#2 Indiana University Football to Face #1 Ohio State for the Big Ten Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Everything will be on the line next Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Big Ten Championship? Check. The No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff? Check. The Heisman Trophy? Check. No. 1 Ohio State (12-0) will face No. 2 Indiana (12-0) in the Big Ten Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. ET. The game will mark IU’s first appearance in the Big Ten Championship game, and an opportunity for the team to win their first outright Big Ten title since 1945. Both teams are locks to make the College Football Playoff, but the winner next weekend should be the No. 1 overall seed, while the loser faces at least the slight but unlikely possibility of losing a first round bye. Unless the game is a blowout or major injuries are suffered, both teams should still end up getting first round CFP byes.
The game will feature an elite quarterback matchup, as Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza and Ohio State’s Julian Sayin are two of the top contenders for the 2025 Heisman Trophy. Indiana has not defeated Ohio State since 1988. The Buckeyes have won 30 straight over IU and lead the all-time series 81-12-5. OSU won a high stakes late season matchup in Columbus last season 38-15. The football game will be the nightcap of a festive day for IU fans in downtown Indianapolis. The No. 24/25 IU men’s basketball team faces No. 5/6 Louisville at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the afternoon.
#25 Indiana University Men’s Basketball Completes Five Game Homestand with a Win over Bethune Cookman The #25 Indiana Hoosiers finish a five game homestand with a 100-56 win over the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Saturday Afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers are 7-0 on the season and 6-0 at home and will open Big Ten Play at Minnesota on Wednesday Night which will begin three out of four game stretch away from Simon Sjkodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers will face Louisville in Indianapolis, Penn State at Home and travel to Kentucky as this will be the toughest stretch the Hoosiers have faced this season. Tucker DeVries led the Hoosiers with 20 points hitting five triples and Lamar Wilkerson added 18. Sam Alexis, Nick Dorn and Trent Sisley each scored 14 points off the bench. The Hoosiers were 36-66 from the field for 54%, 12-31 from three-point range for 38% and 16-19 from the free throw line for 84%. Indiana had 43 rebounds, 27 assists, 8 steals, 4 blocks and 7 turnovers.
Jakobi Heady led the Wildcats with 15 points and Daniel Rouzan added 10 points. The Wildcats finished 18-58 from the field for 31%, 3-15 from three-point range for 20% and 17-21 from the free throw line for 81%. The Wildcats pulled down 29 rebounds, 9 assists, 7 steals, 5 blocks and 11 turnovers. Bethune Cookman opened the game with a Quentin Heady three pointer 19 seconds into the game. Tucker DeVries tied the game with three 27 seconds later to tie the game 3-3. Indiana went on a 9-0 run and maintained the lead the rest of the way. The Hoosiers led 9-3 and increased the lead throughout the first half. The Hoosiers led 51-23 at halftime. Indiana was 17-34 for 58% from the field, 7-18 from three-point range for 39% and 10-11 from the free throw line in the first half. The Hoosiers had 25 rebounds, 15 assists, 5 steals, 3 blocks and 4 turnovers.
Indiana controlled the second half outscoring the Wildcats 49-33 as the Hoosiers scored 100 points for the third game this season. Indiana continues to play unselfish Basketball sharing the ball and not turning the ball over along with good defense and hitting outside shots and most importantly getting to the free throw line. Indiana is now 2-0 all-time against Bethune-Cookman and 13-0 against teams from the Southwestern Athletic Conference and 2-0 this season with 98-51 season opening win over Alabama A&M. Bethune-Cookman is 2-6 on the season and Wildcats continue a tough non-conference schedule with road trips to Missouri, Saint Louis, Arizona and Oklahoma State after they lost at Auburn, Dayton and Miami. For Indiana they continue to stack wins for a brand-new team even if the competition is not always the best Indiana remains perfect so far in the 2025-26 season.
Indiana University Women’s Basketball faces #10 Iowa State for the Coconut Hoops Tournament Championship The Indiana Hoosiers battle the #10 Iowa State Cyclones for the GEICO Coconut Hoops Tournament Championship at 1:30 PM this afternoon at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida with the game streaming on Flo Hoops. The Hoosiers are 7-0 on the season and are looking to leave Florida with a 4-0 record. The Hoosiers won at Florida State 76-72 and then returned to the Sunshine State last Tuesday to beat Florida Gulf Coast 82-64 and Gonzaga 76-72 in the Semifinals of the GEICO Coconut Hoops Tournament Friday Afternoon.
Shay Ciezki has scored 50 points in the last two games scoring 26 against Florida Gulf Coast and 24 against Gonzaga. Ciezki is averaging 22.3 points per game which is 3rd best in the Big Ten and leads the Hoosiers with 1.6 steals per game. The Buffalo, New York Native is shooting 53 percent from the field, 50 percent from three-point range and 92 percent at the free throw line. Lenee Beaumont is averaging 14.6 points per game and leads the Hoosiers with 3.1 assists. Zania Socka-Nguemen averages 13 points and leads the team with 9 rebounds per game. Edessa Noyan leads the Hoosiers with 0.4 blocks per game. Freshman Neveah Caffey and Maya Makalusky each scored 10 points in the win over Gonzaga as five Hoosiers scored in double figures. The Hoosiers are averaging 73.6 points and 15 turnovers per game. Indiana shoots 49 percent from the field, 37 percent from three-point range and 71 percent from the free throw line. Head Coach Teri Moren is 253-112 in her 12th season in Bloomington and 452-242 in 23 seasons overall.
Iowa State is 8-0 on the season and beat Marquette 84-73 on Friday in the Semifinals. Juniors Addy Brown and Audi Crooks scored 18 points apiece and Junior Guard Jada Williams had a double double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Crooks leads the Cyclones with 24.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game and team leading 1.1 blocks per game. The 6-3 Junior from Algona, Iowa shoots 73 percent from the floor and has scored double digits in every game in her career but one when she scored 8 points against Butler on November 6, 2023. Crooks has two double doubles this season and 20 for her career. Addy Brown averages 12.4 points and leads the team with 9 rebounds per game. Jada Williams averages 9.8 points per game and a team leading 6.2 assists per game while Reese Beaty leads the Cyclones with 1.5 steals per game. Iowa State averages 93.4 points per game which is the 5th best scoring offense in the country.
The Cyclones are shooting 51 percent from the field, 35 percent from three-point range and 80 percent from the free throw line while committing 12.3 turnovers per game. Iowa State has one Indiana native on this roster with Sophomore Reagan Wilson from Noblesville who averages 4.6 points, 1.4 assists and 1.1 rebounds per game. The rest of the Cyclones 13 player roster represents Iowa, Tennessee, Kansas, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, Missouri, Denmark and New Zealand. Iowa State has one Senior, 8 Juniors, 2 Sophomores and 2 Freshman.
Head Coach Bill Fennelly is in his 31st season at Iowa State with a record of 642-325 and overall record of 808-378 in 38 seasons overall. The 68-year-old was born in Davenport Iowa and graduated from William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1979. Fennelly was an assistant at his Alma Mater from 1977-81 before moving to Fresno State from 1981-86 and Notre Dame from 1986-88. Fennelly was the Head Coach at Toledo from 1988-95 with a 166-53 record. Fennelly has been to the NCAA tournament 25 times, the WNIT twice and the NWIT three times and has only had two losing seasons in his career.
This will be the fourth All-Time Meeting between the two teams as Iowa State leads the series 2-1. Iowa State beat Indiana St Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands on November 29, 2003, 75-59. The Hoosiers won the first meeting 69-57 on December 19, 1983, in Bloomington and Iowa State won in Ames, Iowa 73-65 on December 11, 1984. Indiana will have to attack the glass especially on defense to keep Crooks and Iowa State from getting second chance points. Indiana has struggled with rebounding this season but the Hoosiers and Coach Moren pride themselves on the defensive end and this will be the big test for the Hoosiers if they can slow down a high-powered Iowa State team who loves to get up and down the floor.
Indiana University Women’s Volleyball Falls in the Regular Season Finale at Purdue With third place in the Big Ten on the line, the 15th-ranked Indiana volleyball team (23-7, 14-6 B1G) pulled out all the stops to try and beat archrival Purdue in the regular season finale. The Hoosiers battled until the final point but fell in four sets to the No. 11 Boilermakers (17-25, 19-25, 26-24, 20-25). IU begins its NCAA Tournament journey next week. Both teams struggled to find consistent offense in a back-and-forth battle at Mackey Arena. IU tried multiple offensive systems but hit just .106 on the afternoon with a season-high 31 attacking errors. Senior opposite hitter Avry Tatum played an exceptional game with 14 kills on a .379 hitting percentage. Freshman middle blocker Victoria Gray added a career-high 12 kills at a .526 clip.
Purdue answered with 15 kills from star outside hitter Kenna Wollard. The Boilermakers hit under .200 on the afternoon but found points when they needed it most. The hosts blocked IU 15 times with middle blocker Dior Charles having a hand in 11 of those. The Hoosiers responded with nine blocks, led by five from senior middle blocker Madi Sell. IU put the pressure on Purdue from the end line with eight service aces. Freshman libero Hannah Leftridge and freshman setter Teodora Krickovic each provided two aces. Graduate student outside hitter Jessica Smith had 10 digs to lead defensive effort. She played six rotations for the first time in her indoor career and added a career-best nine kills. For the first time since 1999, IU ends the regular season with a top five finish in the Big Ten. IU finished a game back of Purdue and USC but finished two games clear of sixth place in the league. The Hoosiers know they will make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010 and await their postseason journey during tonight’s selection show at 6 PM on ESPN.
New Palestine wins Back-to-Back IHSAA State Football Championships New Palestine has repeated as state champions on the gridiron. The Dragons scored 21 fourth-quarter points to defeat Merrillville, 38-17, for the Class 5A title, a year after winning the state championship in Class 4A. Caden Jacobia and Josh Ranes each ran for scores, and Landon Maddox caught a 40-yard touchdown pass from senior Jacob Davis in the victory, the 28th straight win for the Dragons. Merrillville got on the scoreboard first when junior Michael Hill scored from a yard out, but New Palestine answered with the next 17 points – including the pass to Maddox and a 3-yard run by Jacobia – to take a 17-7 lead. The Pirates edged closer just before halftime, when Darnell Bowles found Mikel Smoot for a 55-yard touchdown with 29 seconds remaining. Benito Gonzalez tied the game with a 34-yard field goal with 3:11 left in the third quarter, but that would be the last time the Pirates found the scoreboard. Ranes scored on a 24-yard run with 8:44 left in the game, followed up by a 4-yard score by Jacobia less than three minutes later. Ranes put the game on ice with a 2-yard run with 2 1/2 minutes remaining to clinch the Dragons’ fifth state championship since 2014. New Palestine’s Abe Walling was named the Eskew Mental Attitude Award winner following the game.
Andrean Blanks Brownstown Central to win the Class 2A IHSAA State Football Championship It was ugly extremely ugly but the Andrean 59ers escaped with the 2A title with a 7-0 advantage as the clock hit all zeros. Seven points is the fewest for a 2A champion ever and is the fourth time a state champion has scored seven-or-less, most recently being accomplished by Warren Central in its 7-6 win over Carmel in the 2013 6A final. With such a low-scoring game, it is no surprised that both squads crawled out of the gates. For Brownstown Central, it was three punts and a missed field goal attempt as the Braves gained just an average of nine yards per drive in the first half. Things were a bit more sloppy for Andrean, though. The 59ers were moving the ball with ease, but continually gave it away, ending each of their first-half drives with a turnover and logging a missed field goal of their own.
It was more of the same in the second half, with the 59ers turning it over on downs before the Braves responded with their best yardage drive of the game, which ended with yet another missed field goal. As the game matured into the fourth quarter, senior receiver Gavin Jones was able to get his Andrean squad inside the five-yard line as he added to his career-high 110-yard day. Yet, the 59ers would come up short once again, turning the ball over on downs at the one-yard line. With the Braves answering with another punt, Andrean marched back inside the 10-yard line, this time punching it in on third-and-goal with junior running back Brady Stovall. That would end up being the game-winner, as the Braves would stall out after a intentional grounding put them at a 4th-and-24, which they failed to convert with two minutes left to play.
Despite such a defensive struggle, Andrean was able to reach near its season average with 306 total yards of offense — headlined by 120 rushing yards from senior Brady Elish. Defensively, the 59ers held a Brave offense that had been averaging 55 points per outing to a goose egg on the scoreboard and 220 yards of offense. Sophomore linebacker Javier Mccoy and junior Evan Reyna each logged 10 tackles in the effort. Andrean returns a handful of talent on both sides of the ball and could very well find themselves back in Lucas Oil this time next year.
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