Live from

New York

INDIANA FOOTBALL

NEW YORK Nate Sudfeld has a permanent

reminder of his first trip to this city.
Its a small scar on his shin, a remnant from
a fall he suffered on an escalator at the Empire
State Building when he was only 3 or 4 years old.
His latest trip to New York has been much
more enjoyable.
Its awesome. Its incredible, Sudfeld said.
Im glad I was able to experience this with my

812-331-4369 | mmiller@heraldt.com

By Mike Miller

After a week of taking in sights

of the Big Apple, Hoosiers ready
to face Duke in Pinstripe Bowl

teammates. Its been a long journey to get here,

but to finally make it to the postseason and be in
New York City is incredible. Theyve really taken
care of us. Were really appreciative of the opportunity to be here, but were also very focused on
the game and actually playing the game.
The Hoosiers have been in New York since
Monday night and spent equal parts of their
week practicing and enjoying the tourist opportunities this trip affords.
But after a week on the town, all thats left
for the Hoosiers is a football game. They spent
most of Friday hunkered down in their hotel,
reviewing final preparations for todays 3:30 p.m.
Pinstripe Bowl matchup against Duke. There are
no more distractions or sightseeing opportuniSEE HOOSIERS | PAGE B2

RECORDS: Indiana 6-6; Duke 7-5

WHEN: 3:30 p.m. today
WHERE: Yankee Stadium, New York
BROADCASTS: ABC; WHCC 105.1 FM

Hoosiers vs. Blue Devils

vs

2-deep rosters, stats | PAGE B2

Andy Graham on IU | PAGE B2
Position matchups | PAGE B3
Defense feeling confident | PAGE B4
Jordan Howard update | PAGE B4
2015 season review | PAGE B5

Inside

sports
Saturday, December 26, 2015

Spicy

Warriors hold
off Cavs PAGE B6

HeraldTimesOnline.com

 ' $  &$!$ &

"$   

 


! ! !$





 



B
STEPHEN
CURRY








 
 






% !
"""

B2 | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015 | THE HERALD-TIMES | SPORTS

10

58

648

First team AllAmericans for IU

Jason Spriggs and
Dan Feeney

Number of bowl
games for Indiana,
including todays
Pinstripe Bowl

Career TD pass for

Nate Sudfeld, an
Indiana record

Rushing yards by
Duke quarterback
Thomas Sirk

Consecutive nonconference wins

by the Hoosiers

COMMENTARY
HOOSIER OFFENSE
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
WR
WR
WR
QB
RB
TE

78
62
70
76
50
65
67
71
77
57
4
15
1
31
87
38
7
12
8
34
85
88

BLUE DEVIL DEFENSE

Jason Spriggs
Brandon Knight
Jacob Bailey
Wes Martin
Jake Reed
Wes Rogers
Dan Feeney
Delroy Baker
Dimitric Camiel
Tim Gardner
Ricky Jones
Nick Westbrook
Simmie Cobbs
Andre Booker
Mitchell Paige
Damon Graham
Nate Sudfeld
Zander Diamont
Jordan Howard
Devine Redding
Michael Cooper
Anthony Corsaro

6- 7
6- 5
6- 5
6- 3
6- 4
6- 4
6- 4
6- 6
6- 7
6- 5
5-10
6- 3
6- 4
5-11
5- 7
5-10
6- 6
6- 1
6- 1
5-10
6- 5
6- 3

305
278
300
312
300
301
310
306
310
300
188
210
212
188
176
191
240
180
230
202
260
250

Sr.
Fr.
Jr.
Fr.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
Fr.
Jr.
Fr.
Jr.
Fr.
So.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
So.
Jr.
So.
Sr.
Sr.

HOOSIER DEFENSE

DE 56
48
DT 93
97
DT 98
99
DE 91
22
MLB 24
43
WLB 40
34
CB 27
9
S
33
2
S
26
20
S
37
21
CB 31
39

Kyler Brown
Deion Williams
A.J. Wolf
Quaven Ferguson
Carlos Wray
Mike Ramsay
Marquies Price
Britton Grier
Zavier Carmichael
Tinashe Bere
Dwayne Norman
Ben Humphreys
DeVon Edwards
Jeremy McDuffie
Deondre Singleton
Evrett Edwards
Corbin McCarthy
Jake Kite
Phillip Carter
Alonzo Saxton II
Breon Borders
Zach Muiz

6- 4
6- 0
6- 4
6- 2
6- 2
6- 2
6- 6
6- 1
6- 0
6- 1
6- 1
6- 2
5- 9
5-11
5-11
5-11
5-10
6- 0
6- 1
5-11
6- 0
5-11

235
235
280
305
290
295
240
250
210
230
210
210
175
170
180
190
200
185
195
175
175
170

Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Fr.
Sr.
So.
Fr.
Sr.
So.
Fr.
Sr.
Fr.
Jr.
Fr.
Jr.
So.
Jr.
So.
So.
So.
Jr.
So.

BLUE DEVIL OFFENSE

DT

98 Darius Latham
6- 5 300 Jr. WR 87 Max McCaffrey
6- 2 195 Sr.
47 Robert McCray
6- 2 280 So.
10 Ryan Smith
5- 7 165 Jr.
NT 99 Adarius Rayner
6- 2 299 Sr. WR 3 T.J. Rahming
5-10 165 Fr.
93 Ralph Green III
6- 5 304 Jr.
82 Chris Taylor
6- 1 170 Fr.
DE 56 Nick Mangieri
6- 5 275 Sr. TE 89 Braxton Deaver
6- 5 240 Sr.
53 Shawn Heffern
6- 6 280 Jr.
80 David Reeves
6- 5 255 Sr.
OLB 33 Zack Shaw
6- 3 253 Sr. LT 76 Gabe Brandner
6- 6 275 So.
49 Greg Gooch
6- 2 250 So.
78 Sterling Korona
6- 7 290 So.
SLB 41 Clyde Newton
6- 1 230 Jr. LG 67 Lucas Patrick
6- 4 310 Sr.
29 Dawson Fletcher
6- 0 218 Jr.
74 Trip McNeill
6- 5 300 Fr.
MLB 2 T.J. Simmons
6- 0 227 So. C 62 Matt Skura
6- 4 305 Sr.
43 Dameon Willis Jr.
6- 1 230 Fr.
63 Zach Harmon
6- 3 280 Fr.
WLB 44 Marcus Oliver
6- 1 240 Jr. RG 79 Tanner Stone
6- 6 300 Jr.
8 T.J. Scales
6- 0 227 So.
50 Austin Davis
6- 4 285 So.
LCB 16 Rashard Fant
5-10 177 So. RT 71 Casey Blaser
6- 5 285 Jr.
7 Ben Bach
6- 1 195 So.
70 Christian Harris
6- 6 290 Fr.
FS 19 Tony Fields
5-11 203 So. QB 1 Thomas Sirk
6- 4 215 Jr.
25 Mario Swann
6- 1 215 So.
12 Parker Boehme
6- 2 220 So.
SS 9 Jonathan Crawford
6- 2 190 Fr. RB 28 Shaquille Powell
5-10 205 Sr.
28 Will Dawkins
5-11 200 Fr.
29 Shaun Wilson
5- 9 180 So.
RCB 14 Andre Brown Jr.
6- 0 194 Fr. WR 83 Anthony Nash
6- 5 200 Jr.
20 Leon Thornton III
6- 1 199 Fr.
84 Trevon Lee
6- 1 175 Fr.
COACHES: Kevin Wilson, 19-40 in 5th season at Indiana; David Cutliffe, 47-53 in 8th season at Duke, 91-82
in 13th season overall.
GAME TIME: 3:30 p.m., Yankee Stadium, New York
SERIES: First meeting.
BROADCASTS: ABC-TV; WHCC 105.1 FM.

INDIANA (6-6)

Sou. Illinois
W 48-47 | Rutgers
FIU
W 36-22 | at Michigan St.
W. Kentucky W 38-35 | Iowa
at Wake Forest W 31-24 | Michigan
Ohio State
L 34-27 | at Maryland
at Penn State L 29- 7 | at Purdue
overtime; 4 overtimes

DUKE (7-5)
L 55-52
L 52-26
L 35-27
L 48-41
W 47-28
W 54-35

W 37- 7 | at Va. Tech

W 55- 0 | Miami
L 19-10 | at N. Carolina
W 34-20 | Pittsburgh
W 9- 7 | at Virginia
W 44- 3 | at Wake Forest

at Tulane
N.C. Central
Northwestern
Georgia Tech
Boston College
at Army

W 45-43
L 30-27
L 66-31
L 31-13
L 42-34
W 27-21

Hoosier leaders

Blue Devil leaders

RUSHING

RUSHING

G
Jordan Howard 9
Devine Redding 12
Mike Majette
12
Zander Diamont 2
Nate Sudfeld
11
Total
12
Opponents
12

Att
196
191
37
18
43
545
441

Yds Avg. TD YPG

1213 6.2 9 134.8
785 4.1 8 65.4
181 4.9 0 15.8
136 7.6 2 68.0
41 1.0 5
3.7
2458 4.5 25 204.8
2171 4.9 27 180.9

PASSING
TD
24
0
24
31

YPG
289.5
83.0
285.9
326.3

RECEIVING
G No. Yds Avg TD YPG
Simmie Cobbs 12 54 914 16.9 4 76.2
Ricky Jones
12 50 817 16.3 5 68.1
Mitchell Paige 12 46 589 12.8 5 49.1
Michael Cooper 12 16 202 12.6 2 16.8
Jordan Howard 9 11 106 9.6 1 11.8
Devine Redding 12 11 78 7.1 0
6.5
Damon Graham 12 10 102 10.2 0
8.5
Anthony Corsaro 10
9 130 14.4 0 13.0
Andre Booker 12
8 189 23.6 3 15.8
Total
12 241 3431 14.2 24 285.9
Opponents
12 311 3916 12.6 31 326.3

PUNT RETURNS
No.
17
17
24

Mitchell Paige
Total
Opponents

Yds
199
199
175

Avg TD
11.7 2
11.7 2
7.3 1

Lg
91
91
38

KICK RETURNS
No.
20
10
8
45
30

Damon Graham
Devonte Williams
Ricky Brookins
Total
Opponents

Yds
429
204
138
868
677

Avg TD
21.5 0
20.4 0
17.2 0
19.3 0
22.6 0

Lg
41
27
21
41
58

SCORING
Griffin Oakes
Jordan Howard
Devine Redding
Mitchell Paige
Ricky Jones
Nate Sudfeld
Simmie Cobbs
Total
Opponents

TD
0
10
8
7
5
5
4
53
60

FGs X- 1 X- 2 Pts
22-25 48-52 0- 0 114
0- 0 0- 0 1- 1 62
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 48
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 42
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 30
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 30
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 24
22-25 48-52 1- 1 434
10-14 49-54 3- 6 445

TOTAL OFFENSE
G Plays Rush Pass Total
11 404
41 3184 3225
9 196 1213
0 1213
12 191 785
0 785
12 954 2458 3431 5889
12 952 2171 3916 6087

YPG
146.6
134.8
65.4
490.8
507.2

FIELD GOALS
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg
Griffin Oakes 1- 1 7- 7 9-10 4- 6 1- 1 51

PUNTING
No.
Erich Toth
58
Total
59
Opponents 63

Yds
2416
2416
2612

Avg
41.7
41.0
41.5

Lg TB FC I20 Bl
62 5 13 20 1
62 5 13 20 1
65 4 21 13 0

ALL PURPOSE
J. Howard
S. Cobbs
D. Redding
Ricky Jones
M. Paige
Total
Opponents

G
11
12
9
10
9
12
12

Att Yds Avg. TD YPG

143 648 4.5 6 58.9
122 534 4.4 3 44.5
54 351 6.5 4 39.0
75 321 4.3 2 32.1
45 181 4.0 5 20.1
478 2135 4.5 22 177.9
506 1721 3.4 15 143.4

PASSING

Cmp-Att-I Pct Yds

Nate Sudfeld
219-361- 5 60.7 3184
Zander Diamont 15-31- 0 48.4 166
Total
241-409- 6 58.9 3431
Opponents
311-511- 9 60.9 3916

N. Sudfeld
J. Howard
D. Redding
Total
Opponents

Thomas Sirk
Shaquille Powell
Jela Duncan
Shaun Wilson
Parker Boehme
Total
Opponents

G
9
12
12
12
12
12
12

Rush
1213
0
785
20
9
2458
2171

Rec PR KR IR Tot YPG

106 0 0 0 1319 146.6
914 0 0 0 914 76.2
78 0 0 0 863 71.9
817 0 0 0 837 69.8
589 199 0 0 797 66.4
3431 199 868 214 7170 597.5
3916 175 677 0 6939 578.2

DEFENSE
G Solo Ast Tot
Marcus Oliver 12 61 41 102
T.J. Simmons 12 34 35 69
Jon Crawford 12 44 23 67
Chase Dutra
8 38 23 61
Tegray Scales 10 35 21 56
Rashard Fant 12 46
4 50
Nick Mangieri 12 31 17 48
Zack Shaw
12 32 14 46
Andre Brown
9 27
8 35
Clyde Newton 12 21 14 35
Darius Latham 10 15 13 28
Dawson Fletcher 12 17
8 25
Tony Fields
12 13
3 16
Jameel Cook
8 11
5 16
Dameon Willis 12
8
8 16
R Green iii
11
9
7 16
R Mccray iii
10 11
5 16
Tyler Green
7 13
2 15
Shawn Heffern 11
8
6 14
Kiante Walton 2 10
3 13
Adarius Rayner 12
7
4 11
Greg Gooch
11
8
3 11
Ben Bach
12
8
2 10
Will Dawkins
8
7
3 10
Leon Thorton 11
7
2 9
Zeke Walker
4
4
5 9
Noel Padmore 12
1
6 7
Dan Godsil
12
5
2 7
Mario Swann 12
6
0 6
Devonte Williams 3
3
2 5
Nile Sykes
11
4
1 5
Jacob Robinson 12
5
0 5
Nate Hoff
12
4
0 4
Chris Covington 7
1
3 4
Ricky Jones
12
2
0 2
Griffin Oakes 12
2
0 2
Isaac Griffith
5
2
0 2
Alex Rodriguez 6
2
0 2
Donavan Hale
9
1
0 1
Damon Graham 12
0
1 1
Kenny Arnold
6
0
1 1
Kyle Loechel
4
1
0 1
Pat Dougherty 5
1
0 1
Michael Cooper 12
0
1 1
Jacob Bailey
6
1
0 1
Total
12 566 296 862
Opponents
12 574 396 970

TFL I-Yds
6.5-15 2-46
6.0-26 0- 0
1.0- 9 3-15
4.0-12 0- 0
5.5-21 2-37
1.5-11 0- 0
11.0-39 0- 0
10.5-49 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
2.0- 5 0- 0
10.0-35 0- 0
2.0- 4 0- 0
0- 0 1-20
0- 0 1-96
0- 0 0- 0
3.5- 8 0- 0
5.0-11 0- 0
1.0- 7 0- 0
1.0- 1 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
2.5- 3 0- 0
1.0- 8 0- 0
1.0- 2 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
1.0- 1 0- 0
1.0- 7 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
1.0- 3 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
1.0- 5 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
79-282 9-214
64-212 6- 0

Cmp-Att-I Pct Yds

Thomas Sirk
234-390- 6 60.0 2462
Parker Boehme 43-77- 1 55.8 579
Total
277-469- 7 59.1 3041
Opponents
195-351- 9 55.6 2743

TD
15
2
17
20

YPG
223.8
64.3
253.4
228.6

RECEIVING
Max McCaffrey
T.J. Rahming
Johnell Barnes
Shaquille Powell
Anthony Nash
Braxton Deaver
Shaun Wilson
Erich Schneider
David Reeves
Jela Duncan
Ryan Smith
Terrence Alls
Chris Taylor
Total
Opponents

G No. Yds Avg

12 48 601 12.5
11 40 522 13.1
10 34 411 12.1
12 32 195 6.1
10 31 471 15.2
11 19 168 8.8
10 17 192 11.3
12 14 106 7.6
12 13 104 8.0
9 10 85 8.5
12
6 85 14.2
4
6 56 9.3
8
5 36 7.2
12 277 3041 11.0
12 195 2743 14.1

TD YPG
43 50.1
59 47.5
44 41.1
24 16.2
52 47.1
18 15.3
89 19.2
25
8.8
17
8.7
18
9.4
32
7.1
15 14.0
27
4.5
89 253.4
89 228.6

IU has answers for lingering questions

My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought
careening through a cosmic vapor
of invention.
Hedley Lamarr (Blazing
Saddles, 1974)

Lagow, at 6-foot-6 and 240

pounds, is almost exactly the
same size as Sudfeld and possesses a similar skill set. Lagow
has more escapability and is a
more natural runner than Sudfeld, though neither quarterback
has made a habit of beating foes
Any mind musing about Indiwith their feet. But Lagows
anas oft-careening football proarm, like Sudfelds, is strong and
gram over the years has doubtsupple. He seems capable of
less entertained this particular
thought:
making all the necessary throws.
What if IU ever really starts
Like Sudfeld, hes a cerebral kid,
defending reasonably well?
academically.
And sometimes, perhaps, the
And Lagow is an older guy
synapses fired with more speciwith practice-rep experience at
ficity:
Division I programs (Oklahoma
What if IU ever really solves
State and Connecticut) who has
its own secondrun offenses very similar to what
ary?
IU deploys. He already got a couSuch quesple of practice sessions with the
tions loom, even
Hoosiers before they departed for
in the wake of IU
NYC. And hes set to participate
winning backin spring practice.
to-back Big Ten
Nobody is simply handing
road games for
Lagow the job, but Wilson has
the first time
often said he doesnt bring JUCOs
since 1993 to earn Andy
in to sit. Lagow is the heir apparits first bowl bid Graham
ent to Sudfeld.
since 2007.
What if running back JorH-T SPORTS WRITER
And todays
dan Howard goes pro?
3:30 p.m. PinWilson maybe let the cat out
stripe Bowl matchup against
of the bag on that one when, in
a good Duke team in Yankee
the immediate wake of the Old
Stadium, whatever the result, isnt Oaken Bucket win at Purdue, he
likely to supply definitive retold the assembled media that
sponses to those abiding queries. they hadnt even necessarily seen
But some other rather crucial
the best player on IUs team yet.
questions heading into Indianas
The allusion was to redshirtoff-season have already engensophomore Camion Patrick, who
dered potential answers. Perhaps came to IU out of East Missiseven solutions.
sippi Community College last
Is a contract extension com- off-season as a 6-2, 220-pound
ing for Coach Kevin Wilson and
wideout. Patrick wasnt eligible to
his staff?
play, but his scout-team perforYes. Hearing multiple years.
mances at running back gave rise
And a decent chunk of coinage is to much discussion.
involved, too, unless something
Word has it that IU frontline
unforeseen happens.
defenders eventually asked the
How is Indiana going to re- Hoosier coaches to take Patrick
place quarterback Nate Sudfeld? off scout team running back duty.
The signing of JUCO quarter- Because he was injuring them.
back Richard Lagow earlier this
If Howard returns, Patrick
month means, on paper at least,
will still play, probably mostly
that IU has a candidate who looks at wideout. The coaches would
prepared to do so.
obviously try to get both guys on

the field together. But if Howard

departs, not only does Indiana
return Devine Redding and other
talented prospects, it also seems
to have another potential powerback stud already in the fold.
What if All-American guard
Dan Feeney opts to forgo his final
season of eligibility and depart
along with center Jake Reed and
All-American left tackle Jason
Spriggs?
Heres guessing Feeney returns
to lead the line. And, frankly, as
long as coach Greg Frey is around
to handle IUs offensive line, the
reality is that the Hoosiers will
tend to reload rather than rebuild
up front, in any case.
And, yes, even regarding the
injury-plagued and oft-derided
secondary, some answers may
already be on hand.
The other JUCO signing with
IU this month was safety Jayme
Thompson, who spent a redshirt
season at Ohio State after breaking an ankle, then transferred.
He was rated a four-star recruit
by Rivals.com coming out of his
Toledo high school in 2013, and as
the No. 11 overall recruit in Ohio.
Then there is Wesley Green,
the South Carolina transfer who
spent the past season redshirting.
Rivals rated him a four-star and
the 17th best cornerback nationally coming out of his Georgia
high school. He was listed on
South Carolinas two-deep before
exiting.
Indianas best secondary
player this season was redshirtsoph cornerback Rashard Fant.
A four-star recruit. He could be
flanked by two other four-stars
next season in Thompson and
Green.
So whatever happens today,
here is something to wrap your
mind around:
The answers to a lot of questions regarding IU football
heading into next spring will be,
Affirmative.

PUNT RETURNS
No.
26
27
13

Ryan Smith
Total
Opponents

Yds
191
196
42

Avg TD
7.3 0
7.3 0
3.2 0

Lg
69
69
8

Yds
663
794
831

Avg TD Lg
30.1 3 100
25.6 3 100
19.8 2 98

KICK RETURNS
No.
22
31
42

DeVon Edwards
Total
Opponents

SCORING
Ross Martin
Thomas Sirk
Max McCaffrey
Parker Boehme
Shaquille Powell
Jela Duncan
Total
Opponents

TD
0
6
5
5
5
4
42
37

FGs X- 1 X- 2 Pts
23-27 37-37 0- 0 106
0- 0 0- 0 1- 1 40
0- 0 0- 0 1- 1 32
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 30
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 30
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 24
23-27 37-37 3- 5 366
11-14 32-33 1- 3 289

TOTAL OFFENSE
Thomas Sirk
P. Boehme
S. Powell
Jela Duncan
S. Wilson
Total
Opponents

G Plays Rush Pass

11 533 648 2462
9 122 181 579
12 122 534
0
9
54 351
0
10
75 321
0
12 947 2135 3041
12 857 1721 2743

Total
3110
760
534
351
321
5176
4464

YPG
282.7
84.4
44.5
39.0
32.1
431.3
372.0

FIELD GOALS
Ross Martin

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg

0- 0 7- 8 9-11 4- 5 3- 3 53

PUNTING
No. Yds Avg
Will Monday 60 2616 43.6
Total
60 2616 43.6
Opponents 76 3153 41.5

Lg TB FC I20 Bl
71 13 17 29 0
71 13 17 29 0
60 5 21 18 0

ALL PURPOSE
G
S. Powell 12
D. Edwards 12
T. Sirk
11
M. McCaffry 12
T.J. Rahming11
Total
12
Opponents 12

Rush
534
0
648
0
1
2135
1721

Rec PR
195 0
0 0
0 0
601 0
522 0
3041 196
2743 42

KR
0
663
0
0
0
794
831

IR
0
24
0
0
0
55
59

Tot YPG
729 60.8
711 59.2
648 58.9
601 50.1
523 47.5
6245 520.4
5396 449.7

DEFENSE
G Solo Ast Tot
Dwayne Norman 12 57 47 104
Jeremy Cash
12 57 44 101
DeVon Edwards 12 43 50 93
D. Singleton
12 38 29 67
Tinashe Bere 11 25 33 58
Breon Borders 12 37 16 53
A.J. Wolf
12 19 30 49
Carlos Wray
12 15 24 39
Deion Williams 12 14 21 35
Alonzo Saxton II 12 22 12 34
Z. Carmichael 12 16 16 32
Kyler Brown
10 12 20 32
Mike Ramsay 12 11 14 25
Brandon Boyce 12 11 13 24
Ben Humphreys 12
6 14 20
Jeremy McDffie 12 12
5 17
Quaven Fergson 12
8
7 15
Britton Grier
12
7
5 12
Marquies Price 10
7
4 11
Corbin McCrthy 12
6
5 11
Phillip Carter 12
9
1 10
Edgar Cerenord 12
1
5 6
Evrett Edwards 12
3
3 6
Zach Boden
11
4
1 5
Allen Jackson
9
0
4 4
Chris Holmes
6
4
0 4
Johnell Barnes 10
3
1 4
Shaquille Pwell 12
2
2 4
Quay Mann
11
1
2 3
John Lloyd
10
2
1 3
D. McDonald
7
1
1 2
David Reeves 12
1
1 2
Jake Kite
10
2
0 2
Ross Martin
12
0
2 2
Zach Muniz
5
2
0 2
Joseph Ajeigbe 8
1
0 1
Casey Blaser 12
1
0 1
Anthony Nash 10
0
1 1
Terrence Alls
4
0
1 1
Thomas Sirk
11
1
0 1
Lucas Patrick 12
1
0 1
Total
12 462 435 897
Opponents
12 536 410 946

TFL I-Yds
8.5-30 0- 0
18.0-80 0- 0
2.0- 4 1-24
6.0-21 0- 0
4.5-19 0- 0
3.0-18 3- 6
4.0-11 0- 0
4.0-29 0- 0
3.5-26 0- 0
2.0- 9 1- 0
2.5-19 1- 0
2.0- 7 0- 0
4.5-17 0- 0
4.0-21 0- 0
2.0-12 0- 0
0- 0 1-25
2.5-25 0- 0
1.5- 5 0- 0
3.5-22 0- 0
1.0- 3 1- 0
1.0- 2 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 1- 0
1.0- 1 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0- 0
81-381 9-55
51-167 7-59

SETH WENIG | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Indiana quarterback Nate Sudfeld talks to reporters during a Pinstripe Bowl news conference in New York on Thursday.

HOOSIERS

After taking in sights, IU

ready to play some football
CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1

ties on the books for Kevin Wilsons

team.
No, its time for football.
We didnt come here just to see
New York and all the sights, left
tackle Jason Spriggs said. We came
here to play a game and leave with a
good outcome. I think thats something everyones focused on.
This will be Indianas 10th bowl
game, and the programs first since
2007. It will also stand as IUs fourth
game in the state of New York after a
pair of games at Syracuse in 1981 and
1972, and a showdown with Fordham
at the Polo Grounds in 1939.
Fittingly, IU spent the last week
preparing and practicing at Fordhams campus in the Bronx, where
the team familiarized itself with the
schools legendary Seven Blocks of
Granite the nickname given to
Fordhams 1936 offensive line.
The most famous member of
that stout Fordham unit was Hall
of Famer Vince Lombardi, who

has a commemorative stall sealed

off inside the locker room that IU
has called home over the last five
days. For an Indiana program that
was built from the trenches out, its
a useful reminder of the physical
blend of football it aims to bring to
each game. Its a mindset that starts
up front, and one IU will need today
whether or not it has star running
back Jordan Howard available.
Dukes defense is traditionally
at its best against the run, and for a
Hoosier line that boats two first team
All-Americans, IU knows it will need
yet another strong game up front.
We need them to play well, IU
offensive coordinator Kevin Johns
said. Theyre such a big part of
enabling us to have that balance of
running the ball, pass protection, and
its a nice luxury to have.
While IU snapped a six-game
losing streak and found some lateseason momentum with back-toback wins to close the conference
schedule, Duke ambled into the
postseason with losses in four of its
final five games. The turning point
seemed to be a controversial 30-27
loss to Miami on Oct. 31, when the
Hurricanes used eight laterals on the
final kickoff for the game-winning

touchdown.
The Blue Devils stumbled over
the final month, including a 66-31
loss to rival North Carolina on Nov.
7. But the three-week layoff between
games has restored confidence
within Dukes program. Coach David
Cutcliffes team will be appearing in
its fourth consecutive bowl game,
though Dukes last bowl victory dates
all the way back to the Cotton Bowl
in January 1961.
After the two coaches posed for
one last photo opportunity with the
Pinstripe Bowl trophy on Friday
afternoon, Cutcliffe turned to Wilson
and joked that it was the closest hes
come to a trophy in years.
On the other side, Indiana hasnt
tasted a bowl victory since shutting
out Baylor, 24-0, in the Copper Bowl
on New Years Eve 1991.
And after a week touring New
York and enjoying the Christmas
sights, the Hoosiers are ready to
return to football.
Were really in the mode of making that transition from being in New
York and having some fun to playing
a game, Spriggs said. That should
have been the mindset all along, but
I think now thats really hitting home
for everybody.

B4 | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015 | THE HERALD-TIMES | SPORTS

INDIANA FOOTBALL

Hoosier running back Howard a game-time decision

By Mike Miller
812-331-4369 | mmiller@heraldt.com

NEW YORK Jordan Howard has been a fixture at Indianas

practices this week, but his availability for todays Pinstripe Bowl
at Yankee Stadium wont be clear
until prior to kickoff.
IU coach Kevin Wilson said
Friday that a final decision on
Howard wont be made until after
the star running back completes
pre-game warmups and tests his
injured knee on the grass field
before the 3:30 p.m. start.
Im hoping he can (play),
Wilson said. I know he wants to,
and I know hes working as hard
as he can to get out there. I guess
at about 3:15 tomorrow (well say),
Where you at? Well see.
Howard had his knee scoped
during the week leading into IUs
regular season finale at Purdue
on Nov. 28. The junior, who has
missed all or parts of five games
due to injuries this season, suffered his current knee injury

CHRIS HOWELL | HERALD-TIMES

Indiana running backs Jordan Howard (left) and Devine Redding (34) watch
the Nov. 28 game at Purdue from the sidelines. Howard did not play.
during IUs loss to Michigan on
Nov. 14 and essentially missed the
teams final two regular season
contests.
If he is able to play, the Hoosiers will gain a significant edge
against a Duke program playing
without All-American safety
Jeremy Cash, who thrived at

stopping the run. If not, IU will

once again give starting duties to
Devine Redding.
Howard has rushed for 1,213
rushing yards and nine touchdowns this season. Hell weigh
his NFL Draft stock after the
bowl game, and Wilson has said
that the program doesnt want to

put Howard on the field if it will

jeopardize his future.
But if hes ready to go, the Hoosiers will gladly accept the boost
a powerful, All-Big Ten running
back can provide.
Im not trying to be coy, Wilson said. I thought he was going
to play against Maryland (on
Nov. 21), and he got up there and
didnt feel well. Hes practiced.
Hes done a fair amount of work,
but until you get out there cutting
(you dont know). Weve not been
here on a grass field and the footing how (does) it feel and does
he feel full-speed? Whats the
volume gonna be? Fortunately,
those other guys can step in (if
Howard cant play).
In a photo posted to his Twitter account earlier this week,
IU running backs coach Deland
McCullough shared a photo
of Howard wearing shorts and
shoulder pads while standing
alongside other members of
his position group. Last week,
Wilson expressed optimism that

Howard might be ready by today.

The last two weeks of the
season, and a few other times
during the year, we had to play
without him, IU quarterback
Nate Sudfeld said. Devine Redding is more than capable. We
have a good committee of backs.
Sudfeld, meanwhile, is dealing
a bit with the unknown during his
final preparations for a Blue Devil
secondary minus Cash, their
three-time All-American who is
out following wrist surgery.
Cash will be replaced at safety
by Corbin McCarthy, who has 46
tackles, including 1.5 for loss, one
sack and one pressure in 28 career
games, including four starts.
(McCarthy) is a very good
player, as well, Sudfeld said.
Obviously, losing an All-American is tough. Theyre going to
do what they do in terms of blitzes
and coverages. Maybe theyre
not gonna fit their Sam backer in
the box as much as they did with
Cash, but theyll do what they do,
for the most part.

ITODAYS BOWLSI
St. Petersburg Bowl
MARSHALL (9-3) VS. CONNECTICUT (6-6)

GAME TIME: 11 a.m. (ESPN)

WHERE: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.
SERIES RECORD: First meeting
EXTRA POINTS: Marshall freshman QB Chase
Litton has thrown for 2,387 yards and 22
touchdowns. Marshall LB Evan McKelvey is
Conference USA Defensive Player of the year. UConn ranks
17th nationally in scoring defense (19.8) and 33rd in yards
allowed (352.2). Its 17 picks overall is tied for 10th nationally.
UConn QB Bryant Shirreffs has completed 60.3 percent of
his passes for 1,992 yards, nine TDs and seven interceptions.

Sun Bowl
MIAMI (8-4) VS. WASHINGTON STATE (8-4)

GAME TIME: 2 p.m. (CBS)

WHERE: Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas
SERIES RECORD: First meeting
EXTRA POINTS: Washington State QB Luke
Falk leads the No. 1 passing offense in the
nation, averaging 397 yards. Washington
State also has the No. 1 overall offense in the nation at 476.9
yards per game. Miami is No. 64 in pass defense, allowing
223.8 yards per game, and cornerback Artie Burns leads the
ACC with six interceptions. Miami QB Brad Kaaya is fifth on
the schools all-time passing list with 6,217 yards.

Heart of Dallas Bowl

WASHINGTON (6-6) VS. SOUTHERN MISS (9-4)

CHRIS HOWELL | HERALD-TIMES

Indiana defensive linemen Nick Mangieri (left) and Darius Latham close in on Purdue quarterback Austin Appleby during their
Nov. 28 game at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette. Mangieri sacked Appleby on the play.

Confident IU defense ready to duke it out

By Mike Miller
812-331-4369 | mmiller@heraldt.com

NEW YORK No one has forgotten the games that got away, the
botched coverages or the list of ugly
moments that followed Indianas
defense over 12 games this fall.
But the Hoosiers also recognize
todays Pinstripe Bowl as a final
opportunity to leave a more favorable lasting impression entering a
new year.
Its huge to leave on a good note in
order to show that the young guys are
growing and give people confidence,
linebacker Marcus Oliver said.
That confidence has begun to
emerge during the three weeks since
Indiana closed the season with its
third consecutive Old Oaken Bucket
victory over Purdue. Oliver sees players especially the younger ones
moving faster and playing with more
physicality and attention to detail.
Behind the scenes, there is a sense
that the Hoosiers are regaining their
legs and not a moment too soon.
(Freshman safety) Jon Crawford
is an 18-year-old kid that played over
900 snaps, defensive coordinator
Brian Knorr said. Thats a lot of snaps
for a freshman. (Its huge) for him to
be able to get that time off and kind of
re-energize. (Corner) Andre Brown
hasnt played the last four-to-six
weeks, but for him to try and heal up
is good. I think (corner) Rashard Fant
played more snaps than anybody on
the team, so for him to be able to take
a couple weeks before we cranked
up the preparation, I think that time
has helped.
Against Duke, Indiana will continue to place a heavy reliance on
those younger players in its secondary. At safety, the Hoosiers will lean

Indiana bowl history

Jan. 1, 1968: Rose Bowl
Southern Cal 14, Indiana 3
Dec. 1, 1979: Holiday Bowl
Indiana 38, Brigham Young 38
Dec. 31, 1986: All-American Bowl
Florida State 27, Indiana 13
Jan. 2, 1988: Peach Bowl
Tennessee 27, Indiana 22
Dec. 28, 1988: Liberty Bowl
Indiana 34, South Carolina 10
Dec. 30, 1990: Peach Bowl
Auburn 27, Indiana 23
Dec. 31, 1991: Copper Bowl
Indiana 24, Baylor 0
Dec. 31, 1993: Independence Bowl
Virginia Tech 45, Indiana 20
Dec. 31, 2007: Insight Bowl
Oklahoma State 49, Indiana 33

on Crawford, redshirt freshman Will

Dawkins and sophomore Tony Fields,
among others, with starter Chase
Dutra unavailable due to a recent foot
procedure.
IU coach Kevin Wilson who
will meet with reporters on Friday
has said in recent weeks that Brown
(undisclosed injury) is doing more in
practice and could be in line to return
to cornerback today. Meanwhile, the
downtime has afforded consistent
work for freshman receiver-turnedcorner Leon Thornton.
Thornton had only three practices
at corner prior to his position debut
at Maryland on Nov. 21. He made
his first start at corner in the regular
season finale at Purdue and enters the
bowl game with nine tackles, including seven solo stops, in his first two
contests.
Its big for him to be able to build
from the Maryland game, Purdue

game and now have three or four

weeks to be able to compete and
be out there, Knorr said. Hell get
tested on the boundary there because
Duke has the ability to challenge you
and move receivers around to give
you different looks.
The Hoosiers are still looking to
add to their list of takeaways this
season, especially after finishing the
Purdue victory with two interceptions. The Hoosiers arrived in New
York with 19 takeaways (10 fumbles,
nine picks), which are the most turnovers forced by the program since IU
finished with 29 in 2009.
At the same time, theres a need
for focus on the Blue Devils running
game. Quarterback Thomas Sirk
is one of four quarterbacks among
Power 5 conference teams to lead
his team in both rushing and passing
yardage. Sirk has 15 touchdown passes
and six interceptions, giving him a 2.5to-1 touchdown to interception ratio
that would match the highest singleseason total in program history.
Hes also rushed for 648 yards,
which ranks second on Dukes singleseason quarterback list behind Mike
Dunns 757 in 1976.
Indiana struggled to contain
mobile quarterbacks during the season, but the Hoosiers are also hoping
that renewed confidence and fresh
legs could be the difference in that
area and many more today.
I think this game, to most people,
is about continuing to play hard,
Oliver said. We know theres a few
things in past games where we let
them get away. I think (we) want to
finish and to be known as people who
can play hard and give IU football a
better name coming into the next
season. Thats what people are striving for the most.

GAME TIME: 2:20 p.m. (ESPN)

WHERE: Cotton Bowl, Dallas
SERIES RECORD: First meeting
EXTRA POINTS: Southern Miss offense
features 4,000-yard passer Nick Mullens
and 1,000-yard rushers Jalen Richard and Ito
Smith. Southern Miss WR Mike Thomas has at least one
touchdown catch in nine consecutive games. Washington
true freshman RB Myles Gaskin has 1,121 yards with 10 touchdowns. The Huskies led the Pac-12 in total defense (350
yards per game) and scoring defense (17.8 points per game).

Pinstripe Bowl
INDIANA (6-6) VS. DUKE (7-5)

GAME TIME: 3:30 p.m. (ABC)

WHERE: Yankee Stadium, New York
SERIES RECORD: Indiana leads 2-1
EXTRA POINTS: Indiana QB Nate Sudfeld
leads the Big Ten in seven offensive categories, including passing yards per game
(289.5). He is the schools all-time leader with 58 passing
touchdowns and 7,490 passing yards. Duke QB Thomas Sirk
is a dual threat, throwing for 2,462 yards and 15 touchdowns
and rushing for 648 yards. Duke WR Max McCaffrey is the
older brother of Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey, who finished
second in the Heisman voting.

Independence Bowl
VIRGINIA TECH (6-6) VS. TULSA (6-6)

GAME TIME: 5:45 p.m. (ESPN)

WHERE: Independence Stadium, Shreveport,
La.
SERIES RECORD: Tulsa leads 3-1
EXTRA POINTS: Tulsa enters with the
nations 11th-ranked passing offense led by
quarterback Dane Evans. Tulsa WR Keyarris Garrett is the
second-leading receiver in the country with 1,451 yards.
Virginia Tech WR Isaiah Ford (WR) led the ACC in receiving
yards (937) and receiving touchdowns (10). Virginia Tech
is making its third Independence Bowl appearance and 23rd
straight bowl appearance under Frank Beamer.

Foster Farms Bowl

NEBRASKA (5-7) VS. UCLA (8-4)

GAME TIME: 9:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WHERE: Levis Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.
SERIES RECORD: Tied 6-6.
EXTRA POINTS: UCLA RB Paul Perkins led
the Pac-12 in rushing with 1,275 yards and
ranks third in school history with 3,423 in
his career. The Huskers allowed just 113.4 yards rushing per
game his season, third best in the Big Ten and eighth best in
the nation. Nebraska QB Tommy Armstrong Jr. needs just
144 yards to join Zac Taylor and Joe Ganz as the only 3,000yard passers in school history. UCLA freshman QB Josh
Rosen threw for 3,349 yards and 20 TDs.
ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPORTS | THE HERALD-TIMES | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015 | B5

2015 INDIANA SEASON IN REVIEW

GAME 1: W, 1-0
Indiana 48, So. Illinois 47

Sept. 5 at Memorial Stadium

A potential game-winning two-point
conversion for Southern Illinois was
dropped at the goal line in the opener.
In his Hoosier debut, Jordan Howard
rushed for 145 yards on 20 carries
and scored three times including
the game-winner on a 1-yard run with
58 seconds left. Nate Sudfeld threw
for 349 yards.

GAME 2: W, 2-0
Indiana 36, FLA. INTL. 22

Sept. 12 at Memorial Stadium

Freshman safety Jameel Cook sealed
the win with a 96-yard interception
return with four minutes remaining. It
was part of an encouraging defensive
performance, which saw defensive end Nick Mangieri set up two
touchdowns. His third-quarter fumble
recovery led to a 1-yard touchdown
run by Nate Sudfeld, and his forced
fumble in the fourth turned into
Mitchell Paiges game-winning catch
with 10 minutes to play.

have back. The Hoosiers entered

the game without Nate Sudfeld and
Jordan Howard, then lost backup QB
Zander Diamont midway through the
second half. Danny Cameron performed admirably as the third option,
but IU was clearly missing Sudfeld.

GAME 7: L, 4-3
Rutgers 55, Indiana 52

Oct. 17 at Memorial Stadium

A nightmare finish saw the Hoosiers
squander a 25-point lead with 20
minutes to play. It was a disastrous
collapse and drew serious questions
about IUs ability to deliver. Nate
Sudfeld returned, but the Hoosiers
remained without Jordan Howard.
Sudfeld had a career day with 32
completions and 464 passing yards,
but IU might still be wondering how
this game couldve ended differently
with Howard available.

GAME 8: L, 4-4
Michigan St. 52, Indiana 26

Oct. 24 at East Lansing, Mich.

This was another example of IU
CHRIS HOWELL | HERALD-TIMES playing competitive and encouragGAME 3: W, 3-0
Indianas Anthony Corsaro (88) and Ricky Jones celebrate Jones touchdown ing football against a national power
before falling a few plays short. Nate
Indiana 38, W. Kentucky 35 catch during a 31-24 win at Wake Forest on Sept. 26. The victory gave the
Sudfeld was solid, throwing for three
Sept. 19 at Memorial Stadium
Hoosiers their first 3-0 start since 1990.
touchdowns. But MSUs Connor
This turned out to be an impressive
victory over the Hilltoppers, who
rally to go 4-0 for the first time
ana go toe-to-toe with a top-15 team, Cook threw for four and made tough
throws to a veteran receiving corps
went on to finish 12-2 and win the
since 1990 and only the sixth time in battling the Buckeyes all the way
that turned in an outstanding effort.
Miami Beach Bowl over South Florida. school history. Jordan Howard rushed until Zander Diamonts last-second
To earn it, the Hoosiers outpaced
for 168 yards, and Nate Sudfeld threw throw to the end zone fell incomanother one of the top offensive units for 205 yards and two touchdowns.
plete. Of course, the Hoosiers made
GAME 9: L, 4-5
in the country, producing 639 total
The IU defense racked up six sacks
Ohio State sweat this one without
yards and leaning on the prowess
and eight tackles for loss.
Nate Sudfeld and Jordan Howard Iowa 35, Indiana 27
Nov. 7 at Memorial Stadium
of Nate Sudfeld, who threw for 355
both of whom left midway through
After taking advantage of the bye
yards and three touchdowns.
the game with injuries.
GAME 5: L, 4-1
week, Indiana returned home and
took Rose Bowl-bound Iowa down
Ohio State 34, Indiana 27
GAME 4: W, 4-0
GAME 6: L, 4-2
to the wire. Jordan Howard ran for
Oct. 3 at Memorial Stadium
174 yards against the nations No. 5
The Hoosiers first loss came under
Penn State 29, Indiana 7
Indiana 31, Wake Forest 24
an encouraging auspice. It was the
Oct. 10 at University Park, Pa.
defense. But quarterback C.J. BeathSept. 26 at Winston-Salem, N.C.
ard willed Iowa to the victory.
The Hoosiers held off a fourth-quarter first of four occasions that saw Indi- This is the game IU would love to

GAME 10: L, 4-6

Michigan 48, Indiana 41

Nov. 14 at Memorial Stadium

This double-overtime thriller was
perhaps the peak of frustration for
Indiana, which did enough offensively
to counter the Wolverines until its
defense caved late. Michigan quarterback Jake Rudock, who had only
eight passing touchdowns entering
the game, threw for six against IUs
secondary, including the game-tying
touchdown with two seconds left.
IUs offensive line may have played its
best game of the year.

GAME 11: W, 5-6

Indiana 47, Maryland 28

Nov. 21 at College Park, Md.

After six weeks of heartbreaking
losses, IU appeared to completely
fall apart during the first quarter
when Maryland raced out to an early
21-3 lead. But the Hoosiers stormed
back with 44 points, while holding
Maryland to only a touchdown over
the final 50:32. Nate Sudfeld was
once again outstanding, throwing
for 385 yards and four touchdowns
after the Hoosiers lost Jordan Howard
to a knee injury in the first offensive
series. Simmie Cobbs had a caree day
with nine catches and 192 yards.

GAME 12: W, 6-6

Indiana 54, Purdue 36

Nov. 28 at West Lafayette

The Hoosiers retained the Old Oaken
Bucket for the second consecutive
season marking the first time
since 1947 that theyd won three
straight in the series. Most importantly, the win clinched bowl eligibility for the first time since 2007. Nate
Sudfelds 72-yard touchdown pass to
Andre Booker sealed the game and
made him IUs all-time passing leader
with 7,490 career yards.

B6 | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015 | THE HERALD-TIMES | SPORTS

NBA

NFL standings

NBA standings

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

EAST
New England
N.Y. Jets
Buffalo
Miami
SOUTH
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Tennessee
NORTH
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Cleveland
WEST
Denver
Kansas City
Oakland
San Diego

ATLANTIC DIVISION
W
12
9
6
5

L
2
5
8
9

T
0
0
0
0

Pct
.857
.643
.429
.357

PF
435
344
341
278

PA
269
272
336
361

W
7
6
5
3

L
7
8
9
11

T
0
0
0
0

Pct
.500
.429
.357
.214

PF
275
285
343
269

PA
301
372
380
359

W
11
9
4
3

L
3
5
10
11

T
0
0
0
0

Pct
.786
.643
.286
.214

PF
378
378
292
253

PA
243
287
360
387

W
10
9
7
4

L
4
5
8
11

T
0
0
0
0

Pct
.714
.643
.467
.267

PF
308
365
342
300

PA
259
257
376
371

NATIONAL CONFERENCE
EAST
Washington
Philadelphia
N.Y. Giants
Dallas
SOUTH
Carolina
Atlanta
Tampa Bay
New Orleans
NORTH

MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clevelands LeBron James drives to the basket against Golden

States Andrew Bogut (left) and Brandon Rush during Fridays
game in Oakland, Calif. The Warriors won, 89-83.

Warriors top Cavs

in Finals rematch
Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. Even when all those long-range

shots arent falling like usual, the defending-champion
Golden State Warriors showed they are quite comfortable grinding out wins.
Draymond Green had 22 points and 15 rebounds and
the Warriors got defensive in their NBA Finals rematch
against Cleveland, beating the Cavaliers 89-83 on Friday.
Its good to have one of those every so often, guard
Stephen Curry said. If our defense shows up, were
in pretty good shape to win games. We just show our
versatility and try to win different ways.
Curry added 19 points, Klay Thompson had 18, and
the Warriors improved to 28-1 by winning their 32nd
straight regular-season home game. Instead of doing
it with 3-pointers, defending champion Golden State
maintained its edge over Cleveland by limiting the
Cavaliers to 32 percent shooting.
The Warriors were held under 100 points at home for
the first time in more than a year in the regular season,
however it happened five times in the playoffs.
Its good to practice and get experience in that type
of game as well where its low scoring, getting stops,
knocking down free throws and executing in the half
court, interim coach Luke Walton said. Its great
experience for us.
LeBron James scored 25 points to lead the Cavaliers.
They had their six-game winning streak snapped.
We gave ourselves a chance, James said. If we play
like that defensively, were going to be a very tough team
to beat. Offensively, we just didnt have it. No one had it.
The Cavaliers were short-handed when they lost
the final to the Warriors in six games, missing power
forward Kevin Love the entire series with a shoulder
injury and losing point guard Kyrie Irving to a knee
injury late in the first game.
Having both those players healthy for the rematch
did little to help Cleveland. Love scored just 10 points
on 5-for-16 shooting, and Irving missed 11 of 15 shots in
a 13-point game.

W
7
6
6
4

L
7
8
8
10

T
0
0
0
0

Pct
.500
.429
.429
.286

W
14
7
6
5

L
0
7
8
9

T
Pct PF PA
0 1.000 449 278
0 .500 302 312
0 .429 311 353
0 .357 350 432

W
10
9
5
5

L
4
5
9
9

T
0
0
0
0

Pct
.714
.643
.357
.357

PF
316
318
373
246

PA
332
362
358
324

PF
347
296
302
289

PA
265
272
363
352

W
L
T
Pct PF
Arizona
12
2
0 .857 445
Seattle
9
5
0 .643 370
St. Louis
6
8
0 .429 241
San Francisco
4 10
0 .286 202
clinched playoff spot; clinched division
TODAYS GAME
Washington at Philadelphia, 8:25 p.m.
SUNDAYS GAMES
Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Miami, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Dallas at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at New Orleans, 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.
Green Bay at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
MONDAYS GAME
Cincinnati at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

PA
269
248
294
339

Green Bay
Minnesota
Detroit
Chicago
WEST

PRESS BOXn

NHL standings

Toronto
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
Atlanta
Miami
Orlando
Charlotte
Washington
CENTRAL DIVISION
Cleveland
Chicago
Indiana
Detroit
Milwaukee

W
18
16
14
8
1

L
12
13
16
21
30

Pct
.600
.552
.467
.276
.032

GB

1
4
9
17

W
19
17
17
15
13

L
12
11
12
13
14

Pct
.613
.607
.586
.536
.481

GB

W
19
16
16
17
12

L
8
11
12
13
18

Pct
.704
.593
.571
.567
.400

GB

3
3
3
8

1
2
4

WESTERN CONFERENCE
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
W
25
16
16
16
9

L
6
13
15
15
20

Pct
.806
.552
.516
.516
.310

GB

8
9
9
15

W
20
12
12
11
11

L
10
15
17
18
20

Pct
.667
.444
.414
.379
.355

GB

6
7
8
9

W L
Golden State
28 1
L.A. Clippers
16 13
Sacramento
12 17
Phoenix
12 19
L.A. Lakers
5 24
FRIDAYS GAMES
Chicago 105, Oklahoma City 96
Golden State 89, Cleveland 83
Houston 88, San Antonio 84
Miami 94, New Orleans 88, OT
L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers
TODAYS GAMES
Washington at Brooklyn, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Houston at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
Miami at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Memphis at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Denver at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Utah, 9 p.m.
Philadelphia at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Cleveland at Portland, 10 p.m.
SUNDAYS GAMES
L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 6 p.m.
Denver at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
New York at Boston, 7 p.m.
Portland at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Pct
.966
.552
.414
.387
.172

GB

12
16
17
23

San Antonio
Dallas
Memphis
Houston
New Orleans
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Oklahoma City
Utah
Denver
Minnesota
Portland
PACIFIC DIVISION

HOOSIERS IN THE NBA

ERIC GORDON, New Orleans: 16 points, 3 rebounds,
2 assists in 94-88 overtime loss to Miami.

ALL-STAR VOTING

EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal
36 20 13
3 43 105 89
Boston
33 19 10
4 42 104 85
Florida
35 19 12
4 42 95 81
Detroit
34 17 10
7 41 89 89
Ottawa
35 17 12
6 40 105 104
Tampa Bay
35 17 15
3 37 87 82
Buffalo
34 14 16
4 32 79 89
Toronto
33 12 14
7 31 86 93
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington
33 25 6
2 52 105 71
N.Y. Rangers
36 20 12
4 44 104 93
N.Y. Islanders 35 19 11
5 43 96 82
New Jersey
35 17 13
5 39 83 87
Philadelphia 34 15 12
7 37 74 92
Pittsburgh
33 16 14
3 35 76 84
Carolina
34 13 16
5 31 80 101
Columbus
36 13 20
3 29 88 112

WESTERN CONFERENCE
CENTRAL DIVISION
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Dallas
35 26 7
2 54 124 88
St. Louis
36 21 11
4 46 92 85
Chicago
36 20 12
4 44 96 87
Minnesota
33 18 9
6 42 91 80
Nashville
34 17 11
6 40 90 86
Colorado
35 17 17
1 35 99 97
Winnipeg
34 15 17
2 32 92 104
PACIFIC DIVISION
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Los Angeles
33 20 11
2 42 84 76
San Jose
34 17 15
2 36 93 94
Vancouver
36 13 14
9 35 91 103
Arizona
33 16 15
2 34 90 104
Calgary
34 16 16
2 34 91 113
Edmonton
35 15 18
2 32 91 106
Anaheim
33 12 15
6 30 62 85
FRIDAYS GAMES
No games scheduled
TODAYS GAMES
Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
SUNDAYS GAMES
Boston at Ottawa, 5 p.m.
Columbus at Florida, 6 p.m.
Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 6 p.m.
Carolina at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Anaheim, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE
FRONTCOURT: 1. LeBron James, Cle., 357,937; 2.
Paul George, Ind., 283,785; 3. Andre Drummond,
Det., 148,278; 4. Carmelo Anthony, NY, 132,119; 5.
Pau Gasol, Chi., 109,585; 6. Kevin Love, Cle., 92,177;
7. Chris Bosh, Mia., 91,896; 8. Kristaps Porzingis, NY,
85,606; 9. Hassan Whiteside, Mia., 72,923; 10. Giannis
Antetokounmpo, Mil., 25,926. 11. Jonas Valanciunas,
Tor., 12,341. 12, Joakim Noah, Chi., 10,808. 13, Paul
Millsap, Atl., 10,501. 14, Marcin Gortat, Wash., 9,443.
15, DeMarre Carroll, Tor., 8,885.
GUARDS: 1. Dwyane Wade, Mia., 300,595; 2. Kyrie
Irving, Cle., 138,191; 3. Kyle Lowry, Tor., 128,131;
4. Jimmy Butler, Chi., 111,220; 5. John Wall, Wash.,
103,094; 6. Derrick Rose, Chi., 72,709; 7. DeMar
DeRozan, Tor., 69,042; 8. Jeremy Lin, Cha., 61,832;
9. Isaiah Thomas, Bos., 45,014; 10. Nicolas Batum,
Cha., 20,596.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
FRONTCOURT: 1. Kobe Bryant, LAL, 719,235; 2.
Kevin Durant, OKC, 349,473; 3. Blake Griffin, LAC,
182,107; 4. Kawhi Leonard, SA, 164,521; 5. Draymond
Green, GS, 160,350; 6. Anthony Davis, NO, 156,161;
7. Tim Duncan, SA, 127,543; 8. DeMarcus Cousins,
Sac., 101,930; 9. Dwight Howard, Hou., 66,598; 10.
LaMarcus Aldridge, SA, 65,019. 11. Dirk Nowitzki,
Dal., 56,377. 12, DeAndre Jordan, LAC, 49,696. 13,
Enes Kanter, OKC, 47,806. 14, Harrison Barnes, GS,
43,343. 15, Kevin Garnett, Min., 42,285.
GUARDS: 1. Stephen Curry, GS, 510,202; 2. Russell Westbrook, OKC, 267,699; 3. Chris Paul, LAC,
146,335; 4. Klay Thompson, GS, 138,587; 5. James
Harden, Hou., 135,531; 6. Rajon Rondo, Sac., 66,164;
7. Andre Iguodala, GS, 62,407; 8. Damian Lillard,
Portland, 47,615; 9. Manu Ginobili, SA, 42,413; 10.
Tony Parker, SA, 40,693.

On the move
FOOTBALL

DALLAS COWBOYS: Placed TE Gavin Escobar and

QB Tony Romo on injured reserve. Signed QB
Jameill Showers and DT Casey Walker from the
practice squad.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS: Signed WR Seantavius
Jones from the practice squad and OT Bryan
Witzmann to the practice squad.
NEW YORK GIANTS: Placed DT Markus Kuhn and
LB James Morris on injured reserve. Signed
DE Brad Bars and TE Matt LaCosse from the
practice squad.

Mens basketball
FRIDAYS GAMES
Diamond Head Classic
Washington State 82, New Mexico 59 (seventh)
Brigham Young 84, Northern Iowa 76 (fifth)
Hawaii 79, Auburn 67 (third)
Oklahoma 83, Harvard 71 (first)

Serena top female athlete for 4th time

AP Female Athlete
of the Year voting

Associated Press

Serena Williams spent a good

portion of 2015 deflecting questions
about whether she could complete
the Grand Slam. After coming ohso-close, she can acknowledge how
much she cared about the rare feat.
I wanted it. But ... winning one
(major title) is not easy. And then,
(when) you have a bounty on your
head, its even harder, she said with
a laugh. If you know anything about
me, I hate to lose. Ive always said I
hate losing more than I like winning,
so that drives me to be the best that
I can be.
Williams will was on display time
and again, along with her best-in-thegame serve and other skills, fashioning comeback after comeback to
nearly become the first tennis player
in more than a quarter-century to win
all four Grand Slam tournaments in a
season. In a vote by U.S. editors and
news directors, Williams was chosen
as The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the fourth time.
Results were announced Friday.
Williams collected 50 first-place
votes and 352 points. Carli Lloyd,
whose hat trick in the final lifted
the U.S. womens soccer team to the
World Cup title, was the runner-up,
with 14 first-place votes and 243
points. UFC star Ronda Rousey
finished third, one spot ahead of the
woman she stunningly lost to last
month, Holly Holm. UConn basketball player Breanna Stewart was fifth.

First place votes in parenthesis

Serena Williams (50), tennis
352
Carli Lloyd (14), soccer
243
Ronda Rousey (6), ultimate fighting 153
Holly Holm (3), ultimate fighting
106
Breanna Stewart, basketball
80
Katie Ledecky (2), swimming
74
Lydia Ko (4), golf
66
Elena Delle Donne, basketball
56
Simone Biles (1), gymnastics
50
Inbee Park (1), golf
36
Danica Patrick (1), auto racing
5
Lindsey Vonn, skiing
4
Abby Wambach, soccer
3
Hilary Knight, hockey
2

MICHEL EULER | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Serena Williams hugs the trophy after

winning the French Open on June 6. Williams won two other Grand Slam events
in 2015 and was voted the APs Female
Athlete of the Year.
The AP Male Athlete of the Year
will be announced today.
Williams, who also won AP awards
in 2002, 2009 and 2013, joined Chris
Evert as a four-time honoree. The
only woman with more AP selections
is Babe Didrikson, with six one
for athletics in 1932, and five for golf
from 1945-54.
Its not even winning the Grand
Slam titles as much as the way she got

herself out of the deep holes that she

dug, just repeatedly. Its not like she
had two or three narrow escapes,
Evert said about Williams. It really
was the year of the comeback. It was
just unbelievable.
Williams won the Australian Open
on hard courts in January, the French
Open on red clay in June, and Wimbledon on grass in July, before losing
in the U.S. Open semifinals in September in one of the biggest upsets
in the sports history.
In all, Williams went 53-3 with
a WTA tour-leading five titles and
was ranked No. 1 every week. She
raised her Grand Slam singles trophy
count to 21; only two women have
won more.

From wire reports

FOOTBALL

Former Colt Tipton arrested in Greenwood

GREENWOOD Former Indianapolis Colts
running back Zurlon Tipton Jr. was arrested early
Christmas morning for allegedly firing a gun outside
a suburban Indianapolis home, according to police.
Tipton, who had been waived by the Colts on
Monday, was charged with criminal
recklessness with a deadly weapon
in connection with the incident,
which occurred about 1 a.m. outside
his girlfriends home, according to a
news release from the Greenwood
Police Department.
Tipton told police he was at a party
when he received threatening text
messages from his girlfriends exboyfriend that indicated the woman TIPTON
was going to be harmed. Police said
Tipton and another man drove to the womans home,
and he fired one round from an AR-15 assault weapon
while in the driveway, incorrectly believing the exboyfriend was in the home.
Tipton, who played for the Colts for two seasons
before he was released this year, was released from
the Johnson County Jail on a $3,000 bond following his
arrest by Greenwood police.
Witnesses told police they saw at least one person
leave the womans home in a Jeep after the shooting.
Police tracked down Tipton, who was driving a Jeep,
several blocks from the home.
A loaded 9mm handgun and a loaded Colt AR-15
assault rifle were found in the vehicle, police said.

Today on TV
SOCCER
7:45 a.m.: Premier League,
Manchester United at
Stoke City, NBCSN
10 a.m.: Premier League,
Watford at Chelsea, USA
12:30 p.m.: Premier League,
Everton at Newcastle
United, NBC
2:30 p.m.: Premier League,
Arsenal at Southampton,
NBC
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
11 a.m.: St. Petersburg Bowl,
Marshall vs. UConn, ESPN
2 p.m.: Sun Bowl, Miami vs.
Washington State, CBS

2:20 p.m.: Heart of Dallas

Bowl, Washington vs.
Southern Mississippi, ESPN
3:30 p.m.: Pinstripe Bowl,
Duke vs. Indiana, ABC
5:45 p.m.: Independence
Bowl, Virginia Tech vs.
Tulsa, ESPN
9:15 p.m.: Foster Farms Bowl,
Nebraska vs. UCLA, ESPN
MENS BASKETBALL
Noon: Louisville at Kentucky,
CBS
NBA
8 p.m.: Indiana at Minnesota,
FSN
NFL
8:25 p.m.: Washington at
Philadelphia, NFL

Tonights NFL matchup

WASHINGTON (7-7) AT PHILADELPHIA (6-8)

GAME TIME: 8:25 p.m. , NFL Network

SERIES RECORD: Washington leads 83-73-5
LAST MEETING: Washington won, 23-20,
Oct. 4, 2015
AP RANKING: Redskins No. 12, Eagles No. 15
EXTRA POINTS: Washington will clinch NFC
East lead with win. Eagles would be eliminated from playoffs
with loss. Washington QB Kirk Cousins has 16 TD passes,
four TDs rushing in past eight games. Washington WR
DeSean Jackson has nine catches for 243 yards and one TD in
two games vs. his old team. Eagles QB Sam Bradford has six
TDs and one interception in two games vs. Redskins. Eagles
RB DeMarco Murray had two carries and played only eight
snaps last week.
ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPORTS | THE HERALD-TIMES | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015 | B7

NFL

Washington can wrap up East with win over Eagles

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA Washington played the spoiler role

when it eliminated the Philadelphia Eagles from playoff
contention in Week 16 last year.
Their stakes are much higher
this time around.
Washington (7-7) would
complete a worst-to-first journey and capture their first NFC
East title since RG3s rookie
season with a victory at Philadelphia (6-8) tonight.
The Eagles need to win to
stay alive. They would secure
their second division title in
three years if they beat Washington and the New York Giants
(6-8) on Jan. 3.
They have the same implications in place: They control
their own destiny, also. And so
its going to be a dogfight and
we know that, Washington Pro
Bowl left tackle Trent Williams
said.

When Robert Griffin III led

Washington to a 27-24 win over
Mark Sanchez and the Eagles
on Dec. 20, 2014, it was Washingtons fourth and final win. It
knocked Philadelphia out of the
playoff race, even though the
Eagles finished 10-6.
Now, the Eagles would win
the division if they could just
get to 8-8.
The playoffs start now and
thats the bottom line, Eagles
tight end Zach Ertz said. The
next two are huge.
Kirk Cousins rallied Washington to a 23-20 win against
the Eagles in Week 4 by leading
a 90-yard drive capped with a
4-yard TD pass to Pierre Garcon
in the final minute.
Cousins was just settling into
his starting role at that point
after beating out Griffin for the
job in the preseason. Hes only
gotten better since the first
meeting. Cousins has 16 TD
passes and four TDs rushing

in the last eight games. Hes the

first quarterback in club history
with six 300-yard passing games
in a single season.
I feel good about where Kirk
is or where his mind is at, coach
Jay Gruden said.
In the opposite huddle, Sam
Bradford plays his first do-or-die
game since his rookie year in St.
Louis. The Rams were 7-8 with
a chance to win the NFC West
in 2010, but lost 16-6 at Seattle
in a winner-take-all battle in
Week 17.
Bradford has improved since
the start of the season as hes
become more familiar with
Chip Kellys offense and his new
teammates. He had 361 yards
passing, but three turnovers in
a 40-17 loss to Arizona last week.
You see a guy thats throwMARK TENALLY | ASSOCIATED PRESS
ing the ball extremely accurately, and hes doing it better each Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins celebrates his touchdown during Sundays
week, offensive coordinator Pat win over the Buffalo Bills in Landover, Md. Cousins is the first quarterback in
Shurmur said.
team history with six 300-yard passing games in a season.

RELIGION
PERSPECTIVES ON FAITH

Who for us is
the Christ actually?
This guest column was written
by the Rev. David Garshaw of
Bloomington.

What is a faithful
response to the Christ
in the 21st century, as
against the 14th century?
Why has much of the
church fallen behind
human advancement
since Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Darwin,
deGrasse
Tyson and
so many
others
with their
God-given
creative
and inquiring minds? GARSHAW
Why do
so many Christians live
and believe God became
frozen in time around the
year 1615 and what Catholic bishops then believed
is still the truth?
Also, why do so many
who consider themselves
intellectually knowledgeable and sophisticated know so little
about Christianity to see
evangelical/fundamentalism as what all of Christianity is?
Who among the skeptics and seekers of truth
would care enough to
pursue some answers to
these questions?
I have friends who
post on HTO threads
dealing with religion and
faith. With sympathy and
understanding, I suggest
many who write letters to
the H-T or post on HTO
and cynically criticize religion are like those of us
who majored in English,
history or political science arguing about string
theory (certainly there
cannot be any truth in
string theory, right?).
Commenting on
fundamentalism, whether
that of Christianity or
Islam or others, is one
thing.
Asking questions is
again another thing.
Commenting on ones
thoughts as with authority without knowing
the subject, its concepts
and its language is quite
another.
Doing this is as unproductive as the string
theory discussion among
those who know little
about science.
Besides that, I dont
think many of us who
have an education would
think such comments reflect well on the posters
wisdom.
My hope is all of these
friends, including other
seekers of truth, will
accept my invitation to
join a weekly discussion
group beginning on Jan.11.
I will moderate the
discussions from 6:30 to 8
p.m. in the Monroe County Public Library, room
2A, 303 E. Kirkwood
Ave., using a book that
can guide our thoughtful
journey for a few weeks.
Everyone will be
respected and honored
for their interest and
personal point of views,
questions and comments
only harangues will be
disallowed.
As others will, I hope
to learn much about my
own faith by hearing the
stories and thoughts of
divergent views.
The book we will use
is James Carrolls Who
Is The Christ For us Actually: Reimagining Faith

If you have an upcoming

religion event, call religion
editor Lynne Shifriss for
information at 812-3314349, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Monday-Thursday.

in the Modern Age.

The only cost to participate is the purchase of
this book.
Walk-ins will be joyfully greeted, but letting
me know of your interest,
particularly if you are
interested in purchasing
a reduced-price book
from a quantity purchase,
would be helpful.
Contact dgarshaw@
sbcglobal.net.
See ya there.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015

B8

RELIGION BRIEFSn
MUSIC

Gospel sing
There will be a gospel
sing with Randy Cowden
at 7:30 p.m. on New Years
Eve at Burgoon Church,
just off Ind. 446 on Burgoon Church Road. Everyone is welcome. Come
early to get a seat.
SPECIAL EVENTS

Welcoming
new pastor
The deacons and
members of Grace Baptist Temple are excited to
announce that they will

be installing Jose Esquibel

as their new pastor Jan.
3. He and his wife Carol
have three grown children
and have been missionaries to England for the
past 17 years. The church
will have a dinner to help
celebrate this occasion
after the morning service
that day. Members of the
church say We would like
to invite anyone who does
not have a church home to
come out and worship and
fellowship with us here at
Grace Baptist Temple.
The church is at 2320 N.
Smith Pike. For more, call
812-336-3049.

JOSEPH C. GARZA | TRIBUNE-STAR

Mosque gets message of peace

TERRE HAUTE One of several ornaments carries a message on a plant left on the doorstep of the Islamic Center of
Terre Haute recently. To local Muslims, the small tree proves
that the way to defeat hatred and bigotry is through love and
compassion.

NEIGHBORS

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015

B9

COURTESY PHOTO

Shown above are Bob Burns, left; Chris Swanson, center; and
Wilber England, right.

Secretly Group supporting

St. Vincent de Paul programs
Special to the H-T

Chris Swanson is one of the founders of Bloomingtons

Secretly Group of music companies (Bellwether Secretly
Canadian Distribution, et al).
Swanson recently presented $20,000 and a $10,000
checks to Bob Burns and Wilber England of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
In past years, the Secretly Group has supported SVDP
with the purchase of a box truck and funding to set up an
appliance center.
The $20,000 is for continued support of the appliance
center, which last year provided 200 washer/dryer units
to Monroe County families in need.
The $10,000 is seed money for two new SVDP programs involving bed bug remediation and micro loans.
The approximately 100-member SVDP Society concentrates on providing financial and furniture/appliance
aid to families in need; each year it provides around 2,000
such families with approximately $100,000 of direct
financial support and around 5,000 furniture/appliance
items.

COURTESY PHOTO

Spreading holiday cheer through generations

About 40 students from the Jackson Creek Middle School Builders Club and Choir, under the direction of Luke Chanley and
Ken Upchurch, went to spread some holiday cheer at the Brookdale Life Care Community Dec. 16. The students walked down
to Brookdale after school, met and shook hands with all the wonderful people there and sang for about a hour. Everyone had a
great time. Upchurch said, Then we shook hands again and told them goodbye. They didnt want us to go and the kids didnt
want to leave either.

Winter break family fun: WonderLab offering a

science-themed indoor mini golf course this week
Special to the H-T

Play a round at a unique

indoor mini golf course at
the WonderLab Museum
of Science, Health and Technology!
The Science Masters
Mini Golf course features
ramps, tubes, traps and
more.
Each hole has a surprising, themed challenge relat-

gear so their families can

take pictures.
Everyone who plays gets
a WonderLab gift store coupon.
The special winter break
mini golf course is open
daily from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. this Tuesday through
Thursday.
An all-day golf pass costs
$3 per person, plus museum

ed to a different scientist and

the work for which s/he is
famous.
Players can win prizes
provided by Putters Park
Mini Golf/Los Chachos
Mexican Cuisine for acing a
hole and for acquiring new
science knowledge!
The last holes theme is
future scientist, and players can dress up in science

admission.
WonderLab is an award-winning
science center at 308 W. Fourth St.
on the B-Line Trail. The museum is
open to the public 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5
p.m. Sunday. General admission
is $7. Children younger than the
age of one are free. For more, call
812-337-1337, ext. 25, or go online
to wonderlab.org or WonderLabs
Facebook page.

COURTESY PHOTO

HFI supports Owen County YMCA

Brian McGlothlin and BJ Russell with HFI Mechanical and
Building Solutions presented a check to Owen County YMCA
CEO Darrell White for the Y For All Campaign. HFI is a proud
supporter of multiple community organizations.

During a holiday week, its a good

idea to call ahead.

Club, 1412 W. 11th St. HA. NS.

For any AA information, check the
website for most recent changes at
www.district10.area23aa.org or call
TODAY
the District 10 24-hour AA Hotline at
Al-Anon, Saturday Morning
Nomads Group. Discussion meeting. 812-360-0040.
9 a.m., St. Marks United Methodist
Community Kitchen of Monroe
Church, 100 N. Ind. 46 Bypass.
County, 4 p.m., 1515 S. Rogers St.
AA, Early Birds. Closed meeting.
Debtors Anonymous, 10:30-11:30
Discussion. 9 a.m., St. Marks United a.m., First Presbyterian Church, 221
Methodist Church, 100 N. Ind. 46
E. Sixth St., Room 5. Contact 812Bypass. HA. NS.
339-8768.
AA, The Steps We Took. Closed
Monroe County Tobacco Prevenmeeting. Discussion. Literature study. tion and Cessation Coalition smoking
Big Book. 9 a.m., Trinity Episcopal
cessation class, 10:30 a.m. at 619 W.
Church, 400 E. Kirkwood Ave. HA. NS.
First St. Call 812-353-5811.
AA, Southside Group North. Open
Narcotics Anonymous, open
meeting, nonalcoholics welcome.
discussion/topic, NS, HA ask for
Discussion. 12 Steps and traditional.
2 p.m. Recovery Engagement Center, assistance. 10 a.m., 4201 W. Third St.
Narcotics Anonymous, open
221 N. Rogers St. HA. NS.
discussion/topic, NS meeting,
AA, As Bill Sees It Group. Closed
candlelight. 7 p.m., 221 E. Sixth St.
meeting. Discussion. Literature
study. 5:30 p.m., 12/24 Club, 1412 W. Overeaters Anonymous, 11
a.m.-noon, United Presbyterian
11th St. HA. NS.
Church, 1701 E. Second St. See www.
AA, New Way of Life Group. Open
oasouthcentralin.org.
meeting, nonalcoholics welcome.
Newcomers welcome. Speaker. 7
Sex Addicts Anonymous-Womens
p.m., 12/24 Club, 1412 W. 11th St.
Meeting, 4-5:30 p.m. Call 812-641HA. NS.
1212, email saabtown@gmail.com
AA, Saturday Night AAlive. Closed or write Hope and Recovery, P.O. Box
meeting. Discussion. 10 p.m., 12/24
464, Bloomington, IN 47402.

    

 

 


     

  



 
 



  

COURTESY PHOTO

From left are Lindsay Nash; Sandy Keller, Jocelyn Bowie, seated, Leigh Richey, Joan Ferguson, Lynette Carlson and Melissa
Carter-Goodrum, members of 100+ Women Who Care; Fern Goodman and Spirit the horse.

PALS gets support from 100+ Women Who Care

Special to the H-T

Bloomington nonprofit People

and Animal Learning Services Inc.
was voted to receive support from
the local philanthropic group, 100+
Women Who Care, at its November
meeting.
Long time PALS volunteer Melissa Carter-Goodrum presented on
behalf of the PALS organization.
Carter-Goodrum gave a passionate presentation on the 10 Reasons
to Give to PALS, resulting in a winning vote from the groups members.
PALS has been awarded $18,000,
which will fund the PALS Capital
Campaign and therapeutic equine
programs for at-risk youth, veterans,
and children and adults with disabilities in south-central Indiana.
100+ Women Who Care now
has a membership of more than 180
women.
The group meets on a quarterly basis to support nonprofits in
Bloomington and Monroe County.

The group is open to all women

in Monroe County who wish to contribute to local nonprofits.
At each meeting, three members
are chosen from those who put their
names in a basket, to advocate for a
local nonprofit organization.
The group then votes, and the
winning organization receives a $100
donation from each member of 100+
Women Who Care.
Becoming a member requires a
$100 annual donation to the Community Foundation of Bloomington
and Monroe County and $100 to
every nonprofit selected, totaling a
$500 annual commitment.
The group now offers a reduced
cost to women 35 or younger.
Women who choose this option
have all the privileges of being in
the group, but are only asked to
make a $50 annual contribution to
the CFBMC and $50 to the winning
nonprofit each quarter, for a total
annual commitment of $250.

Local organizations that 100+

Women Who Care has supported
include Volunteers In Medicine,
Cardinal Stage Company, Meals
on Wheels, Community Kitchen,
Mother Hubbards Cupboard, Susies
Place, Stepping Stones, the Boys and
Girls Club, Big Brothers/Big Sisters,
Girls Inc., New Hope Family Shelter,
My Sisters Closet and Middle Way
House.
The next meeting of 100+ Women
Who Care will be Feb. 3 at the
Bloomington Country Club, 3000
S. Rogers St.
Registration and social time
opens at 5 p.m. and the meeting
runs 6-7 p.m.
Complete information and a registration form are available online at
100pluswwc.wordpress.com.
New members are encouraged to
come early to meet other members.
New members will be able to
nominate and vote at their first meeting as well.

 

 









 

 

   

 
   
 
      
   
 
  


  
  

#ALL  

TOLEARNMORE



 
 
  

c

 
  
 
 



 







  


 


       
 


.FNCFST PG ### *OTVSBODF "DDFQUFE r 4FSWJOH *OEJBOB 4JODF 

 



DATEBOOKn

B10 | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015 | THE HERALD-TIMES | COMICS

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE by Lynn Johnston

DILBERT by Scott Adams

DEAR ABBY

ZITS by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

Unborn daughter will be taught

to ignore grandpas old ideas
DOGS OF C-KENNEL by Mick & Mason Mastroianni

AGNES by Tony Cochran

SPEED BUMP by Dave Coverly

LOCKHORNS by Bunny Hoest & John Reiner

FAMILY CIRCUS by Bil Keane

DEAR ABBY: Over the years I have

come to realize that my father-in-law
is condescending toward women. He
expects his wife will do all the cooking,
cleaning and housework despite the fact
that she has a demanding, full-time job and
he doesnt work outside the home.
When we go to dinner over there, it is
expected that the women will clean up
and do the dishes while the men sit and
talk at the table. I have never seen him lift a
finger to help, and he frequently makes demeaning comments about his
wifes cooking, among
other things. He considers himself an expert
on everything and frequently interrupts people (mostly women) to
prove he knows better.
Jeanne
His behavior is rude and
Phillips
I am offended by it.
I am pregnant with SYNDICATED
my first child a daugh- COLUMNIST
ter and Im concerned
about her growing up in this atmosphere.
I dont want her raised thinking that men
know better than women and that women
are supposed to wait on men. My husband
doesnt want to confront his father over
this. How do we handle the situation?
FIRST-CLASS CITIZEN IN FLORIDA
DEAR FIRST-CLASS: It appears your
husband is as cowed by his father as your
mother-in-law is or this wouldnt be happening. He could have put a stop to it years
ago by simply getting up from the table and
helping you and his mom clear the dishes
while Dad kept himself company.
If you prefer your little girl not grow up
in an atmosphere like this, see less of your
in-laws. Be sure to tell your MIL why. And
if you must subject your daughter to her
grandfathers presence, point out to her
that Gramps acts this way because his
thinking is outdated. Explain that it is his
attempt to make himself feel important,
even if he isnt.

DEAR ABBY: While waiting for my chemotherapy to finish along with two other
patients (all three of us have little time
left), one of them made a comment about
his wife. She was sitting next to him as a
visitor, continuously using her cellphone.
He said, She always plays games or
talks on her phone while I just sit here!
He looked so sad.
I understand, because my husband does
the same thing and has for years. Yesterday morning, my husband came out of
the bedroom and said, How are you this
morning? I turned around and asked, Are
you talking to me?
It took a moment for me to realize he
was actually addressing me and not someone on the other end of the phone. How
sad! NEAR THE END
DEAR NEAR: I agree that its sad. Your
spouses will have the rest of their lives
to regret the meaningful conversations
they missed having, and the important
things that were left unsaid because they
were too busy hiding from reality on their
cellphones.
TO MY READERS: A very merry Christmas to you all!
(Editors Note: This column was written for publication on Christmas Day, but The Herald-Times did not
put out a print edition on that holiday).
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also
known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by
her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby
at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los
Angeles, CA 90069.
Good advice for everyone teens to seniors is
in The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It.
To order, send your name and mailing address, plus
check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear
Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL
61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in
the price.)

ALDER ON BRIDGE
By Phillip Alder
Newspaper Enterprise Association

YESTERDAYS SCRABBLE SOLUTION

First of all, I wish all of my readers a

very happy holiday season.
When you have a few minutes -- or
more? -- to spare, enter my annual
Christmas Competition.
1. South is in four hearts. West leads the
diamond 10. How should South plan the
play? Do not be influenced by these EastWest hands. When the answer is given on
January 22, they will change.
2. After East opens one diamond, suggest
a bidding sequence.
3. Look only at the East hand. After
opening one diamond, what should he rebid
when West responds (a) one heart; (b) one
spade; (c) one no-trump; (d) two clubs; (e)
two no-trump, balanced, no four-card major, game-invitational; (f) three spades, a
splinter bid showing good diamond support, at least game-going values and a singleton or void in spades.
4. Look only at the South hand. North
opens one club, South responds one heart,
and North rebids (a) one spade; (b) two diamonds; (c) two no-trump. What should
South do now?
5. Look only at the West hand. South opens
one no-trump (15-17), and North raises to
three no-trump. What should West lead?
6. Look only at the North hand. South
opens two hearts, a sane weak two-bid.
What should North do?

Mail your entry to Phillip Alder, c/o

Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut Street,
Kansas City, MO 64106 to arrive by
January 20, 2016. Or e-mail it to
phillip@bridgeforeveryone.com.
Please take as read all of the usual
disclaimers, and remember that this is
primarily for fun.

5FCPCQQMKCRFGLEDMPCTCPWMLC&KHFNRQOLQHRUFDOO

YROXQWHHU

COMICS | THE HERALD-TIMES | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015 | B11

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE by Lynn Johnston

DILBERT by Scott Adams

ZITS by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

DEAR ABBY

Offhand comment about weight

still stings many months later
DOGS OF C-KENNEL by Mick & Mason Mastroianni

AGNES by Tony Cochran

SPEED BUMP by Dave Coverly

LOCKHORNS by Bunny Hoest & John Reiner

FAMILY CIRCUS by Bil Keane

DEAR ABBY: I recently went on a cruise

with several other women. I was friendly
with one of them, but didnt know the
others.
I am overweight. One of the other
women, Dolores, was also overweight,
heavier than me, in fact. Shes very proud
of being Christian, but she made the comment, in front of several other people,
that she didnt mind going places with
me because with me around she didnt
feel so fat.
I was so stunned I remained silent.
Actually, I was afraid
that if I spoke Id say too
much, but I felt very hurt
and ashamed.
Even though I have
tried to ignore it, this has
bothered me for months
and I dont know what
to do.
Should I say some- Jeanne
thing to Dolores or con- Phillips
tinue to ignore it? I dont SYNDICATED
really want to be friends COLUMNIST
with her now because I
dont know what kind of
snide remark may come out of her mouth
next. And I certainly dont want to go anywhere with her again. TAKEN ABACK
IN TEXAS
DEAR TAKEN ABACK: When mankind
was created, a delete button should have
been installed at the end of our tongues.
However, its possible our creator thought
common sense would suffice. Obviously, Dolores was elsewhere when it was
handed out.
While her comment was tactless, it says
far more about how she feels about herself
than it does about you. Because this is still
bothering you, I dont think it would be at
all out of line for you to tell her how hurtful
her comment was.

into an international college and need to

take these classes to get noticed. Im just
over a month in, and Im losing it.
I have a job, I play soccer and Im the
lead in a school production. On top of
that, I have an insane workload I wasnt
prepared for and Im trying to cope with
discovering that Im not straight.
With everything going on, Ive been
having meltdowns nearly every day. I leave
class sometimes just to hide in the bathroom. I spend hours doing homework and
still dont get everything done I need to.
Last year, four or five of my classmates
left school because of mental breakdowns
in this program. Im afraid Im burning
out, too.
What should I do? Should I drop out
of the program or seek help? SCARED
AND STRESSED IN NEW YORK
DEAR SCARED: The first thing to do
is talk about all of this with a counselor at
your school. If you are at the point where
you must leave class and hide, you need
more help than I can offer in a letter. If
counseling is available, or your course
load can be modified, you should go in
that direction.
But dropping out should be your last
resort and only after having discussed it
with your parents and your counselor,
because there may be other options.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also
known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by
her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby
at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los
Angeles, CA 90069.

For everything you need to know about wedding

planning, order How to Have a Lovely Wedding.
Send your name and mailing address, plus check
or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby,
DEAR ABBY: Im 17 and just started my Wedding Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL
junior year. Im in an advanced program 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in
that my school offers because I want to get the price.)

ALDER ON BRIDGE
By Phillip Alder
Newspaper Enterprise Association

YESTERDAYS SCRABBLE SOLUTION

Stirling Moss, an Englishman who won

16 Formula One grand prix races, said,
"I was taught that everything is attainable if
you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to
get it."
That can apply at the bridge table. If you
sacrifice a trick at the right moment, you
will make a contract that would otherwise
have failed.
In this deal, which trick should South
sacrifice and when? He is in four hearts,
and West leads the spade queen.
South had a close decision with his opening bid. He was strong for one heart and a
tad weak for two clubs (which would have
promised at least nine winners with an unbalanced hand). And here, if he had rebid three
no-trump, that would have worked well.
South starts with four possible losers:
one in each suit. (If he has two trump losers, he is surely going down.) However, if
the club finesse wins, that will probably
end all problems. Also, East might have
king-doubleton of hearts. But is there any
chance if both of those kings are offside?
Now count winners. Declarer has two
spades, five hearts, one diamond and two
clubs. Hey -- that's 10. So, as long as South
does not lose four tricks first, he has the
winners to get home. He just needs to sacrifice a trick at the right moment.

BACKPACK

BUDDIES
Backpack Buddies
provides weekend food
for 225 local children
and their families.

He must win the first trick in his hand

with the spade king. Then he cashes the
club ace and continues with the club queen,
giving up on the finesse.
Here, West takes the trick and plays another spade. Declarer wins with dummy's
ace and discards his low diamond or low
spade on the club jack. Then he tries the
trump finesse for an overtrick.

Help a family in need.

Donate today!
@V\JHUOLSWI`IYPUNPUNUVUWLYPZOHISL
JHUULKHUKKY`NVVKZ[V;OL/LYHSK;PTLZH[
 :V\[O>HSU\[:[YLL[PU)SVVTPUN[VU
0[LTZULLKLKPUJS\KLWLHU\[I\[[LYIV_LK
TLHSZJHUULKWV\JO[\UHVYJOPJRLUNYHUVSHMY\P[
IHYZPUZ[HU[W\KKPUNJHUULK]LNL[HISLZZV\WZ
KYPLKMY\P[HUPTHSJYHJRLYZSPNO[WVWJVYUYPJL
VH[TLHSWYL[aLSZWHZ[HHUKWHZ[HZH\JLHUK
ZTHSSJHUZVMWYV[LPUYPJOMVVKZL[J

*VTT\UP[`2P[JOLU
6-46596,*6<5;@

B12 | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015 | THE HERALD-TIMES | HEALTH

Cardiac arrest warnings ignored?

Associated Press

WASHINGTON Sudden cardiac arrest may not

always be so sudden: New
research suggests a lot of
people may ignore potentially life-saving warning
signs hours, days, even a few
weeks before they collapse.
Cardiac arrest claims
about 350,000 U.S. lives a
year. Its not a heart attack,
but worse: The heart abruptly stops beating, its electrical activity knocked out of
rhythm. CPR can buy critical time, but so few patients
survive that its been hard
to tell if the longtime medical belief is correct that its
a strike with little or no
advance warning.
An unusual study that
has closely tracked sudden
cardiac arrest in Portland,
Oregon, for over a decade
got around that roadblock,
using interviews with witnesses, family and friends
after patients collapse and
tracking down their medical records.
About half of middleaged patients for whom
symptom information
could be found had experienced warning signs, mostly chest pain or shortness of
breath, in the month before
suffering a cardiac arrest,
researchers reported this
week. The research offers
the possibility of one day
preventing some cardiac
arrests if doctors could
figure out how to find and
treat the people most at
risk.
By the time the 911 call
is made, its much too late
for at least 90 percent of
people, said Dr. Sumeet
Chugh of the Cedars-Sinai
Heart Institute in Los
Angeles, who led the study
reported in Annals of Internal Medicine. Theres this
window of opportunity
that we really didnt know
existed.
Importantly, a fraction
of patients considered their
symptoms bad enough to
call 911 before they collapsed, and they were most
likely to survive.
Thats a reminder to the
public not to ignore possible signs of heart trouble
in hopes theyre just indigestion, said University
of Pittsburgh emergency
medicine specialist Dr. Clifton Callaway, who wasnt
involved in Mondays study
but praised it.
Chest pain, shortness of
breath those are things
you should come in the
middle of the night to the
emergency department
and get checked out, said
Callaway, who chairs the
American Heart Associations emergency care
committee. We strongly
recommend you dont try
to ride it out at home.
Previous heart attacks,
coronary heart disease, and
certain inherited disorders
that affect heartbeat all can
increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest. People
known to be at high risk
may receive an implanted
defibrillator to shock the
heart back into rhythm. But
cardiac arrest is such a public health problem that the
Institute of Medicine last
summer urged a national
campaign to teach CPR, so
more bystanders know how
to help.
Mondays data from the
Oregon Sudden Unexpected Death Study examined
records for nearly 1,100
people ages 35 to 65 who
suffered a cardiac arrest
between 2002 and 2012.
For about a quarter of
patients, researchers could
find no information about
whether they experienced
symptoms making it
impossible to say just how
common warning signs
really are.
But of the remaining
839 patients, half had
evidence of at least one
symptom in the previous
month, the study found. For
most, the symptoms began
within 24 hours of their
collapse, although some
came a week before and a

few up to a month. Chest

pain was most common in
men, while women were
more likely to experience
shortness of breath. Other
symptoms included fainting and heart palpitations.
Chugh had no way to
determine symptom severity. But only 19 percent of
patients called 911 about

symptoms, mostly people

with already diagnosed
heart disease or who were
having recurrent symptoms. Their survival was
32 percent, compared with
6 percent for other patients.
Partly thats because a fifth
of those 911 callers had their
cardiac arrest in the ambulance on the way to the

hospital.
Stay tuned: The study
is just the start of more
research to better predict
who is at highest risk for
cardiac arrest, and determine how to target them
NICK UT | ASSOCIATED PRESS
without panicking people
whod do fine with general Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is seen in Los Angeles in 2008. New
heart disease treatment, research shows a lot of people ignore warning signs of sudden
Chugh cautioned.
cardiac arrest in the days and weeks before they collapse.

  








 





" 40 $"

$/




/"0 0-

0{




 




 
      

  

 
 
  

 





 
 


    
   


 

 

  


 
 
 
  

 4 8BMOVU 4U t #MPPNJOHUPO