Indiana University swimmer Vini Lanza was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week on Wednesday, the league office announced.

Lanza had a tremendous week for the Hoosiers at the 2016 AT&T Winter Nationals in Atlanta, winning two individual titles, three relay titles and setting two Indiana school records.

The sophomore won the 200 IM with a time of 1:43.57 and then touched first in the 200 butterfly with a school record time of 1:41.34. The Belo Horizonte, Brazil native finished second in the 100 butterfly, but still broke the school record with a mark of 45.56.

Lanza then helped IU win three relay crowns – the 200 medley relay, the 400 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay. Lanza was also named CollegeSwimming.com‘s Big Ten Swimmer of the Week.

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WINDSOR, Ontario – Members past and present of the Indiana University swimming team had great performances at the 2016 FINA Short Course Meter World Championships on Tuesday night in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist Blake Pieroni added another medal to his trophy case on Tuesday night, winning a bronze with Team USA, who tied for third in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:07.76. Pieroni swam the anchor leg for the American, splitting a 46.02 – the third-fastest split of any swimmer in the event.

In the women’s 50 breaststroke semifinals, Lilly King qualified second overall for Wednesday night’s final with a time of 29.17. King’s impressive time is an American record and ranks her as the fifth-fastest performer in the event all-time.

IU alum Cody Miller qualified fifth overall for Wednesday night’s final in the 100 breaststroke, touching the wall in a time of 57.14.

Indiana postgrad swimmer Zane Grothe had a nice showing in the final of the 400 freestyle, placing seventh overall with a time of 3:40.20.

The 2016 Short Course World Championships will continue on Wednesday in Windsor, Ontario, with prelims beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET and finals beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Aces move to 5-4 on the season 

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Jaylon Brown was 14-of-15 from the free throw line and finished with 29 points to lead the University of Evansville men’s basketball team to a 69-66 victory over Bowling Green on Tuesday at the Ford Center.

“Bowling Green was really competitive and we had a lot of difficulty matching up against them, we definitely have some areas we have to improve in defensively,” Aces head coach Marty Simmons said.  “I am really proud of our guys for battling.  We got into some foul trouble, but were able to overcome that.  I am especially proud of Ryan (Taylor).  He fought all night long and his block was a game changer.”

Brown hit seven shots to go along with his 14 free throws on his way to the 29-point effort to lead the Purple Aces (5-4).  He also grabbed seven rebounds.  Willie Wiley was efficient once again as he knocked down 4 out of 6 field goals to tally nine points.  He tied Brown’s team-best tally of 7 boards.

“We did just enough to win, we were able to execute just enough,” Brown said.  “Our guys made some great plays on defense that translated into offense and we were able to hang on.”

Bowling Green (3-6) opened the night up scoring six of the first eight points in the first two minutes of play.  Willie Wiley got the Aces going with a dunk before a Brown trey gave UE its first lead at 7-6.  With the score knotted up at 11-11, UE made its first big run of the game, scoring eight in a row to take a 19-11 advantage at the 11:40 mark.  Brown had four of those tallies.

The Falcons cut the deficit to a possession at 24-21 with 6:08 remaining before UE responded.  Two more Brown free throws in the final two minutes gave the Aces their largest lead at 36-25 before they took a 38-29 lead into the half.  Brown scored 19 points in the opening frame while hitting all eight free throw attempts.

An 11-2 run out of the locker room got the Falcons right back into it.  They knocked down four buckets in six attempts during the run.  Christian Benzon hit a shot for Evansville as they were able to regain control.  His shot helped UE to a 52-45 edge at the midway point of the stanza, but just as they had all game, the Falcons did not give up.  A 6-0 run got them within one at 52-51.

Evansville retook a 2-possession lead as Jaylon Brown connected on two free throws with 3:35 left on the clock.  That made the score 58-54, but on the next BGSU possession, Antwon Lillard hit a triple making it a 1-point game before Ismail Ali tied it up with a free throw with under three minutes left.

The sixth bucket of the night for Brown proved to be a big one.  A breakaway layup and foul saw Brown put UE back up three at 61-58 seconds later.  Another huge play came on the next trip down the floor.  With BGSU headed in for an open layup, Ryan Taylor hustled in with a block that put the ball back in the Aces’ hands.  Duane Gibson hit a free throw on the other end to make it a 4-point tilt.  Brown added to more from the charity stripe to put Evansville up 64-58 with 59 ticks left.

Just when things looked comfortable for the Aces, Bowling Green responded with a triple.  Rodrick Caldwell was the shooter this time, hitting his second long ball of the night as the UE lead was back within three once again.  After a Brown free throw put the Aces up 69-66, a final triple by the Falcons fell short as UE came away with its fifth win of the season.

Pacing the Falcons was Demajeo Wiggins.  He registered 18 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.  He was one of three BGSU players to record double figures.

Evansville did a nice job of taking care of the ball, turning it over just nine times.  It marked the second times in three games that the Aces had fewer than 10 turnovers.

Two more games remain in the home stand, beginning on Saturday when UE welcomes Murray State to the Ford Center for a 1 p.m. game.  Next Wednesday, Norfolk State comes to town for a 7 p.m. matchup.