Indiana led Sam Houston 17-11 midway through the first half, just before Goode caught fire. In a matter of three minutes and 54 seconds, the 6-foot-7 wing buried four 3-pointers that extended the Hoosiers’ lead to 34-12. The Assembly Hall crowd roared louder than it had all night, and Goode seemed to embrace that feeling he longed for.

Indiana rebounded from a difficult Battle 4 Atlantis with a comfortable win against Sam Houston State on Tuesday night, 97-71.

Illinois transfer Luke Goode came off the bench to score 13 of his career-high 18 points in the first half Tuesday night as Indiana stopped visiting Sam Houston State 97-71 in Bloomington, Ind.

K.C. Keeler engineered an impressive turnaround at Sam Houston State in 2024, flipping a 3-9 2023 campaign to 9-3 in the Bearkats' second season in FBS play. Sam Houston State is now the victim of its own success as Keeler is set to leave Huntsville for a new gig.

Temple hired Sam Houston State coach K.C. Keeler as its new football coach in the Owls’ latest attempt to turn back into a winning program.

Now Keeler, who brings a career mark of 271-112-1 to North Broad, will become Temple’s 18th football coach after going 97-39 in 10 seasons at Sam Houston State. He will lead an Owls program that has finished 3-9 in each of the last four seasons, and will succeed Stan Drayton, who was fired Nov. 17. Temple’s last winning season came in 2019.