Trent Sisley’s Free Throw Gives Indiana University Men’s Basketball a Double-Overtime win at UCLA The Indiana Hoosiers beat the UCLA Bruins 98-97 in a double overtime thriller at Pauley Pavillion in Los Angeles, California Saturday Afternoon. The series is now tied 7-7 and 1-1 as Big Ten Conference opponents after UCLA Beat Indiana at Simon Skojdt Assembly Hall a season ago. The Hoosiers are 3-1 all time at UCLA and this was the first ever meeting between the two teams in Pauley Pavillion and first time playing the Bruins in Los Angeles since 1960. This is first time since March 28,1992 when the Hoosiers beat the Bruins 106-72 at the Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the NCAA Tournament Elite 8 to send the Hoosiers to the Final Four.
Trent Sisley was fouled with 0.2 seconds left in the second overtime by Donovan Dent with the game tied 97-97. The Freshman from Santa Claus, Indiana step up and knocked down the first free throw and missed the second free throw as UCLA’s Eric Dailey Jr threw a full court heave and it was short. Sisley scored all three of his points at the free throw line. Nick Dorn, Lamar Wilkerson and Reed Bailey combined for 64 points as Indiana had a different three head monster come up big in the Hoosiers are 3-4 in true road games and all three wins against Big Ten opponents. Dorn led the Hoosiers with 26 points and knocked down 6 triples. Dorn has scored 67 points in the last three games in which he started as Tayton Conerway missed his second game in a row with an ankle injury. Lamar Wilkerson and Reed Bailey scored 24 points each as they combined for 17-19 from the free throw line with both missing one free throw each as Bailey came off the bench going for 12-13 and Wilkerson 5-6. Tucker DeVries scored 9 points and pulled 10 rebounds for the third game in a row. Sam Alexis scored 7 points; Conor Enright dished out 7 assists and scored 5 points and Jasai Miles played but did not score.
The Hoosiers shot 28-66 from the field for 42%, 11-34 from three-point range for 32% and 31-38 from the free throw line for 81%. Indiana pulled down 40 rebounds, dished out 22 assists, 4 blocks, 3 steals and 11 turnovers. Indiana scored 34 points in the paint, 27 bench points, 17 points off turnovers, 14 fastbreak points and 13 second chance points. Indiana is 15-7 on the season and 6-5 in the Big Ten as the Hoosiers have won three straight games after they snapped a four-game losing streak. The Hoosiers will stay in Los Angeles to play at USC Tuesday Night at 10 PM Bloomington time which is 7 PM Los Angeles Time. The Hoosiers had three players foul out with Conor Enright, Reed Bailey and Jasai Miles leaving Wilkerson, Dorn, DeVries, Sisley and Alexis to play both overtimes and grinded out the win. Trent Perry nailed a three pointer two seconds left in a regulation to send the game to overtime tied 76-76. Sam Alexis tied the game with six seconds left on a layup to send it to a second overtime tied 84-84 as both teams scored 8 points in the first overtime. Indiana outscored UCLA 14-13 in the second overtime thanks to free throw by Trent Sisley. The game featured 15 changes and 13 ties.
UCLA drops to 15-7 overall and 7-4 in the Big Ten as Bruins three-game winning streak is snapped along with their 12-home game winning streak. UCLA was without second leading scorer Skyy Clark for the eighth game in a row. Trent Perry scored 25 points and went 10-10 from the free throw line. Donovan Dent scored 24 points. Tyler Bilodeau scored 18 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for his first double double for the season. Eric Dailey Jr. added 11 points as Indianapolis Native and Cathedral High School Graduate Xavier Booker scored 7 points in 32 minutes. UCLA finished game 30-76 from the field 39%, 7-22 from three-point range for 31% and 30-34 from the free throw line for 88%. The Bruins pulled down 46 rebounds, 19 assists, 6 steals, 4 blocks and 10 turnovers. UCLA scored 38 points in the paint, 22 second chance points, 13 fastbreak points, 9 points off turnovers and 8 bench points.
UCLA led 36-30 at halftime and Indiana outscored the Bruins 46-40 in the second half. This was a game that was back and forth and very physical. Of the 76 total rebounds in the game only 20 were offensive as UCLA had 12 and Indiana 8. The Hoosiers grinded out the win in their first overtime game of the season and UCLA’s first overtime game of the season. Indiana has found ways to win and have done it in different ways during this three-game stretch and now they have a chance to beat USC and claim their fourth Big Ten road win of the season to keep building their tournament resume and leave Los Angeles with two wins.
Bloomington South Repeats as Boys Wrestling Sectional Champions The Bloomington South Panthers scored 257 points and repeated as Sectional Champions Saturday in the Boys Wrestling Sectional at Bloomington North. The Panthers won 8 Individual Sectional titles and 3 finished in the top four as 11 advanced to next week’s regional at Bloomington South. The Panthers have won 32 Sectional Championships since they became Bloomington South in 1973. The eight champions for the Panthers are Nick Russell-106, Jaxsen Jean-113, Josiah Stanton-120, Mark Hand-132, Brian Conley-138, Armin Pratt-144, Wyatt Cooksey-157 and Denny Allgood-175. Jude Pratt-126 and Mason Grubb-215 finished second and Gerrado Hernandez-Ibarr finished fourth at 150-Pounds.
Bloomington North’s Miguel Tedrow won the sectional titles at 150 pounds as Isaiah Shirley-120, Yanni Nunez-138 and Trae Hopkins-144 all finished second and Ryan White finished third at 113 pounds as the Cougars advance five to the Regional and finish fifth place in the team standings with 117.5 points. Edgewood’s John Orman-126 and Cayleb Stephens-150 bring home sectional titles as the Mustangs finished 6th in the team standings with 106 points. Edgewood advance five to regional as Jack Grubaugh-132 pounds finished third, Cam Richardson-175 and Lincoln Getts-285 finished fourth. Monroe County won 11 of the 14 weight classes to continue their dominance. Terre Haute North finished second with 188 points, Owen Valley finished third with 175 and Terre Haute South finished fourth with 166 points. James Ribolla of Terre Haute South won the 160-pound title and Devyn Orman of Northview won the 215-pound title.
Indiana University Women’s Basketball hosts Northwestern in a “Must Win” Game The Indiana Hoosiers host the Northwestern Wildcats this afternoon at 2 PM In Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall with the game streaming on Big Ten Network Plus. Indiana leads the All-time series 28-17 including a 17-5 record in Bloomington. Indiana has won the last six meetings and Northwestern beat Indiana 71-69 in overtime on January 18, 2020, in Bloomington. Indiana is 11-11 on the season and 0-10 in the Big Ten. Northwestern is 8-13 overall and 2-8 in the Big Ten. With eight games remaining in conference play Northwestern sits in the 15th and final spot for the Big Ten Tournament to be held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in March.
Rutgers, Indiana and Penn State are all on the outside looking in as the bottom three stay home as the top 15 make the tournament. A win for Indiana over Northwestern will put them a game behind the Wildcats and gives them a chance with a favorable schedule left including a road trip to Rutgers and a home game with Penn State at the end of the season. A loss to the Wildcats means the Hoosiers would be three games back of the Wildcats and would have to win four of their last seven games and Northwestern would have to lose out for the Hoosiers to have a chance to make it to the postseason in March or they will be sitting at home.
Indiana has lost nine in a row and seven by double digits as the Hoosiers suffered their biggest defeat of the season at home Thursday Night losing by 28 points to Michigan 95-67. Michigan forced 23 Indiana turnovers by using the full court press and scored 34 points off those turnovers and dominated inside by scoring 54 points in the paint. Michigan led 49-31 at halftime and outscored Indiana 46-36 in the second half. Sophomore Forward Zania Socka-Nguemen missed eight games earlier in the season with a lower leg injury. Socka-Nguemen has played 12 games for the Hoosiers averaging 11.8 points and a team leading 8.7 rebounds per game. The Hoosiers are without her services after she suffered a lower leg injury on the opposite foot before the Purdue game a week ago missing the last two games. Head Coach Teri Moren said after the Michigan game Thursday Night there is no time table for return and it leaves the Hoosiers short-handed as they have dealt with injuries all season long and had to deal with the departure of Sophomore Valentyna Kadlecova who left the team at the end of the first semester to return home to the Czech Republic to pursue a professional basketball career.
Shay Ciezki and Lenee Beaumont are the only two Hoosiers that average double figures and combine average 34.6 points per game while the team averages 70.4 points. Ciezki averages 23.1 points and 1.5 steals per game and tied her season low with 13 points against Michigan. Beaumont averages 13.5 points and leads the team with 3 assists per game. Beaumont scored 13 points against Michigan and Freshman Maya Makalusky les the Hoosiers with 16 points as the Fishers Native averages 7.5 points per game. The Hoosiers average 11.9 assists and 15.7 turnovers per game. Indiana is shooting 47% from the field, 38% from three-point range and 78% form the free throw line. The Hoosiers are off to their worst start in Big Ten Play since 2011-12 when they started off 0-14 and finished the season with a 6-24 record and a 1-15 record in the Big Ten.
Grace Sullivan leads the Wildcats with 21.8 points and 1.2 steals per game and scored her 1,000th career point in a 89-73 loss at Nebraska Wednesday Night. Tayla Thomas averages 10.4 points along with a team leading 8.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game. Sullivan is 6-4 and Thomas is 6-3 and will lose a matchup issue for the Hoosiers with a thin frontcourt. Casey Harter averages 10.1 points per game. Caroline Lau leads Northwestern with 8.8 assists while averaging 8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Northwestern averages 65.5 points, 18 assists and 15.6 turnovers per game. The Wildcats shoot 42%, 29% from three-point range and 70% from the free throw line. The Wildcats have a 16 Player Roster that Represents Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Georgia, Connecticut, Maryland, California, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Spain and China. The Wildcats have 6 Seniors, 3 Juniors, 4 Sophomores and 3 Freshman on the team. Northwestern Head Coach Joe McKeown is in his final season as a Head Coach as he announced his retirement on March 24, 2025, that the 2025-26 season will be his last. The 69-year-old has been a head coach since 1986 coaching at New Mexico State from 1986-89, George Washington from 1989-2008 and Northwestern since 2008 with an overall record of 785-445 in his 40 years as a Head Coach.
The Hoosiers and Head Coach Teri Moren are used to winning and have not had a losing season since 2014-15 when the Hoosiers finished 15-16 in her first season in Bloomington. Indiana has had incredible fan support for the last decade and Coach Moren after the game Thursday to keep supporting this team and don’t give up on this team even though it has not been the season that anyone had hoped. A win today gives the Hoosiers the hope that Big Ten Tournament is still in sight and for Northwestern a win could shut the door for the bottom three and make the chances for Rutgers, Indiana and Penn State more difficult as we hit crunch time in the Big Ten Schedule.
National Champion Indiana University Football Hoosiers Honored with a Senate Resolution The national champion Indiana Hoosiers were honored on Capitol Hill Friday. Sens. Todd Young and Jim Banks, both Republicans from Indiana, introduced a resolution congratulating the Hoosiers to the U.S. Senate Friday. Senators passed the resolution unanimously. Indiana finished a perfect 16-0 season with the university’s first-ever football national championship Monday, Jan. 19 with a 27-21 win over the University of Miami. “This self-described team of ‘misfits’ inspired Hoosiers throughout their incredible season and made the entire State of Indiana deeply proud,” the resolution read.
In addition to recognizing the team’s accomplishments, the resolution mentioned Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Fernando Mendoza and offensive lineman Carter Smith, who earned consensus All-American honors for the Hoosiers. “Indiana is so proud of this team and their historic 16-0 championship season. The whole country was cheering for Coach Cignetti, Fernando Mendoza, and the Hoosiers as they showed incredible class, teamwork, and grit. As an alum and Indiana’s new U.S. Senator I couldn’t be more proud and I can’t wait to see them do it again next season,” said Banks.
“As an IU fan since the Bill Mallory era, I’m proud to lead this Senate resolution celebrating the national champion Indiana Hoosiers. Congressional recognition will give IU fans one more way to Google the wins from this historic season. Thank you to the players, Coach Cignetti, and the entire IU staff for such a special season that will be cherished in our state for generations,” Young said. The resolution also gave a nod to the “Indiana Marching Hundred, cheerleaders, students, faculty, alumni, and fans worldwide” for their support of the team. The Hoosiers open the defense of their title Saturday, Sept. 5 against North Texas at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington.
Fernando Mendoza Wins the Manning Award for the Nation’s Top Quarterback Like 2025 Indiana University football victories, the awards for Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza are piling up. Mendoza has been named the winner of the 2025 Manning Award, which is presented by the Allstate Sugar Bowl to the top quarterback in the nation, according to a news release. Mendoza is the first IU quarterback to earn the honor, which started in 2004. Mendoza was a 2025 All-American, Heisman Trophy winner, Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and led the Hoosiers to an undefeated record and the College Football Playoff National Championship. He also recently declared for the 2026 NFL Draft. Mendoza led the Football Bowl Subdvision (FBS) in passing touchdowns (41) and led the Power Four in touchdowns responsible for passing and rushing (48). He was also the only FBS quarterback with six games of 4+ touchdown passes and zero interceptions, according to the news release.
“We’re honored to continue to work with the Manning family to recognize the top quarterback in the nation,” said Jeff Hundley, the chief executive officer of the Allstate Sugar Bowl. “We’ve had the opportunity to honor some of the best quarterbacks in college football history with the Manning Award. and this year we add to that list with Fernando Mendoza, who capped one of the most memorable seasons in college football history with a great playoff run and a national championship. We look forward to hosting him here in New Orleans for the official Manning Award Ceremony.”
All the Manning Award winners follow in the footsteps of the Mannings themselves. In college, Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning combined for over 25,000 passing yards and 201 touchdowns while playing in 10 bowl games and earning four bowl MVP awards. Archie was the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, while both Peyton and Eli were selected No. 1 overall, the news release said. According to the news release, in addition to the Manning Award’s yearly honor, each week during the regular season, eight quarterbacks are recognized as Manning Awards Stars of the Week. Sixty-nine quarterbacks were honored during the 2025 season, and 609 different quarterbacks from 138 schools have been recognized since 2011.
Noblesville Boom wins their Fifth Straight Game The Noblesville Boom stayed hot Friday night, defeating the Birmingham Squadron for their fifth straight win. The Squadron, which are affiliated with the New Orleans Pelicans, opened with the game’s first basket, a dunk by D.J. Carton, but a Jalen Slawson 3-pointer seconds later gave the Boom a lead they would not relinquish. Noblesville led by nine after the opening quarter, en route to a 124-111 home win. Gabe McGlothan led all scorers with 26 points for the Boom, grabbing seven rebounds in the win. Quenton Jackson added 23 points and Ethan Thompson had 21 for Noblesville. Taelon Peter and Kam Jones also finished in double figures on the night.
Keion Brooks Jr. led Birmingham with 25 points. Five other Squadron players finished in double figures, including Trey Alexander, who recorded a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds in the loss. The Boom improved to 9-6 on the season and 5-2 at home. They currently sit in fifth place in the NBA G League standings, but are just one game behind Cleveland, Greensboro and Raptors 905, who are all tied for second place behind the 12-3 Oscola Magic. Noblesville hosts Birmingham this afternoon at 3 p.m. at The Arena at Innovation Mile before traveling to face Osceola for two games in Kissimmee, Florida on Feb. 4 and Feb. 6. After Today’s contest, the Boom won’t play another home game until Thursday, Feb. 12, an 11 a.m. tip-off against College Park. Single-game and season tickets for Noblesville home games are available here.
Brownsburg High School to Retire Gordon Hayward’s Jersey Hayward helped lead Brownsburg to its first and only state championship in 2008, where the Bulldogs knocked off Marion in the state title game. Hayward was a first-team All-State player with the Bulldogs. Hayward also starred at Butler, where he helped lead the Bulldogs to the 2010 National Championship Game. He was the 2010 Horizon League Player of the Year, averaging 15.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. Hayward played for the Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets, and Oklahoma City Thunder in his NBA career. He averaged 15.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game throughout his career. Hayward currently works with Butler men’s basketball, where he is the executive basketball advisor.