Indiana University Men’s Basketball host St Francis in second exhibition game
Indiana University begins its 123rd season of competition in men’s basketball with its second and final exhibition matchup against Saint Francis at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Tip is scheduled for 7pm this evening. The Hoosiers are 28-0 in exhibition games versus non-Division I opponents since 2004-05. Indiana will open the regular season on Monday, Nov. 7, against Morehead State at SSAH.
Freshman forward Malik Reneau and sophomore center Logan Duncomb powered the Hoosiers to an exhibition win over Marian, 78-42, last Saturday afternoon to unofficially kick off the 2022-23 season. Reneau led the way with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Duncomb provided 11 points and 11 rebounds off the bench. Sixth-year senior Race Thompson knocked down all three 3-point attempts and finished with 13 points. Freshman guard Jalen Hood-Schifino scored 11 points. The Hoosiers were missing Trayce Jackson-Davis and Tamar Bates due to injuries. 11 Scholarship players and 1 walk on saw playing time last Saturday and Kaleb Banks along with walk on Nathan Childress were the only Hoosiers not to score in the game.
Saint Francis is an NAIA School located in Fort Wayne Indiana and will visit Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the first time after a 94-81 win at Michigan-Dearborn a week ago. The Cougars had four players in double-figures led by Antwaan Cushingberry with 26 Points, Zane Burke had a double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Branden Northern had 13 and Bedford North Lawrence Grad Brayton Bailey had 10 points. The younger Bailey is a junior and the son of Indiana great Damon Bailey. The Bedford native averaged 19.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game during his 1994 All-American season that ended with a trip to the Sweet 16. Bailey, the 1990 Indiana Mr. Basketball, played in 108 IU victories, including an IU-record 11 NCAA Tournament wins. 14 of the 15 players on the Saint Francis roster are Indiana natives with 6-5 Sophomore Forward Tyson Elwer hailing from Lima, Ohio. Chad LaCross is in his 13th season as head coach and is 291-124 at the school and won the 2018 NAIA National Championship.
Kyle Schwarber hits monster Home Run in Game 3 of the World Series, then Astros no-hit Philly to tie Series 2-2
Kyle Schwarber hit a 443-foot blast to dead center field Tuesday night as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 3 of the World Series in Philadelphia as Phillies lead the best of seven series 2-1. The Former IU Star is 3-10 through 3 games with a home run, 3 runs, 2 runs batted in, 3 walks and 3 strikeouts. In 14 postseason games Schwarber is 10-45 with 4 home runs, 8 runs batted in, 11 runs, 12 walks and 14 striekouts.
The Phillies tied a World Series Record with five Home Runs in the game. Schwarber along with Bryce Harper (first inning), Alec Bohm (second), Brandon Marsh (second) and Rhys Hoskins (fifth) all went deep, making the Phillies the first team in history to hit five home runs in the first five innings of a World Series game as all five home runs came off starter Lance McCullers Jr., a record for most homers surrendered by a pitcher in a World Series game. Schwarber’s and Hoskins’ homers were back-to-back, with Schwarber’s blast — a 443-foot shot to dead center traveling the farthest. Philadelphia hit home runs off four types of pitches, including two sliders, a change-up, a curveball and a sinker. Before Tuesday, McCullers hadn’t given up a single home run on 651 off-speed pitches thrown this season (regular season and playoffs).
All that power at the plate backed Phillies starter Ranger Suarez who threw five shutout innings, giving up just three hits and a walk. Suarez’s stuff was excellent as was the raucous Philadelphia crowd, an ongoing topic at home games, in which the Phillies are 6-0 this postseason.
Ball State Football hands Kent State first home loss since 2019
The opening night of the 2022 #MACtion season saw Ball State do something no team had been able to accomplish since 2019 – hand Kent State a loss at Dix Stadium. Going for their 13th straight home win, the Golden Flashes (3-6, 2-3 Mid-American Conference) jumped out to a 13-0 lead in the opening quarter. However, another double-digit comeback was in store for the Cardinals (5-4, 3-2 MAC) who rode a career-high 192 rushing yards from running back Carson Steele to earn a hard-fought 27-20 victory. Steele, who raised his season rushing total to 1,082 yards, sparked a 20-0 scoring spree for the Cardinals with a 15-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter.
Ball State would use the momentum to pull ahead 17-13 at the half, highlighted by a 43-yard touchdown pass from John Paddock to Jayshon Jackson, and add a field goal early in the third by Ben VonGunten to take a 20-13 advantage. After the Ball State defense held Kent State scoreless for nine straight possessions, the hosts were able to tie the score at 20-20 with 6:08 remaining in the game.
The Cardinals would counter, however, as a heavy dose of Steele gave BSU the ball at the Kent State 8-yard line. The big play was a 37-yard scamper from Steele, his longest rush of the season. That helped set up a Paddock eight-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tanner Koziol in the back of the end zone for what proved to be the game-winning score. Ball State returns to #MACtion next Tuesday when it travels to Toledo for a pivotal MAC West showdown at the Glass Bowl. The game will be broadcast to a nation-wide audience at 8pm on ESPN.
Bloomington North faces Bloomington South for Sectional Football Championship
City bragging rights are on the line as Bloomington North will travel crosstown to Bloomington South in the Class 5A Sectional 15 Championship game Friday night at 7pm. Bloomington North is 6-4 and beat Seymour 56-38 while Bloomington South 8-1 beat Columbus East 35-7 in the Sectional Semifinals to set up the championship game. This will be the 11th all time sectional meeting between the two teams and the third in the championship game. In 2013 North won 24-21 and in 2021 South won 24-17. The Panthers hold 8-2 record against the Cougars in sectional matchups. The Cougars only other sectional win came in 1986 when they beat the Panthers 16-0. Since 2014 Bloomington South has won all four sectional matchups and 9 of the 10 regular season meetings with the Cougars winning in 2019 38-27. The Panthers have won the last 4 matchups. Bloomington South has won 16 Sectional titles and looking to repeat beating the Cougars 24-17 a season ago. Bloomington North has won two sectional titles in 2010 and 2013.
Martinsville will make the long trip to St Leon Indiana Friday night 7pm for the Class 4A Sectional 23 Championship game against the East Central Trojans. Martinsville is 8-3 on the season and looking its 8th sectional title and since 1996. The Artesians average 29.5 points on offense and give up 17.1 points on defense. East Central is 9-2 on the year and looking for 21st sectional title in school history and looking to go back-to-back after winning the title a season ago. The Trojans average 38.8 points on offense and give up 9.7 points on defense.
Owen Valley will look to keep its unbeaten season alive when the host Pike Central for the Class 3A Sectional 30 Championship in Spencer Friday night at 7pm. The Patriots are 11-0 and won the sectional last season just the second one in school history along with 1992. Owen Valley under second year head coach Rob Gibson has won 21 games and lost 2. The Patriots average 49.2 points on offense and give up 17.1 points on defense. Pike Central is 3-8 and going into this season they had won 1 sectional tournament game in school history in 2002 against Princeton. The Chargers beat Washington 28-7 and West Vigo 22-15 to get to the championship game. Pike Central averages 14.5 points on offense and gives up 32.5 points on defense.
Linton will look stay unbeaten Friday night when they travel to Sullivan for the Class 2A Sectional 37 Championship game Friday Night at 7 pm. The Miners are 11-0 and are looking for its first sectional title since 2016 and 15th overall. Linton scores 47.7 points per game and gives up 16.5. Sullivan is 7-4 on the season and looking for its second sectional title school history as the Golden Arrows won in 2020. Sullivan averages 32.7 points per game on offense and 19.8 points on defense.
Linton Volleyball competes for Class 2A State Volleyball Championship Saturday
The Linton Miners Volleyball team will be making its first state finals appearance in Volleyball Saturday afternoon when they face the Wapahani in the IHSAA Class 2A State Volleyball Finals at 1:30pm at Worthen Arena on the Ball State University Campus in Muncie. All four games will stream on IHSAAtv.org via pay-per-view for $ 15 per match or $ 20 for all four matches. Linton is 28-5 and they become the third team from Greene County to play for a state title in Volleyball. Bloomfield lost to Clinton Prairie in the Class 1A title game 2-0 in 1997 and Eastern Greene lost to Wapahani 3-0 in the Class 2A title game at Ball State in 2011. Wapahani is located just east of Muncie and will have a big crowd cheering them on as they make their 3rd state finals appearance in 4 seasons finishing runner up in 2019 and 2020.
In Class 1A at 11am it will be 31-4 Tecumseh making its first state finals appearance against 33-4 Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian who won the 2016 state title. In Class 3A it will be a battle two teams with 30-6 records as Providence takes on Bellmont at 4:30pm and in Class 4A 34-2 Yorktown which is located just southwest of Muncie goes for its 3rd title in the last five seasons takes on 33-1 Hamilton Southeastern playing for its first state title at 7pm.
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