Hey folks,
We're here at THINK PINK day at Assembly Hall, with the Hoosiers taking on Michigan. They're announcing the starting lineups now, so we'll dive right into this.
Halftime IU 40 - Mich. 30 Whitney Thomas hits a driving layup near the end of the half to push the IU lead to 10, and the teams head into the half. A few quick stats: -Thomas is an absolute force right now. She's shooting 5-of-8 from the field and the free-throw line, good for a game-high 15 points. -IU's defensive pressure really got to Michigan in the first half to the tune of 10 turnovers. Michigan did have 11 assists however, bettering IU by five. -Michigan's made one more 3-pointer than IU (4-3), but has taken 10 more treys overall (14-4). -IU is winning the rebounding battle right now 17-14. Stick with us for the second half, we'll be back with more live blogging from the Hoosiers' THINK PINK match-up with Michigan. 3:14 IU 3 - Mich 26. Whitney Thomas hits both ends of a 1-and-1 to push the lead to 10. The Hoosiers are pressuring Michigan into long possessions, bad shots and turnovers right now.
5:22 IU 31 - Mich. 23 Whitney Thomas goes to the free-throw line for a 1-and-1, and hits the first. Thomas hits her second, and Whitney Lindsay steals the ball on the ensuing press. But she misses a layup, and Carly Benson makes IU pay at the other end with a three. 33-26 IU.
7:16 IU 29 - Mich. 21 The Wolverines hit a quick run to pull the score to 24-21. But another Jamie Braun field goal combined with a Nikki Smith 3-pointer stretched that lead back out to eight - and drew another Kevin Borseth timeout. These two teams are looking game for a good one this afternoon.
9:43 IU 24 - Mich. 13 Michigan coach Kevin Borseth just called a timeout, not liking something he saw. That might have something to do with the 13-2 run the Hoosiers have used to open this game up a bit.
11:12 IU 20 - Mich. 13 The Hoosiers have picked up the scoring, in no small part thanks to Jamie Braun, who has hit for five of her team's last seven. The crowd's pretty good today, and they're almost all wearing pink.
13:41 IU 13 - Mich. 11 At a late-arriving first TV timeout, Whitney Lindsay is really asserting herself early. She just crossed up a defender to get to the lane and draw a shooting foul. On the previous possession, Georgia Follmer hit a nice jump hook.
14:57 IU 11 - Mich. 8 Clement hit a three from the cheap seats for Michigan before a nice dribble-drive by Jamie Braun got IU an easy layup. But Benson hits a three on the other end and its all tied up at 11.
16:44 IU 4 - Mich. 3 Michigan picks up a quick third foul before Jamie Braun drives off the inbounds pass and kicks back out to Whitney Lindsay for a 3-pointer. 7-3 IU.
17:50 IU 4 - Mich. 3 A nice pass finds Whitney Lindsay on the break for an easy layup.
Michigan wins the opening tip, and we're away. They turn it over on a travel quickly. On the ensuing possession, Whitney Thomas starts the scoring with a layup, before Cooper hits a three at the other end.
Starters IU g - Whitney Lindsay G/F - Kim Roberson C - Georgia Follmer G - Jamie Braun F - Whitney Thomas
Michigan F - Carly Benson C - Krista Phillips G - Jessica Minfield G - Krista Clement G - Janelle Cooper
