Indiana Stays Perfect in NCAA Tournament First Round Games Under Teri Moren The #9 seed Indiana Hoosiers took down #8 seed Utah Utes 76-68 Friday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Birmingham Regional 2 at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia South Carolina. Indiana is 20-12 on the season and will advance to the second round on Sunday against #1 South Carolina trounced #16 Tennessee Tech 108-48. Indiana clinched their 10th straight 20-win season and is 7-0 under Head Coach Teri Moren all-time in the NCAA Tournament first round games. Moren has been at IU for 11 seasons, and She has taken the program to heights to another level. Indiana had six 20 wins seasons before Moren and was 1-4 all time in the NCAA Tournament in four appearances in 1983, 1994, 1995 and 2002 and made the second round in 1983.
Indiana is in their 7th NCAA Tournament Appearance under Moren and have a record of 11-6 with her guidance and 12-10 overall in 11 NCAA Tournament Appearances in program history. Utah ends the season 22-9 under first year Head Coach Gavin Petersen who took over on November 22, 2024, four games into the season when Lynne Roberts left to become Head Coach of the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks. Utah made their 4th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and 21st overall. The Utes have been in the second round 9 times including the last three years. Utah has made the Sweet 16 three times in 2001, 2006 and 2023 and got to the Elite 8 in 2006. The Utes are 13-21 all time in the big dance and 9-12 in the first round and this was the first ever meeting between the two programs.
Yarden Garzon led the Hoosiers with 17 points, Shay Ciezki added 16 points and Chloe Moore-McNeil scored 12 points. Lilly Meister scored 11 points off the bench and Karoline Striplin scored 10 points as five Hoosiers scored in double figures. Sydney Parrish scored 8 points along with 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Lexus Bargesser scored two points and Henna Sandvik played but did not score. Indiana finished 29-50 from the field for 58%, 5-17 from three-point range for 29% and 13-15 from the free throw line for 86%. The Hoosiers pulled down 29 rebounds, dished out 19 assists, 6 steals, 1 block and committed 12 turnovers. Gianna Kneepkens led Utah with 24 points hitting four three pointers and scoring in a variety of ways. Maye Toure scored 18 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season. Utah went 26-60 from the field for 43%, 9-32 from three-point range for 28% and 7-11 from the free throw line for 63%. Utah pulled down 29 rebounds, dished out 15 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks and committed 11 turnovers.
The first half was a back-and-forth affair as the game was tied 17-17 after the first ten minutes and 31-31 at halftime after both teams scored 14 points in the second quarter. There were 14 lead changes and five ties throughout the game with most of those coming in the first half. Indiana came out in the third quarter and took control outscoring Utah 27-16 and going 10-12 from the field for 83%. Indiana led 58-47 at the end of the third quarter. Utah outscored Indiana 21-18 in the fourth quarter as the Utes cut it to four points with 72-68 with 1:04 left in the game. Yarden Garzon and Chloe Moore-McNeil sealed the Hoosier win by hitting four free throws in the final 11 seconds. Moore-McNeil recorded her 500th career assist as she had 8 total in the win over Utah. Indiana was without Sophomore Juliana LaMendola with a foot injury and Teri Moren said after the game she will miss the remainder of the NCAA Tournament which will hurt the Hoosiers depth going forward. For Indiana everything remains the same in terms of who is and is not available as the expectations remain. “There are standards that we have. And we never lower the standards no matter who you are, from the best player to the last person on the bench.” Teri Moren Said after the game. For the Hoosiers it is onto the next game Sunday as its survive and advance.
Indiana University Women’s Swimming in 5th place after Day 2 of the NCAA Championships Senior Anna Peplowski repeated as NCAA bronze medalist in the 500-yard freestyle Thursday night as Indiana moved into fifth in the team race through two days at the 2025 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships inside the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. Three podiums and five All-America finishes pushed IU from eighth to fifth on the second day of the national meet. “It was a great overall day for the Hoosiers,” IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “I am super proud of how we handled preliminaries and then took it up a notch in finals. The 200 free relay was simply outstanding. We still have more to give and can’t wait for the next challenge.”
Peplowski, now a three-time NCAA medalist, will swim her best event, the 200-yard freestyle, Friday as the top-seeded swimmer coming into the meet. The 2024 silver medalist in the event is the only swimmer entered with a time under 1:41 this season. On Wednesday, Peplowski split 1:40.97 in the 800-yard freestyle relay, the quickest leg of anyone in the meet. Fellow senior Ching Hwee Gan joined Peplowski on the 500 free podium, touching in a career best 4:36.69 to place seventh for the second time in her career. Thursday’s final marks the first time two Hoosiers have finished top eight in the event. Junior Kristina Paegle lowered the program record in the 50-yard freestyle once again, placing 10th with a time of 21.56. The Bloomington native reclaimed the record with a 21.63 during her run to the Big Ten title in February and now owns the four quickest performances in program history. Prior to Paegle’s freshman season in 2023, no Hoosier had ever been under 21.90; since, Paegle, 2024 graduate Ashley Turak and Peplowski all have better personal records.
Peplowski and Paegle bookended a historic Hoosier 200-yard freestyle relay that finished fifth, IU’s greatest-ever placement in the event. Indiana won the second-to-last heat of the night to improve from the No. 10 seed to fifth nationally. Peplowski kicked it off in 21.86 and handed it off to junior Mya DeWitt’s 21.65. Senior Kacey McKenna kept it close for Paegle in 22.12, and the Hoosier hammer put IU back in front with a 21.05 anchor. Indiana’s 1:26.68 missed the program record by two hundredths. Sophomore Ella Roselli earned her first-career All-America honors on the 1-meter springboard, improving from 16th in the prelim to 14th in the consolation final. “I am so proud of the team and congratulations to Ella,” IU head diving coach Drew Johansen said. “She was consistent today, didn’t miss a dive all day and improved her position in the B final to score. The 1-meter event is always a close contest. “We’re looking forward for tomorrow. This team always gets better as we move to the higher levels.”
RESULTS
500 FREESTYLE
3. Anna Peplowski – 4:34.12 (NCAA Bronze, All-America)
7. Ching Hwee Gan – 4:36.69 (All-America, Career Best) 50 FREE
10. Kristina Paegle – 21.56 (Second-team All-America, Program Record, Career Best) 3-METER
14. Ella Roselli – 291.85 (Second-team All-America) 200 FREESTYLE RELAY
5. Anna Peplowski, Mya DeWitt, Kacey McKenna, Kristina Paegle – 1:26.68
HOOSIER ALL-AMERICANS
Brearna Crawford – 200 medley relay*
Mya DeWitt – 200 freestyle relay
Ching Hwee Gan – 500 freestyle
Miranda Grana – 200 medley relay*, 800 freestyle relay
Kacey McKenna – 200 medley relay*, 200 freestyle relay
Kristina Paegle – 200 medley relay*, 800 freestyle relay, 50 freestyle*, 200 freestyle relay
Anna Peplowski – 800 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay
Ella Roselli – 1-meter*
Reese Tiltmann – 800 freestyle
* – Denote second-team honoree
All Six Indiana Hoosier Wrestlers Alive After Day One of the NCAA Championships Indiana built upon its strong Session I success with an even better Session II on Thursday night at the NCAA Championships in the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All six Hoosiers who qualified for the championships are still in the tournament field after two sessions. In Session II, No. 21 Angelo Rini (133) and No. 24 Gabe Sollars (197) continued their tournament run with dominant wins in the Round of 16 as each picked up bonus-point victories to advance to the quarterfinals. Both wrestlers won by major decision as Rini defeated No. 5 Dominick Serrano (N. Colorado) 15-7, and Sollars won over No. 25 Patrick Brophy (Citadel), 14-4.
Rini dominated and took Serrano down four times and only was taken down once in his defeat of the top five opponent. The takedown allowed didn’t occur until the final 30 seconds, as well. Sollars scored on Brophy within the first 30 seconds of the bout and didn’t look back. Sollars spent much of the match on top, riding Brophy out in the dominant win. Rini and Sollars are the first quarterfinalists for the program since Graham Rooks reached that stage in 2023. The duo also marks the first time under Angel Escobedo had two quarterfinalists in his tenure as head coach.
No. 18 Jacob Moran lost by major decision to No. 2 Matt Ramos, 9-0, to move to the wrestlebacks. No. 27 Tyler Lillard (165), No. 22 DJ Washington (184) and No. 21 Jacob Bullock (285) all won in the first round of consolation matches to stay in the tournament. Lillard led 3-0 over No. 22 Enrique Mungia (Rider) before working a fall at the 3:45 mark to advance. Washington used two first period takedowns to set the tone with an early 6-1 lead against No. 27 Ross McFarland (Hofstra). He held on to the lead and got another takedown to earn a 10-8 decision. Bullock and Iowa State’s Daniel Herrera were locked in at 1-1 late before Bullock brought Hererra down for a takedown and three nearfall points in a 7-1 decision victory.
FULL RESULTS 125 – No. 18 Jacob Moran:
-Round 1: No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU) def. No. 15 Maximo Renteria (Oregon State): Dec. 7-6
-Round of 16: No. 2 Matt Ramos (Purdue) def. No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU): MD, 8-0
133 – No. 21 Angelo Rini:
-Round 1: No. 21 Angelo Rini (IU) def. No. 12 Ethan Oakley (North Carolina): Dec. 7-1
-Round of 16: No. 21 Angelo Rini (IU) def. No. 5 Dominick Serrano (N. Colorado): MD, 15-7
165 – No. 27 Tyler Lillard:
-Round 1: No. 6 Beau Mantanona (Michigan) def. No. 27 Tyler Lillard (IU): Dec. 7-3
-Cons. R1: No. 27 Tyler Lillard (IU) def. No. 22 Enrique Mungia (Rider): Fall (3:45)
184 – No. 22 DJ Washington:
-Round 1: No. 22 DJ Washington (IU) def. No. 11 Gabe Arnold (Iowa): Dec. 4-1
-Cons. R1: No. 22 DJ Washington (IU) def. No. 27 Ross McFarland (Hofstra): Dec. 10-8
197 – No. 24 Gabe Sollars:
-Round 1: No. 24 Gabe Sollars (IU) def. No. 9 Zac Braunagel (Illinois): Dec. 6-5
-Round of 16: No. 24 Gabe Sollars (IU) def. No. 25 Patrick Brophy (Citadel): MD, 14-4
285 – No. 21 Jacob Bullock:
-Round 1: No. 12 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) def. No. 21 Jacob Bullock (IU): Dec. 4-2
-Cons. R1: No. 21 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. No. 28 Daniel Herrera (Iowa State): Dec. 7-1
TEAM SCORES (THROUGH SESSION II)
1. Penn State (39.5)
2. Nebraska (28.0)
3. Oklahoma State (27.0)
T-4. Iowa (18.0)
T-4. Ohio State (18.0)
T-4. Minnesota (18.0)
T-13. Indiana (10.5)
T-13. NC State (10.5)
T-13. Penn (10.5)
Purdue takes care of High Point in the First Round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Trey Kaufman-Renn had 21 points and eight rebounds, and fourth-seeded Purdue held off High Point for a 75-63 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday in Providence Rhode Island. Big Ten player of the year Braden Smith added 20 points and six assists as Purdue (23-11) avoided a first-round exit after reaching the championship game last season. The Boilermakers will meet the McNeese State in the second round of the Midwest Region Today at 12:10 PM on CBS. D’Maurian Williams had 12 points for No. 13 seed High Point (29-6), which had won 14 straight games. Trae Benham added 11 points.
The game was tight throughout the first half before Purdue used a 17-7 surge to take a 37-27 halftime lead. High Point cut a 10-point halftime deficit to 59-56 on a dunk by Juslin Bodo Bodo with 7:47 left. But Kaufman-Renn slowed High Point’s surge with a tough fadeaway jumper — part of a 7-0 spurt for the Boilermakers. “The game was so back and forth the entire time and I think me and Trey and all these other guys who have been through it, we understand how to keep our composure and stay with the game,” Smith said. Boilermakers coach Matt Painter said the leadership of his veteran players was key. “You get into trouble when you don’t move into the next play,” Painter said. “We all get caught into it. The crowd gets into it or it gets to be a close game, you can still do your job.”
The High Point Panthers have much to build on after making the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance. The program made the move up to Division I in 1999 but hadn’t been able to break through before coach Alan Huss got the team into the field in his second season. Huss could be a hot commodity in the offseason coaching carousel. Smith, Caleb Furst and Fletcher Loyer were freshmen in 2023 when the Boilermakers became the second No. 1 seed to lose to a 16-seed. All three were key in helping steady the Boilermakers down the stretch.
Huss believes how his staff used the transfer portal to bring in experienced players over the first two years is a formula than can be replicated. “We certainly hope so,” Huss said. “Doesn’t matter where you come from. If you come to High Point, you’re going to have an experience that’s better than where you came from.” The Boilermakers did most of their damage underneath the basket. They owned a 45-24 rebounding edge and outscored the Panthers 38-22 in the paint. “That’s what won us the game,” Kaufman-Renn said. “I think we have done a better job lately on rebounding, put more of an emphasis on it from a player standpoint and we got to keep that up if we want to keep winning.” Purdue is back in the tournament for the 16th time and 10th consecutive season under longtime coach Matt Painter, who is looking for his first NCAA title.
Indiana Fever to appear on National Televison 41 Times for the upcoming 2025 WNBA Season The WNBA announced the complete national broadcast schedule for the 2025 season, with the Indiana Fever featured on national television in 41 of the team’s 44 regular season games. With all but three games airing nationally, the total marks a franchise high for most national TV games in Fever history as well as the most for a single team in WNBA history. With a 44-game regular season for the first time in WNBA history, Fever games will be aired across the league’s portfolio of broadcast partners including five games on ABC, five games on ESPN, eight games on ION, six games on Prime Video, three games on CBS, four games on CBS Sports Network, and 10 games on NBA TV. The Fever’s 2025 local broadcast schedule will be announced at a later date. Tip off times for four games were also updated as part of the announcement with May 17 and Aug. 3 now scheduled for 3 p.m., Aug. 12 now at 7:30 p.m., and Aug. 17 now at 1 p.m. (all times ET.)
WNBA League Pass will stream select games this season through the WNBA App and WNBA.com, as well as select third-party distributors (subject to local blackouts.) The league’s direct-to-consumer streaming service also provides access to every game on demand. For more information, visit WNBA.com/leaguepass. Single-game and group tickets for the 2025 Fever season are now available, with more information at FeverBasketball.com/Tickets.
2025 Indiana Fever National Broadcast Schedule:
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Time (ET) | Nat’l Broadcast |
| Sat., May 17 | Chicago | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 3:00 PM^ | ABC |
| Tues., May 20 | Atlanta | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:00 PM | NBA TV |
| Thurs., May 22 | Atlanta | State Farm Arena | 7:30 PM | Prime Video |
| Sat., May 24 | New York | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| Wed., May 28 | Washington | CFG Bank Arena | 7:30 PM | NBA TV |
| Fri., May 30 | Connecticut | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:30 PM | ION |
| Tues., June 3 | Washington | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:00 PM | NBA TV |
| Sat., June 7 | Chicago | United Center | 8:00 PM | CBS |
| Tues., June 10 | Atlanta | Gateway Center Arena | 7:30 PM | – |
| Sat., June 14 | New York | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 3:00 PM | ABC |
| Tues., June 17 | Connecticut | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:00 PM | NBA TV |
| Thurs., June 19 | Golden State | Chase Center | 10:00 PM | Prime Video |
| Sun., June 22 | Las Vegas | T-Mobile Arena | 3:00 PM | ESPN |
| Tues., June 24 | Seattle | Climate Pledge Arena | 10:00 PM | NBA TV |
| Thurs., June 26 | Los Angeles | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:00 PM | Prime Video |
| Fri., June 27 | Dallas | American Airlines Center | 7:30 PM | ION |
| Thurs., July 3 | Las Vegas | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:00 PM | Prime Video |
| Sat., July 5 | Los Angeles | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:00 PM | – |
| Wed., July 9 | Golden State | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 12:00 PM | NBA TV |
| Fri., July 11 | Atlanta | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:30 PM | ION |
| Sun., July 13 | Dallas | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 1:00 PM | ABC |
| Tues., July 15 | Connecticut | TD Garden (Boston) | 8:00 PM | ESPN |
| Wed., July 16 | New York | Barclays Center | 7:30 PM | CBSSN |
| Tues., July 22 | New York | Barclays Center | 8:00 PM | ESPN |
| Thurs., July 24 | Las Vegas | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:00 PM | Prime Video |
| Sun., July 27 | Chicago | United Center | 3:00 PM | ABC |
| Wed., July 30 | Phoenix | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:00 PM | – |
| Fri., Aug. 1 | Dallas | College Park Center | 7:30 PM | ION |
| Sun., Aug. 3 | Seattle | Climate Pledge Arena | 3:00 PM^ | ABC |
| Tues., Aug. 5 | Los Angeles | Crypto.com Arena | 10:00 PM | CBSSN |
| Thurs., Aug. 7 | Phoenix | PHX Arena | 10:00 PM | Prime Video |
| Sat., Aug. 9 | Chicago | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 8:00 PM | CBS |
| Tues., Aug. 12 | Dallas | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:30 PM^ | ESPN |
| Fri., Aug. 15 | Washington | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:30 PM | ION |
| Sun., Aug. 17 | Connecticut | Mohegan Sun Arena | 1:00 PM^ | NBA TV |
| Fri., Aug. 22 | Minnesota | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:30 PM | ION |
| Sun., Aug. 24 | Minnesota | Target Center | 7:00 PM | CBSSN |
| Tues., Aug. 26 | Seattle | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:00 PM | CBSSN |
| Fri., Aug. 29 | Los Angeles | Crypto.com Arena | 10:00 PM | ION |
| Sun., Aug. 31 | Golden State | Chase Center | 8:30 PM | NBA TV |
| Tues., Sept. 2 | Phoenix | PHX Arena | 10:00 PM | NBA TV |
| Fri., Sept. 5 | Chicago | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:30 PM | ION |
| Sun., Sept. 7 | Washington | CFG Bank Arena | 3:00 PM | NBA TV |
| Tues., Sept. 9 | Minnesota | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:30 PM | ESPN |
KEY: ^ Time Change | Home Games in Bold | Commissioner’s Cup in Italics
Indiana Pacers beat the Brooklyn Nets in overtime Bennedict Mathurin scored six of his 28 points in overtime and the Indiana Pacers defeated the Brooklyn Nets 105-99 on Thursday night. Mathurin added a career-high 16 rebounds for the Pacers. Myles Turner added 23 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks. Ziaire Williams and D’Angelo Russell each scored 22 points for Brooklyn. Indiana trailed 52-42 at halftime and outscored the Nets by four points in the third quarter and six in the fourth to force overtime tied at 91. In overtime, Mathurin shot 2 for 3 from the field and 2 for 3 from the line. Brooklyn’s free-fall continued with the team’s 12th loss in 14 games. Brooklyn led 52-42 at halftime but scored just 39 points in the second half and was outscored 14-8 in overtime. Indiana came through in the clutch without its star point guard and now has won five of six. Tyrese Haliburton missed the game with lower back soreness. It was his third straight missed game, and the Pacers have won them all. Indiana’s Bennedict Mathurin made three free throws with 14 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 91, leading to overtime. The Pacers outscored the Nets by 14 points at the free throw line, making 27. The Nets hits 13.