Saturday, December 13, 2025

News On The Horizon 12/13/2025


Cleveland State Women's Basketball Returns To Action By Hosting Niagara--csuvikings.com



Detroit Mercy Looks To Extend Winning Streak To Four Straight--detroittitans.com



UConn headlines a light Friday of College Basketball--Busting Brackets

The Thursday slate of games wasn’t incredible, but there were two results I want to talk about.  Green Bay, coached by podcast host Doug Gottlieb, finally got its first Horizon League win this season.  As much as I hate to admit this, Coach Gottlieb has built a competitive roster in the Horizon League.  CJ O’ Hara and Preston Reudinger have been huge reasons for the resurgence of the Green Bay program.

UWGB basketball rips redshirt off ex-Kaukauna star Keegan Van Kauwenberg--Green Bay Press-Gazette
Big Games from Thomas, O'Hara and Ruedinger lead Green Bay over IU Indianapolis 85-75--greenbayphoenix.com



IU Indianapolis faces defamation claim from former basketball coach--The Campus Citizen
JAGUARS DROP HOME DECISION TO BALANCED GREEN BAY SQUAD--iuindyjags.com



Milwaukee Hosts Ripon at Klotsche Center on Sunday--mkepanthers.com



Stellar first half wasn’t enough as NKU women’s basketball falls to 21st-ranked Ohio State--The Northerner
Women’s Basketball falls on road to #21 Ohio State--nkunorse.com



Golden Grizzlies Travel to Cedar Falls to Take on Northern Iowa in Non-Conference--goldengrizzlies.com

Women's Basketball Begins Four-Game Road Stretch with Showdown Against Ramblers--goldengrizzlies.com



Mastodons Welcome Detroit Mercy on Sunday--gomastodons.com

Mastodons Withstand Abnormal Milwaukee Three-Point Parade--HoriZone Roundtable
NIU Visits Mastodon WBB For Horizon League Preview--gomastodons.com



Week 6 Weekend Watchlist--Basket Under Review

Saturday, December 13

C Games

#154 Toledo at #179 Robert Morris (-1), 1 PM ET, ESPN+.

There aren’t many teams with as radical of a differential between their efficiency on each end of the floor than Toledo. Tod Kowalczyk’s teams have always leaned more towards the offensive side, but it has reached a fever pitch over the last three seasons. Including this year, his teams have averaged ranking ~63rd in adjusted offense and ~304th in adjusted defense. For this year, in particular, the Rockets rely heavily on their starting lineup; they are one of only six teams in the country with five players at over 50% of minutes played while recording usage rates over 19% in Division I games.

On the flip side, Robert Morris has been the epitome of balance, rating 187th in offense and 183rd in defense. The Colonials also have distinct areas in which they have thrived and struggled. On the plus side, they are excellent on the offensive glass, plus rate in the upper half of the country in 2P% and 3P% on both ends of the floor. On the downside, they both turn the ball over and don’t force turnovers, as well as rank sub-350th in FTA/FGA offense and defense. For the season, opponents are making 9.3 more free throws per game.

Thankfully for Robert Morris, the free-throw game might not decide this one. Toledo already doesn’t send teams to the line (5th in FTA/FGA allowed), and it isn’t great at drawing fouls (287th), either. A key for RMU will be slowing down Toledo’s transition attack. The Rockets attempt 21.3% of shots in transition in their wins, as opposed to 16.9% in losses.

On the other end, Toledo will look to limit RMU’s offensive rebounding. The Rockets have struggled to get initial stops this season, and allowing second-chances when they do are killers. Toledo is 0-3 when allowing an OR% over 35% this season, while RMU has reached that mark in eight of 11 games. - Lukas Harkins

RMU Men’s Basketball Hosts Toledo--rmucolonials.com


RMU Women's Basketball Welcomes Cal (Pa.) for Saturday Showdown--rmucolonials.com



Wright State basketball: Cooper off to hot start, playing ‘far beyond his years’--Dayton Daily News
Wright State basketball: For Sargent, some traits and stats mean more than others--Dayton Daily News
Raiders back on the road for Saturday matchup at Marshall--wsuraiders.com

Raiders Slip at Canisius Friday Night--wsuraiders.com



Capsules--Tribune Chronicle

YSU announces Hall of Fame class

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown State will induct a class of five former student-athletes and a long-time contributor into the YSU Athletics Hall of Fame in February.

The class of 2025 features Marta Burak (women’s tennis), Danielle Curry (women’s track and field), Dr. Ray Duffett (contributor), Phil Klein (baseball), Eric Rupe (men’s cross country and track and field), and Heidi Schlegel (women’s basketball).

Schlegel, who played from 2010-15, was a two-time All-Horizon League selection in 2013-14 and 2014-15. She ranks fourth on the all-time scoring list with 1,729 points, and her 621 points in 2013-14 rank fifth on the single-season chart, while her 584 in 2014-15 is eighth. Schlegel’s 20.0 ppg average in 2013-14 ranks eighth in a single season. Her 14.5 career-scoring average ranks 10th all-time, she ranks eighth all-time with 796 career rebounds and seventh all-time with 25 double-doubles.

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