Update: Click here to see my preview article. Also stay tuned for the next edition of Meet The Hoosiers tomorrow as we get to know freshman Danilsa "City" Andujar.
12:22p.m.My article won't hit the ids website until morning, but i want to give you my readers a sneak peak of whats going on.
What: Indiana (8-2, 1-0) vs. Michigan State (8-4, 1-0)
When: Monday December 29th 7p.m.
Where: Breslin Center-East Lansing, Michigan
Quick Hits
Overall Series: MSU leads 35-22
Games last year: Split 1-1 with IU winning 70-56 in East Lansing and MSU winning 72-68 in Bloomington
Milestones: IU Coach Felisha Legette-Jack goes for win #100 and Senior forward Whitney Thomas is just 16 points shy of 1,000 for her career.
Leading scorers: IU: Amber Jackson-17.1 per game MSU: Aisha Jefferson 13.8 per game
Points per game: IU-70.9 MSU: 72.8
Points allowed per game: IU-58.4 MSU-55.9
Click on the link to the rest of this entry to see my preview article of the game!
Hoosier put seven game win streak on the line, travel to East Lansing
IU coach and hometown player seek milestones in game
By Jeremy Rosenthal
6 foot 9 inch center Allyssa DeHaan and the Michigan State Spartans stand in the way of the IU women's basketball team winning their 8th consecutive game at 7p.m. Monday in East Lansing, Mich.
DeHaan, the freshman of the year last year in the Big Ten ranks third nationally with 3.8 blocks per game. In 2006 DeHaan tied a conference record with 9 blocks in a game against the Hoosiers.
Despite the presence of DeHaan, who is averaging nearly 10 points and over six rebounds a game to go along with the blocks, IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said she is not worried.
"We have Amber Jackson," Legette-Jack said.
Legette-Jack also has four other players in her starting lineup to go along with Jackson who routinely score in double figures.
The Spartans (8-4, 1-0) will likely be in the mix for the conference championship this year after finishing runner-up in the WNIT last season. In 2005 the Spartans finished runner-up in the NCAA tournament.
Last year having lost eight straight games to the Spartans the Hoosiers (8-2, 1-0) went into the Breslin Center in East Lasing and in front of over 10,000 fans took down the Spartans 70-56. Jackson led the way with 21 points and all four other starters scored in double digits.
Michigan State leads the all-time series 35-22 against IU.
In addition to putting their seven game winning streak on the line in their first road contest of conference play the Hoosiers will look for two milestones.
With a win against the Spartans Legette-Jack will reach her 100th career victory in her seventh season. Prior to coming to IU Legette-Jack spent four years at Hofstra.
Senior Whitney Thomas, an All-American candidate and Bloomington native is only 16 points shy of 1,000 for her Hoosier career. Thomas is also only 105 rebounds short of 1,000 for her career. If Thomas gets to the 1,000 mark in points and rebounds she would be only the second IU player in history to achieve the feat.
Denise Jackson (1981-1984) holds the Big Ten record with 1,273 rebounds for her career and also totaled 1,917 points.
The game will be broadcast on 105.1 FM as well as streamed on the Big Ten Network website.
