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IU volleyball team loses 2 rivalry games over weekend

By Ari Shifron · Monday, Nov. 17,2008 12:08 a.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Postseason is still four games away, but the Hoosiers are now playing elimination games in the regular season. Sitting at 6-10 in the Big Ten after being swept during the weekend by rivals Purdue and Illinois, IU now needs a win in every one of its remaining matches down the stretch if the team hopes to make the NCAA tournament. Friday night featured a hard-fought 3-2 loss to No. 18 Purdue in front of a raucous, sold-out crowd – a portion of which was Hoosier fans – at the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility in West Lafayette.

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It was a slight improvement

By Dave Leno · Monday, Nov. 17,2008 12:07 a.m.

STATE COLLEGE, PENN. – Agitated Penn State fans had one reason to relax after their team’s first loss in 2008 – IU was next on their schedule. Unfortunately for the horrific Hoosiers, the conference clash was bad timing. The Nittany Lions were coming off a shocking loss to Iowa that essentially shattered their hopes of advancing to the BCS title game.

Reverend Jermaine Robinson speaks about mentoring within the African American community during the Men of Color Leadership Conference Friday afternoon at the Neal Marshall Black Cultural Center.

Men of Color Leadership Conference promotes hope

By Jessica Hullinger · Monday, Nov. 17,2008 12:06 a.m.

More than 350 young men from eight states spent the weekend at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center talking about their goals to succeed in a nation where color seems to be fading into the background and character is taking center stage.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

Sophomore forward Neil Wilmarth attempts to save the ball from ging out of bounds during the closing minutes of Indiana's loss to Michigan State Sunday in Madison, Wis. The Spartans defeated the Hoosiers 1-0 to win the Men's Big 10 Soccer Championship.

IU men's soccer edged by 1 goal, lose championship

By Greg Rosenstein · Monday, Nov. 17,2008 12:04 a.m.

MADISON, Wis. – This past week, Michigan State senior forward Doug DeMartin was named the Big Ten men’s soccer Player of the Year. He lived up to his billing Sunday afternoon, as his goal in the 58th minute gave his team a 1-0 advantage and, in the end, a conference championship. DeMartin’s goal was his Big Ten-leading 17th score of the season. “They have a kid that is a proven goal-scorer,” IU coach Mike Freitag said. “DeMartin has proven it all year. Sometimes the better team doesn’t win ... it is all about putting the ball in the net, and they did it and we didn’t.”

Participants of the IU Dance Marathon reveal how much the fundraiser earned for Riley Hospital in the HPER at about 8 a.m. Sunday. The dancers had stayed awake dancing and standing for 36 hours by this point.

IUDM meets goal, surpasses last year’s total by $300K

By Haley Adams · Monday, Nov. 17,2008 12:03 a.m.

After 36 hours of no sleep, IU Dance Marathon participants didn’t seem like they had the energy to burst into applause and cheers. That all changed at the announcement of the fundraiser’s total.VIDEO: IU Dance MarathonSLIDESHOW: IUDM

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Lack of offense after break spells loss for Hoosiers

By Ryan Gregg · Monday, Nov. 17,2008 12:03 a.m.

STATE COLLEGE, Penn. – It was a new week for the IU football team, but the same story as usual for a team now 3-8 in this lost season. In their penultimate game of the year, the Hoosiers lost to Penn State 34-7. With a minute left in the first half, the Hoosiers had the ball and were tied at seven with the Big Ten-leading Nittany Lions.

Penn State's Daryll Clark gets tackled by two IU defenders during the Nittany Lions' win over IU Saturday.

IU football offense struggles against stiff competition from Penn State

By Lee Hurwitz · Monday, Nov. 17,2008 12:01 a.m.

After hours of rain, the sun finally peeked out at Beaver Stadium, even though it had set on IU’s season long ago. Already eliminated from bowl eligibility, the Hoosiers set their sights on upsetting No. 8 Penn State, even though the program had never beat the Nittany Lions. What began as a tight game ended in yet another rout following a lethargic second-half outing. Entering the game, opponents had outscored the Hoosiers 163-68 in the second half this season. After Saturday, Penn State added 24 more second-half points, while holding the Hoosiers scoreless – it was the fifth time IU failed to score in the final two quarters of a game this year.

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Comfortable win not quite so on paper

By Zachary Osterman · Monday, Nov. 17,2008 12 a.m.

Saturday night proved more of the same in a season marked by anything but for the IU men’s basketball team. And yet, there existed plenty of possibility for an upset, if there is such a thing for the Hoosiers this year.

Senior forward Amber Jackson goes up strong for a shot during the Hoosiers 62-59 loss to Xavier in the second round of the Preseason WNIT Sunday afternoon at Assembly Hall.

IU women's basketball splits first 2 games of season in WNIT

By Jeremy Rosenthal · Sunday, Nov. 16,2008 11:58 p.m.

As IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack looked at the box score following her team’s WNIT second-round defeat at the hands of No. 22 Xavier, she didn’t immediately point to the Hoosiers’ 35.7 percent shooting or 66.7 percent free-throw shooting. Legette-Jack expressed disappointment in one number among many on the stat sheet – 506. The stat represented the attendance for the Hoosiers’ 62-59 defeat against the Musketeers in Assembly Hall on Sunday. “I look at my box scores, and the worst number I see is 506,” Legette-Jack said. “On a Sunday afternoon, when our young women are going all-out to compete for this great institution, for this great community, and this is no support.”

Freshman guard Nick Williams goes for a basket and collides with Northwestern State's Dominic Knight during Saturday night's basketball game.

IU men's basketball beats Demons’ pressure in victory

By Tom Kirby · Sunday, Nov. 16,2008 11:57 p.m.

After winning his first two exhibition games as coach at IU, Tom Crean took his Hoosiers to a victory in their regular-season debut against Northwestern State 83-65 on Saturday. In a spirited but sloppy game, the Hoosiers broke Northwestern State’s press often, leading to several free throws and open looks at the basket.      While the end result is exactly what IU wanted, the game was anything but flawless. Despite forcing 30 turnovers, the Hoosiers turned the ball over 23 times themselves. Seventeen of IU’s 25 made field goals came off assists, but the Hoosiers were out-rebounded by 11, allowing the Demons to grab 27 offensive rebounds. Crean acknowledged his undersized team needs to work on its rebounding, and that it needs to become one of the best box-out teams in the country, especially once IU plays teams with more size. “We’ve got to understand that we have to get into bodies,” Crean said. “We have to be aggressive with it.” Members of the team credited the less-than-capacity crowd for its energy. Fans in particular took exception to Northwestern State point guards Michael and Logan McConathy – sons of coach Mike McConathy.

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Shuttle Endeavour closes in for station linkup

Sunday, Nov. 16,2008 9:27 p.m.

Space shuttle Endeavour closed in for a 220-mile-high linkup with the international space station on Sunday, hauling gear for a huge home makeover that will allow twice as many astronauts to live up there beginning next year.

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Iraq’s Cabinet approves security pact with U.S.

Sunday, Nov. 16,2008 9:26 p.m.

An Iraqi government spokesman says the Cabinet has approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year.

Daniel Brooks of the San Bernardino County Fire Department Grand Terrace unit fights a wildfire on Sunday in Chino Hills, Calif. Calmer wind Sunday aided firefighters battling wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes in Southern California, forced thousands of residents to flee and blanketed much of the region with choking smoke.

Even as winds calm, more flee fires

Sunday, Nov. 16,2008 9:24 p.m.

More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major aerial attack on wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and blanketed the region in smoke.

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