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Yahoo
10 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Jaraan Cornell, South Bend Clay and Purdue basketball legend, dies at 48
SOUTH BEND ― Jaraan Cornell, who authored one of the greatest shots in IHSAA state basketball history for Clay High School, died unexpectedly Friday, June 6, at the age of 48. The details surrounding his death are unknown, but multiple sources confirmed to the South Bend Tribune that his body was found in his apartment Friday morning. Advertisement Noie column: Friday was a bad day after the loss of a good one in South Bend boys basketball More: 30 years ago South Bend Clay made HS basketball history. What the team is saying today Cornell was a star for the South Bend Clay boys basketball team in the 1990s. He hit one of the defining shots in state history during the 1994 state championship game, draining a '3' as time expired in regulation to force overtime. Clay went onto beat Valparaiso, 93-88, in overtime in one of the final title games on the one-class era. Jaraan Cornell celebrates hitting the tying shot at the buzzer as South Bend Clay went on to defeat No. 1 Valparaiso in overtime for the 1994 state championship. Cornell was a sophomore on the 1994 team. He would be named an Indiana All-Star and finished third in the Mr. Basketball award voting in 1996. He then had a decorated playing career at Purdue University, including back-to-back third team all-Big Ten selections in 1998 and 1999. He was named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary team in 2021. Advertisement Cornell returned to South Bend later in life, becoming a basketball coach. He spent the 2013 and 2014 seasons leading the Clay girls basketball program and was still active in the hoops scene in town. This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Legendary South Bend Clay basketball player Jaraan Cornell dies at 48
Indianapolis Star
2 days ago
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Purdue basketball and South Bend Clay legend Jaraan Cornell dies at 48
SOUTH BEND ― Jaraan Cornell, who authored one of the greatest shots in IHSAA state basketball history for Clay High School, died unexpectedly Friday, June 6, at the age of 48. The details surrounding his death are unknown, but multiple sources confirmed to the South Bend Tribune that his body was found in his apartment Friday morning. Noie column: Friday was a bad day after the loss of a good one in South Bend boys basketball More: 30 years ago South Bend Clay made HS basketball history. What the team is saying today Cornell was a star for the South Bend Clay boys basketball team in the 1990s. He hit one of the defining shots in state history during the 1994 state championship game, draining a '3' as time expired in regulation to force overtime. Clay went onto beat Valparaiso, 93-88, in overtime in one of the final title games on the one-class era. Cornell was a sophomore on the 1994 team. He would be named an Indiana All-Star and finished third in the Mr. Basketball award voting in 1996. He then had a decorated playing career at Purdue University, including back-to-back third team all-Big Ten selections in 1998 and 1999. He was named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary team in 2021.
Indianapolis Star
3 days ago
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Braylon Mullins helps Indiana All-Stars get best of Kentucky, AAU teammate Malachi Moreno
LEXINGTON, Ky. – It was a struggle. A good play here. A turnover there. It went like for the Indiana All-Stars for most of Friday's game against the Kentucky All-Stars at Lexington Catholic High School. The Kentucky All-Stars led by six points as the clock ticked under eight minutes. Enter Michael Cooper. The Jeffersonville senior guard drilled three consecutive 3-pointers, two on assists from Ben Davis guard Mark Zackery IV and other from Lawrence North's Azavier Robinson, to help the Indiana All-Stars breathe a little easier on their way to a 98-89 victory. 'It's just really being confident in the work I put in to just knock it down,' Cooper said. Indiana All-Stars & softball semistate? 'Just trying to be in both places and give my all' IndyStar Mr. Basketball Braylon Mullins also had a big second half, scoring 13 of his game-high 24 points to lead the Indiana All-Stars its 44th victory in the past 51 games in the series. Indiana leads the all-time series, which dates to 1940, by a count of 106-46. Cooper sparked a much-needed run for Indiana. 'He's won a state championship, so he knows how to win,' Indiana All-Stars coach Marc Urban (Chesterton) said of Cooper. 'I thought we made the extra pass on those shots where he was stepping in and shooting wide-open 3s. And he made big-time plays. That's why he's an Indiana All-Star and why he's going to have a really successful career at Wright State.' Indiana had its hands full with Kentucky's highly touted Malachi Moreno, a 7-1 incoming Kentucky freshman who played AAU basketball with Mullins on Indiana Elite. Moreno, who will not play in the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday, finished with 22 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots and played all but 54 seconds. 'I'm usually seeing him in the same uniform as me,' said Mullins, who will leave for UConn on Monday. 'But there's nothing personal. We were going up the court and chatting and laughing like we were doing in AAU. I'm excited to see what he does at Kentucky, but tonight was fun going against him.' Mullins helped spark the second-half run with a transition 3-pointer, though it seemed like every time Indiana would make a move, Kentucky would have a counter. Vince Dawson, a Morehead State recruit who finished with 21 points on 5-for-7 shooting from the 3-point line, drilled a 3 put Kentucky up eight with 11 minutes left. When Jeffersonville's 6-9 Tre Singleton picked up his fourth foul with 10:26 left, it brought back memories of Mr. Basketball Flory Bidunga fouling out on a technical foul in last year's loss at Kentucky. But Indiana got hot at the right time. 'We had a brutal loss on Wednesday night (against the Junior All-Stars),' Mullins said of the 117-114 loss on his home floor at Greenfield-Central. 'But that run we had at the end of the game just sparked the bench, the players and coaches. We needed that. We made that run and we weren't looking back.' Cooper finished with 21 points on 6-for-8 shooting from the 3-point line. Singleton, his teammate on the Jeffersonville Class 4A state champions, went for 14 points and four rebounds, but was limited to 24 minutes because of foul trouble. His bucket with 3 minutes left pushed Indiana's lead to 86-80 and Kentucky never got any closer. Ben Davis' Zackery added 12 points, six assists, five rebounds and five steals. Fishers' Justin Kirby had nine points and four rebounds and the Butler-bound Robinson had eight points, five rebounds and two assists. Mullins finished 10-for-18 from the floor and had six rebounds and two assists. 'He's incredibly talented, as a high IQ and he's a great kid,' Urban said of Mullins. 'It's been fun to get to know him. I know he was frustrated missing those first couple but he just kept sticking with it and that one he hit in transition was big. He made Mr. Basketball plays. He demands so much attention and he opens things up for other people, but he's still able to be efficient.' Indiana played without Cathedral's Brady Koehler. The Notre Dame recruit was on the bench but not in uniform. It was the first win in Kentucky since 2022 for Indiana, which lost 94-90 in Owensboro two years ago and 103-82 in Lexington last year. 'There's nowhere else you'd rather do it than Gainbridge Fieldhouse,' Mullins said. 'They are going to have a little bit different team without Malachi playing but we're not going to take anything for granted. We're going to come out and play like we did tonight and I think we'll be good tomorrow.'
Miami Herald
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
UM women's basketball lands Top 10 recruiting class, Springmann joins men's staff
The college basketball season is still five months away, but University of Miami coach Tricia Cullop is already fired up, as ESPN-W rated the Hurricanes' 2025 recruiting class as No. 10 in the nation and the transfers UM landed were also highly coveted. The freshman class includes Camille Williams, rated No. 36 on the list of top recruits, Danielle Osho (54), Natalie Wetzel (80), Meredith Tippner (91) and four-star Emanuella 'Somo' Okolo. Miami also landed a few highly ranked players from the transfer portal. Israeli national team guard Gal Raviv, who transferred to UM from Quinnipiac, was rated No. 9 by 247Sports; and 6-6 center Ra Shayla (Shay) Kyle, who transferred from Florida, was No. 20. ESPN had Kyle ranked No. 13 on its list. 'When we assessed our team last year, it was very apparent to us we needed to get bigger, faster, stronger, and build out more depth,' said Cullop, who is entering her second season at UM. 'I do think we checked all those boxes. We have a lot of talent, and I can't wait to see this group in the same room together.' Raviv was among the nation's top freshmen last season, averaging 17.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists. Hurricanes fans remember her well, as she scored 25 points and had five rebounds against them. Kyle, a 6-6 center who has one year of eligibility remaining, averaged 14.1 points and 8.7 rebounds for the Gators last season with 59.4 percent shooting. The Indiana native spent the first two years of her career at Purdue. Kyle was a five-star recruit and the No. 5 center in the nation in the class of 2020 coming out of Marion High School. She was also a two-time Indiana All-Star and McDonald's All-American game nominee. Cullop coached Kyle's aunt, Tanika Mays, at the University of Toledo. Other transfers joining UM this season include Vittoria Blasigh (USF), Mya Kone (FIU), Jessica Peterson (SMU), and Amarachi Kimpson (UNLV). The 2025-26 roster will have two seniors, three juniors, three sophomores and six freshmen. The two returning players are sophomore Ahnay Adams and redshirt freshman Simone Pelish. Cullop already got a head start on the 2026 class, getting a commitment from Slovenian combo guard Maja Uranker, who scored 15 points per game at the FIBA U18 European Championships and averaged 44 percent shooting from three-point range. Russell Springmann joins UM men's staff UM men's coach Jai Lucas announced the addition of assistant coach Russell Springmann to the Hurricanes' staff. Springmann's career spans 20 years, as he rose from graduate assistant at Florida in 1996 to the head coach at Oral Roberts the past two seasons. 'I've been fortunate to not only play for Russell, but also work alongside him during our time at Texas,' Lucas said. 'He is an exceptional basketball coach and an even better person. His wisdom and 20-plus years of basketball experience will help create the culture we want here at The U.' Springmann has worked with 18 NBA draft picks, including Kevin Durant, LaMarcus Aldridge and Tristan Thompson. He was an assistant coach at Texas during Lucas' three years as a Longhorn (2008-11).
Miami Herald
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
University of Florida 6-6 center Ra Shaya Kyle transfers to UM for final season
The University of Miami women's basketball team added a dominant post player on Tuesday with the signing of University of Florida transfer Ra Shaya Kyle, a 6-6 center who spent two years at Purdue and the past three years with the Gators. She has one year of eligibility remaining. 'Shay was a dominant post player in the SEC, often drawing double teams,' said UM coach Tricia Cullop, who coached Kyle's aunt, Tanika Mays, at the University of Toledo. 'She is very skilled on the low block and is capable of scoring with both hands. She can also knock down 15-foot shots with ease. With her 6'6' frame, she will be a force for us on both ends of the floor.' She is coming off a career year at Florida in which she started all 37 games, ranked first on the team and sixth overall in the SEC in rebounds per game (8.7). Kyle also was the Gators' second-leading scorer with 14.2 points per game on 59.5 percent shooting from the field and 78.3 percent at the free throw line. Kyle is the sixth transfer to sign with the Hurricanes, joining Vittoria Blasigh (USF), Mya Kone (FIU), Gal Raviv (Quinnipiac), Jessica Peterson (SMU), and Amarachi Kimpson (UNLV). Kyle, a Marion, Indiana, native, spent two seasons at Purdue and three at Florida. She has scored over 1,200 points and has 775 rebounds. Kyle will have a sixth and final year of eligibility remaining. During the 2023-24 campaign, Kyle suffered a season-ending knee injury. Her 2021-22 season was at Purdue was also cut short due to injury. Kyle was a five-star recruit and the No. 5 center in the nation in the class of 2020 coming out of Marion High School. She was also a two-time Indiana All-Star and McDonald's All-American game nominee.
