IU wins ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Freshman guard Larryn Brooks scored a career-high 37 points as IU defeated Virginia Tech 71-65.
Freshman guard Larryn Brooks scored a career-high 37 points as IU defeated Virginia Tech 71-65.
After seeing a 19-point lead wither down to four with just more than four minutes remaining, freshman guard Larryn Brooks connected on one of her four made 3-pointers on the night, stretching the Hoosiers’ lead to 61-54.
The Big Ten/ACC Challenge will have some distinct opponents for the IU women’s basketball team when it faces Virginia Tech tonight at Assembly Hall.
During a 12-minute stretch in the second half, IU’s only points came from the line, when it scored seven points while failing to convert a field goal
The Hoosiers fell victim to a 25-4 run during the bulk of the second half, falling to the Orange 69-52 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
When the Hoosiers reach the postseason, whether it be the NCAA Tournament or lower-tier tournament, they’re one poor matchup from being bounced earlier than expected.
Three of Syracuse’s eight players who saw time in the game last year are gone, and seven of the 11 Hoosiers who played are no longer part of the team.
After a week to prepare, tonight the Hoosiers travel to Syracuse, N.Y., for their battle in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge to face a team who recently moved into the top five in the country — to No. 4 — after Monday’s latest AP poll was released.
How fitting it is to be awarded an opportunity to avenge a ghost, a haunting memory still shackled to the current subconscious.
Both Taylor Agler and Larryn Brooks were equally impressive after the Hoosiers’ victory against USC Upstate.
The Hoosiers (7-0) never relented in their attack and won the contest by a score of 87-38.
NEW YORK - After playing meager minutes because of foul trouble the whole evening, IU freshman forward Noah Vonleh still had a chance to pull the Hoosiers to victory in the championship of the 2K Sports Classic Friday night against No. 18 Connecticut.
Although the Hoosiers’ scoring from the field would ebb and flow throughout their semi-final matchup against Washington Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, Indiana managed to combine an improved free throw shooting performance along with an abundance of second-chance points en route to the 102-84 victory, pairing them up with Connecticut in the finals of the 2K Sports Classic Friday.
The Hoosiers (4-0) face the Bulldogs (1-3), which has lost three games in a row. IU Coach Curt Miller said despite their record, the Bulldogs are a team not to be overlooked.
While appearing on the surface as a reasonable baptism for IU Coach Tom Crean’s relatively inexperienced team, the non-conference portion of the schedule may be a curse hidden beneath a deceiving vale.
Tonight, as IU Coach Tom Crean’s squad plays its first game of the 2K Sports Classic Tournament in the hallowed halls of Madison Square Garden, Crean said he doesn’t want his players to block out the differences between Assembly Hall and the court the Hoosiers play Washington on this evening.
The difference one year can make is astronomical.
With IU’s 80-53 victory against Central Arkansas on Monday night at Assembly Hall, the IU women’s basketball team improved to 4-0, its first 4-0 start since the 2006 season.
Indiana (3-0) defeated Indiana State (2-1) 57-54 in Terre Haute. IU Coach Curt Miller said he was proud of his team, which matched its best start to a season since 2009-2010.
Vonleh tallied 18 points, his highest total in his first four games, and 15 rebounds, also a new high, in IU’s 90-74 victory against Stony Brook on Sunday night at Assembly Hall.