BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — When staff captain and beginning linebacker Cam Jones went down with a foot harm within the Nebraska sport on Oct. 1, somebody wanted to return to the rescue, and quick. Enter redshirt senior linebacker Aaron Casey.
“An incredible instance of once you lose anyone so proficient and so precious as Cam Jones, you need anyone else to step up,” Indiana coach Tom Allen stated.
“Aaron Casey has been right here. Had a very disappointing season final 12 months. He knew that. We met and challenged him. He actually attacked this complete low season.”
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Oct 15, 2022; Bloomington, Indiana, USA; Maryland Terrapins operating again Roman Hemby (24) is flipped by Indiana Hoosiers linebacker Aaron Casey (44) in the course of the second half at Memorial Stadium.
Final season, Casey appeared in all 12 video games and totaled 25 tackles, however tallied no interceptions or sacks. He made his first begin of his profession versus Rutgers and totaled eight tackles however by no means matched that efficiency or got here shut the rest of the season.
“You consider Aaron Casey, a man final 12 months who in all probability didn’t carry out in addition to some had hoped and contribute the way in which that he had hoped,” defensive coordinator Chad Wilt stated.
“(Now) each week, each month, you simply see his confidence rising.”
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With Jones out, Casey shifted from mike to stinger linebacker seeming unbothered by the adjustment. Jones nonetheless ranks second on the staff with 54 whole tackles, however Casey surpassed the injured participant with 66 and counting.
“He is actually hit this factor in stride,” Wilt stated. “It hasn’t actually fazed him bumping over and altering the positions.”
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Not solely is Casey main the staff in whole tackles, however he is additionally third within the Massive Ten with 42 solo tackles, fourth with 1.5 sacks and seventh with 66 whole tackles, an enormous change of tempo from final season.
Indiana’s Aaron Casey (44) pressures Maryland’s Taulia Tagovailoa (3) in the course of the Indiana versus Maryland soccer sport at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022.
“I am simply so pleased with him for the way he is responded,” Allen stated. “Probably not shocked. I’ve all the time believed within the child. I assumed he was a very proficient participant. We took him as a highschool security to develop right into a linebacker. He brings athleticism to that place.”
Allen stated Casey has nice size and is robust, robust and might run. He used to lack confidence however has now developed into a frontrunner much like Jones.
In the meantime, simply because Jones is on the sidelines doesn’t suggest he is inactive. Wilt stated the coaches give Jones a script for every observe. He sits in on each assembly taking notes and is all the time mentally engaged.
Wilt stated he is seen gamers try after they’re injured since they don’t seem to be in a position to bodily play. Not Jones. He is staying forward of the curve ready to be put again within the sport all on the mercy of his week-to-week restoration course of.
Up subsequent the Hoosiers will face Penn State inside Memorial Stadium on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET following a bye week. It is unsure if Jones will probably be again out on the turf, however one factor’s for sure. Casey will probably be stepping up as soon as once more.
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“It is a man that is going to proceed to be an enormous a part of what we do right here,” Wilt stated.
“He is been enormous for us,” Allen stated.
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Indiana Fever (8-12, 6-7 Eastern Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (10-6, 6-4 Western Conference)
Las Vegas; Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. EDT
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BOTTOM LINE: Las Vegas Aces plays the Indiana Fever after Jackie Young scored 26 points in the Las Vegas Aces’ 88-77 victory against the Washington Mystics.
The Aces have gone 5-4 at home. Las Vegas ranks sixth in the WNBA with 19.8 assists per game. Kelsey Plum leads the Aces averaging 5.1.
The Fever are 4-8 on the road. Indiana is fourth in the WNBA with 20.1 assists per game led by Caitlin Clark averaging 6.9.
Las Vegas is shooting 44.5% from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points lower than the 44.9% Indiana allows to opponents. Indiana averages 81.1 points per game, 3.0 fewer than the 84.1 Las Vegas gives up.
The teams square off Tuesday for the first time this season.
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TOP PERFORMERS: A’ja Wilson is averaging 26.9 points, 11.1 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 2.3 blocks for the Aces.
NaLyssa Smith is averaging 11.8 points and 7.5 rebounds for the Fever.
LAST 10 GAMES: Aces: 6-4, averaging 88.5 points, 33.5 rebounds, 19.0 assists, 6.2 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 86.1 points per game.
Fever: 6-4, averaging 83.8 points, 33.9 rebounds, 21.3 assists, 5.7 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 46.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 86.2 points.
INJURIES: Aces: Kierstan Bell: out (leg).
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Fever: None listed.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Caitlin Clark broke an Indiana Fever rookie record with half of the WNBA season still to go.
The No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft notched her 129th assist in a game against the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, June 30. The helping hand came on a well-run pick-and-roll with center Aliyah Boston.
After Boston set a screen for a rapidly advancing Clark, the rising star found Boston as she peeled away and ran toward the basket. The end result was an easy layup for Boston and Clark’s new record.
Clark’s record is only within the Fever organization, and specifically for rookies, but she’s playing well enough to avoid needing any qualifiers. Her average of 6.6 assists per game is good for 4th-best in the entire league. She’s on pace to blow past the Fever’s all-time single-season assists record – 201, set just last year by Erica Wheeler – before the season is out.
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Clark brought newfound attention to the WNBA after setting the NCAA record for points scored in basketball, men or women’s. She led her Iowa Hawkeyes to two straight NCAA championship games in 2023 and 2024, which they lost to the LSU Tigers and South Carolina Gamecocks, respectively.
At the first of those two championships, a seeming rivalry was born between Clark and her superstar counterpart on the Tigers: Angel Reese. While the pair have long denied that there’s any rivalry between them, games where Clark’s Fever play Reese’s Chicago Sky set ticket price and TV viewership records. Reese denied the rivalry in an interview in March.
“I don’t think people realize it’s not personal,” Reese said. “Once we get out between those lines, if I see you walking down the street, it’s like, ‘Hey, girl, what’s up? Let’s hang out.’ I think people just take it like we hate each other. Me and Caitlin Clark don’t hate each other. I want everybody to understand that.”
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Clark agreed earlier this month, speaking during a post-game press conference.
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“I’m pretty sure the only people that view this as a rivalry is all of you,” she said. “Like, to us it’s just a game of basketball.”
Reese set a rookie record on June 23 in a game against Clark when she recorded her eighth-straight double-double. She broke the single-season WNBA record for consecutive double-doubles on June 30 when she managed a 10th straight double-double. Prior to her 10-point, 16-rebound performance, she was tied with two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker.
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GRIFFITH, Ind. (WLS) — A fireworks incident left seven people injured and several houses and vehicles damaged in Northwest Indiana on Saturday night, police said.
Griffith police said officers were dispatched to the 900-block of North Arbogast Street at about 9:30 p.m.
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It appears that a private fireworks show at home there had an accidental malfunction, injuring seven people and damaging four houses and 10 vehicles, police said.
Information about the ages and conditions of those injured was not immediately available.
Police are investigating the incident and asked anyone with information to contact them at 219-924-7503. Anonymous tips can be left by calling 219-922-3085.
