Indiana University Men’s Basketball wins at Illinois The Indiana Hoosiers Men’s Basketball team got its first road win in the Big Ten with 80-65 win over Illinois Thursday Night at the State Farm Center in Champaign Illinois. Indiana is 12-6 on the season and 3-4 in the Big Ten and will host Michigan State Sunday at Noon on CBS. Illinois led 4-0 and then Hoosiers went on a 12-0 run and never looked back. Indiana led 43-30 at half and outscored the Illini 37-32 in the second half. The Hoosiers have won 2 in row.
Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 35 points and pulled down 9 rebounds. Jordan Geronimo had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Trey Galloway scored 11 points and Jalen Hood-Schifino added 10 points. Indiana was 31-65 from the field for 61 percent, 3-9 from three-point range for 33 percent and 9-13 from the free throw line for 69 percent. The Hoosiers pulled down 39 rebounds, 13 assists, 4 steals, 6 blocks and committed 17 turnovers.
Illinois falls to 13-6 overall and 4-4 in the Big Ten was led by Texas Tech Transfer Terrence Shannon with 26 points along with 10 points off the bench from RJ Melendez. Illinois was 24-62 from the field for 38 percent, 8-19 from the three-point range for 42 percent and 9-23 from the free throw line for 39 percent. Illinois pulled down 27 rebounds, 11 steals, 7 assists, 2 blocks and committed 9 turnovers.
Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey announces his retirement after the season Mike Brey needed only one season to turn Notre Dame from a forgotten program into an NCAA Tournament team. He spent the next 22 seasons chasing the school’s second Final Four appearance, and this season will be his last chance. On Thursday, school officials announced Brey would be stepping down at the end of this season after winning a school-record 481 games and leading the program for a school-record 23 years. Notre Dame has scheduled a news conference for today. Brey is 580-321 overall and ranks 50th on the Division I career wins list. He is 481-269 with Notre Dame, a victory total that ranks sixth among active coaches at their current schools. Brey played college basketball at Northwestern State in Louisiana and George Washington.
Brey left Delaware in July 2000 after taking the Blue Hens to two NCAA Tournaments in three seasons something that seemed little more than an afterthought in South Bend, considering that in the nine seasons following Digger Phelps’ retirement in 1991, Notre Dame’s once blue-chip program had been shut out of the NCAA tourney and had earned only three NIT bids. But the man who served as an assistant under America’s best-known prep coach Morgan Wootten at Maryland’s DeMatha High School and under Division I’s winningest college coach, Mike Krzyzewski, helped Notre Dame return to its more glorious days.
Notre Dame snapped a 10-year tourney drought in 2001 and made 13 total tourney appearances under the 63-year-old Brey. He won 15 tourney games, tying the school record, and Notre Dame became the nation’s only program to reach back-to-back Elite Eights in 2015 and 2016. He emerged as a widely respected member in the community where his children attended school and became a popular campus figure despite being overshadowed by the school’s more prominent football program and occasionally the powerhouse women’s basketball and baseball teams, too. But Brey excelled on the court, turning the Irish into title contenders in two different conferences.
Three times, he was named Big East coach of the year and won 146 conference games, which still ranks fifth all-time in the league. In 2011, Brey was named The Associated Press coach of the year after leading the Irish to a 27-7 mark and a perfect 17-0 home record. Notre Dame moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013 and two years later, Brey won the conference tourney title by defeating Miami, Duke and North Carolina during a 32-6 campaign. The Irish returned to the ACC tourney semifinals in 2016 and the ACC championship game in 2017 and seven of Brey’s players were NBA draft picks. But lately, it’s been more challenging for Brey and the Irish. After going 24-11 and ending a five-year tourney drought last season, the Irish are 9-10 off to a 1-7 start in ACC play. Chants of “Fire Brey” could be he heard during games in the last year, something Brey occasionally said was warranted based on the team’s poor performances.
Indiana University Softball announces Ella Carter to its 2023 recruiting class Indiana softball head coach Shonda Santon announces Ella Carter as a member of the 2023 signing day class. “Throughout the recruiting process, Ella presented herself as one of the most mature and coachable athletes I have encountered,” Stanton said. “Her size, athleticism and power are a match with our focused effort to increase offensive production. We are proud to add Ella to our exciting and accomplished 2023 class.
Ella Carter-IF | New York, N.Y. | Poly Prep Country Day School / Cheshire Academy
An infielder from New York, Carter will join the Hoosiers 2023 signing class. She attended Poly Prep Country Day School before attending Chesire Academy. She is a three-time First Team All-Ivy Prep League honoree. Carter is a four-year letterwinner and was the team captain her senior year. In 2022, Carter was named the team’s MVP, posting a .683 batting average, 11 home runs, 41 RBI’s and 28 runs. She was also named. She played ball with the Indiana Magic Gold-Green. Carter plans to major in Business management at Indiana. She is the daughter of Corie Beardsley and Lawrence Carter. Her father was also a collegiate athlete and played basketball for the University of Maryland.
Why IU? – “From the second I stepped on campus I could feel the unique energy and warmth of the environment. In meeting and getting to know Coaches Stanton, Bell, Clopton, Cassie and the rest of the IU softball staff, that feeling was amplified. It was easy for me to see that Bloomington was exactly the place that I needed to be and that this culture was one I needed to be a part of. Every aspect of IU excited me as much as the next, and I can’t wait to be a Hoosier!”
Trayce Jackson-Davis picked for USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason watch list Indiana senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis was among a group of 50 student-athletes selected to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List, the publication announced on Thursday afternoon. The USBWA annually selects a national player, coach and freshman of the year in college basketball and All-America teams for both men and women. The men’s player of the year award is named in honor of former Cincinnati and NBA legend Oscar Robertson, who was the first recipient of the USBWA award in 1959.
Jackson-Davis paces the Hoosiers with 17.4 points (6th in the Big Ten), 9.9 rebounds (3rd), and 2.9 blocks (1st) per game this season. He is shooting 58.9% (96-163) from the floor. He is on pace to average more rebounds per game in a single season than any Hoosier since D.J. White averaged 10.3 in the 2007-08 season. Jackson-Davis is one of two Power 5 players (Zach Edey; Purdue) to average at least 17.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks per game this season. The All-American currently sits eighth all-time at IU in scoring (1,832), fourth in rebounds (935), second in blocked shots (219), and sixth in double-doubles (39). He joins Alan Henderson as the only Hoosiers to be top-10 all-time in career scoring, rebounding, and blocks.
The Center Grove product is the only active player in the country to tally at least 1,800 career points, 900 career rebounds, and 200 career blocks. In the last 25 seasons, only 22 players have achieved those numbers in college basketball. Three (Kyle Hines; UNCG, Shawn Long; ULL, and Nathan Knight; WMU) have produced those numbers on a higher career scoring average. He was named a third-team All-American as a sophomore, has earned all-district honors each of the last two seasons, and has been a third team, first-team and second-team All-Big Ten choice in his first three campaigns with the Hoosiers. Jackson-Davis posted Indiana’s third ever triple-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in an 81-65 victory over Nebraska on Dec. 7, 2022. He has blocked at least two shots in 28 of his last 45 games played.
Indiana University Swimming and Diving dominates Big Ten weekly awards Indiana swimming and diving swept the women’s Big Ten weekly awards as part of four total honors for the Hoosiers announced by the conference office on Wednesday. IU also swept the diving awards as redshirt senior Andrew Capobianco earned his sixth-career Big Ten Diver of the Week award and junior Anne Fowler captured her second. Senior Noelle Peplowski tallied her second-career Big Ten Swimmer of the Week honor, while Bloomington South Grad Kristina Paegle was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for a third time this season. Indiana’s men’s and women’s teams beat No. 15/13 Michigan on Saturday (Jan. 13) in IU’s first dual meet of the spring. The Hoosiers won 28 of the 32 events.
Men’s Diver of the Week: Andrew Capobianco–In his first meet of the 2022-23 season, Capobianco swept the men’s diving events while scoring 412.95 points on the 1-meter springboard and 427.65 points on 3-meter. In the 3-meter competition, Capobianco executed two dives worth 89 points or better. His final dive, a 109C, earned him 96.90 points.
Women’s Swimmer of the Week: Noelle Peplowski-Peplowski went 3-for-3 individually and swept the breaststroke events on Saturday to earn her first Big Ten award of the season. The senior was the only swimmer to post a sub-one-minute time in the 100-yard breaststroke at 59.93, then won the 200 breast by three seconds after touching in 2:09.40. Then, in the 200 IM, Peplowski posted the only sub-two-minute time in 1:59.69. Peplowski also contributed to IU’s 200 medley relay victory after splitting the fastest breaststroke leg in 27.64.
Women’s Diver of the Week: Anne Fowler– Fowler swept the women’s diving events. On the 1-meter board, Fowler tallied 304.13 points, and then earned 343.05 on the 3-meter. In the latter competition, Fowler tallied three dives scoring better than 60 points.
Women’s Freshman of the Week: Kristina Paegle- Paegle won all four events she swam on Saturday, two individual and two relays. The freshman out-touched Michigan sophomore Lindsay Flynn by .09 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle, going 22.40, before also claiming victory in the 100-yard race in 49.60. Paegle also posted the fastest freestyle splits in IU’s victories in the 200-medley relay (21.68) and 400 freestyle relay (49.18).
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