Local Sports News: July 13, 2025

Teri Moren and Zania Socka-Nugemen Help Lead Team USA to Easy Victory in their FIBA U-19 Women’s World Cup Opener Team USA and Indiana Head Coach Teri Moren Roll in the FIBA U-19 Women’s World Cup Opener in Brno Czechia over Korea 134-53 Saturday. Incoming IU Sophomore Zania Socka-Nugemen scored 9 points in 10 minutes and 27 seconds off the bench. Socka-Nugemen played her freshman season at UCLA and decided to Transfer to Indiana in the offseason. Socka-Nugemen went 3-4 from the field, 1-1 from three-point range and 2-2 from the free throw line along with 5 Rebounds. The 134 Points is the most ever points scored in a FIBA U-19 Women’s World Cup Game. The Americans held the previous record of 129 points scoring 129 points twice once against Korea on July 20, 2005, and Chinese Taipei on November 8, 2021. Team USA has the top five single game scoring marks in the tournament and eight of the top 10. The others belong to the Soviet Union who scored 117 points against Cuba on July 27, 1989, and Russia who scored 114 points against Egypt on July 22, 2017.

Team USA scored 124 points against the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 16, 2005, 121 Points against the Czech Republic on July 21, 2023, 116 Points against Puerto Rico on July 19, 2025, 113 points against Korea on July 30, 2007, and 113 Points against Lithuania on July 18, 2003. Team USA has won 8 Gold Medals in this tournament dating back to when it started in 1979. The American have won the Silver Medal three times, The Bronze Medal one time and finished fourth one time. Three Times the Americans have not made the Semifinals, but they are the defending champions and are looking for their Four Gold Medal in the last five tournaments.

All 12 Players scored for the United States, and all played 10 more minutes with one player playing just over 21 minutes to give the Americans a lot of balance and rest going forward in the tournament. Seinna Betts who is headed to UCLA to play with her older sister Lauren scored 25 points in 18 minutes and 10 second of action to lead Team USA. Saniyah Hall who played at Montverde Academy in Florida scored 23 points in 19 minutes and 26 seconds of action. Team USA put 7 in double-figures and led 64-25 at halftime and outscored Korea 70-28 in the second half. Team USA will face Hungary This afternoon at 2:15 PM Eastern Time in Group A Play.

Incoming Indiana University Men’s Basketball Freshman Aleksa Ristic Starts for Serbia in the FIBA U-20 European Championships Opener Incoming Indiana University Freshman Aleksa Ristic scored 11 points for Serbia as they beat Iceland 90-76 in the FIBA U-20 European Championships in Heraklion Greece. Serbia is 1-0 in Group D Play and has two more games against Slovenia and France. Ristic started and played 27 minutes and 22 seconds. He went 3-10 from the field, 0-5 from three-point range and 5-6 from the free throw line. Ristic dished out 7 assists, pulled down a rebound, committed 2 turnovers and one foul. Serbia will play Slovenia this morning at 11 AM Eastern Time. Ristic committed to Indiana on June 16 and was officially announced as member of the Hoosiers by new head coach Darien DeVries four days ago. He joins Trent Sisley who committed and signed under former Head Coach Mike Woodson will be the two Freshman for a new look Hoosier Squad who will have 12 scholarship players along with 2 Walk On’s for the 2025-26 season. Ristic will join the team once this tournament is over.

Former Indiana University Women’s Soccer Player Oliwia Wos and Poland End Their European Championships with a Win over Denmark Playing in the first major Women’s Major Soccer Tournament in their nation’s history Poland ended their 2025 European Championships with a 3-2 win over Denmark Saturday in Lucerne Switzerland. Poland finished Group C Play with a 1-2 record along with 3 points after being shutout against Germany and Sweden earlier in the tournament and will not advance to the quarterfinals. Sweden beat Germany 4-1 in the other Group C Game Saturday to win the Group with nine Points and Germany finish second with six points to advance. Poland scored its first ever goal at the Euros in the 13th minute and added second goal seven minutes later to lead 2-0 going into halftime. Denmark scored in the 59th minute to make 2-1 but Poland put it away in the 76th minute before Denmark scored a second goal seven minutes later.

Former Indiana Hoosier Oliwia Wos started her second straight game on the back line and played the full 90 minutes for the second straight game. Vos played 45 minutes in the Opener against Germany coming on as a substitute in the second half. Wos has played 25 games for the Polish National Team dating back to 2017 and made her 8th appearance for her country in 2025. Wos will play for 1. FC Nürnberg in Germany for the upcoming 2025-26 season which will be her 7th season playing in both Germany and Switzerland. Wos will turn 26 Years Old on August 15. The 6-1 Defender from Olesno, Poland started her college career at Wake Forest in 2018 and then transferred to Indiana to play her final three seasons with the Hoosiers from 2019-22. Wos scored her only goal of her Hoosier career against UT Martin on August 30, 2019, which was the game winner.

Bloomington South’s Junior Arellano Starts on the Offensive Line as the South All-Stars Shutout the North 37-0 in the Annual North-South All-Star Game From the moment Marian commit Ashton Vogel smashed the opening kickoff through the back of the endzone, it was clear that the South roster had come to play in the annual North/South All-Star Game Friday Night at Decatur Central High School.  That was soon realized as they ran away with a dominant 37-0 victory.  The South quickly forced a three-and-out to start the game, leading to game-MVP Ife Adeoba’s first big play of the game as he blocked the ensuing punt to set up an easy touchdown run for Wabash commit Jackson Willis.  “I had a handful of blocked punts during the season,” the Saint Francis commit said. “I’ve become really used to (getting through and blocking kicks).” 

As the game progressed, the South saw big plays on the ground and through the air from Gannon commit Damario Moore, Marian commits Alijah Price and Alex Leugers. With Leugers being able to race into the endzone midway through the second quarter to put the South up 14-0. North game-MVP Caiden Verrett had one of the few plays that went their way soon after, with an impressive 60-yard kickoff return. As the second half matured, both teams came off flat before Adeoba came away with yet another block — this time on a field goal attempt — which was quickly scooped up and returned 81 yards by Price to take a 23-0 lead. 

Early fourth quarter scores from Christian Hamilton and Marian commit Kaden Bruhn put the cherry on top and ushered in the mercy rule with 9:09 left to play in the game.  “The whole South team did it,” Adeoba said. “Without them, 37-0 doesn’t happen. It was a great experience with the guys throughout the week… I’m just going to soak in all the knowledge that I was given from the coaches. They taught me a lot of different things in a short time span, I’m grateful to get it and take it to the next level.”  Bloomington South’s Junior Arellano started at Guard for the South All-Stars as he will prepare to start his college career at Division III Wabash College in Crawfordsville.

Several Indiana University Baseball Players Hope to Hear their Names Called during the MLB Draft All eyes in the baseball world will turn to Atlanta for the 2025 MLB First Year Player Draft. The first three rounds, including competitive balance selections, will take place this evening. The remaining 17 rounds will wrap up tomorrow afternoon. Indiana outfielders Devin Taylor and Korbyn Dickerson are expected to be hot commodities for the 30 major league organizations. Taylor, a unanimous All-American in 2025, is expected to be a top 40 overall selection while Dickerson continues rising up draft boards following his breakout campaign in Bloomington.

Since head coach Jeff Mercer took over the program in 2019, 26 unique players have been selected in the MLB Draft. Former third baseman Cole Barr was selected in both 2019 and 2021, declining to sign on the former occasion. Elijah Dunham and Peter Serruto also signed free agent deals with the Yankees out of college. Seven players in the Mercer era have been picked in the top five rounds. That includes a program record, four top-five round selections in 2024. Dickerson and Taylor are expected to add to that collection of talented starts picked in the top-175. Jack Perkins, picked in the fifth round in 2022, has already made his major league debut.

Taylor, the Cincinnati, Ohio native, is set to become the highest-drafted outfielder in program history. In the summer MLB draft, the Hoosiers have had six former players selected in either the first round or the Competitive A balance round. Five players have gone in the top 40 selections overall. In both 2009 and 2014, IU had multiple players selected in the top 75 selections of the MLB Draft. Dickerson and Taylor could form the first pair of position players from IU to be selected inside the top 75 since Sam Travis and Kyle Schwarber in 2014.

Along with Dickerson and Taylor, a handful of Hoosiers could hear their names called this weekend. Veteran pitchers Ben Grable and Cole Gilley both thrived in a variety of roles this spring and have played their way into draft consideration. Former second baseman Tyler Cerny has late-round potential after an IU career that featured nearly 200 career hits. The Washington Nationals hold the first pick in this year’s MLB Draft and will kick off the proceedings this evening. The first round will be broadcasted on ESPN with the remainder of the coverage taking place on MLB Network. The final 17 rounds will be streamed on MLB.com.

Indiana Fever Score 59 Second Half Points to beat the Atlanta Dream The Indiana Fever (10-10) earned a critical 99-82 victory over the Atlanta Dream at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday night, scoring a season-high 59 second-half points to clinch the win.   After finding themselves trailing 12-4 early in the first quarter, Indiana fought back to make it just a two-point deficit with Atlanta out in front 23-21. Kelsey Mitchell’s 11 points in the second quarter helped give the Fever their first lead of the night, but eight points from Jordin Canada in the final minute made it 45-40 in favor of Atlanta to end of the first half.   Eight points from Mitchell in the third quarter, and six points off two three pointers from Sophie Cunningham, gave Indiana a 69-65 lead heading into the final quarter. The Fever drastically extended their lead in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Dream 30-17 with eight points from Aliyah Boston and seven from Cunningham, giving Indiana a comfortable 17-point win.  

Aliyah Boston appeared in her 100th career WNBA game, having played in every possible game since joining the league in 2023. Boston is the first player from the 2023 WNBA Draft class to reach the centennial mark.  Natasha Howard made her 400th career WNBA steal at 2:44 in the first quarter. Howard is the 43rd player in WNBA history to reach 400 career steals.  Kelsey Mitchell finished the night with 25 points, extending her double-digit scoring streak to 20 games, posting 10+ points in every game so far this season.  With three three-pointers on the night, Mitchell now sits at 604 made three pointers across her career, needing just three more to pass Tamika Catchings for the most all-time in Indiana Fever history.  Sophie Cunningham surpassed 550 rebounds in her WNBA career, doing so in her 197th game played.  Cunningham also recorded her second career double-double and first of the season, ending the night with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Cunningham also tied her career high for rebounds with 10.  Indiana’s 59 second-half points are the most scored by the Fever in any half this season, the most of any half in the past seven years and the third-most points scored in any half in Indiana Fever history.   The Indiana Fever finish their five-game homestand, hosting the Dallas Wings today at 1 p.m. ET. The game will air nationally on ABC and be available for streaming on ESPN+.