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PURDUE MBB || Purdue vs. UIndy Preview (Oct. 29, 2025)

GAMEDAY INFORMATION – EXHIBITION GAME [1 / 1] Purdue vs. UIndy Wednesday, October 29 Mackey Arena | West Lafayette, Ind. ONLINE: B1G+ (Max Bury, Craig Combs, Lorelei Jager – Sideline) RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell) THE SCENE SETTER • For the first time during the 2025-26 season, the No. 1-ranked Purdue men's basketball team tips it off in Mackey Arena, hosting the University of Indianapolis in its final tune-up for the regular season. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, and the contest will be streamed online by B1G+. • Purdue is looking to tighten up its game after falling at No. 9 Kentucky on Friday night 78-65. Purdue has won 35 straight...

Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Rutgers and Washington Earn Weekly Football Honors

Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Rutgers and Washington Earn Weekly Football Honors Wolverines’ Haynes and Rolder, Huskers’ Williams, Ducks’ Davison, Scarlet Knights’ Patel and Huskies’ Boston garner accolades ROSEMONT, Ill. – Following Week 9 contests, the Big Ten Conference Football Players of the Week Presented by IFS.ai were announced Monday. Below are this week’s honorees: Co-Offensive Players of the Week Justice Haynes, Michigan RB – Jr. – Alpharetta, Ga. – Buford · Finished the day with 26 carries for 152 yards with two touchdowns, his third multi-touchdown game of the season, to help the Wolverines defeat in-state rival Michigan State · Responsible for more than half...

Penn’s Hickey Earns Fourth MVC Weekly Honor of the Season

Hickey Earns Fourth MVC Weekly Honor of the Season   For the fourth time this season and the eighth time in her career, Valpo volleyball senior libero Emma Hickey (Granger, Ind./Penn) has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week.   Hickey led all players in digs in both matches last week for the Beacons, tallying a match-high 29 digs against UIC Tuesday before leading the way with 21 digs in the sweep of Southern Illinois Saturday. Her average of 7.14 digs/set for the week was over a dig per set more than any other MVC player. Hickey also handled 21 serve receptions without committing an error over the two matches.   During...

Purdue’s Smith Named to Bob Cousy Award Watch List

Smith Named to Bob Cousy Award Watch List   WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Naismith Basketball Memorial Hall of Fame has announced that Braden Smith is one of 20 players named to the Bob Cousy Award watch list, given to the nation’s top point guard.   Smith, who was named a preseason first-team All-American, is looking to become the first player in the 23-year history of the award to be a repeat winner after he was selected the recipient a year ago.   Other Big Ten players on the watch list include Iowa’s Bennett Stirtz, Michigan’s Elliot Cadeau, Ohio State’s Bruce Thornton and UCLA’s Donovan Dent.   Smith, a senior guard from Westfield, Indiana, is the...

Three repeat winners highlight the Midwest League’s Players of the Week, featuring in the top-25 showdown between #8 Marian and #19 Olivet Nazarene.

  Three repeat winners highlight the Midwest League's Players of the Week, featuring in the top-25 showdown between #8 Marian and #19 Olivet Nazarene. Offensive Player of the Week Christian Dhue-Reid, Olivet Nazarene Sr., QB, Detroit, Mich. (Belleville) Went 30-for-48 for 368 passing yards in No. 19 Olivet Nazarene's loss to No. 8 Marian Threw three TDs and rushed for another 29 yards on the day Earns his second MSFA Player of the Week honor this season Defensive Player of the Week Cade Houseman, Marian So., LB, Springfield, Ohio (Northeastern) Led No. 8 Marian with 10 tackles in the Knights' win over No. 19 Olivet Nazarene Had five solo tackles and 1.5 tackles for...

IWU, SHU claim Mideast League awards after wins

With both teams improving to 2-0 in the Mideast League, No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan and Siena Heights take home the MSFA Players of the Week for Week 8. Offensive Player of the Week Arjun Lothe, Indiana Wesleyan Jr., QB, Greenwood, Ind. (Hanover [Ind.]) Threw for 383 yards and six TDs in No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan's 56-17 win over Defiance Completed 23 of 33 passes in the win Earns his second consecutive MSFA Player of the Week honor Defensive Player of the Week A.J. Knox, Siena Heights Sr., DL, Rochester, Mich. (Avondale) Recorded three sacks in Siena Heights' 45-21 win over Madonna Finished with seven tackles, and three tackles for loss Earns his first career MSFA Player of...

Indiana WBB Coasts In Exhibition Tune-Up

Indiana Coasts In Exhibition Tune-Up BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women’s basketball shot over 50 percent on the night as it made its way past the Missouri S&T Miners, 100-32, on Monday night inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. KEY MOMENTS • Indiana went 6-of-8 from the field in the top half of the first quarter as redshirt sophomore guard Lenée Beaumont led the way with eight points in the frame. • In the second, Ciezki scored nine of her 12 first half points as she combined with sophomore guard Valentyna Kadlecova (eight points) and freshman guard Nevaeh Caffey to break the lead open 47-19 at the break. • It was all Hoosiers in the second half, allowing just 13...

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PURDUE MBB || Purdue vs. UIndy Preview (Oct. 29, 2025)

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GAMEDAY INFORMATION – EXHIBITION GAME [1 / 1] Purdue vs. UIndy Wednesday, October 29 Mackey Arena | West Lafayette, Ind. ONLINE: B1G+ (Max Bury, Craig Combs, Lorelei...

Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Rutgers and Washington Earn Weekly Football Honors

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Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Rutgers and Washington Earn Weekly Football Honors Wolverines’ Haynes and Rolder, Huskers’ Williams, Ducks’ Davison, Scarlet Knights’ Patel...

Penn’s Hickey Earns Fourth MVC Weekly Honor of the Season

by | Oct 28, 2025 | College Sports, Headlines, Players of the Week, Women's Volleyball | 0 Comments

Hickey Earns Fourth MVC Weekly Honor of the Season   For the fourth time this season and the eighth time in her career, Valpo volleyball senior libero Emma Hickey...

Purdue’s Smith Named to Bob Cousy Award Watch List

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Smith Named to Bob Cousy Award Watch List   WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Naismith Basketball Memorial Hall of Fame has announced that Braden Smith is one of 20...

Three repeat winners highlight the Midwest League’s Players of the Week, featuring in the top-25 showdown between #8 Marian and #19 Olivet Nazarene.

by | Oct 28, 2025 | College Sports, Football Blogs, Headlines, Players of the Week | 0 Comments

  Three repeat winners highlight the Midwest League's Players of the Week, featuring in the top-25 showdown between #8 Marian and #19 Olivet Nazarene. Offensive...

IWU, SHU claim Mideast League awards after wins

by | Oct 28, 2025 | College Sports, Football Blogs, Headlines, Players of the Week | 0 Comments

With both teams improving to 2-0 in the Mideast League, No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan and Siena Heights take home the MSFA Players of the Week for Week 8. Offensive Player of...

Indiana WBB Coasts In Exhibition Tune-Up

by | Oct 28, 2025 | Basketball, College Sports, Headlines | 0 Comments

Indiana Coasts In Exhibition Tune-Up BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women’s basketball shot over 50 percent on the night as it made its way past the Missouri S&T...

THE 2025 INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST’S DANDY DOZEN – SECTIONAL QUARTERFINALS

by | Oct 28, 2025 | Football Blogs, Headlines, Matt's Matchups | 0 Comments

CLASS 6A Brownsburg (9-0) Crown Point (9-0) Carmel (8-1) Center Grove (8-1) Penn (9-0) Westfield (7-2) Decatur Central (7-2) Lawrence North (7-2) Fishers (6-3) Carroll...

Iowa, Purdue and USC Claim Big Ten Volleyball Weekly Honors

by | Oct 28, 2025 | College Sports, Headlines, Women's Volleyball | 0 Comments

Iowa, Purdue and USC Claim Big Ten Volleyball Weekly Honors Boilermakers’ Heaney and Anderson, Hawkeyes’ Whittingstall and Trojans’ Messer share weekly honors Player of...

MEN’S DIVISION I COLLEGE HOCKEY POLLS THIS WEEK (10.27.25)

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USCHO.com MEDIA POLL (WEEK 4) (OCT. 27) Rank  Team (League)...

BLUFFTON’S BRENT KUNKEL NAMED HIGH SCHOOL ‘ COLTS COACH OF THE WEEK’ FOR WEEK 10

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BLUFFTON’S BRENT KUNKEL NAMED HIGH SCHOOL ‘ COLTS COACH OF THE WEEK’ FOR WEEK 10 Indianapolis – Brent Kunkel of Bluffton High School has been named the Colts/NFL Coach...

Crossroads League Announces Athletes of the Week | October 20-26

by | Oct 27, 2025 | College Sports, Crossroads League, Headlines, NAIA, Players of the Week | 0 Comments

Crossroads League Announces Athletes of the Week | October 20-26   JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday,...

No.2 Indiana Football roars past UCLA 56-6

by | Oct 26, 2025 | College Sports, Football Blogs, Headlines | 0 Comments

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Smiles? Don't do it. Don't think about it. Not during a game, certainly not anywhere near Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti. That's what...

Saints WBB Fall at Home to Taylor in Non-Conference Matchup

by | Oct 26, 2025 | Basketball, College Sports, Headlines, Holy Cross College | 0 Comments

Notre Dame, Ind. – The Holy Cross College women's basketball team hosted Taylor University on Saturday afternoon inside McKenna Arena, battling through a fast-paced...

Valpo’s Hickey Cracks NCAA Top-25 in Career Digs as Beacons Sweep SIU

by | Oct 26, 2025 | College Sports, Headlines, Women's Volleyball | 0 Comments

Hickey Cracks NCAA Top-25 in Career Digs as Beacons Sweep SIU   The sound of the Victory Bell tolling rang up and down Union Street Saturday night, as the Valpo...

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THE 2024 INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST’S DANDY DOZEN – WEEK FIVE

CLASS 6A Westfield (5-0) Warren Central (5-0) Crown Point (5-0) Brownsburg (5-0) Center Grove (4-1) Indianapolis Cathedral (3-2) Lawrence North (5-0) Columbus North (4-1) Hamilton Southeastern (3-2) Penn (4-1) Elkhart (4-1) Fishers (3-2) CLASS 5A Plainfield (5-0) Concord (5-0) Valparaiso (4-1) Merrillville (4-1) Lafayette Jeff (5-0) Whiteland (3-1) East Central (3-2) Castle (4-1) Bloomington North (4-1) Decatur Central (2-2) Warsaw (3-2) Bloomington South (3-2) CLASS 4A New Palestine (4-0) Greenfield-Central (5-0) Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (4-1) Evansville Reitz (5-0) Brebeuf Jesuit (4-1)...

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KOPSEA’S KORNER 2024 FOOTBALL – WEEK FIVE

FABULOUS FIVE Concord (5-0): Derek Gomez caught the game-winning 18-yard touchdown pass to help the No. 4 (Class 5A) Minutemen to a 28-24 win over No. 5 (Class 5A) Warsaw. Mishawaka (4-1): Walker Hawn took an interception back 60 yards for a touchdown in the No. 6 (Class 4A) Cavemen’s 49-10 win at Goshen. Penn (4-1): Jaedon Parker carried the ball 23 times for 200 yards with a score in the Kingsmen’s 24-7 win over Marian. Elkhart (4-1): Frankie Willis returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown in the Lions’ 17-14 win over New Prairie. Warsaw (3-2): Quinton Brock scampered 50 yards for a...

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MATT’S MATCHUPS 2024 FOOTBALL – WEEK FIVE

Some progress took place as I went 15-2 (88 percent) last week. As the regular season hits the midway point, my overall record is now 59-22, which gets me up to 73 percent. NORTHERN INDIANA CONFERENCE Marian (2-2, 2-0 NIC) at Penn (3-1, 2-0 NIC): The Kingsmen crowned Marian, 41-13, a season ago. Mitchell Fimbel completed all three of his passes for 30 yards with a touchdown in the Knights’ 27-0 blanking of Saint Joseph. Taeshon Bardo caught two passes for 58 yards with a score in Penn’s 44-7 win over Washington. Matt’s pick: Penn 42, Marian 14. New Prairie (3-1, 1-1 NIC) at Elkhart (3-1, 2-0...

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2025 Indiana Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll Week #8

2025 Indiana Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll Week #8 ' 6A 1 Brownsburg (9) 8-0 99 2 Carmel (1) 7-1 91 3 Crown Point 8-0 70 4 Center Grove 7-1 68 5 Westfield 6-2 58 6 Lawrence North 6-2 46 7 Penn 8-0 40 8 Decatur Central 6-2 30 9 Fishers 5-3 22 10 Warren Central 5-3 10 Others receiving votes: Carroll (Allen) 5-3 (6), Hamilton Southeastern 5-3 (6), Avon 4-4 (3), Columbus North 4-4 (1), 5A 1 New Palestine (9) 8-0 99 2 Bloomington South (1) 8-0 90 3 Lafayette Jeff 7-1 73 4 Ind. Cathedral 5-3 72 5 East Central 7-1 61 6 Merrillville 6-2 52 7 Concord 7-1 43 8 Whiteland 6-2 29 9 Floyd...

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VU Women’s Basketball MVC Schedule Set

  Women’s Basketball MVC Schedule Set   The 2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference schedule for the Valpo women’s basketball team has been set, consisting of 20 games in a true double-round robin slate.   The schedule opens with a lone game in early December in the midst of nonconference action, as the Beacons welcome UIC to the ARC Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. The heart of the conference schedule gets underway with a rare Monday matinee at 1 p.m. Dec. 29, with UNI coming to town.   Valpo plays on the road in MVC play for the first time Jan. 1 and 3, making the in-state swing to...

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Purdue MBB Tabbed No. 1 in AP Preseason Poll

Purdue Tabbed No. 1 in AP Preseason Poll   WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For the first time in school history, the Purdue men’s basketball team was voted No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll, the organization announced Monday afternoon.   The Boilermakers picked up 35-of-61 first-place votes and 1,485 points to rank first in the preseason poll. Houston is ranked second with 16 first-place votes and 1,459 points. Florida (8 FPV), UConn (2 FPV), St. John’s, Duke, Michigan, BYU, Kentucky and Texas Tech round out the top 10.   Purdue opponents include Michigan (7),...

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With Matt Kopsea

THE 2024 INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST’S DANDY DOZEN – WEEK FIVE

CLASS 6A Westfield (5-0) Warren Central (5-0) Crown Point (5-0) Brownsburg (5-0) Center Grove (4-1) Indianapolis Cathedral (3-2) Lawrence North (5-0) Columbus North (4-1) Hamilton Southeastern (3-2) Penn (4-1) Elkhart (4-1) Fishers (3-2) CLASS 5A Plainfield (5-0) Concord (5-0) Valparaiso (4-1) Merrillville (4-1) Lafayette Jeff (5-0) Whiteland (3-1) East Central (3-2) Castle (4-1) Bloomington North (4-1) Decatur Central (2-2) Warsaw (3-2) Bloomington South (3-2) CLASS 4A New Palestine (4-0) Greenfield-Central (5-0) Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (4-1) Evansville Reitz (5-0) Brebeuf Jesuit (4-1)...

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KOPSEA’S KORNER 2024 FOOTBALL – WEEK FIVE

FABULOUS FIVE Concord (5-0): Derek Gomez caught the game-winning 18-yard touchdown pass to help the No. 4 (Class 5A) Minutemen to a 28-24 win over No. 5 (Class 5A) Warsaw. Mishawaka (4-1): Walker Hawn took an interception back 60 yards for a touchdown in the No. 6 (Class 4A) Cavemen’s 49-10 win at Goshen. Penn (4-1): Jaedon Parker carried the ball 23 times for 200 yards with a score in the Kingsmen’s 24-7 win over Marian. Elkhart (4-1): Frankie Willis returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown in the Lions’ 17-14 win over New Prairie. Warsaw (3-2): Quinton Brock scampered 50 yards for a...

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MATT’S MATCHUPS 2024 FOOTBALL – WEEK FIVE

Some progress took place as I went 15-2 (88 percent) last week. As the regular season hits the midway point, my overall record is now 59-22, which gets me up to 73 percent. NORTHERN INDIANA CONFERENCE Marian (2-2, 2-0 NIC) at Penn (3-1, 2-0 NIC): The Kingsmen crowned Marian, 41-13, a season ago. Mitchell Fimbel completed all three of his passes for 30 yards with a touchdown in the Knights’ 27-0 blanking of Saint Joseph. Taeshon Bardo caught two passes for 58 yards with a score in Penn’s 44-7 win over Washington. Matt’s pick: Penn 42, Marian 14. New Prairie (3-1, 1-1 NIC) at Elkhart (3-1, 2-0...

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