Young players step up against LIU Brooklyn
Brickman would miss a 3-point heave at the buzzer, and IU would hold on to win 73-72 Tuesday night at Assembly Hall.
Brickman would miss a 3-point heave at the buzzer, and IU would hold on to win 73-72 Tuesday night at Assembly Hall.
After a woeful shooting start in the first half – just 11-for-40 from the field – the IU men’s basketball team managed a charge in the second half, led by the reformed 3-point shooting of senior forward Will Sheehey to narrowly escape with a 73-72 win over LIU Brooklyn at Assembly Hall.
IU men’s basketball freshman forward Noah Vonleh was named the first 2013-14 Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday after his debut double-double against Chicago State Friday.
Tuesday evening, IU Coach Tom Crean’s squad will play its second game of seven in the span of 19 days.
There couldn’t have been a more blatant discrepancy between IU’s final exhibition win against Hillsdale and the Hoosiers’ 100-72 season-opening victory against Chicago State Friday evening at Assembly Hall.
Sophomore forward Jeremy Hollowell scored 16 points and blocked four shots, both career highs, to lead IU to a 100-72 victory in its season-opener against Chicago State on Friday night at Assembly Hall.
Noah Vonleh’s trips to the line were just a handful of the 55 shots the Hoosiers took at the line Friday night. Of those 55, IU sunk 45 to set a school record that was previously 43.
Largely fueled by 55 free throws stemming by 36 personal fouls by Chicago State, the IU men’s basketball team pulled off the team’s first win of the season with ease, defeating the Cougars 100-72 Friday night at Assembly Hall.
IU Coach Tom Crean said Friday’s matchup is about seeing just how deep a team he and his coaching staff truly have.
IU begins its regular season Friday night against Chicago State, a deep, experienced team. While it should be an easy victory for the Hoosiers, the Cougars’ press should be a good test for IU.
During the game, Robinson, making his first game appearance at Assembly Hall, was fouled when he had an open path to the basket on a fast break. He said before the foul he had big plans for what he thought would be his first-ever dunk in an IU uniform.
As the Hoosiers began to get into a rhythm on defense, the Chargers lost steam in a hurry, scoring 15 points in the second half to fall to the Hoosiers 79-39 Monday night at Assembly Hall.
Potential. That’s the one reoccurring word that can be appropriately associated with this season’s IU squad, which defeated Hillsdale College, 79-39, Monday evening at Assembly Hall.
After a slow start, the IU men’s basketball team found strength from behind the arc to distance itself from the Hillsdale College Chargers for a 79-39 victory at Assembly Hall in the Hoosiers’ final exhibition test of the season.
This evening the Hoosiers face their final exhibition test against Hillsdale College at 7 p.m. at Assembly Hall.
IU Coach Tom Crean, joined by graduate student guard Evan Gordon, senior forward Will Sheehey, sophomore guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell and sophomore forward Jeremy Hollowell traveled to the Hyatt Regency for Big Ten Basketball Media Day Thursday morning.
2014's No. 4 shooting guard James Blackmon Jr. recommitted to the IU men’s basketball team Thursday night on ESPNU.
Whether any individual Hoosier brings any form of recognition back to Bloomington remains to be seen.Thus, IU’s own collection of preseason superlatives are in order, beginning with the most celebrated award of them all.
After visiting Bloomington this weekend and attending the Hoosiers’ first exhibition game of the season, 2014 forward Max Hoetzel secured his commitment to the IU men’s basketball team Sunday evening.
A bizarre feeling distinguished IU’s 83-68 win against Southern Indiana in Assembly Hall on Saturday.