IU overcomes slow first half, beats Iowa 73-60
IU's 26 points, 28.6-percent shooting seemingly left IU ripe for another Big Ten upset. Yet IU had a double-digit lead.
IU's 26 points, 28.6-percent shooting seemingly left IU ripe for another Big Ten upset. Yet IU had a double-digit lead.
Coming into Saturday’s matchup against the Iowa Hawkeyes, IU’s trusty shooter senior guard Jordan Hulls was shooting nearly 48 percent for the Hoosiers.
Although the team shot less than 30 percent from the field in the first half and managed just 26 points, the IU men's basketball team fought through its offensive struggles for a 73-60 win Saturday night against Iowa.
In a half where both teams struggled from the field, shooting less than 30 percent, No. 1 IU leads Iowa 26-14 with 20 minutes to play.
After falling 77-73 to Minnesota Tuesday evening in Minneapolis, IU looks to repeat the feat against Iowa, a team the Hoosiers narrowly defeated 69-65 on New Year’s Eve to open the Big Ten season.
On Tuesday, IU Coach Tom Crean said rebounding was the only thing keeping the Hoosiers from a tough road victory, and possibly having this last regular season home stretch clinch an outright Big Ten title.
Tuesday’s 77-73 loss to Minnesota is hardly the end of the world for the Hoosiers, but it was a game that illustrated how important Watford’s newfound consistency has been to IU’s success this season.
If you had to pick one reason why the No. 1 Indiana men’s basketball team lost 77-73 to Minnesota, you should begin with Trevor Mbawke.
Throughout much of the Big Ten season, senior forward Christian Watford had been the catalyst for the IU men’s basketball team early in the first half.
Despite the best efforts of IU’s guards, a dominant performance by Minnesota post players cost IU Tuesday in Minneapolis.
IU was thoroughly outmanned on the boards all evening as the Hoosiers fell to Minnesota 74-70 Tuesday evening in Minneapolis.
With a team filled with at least six starters, Tom Crean said, it doesn’t as much matter where the production comes from as much as how his team is executing.
IU goes on the road tonight to face a team that was among the country’s hottest to start the year before hitting a recent slide.
It seems as if it was just yesterday the Hoosiers and the Minnesota Golden Gophers squared off Jan. 12 at Assembly Hall in the Big Ten Network’s highest rated regular season basketball game ever.
Even though he played only one game in the past week, junior guard Victor Oladipo was named Big Ten Player of the Week this morning.
With Miami finally succumbing to an ACC foe and dropping from the No. 2 spot, IU solidified its spot atop the polls Monday.
Sophomore forward Cody Zeller and senior guard Jordan Hulls were each named among 15 Division 1 basketball players on the 2012-13 Capitol One Academic All-American Team. IU is the only school with multiple players selected.
Tuesday night, the Hoosiers made a statement to the rest of the NCAA.Resilient teams don’t quit until the job is complete and the victory is secured.
From the moment Victor Oladipo stumbled under the basket and limped toward the locker room Saturday against Purdue, the question was whether he would play Tuesday’s showdown against No. 4 Michigan State.
Victor Oladipo couldn’t have picked a better time to reach 1,000 points for his IU career.