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Indiana State Sycamores vs. Valparaiso Beacons: How to watch NCAA Basketball online, TV channel, live stream info, start time
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Valparaiso Beacons @ Indiana State Sycamores
Current Records: Valparaiso 6-17, Indiana State 20-3
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Indiana State and the Beacons are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2019, but not for long. Both teams will face off in a Missouri Valley battle at 7:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Hulman Center. Valparaiso is crawling into this contest hobbled by four consecutive losses, while Indiana State will bounce in with seven consecutive wins.
Even though Indiana State has not done well against the Bulldogs recently (they were 2-8 in their previous ten matchups), they didn’t let the past get in their way on Saturday. The Sycamores walked away with a 75-67 victory over the Bulldogs.
Indiana State got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Robbie Avila out in front who shot 4-for-6 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Ryan Conwell, who scored 21 points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, the point spread may have favored Valparaiso on Saturday, but the final result did not. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 63-62 to the Aces.
Despite their loss, Valparaiso saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Cooper Schwieger, who scored 22 points, was perhaps the best of all. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaxon Edwards, who scored ten points along with four steals and two blocks.
The Sycamores pushed their record up to 20-3 with that win, which was their tenth straight at home. They’ve been dominating during the matches in that stretch too, as they’ve won by an average of 24.6 points. As for the Beacons, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost 15 of their last 17 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-17 record this season.
This contest is shaping up to be a blowout: Indiana State just can’t miss this season, having made 50.6% of their shots per game (they’re ranked fourth in field goal percentage overall). It’s a different story for Valparaiso, though, as they’ve only made 41.1% of their shots this season. Given Indiana State’s sizable advantage in that area, the Beacons will need to find a way to close that gap.
Everything went Indiana State’s way against the Beacons in their previous meeting back in February of 2023 as the Sycamores made off with a 84-62 win. Will Indiana State repeat their success, or do the Beacons have a better game plan this time around? We’ll find out soon enough.
Series History
Indiana State and Valparaiso both have 5 wins in their last 10 games.
- Feb 08, 2023 – Indiana State 84 vs. Valparaiso 62
- Jan 01, 2023 – Indiana State 68 vs. Valparaiso 50
- Feb 05, 2022 – Valparaiso 79 vs. Indiana State 72
- Jan 22, 2022 – Valparaiso 75 vs. Indiana State 73
- Feb 27, 2021 – Valparaiso 70 vs. Indiana State 58
- Feb 26, 2021 – Indiana State 58 vs. Valparaiso 43
- Feb 29, 2020 – Indiana State 71 vs. Valparaiso 58
- Jan 18, 2020 – Valparaiso 86 vs. Indiana State 77
- Mar 07, 2019 – Valparaiso 77 vs. Indiana State 55
- Feb 13, 2019 – Indiana State 87 vs. Valparaiso 82
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Fewer Christmas cards are being sent these days — a 2024 poll found 6 in 10 adults received fewer, and 3 in 10 planned to skip sending them altogether. Gen Z may be moving away from the tradition, but many still keep cards as sentimental keepsakes.
LAFAYETTE, IN — Hopes for a white Christmas are fading quickly in Indiana.
“I know earlier in the month we were thinking we might have a higher chance of a white Christmas,” National Weather Service meteorologist Cody Moore said, “but unfortunately, I have some bad news for you. A lot of long-range guidance has been consistent showing a pattern on Christmas Day featuring much warmer than normal temperatures for the region and the chance for some rainfall.
“It does look like we’ll be above average, temperatures at least in the 40s, maybe 50s,” Moore said on Wednesday, just three days after subzero temperatures pummeled the area.
With still eight days until Christmas, the forecasts closer to Dec. 25 might bump the expected high temps up even into the 60s, Moore said.
Normal temperatures this time of year for Lafayette are 36 for a high and 22 for a low.
“It looks like you might be able to keep your heavy winter jackets in the closet for now,” Moore said.
How will a Christmas with temperatures in the 40s, 50s or even 60s compare to Christmases past?
In 1982, Lafayette’s record-warm Christmas was 64 degrees. Its record cold temperature was 12 below zero in 2000.
So now that the dreams of a white Christmas appear dashed, what about January or February?
The Climate Prediction Center published a three-month forecast in November, and an update is expected in the next couple of days.
But last month, center’s forecast for January, February and March was for Hoosiers to have an equal chance of above and/or below average temperatures.
“We’ll see how that translates with the storm track,” Moore said.
The Climate Prediction Center forecasts warmer than normal temperatures in the southern United States and below normal temperatures in the Northern Plains.
“That puts the storm track right through Indiana, which makes sense because the Climate Prediction Center has Indiana as a bullseye for a pattern favoring above-normal precipitation,” Moore said. Temperatures will decide whether that precipitation falls as rain or snow — or ice or freezing rain.
Reach Ron Wilkins at rwilkins@jconline.com. Follow on Twitter: @RonWilkins2.
Former UConn forward, NBC Sports broadcaster Donny Marshall knows a thing or two about talented UConn guards.
The former Husky played for legendary coach Jim Calhoun and was teammates with the fifth pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, 10-time NBA All-Star Ray Allen. Watching UConn play against Butler on Tuesday night, Marshall said he sees a lot of Allen in reigning Indiana Mr. Basketball Braylon Mullins.
Mullins made the second start of his career against the Bulldogs. The former Greenfield-Central star missed UConn’s first six games of the regular season with an injury, but the 6-foot-6 guard is quickly coming into his own and showing why he’s a projected lottery pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.
Against Butler, Mullins showed off his sweet jump shot, going 2 for 5 from 3-point range. He finished with 12 points, three rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one steal.
“He’s a scorer,” Butler coach Thad Matta said of Mullins. “He’s got a scorer’s mentality. He gets his shot off quick. They move him around and create some angles for him. Obviously, he’s a heck of a player.”
Mullins did most of his damage in the first half, scoring eight of his 12 points before halftime. The former five-star recruit was the highest-ranked player in UConn’s 2025 class. Butler’s top-ranked recruit, Azavier “Stink” Robinson isn’t the NBA prospect Mullins is, but he held his own after a shaky start to the game.
Robinson has been thrust into the starting lineup with starter Jalen Jackson out for the season with an ankle injury. Robinson looked out of sorts at times in the first half, going scoreless with two assists and a turnover. In the second half, Matta moved him off the ball, giving him catch-and-shoot looks, and opportunities to drive to the basket without worrying about running the offense.
The former Lawrence North star responded with one of the better halves of his career, scoring 10 points on 3 for 6 shooting, including 2 for 5 from 3 to go along with two rebounds, one assist, one steal and one turnover.
Facing a veteran team like UConn, nothing comes easy. UConn’s guards harass ball handlers and getting into an offensive set is not easy. This time last year, Robinson was still in high school and, on most nights, the most athletic player on the court. Playing a UConn team where the goal is a national championship, Robinson was forced to grow, and he did not back down from the challenge in the second half.
“He’s coming along,” Matta said of Robinson. “That’s the first Big East road game of his career against maybe the best team in the country. It tells you how tough he is. He’s resilient. He keeps going.”
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