Indiana University Men’s Basketball Officially Kicks Off the Darian DeVries Era This Evening The Indiana Hoosiers officially open the 2025-26 Men’s Basketball Season hosting the Alabama A&M Bulldogs tonight for an 8 PM Tip Off at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall with television coverage on the Big Ten Network. It’s a new era in Bloomington as Darian DeVries takes over as Head Coach after Mike Woodson stepped down at the end of last season. DeVries coached at West Virginia during the 2024-25 season and was 19-13 but did not accept a postseason bid. Before that DeVries coached at Drake from 2018-24 with a 150-55 record and three trips to the NCAA Tournament in 2021, 2023 and 2024. The 50-year-old comes to Bloomington with winning mindset and focus of reconnecting a Hoosier ran base that has been divided and disconnected for many years. DeVries brought his son Tucker with him who played for him at Drake and West Virginia and will be the leader for this new look Hoosier Team who returned no scholarship players from a year ago. The Hoosiers brought in 10 Transfers along with 3 Freshman and have 4 Walk Ons on this year’s team. Two of the Walk Ons Ian Stephens and Jordan Rayford return from a season ago as Rayford played one minute last year against Sam Houston and Stephens did not see any game action.
The Hoosiers have been dealing with Injuries as Jason Drake, Nick Dorn, Aleska Ristic, Josh Harris, and Rayford have all battles injuries throughout the preseason. Coach DeVries said on his radio show Monday Night that Nick Dorn has been cleared and will be available this evening. Dorn is a 6-7 transfer from Elon and has been out for months after having foot surgery. Dorn did not play in the three exhibition games when the Hoosiers traveled to Puerto Rico in August nor did he play in the exhibition wins over Marian and Baylor in October. Dorn averaged 15.2 points and 3.8 rebounds in 30.7 minutes per game at Elon a season ago before making the last few weeks with a foot injury.
Alabama A&M comes to Bloomington with an 1-0 record after an 80-60 win over Blue Mountain Christian from Mississippi Monday Night at Home. James Graham III and Peyton Daniels Sr. led the Bulldogs with 18 points apiece. The Bulldogs make the trip from Huntsville, Alabama to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the very first time in the first ever meeting between the two programs. The Hoosiers are 11-0 all-time against the teams from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Bulldogs were 29-62 form the field for 48%, 9-25 from three-point range for 36% and 13-15 from the free throw line for 88%. Alabama A&M had 43 bench points, 36 points in the paint, 17 fast break points, 14 points off turnovers and 13 second chance points as the game saw 1 lead change and 1 tie as the Bulldogs led 41-21 at halftime and both teams scored 39 points in the second half.
It will be a homecoming for Redshirt Junior Koron Davis as the 6-7 Gary, Indiana Native returns to his home state. Davis scored 8 points in 19 minutes in the season opener pulling down 6 rebounds and dishing out an assist. Davis played his High School Basketball at Bowman Academy graduating in 2021 before heading to Paris Junior a college in Texas and Los Angeles Southwest College. Davis attended the University Louisville but did not appear in a game during the 2023-24 season then played the at the University of Louisiana during the 2024-25 season only appearing in 7 games for the Rajun Cajuns averaging 8.7 points, 1.7 rebounds in 11.8 minutes. The Bulldogs have a 16-player roster that represents Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Indiana Washington DC, France and Australia. Alabama A&M has 4 Seniors, 9 Juniors, 2 Sophomores and 1 Freshman on this year’s team.
Donte’ Jackson is in his first year as Head Coach of the Bulldogs after being hired on April 3, 2025, after seven seasons as the head coach at Gambling State where led the Tigers to the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Championship and 2024 NCAA Tournament. Jackson coached at Gambling State from 2017-25 and won three SWAC Regular Season Championships in 2018, 2023 and 2024. Jackson was the head coach at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for three seasons from 2014-17 and his alma mater Central State University in Ohio for four seasons from 2010-14 after he was an assistant coach for seven seasons from 2003-10. The 46-year-old Jackson has an overall record of 259-187. Jackson is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native and played one season at Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1997-98 before transferring to Central State from 1999-2002. Seven players on the bulldog roster followed Jackson from Gambling State. 6 others transferred in along with one freshman and only two returning players from a team that finished 10-22 and 6-12 in the SWAC a season ago.
Indiana University Women’s Basketball Cruises to a 34 Point Win Over Lipscomb in the Season Opener The Indiana Hoosiers kicked off the 2025-26 Women’s College Basketball season with an 80-46 victory over the Lipscomb Bisons Tuesday Night in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers are 2-0 all-time against the Bisons after winning the previous meeting in Bloomington 77-44 on November 19, 2023. Indiana is 1-0 and will host Illinois-Chicago Friday Night at 7 PM. Shay Ciezki led Indiana with 22 points, Zania Socka-Nguemen scored 19 points on 9-10 shooting and Lenee Beaumont added 10 points for Hoosiers. Indiana played 11 players and 9 of them scored. The Hoosiers finished the game 33-66 for 50%, 3-15 from three-point range for 20% and 11-12 at the free throw line for 91%. Indiana scored 56 points in the paint, 22 points off turnovers and 14 bench points as defense first is always the motto for a Teri Moren coached team. The Hoosiers pulled down 41 rebounds, 11 assists, 11 steals, 2 blocks and committed 10 turnovers.
McKayla Miller led Lipscomb with 12 points and Molly Heard added 11 points. Carmel, Indiana Native Taylor Bowen started and played for 21 minutes, going 0-3 from three-point range, 3 rebounds, an assist, a steal and 2 turnovers. The Bisons scored 24 points in the paint, 12 bench points and 9 points off turnovers. Lipscomb pulled down 30 rebounds, 9 blocks, 7 assists, 5 steals and committed 18 turnovers. Both teams went inside to start the game, getting points in the paint as they traded baskets with the game tied 6-6 with 8:26 left in the first quarter. Indiana took the lead 8-6 with 7:24 left in the quarter when Zania Socka-Nguemen drove to the basket off a Lipscomb Turnover. The Hoosiers went on a 15-0 run to increase the lead to 21-6 with 3:44 left in the opening period. Molly Heard ended the scoring drought for the Bisons with 3:29 on a layup. Elena Bertrand scored four straight points for the Bisons as the Hoosiers led 23-12 after 10 minutes.
Indiana started the second quarter on an 8-0 run as Zocka-Nguemen continued to work inside, scoring four of the Hoosiers’ first six points in the second quarter. The UCLA Transfer finished the first half with 12 points and 4 rebounds on 6-7 shooting. Indiana led 43-20 at halftime as the Hoosiers had seven of eight players scored in a balanced effort with Lenee Beaumont and Shay Ciezki both scoring 8 points and Freshman Neveah Caffey scoring 7 points. Indiana went 18-33 from the field for 54%, 1-7 from three-point range for 14% and a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line. Indiana outscored Lipscomb 18-8 in the second quarter. The Hoosiers scored 32 points in the paint, 21 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals 1 block and committed 4 turnovers. Elena Bertrand and Molly Heard each scored 6 points in the first half for the Bisons. Lipscomb went 8-29 from the field for 27%, 1-11 from three-point range for 9% and 3-4 from the free throw line for 75%. The Bisons had 14 points in the paint, 14 rebounds, 4 blocks, 3 assists and 8 turnovers.
In the third quarter Indiana opened the scoring with bucket inside by Valentyna Kadeclova 12 seconds into the quarter. Molly Heard, who was named preseason All-Atlantic Sun scored the first four points of the quarter for the Bisons. Lipscomb went on a 7-0 run before Socka-Nguemen put back the Phoenix Stotjin miss to end the Bisons run at the 5:49 mark. Indiana used a 9-0 run of their own as the Bisons went three minutes without scoring when Addison Melton scored with 2:40 left in the quarter as the Hoosiers increased the lead to 30 points with 1:24 left in the third quarter. Indiana outscored Lipscomb 22-19 in the third quarter as the Hoosiers led 65-39 going into the fourth and final quarter. Indiana held the Bisons scoreless for four minutes in the fourth quarter and the Hoosiers starters were taken out with 3:45 left in the game and a 31-point lead. Indiana went on a 9-0 run as the Hoosiers outscored the Bisons 15-7 in the final ten minutes as Lipscomb made just one shot in their last nine attempts from the field. Indiana never trailed and the game was tied three times for a total of one minute and forty-two seconds.
For the first game Indiana played very well for a team that is still trying to find their way but clean performance overall with some depth concerns and some size issues, but Head Coach Teri Moren says “It’s a good first step” and will take some of the lessons learned from a rough third quarter and a team that still “trying to find their chemistry” as a new group but you always want to get off to a good start and the Hoosiers did that and will take that forward into Friday Night’s game with Illinois-Chicago.
Indiana University Men’s Soccer Regular Season Finale to be non-ticketed Indiana athletics and the men’s soccer program have placed non-ticketed status on Friday night’s regular season finale versus Rutgers. The match is set to kick off at 8 p.m. ET, two hours after volleyball’s match against Iowa and an hour after women’s basketball tips off versus Illinois-Chicago. IU athletics has also updated available parking for the match. Fans may park in the lot across from the St. Paul Catholic Center, at the Bell Tower or at Redbud Hill Apartments. $10 parking is also available at Gates 12 and 14.
Indianapolis Colts Trade AD Mitchell and Draft Picks to the New York Jets for Cornerback Amhad “Sauce” Gardner The Indianapolis Colts made a major move less than three hours before the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday, sending wide receiver AD Mitchell and two first-round draft picks to the New York Jets in exchange for cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner. Gardner played college football at the University of Cincinnati and was selected fourth overall by the Jets in the 2022 NFL Draft. He was the first Jets player to earn All-Pro First Team honors in his first two seasons since 1970. The 25-year-old has logged three interceptions in 55 NFL starts, led the league passes defended in 2022 and is a two-time Pro Bowler. He inked a four-year, $120 million extension with the Jets this summer, a deal that made him the highest-paid cornerback in the league.
Mitchell, who was selected by the Colts in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft, played in eight games this season and had nine catches for 152 yards. He earned the ire of fans in Week 4 against the Los Angeles Rams when he fumbled the ball at the end zone during his celebration, leading to a touchback instead of a touchdown. “Having the opportunity to acquire a talented player like Sauce Gardner was one we did not want to pass on,” Colts general manager Chris Ballard said in a statement. “He was a player that we scouted heavily coming out of college and there’s a reason he was the fourth overall pick. Sauce is a proven cornerback. His skill and competitive nature will elevate everyone’s play on the defensive unit. We’re thrilled he’s a Colt. On the same note, AD Mitchell is a great person and a great player. We believe he will have success in New York, and we wish him the best as he enters the next chapter of his career.” As part of the trade, the Colts will send their 2026 first-round draft pick and 2027 first-round draft pick to the Jets.
Indiana Pacers Fall to the Milwaukee Bucks on a Buzzer Beater in Myles Turner’s Return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse The Indiana Pacers lost to the Milwaukee Bucks, 117-115, on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s buzzer beater fadeaway shot. The Pacers were down by as many as 12 points in the fourth quarter and fought back to tie the game with an Aaron Nesmith layup with less than 15 seconds left. But it would be the Bucks that prevailed in the end. “This is all you can ask for,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said. “We were down double digits again in the fourth quarter and fought back to tie it, and we’re right there again. This journey is difficult, but important. We’ve all got to keep our eye on the ball, keep fighting, and keep giving ourselves chances.” “I feel like, with the team we have, it’s always going to be tough,” Pacers forward Isaiah Jackson said. “But I feel like you can learn from games like this.”
“You want to feel good about the effort, but the result wasn’t there, so it’s tough,” Pacers forward Pascal Siakam said. “It’s hard, hard time for us as a team and we just got to keep going. I think naturally, your mind is a lot of negative thoughts and it’s hard to be positive, but we have to.” Siakam led the team with 32 points. Jackson added 21 points and 10 rebounds on 8-12 shooting.
Myles Turner played his first game back at Gainbridge Fieldhouse after he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks in the offseason. Turner played the first ten years of his career with the Pacers. Pacers fans greeted Turner with a lot of boos — and some cheers — during his tribute video. He was met with a lot of boos throughout the game. “It was disheartening, man,” Turner said after the game. “It was frustrating. You give 10 years of your life, your blood, your sweat, your tears. You take pay cuts, you survive trade rumors, you try to do everything the right way, and sometimes that’s how stuff shakes out. It’s cool. I take it on the chin. I think a lot of people will say I said things, but I think a lot of people want to formulate their own narratives and spin it to whatever they want it to be. It is what it is, man. You take it on the chin. You just move on.” The Pacers next game is tonight at home against the Brooklyn Nets. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Offensive Outpour in Overtime Leads Taylor University Men’s Basketball to Victory in Home Opener Ten points in Overtime by Izaiah Day fueled Taylor’s home-opening victory against Oakland City on Monday night. Day led the team with 25 points and five threes, while adding nine rebounds, three assists, two steals and three blocks in a stat-sheet stuffing performance. The Mighty Oaks took their only lead of the extra period after a pair of free throws set the score to 81-80. Day answered with triples on the next two possessions, followed by a thunderous dunk for an emphatic 88-81 lead. Day provided an assist for Nate Paarlberg, who splashed home a three, putting the game out of reach as TU then cruised to a 94-85 win in front of a raucous crowd inside Odle Arena. Paarlberg scored 19 point and matched Day with three blocks as the Trojans tallied nine in the victory.
The Trojans went on an 11-1 run, as Day hit a pair of shots from beyond the arc, late in regulation to secure a 78-73 lead with less than two minutes remaining, but OCU scored the next six points to flip the script. Paarlberg converted at the charity stripe with six seconds left in regulation before a jumper in the middle of the lane clanged off the glass and ensured an extra five minutes. Both offenses started the game cold from the field, combining to make just seven of 28 shots seven minutes into the contest. The Mighty Oaks found their rhythm with three layups in less than a minute as TU struggled to take care of the ball.
Eleven first half turnovers lead to 11 points for OCU (0-1), who took advantage of their speed with 16 fast-break points in the opening half. The Trojans trailed 37-32 at the break, keeping it as close as that by converting nine of ten attempts at the free throw line. The locker room cured whatever ailed both teams on the offensive end as they combined to make the first six shots after halftime and scored 14 points in the first two minutes of action. Dior Davis was the catalyst for the Mighty Oaks, scoring eight quick points and providing an assist to gain the largest lead of the night at 47-36. Pete Combs began the TU comeback with four-straight points and an and-one opportunity at the first media timeout by Day cut the deficit to five.
The Trojans continued to slowly chip away at the lad eventually knotting the game at 57 after a layup by Nathan Baker. The tie was short lived as Davis splashed home a pair of triples for OCU. TU stayed within shouting distance before making the late run to grab the lead in regulation. Zahree Harrison ran the offense efficiently and piled up a team-high eight assists to go with 14 points and a pair of steals. TU took advantage of superior size with a 58-47 edge on the glass led by Nathan Baker and Combs, who grabbed 11 and 10 boards. Combs added 20 points for his first double-double of the season. Taylor (2-0) travels to Takoma Park, Maryland to play Washington Adventist (1-1) on Friday, November 7 at 4:00 pm.