College Sports

RENO, Nevada (AP) — Nevada moved quickly to replace one big-name coach with another. Nevada hired former UCLA coach Steve Alford on Thursday, four days after Eric Musselman left for Arkansas. Alford is expected to be introduced at a Friday news conference...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kyle Guy had every reason to look toward next season the moment last season ended, a stunning and humiliating loss to UMBC in the NCAA Tournament forcing him into what he called “a dark place.” Instead, the junior guard ruminated over the loss for weeks...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the NCAA Tournament championship game between Virginia and Texas Tech (all times local): 10:48 p.m. Virginia has won the first men’s basketball championship in school history, getting a career-high 27 points from De’Andre Hunter and clutch play from Kyle Guy to beat Texas Tech 85-77 in overtime...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — DePauw moved to 12-6 on the season and extended its win streak to five following a 5-1 win over Thomas (Maine) on Wednesday in the Tigers’ final game in Florida. The Terriers dropped to 1-12. The Tigers scored four times in the sixth as North Putnam graduate Brayden White and Charlie Patrick reached by being hit by a pitch before an error on T.J. ...

REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Thursday, March 28 At KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Tennessee (31-5) vs. Purdue (25-9), 7:29 p.m. Virginia (31-3) vs. Oregon (25-12), 9:57 p.m. At Honda Center Anaheim, Calif. Gonzaga (32-3) vs. Florida State (29-7), 7:09 p.m. Michigan (30-6) vs. Texas Tech (28-6), 9:39 p.m...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Rick Barnes heads to his first Sweet 16 in over a decade looking for another win against an opponent the Volunteers beat last season to signify their emergence as a national contender. The Vols knocked off then-18th ranked Purdue 78-75 in overtime at the Battle 4 Atlantis in November 2017 to earn their first victory over a ranked nonconference opponent in three years. ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The path to the Final Four will not be easy for Zion Williamson, Luke Maye, De’Andre Hunter and the other top-seeded stars in the NCAA Tournament. For the first time in a decade, the remaining tournament field entering the Sweet 16 looks a lot like the one set on Selection Sunday...

The National College Athlete Honor Society announced this week the creation of the Nick Mourouzis Postgraduate Scholarship endowment. The first honor society for college student-athletes, NCAHS (known as Chi Alpha Sigma) was founded in 1997 by Mourouzis — who served as DePauw University’s head football coach from 1981 through 2003...

INDIANAPOLIS — Three more members of the Florida Southern women’s swimming team added their names to the list of All-Americans last week as the Moccasins’ 800-freestyle relay team of senior Krystal Karas, junior Kyra Fraser, junior Mallary Meyer of Greencastle and senior Katie Moore finished 11th on day three of the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships...

TERRE HAUTE — From the outside looking in, the adjustments made in the batter’s box would seem to be the biggest change in the way DePauw University’s baseball team has been able to turn things around after beginning the season with four straight losses...

While Jalen Moore and the Olney Central Knights were knocked out of the Region 24 tournament by eventual champion Kaskaskia, the Cloverdale graduate has picked up numerous post-season honors for his outstanding play. Moore was named to both the All-Great Rivers Athletic Conference team and the All-Region 24 team, and was also one of five players on the All-Region team to be nominated for All-American honors...

For Greencastle’s Callan Taylor, the end of her basketball career at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College might indicate that things will start slowing down. That’s not exactly the case. But she’s enjoying her foray into “adulting,” even though the rest of 2019 will be non-stop crazy for her...

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Carsen Edwards scored 21 points and No. 11 Purdue clinched a share of the Big Ten regular-season championship with a 70-57 victory over Northwestern on Saturday. The Boilermakers (23-8, 16-4) secured the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament in Chicago and a share of their second regular-season title in three years. They came in tied with Michigan State and Michigan, who played each other on Saturday night...

ST. LOUIS — A 22-7 run by Valparaiso over the final seven minutes of the first half transformed an eight-point Sycamore lead into a seven-point Indiana State halftime deficit as the Crusaders took control en route to a 77-55 victory at Enterprise Center in the opening round of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament...

Indiana State's Cooper Neese was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team on Tuesday. The Cloverdale graduate became eligible on December 16 when the Sycamores traveled to Texas Christian and played 22 games while earning five starts. ...

Off the heels of a decisive 71-54 victory over Northern Iowa inside Hulman Center on Saturday, Indiana State freshman Cooper Neese was honored Sunday evening for his efforts by being named the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week.

OSHKOSH, Wis. - Wisconsin-Oshkosh's Nikki Arneson scored with 1.3 seconds left to break a 52-52 tie and DePauw got the ball into Claire Keefe's hands, but her contested jumper in the paint hit the rim and fell off and the Titans advanced in the NCAA Championship with a 54-52 victory over the Tigers. DePauw finished the season at 25-5, while Wisconsin-Oshkosh improved to 26-3 and advances to the round of 16...

OSHKOSH, Wis. — Sydney Kopp led a DePauw 3-point barrage as the Tigers tied a school record with 13 makes from beyond the arc on the way to a 78-54 win over Loras in the first round of the NCAA Division III Championship at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Friday night...

INDIANAPOLIS – Greencastle graduate Mallary Meyer is one of six Florida Southern women’s swimming team members selected to compete in the NCAA Division II National Championships from March 13-16 in Indianapolis at the IU Natatorium. Meyer, a junior will be competing strictly as a relay swimmer and is making her second trip after also going as a relay swimmer her freshman year...

Since DePauw defeated Wisconsin-Whitewater in the NCAA Division II championship game in March of 2013 to complete an undefeated season, the Tigers have tried diligently to get that title back. They have made the NCAA tournament each year since then, extending the nation’s longest consecutive streak to 16 years this year...

Inspired by Maya Howard (their only senior) and led by a breakout performance from sophomore Claire Keefe, the DePauw Tigers put to rest the last of any doubts about their ability to win a championship Saturday at Neal Fieldhouse. Howard and Keefe combined for 27 points and 11 rebounds as DePauw held off Denison's Big Red for a 61-50 victory in the North Coast Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament championship game. ...

Exactly one year ago to the day, the DePauw University women’s basketball team saw its potential North Coast Athletic Conference tournament title three-peat come to a screeching halt against Wittenberg in the semifinal round. Fast forward 365 days and the two teams stepped on the same floor with the same goal in mind – a trip to Saturday’s championship...

Greencastle graduate Nailah Ray recorded 13 points and 10 rebounds on Wednesday night in a 90-58 loss to No. 1-ranked Wabash Valley on Wednesday night. Ray hit 5 of 10 shots from the field and added two assists and a blocked shot. • Neese stays hot — Cloverdale graduate Cooper Neese scored in double figures for the fifth straight game on Wednesday, scoring 17 as Indiana State defeated Illinois State 73-50...

DePauw hosted first-round games on Tuesday in the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament, with the Tigers winning both games to advance to the final four of each tourney. DePauw’s 19th-ranked women’s team coasted to a 73-40 win over Allegheny, and will host the final four starting tonight. The Tigers will play Wittenberg at 5 p.m. today, with Denison and Ohio Wesleyan playing in the other semifinal game...

DePauw’s women’s basketball team put the finishing touches on the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season title with a 75-56 win over visiting Wooster on Saturday. The Tigers improved to 21-4 overall and 15-1 in the NCAC, while Wooster finished the season at 6-19 overall and 2-14 in the conference...

INDIANAPOLIS — Florida Southern College women’s swimmer Mallary Meyer of Greencastle has been chosen as one of a select number of student-athletes to attend the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum in Orlando in April. The NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum engages a diverse and dynamic representation of student-athletes, coaches, faculty, and administrators...

VALPARAISO -- Indiana State completed a sweep of the Valparaiso Crusaders on Wednesday night with an 87-82 overtime victory. Cloverdale graduate Cooper Neese made his first collegiate start and finished with 13 points, second highest on team. Neese hit all eight of his free-throw attempts as the Sycamores nailed 25 of 28 from the line...

Wednesday was a special evening for DePauw University’s men’s and women’s basketball programs in their penultimate game of the regular season against Denison. Not only did they complete a sweep of their North Coast Athletic Conference foes in front of their home crowd, the No. 19 women defeating Denison 58-50 and the men winning 86-81, but they did it while raising money for the Kay Yow Breast Cancer Research Fund.

Olney Central College, ranked No. 14 in this week’s National Junior College Athletic Association rankings, suffered its third loss of the season on Wednesday night by falling 98-95 at Kaskaskia. Cloverdale graduate Jalen Moore led the Blue Knights with 32 points, hitting 10 of 19 shots from the field (including 3 of 4 from 3-point range). He also hit 9 of 10 free throws, while adding eight assists, three rebounds and a steal...

DELAWARE, Ohio — DePauw shot 54 percent from the field and outrebounded host Ohio Wesleyan by 29 on the way to an 85-55 North Coast Athletic Conference win over the Battling Bishops on Saturday. With the win, the Tigers clinched a share of their seventh North Coast Athletic Conference title in eight years...

PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley used an explosive offensive attack to take down visiting Indiana State 96-67 in front of a crowd of 5,805 fans inside Carver Arena on Saturday night.. Freshman Cooper Neese of Cloverdale led the team in scoring for the second consecutive game as he also set a career high for the second consecutive game -- this time with 20 points. ...

GREENCASTLE — Prior to every men’s basketball game, DePauw University’s athletic Twitter handle tweets out a reminder to students and fans that there’s a game that night. Along with the graphic that shows the opponent, time and location of the game is a clever caption describing what’s forecast for that given day...

TERRE HAUTE - Indiana State poured it on early on the offensive end and didn't allow a field goal during the first seven minutes and 11 seconds of play in en route to a convincing 85-62 victory over visiting Evansville on Wednesday night inside Hulman Center...

alen Moore had a rather unconventional statistical line in Saturday’s 101-79 win at Southwestern Illinois. The No. 17-ranked Olney Central Blue Knights improved to 20-2 on the season with their third straight win. Moore did not score a point, missing all four of his field goal attempts, but dished out 16 assists...

DePauw scored the final five points of the third quarter and the first eight of the fourth and pulled away from visiting Hiram for a 69-52 North Coast Athletic Conference win. The 20th-ranked Tiger women improved to 18-4 overall and 12-1 in the NCAC, while the Terriers dropped to 9-13 overall and 3-10 in conference play...

OBERLIN, Ohio — Maya Howard hit two free throws with 17 seconds left and Oberlin missed a 3-pointer with one second remaining as No. 16 DePauw took a 51-48 North Coast Athletic Conference win at Oberlin on Saturday in women’s college basketball. The Tigers moved to 16-4 overall and 10-1 in NCAC play, while the Yeowomen dropped to 11-8 overall and 6-4 in conference play...

DePauw trailed 24th-ranked Wittenberg by two points with less than 30 seconds left in overtime, but Nick Felke hit a 3-pointer with 22 seconds left and added two free throws with eight seconds remaining to help DePauw to a 77-75 North Coast Athletic Conference win over the visiting Tigers on Wednesday night...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Tyreke Key scored 22 points with four of Indiana State's six 3-pointers, freshman Cooper Neese added 14 and the Sycamores beat Valparaiso 70-53 on Wednesday night. Emondre Rickman chipped in with 12 points and Bronson Kessinger had 10 for Indiana State (11-8, 3-4 Missouri Valley). Key and Rickman each scored 10 points in the first half to help Indiana State build an 11-point lead...

LAKELAND, Fla. – After more than a decade at the helm of Florida Southern College’s intercollegiate athletic programs, Director of Athletics Pete Meyer is retiring in February. Meyer will pursue an opportunity in private business with his wife, Julie...