The month of March was one of departures for the IU women’s basketball program. IU announced Tuesday the addition of Marquette transfer Tia Elbert.
“We are very excited to add Tia to our Hoosier family,” Moren said. “She is a quick point guard who takes pride in her defense and will provide our team with some toughness.
“She has proven her ability at the collegiate level. Tia is a very hard worker who is going to use this next year to improve her game so that she will be able to help our team reach our high goals.”
The freshman guard out of Oakdale, Minn., averaged 8.6 points per game along with 3.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds last season. She was named to the Big East All-Freshman team on a 9-22 Marquette squad.
Elbert is one of three players to leave Marquette this offseason. All three signed their letters of intent when Terri Mitchell was the coach. Mitchell was let go, and Carolyn Kieger took over as head coach in Elbert’s freshman year with the Golden Eagles.
The Marquette situation is similar to that of IU. Taylor Agler, Maura Muensterman, Larryn Brooks and Liz Stratman all came to IU under Curt Miller. He resigned in July and they left after one season with IU Coach Teri Moren at the helm.
Elbert was ranked in the top 100 among 2014 high school seniors by ?ProspectsNation.com (No. 92), ESPN Hoopgurlz (No. 94), JumpOffPlus (No. 95) and Dan Olson’s Collegiate Girls Basketball Report ?(No. 95).
Elbert will have to sit out the 2015-16 season due to transfer rules but will provide guard depth for an IU team that lost several guards this offseason.
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