Indiana University Women’s Basketball Faces Former Teammate Yarden Garzon and #7 Maryland in College Park For three seasons Yarden Garzon was a Indiana Hoosier and now in her final season she is a Maryland Terrapin and she will be on the opposite bench tonight when the #7 Maryland Terrapins take on the Indiana Hoosiers at 6 PM tonight at the Xfinity Center in College Park on the Big Ten Network. The 6-3 Senior from Ra’anana, Israel started and played in 97 games for the Hoosiers scoring 1,204 points, 490 rebounds, 299 assists, 103 steals, 63 blocks and drained a program record 220 three pointers and played in three straight NCAA Tournaments including the sweet 16 as sophomore in 2024. Garzon became a fan favorite in Bloomington and received a lot of support from everyone with the majority of her family back home in war torn Israel and two of her three siblings in the Military. Garzon had wristbands that she wore every game that said “Bring them home” referencing to the Israeli Hostages that were being held in the Gaza Strip and the name of a young girl that was held captive on the other wristband. Her Mom would Email Head Coach Teri Moren to let her know that they were safe back in Israel.
Public Address Announcer Jeremy Gray wanted to show support for Garzon when her Mom and Twin sister were in town for a home game her freshman season and did so when she drained her first three pointer of the game he said “Shalosh Garzon” which meant “Three Garzon” in Hebrew and became so popular that he even did it when Yarden’s older Lior played for Oklahoma State in a NCAA first round tournament game against Miami Florida in 2023 when she hit a half court buzzer beater going into halftime with Yarden watching in the stands. In this new era of Name Image and Likeness in College Sports “Shalosh Garzon” became a T-shirt that many Hoosiers fans wore in support of the sharpshooter. She also was a member of the Jewish Group on campus, and they made T-Shirts in her honor that they wore during games. Garzon appreciated all the love and support that she received while in Bloomington.
After her Junior season Garzon shocked Hoosier Nation when she decided to transfer and ended up staying in the conference and playing for Brenda Freese and Maryland. The Terrapins are 14-1 on the season and 1-1 in the Big Ten as they are coming off a 73-70 road loss at Illinois on New Year’s Day. Garzon had 17 points 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 turnovers and played all 40 minutes against the Fighting Illini. Garzon has started every game since she arrived in College Park scoring 196 points, pulling down 66 rebounds, dishing out 43 assists, 17 steals, 2 blocks and draining 40 three pointers. She is one of four players to play in every game this season as Maryland has battled a ton of injuries including Kaylene Smikle who averaged 13.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 7 games this season. Senior Bri McDaniel is out for the season after she suffered an Injury in the preseason
Oulchi Okanwana is the Terps leading scorer with 16.1 points per game and third in rebounds at 5.1. Saylor Poffenbarger is leading the team with 6.2 rebounds 3.1 steals and 2.2 assists while averaging 11.8 points per game. Addi Mack is averaging 11.5 points per game, and Isimenme Ozzy-Momodou is leading the Terps with 1.3 blocks while averaging 8.2 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. Maryland is averaging 88 points, 17.8 assists and 16.2 turnovers per game. The Terps are shooting 48% from the field, 33% from three-point range and 77 percent from the free throw line. The Terps have a 15 Player roster that represents Maryland, Minnesota, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin, Montana along with 5 international players who represent Slovenia, Belarus, Romania, Israel and England. There are 5 Seniors, 2 Juniors, 1 Sophomore and 7 Freshmen on this team.
Indiana is 0-3 in the Big Ten for the first time in the Teri Moren era and they have lost all three games by 20 points or more including 80-60 home loss to Michigan State on New Year’s Day as the giving the Hoosiers back-to-back home losses after winning their first eight games at home. Indiana is 11-4 overall but are struggling with several injuries including Sophomore and Silver Spring, Maryland Native Zania Socka-Nguemen who has missed the last 8 games with lower leg injury. Socka-Nguemen has not return to practice and leaves the Hoosiers frontcourt thin as she averaged 13 points and 9 rebounds per game. Shay Ciezki averages 23.4 points, 3.1 assists and 1.4 steals to lead the Hoosiers. Ciezki has been the engine for the Hoosiers as she is the only starter and returner that played significant minutes for the Hoosiers a season ago. Ciezki has played 40 minutes in the last two games and three of the last four and played the 40 minutes against Illinois and Marshall earlier in the season. Lenee Beaumont averages 15.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.1 steals per game. Edessa Noyan is leading the team in rebounds with 5.4 and blocks 0.4 per game. Indiana is shooting 47% percent from the field, 37% from three-point range and 77% from the field. Noyan along with Freshman Neveah Caffey and Maya Makalusky are in the starting lineup with Ciezki and Beaumont. Noyan is averaging 5.6 points per game. Caffey averages 7.3 points, 3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Makalusky averages 5.9 points, and 2.8 rebounds per game. Indiana has been looking for hat third scorer since Socka-Nguemen went out and they are still trying to find it on a consistent basis.
Maryland leads the all-time series 13-5 as Indiana is 1-6 all-time in College Park as Garzon helped lead the Hoosiers to an 87-73 win on January 31, 2024, which was the last time the Hoosiers played in the Xfinity Center. Maryland won the last meeting between the two teams in Bloomington on February 27, 2025, 74-60. From 2015-21 Maryland won all 11 meetings and since the Hoosiers have won five of the last seven including four in a row from March of 2022 to March of 2024. Yarden Garzon played in three of those wins against her current team and now faces her former team for the first and only time in the regular season. There is no question that emotions will be high on both sides but in this era of the transfer portal and players transferring within the conference facing your former team is more commonplace now and once the ball is tipped it will just another game for both Indiana and Garzon.
Indiana University Men’s Basketball returns the Court After a Long Layoff The Indiana Hoosiers return to game action tonight at 8 PM when they host the Washington Huskies at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall at 8 PM on the Big Ten Network. The Hoosiers have not played since December 22, when they beat the Siena Saints 81-60 to close out the non-conference season. Indiana is 10-3 on the season and 1-1 in the Big Ten and restart Big Ten Play after a 73-64 road loss at Minnesota and a 113-72 home win over Penn State in early December. The Hoosiers other two losses came in the month of December against Louisville 87-78 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and at Kentucky 72-60. Indiana is 9-0 at home this season and closes out a three game homestand.
Lamar Wilkerson is leading the Hoosiers averaging 19 points per game along with 3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Tucker DeVries is averaging 16.2 points, 3.1 assists 1 steal and team leading 5.4 rebounds per game. Tayton Conerway is averaging 11.9 points, 4.4 assists, 3.4 assists and a team leading 1.8 steals per game. Reed Bailey is averaging 10.3 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. Sam Alexis is leading the team with 1.1 blocks along with 8.2 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Nick Dorn has been a spark off the bench averaging 8.2 points and shooting 44 percent from beyond the arc. Connor Enright leads the team with 4.6 assists per game. Indiana is averaging 84.7 points, 19 assists and 10.9 turnovers per game. Indiana is shooting 48% from the field, 36% from three-point range and 77% from the free throw line. Indiana is a team that struggles to rebounds the ball and when they are not hitting the outside shots it makes for a long day for team that does not have a lot of size inside but can stretch the floor with DeVries and Bailey who can play outside and cause matchup issues.
Washington is 9-4 on the season and 1-1 in the Big Ten. The Huskies lost at home to UCLA 82-80 and won the road USC 84-76 in early December. The Huskies make their first two game conference road trip to the Midwest and will travel to Purdue on Wednesday for a matchup with Boilermakers. The Huskies beat former PAC-12 foe Utah on Monday in Seattle and beat the Utes 74-65 as the Huskies are 6-1 at home and 3-3 away from home. Zoon Diallo led the Huskies with 24 points and Desmond Claude added 21 points. Freshman Hannes Steinbach scored 20 points and pulled down 11 rebounds and Franck Kepang added 10 rebounds. The Huskies trailed 37-36 at halftime and outscored Utah 38-28 in the second half.
Steinbach is a 6-11 Freshman from Wurzburg, Germany which is the same hometown as 14-time NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki. Steinbach leads the Huskies in scoring with 18.1 points and 12 rebounds per game. Steinbach has scored double digits in every game this season and has posted 8 double doubles including the last three games and 8 of the last 9 games he has played in. The Huskies have dealt with a bunch of injuries including Wesley Yates III who is out with a wrist injury. Yates III is the second leading scorer for the Huskies averaged 14.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Four Huskies have appeared in all 13 games this season as Steinbach has missed 3 games and Desmond Claude who is averaging 14.8 points per game has missed four games.
Zoom Diallo has played in every game is averaging 14.5 points per game. Gary Indiana Native and West Side HS Graduate Qumari Peterson averages 9.5 points and leads the team in steals with 1.8 per game. JJ Mandaquit leads the Huskies with 3.5 assists per game, and Franck Kepang leads the team with 2.5 blocks while pulling down 2.5 blocks per game. Former Hoosier Bryson Tucker returns to Bloomington after spending his freshman season with Indiana under Mike Woodson last season. Tucker has played in 7 games for the Huskies with 3 starts scoring 43 points, 32 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. The 6-7 Bowie, Maryland native appeared in 23 games in a Hoosier uniform scoring 125 points, 66 rebounds, 13 assists, 9 steals and 1 block.
The Huskies have a 16-player roster that represents Washington, Connecticut, Hawaii, Texas, Wisconsin, Indiana, California, Maryland, Illinois, Serbia, Cameroon, Canada, Germany and France. There are 4 Seniors, 1 Junior, 5 Sophomores and 6 Freshmen. Washington is averaging 92.5 points, 14 assists and 11.2 turnovers per game. The Huskies are shooting 45% from the field, 32% from the field and 77% from the free throw line. The Hoosiers lead the series 4-1 and this will be the second meeting as Big Ten Conference Opponents. Indiana beat Washington 78-62 in Seattle on March 1, 2025. This will be the first time that Washington has visited Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall since a 73-56 Hoosier Victory on December 19, 1978.
For Indiana how will the layoff affect them. The Hoosiers were given four days off and have been back in Bloomington for over week practicing and getting ready for Big Ten Play. Washington will have a size advantage on the boards with Steinbach and Kepang and how will Steinbach handle his first trip into a tough Big Ten environment and does he continue to make his case for Big Ten Freshman of Year. With the four West Coast Programs now in their second year in the Big Ten it gives fans in a coast to coast league a chance to see a player like Steinbach that if Washington was still in the PAC 12 which is now going to look totally different in the future you would not see otherwise and for those schools they get to see teams that would not be making a trip out West but now they will see these teams each year in the new era of conference realignment.
Indiana University Football sees Three Players enter the Transfer Portal after the Rose Bowl The college football transfer portal is now open, and Indiana’s not immune from comings and goings despite being one of four teams still playing this year. IU had three players enter the portal Friday, per 247Sports: cornerback Amariyun Knighten, and defensive linemen Andrew and William Depaepe. Knighten transferred to IU from Northern Illinois after the 2024 season ended and figured to have a shot at earning playing time in the secondary. But the redshirt junior never picked up a tangible role for Curt Cignetti and his staff this year, appearing in just two non-conference games. True freshman Jaylen Bell passed Knighten on the cornerback depth chart.
The Depaepe brothers didn’t play much for the Hoosiers this year, either. Andrew, a redshirt sophomore, transferred to Indiana from Michigan State after the 2023 season, and he appeared in only four games in 2025. William, a redshirt freshman, has seen the field only once as a Hoosier. The Depaepes’ departure shouldn’t have a significant impact on Indiana in the ongoing College Football Playoff. But it is another hit for IU’s defensive line, which has already lost Kellan Wyatt and Stephen Daley to season-ending injuries. Defensive line coaches Buddha Williams and Pat Kuntz can still move Mario Landino around to create additional options, and Andrew Turvy is still available for depth on the edge.
Indiana-Alabama Draws a Record 22.5 million Viewers for the Rose Bowl For the second time in less than a month, Indiana football proved appointment viewing in record numbers. The No. 1 Hoosiers’ Rose Bowl win drew 22.5 million viewers, per ESPN, the largest single-game audience in the 12-team College Football Playoff era. It delivered the best rating of any of this year’s quarterfinals. That comes on the heels of news last month that Indiana’s 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game was the conference’s most-watched title game. It averaged 18.3 million viewers and peaked close to 20 million in the game’s final minutes. Per Fox, it was the most-watched conference championship game this season, and it outperformed last year’s Big Ten championship by an average of almost 8 million viewers. Those numbers will reflect the escalating appeal of a team supported by what’s been declared the largest living alumni base in the country. They also underscore an important development, as television appeal gains ever more financial and political importance in college sports.
Already, some conferences, including the ACC, determine schools’ annual financial windfall from their media rights deal in part on TV viewership. The Big Ten appears likely to introduce similar mechanisms as it evolves into its next rights deal, at the start of the coming decade. Furthermore, as the playoff expands and conferences consolidate, television appeal will drive value and importance in any discussion of potential reconfiguration within the sport, most notably in exploring anything resembling a super league. Delivering not just a winning program but a successful product to broadcast partners makes IU football a much more robust brand, at a time when that strength has never been more important. No. 1 Indiana faces No. 5 Oregon in the Peach Bowl on Friday night, in Atlanta, in a CFP semifinal now guaranteed to place one Big Ten team in the national championship game. The Hoosiers won in Eugene in the regular season, defeating Oregon 30-20 on Oct. 11.
Taylor University Women’s Basketball’s Streak Snapped by No. 5 Marian in Battle of Undefeated Teams In a battle between two of the seven remaining undefeated NAIA teams, Taylor couldn’t withstand a late Marian surge in Saturday’s 82-68 defeat to the fifth-ranked Knights at Odle Arena. Despite the setback, Taylor (14-1, 4-1 CL) had already tied its third-longest winning streak in program history, entering the contest with a perfect 14-0 ledger. The Trojans are still off to their best start in league play since the 2019-20 season. Kaycie Warfel led with a game-high 30 points on 12-of-23 shooting with six boards and three steals. The freshman barely outpaced Marian’s Abbey McNally who posted a 29-point, 17-rebound double-double.
Taylor jumped out to a quick 9-6 lead in the first quarter with back-to-back buckets from Warfel, but it was the only lead of the afternoon for the Trojans despite hanging around within single digits until late in the contest. Emma Fohl drained a 3-pointer to even the score at 12-12, before the visitors took a 16-14 advantage after one quarter of play. In a tight back-and-forth affair, Marian (15-0, 5-0 CL) took its largest lead through the first half at halftime, with the Knights ahead by eight points, 31-23. Marian limited the Trojans to just nine second quarter points and forced 13 of TU’s 21 turnovers in the opening 20 minutes of action.
Taylor built momentum in the third quarter, outscoring Marian 21-19, and fought back to within a point late in the stanza. Madi Allen’s jumper at the 2:17 mark cut the deficit to three at 43-40. A minute later, Celina Blount followed with a pair of free throws to pull within one, 45-44. However, Marian closed the third frame on a 5-0 scoring burst for a 50-44 lead. With eight minutes remaining, Marissa Trout’s layup made it a two-point game with Marian leading 52-50. But Abbey McNalley countered with a layup, which sparked a 22-9 run for the Knights who built a 74-59 lead with just over two minutes left.
Quinn Kelly reached double digits in the scoring column with 11 points and eight rebounds. Allen and Emma Ancelet each chipped in with seven points. Blount tallied a team-high 11 rebounds with five blocks and three steals, while Fohl handed out a team-best four assists. Taylor shot 40.6 percent from the field and 28.6 percent from beyond the arc. The Trojans struggled a bit from the free-throw line, going 0 for 5 in the first half, before finishing 10 for 19 (52.6 percent) at the stripe. Marian shot 46.9 percent overall and 33.3 percent from three-point range. Three others joined Abbey McNally in double digits including Olivia Faust (16), Kenna Kirby (14) and Kiley McNally (10). Taylor will face its third consecutive ranked opponent when it travels to No. 7 Saint Francis on Wednesday. The Trojans and Cougars will tip off at 5:30 p.m. in Fort Wayne.
Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Coach Micah Shrewsberry Public Reprimanded for Chasing Referee off the Court in Road Loss at California The ACC has issued a public reprimand of Micah Shrewsberry following an incident between the Notre Dame coach and an official at the end of the Fighting Irish’s loss at California on Friday. Notre Dame had a three-point lead in the final seconds, but Logan Imes was called for a foul on Cal guard Dai Dai Ames while Ames made a 3-pointer. Ames completed the four-point play, and the Golden Bears held on for a 72-71 win. At the final buzzer, Shrewsberry charged after official Adam Flore but was intercepted and held back by players and staff members before he could get to Flore. Shrewsberry declined to speak to media after the game.
The ACC said Shrewsberry’s actions violated the ACC sportsmanship policy. “Shrewsberry aggressively confronted a member of the officiating crew following the game. The unsportsmanlike behavior that was displayed is unacceptable and tarnishes the on-court play between these institutions,” the conference said in a statement. “The ACC considers this matter closed and will have no further comment.” Shortly before the ACC’s announcement, Shrewsberry released his own statement to apologize.
“My actions were inappropriate and not symbolic of the leader I strive to be and what Notre Dame expects of its coaches and educators,” he said. “I will learn from this lack of judgement and be better in the future. I want to apologize to our team, our university and its leaders, to Coach Madsen and his team, and to the ACC, as my actions were unacceptable.” The defeat dropped Notre Dame to 10-5 (1-1 ACC), while Cal improved to 13-2 (1-1).