Indiana University Women’s Basketball Signee Nevaeh Caffey Named Miss Show-Me Basketball in Missouri Indiana women’s basketball signee Nevaeh Caffey has been named 2025 Miss Show-Me Basketball, per an announcement earlier this week. The 5-foot-10 guard averaged 16.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.3 steals per game as a senior at Incarnate Word Academy, per STL Today. She helped lead the Red Knights to a state title this year. Caffey is ranked No. 67 in ESPN’s Class of 2025 top 100. Fellow incoming freshman Maya Makalusky checks in at No. 35. Caffey is the first Hoosier to win Missouri’s Miss Basketball award. Notable previous winners include Napheesa Collier, Sophie Cunningham, and Niele Ivey. Caffey joins Maya Makalusky (Indiana, 2025) and Lenée Beaumont (Illinois, 2023) as Miss Basketball recipients on IU’s 2025-26 roster.
Indiana University Football Wide Receiver Tyler Morris will miss the 2025 Season with a Knee Injury Indiana football has been dealt a big blow during spring practice. IU head coach Curt Cignetti announced on Tuesday that wide receiver Tyler Morris suffered a non-contact knee injury and will require surgery. He will miss the entire 2025 season. Morris transferred to IU from Michigan during this past offseason. He recorded 248 receiving yards on 23 catches with two touchdowns as a junior in 2024. He scored a memorable touchdown for the Wolverines in their Rose Bowl victory Alabama on Jan. 1, 2024, en route to winning the 2023 national championship. This isn’t the first serious injury Morris has endured in his football career. He missed his entire senior year of high school due to a torn ACL. Without Morris, Indiana is left with 10 wide receivers in spring camp. Cignetti also said Appalachian State transfer Makai Jackson has been limited the last two practices with a hamstring injury. Redshirt sophomore tight end Sam West has moved over to slot receiver with the second stringers at times, but Cignetti said that move has been out of necessity to help the Hoosiers get through practices.
“We’re thin number-wise, that’s for sure, right now. We’re going to bring a number of walk-ons in the summer, in fall camp, so we got enough. I think the freshmen, in time, will be OK. (Myles) Kendrick and (Lebron) Bond are with us right now. And I like the guys that are out there,” Cignetti said. “I like our top-line guys. I like (Omar) Cooper, (Elijah) Sarratt, E.J. (Williams Jr.), (Charlie) Becker. I like those guys. And I think Bond and Kendrick, they have a future. Will we go shopping for another capable guy, in case we have an injury? Perhaps. We also have (Davion) Chandler coming in the fall, but he’s a freshman.”
Indianapolis Native Ryan Conwell and IU Men’s Basketball Target is headed to Louisville Indiana had four different opportunities to bring Indianapolis native Ryan Conwell to Bloomington. They’re now 0-for-4. The sharpshooting wing is headed to Louisville, ESPN’s Jonathan Givony announced Tuesday evening on X. He played at South Florida, Indiana State and Xavier prior to this move. Conwell visited IU earlier this week before heading to Louisville. He was expected at Texas later in the week but instead chose to shut down his portal recruitment. Technically, IU has no players on their roster as of Tuesday evening. Indiana is expected to sign top 10 portal prospect Tucker DeVries, the son of head coach Darian DeVries. He needs a medical hardship waiver to be approved first. Luke Goode is also seeking a fifth year via a hardship waiver. IU will welcome class of 2025 signee Trent Sisley in late May / early June. DeVries and the developing IU staff also got visits from transfer prospects Josh Dix (Iowa) and Conor Enright (DePaul) this week.
Rosters Announced for the Indiana All Star Boys Basketball Futures Game Two players each from Pike and Fishers plus one player from 20 other schools have been named to the rosters for the 2025 IndyStar boys’ All-Star Futures Game, games director Mike Broughton announced Tuesday. The Futures Games, one each for boys and girls, are a third-year part of the Indiana All-Star basketball program. The Futures Games will pair teams of current Indiana freshmen and sophomores in a North-South format. The third annual Futures Games doubleheader will be Monday, June 2 at Fishers High School in Fishers, Ind. The girls’ game is set for 6:00 p.m., and the boys’ game will follow about 8:00 p.m.
Sophomores Isaiah Hill and Jahari Miller of Pike are among the 12 players selected to the North Team for the 2025 boys’ Futures Game. They will be joined by McCutcheon sophomore Brody Baker, Bremen sophomore Chase Devine, Fort Wayne Snider sophomore Trell Hogue, South Bend Saint Joseph sophomore Elijah King, LaPorte sophomore Griffin Ott-Large, Oak Hill sophomore Jace Tonagel and Homestead sophomore Mack Welker. Completing the North lineup are Penn freshman Caleb Coolman, Merrillville freshman Charles Hardiman and Blackford freshman Amarian Leggett. Fishers sophomores Jason Gardner Jr. and Cooper Zachary are teammates on the South Team for the 2025 boys’ Futures Game. Players joining them include Plainfield sophomore Harper Baker-Lands, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter sophomore Devin Bolden, Warren Central sophomore J.J. Craig, Bloomington North sophomore Derrick Cross Jr., Guerin Catholic sophomore Jake Grissom, Silver Creek sophomore Brandon Hunter, Liberty Christian sophomore Kendrick Martin and Evansville Reitz sophomore Jaylan Mitchell. Completing the South roster are Cloverdale freshman Ishmael Kiteka and New Albany freshman Noah Washington.
Mitchell, Gardner, Zachary, King and Craig all played in the 2024 boys’ Futures Game. Mitchell totaled 22 points, six rebounds, four assists and was chosen MVP in the 2024 boys’ game in leading the South to a 116-113 victory. Gardner scored 16 points, while Zachary tallied 11 points, and three assists and King had seven points plus four rebounds for the North. Gardner and Zachary are on the South roster in 2025. Matt Roth of Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian is head coach of the North Team. He will be assisted by Chad Peckinpaugh of Clinton Prairie. Seve Beach of South Ripley is head coach of the South Team. He will be assisted by Perry Nash of Columbus East. Roth — a former Indiana University player — is 73-14 three seasons as the head coach at Blackhawk Christian, the 2023 Class 2A state champion. Peckinpaugh is 110-34 in six seasons as coach at Clinton Prairie, the 2025 Class A state runner-up. Beach is 47-25 in three seasons at South Ripley, which won a 2025 Class 2A sectional. He has an overall record of 90-97 in eight seasons, including five seasons at Centerville. Nash is 22-27 in two seasons at Columbus East, including 15-10 this past season. He has an 86-106 overall mark in eight seasons, including two seasons at Jac-Cen-Del with a 2015 sectional title) and four seasons at Triton Central.
Indiana Pacers Clinch a Playoff Spot The Indiana Pacers celebrated entering the NBA playoffs, although the team didn’t play Tuesday night. The Portland Trailblazers beat the Atlanta Hawks 127-113, and that loss by the Hawks put the Pacers in the playoffs. Now, the Pacers will wait to find out what team they’ll oppose. At the current standings, the Pacers say they could possibly play the Detroit Pistons with a home-court advantage. The team’s “magic number,” to secure a top four seed and the home-court advantage in the first round, was 5 on Tuesday night. The Pacers put a poster on social media to celebrate and shared a link for tickets. The Pacers went to the playoffs last season, but the Boston Celtics swept the best-of-seven conference championship series with four wins.
Indiana Mad Ants win their G League Playoff Opener over the Greensboro Swarm The Indiana Mad Ants hosted the Greensboro Swarm Tuesday afternoon in the first round of the NBA G League Playoffs. The Mad Ants entered Tuesday seeking their first playoff win since the 2016/17 season. Indiana secured a 120-110 victory after leading for the majority of their contest with the Swarm. Quenton Jackson led the way with 34 points while RayJ Dennis and Johnny Furphy each had 25 points. Indiana had some reinforcements with RayJ Dennis, Enrique Freeman, Johnny Furphy and Quenton Jackson all active Tuesday. Dennis scored the first points of the afternoon for the Mad Ants. He drew a foul and knocked down a free throw worth two points. Two possessions later, Jackson scored with a running layup. After jumping out a 15-10 lead, the Mad Ants fell behind 16-15 with five minutes remaining. Cameron McGriff regained the lead for Indiana with a close-range jumper. 10 seconds later, Furphy forced a turnover and finished on the other hand with a high-flying dunk.
In the final minutes of the quarter, McGriff added to his point with a fadeaway 15-footer. On the next possession, Freeman rocked the rim with a two-handed slam. Down to a minute left on the clock, McGriff got a steal and finished with a contested layup. Dennis added to Indiana’s lead with a late three. The Mad Ants led 32-23 after the first quarter. Jackson led the team with nine points. Jackson scored the first points of the second quarter. The two-way guard drained a three-pointer on the first possession of the quarter. Jackson made five of his first six field goal attempts. Halfway through the quarter, the Mad Ants had a 45-33 advantage. Okafor added to the lead with a free throw worth two points. The veteran center was fouled under the basket which put the Swarm in the penalty. The Mad Ants led by as much as 15 during parts of the second quarter. Indiana had a 58-46 lead heading into halftime. Jackson led all scorers with 20 first-half points. Indiana held Greensboro to 2-13 shooting form downtown. The Swarm also shot 39.5 percent from the field (17-43). Jackson picked up where he left off and scored the first points of the second half. With the shot clock winding down, he finished at the rim with a contested layup. Two possessions later, Dennis added to the lead with a corner three.
The Mad Ants had a 79-59 lead with six minutes left in the third quarter. Indiana led by as much as 25 earlier in the quarter. Furphy added to the lead a minute later with a running layup through traffic. Greensboro continued to fight back throughout the quarter. Late in the third, Dakota Mathias extended the lead with a catch-and-shoot three-pointer. On the next possession, Jackson contorted his body while making a contested layup. At the end of the quarter, Indiana had a 93-75 lead. Jackson led the team with 31 points heading into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, Furphy scored the first points. Off a pass from Jackson, the Australian knocked down a corner three. Furphy scored 29 points in his previous G League game on March 24th. On Tuesday, he made seven of his first 10 field goals for 18 points thus far. The Swarm battled throughout the early parts of the fourth quarter and brought the deficit down to 14 points. Furphy ended Greensboro’s scoring run with a running layup at the 6:45 mark. Next time down the floor, Furphy scored from downtown for his second three-pointer of the afternoon. The Mad Ants had a 106-90 lead with six minutes to go in regulation.
Greensboro inched their way closer late in the quarter and made it a 10-point game with three minutes remaining. 30 seconds later, the Swarm scored on a play that resulted in two players getting banged up. Jackson and Marcus Garrett were slow to get up after colliding under the basket. Both players were able to walk it off and remain in the game. Furphy extended the Mad Ants lead with a three-pointer. Jackson was credited with an assist on the play. Furphy’s shot gave him 25 points on the day. On the next possession, Mathias added to the lead with a corner three. With 1:37 left in regulation, Indiana had a 115-103 lead. Down to a minute to go, Dennis added to the lead at the free throw line after making both shots. Greensboro called a timeout with Indiana ahead 118-107. The Swarm came up empty on their next possession following the timeout. Indiana pulled away down the stretch and kept the Swarm at bay. The Mad Ants clinched a 120-110 victory to advance to the second round of the playoffs. The win marks the first playoff win for the Mad Ants since April 10th, 2017. This was the first playoff win at home for Indiana since April 16th, 2015. Tuesday’s win was the 13th playoff victory in franchise history. Next stop for the Mad Ants is Florida where they take on the Osceola Magic. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. It will be broadcast on ESPNews.