Indiana University Women’s Basketball Wins a Defensive Battle against Marshall The Indiana Hoosiers are 3-0 but it was not the prettiest Women’s Basketball game to watch as Indiana 57-51 Tuesday Night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana will hit the road for the first time this season when they battle the Florida State Seminoles Sunday at 5 PM on the ACC Network. Shay Ciezki and Zania Socka-Nugemen both had 13 points and 10 rebounds. It was Socka-Nugemen’s second straight double-double and Ciezki’s first double-double of her career. Lenee Beaumont added 10 points. The Hoosiers were 20-49 from the field for 40%, 3-14 from three-point range for 21% and 14-21 for 66 %. The Hoosiers pulled down 46 rebounds, 11 assists, 8 steals, 2 blocks and 28 turnovers in which Head Coach Teri Moren acknowledged after the game “Credit to Marshall, they turned us over way too much.”
Marshall went 18-63 from the field for 28%, 4-22 from three-point range for 18% and 11-14 from the free throw line for 76%. The Thundering Herd pulled down 30 rebounds, 18 steals, 9 assists, 2 blocks and 16 turnovers. Freshman Olivia Olson scored 11 points, and Blessing King added 10 points for a Marshall team who played a lot of zone and full court press the Hoosiers the entire game. The Hoosiers opened the scoring one minute and thirty-two seconds when Lenee Beaumont drove to the basket on a layup. Zania Socka-Nugemen picked her second foul two minutes and fifty-six seconds in and went to the bench and did not return for the remainer of the first quarter. The Hoosiers led 7-2 with 4:42 left in the opening period when Olivia Olson scored the first field goal of the game for Marshall with 4:32 left in the first quarter. Indiana led 9-6 at the end of the first quarter as the teams combined for 4-29 from the field, 0-10 from three-point range and 7-11 from the free throw line and 14 turnovers.
In the second quarter Socka-Nugemen returned and scored the first five points for Indiana. Marshall knocked down the first three point shot of the game when Meredith Maier scored with 5:47 left before halftime to make 14-13 Hoosiers. Freshman Neveah Caffey knocked down a triple 20 seconds later to give the Hoosiers a four-point lead. Valentyna Kadlecova knocked down the second triple for the Hoosiers as they went to the locker room, leading 24-17. The teams combined for 14-59 from the field, 3-19 from three-point range and 10-15 from the free throw line along with 22 turnovers. Both teams were a combined 8-26 on layups. Like the second half last Friday against Illinois-Chicago the Hoosiers played better using a 7-0 run midway through the third quarter as the Hoosiers pushed the lead to double digits. Zania Socka-Nugemen scored 6 points, Shay Ciezki added 5 points and Valentyna Kadcelova three points along with three combined free throws from Edessa Noyan and Maya Maklausky as the Hoosiers outscored the Thundering Herd 19-13 in the third quarter with Phoenix Stotjin with an acrobatic layup in the final second of the third quarter as the Hoosiers led 43-30 going into the final ten minutes. Freshman Olivia Olson scored 7 points to lead Marshall as the Thundering Herd were chipping away.
Going into the fourth quarter the teams were combined 26-65 from the field, 4-26 from three-point range, 17-30 from the free throw line and 33 turnovers. Lenee Beaumont broke the scoring drought with a midrange jumper 2 minutes into the final period. Blessing King scored 17 seconds later as the shooting woes continued. Marshall chipped away at the lead trailing by 12 with 4:56 left as the Hoosiers were held scoreless for two minutes and five seconds. Shay Ciezki hit a pair of free throws out of the timeout to make it 50-36 as Marshall cut it to 11 points twice in the final four minutes and one second of the game. The Thundering Herd cut the Hoosier lead to seven points with 1:40 left in the game as Treshonda Williams hit back-to-back to triples to make 54-47 Indiana. Kadcelova drilled a three pointer with 1:15 left to make it a 10-point game. Marshall was able to cut the lead to six points at the end of the game, but the Hoosiers were able to pull out the win. Indiana is now 5-1 all-time against Marshall and 4-0 all-time in Bloomington.
Indiana made 11 layups and missed 11 and Marshall struggled making 11 layups and missing 23 layups as both teams left a lot of points out on the court. Even though the Hoosiers got the win you have a team with one starter who played a lot of minutes and the other four did not and there are a lot of “growing pains” and with a huge test coming up the Hoosiers have no time allowing to dwell on a ugly win and get ready for a big game in Tallahassee Sunday evening.
Indiana University Football Holds at Number 2 in the College Football Playoff Rankings The College Football Playoff committee unveiled the second of six official rankings and the Indiana football program stayed at No. 2 on Tuesday night. Indiana has now been among the teams in playoff consideration for eight-straight CFP polls, all of those among the top 10. It is the 12th time in program history that IU has been among the contenders for a playoff spot. The Big Ten saw six schools ranked and three programs in the top 10 of the newest CFP rankings: Ohio State (No. 1), Indiana (No. 2), Oregon (No. 8), USC (No. 17), Michigan (No. 18) and Iowa (No. 21).
The 12 participating teams in the College Football Playoff will be the five conference champions ranked highest by the CFP selection committee, plus the next seven highest-ranked schools. The four highest-ranked schools will be seeded one through four and will receive a first-round bye. The remaining schools will be seeded 5-12 based on their final ranking. If any of the five highest-ranked conference champions falls outside of the top 12, they will be seeded at the bottom of the 12-team pool. The eight schools seeded No. 5-12 will play in the CFP First Round with the higher seeds hosting the lower seeds either on campus or at other sites designated by the higher-seeded institution (No. 12 at No. 5, No. 11 at No. 6, No. 10 at No. 7 and No. 9 at No. 8.). No. 2/2/2 Indiana (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten) host Wisconsin (3-6, 1-5 Big Ten) for a noon kickoff on Big Ten Network from Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium in the final regular season home game of 2025.
College Football Playoff Rankings – Nov. 11
1. Ohio State (9-0)
2. Indiana (10-0)
3. Texas A&M (9-0)
4. Alabama (8-1)
5. Georgia (8-1)
6. Texas Tech (9-1)
7. Ole Miss (9-1)
8. Oregon (8-1)
9. Notre Dame (7-2)
10. Texas (7-2)
11. Oklahoma (7-2)
12. BYU (8-1)
13. Utah (7-2)
14. Vanderbilt (8-2)
15. Miami (Fla.) (7-2)
16. Georgia Tech (8-1)
17. USC (7-2)
18. Michigan (7-2)
19. Virginia (8-2)
20. Louisville (7-2)
21. Iowa (6-3)
22. Pittsburgh (7-2)
23. Tennessee (6-3)
24. USF (7-2)
25. Cincinnati (7-2)
Colton Swan Selected Big Ten Freshman of the Week Indiana men’s soccer forward Colton Swan earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors, as the conference office announced its final weekly awards cycle of the 2025 season on Tuesday. Swan scored his first-career brace on Friday, representing the first two goals of an empathic 5-0 victory against Rutgers in Indiana’s regular season finale. The freshman has recorded three goals and three assists during his first season in cream and crimson. Swan is the second Indiana freshman to earn the award this season – goalkeeper Judewellin Michel made the list on October 21 for standout performances against Kentucky and Hanover. Swan and the Hoosiers await the announcement of the NCAA Tournament field on Monday, Nov. 17. Currently ranked No. 8 in the RPI, Indiana is set to make its 50th tournament appearance in 53 seasons as well as its 39th consecutive appearance.
Indiana University Men’s Tennis Players Facundo Yunis and Sam Landau Qualify for the NCAA’s Sam Landau and Facundo Yunis have both qualified to play in the NCAA Individual Championships in Lake Nona, Florida, starting on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Landau previously qualified for the singles competition in October when he won all five of his matches in the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships and was named co-champion of the tournament alongside Pablo Martinez Gomez of Vanderbilt University. Having already qualified for the singles competition, Landau earned a spot for the double’s competition alongside his partner, Yunis, this past weekend during the ITA Sectionals in Athens, Georgia. Yunis and Landau have gone 6-3 as a duo this fall, most recently going 3-1 during the ITA Sectionals, while Landau has posted a record of 6-1 so far this fall in singles competition.
Taylor University Cross Country collects 10 All-Crossroads League Awards
The Taylor men’s and women’s cross-country teams competed in the CL Championships on Friday and had ten athletes earn All-CL Honors in a dynamic display. As part of the yearly awards, head coach Quinn White was also named the Crossroads League Women’s Coach of the Year for the 13th time in 16 seasons. White guided the women to the CL title for the 13th consecutive year, and the Trojans are undefeated against NAIA teams in the 2025 campaign. The Trojans ran the second fastest 6k time in program history and cruised to the CL Championships with 25 points. Seven Trojan women finished in the top 13 to match the program record with seven All-CL performers on the women’s side. The men ran to a second-place finish and secured three All-CL selections.
The top 15 runners in each race were awarded all-league honors.
TU Women’s Cross Country All-CL Recipients- Jaynie Halterman | Champion | 20:17.6 | Second All-CL Honor, Noel Bass | 3rd place | 21:32.7 | Fourth All-CL Honor, Catey Campbell | 5th place | 21:49.7 | First All-CL Honor, Sam Patterson | 7th place | 21:55.6 | Second All-CL Honor, Rebekah Firestone | 9th place | 21:59.8 | First All-CL Honor, Malarie Pinwar | 12th place | 22:13.1 | First All-CL Honor and Emersyn Funk | 13th place | 22:17.0 | First All-CL Honor
TU Men’s Cross Country All-CL Recipients-Nathan Burns | 7th place | 20:17.6 | Second All-CL Honor, Ryan Hanak | 8th place | 21:32.7 | Fourth All-CL Honor, Luke Harber | 11th place | 21:49.7 | Fourth All-CL Honor, Taylor’s men and women’s cross-country teams conclude the season on Friday, Nov. 21 at the 2025 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Championship held in Tallahassee, Florida.
Taylor University Football Receives Votes in Penultimate Top-25 Poll of Regular Season As it has for much of the 2025 campaign, the Taylor football team garnered votes in the NAIA Top-25 Poll announced on Monday. The Trojans saw a slight bump in the poll on the heels of their 42-28 win over Siena Heights, climbing to 28 points for the 31st-highest tally in the nation. Those numbers reflected an increase of 18 points and two positions from TU’s prior standing. Taylor continues to rate near the top of the NAIA in several categories, entering the regular season’s final week at No. 2 with 296.5 rushing yards per game, No. 4 with a red-zone touchdown percentage of 82.0, No. 6 with a third-down conversion percentage of 48.0, No. 6 with 499.9 total yards per game, No. 7 with 45.7 points per game and No. 12 with 27 sacks registered.
The Trojans have played clean football throughout, losing just two fumbles in 537 rushing attempts and ranking No. 6 in the NAIA with only 4.5 penalties per outing. Along the way, Taylor has racked up at least 440 total yards of offense in nine-straight games, scoring at least 35 points in all 10 contests this season. TU has rushed for over 200 yards eight times and has passed for over 200 yards in each of its last three games. RV Taylor (6-4, 3-1 MSFA) will look to close its regular season on a good note when it plays at Madonna (1-9, 0-4 MSFA) on November 15 at 1:00 pm. Having already secured back-to-back winning records for the first time since 2009 and 2010, Taylor could notch its second-highest two-year win total in program history with a win at Madonna. TU has 15 victories in 2024 and 2025, tying for the second-best two-year mark and trailing only the 18 wins secured in 1998 and 1999.