and a road loss to SMU 81-68. The Spartans are led by 5-9 Junior Kenyon Giles who leads the team with 16.3 points and 2.3 steals per game. 6-5 Junior Donovan Atwell is averaging 12.3 points per game. 6-2 Senior Ronald Polite III is averaging 10.3 points per game and leads the team in assists with 2.7. 6-6 Senior Miles Jones leads the team in rebounds with 8.7 and will have touch matchup inside facing Oumar Ballo who is four inches taller. 6-3 Senior Joryam Saizonou leads the team with 0.7 blocks per game. The Spartans average 80 points per game while committing 11 turnovers per game and giving up 66.3 points per game on defense. UNC Greensboro shoots 45.3 percent from the field, 39.7 percent from three and 72.3 percent from the free throw line. The Spartans have one player at 6-10 and three players that are 6-8 and that gives the Hoosiers the advantage inside and on the front line with the length across the board. The Spartans have a 16-player roster that represents 6 States and Four Countries. The Spartans have players from New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Oklahoma, Texas and Maryland along international players from The Netherlands, Ireland Lithuania and Canada.
Mike Jones is in his fourth season at UNC Greensboro with a 60-39 record and overall record of 234-189 in 14 seasons. Jones led Radford University in Virginia to a 174-150 record in 10 seasons with a 2018 trip to the NCAA Tournament and 2 appearances in the College Basketball Invitational Quarterfinals in 2014 and 2015. Jones won the 2018 and 2019 Big South Regular Season and 2018 Big South Tournament Championship and was named two-time Big South Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2020. The 59-year-old was 2023 Southern Conference Co-Coach of the year, and the Spartans made the College Basketball Invitational Tournament in 2022 and has 10 winning seasons overall. Jones played at Howard University in Washington DC from 1983-87 and was the Head Coach at Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC from 1990-94. Jones was an assistant coach at Howard, Furman, Richmond, West Virginia, Georgia and VCU from 1994-2011. His father Jimmy played in the ABA from 1967-74 and the Washington Bullets in the NBA from 1974-77.
This will be third meeting between the two teams with all of them coming in Simon Sjkodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers have won both matchups 74-61 on November 21,2003 and 87-79 on November 28,2014. In 2003 starting guards Bracey Wright and Marshall Strickland combined to score for 40 points, nine rebounds, and five steals in the win. In 2014 James Blackmon Jr. led the Hoosiers with 24 points and nine rebounds. All five Hoosier starters hit double figures in the scoring column.
Indiana University Football ranked Fifth in the Latest College Football Playoff Rankings One of three undefeated teams left in college football, the Indiana football program sits No. 5 in the third College Football Playoff rankings as announced by the CFP committee on Tuesday. The No. 5 ranking is the highest in the CFP era for Indiana. It marks the third-straight week in 2024 and the eighth time in program history that IU has appeared in the CFP rankings. In 2020, Indiana entered the CFP rankings at No. 12 for three weeks and sat No. 11 during the final two weeks of the selections that season. The Big Ten saw five schools ranked and four programs in the top 5 of the third CFP rankings: Oregon (No. 1), Ohio State (No. 2), Penn State (No. 4), Indiana (No. 5) and Illinois (No. 25). No. 5/5/5 Indiana (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten) travels to Columbus, Ohio, for a top 5 showdown with No. 2/2/2 Ohio State (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten) inside Ohio Stadium. The Hoosiers will then close out the season against Purdue in the annual battle for the Old Oaken Bucket on Nov. 30 at Memorial Stadium.
College Football Playoff Rankings – Nov. 19
1. Oregon (11-0)
2. Ohio State (9-1)
3. Texas (9-1)
4. Penn State (9-1)
5. INDIANA (10-0)
6. Notre Dame (9-1)
7. Alabama (8-2)
8. Miami (Fla.) (9-1)
9. Ole Miss (8-2)
10. Georgia (8-2)
11. Tennessee (8-2)
12. Boise State (9-1)
13. SMU (9-1)
14. BYU (9-1)
15. Texas A&M (8-2)
16. Colorado (8-2)
17. Clemson (8-2)
18. South Carolina (7-3)
19. Army (9-0)
20. Tulane (9-2)
21. Arizona State (8-2)
22. Iowa State (8-2)
23. Missouri (7-3)
24. UNLV (8-2)
25. Illinois (7-3)
Indiana University Women’s Tennis Signs Two for the Class of 2025 Indiana women’s tennis head coach Gabrielle Moore announces two signees to the class of 2025. Moore’s first signing class as head coach includes two top 30 ranked athletes in the 2025 class in Ameia Sorey and Hi’ilani Williams. “I am very excited about the addition of Ameia and Hi’ilani to our tennis family,” Moore said. “They both have been very successful on the national and international stage, and I am confident they will fit in well with our team to help us reach our goals. They are both capable of making an immediate impact on our team, which is what we need. Both are super competitive and believe in this program and university. They are really hard workers and come from two great families. The sky is the limit for them both, and the future is bright for Indiana women’s tennis.”
Ameia Sorey | Miami, Fla.-Sorey, a native of Miami, Fla., is ranked No. 32 and was ranked as high as No. 24 in the class of 2025. She is also a blue-chip recruit and ranked No. 6 in the state of Florida. Sorey also earns a No. 4 ranking in the UTR girls high school players list with a ranking as high as No. 244 in the ITF rankings. On the court, Sorey has won three ITF singles, and one doubles title. In 2023, she was named the Miami’s Herald Dade Tennis Player of the Year and was a FHSAA Tennis State Champion in singles. “We are so pumped to have Ameia join our family,” Moore said. “She has a passion for tennis, and a deep enthusiasm for learning the game. Her work ethic, competitiveness, and athleticism help set her apart. Ameia has had a lot of success on the ITF Junior Circuit both in singles and doubles that will provide stability and depth for our program. We cannot wait to have her here in Bloomington!”
Hi’ilani Williams | Oro Valley, Ariz.-Our next signee, Hi’ilani Williams, hails from the state of Hawai’i but currently lives in Oro Valley, Ariz. The five-star recruit currently trains at the John Newcombe Tennis and is ranked No. 31 in the class of 2025 and was ranked as high as No. 26. Williams is also the No. 1 recruit in the state of Arizona for the 2025 class. Williams is the recipient of the 2024 Girls Southwest Region Sportsmanship Award and was a member of the USTA All-Southwest Team. She also won a Silver Ball at the 2024 USTA National Team Championships in Mobile, Ala., and was the G18’s Southwest Junior Section Closed Champion. “We are thrilled to add Hi’ilani to our family,” Moore stated. “She was everything we were looking for in building our team culture around. She is an absolute joy and oozes the enthusiasm and values that we are looking for in a team player. She is extremely talented, hardworking and has a lot of variety to her game. She is a great player with a high doubles IQ who is really going to help us there with her experience and her desire to continue to grow on and off the court. We can’t wait to have her on campus next season!”
#15 Marquette trounces #6 Purdue Men’s Basketball in Milwaukee Kam Jones had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists as No. 15 Marquette defeated No. 6 Purdue 76-58 on Tuesday night to snap the Boilermakers’ 39-game regular-season nonconference winning streak. Purdue (4-1) hadn’t lost a regular-season nonconference game since falling 58-54 at Miami on Dec. 8, 2020, compiling the fourth-longest such streak in NCAA history. The record is held by Syracuse, which won 52 straight nonconference regular-season games from Dec. 17, 2008, through Dec. 17, 2012. Jones’ triple-double was the third in school history and first since Dwyane Wade had 29 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists when Marquette beat Kentucky 83-69 in a 2003 regional final to earn its most recent Final Four appearance. Marquette’s only other triple-double came from Tony Miller against Wisconsin on Dec. 31, 1994. Stevie Mitchell scored a career-high 21 points for Marquette (5-0). Chase Ross had 12 and Ben Gold added 11. Trey Kaufman-Renn had 16 points, Fletcher Loyer 13 and Braden Smith 11 for Purdue. Purdue’s string of nonconference regular-season wins wasn’t the only Purdue streak to get snapped. The Boilermakers also had won an NCAA-best 25 straight November games. Kam Jones has been a productive scorer much of his career, but Tuesday’s game showed how much he has developed as an all-around player. His 13 rebounds and 10 assists were both career highs. Purdue trailed 55-49 with eight minutes left before David Joplin scored four points during an 8-0 run for Marquette that made it a 14-point game with 4:51 remaining. The spurt culminated with Ross getting a steal and passing to Mitchell for a layup. After committing just three turnovers Friday in an 87-78 victory over then-No. 2 Alabama, Purdue had 15 on Tuesday. Both teams play on Saturday, with Purdue hosting Marshall while Marquette faces Georgia at Paradise Island, Bahamas.
Three Day Schedule announced for the 2025 Brickyard 400 Weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Fans once again can enjoy three days of on-track action when the stars of the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Brickyard Weekend on July 25-27, 2025. The Brickyard Weekend race lineup will include the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pennzoil 250 on Saturday, July 26 and the NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400 presented by PPG on Sunday, July 27. The full practice and qualifying schedule, including for Friday, July 25, will be shared at a later date. “As fans start their holiday shopping, the inclusion of Friday tickets is a great incentive to give the gift of Brickyard Weekend,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles said. “Tickets for all 2025 marquee events at IMS went on sale a few weeks ago, and fans can now add Friday of Brickyard Weekend to their plans. Other than renewal, buying now continues to provide the best available seats at the lowest prices we offer.”
Tickets for Friday’s practice sessions are $15. Tickets for Saturday start at $35, with Sunday tickets for the Brickyard 400 presented by PPG starting at $40. Kids 15 and under are admitted free when accompanied by a General Admission or Flex Admission adult ticketholder. Fans who already renewed their tickets to Saturday’s Pennzoil 250 or Sunday’s Brickyard 400 presented by PPG will have complimentary Friday General Admission Tickets added to their IMS accounts. If fans purchased three-day camping for the weekend, those purchases will be extended to four-day camping. IMS accounts will reflect these changes. Visit IMS.com for ticket information for Brickyard Weekend on July 25-27.
Oregon has clinched its spot in the Big Ten Championship Football Game in Indianapolis The top-ranked Oregon Ducks have clinched a spot in the Big Ten championship game. The Big Ten announced Tuesday that after extensive evaluation, there were “no conditions whereby the Ducks do not finish No. 1 or No. 2” in the conference. The league championship is set for Dec. 7 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Oregon (11-0, 8-0) has a bye this weekend after a 16-13 victory at Wisconsin on Saturday. The Ducks finish out the regular season against visiting Washington on Nov. 30. It is Oregon’s first season in the Big Ten. The Ducks, the Huskies, USC and UCLA all left the Pac-12 under conference realignment. Oregon is one of just three undefeated teams left in the country this season, in addition to No. 5 Indiana and No. 18 Army.
This weekend will go a long way toward determining the Ducks’ opponent in the title game. The undefeated Hoosiers travel to Columbus to face No. 2 Ohio State Saturday at noon. The Buckeyes’ only loss came to Oregon on Oct. 12. Ohio State also handed No. 4 Penn State its only loss on Nov. 12. After their matchup Saturday, the Hoosiers and Buckeyes will finish the season against their rivals, Purdue and Michigan, respectively. The Boilermakers are 1-9 this season and winless in Big Ten play, while the Wolverines are 5-5 and just 3-4 in conference games. Penn State has Minnesota (6-4, 4-3) and Maryland (4-6, 1-6) left on their schedule.