Ava Heiden and No. 19 Iowa rally to top No. 7 Baylor and Taliah Scott 57-52 at Disney
Ava Heiden had 18 points and 11 rebounds, with most of those coming in the second half, and No. 19 Iowa overcame Taliah Scott's huge night to defeat seventh-ranked Baylor 57-52 in a matchup of unbeatens Thursday night. Scott scored 32 points and was often too much for the Hawkeyes (5-0) to handle, but she missed her final five shots as the Bears (4-1) faded. Heiden made 7 of 14 shots from the field as the Hawkeyes won the marquee game of the WBCA State Farm Showcase at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports.
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Braves sign Vidal Brujan to split contract
One fewer guy to worry about in terms of Friday’s non-tender deadline
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Jenkins rushes for 113 yards and 3 TDs and Stephen F. Austin beats Northwestern State 62-14
Jaylen Jenkins rushed for 113 yards and three touchdowns, Sam Vidlak completed nine of his 10 passes for 207 yards and three touchdowns, and Stephen F. Austin rolled to a 62-14 victory over Northwestern State in the 79th meeting between the two rivals. With the win, the Lumberjacks (10-2, 8-0 Southland Conference), ranked 13th in the FCS coaches' poll, secured the conference title outright.
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Guentzel scores in OT to give Lightning 2-1 win over Oilers
Jake Guentzel scored 1:43 into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. Nick Paul, who made his season debut after recovering from offseason wrist surgery, scored for Tampa Bay with less than three minutes left in regulation to tie the game at 1-1. Trent Frederic scored for the Oilers 1:32 into the game while Calvin Pickard stopped 33 shots for Edmonton, which has one win in the past five games (1-3-1).
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![](/<figure><img alt="" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/sb_nation_articles_115/16194cea71bb27ae349d68680150d2e7" data-uuid="a8df1365-0799-398a-9d74-ef6ca30b37ff"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p class="has-text-align-none">After yesterday’s mini-flurry of Braves moves, and ahead of Friday’s non-tender deadline, the Braves have squeezed in another bit of news:</p><figure><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Braves?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Braves</a> today agreed to terms with INF Vidal Brujan on a one-year, split contract for the 2026 season.</p>— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href="https://twitter.com/Braves/status/1991693923207770226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2025</a></blockquote></div></figure><p class="has-text-align-none">Vidal Brujan was, up until this point, one of the Braves’ eight-remaining arbitration-eligible players most directly relevant to the non-tender deadline. (Jake Fraley was claimed on waivers, while Nick Allen and Mauricio Dubon swapped rosters while both being arbitration-eligible.) Since Brujan is out of options, the split contract is essentially a workaround for that lack of ostensible roster flexibility: on a more generic contract, Brujan would have had little incentive to stick around upon being outrighted to the minors; this split contract presumably sweetens his pot a bit, but he forfeits the sweetener if he does reject an outright assignment in order to seek his fortune with another club. </p><p class="has-text-align-none">So, the Braves gain a little flexibility with their position player depth, and Brujan gets a little more somethin’ somethin’ for his trouble. </p><p class="has-text-align-none">In his career, Brujan has not really hit well nor defended well, but he had a nice run as a backup for the Braves in 47 PAs, putting up a .333 xwOBA and an above-average defensive tally (including positional adjustment). Though he was below replacement with the Cubs earlier in the season, his 0.2 fWAR for the Braves was enough to push his 2025 into above-replacement territory for the first time in his career. He’s still a guy that’s going to be entering his age-28 season with a 54 career wRC+ (and no xwOBA shenanigans) in 645 PAs, but the Braves clearly like him enough to bother with a split contract arrangement when they could’ve just non-tendered him and offered him a minor league deal to stick around.</p>)