Indiana’s Women’s Basketball Seniors have taken Very a different path to get to Senior Night It’s the final home regular season game for three Indiana Women’s Basketball Hoosiers as they host #19 Maryland Terrapins Tonight at 7 PM Inside Simon Sjkodt Assembly Hall Chloe Moore-McNeil, Sydney Parrish and Karoline Striplin who have taken a different path to get to this moment in their respective careers and they will be honored before and after the game as part of the Senior Night festivities. For Chloe Moore-McNeil it’s been five years in a Hoosier Uniform as the Greenfield, Tennessee native has played in 147 career games and started of them with all but two of those coming in the last three years. Moore-McNeil has scored 1,093 points, pulled down 465 rebounds, dished out 474 assists, 150 steals and 41 blocks in her career.
Sydney Parrish was 2020 Indiana Miss Basketball out of Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers. She decided to head to the University of Oregon for two seasons playing 55 games with 34 starts. Parrish scored 410 points, pulled down 169 rebounds, 54 steals, 47 assists and 15 blocks in her time playing with the Ducks. Parrish decided to come back home and play her final three years for the Hoosiers as she and Moore-McNeil took advantage of NCAA rule allowing all athletes who played during the 2020-21 season and extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Since arriving in Bloomington Parrish has played in 79 games with 72 starts. Parrish has scored 914 points, pulled down 445 rebounds, dished out 153 assists, 101 steals and 59 blocks. In her college career Parrish has played 134 games and started 106. She has scored 1,324 points, pulled down 614 rebounds, 200 assists, 155 steals and 74 blocks.
For Karoline Striplin she arrived in Bloomington last summer after she played for three years at the University of Tennessee and graduated with her degree in Journalism and Electronic Media in 2024. Striplin decided on Indiana to play her final year of College Basketball, and she faced the Hoosiers on November 23, 2023, as the Lady Vols lost to the Hoosiers 71-57 in the Fort Myers Tip-off Tournament in Florida. Striplin played 22 minutes scoring 13 points and pulled down 3 rebounds. In her three seasons in Knoxville. Striplin played in 91 games and started 39. Striplin scored 457 points, pulled down 253 rebounds, 57 assists, 35 blocks and 22 steals. In her only season in Bloomington Striplin has played in 22 games with 10 starts scoring 277 points, pulling down 100 rebounds, 33 assists, 21 steals and 12 blocks.
For all three of them they have never missed an NCAA Tournament and do not want to start now. Chloe’s Freshman Year the Hoosiers went to the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 for the first time in Program History losing to Arizona in San Antonio. In her Sophomore Season the Hoosiers went to the Sweet 16 and fell to second seed UConn in Bridgeport, Connecticut 75-58. Since Parrish and Moore-McNeil have played together at Indiana made the NCAA Tournament being upset in the second round at home to Miami in 2023 when the Hoosiers were the Top Seed for the first time in program history. In 2024 Indiana lost by 4 points in the Sweet 16 to South Carolina who went on the win the NCAA Championship.
Parrish made the Sweet 16 her freshman season and were upset by the 12th seed Belmont Bruins her sophomore season at Oregon. Striplin made the Sweet 16 in her Freshman and Sophomore Season at Tennessee and last year the Lady Vols were bounced in the Second Round. The Hoosiers are 17-10 entering tomorrow’s game and then travel to Purdue on Sunday to close out the regular season before the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. Indiana does not want to end up on the wrong side of the bubble and those three Seniors will do everything in their power not to let that happen as they go on their final postseason ride.
Indiana University Men’s Basketball keeps its NCAA Tournament Hopes Alive with a win at home over Penn State The Indiana Hoosiers kept its postseason hopes alive Wednesday Night with an 83-78 win over the Penn State Lions at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana is 17-11 overall and 8-9 in the Big Ten with three games left in the regular season. The Hoosiers travel to Washington on Saturday at 6 PM and will stay out West to face Oregon Tuesday Night before coming next Saturday afternoon against Ohio State for Senior Day. Penn State falls to 15-14 overall and 5-13 in the Big Ten. Penn State has two games left at hosting Maryland and traveling to Wisconsin. Penn State is sitting in 17th place and is in danger of missing the Big Ten Tournament with only 15 teams making it. “I think that’s horse shit to be honest with you” Penn State Head Coach Mike Rhoades said after the game. Rhoades added “it’s ridiculous to take away opportunities from student athletes.”
The game featured 10 ties and 7 lead changes and was a tight battle throughout with neither team leading by more than 7 points. Penn State led 39-37 at halftime and the Hoosiers outscored the Nittany Lions 46-39 in the second half. Indiana did not hit a field goal in the last 2:33 and Penn State did not hit a field goal for the last 2:24 and went 0-5 from the field and 2-10 down the stretch. Oumar Ballo led the Hoosiers with 20 points and 12 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season. Trey Galloway scored 16 points and dished out 9 assists. Mackenize Mgbako and Myles Rice added 13 points each. Luke Goode scored 10 points, and the Hoosiers were without Malik Reneau who was fine at today’s shootaround, but “came down with something” and had to go to the ER.
Anthony Leal scored 6 points, Kannan Carlyle added 5 points and Langdon Hatton played but did not score. Indiana finished the game 29-51 from the field for 57%, 10-15 from three-point range for 66% and 15-25 from the free throw line for 60%. The Hoosiers pulled down 30 rebounds, dished out 24 assists, 7 steals, no blocks and committed 14 turnovers. Penn State put six in double-figures as Ace Baldwin Jr led the way 22 points and got an earful from the Indiana Student section all-night long. Seven-Footer Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 16 points and 7 rebounds as he battled Oumar Ballo the entire game and attacked him scoring 9 points in the first half. Zach Hicks, Freddie Dilione V, D’Marco Dunn and Nick Kern J. all scored 10 points each as the Nittany Lions got all 78 points from these six players with Miles Goodman, Kachi Nzeh, Dominick Stewart and Jahvin Carter played but did not score. Penn State finished the game 27-51 for 53%, 7-18 from three-point range for 39% and 17-22 from the free throw line for 77%. Penn State pulled down 23 rebounds, dished out 14 assists, 10 steals, 4 blocks and committed 12 turnovers. Penn State Head Coach Mike Rhoades praised Trey Galloway after the game. “I don’t know if he’s the best player in the league, but he’s the most valuable. That guy’s a winner” Penn State Head Coach Mike Rhoades said after the game.
As for Indiana they will make the Big Ten Tournament baring an epic collapse and teams below them winning out. With one last home game for Seniors Trey Galloway and Anthony Leal that have been here for five seasons. Oumar Ballo who started his career at Gonzaga before going to Arizona and now his only season in Bloomington all know that they are college careers are coming to an end, and they are cherishing the moment. “I know every single game means the world to them” Oumar Ballo said after the game. Ballo, Galloway, Leal, Luke Goode, Langon Hatton and Dallas James will all go through Senior Night along with Walk On’s Jadden Bobbett, Shaan Burke and Jackson Creel next Saturday against Ohio State and that will be a very emotional time not only for those players but for Indiana Head Coach Mike Woodson who will coach what will be his final regular season game in a building that has meant so much to him not only wearing the Cream and Crimson but being the man in charge of the Cream and Crimson for the last four seasons and everybody will want to go out the right way with a win over Ohio State.
Indiana University Women’s Basketball hosts #19 Maryland in the Final Regular Season Home Game The Indiana Hoosiers will take the Simon Skjdot Assembly Hall Floor one last time in the final regular season game tonight at 7 PM as they host #19 Maryland Terrapins with the game streaming on Peacock. It’s the final home game for Seniors Chloe Moore-McNeil, Sydney Parrish and Karoline Striplin and they will be honored before and after the game in senior night festivities. All three have been mainstays in the starting lineup as Striplin who was the first person off the bench to spell Lilly Meister has started the last ten games for the Cream and Crimson.
Parrish is the second leading scorer on the team with averaging 11.8 points and leading the team with 5.5 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game. Striplin is averaging 10.3 points 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. Moore-McNeil is averaging 9.9 points and leads the team with 4.1 assists per game. Yarden Garzon is leading scorer averaging 14 points per game and has 202 three pointers in her career. She sits one behind Tyra Buss and 4 behind Kris McGrade for the all-time career three-point lead in program history and has a good chance of setting that record before the end of the regular season. Garzon leads the team with 1.4 steals per game.
The Hoosiers are averaging 69.8 points and committing 14.6 turnovers per game. Indiana comes into the game shooting 45 percent from the field, 36 percent from beyond the arc and 77 percent from the three-point line. Indiana fell on the road Sunday afternoon to Michigan State 73-65 as the Hoosiers are 17-10 overall and 9-7 in the Big Ten with just two regular season games remaining. Should the Hoosiers win their final two regular season games that should be enough for the Hoosiers to get into the NCAA Tournament for the fifth year in a row and the sixth in seven years and the seventh time in Teri Moren’s 11 seasons in Bloomington.
Maryland is 21-6 overall and 11-5 in the Big Ten and they are in the hunt for a double bye in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament but have #12 Ohio State at Home on Sunday Afternoon to close out the regular season. The Terrapins have won four of their last five games with their only loss coming at home to Nebraska in 20-point loss on February 13. Kaylene Smikle leads the team in scoring 17.7 points and 1.6 steals per game. Shyanne Sellers is averaging 13.9 points and leads the team with 4.3 assists per game. Bri McDaniel who has not played since January 14, after she suffered a knee injury a 99-92 win against Minnesota. The Chicago native is out for the season with a Torn ACL and averaged 10.6 points per game in the 17 games she played in this season.
Saylor Poffenbarger is averaging 10.2 points and leading the team with 8 rebounds per game is day to day after she was carried off the floor in the team’s last game at Northwestern 85-79 last Thursday. Christina Dalce leads the team with 1 block per game. Maryland is averaging 80 points and committing 16.3 turnovers per game. The Terps are shooting 46 percent from the field, 35 percent from three-point range and 76 percent from the free throw line. Maryland has a 15-player roster that represents New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Montana along with three international players from Switzerland, England and Canada.
Brenda Freese has been a head coach for 27 seasons with a overall record of 660-196. Freese coaches two seasons at Ball State from 1999-2001 with 35-22 record and coached one season at Minnesota in 2001-02 taking the Golden Gophers to the NCAA Tournament with 22-8 record. In her 24 seasons at Maryland Freese has a record of 603-166 and has been to the Postseason all but two times in first season in 2002-03 when she suffered her only losing season at 10-18 and 2019-2020 when the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic as Maryland had a 28-4 Record that year. Maryland won the National Championship in 2006 and made the Final Four in 2014-15. The only time she did not make the NCAA Tournament with Maryland was the 2009-10 season when the Terps were 21-13 and lost in the third round of the WNIT. Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15 Maryland has won 6 Big Ten Regular Season Championships and 5 Big Ten Tournament Championships. Maryland has not reached the top of the Big Ten since 2021 but they are always in the fight for the Big Ten Title year in and year out.
Maryland leads the All-Time Series 12-5 as the Hoosiers have won the last 4 meetings and 5 out of the last six. Indiana is 3-4 against Maryland in Bloomington and have won the last three at home against the Terps dating back to 2022. Maryland won the first 11 in this series that began in 2015 when they joined the Big Ten. Maryland last win against Indiana was on February 25, 2022, 67-64 in College Park. This matchup has become one of the best matchups in Big Ten Women’s Basketball. Two teams that respect each other and that veteran leadership and consistency in winning with Brenda Freese and Teri Moren. Maryland was the year to beat but the Hoosiers have caught up with the Terps but as always will be an epic battle and great showcase for Big Ten Women’s Basketball.
Peyton York joins the Indiana University Women’s Soccer Staff Indiana women’s soccer head coach Josh Rife has announced the addition of Peyton York as an assistant coach. “I am so excited to have Peyton York join us here at Indiana University,” head coach Josh Rife said. “In just a short time working with her, she was able to elevate all areas of our program, from on the field training, community engagement, recruiting visits, and camps to name a few. Her infectious enthusiasm and ability to connect with the players only adds to her value within our staff. She is a great young coach who has a bright future ahead of her.”
York joins the Hoosiers after spending two years on Rife’s staff at Ball State. In her position at Ball State, York worked with the Cardinals goalkeepers who in her two seasons had a save percentage of 80 percent. She helped guide Bethany Moser to the program’s single season record of 113 saves in 2023 while Moser earned MAC Defensive Player of the Week honors twice. “I am extremely excited to continue this journey with Coach Rife at Indiana University,” York said. “Josh has always been an incredible mentor to me from my collegiate playing days to now as colleagues on the field. He creates a work and team environment with the culture of “failing forward”. As a young coach, that mentality has been invaluable to my growth both professionally and personally. I am so grateful to Josh and his family, and I am honored to be trusted with this opportunity. I am pumped to get started and help move this program forward. Go Hoosiers!” In addition to working with the goalies, York was hands on with the team’s defense while also assisting and organizing team travel, camps and recruiting on and off campus. York is also a PhD. Student in biochemistry at Ball State and will continue her studies and research with the university.
York spent four seasons at Mississippi State as a student assistant coach. In the spring of 2018, she mentored Katie Moore and Emily Samisch, as well as led goalkeeper workouts. Prior to becoming a student assistant, York was a member of the 2018 signing class. The Prosper, Texas, native has a variety of volunteer coaching experience, including instruction at MSU soccer camps over two summers. She has coached in the youth recreation league in her hometown and offered private training sessions in the past. York has worked striker and goalkeeper camps for In the Box Soccer in Texas for three years as well as U.K. Elite Soccer Camps. York arrived in Starkville after a standout career at Prosper High School where she collected 54 career shutouts in just three seasons, including 22 as a sophomore on her way to being named Co-Goalkeeper of the Year in 2015-16.
Kristy Wallace to Forgo the 2025 Season with the Indiana Fever Indiana Fever forward Kristy Wallace announced Tuesday that she will not play during the 2025 WNBA season, electing to sit out the year. As a result, Wallace’s contract will be suspended, and she will not be eligible to return during the 2025 season, with the Fever retaining her rights. “This has not been an easy decision for me, but one that I make knowing it is what is in my best interest at this time,” Wallace said. “I would like to thank the Fever organization for working with me throughout this process, giving me both time and consideration, and for their support of my decision. I look forward to cheering the team on from afar during this upcoming season.” A native of Australia, Wallace joined the Fever in 2023. Last season, Wallace appeared in 26 games, averaging 4.7 points and 1.8 rebounds.
Taylor Trojans Men’s Basketball Season Ends in Agonizing Defeat in the Crossroads League Tournament Quarterfinals Taylor battled No. 10 Bethel tightly throughout a rematch of the regular season finale and came up just short in a 77-69 defeat in the Crossroads League Quarterfinals, ending the season for the Trojans. The squads traded runs, and TU had a 17-15 lead after Kobe Funderburk splashed in a three-pointer after Chaz Harvey poured in a quick six points early in the first half. Harvey finished the game with 16 points and dished out three assists in the season finale. Bethel (22-7, 14-4 CL) started to flex its muscles down low and slowly stretched their lead to 34-27 with less than five minutes left in the opening half.
Anton Webb scored his first point of the game with three-and-a-half minutes remaining in the first half to begin an 8-1 run to tie the game at 35, with Webb hitting a shot from beyond the arc and a free-throw for six of the team’s eight points. Webb continued his stat-sheet-stuffing season with 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and one steal and block apiece. Taylor cut the lead to one when Kaden Fuhrmann splashed in a triple to make the score 43-42. Fuhrmann had a team-high 18 points, which placed him in a tie for 13th in career points with 1,690 in his five-year career at TU. Bethel stretched the lead to double digits and looked to be in cruise control to advance to the semifinals until the Trojans woke up midway through the second half.
Looking down at the reality of their careers ending, Fuhrmann and Webb got help from Harvey to jump into a key 14-4 run for its first lead since the 10:51 mark in the first half. The trio scored 12 of the points and made sure the game would come down to the final five minutes of action. Unfortunately, the offense stalled with just under four minutes left as TU scored one point from that moment forward, and the Pilots ran away with the vital victory. Taylor outscored the Pilots 32-28 inside the paint and shot well at 51.9 percent from the field. Those numbers weren’t enough to overcome a massive rebounding disadvantage, with Bethel grabbing 20 more rebounds in the contest. The Trojans (14-15, 7-11 CL) end the season with the best winning percentage since the 2019-20 season in head coach Austin Peters’ first season on the bench.