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Bennett Stirtz scored 27 points, Tavion Banks added a career-high 26, and Iowa defeated Indiana 74-57 on Saturday, snapping a three-game losing streak. The Hawkeyes (13-5, 3-4 Big Ten) never trailed and a 14-5 run gave them their first double-digit lead, 24-13. Neither team missed a shot in one stretch from 9:45 to 5:30 in the first half, leaving Iowa with a 30-23 lead.
Elliot Cadeau scored 10 of his 19 points in the opening minutes of the first half and Yaxel Lendeborg had 13 of 15 points in the second half, leading No. 3 Michigan to an 86-72 win over Indiana on Tuesday night. The Hoosiers (12-7, 3-5) began by missing 14 of 15 shots and finished with a fourth straight loss under first-year coach Darian DeVries. Indiana's Tucker DeVries scored 15, Nick Dorn had 14 points, Sam Alexis and Reed Bailey scored 11 points apiece.
The Indiana Hoosiers were ready to party Tuesday night, and hundreds of loyal fans joined them when they arrived back on campus in Bloomington. Turning out in freezing temperatures and brutally cold wind chills, fans, players and coaches celebrated college football's implausible national champions. The heartwarming scene reminded fans how Indiana's journey emulated the Hollywood version in "Hoosiers.”
Cignetti recruited 13 players from his old school, James Madison, over to his new program with the Hoosiers. Former James Madison players Elijah Sarratt, Kaelon Black, Aiden Fisher and Mikail Kamara were among the baker's dozen — some call them “Cignetti's Dozen” — who contributed to Indiana's undefeated season and the national title.
The Philadelphia 76ers returned to the win column after beating the Indiana Pacers, 113-104, at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Monday. The 76ers were coming off back-to-back defeats to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tyrese Maxey starred for Philadelphia anew with 29 points, four rebounds, eight assists, and a career-high eight steals. It was only fitting that the […] The post 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey blasts Pacers with extremely rare Allen Iverson feat appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Less than 24 hours after being crowned a national champion with Indiana, Alberto Mendoza has announced his transfer to Georgia Tech. Mendoza was Indiana's primary backup under his older brother, Fernando, as a redshirt freshman in 2025.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that he owes Indiana Gov. Mike Braun some key lime pie and stone crabs for losing a bet after Indiana's 27-21 win over Miami earned the college football team the national championship. DeSantis said at a news conference on nursing education that he will be sending the key lime pie, as well as stone crabs from the famous Miami Beach eatery, Joe's Stone Crab, to the Indiana governor due to his losing wager on the Miami Hurricanes at the hands of the Indian...
A historic season for Fernando Mendoza ended with a national title. The Heisman Trophy winner didn't have his best statistical game Monday night, but he came up big when it mattered. Mendoza's rushing TD was timely.
Miami plays Indiana in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday night, with BetMGM Sportsbook listing Indiana as an 8.5-point favorite as the weekend arrived. The top-seeded Hoosiers (15-0) have beaten Alabama (38-3) and Oregon (56-22) in the CFP as they pursue the program's first championship. The 10th-seeded Hurricanes (13-2) have beaten Texas A&M (10-3), Ohio State (24-14) and Mississippi (31-27) on their way to the title game, where they will play for their sixth national ...
And the NFL coaching carousel took some major Monday turns
Thirty and 29 points respectively from Joel Embiiid and Tyrese Maxey carry the Sixers to victory.
The state of Indiana has to be buzzing after Indiana football broke through with the natty, taking a 27-21 win over Miami in the CFP national championship game on MLK Day. Fernando Mendoza, the potential first overall pick of the 2026 NFL Draft, took his team to the promised land, and Indiana Pacers star Tyrese […] The post Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton delivers touching message after Indiana football’s National Championship win appeared first on ClutchPoints .
One program long lived with the distinction of losing more games in the history of college football than anyone. Indiana and Miami are playing for the national title Monday night, and if that has you scratching your head thinking “Who?” or “What?” then you are not alone. “When I got here,” explained Indiana's second-year coach and turnaround artist Curt Cignetti, “I was trying to figure out if the fan base was dead or just on life support.”
Well, if you’re only going to play well for like five minutes, the last five minutes of the game are probably the best time to do it. The Sixers played with their food all night but still came away with a 113-104 win over the Indiana Pacers Monday night. Tyrese Maxey again didn’t live up […]
V.J. Edgecombe hasn’t been in the league long, but he already knows how to make a Philadelphia crowd explode. During Monday night’s matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Indiana Pacers at Xfinity Mobile Arena, the rookie shooting guard provided a highlight that will be playing on a loop for weeks. In a display of […] The post 76ers’ VJ Edgecombe sends fans to their feet with monster dunk over Pacers appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Sixers two veteran stars are questionable ahead of Philadelphia having two home opponents in two days
Before their schedule gets tougher over the next few games, the Sixers need to make the most of a matchup against the 10-33 Pacers.
For the second straight year, the biggest game in college football will be decided by a quarterback who wasn’t on the roster the year before. Heisman-winning Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza arrived in Bloomington in December 2024 following three years at California. Carson Beck transferred to Miami in January 2025 with one year of eligibility remaining after five years at Georgia.
Take a long-downtrodden team that happens to have the world's largest alumni base and another playing a home game while in search of its first national title in 25 years and the math is simple. According to Ticketdata, the lowest “get-in” price at Hard Rock Stadium, not far from the Miami campus, was $3,652 about 24 hours before kickoff. Indiana (15-0) is on an historic run.
The Indiana Pacers have signed center Tony Bradley to a 10-day contract. Bradley has appeared in 29 games this season with the Pacers, averaging 3.9 points and 2.6 rebounds in 10.7 minutes. Bradley is represented by Mitch Frankel and is in his eighth NBA season.
