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Laying it out

(01/15/10 6:01am)

____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Junior guard Jori Davis only hit two shots the entire second half against Michigan, but she hit the one shot that mattered. After Michigan took its first lead, the Hoosiers looked like they would be defeated after dominating for 35 minutes. But a quick layup by Davis put the Hoosiers up by one point with just 40 seconds left and gave them the confidence to regain control of the game. The Wolverines still had a chance, but they came one brick short of a comeback win. Senior center Krista Phillips had a wide-open layup with one second left, and she missed, securing a nail-biting 62-60 win for IU. “I almost had a heart attack, cause I was like, ‘that’s a wide-open layup,’” senior guard Jamie Braun said. “But we’ll take whatever we can get for a victory.”The Hoosiers came close to squandering their victory numerous times in the final minutes by missing six of their last nine free throws. But ultimately, the win came down to tough defense by the Hoosiers and superb play by junior forward Hope Elam. Elam, who averages just under 11 points a game, put up 24 against the Wolverines and had a career high 10 rebounds. “We had to step up our rebounding because she (Sasha Chaplin) was our leading rebounder,” Elam said.  “So I knew tonight that’s what I had to do.”Elam also shot 3-5 from the 3-point range. But similar to the rest of her squad, she did not shoot well from the free-throw line, only hitting on one of her five attempts. Coach Felisha Legette-Jack acknowledged that her team made mistakes, including poor shooting from the foul line, but that her team continued to fight and get back on defense. “We’re trying to create a team that’s unbeatable,” Legette-Jack said. The Hoosiers began strong, especially to Michigan coach Kevin Borseth. “We didn’t do anything to stop them in the first half,” Borseth said. “They just ran through us like Swiss cheese.”The Wolverines also allowed the Hoosiers to dominate from the arc for much of the game, particularly when Elam had the ball in her hands. The Hoosiers only went 7-22 from the 3-point line overall, but hit five of those 3-pointers in the first half.  Unfortunately for the Wolverines, this has become a commonality for their season. “We were everybody’s answer to 3-point shooting,” Borseth said. “People know to beat Michigan: that’s who you are supposed to beat, that’s an accepted practice around here. “Everybody seems to go off against us.” The rowdy crowd helped motivate the Hoosiers when the Wolverines looked like they were going to take over the game. While the attendance wasn’t overwhelming or shocking, those in attendance were very much involved. “The adrenaline rush you feel, the enthusiasm Hoosier Nation gives you, it was almost deafening,” Legette-Jack said. “We had 3,000 fans today, and it seemed liked 10,000. “They get into it, so it means everything.”

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/01/laying-it-out

Cold shooting, turnovers costs game

(01/11/10 4:05am)

____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The loss of Sasha Chaplin’s average of 10 points, 12 rebounds and 1 block per game proved to be the breaking point for the Hoosiers in their overtime loss to Penn State.  The redshirt freshman forward sat out the 77-71 loss because of a foot injury, leaving the women’s basketball team with only eight available players. The Hoosiers, who average more than 20 points a game from their reserve players, were held under 10 points from the bench against the Lady Lions.  “Right now, we are playing a game and trying to sustain ourselves until folks can come,” IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said. “We’re short-handed right now, and our legs got a little tired.”  Chaplin will be sidelined for at least two weeks for her undisclosed foot injury, Legette-Jack said. She added she believes her team will be able to step up and win games despite the depleted roster, and she will just have to extend practices longer to get the team used to playing tired. Losing a key contributor was not the only issue for the Hoosiers. Fouls, turnovers and poor second half and overtime shooting also helped bring down IU. The Hoosiers hit only 12 of 43 shots in the second half and overtime combined, a measly 27.9 percent. In all, the Hoosiers only made 23 of their 74 shots from the floor. The Lady Lions did not shoot much better, hitting just 1 percent more of their shots.  Even though the Hoosiers did not shoot well, they stuck with the Lady Lions throughout most of the game and came back from an 11-point deficit to push the game into overtime. Legette-Jack felt the Hoosiers’ character allowed them to make this comeback.  “We are the Hoosiers,” Legette-Jack said. “We don’t know how to quit. We’re blue-collar workers. We believe that as long as there is a game going that we’ve got to continue to try to find a way.“There is no quit in Indiana.“ The Hoosiers did show up defensively, stealing the ball 10 times and forcing 17 turnovers. They also held the Lady Lions to a much lower shooting percentage than they had in their previous game. In Penn State’s 88-68 victory over Big Ten foe Northwestern on January 3, the Lady Lions shot a season best 56.4 percent from the field. The Hoosiers held to them 32.1 percent Sunday.  However, even though Legette-Jack said she believes the team played good defense, it wasn’t enough to overcome the offensive errors.  “We can’t turn the ball over 21 times and expect to beat a good team like Penn State on the road,” Legette-Jack said.  The high turnover margin is not related to practice time, but rather the lack of real game time, Legette-Jack said.  “We’re making those immature mistakes because their lack of playing experience,” Legette-Jack said. “Once they get more experience, I think that they are going to be better.”  Legette-Jack said that while the experience will take time to gain, she has the upmost faith her team will eventually have the game experience and learn to maintain its poise.

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/01/cold-shooting-turnovers-costs-game

IU women fall to rival Purdue, 76-66

(12/31/09 9:55pm)

____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Purdue now owns all bragging rights over Indiana, at least with trophies.In the 2009-10 athletic year, Purdue has won all of its trophy contests over Indiana - the Old Oaken Bucket in football, the Monon Spike in volleyball, the Golden Boot in soccer and now, with a 76-66 victory Thursday, the Barnburner Trophy in women’s basketball.Purdue (7-6, 2-1) won the Barnburner trophy for the 14th time by defeating the Hoosiers (8-5, 1-1). Purdue has won all but three games in the Barnburner trophy series, which began in the 1993-1994 season. The Boilermakers now lead the all-time series by a commanding 19 games.“It was their day,” IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said. “The best team won today.”Although neither team shot particularly well, both hitting under 40 percent from the floor, Legette-Jack felt that Purdue was able to win because they made shots when it counted.Brittany Rayburn, the 2008-09 Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year, led the Boilermakers in scoring with 22 points, which ties her career high. In all, Purdue had three players in double figures, and all players who saw playing time scored at least 3 points.Indiana also had three players in double figures, led by junior guard Jori Davis and freshman forward Aulani Sinclair with 16 points, each.  The Hoosier bench scored 23 points, but did not make up for the lack of scoring from the normal contributors.  Sophomore forward Sasha Chaplin, who scored 22 points against Toledo on December 22, only took five shots the entire game against Purdue. She finished with 6 points and 3 blocks.Poor second half play also condemned the Hoosiers, as they scored only 28 points compared to Purdue’s 41.“We were so surprised that plays worked that we overshot it,” Legette-Jack said.  “And when you make shots, it gives you confidence, and when you miss shots that you are supposed to make, it kind of hits you on the head a little bit. “The turnovers proved to be the key stat in the game, as Purdue scored 22 points off of IU’s 24 turnovers. IU scored only seven points off of Purdue’s 10 turnovers. But the Hoosiers' turnover problems were not created purely from Purdue playing the ball close, but instead the Hoosiers turned the ball over uncontested frequently during the game, Legette-Jack said..“You can’t give the ball away,” she said. “It’s too precious.”One thing the Hoosiers did well was rebound, as they out-rebounded the Boilermakers 43-41. But the Hoosiers did not rebound well on both sides of the ball; only bringing down offensive rebounds 13 times in the contest. Purdue rebounded more evenly, with 18 offensive and 23 defensive rebounds.And while IU has struggled with rebounding in the past, the turnovers are what the Hoosiers plan to work on in practice, before taking on another Big Ten foe, Michigan State.“We are trying to grow as a young team and sometimes we try to make it happen, try to force the action and we get ahead of the ball,” Legette-Jack said.

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2009/12/iu-women-fall-to-rival-purdue-76-66

IU knocks off the Billikens

(12/14/09 3:02am)

____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Following a game in which she was limited to two rebounds, two assists and zero points against UT Martin, senior guard Jamie Braun responded and led the Hoosiers to a 74-61 victory against the Saint Louis Billikens.  Three Hoosiers netted double figures against the Billikens, including Braun, who ended the game with 23 points. Sophomore guard Ashlee Mells finished with a career-high 14 points, and junior guard Jori Davis just missed her second double-double of the season with 12 points and nine rebounds.Mells said IU associate coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson helped her chart a career high in scoring.“I knew I had to be ready for the game,” Mells said. “I went back to focusing on my hustling, defense and shooting. Coach (Abrahamson-Henderson) kept telling me to just relax and shoot the ball. So I kept telling myself that throughout the game. Just hustle and shoot.” The Hoosiers, in a continuing theme of the season, also got an offensive boost from their bench, who scored 30 points for the fourth time this season.   Defensively, the Hoosiers dominated the Billikens, forcing 25 turnovers and stealing the ball 10 times. IU scored 26 points on the Billikens’ mistakes. The team also kept Saint Louis four points under their game average, as the Billikens shot just more than 30 percent for the game.  Braun, who had five steals, said the team’s defense really changed the game’s outcome.  “Our team came out very active on the defensive end,” Braun said, “which led to our production on the offense and helped us win the game.” Braun’s five steals against Saint Louis moved her into sixth place on the all-time steals list for the Hoosiers. She passed Kris McGrade, who played for the Hoosiers 1991-94 and recorded 181 steals in 95 games. Braun has 188 steals in her career, with 18 steals on the season. To move into fifth place, Braun will need only eight more steals this season.  Braun didn’t only move up higher on the all-time steals list against the Billikens. She also scored in double digits for the first time  since Nov. 27.However, Braun’s game against the Billikens was obviously improved, as she put up her second-highest scoring game of the season. Braun also shot well from the field, hitting 8-of-13 shots.  “My teammates got me open for some easy buckets, which helped me with my confidence,” Braun said. “And that just continued throughout the game.”IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said the game came for Braun to improve her play. “It was her time,” she said. “Everybody else was held in check and someone had to emerge.”

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2009/12/iu-knocks-off-the-billikens

IU falls to No. 12 Florida State

(12/04/09 4:06am)

____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The games were two years apart, but ended with nearly the same outcome.  In 2007, the Hoosiers succumbed to Florida State and lost by seven points in a close matchup. In 2009, IU lost by eight, with a final score of 82-74.  The Hoosiers were able to go nearly shot-for-shot with the No. 12 Seminoles until the last few minutes of the second half. IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack attributed the team’s play to their attitude.  “We don’t have any quit in us,” Legette-Jack said.  Confidence is not lacking with any of the team, as junior guard and captain Jori Davis said she feels the Hoosiers can play with the best teams, and play well.  “We’ve come close, now its just we have to keep that focus in the second half and finish the games,” Davis said. “Obviously our confidence is high no matter what. We believe in ourselves no matter what.” Legette-Jack also said she feels the team has come close, but the players still need to work on pushing the entire game.“We’re a 36-minute team right now, and we really got to make it to a 40-minute team,” Legette-Jack said. “Once we get to that 40 minutes, we’re going to be a really exciting team to see.”  The Hoosiers made some serious improvements over their past play, particularly on defense and in rebounding. The team was out-rebounded by 10 by Florida State, but in the first half the Hoosiers stuck with the strong rebounding team, as they were only out-rebounded by four heading into the break.  On defense, the Hoosiers stole the ball six times and forced Florida State to make 22 turnovers in the game, but the Hoosiers didn’t use the turnovers to their advantage as they only scored 14 points off turnovers. Florida State on the other hand, scored 25 points off the Hoosiers’ 20 turnovers. The Hoosiers shot well in the first half at 51.9 percent, but dropped off significantly in the second, shooting only 30 percent. Some of the scoring woes involved a lack of involvement in the game from senior guard Jamie Braun.  Braun, who had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds in the 2007 outing against Florida State, only had seven points – five of which were from the free-throw line. Braun struggled from the floor, as she shot 1-7 for the night, and missed all three of the three-point shots she took.  Florida State’s coach Sue Semrau was surprised at the lack of scoring Braun put up.  “We expected Jamie Braun to be the one to really come out and shoot the lights out,” Semrau said. “She played extremely uncharacteristic, I think, of her. But, again, they had somebody that stepped up, and we just continued to rotate people onto Davis.” The Seminoles focused on Davis throughout most of the game, and adjusted their defense around her, said Semrau. However, Davis still shot extremely well and finished as the Hoosiers’ leading scorer with 23 points. Fifteen of her 23 points were 3-pointers, as Davis shot more than 83 percent from the three-point line. Three Hoosiers were in double figures against the Seminoles, and sophomore forward Sasha Chaplin earned a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.  As for the future, Legette-Jack said the team will continue to work harder and that they wont let this loss bring them down.  “We’re not going to roll over,” Legette-Jack said. “We’re not going to assume we don’t belong.”

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2009/12/iu-falls-to-no-12-florida-state-5b9c3f5e060b4

Hoosiers face Florida State in 2009 Big Ten/ACC Challenge

(12/03/09 4:44am)

____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Hoosiers hope to finish the school’s involvement with the Big Ten/Atlantic Coast Conference challenge with a win when they take on ranked Florida State at 6:30 p.m. today.  The Florida State Seminoles are undefeated at 6-0 and are No. 9 in the most recent coaches poll and No. 12 in the AP poll. The Hoosiers are 1-3 all-time against Florida State, and 0-1 against the Seminoles in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.  However, the Hoosiers don’t plan on succumbing to the Seminoles.  “Every team can be beatable,” junior guard Jori Davis said. “It’s kind of like football sometimes. They are very athletic, and if we don’t do the fundamental things they’ll sneak away. But if we stay solid, rebound and play solid defense, obviously it’ll be a good game.”  Davis has played a large role on the team, particularly during the team’s recent play in the Junkanoo Jam. During the tournament, Davis earned all-tournament honors and put up big numbers with 54 points, 15 rebounds and eight steals.Davis said scoring was not an issue for the team, and stated that the Hoosiers are stacked with players who could step up at any time and be the leading scorer.Instead, the team focused on a facet of basketball they have not excelled at during the past few games but is something Florida State does very well – rebounding.  “They are a team that rebounds really well, and obviously that’s something we’ve been getting killed on,” senior guard Jamie Braun said. “But Coach Jack has been preaching it and working really hard with us in practices getting us ready for that.” IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack also said she felt that rebounding was a key part to handing the Seminoles its first loss.  “They have some big strong players and some very talented guards,” Legette-Jack said. “It’s going to be a very tough match, but I think that if we just play our defense, really focus on boxing out and take the open shots, I think we’ll have a chance.”  The Hoosiers’ hard work on both defense and rebounding will prove to be a motivating factor in the game, but a few girls on the team have other reasons to be excited for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.  One of those reasons is obvious, as the team doesn’t get a chance to play a top-10 opponent every week, but Braun said playing at home in such a big game is another motivating factor for the team.  The Hoosiers also have three players from Florida, including sophomore forward Sasha Chaplin. Chaplin, who is from St. Petersburg, Fla., played with Florida State guard Alexa Deluzio. Chaplin and Deluzio played on the same AAU team, the Orlando Comets, for about three years. The two helped lead the Comets to the 2006 AAU 16-and-under National Championship.  Chaplin said playing against past teammates does not motivate her as much as playing the Seminoles as a program.  “Anybody from Florida, playing against them, kind of brings back, ‘oh well you know if you didn’t recruit me, I feel bad for you, so I’m going to show you what you’re missing out,’” Chaplin said. “Playing FSU is a big rivalry in my heart.”

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2009/12/hoosiers-face-florida-state-in-2009-big-tenacc-challenge

IU starts, finishes strong against the Bearcats

(11/19/09 4:21am)

____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU shot lights-out during the first half of their 64-57 win against the Cincinnati Bearcats, hitting more than 50 percent of their shots from the floor. However, the second half displayed a much different and lackluster IU team. Until the last two minutes, that is.  The Hoosiers dominated the first half, on both the scoreboard and the floor, heading to the locker room with a 13-point lead. The Bearcats were consistent defensively, but went through long shooting droughts, ending the first half shooting just more than 30 percent.The game essentially seemed to be over at the beginning of the second half, with the Hoosiers jumping ahead to a 16-point lead. However, the Bearcats made some serious changes in the locker room at halftime and started to find their offense.  The Hoosiers continued shooting well in the second half, but played without the hustle and motivation that guided them in the first half, and after building a large lead, turnovers gave the Bearcats the chance to hack away at the deficit. The Hoosiers, however, did not respond immediately to the scoring, and allowed the Bearcats to go on a 10-0 run. Once the Bearcats tied the game at 56, senior guard Jamie Braun started to take control of the game. Braun’s leadership, and a few key shots help turn the game around for the Hoosiers.  One of the key shots came from an unexpected Hoosier, IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said.  “They held our go-to players down and someone no one thought about came by and hit that big time three to give us that lead,” Legette-Jack said. “And that was Andrea McGuirt.” McGuirt’s shot gave the Hoosiers the lead with just under two minutes left in the game. The 3-pointer, along with a Braun steal on the next play, helped the Hoosiers end the comeback attempt by the Bearcats.McGuirt, a guard, played down the importance of her nailing the shot.  “That was all my teammates. I didn’t do anything but hit the open shot; they did all the work,” McGuirt said.  Although a junior, McGuirt doesn’t typically see large amounts of playing time, but in what is becoming a theme for this Hoosier basketball team, she stepped up her game when the team needed it.  “Jori wasn’t ready to go,” Legette-Jack said. “We just said, ‘Andrea, you step up,’ and she stepped up. And what a great game she had.” However, Cincinnati did not have any specific plays to boast about at the end of the game, as their team played inconsistently in the first half.  “I think in the first half we came out and we were a little rattled,” Cincinnati coach Jamelle Elliott said. “We played too fast, weren’t in control of the game and Indiana did a good job of pressuring us and taking us out of what we were trying to run on offense.”However, Elliott acknowledged that the game was comprised of numerous runs by both teams, and the Hoosiers made their run to end the game.  Despite the victory for the Hoosiers, they still had ball control problems, turning it over 20 times. They also only got to the free-throw line two times in the first half. The Hoosiers finished with 11 attempts, but many of those were desperation fouls by the Bearcats in the final seconds.  But Legette-Jack said the Hoosiers do not plan on focusing on their mistakes against the Bearcats.  “We’re going to improve on our strengths. I think our defense is going to continue to get better, and we’re are going to enjoy this day off tomorrow,” she said. “We’ve got some problems with these turnovers, and we’re going to continue to address them, but we’re not going to focus on them. We’re going to focus on our strengths, and hopefully that should be enough.”

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2009/11/iu-starts-finishes-strong-against-the-bearcats

The lone senior

(11/12/09 7:34pm)

____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Senior guard Jamie Braun has had a very successful career at IU, but in her final year of eligibility, she has two things she really wants to attain.  The first is obvious: a Big Ten Championship. The next is more personal. Braun has been named to the All-Big Ten second team for the past two years and wants to be named to the first team in her last year.As for Braun’s future after she graduates in May, she said she wants to continue playing basketball and at the very least be involved with basketball in some form. She anticipates playing overseas and eventually going back to graduate school and getting involved with coaching.  “She is just a joy to coach because she absolutely has a thought process of the game,” IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said. “She helps me become a better coach because I can’t just say anything – I have to have some thought toward it. I’m just glad we have another year to work together, because she is a young lady that is helping me grow as a head coach.”For now, Braun will attempt to accomplish her goals at IU with a very young and inexperienced team. Add in a tough Big Ten schedule, and Braun’s goals become much more difficult to achieve.“Same as last year – help lead the team any way I can,” she said of being the only senior, “except it’s involving more leading this year by being vocal, and I’m not a very vocal person so it’s a big change for me.”Braun is taking a more positive view of the difficult tasks ahead. She said she believes that the youthfulness of the team could be advantageous, especially with conditioning.  “We are going to have our ups and downs, but I think that we’re more fresh, we’re going to be pushing the ball up better than we have in the past,” Braun said. “But in the end, it could be very beneficial, but it could also lead to some inexperienced plays. But we can work through that.”  The Hoosiers will take their youthful team into some tough Big Ten competition. Both Ohio State and Michigan State are ranked in the preseason top-25 polls, and Michigan, Minnesota and Purdue all received votes. In all, IU will play eight conference games against those in the preseason rankings, along with two ranked teams in non-conference matchups.  However, a tougher schedule won’t cause Braun and the Hoosiers to change their pre-game approach. Braun said this is because Legette-Jack is focused on them rather than the other team. The team will also do its best to avoid looking ahead to ranked Big Ten matchups and take the season on as it comes. Braun said she feels this approach will allow IU to be successful.  “If we just put our mind to it, that we can beat anyone, and if we just work really hard,” Braun said, “I think we can upset some teams that people aren’t going to expect us to upset.” 

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2009/11/the-lone-senior

Hoosiers face mirror image in today's matchup

(11/05/09 5:17am)

____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU women’s basketball team spent the past few weeks scrimmaging itself before its 108-54 win against Lambuth. The Hoosiers get another opportunity to face themselves in today’s exhibition game against Grand Valley State.  “We run the same kind of stuff,” IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said. “So it’s going to be interesting how we play against ourselves.”  The two teams run very similar game plans because their coaches spent time coaching together at Michigan State. Legette-Jack was an assistant, while Grand Valley State’s coach Janel Burgess worked with the post players and later became associate head coach. “She’s going to play against herself,” Legette-Jack said. “Because we run the same defenses, we run the same offenses. It’s going to be fun to have this game.”  However, the two teams have more in common than just their game plans and strategies.  Grand Valley State is also a relatively young team and like IU, has only one senior on its roster.  While Grand Valley State might be young, it returns four starters and eight letter winners from a team that went 20-10 last season. They are also ranked No. 13 in the preseason Division II rankings and ranked second in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate conference.  The Hoosiers plan to fine-tune both their offense and defense against Grand Valley State. Senior guard Jamie Braun said IU had extreme issues with its play-calling. “I don’t think we ran a single play in that game (against Lambuth),” Braun said. The other goal Braun said she believed it was important for the team’s final exhibition game is to get their defense better prepared for the start of the regular season.And as far as the scoring in this game, don’t count on the Hoosiers aiming for 100 points again.“We don’t worry about the score,” Legette-Jack said. “It’s about our journey. It’s too early in the season to be worried about that stuff. We’re just trying to work on becoming a better team.”

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2009/11/hoosiers-face-mirror-image-in-todays-matchup
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