Indiana University Women’s and Men’s Basketball attend day 1 of Big Ten Media Days in Minneapolis
The Indiana University Women’s and Men’s Basketball Programs attended day 1 of Big Ten Media Days at the Target Center in Minneapolis Minnesota. IU along with Purdue, Maryland, Iowa, Northwestern, Rutgers and Illinois were represented with both Head Coaches and Players from each team. Each coach had a 10-minute press conference and players, and coaches had a 30-minute individual podium session in the afternoon. Along with an interview by the Big Ten Network Basketball crew live on the Big Ten Network.
IU Women’s Basketball Coach Teri Moren spoke first to the media, and she is excited for the season ahead. ” It’s time again for another exciting basketball season in Big Ten women’s basketball. We are grateful that we are part of it. We have an interesting team coming back with seven veterans, then the seven new faces we have. To say that we’re excited, we’re very excited about the season starting. We just look forward to another competitive Big Ten Conference and an exciting finish, as it’s been the last couple years”. Moren was asked about the transfer portal and being able to add Sara Scalia who was the leading scorer at Minnesota last season before transferring to IU the offseason. “I think the transfer portal is an interesting thing that’s happening right now in athletics. I think there are some really good pieces to it, there’s some frustrating pieces to it. We have benefited from the portal. I would be lying if I told you we haven’t. I think it’s going to stay, so we all have to adapt, just like a lot of things that are happening right now in athletics. We’re excited about Sara joining our basketball team. We obviously had to play against her. We had to do scouting reports for a young lady like Sara. So, we’re excited that she’s joining us. Yeah, we’ll keep looking. But to say we’re a program that wants to be made up of all transfers, that’s not the case for us. We really like the combination of the two”. Graduate Student Grace Berger and Senior Mackenzie Holmes were the student athletes that represented the program and for Berger it’s the second straight season she has been at Media Days as she attended last year in Indianapolis along with Ali Patberg.
Mike Woodson took the podium and is glad that he is no longer a rookie as a college head coach. “First of all, let me just say it’s an honor to be back this season. I think about my coaching staff who called me all season a rookie, so I can get that off my plate this season, being my second year (smiling)”. Indiana has very tough Non-Conference schedule with games against Kansas, North Carolina, Arizona and Xavier but Woodson is happy to see where they stack up early on. “I think competition is great, man. I mean, it’s good for your program. I thought last season we made a major step. My whole team, that was the first time they experienced the Big Dance. I remember back in the day we used to always experience the Big Dance. So, I was very excited for our ballclub. We thought coming into this season, not even knowing if we were going to get Trayce back, Race had committed to come back, we had already put our schedule in play with North Carolina and Kansas and Arizona. Which I think is good. It gives us the opportunity to play some of the best teams in the country, just see where you are as a ballclub”. Trayce Jackson Davis and Plymouth Minnesota native Race Thompson attended Media Days for the second year in a row and Jackson-Davis was wearing a candy stripe jacket.
Coaches and Players from Wisconsin, Nebraska, Ohio State, Minnesota, Michigan. Michigan State and Penn State will be on for day 2 starting at 9:30 am Eastern Time. It will be the same format as day 1. This is the second year in a row that the Big Ten Conference has held Media Days for both Men’s and Women’s Basketball at the same time and location. Last season it was held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis but the Big Ten Awarded Minneapolis the 2023 and 2024 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournaments along with the 2024 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament.
IHSAA Strips Huntington University of this year’s Cross-Country Semi State
The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the Oct. 22 Cross Country Semi State scheduled for the Huntington University course has been relocated. The semi state instead will be run at Indiana Wesleyan University. Semi states qualify teams and runners for the Oct. 29 state meet at Terre Haute.
Paul Neidig, commissioner of the IHSAA, said in a statement: “After much discussion from all parties involved, I felt it was best to move the cross-country semistate scheduled to be held at Huntington University to Indiana Wesleyan located in Marion. With the issues surrounding the cross-country program at Huntington we felt the potential for a significant distraction was just too great. We certainly hope to return to Huntington for the 2023 tournament.”
The IHSAA’s action followed a petition signed by more than 200 current and former Huntington University women’s athletes calling for the ouster of university leaders who knew about allegations of abuse in the track and cross-country programs. On Thursday, the university put cross-country coach Lauren Johnson and assistant Curtis Hines on administrative leave. An IndyStar investigation into the Christian college disclosed a cult-like atmosphere centered around former coach Nick Johnson. There were allegations of sexual and physical abuse and pressure to submit to doping.
A federal lawsuit was filed Sept. 30 on behalf of two former runners, Hannah Stoffel and Emma Wilson, alleging criminal battery by Nick Johnson and negligence by Lauren Johnson, his wife; Hines; Huntington University, and other school officials. HU was also accused of Title IX violations. Nick Johnson was fired as HU coach in December 2020 and succeeded by his wife.
Indiana University Men’s Golf finishes 6th at Purdue Fall Invitational
The Indiana Hoosiers men’s golf team finished in sixth place at the Purdue Fall Invitational at the Kampen Course on Tuesday. The Hoosiers closed out the tournament shooting an 886 (296-290-300; +12). Tennessee won the Purdue Fall Invitational after their 856-shot performance (286-277-293; +5). From second to fifth place, respectively, LSU, Purdue, Little Rock, Nebraska, took the following spots.
Fifth-year senior Mitch Davis earned a top ten finish with his 217 (71-73-73; +1) performance. The strong finish came from a clean day three showing with 15 of his 18 holes played featuring a par or better. Junior Drew Salyers got off to a great start today, he had three birdies in his first six holes which led to his 221-stroke total (74-75-72; E). Senior Noah Gillard had ten consecutive pars from holes six to 15 as part of his 223-stroke day (74-71-78; +6).
Graduate transfer Thomas Hursey capped off the invitational with a performance of 229 (79-73-77; +5). He birdied on hole one. Senior Eric Berggren matched Hursey’s 229 strokes exactly, but in different order 229 (77-73-79; +7). On six holes of the front-nine, Berggren shot for par. • All three of Indiana’s individuals tied for sixth in the individual competition. Junior Robbie Bender III’s excellent day of 215 (70-72-73; +1) was highlighted by four consecutive birdies today from hole five to hole eight. Fifth-year senior Harry Reynolds turned in a scorecard of 215, too, (69-73-73; +1). 14 of the 18 holes played today saw Reynolds shoot for par or better. Freshman Cal Hoskins ended the Purdue Invitational shooting a 215 (72-68-75; +3). He had nine consecutive pars from holes eight to 16 today. The Hoosiers will be back in action this weekend for the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational starting this Sunday and playing through Monday in Vero Beach, Fla.
Indianapolis Colts place Wide Receiver Ashton Dulin on injured reserve
The Indianapolis Colts’ receivers’ room has taken a temporary hit. Ashton Dulin, who’s fourth on the team with 12 catches and 168 yards, has been placed on the injured reserve list with a foot injury. The team is optimistic he’ll return in four weeks, which is the required time for a player placed on IR, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Dulin also is one of the team’s better special team’s performers. He suffered the foot injury in last Thursday’s overtime win at Denver.
The Colts filled Dulin’s spot on the active roster by signing defensive tackle Chris Williams from the practice squad. They also signed veteran offensive tackle Ty Nsekhe to the practice squad. The 6-8, 330-pounder has appeared in 93 career games with 17 starts while spending time with Dallas, Buffalo, Washington, New Orleans, the St. Louis Rams and the Colts. Nsekhe signed with the Colts in 2012 as an undrafted rookie. He was waived and signed with the Rams.
Former Indiana University Baseball Player Kyle Schwarber struggles in Game 1 of NLDS
Former Indiana University Baseball Player Kyle Schwarber went 0-5 with a strikeout Tuesday Afternoon as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 in Game 1 of the National League Division Series in Atlanta. Schwarber led off for the Phillies and played Left Field. In three postseason game’s Schwarber is 0-12 at the plate with two runs batted in and four strikeouts.
Schwarber had a batting average of .218 in the regular season with 46 Home Runs and 94 Runs Batted in. He had 126 hits and scored 100 runs. He was walked 86 times and struck out 200. He had 21 doubles and 3 triples in the Regular season. The Phillies finished with 87-75 record and beat the St Louis Cardinals in two games to win the NL Wild Card Series on the road over the weekend. Game 2 is this afternoon in Atlanta at 4:35pm and will be televised on Fox.
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