Tuesday, December 30, 2025

News On The Horizon 12/30/2025

Hoops HD Daily Rundown – Tuesday, Dec 30th--Hoops HD

NEWS AND NOTES:

-Another Under the Radar surprise was Wright State beating Oakland, and doing so rather handily 88-73. At no point did it seem like Wright State was not in control of that game.

Handing out the Hardware: All-conference players of 2025 (Part 1 of 2)--Hoops HD

Horizon
G: Brody Robinson (Oakland)
G: Mikale Stevenson (Purdue Fort Wayne)
F: DeSean Goode (Robert Morris)
F: Dayan Nessah (Cleveland State)
F: Isaac Garrett (Oakland)
POYSF: Brody Robinson (Oakland)



Cleveland State Men's Basketball Takes Down IU Indy, 99-86--csuvikings.com

Listless Vikings Fall to Youngstown State: Five Observations--HoriZone Roundtable
Catching Up With Former CSU Players--HoriZone Roundtable
Cleveland State Women’s Basketball Drops 70-63 Contest Against YSU--csuvikings.com



Titans Drop Penguins To Move To 3-1 In The #HLMBB--detroittitans.com

Titans' Fourth Quarter Rally Comes Up Short in Upset to Rochester Christian--detroittitans.com



ICE COLD JAGUARS FALL ON THE ROAD AT CLEVELAND STATE, 99-86--iuindyjags.com

JAGUARS ROAR LATE IN 58-49 HOME WIN--iuindyjags.com



UWM uses huge rebounding edge to remain undefeated in Horizon League--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Defense Keys Dominant 77-55 Victory Over Purdue Fort Wayne--mkepanthers.com
Panthers And Badgers Renew Rivalry For First Time Since 2019--mkepanthers.com

Milwaukee Unable to Keep Pace as IU Indy Pulls Away Late--mkepanthers.com



Men’s Basketball closes out 2025 with a bang, hangs on for road win over RMU--nkunorse.com

How Name, Image and Likeness have changed the college athletics landscape--The Northerner

Women’s Basketball takes down league-leading Purdue Fort Wayne in overtime thriller--nkunorse.com



Sluggish Start Dooms Oakland in 88-73 Loss at Wright State--HoriZone Roundtable
Robinson Pours in 27, Houge Adds Double-Double in Loss at Wright State--goldengrizzlies.com

Luehring's Last Second Steal and Score Stamps Golden Grizzlies' First Conference Win of Season over Colonials--goldengrizzlies.com



Men’s Hoops Falls on the Road at Milwaukee--gomastodons.com
Kids Free on New Year's Day vs. Green Bay--gomastodons.com

Nelson Reaches 2,500 Career Points in Overtime Loss to NKU--gomastodons.com



Robert Morris comes out on short end of close game vs. Northern Kentucky--Tribune-Review
2025 in Pittsburgh college sports: Penn State football tries to recover from implosion--Tribune-Review

RMU goes dancing

One of the best Pittsburgh college sports stories in 2025 was Robert Morris men’s basketball making the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015.

In Year 6 after joining the Horizon League, coach Andy Toole led the Colonials to a 26-9 (15-5) record, conference tournament championship and automatic berth into March Madness.

Robert Morris, coming off a ninth-place finish in-league a year prior, assembled a largely new team, which jelled well together and helped tie the school record for single-season wins.

Alvaro Folgueiras won Horizon League Player of the Year, Amarion Dickerson was named Defensive Player of the Year and Toole earned Coach of the Year honors.

No. 15 Robert Morris took on No. 2 Alabama in Cleveland, going punch for punch with the high-octane Crimson Tide before falling 90-81 in the Round of 64.

Under Toole, the Colonials were regular contenders in the Northeast Conference, but since 2020-21, had struggled to find a footing in the more competitive Horizon League.

After last season, and a strong start to 2025-26 — with another largely new roster — Robert Morris looks to maintain a renewed standard on the hardwood.

Robert Morris Drops Close Contest to Fast-Paced Northern Kentucky--Robert Morris Sports Now
RMU Men’s Basketball Falls to Northern Kentucky, 79-77--rmucolonials.com


Colonials Drop Heartbreaker to Oakland at Home--rmucolonials.com



Wright State basketball: Callaghan’s 3’s, sharp offense lead to victory--Dayton Daily News
Career nights for Burch, Callaghan lead Raiders to 15-point win--wsuraiders.com



YSU comes out cold in loss to Titans--Tribune Chronicle
Four Reach Double Figures in Loss to Detroit Mercy--ysusports.com

Hernandez steps up, posts career-high in YSU’s win at Cleveland State--Tribune Chronicle
Hernandez Nets Career High as Penguins Top Cleveland State 70-63--ysusports.com
YSU Starts Four-Game Homestand, Hosts Salem for New Year’s Eve Matinee--ysusports.com



#HLMBB Notebook – Dec. 30, 2025--The Horizon League

#HLWBB Notebook – Dec. 30, 2025--The Horizon League

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