Leading scorers for IU (Davis-14, Jackson and Braun-12, Roberson-8, Thomas-7)
CONGRATS TO IU COACH FELISHA LEGETTE-JACK ON WIN #100 FOR HER CAREER
FINAL SCORE: HOOSIERS:62 SPARTANS: 48
2:47: 62-47 IU still on top and looking like they will get their 8th consecutive win and Coach Jack's 100th
Ashlee Mells into the game for IU for the first time
3:55 to go: 60-45 Hoosiers on top. Timeout called
IU up 58-45 with just under 5 minutes to play
Timeout called "Jump on it" is playing as Hoosier lead 55-40 with 7:17 to play in this one
MSU had cut the lead to 11 but back-to-back buckets by Braun and Roberson have the lead back to 15 with about 8 min. to play
IU up 49-36 with under 10 minutes to play...
Braun goes to the bench with 3 fouls with 12:26 to go in game
Haylie Linn sees her first action in the game as she comes in...
IU up 49-32 with under 14 to go in game
16:38 to go in second half: Timeout as IU is up 43-28
Here we go start of second half...
We have "Just Dance" going in the background as the second half should be starting shortly!
Whitney Thomas has 7 points which means she is just 9 points shy of 1,000 for her Hoosier career. Jackson and Davis are leading the team with 10 points each. Thomas also has 11 rebounds already including 6 of the offensive variety.
HALFTIME HOOSIERS:41 SPARTANS:23
1:17: Thomas puts in her 4th 3-pointer of the season. IU on top 39-22
At least the MSU fans are having some fun as there are some girls showing off their dance movies in the crowd.
3:29: MSU calls a timeout as Lindsay Enterline becomes the 8th Hoosier to score as she hits a 3. IU on top 34-14
6:40: Jackson fouled gets two shots...actually 3 because of lane violation on MSU. IU up 26-14
9:04: IU up 22-9 on a 3-pointer by Braun. MSU announcers cannot pronounce the name of IU's Andrea McGuirt
11:42: IU up 16-3 on Jori Davis 3-pointer
Lindsay Enterline into the game for IU
14:43: IU up 10-3 as Jackson puts in a nice turn around shot. Hoosiers have played great defense so far on MSU
17:01 to go in second half: IU up 6-3. Jackson, Thomas, and Roberson has scored for IU
Starters: IU: Whitney Thomas, Jamie Braun, Jori Davis, Kim Roberson, Amber Jackson
MSU: #20 Brittany Thomas, #22 Aisha Jefferson, #32 Kalisha Keane, #41 Allyssa DeHaan, #21 Mia Johnson
6:56p.m. MSU Coach Suzy Merchant just mentioned her keys to winning the game for her team. They included transition Defense, eliminating IU's post players, and having their guards step up since IU will most likely be doubling their post players. Picture is pretty good on the BTN website.
Update: 4:21p.m.-Closing in on 2 and a half hours before the game
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