Wrestlers fall as Powless rises on all-time wins list
The IU wrestling team suffered a defeat this past Friday at the hands of No. 2-ranked Iowa. Despite the 12-26 loss, the Hoosiers did gain some individual victories.
The IU wrestling team suffered a defeat this past Friday at the hands of No. 2-ranked Iowa. Despite the 12-26 loss, the Hoosiers did gain some individual victories.
After trailing by 17 points to Northwestern with just more than nine minutes remaining in its second Big Ten home game of the year, the IU women’s basketball team went on a surge for the next eight minutes of play to close the gap to three points.
The IU men’s and women’s track and field teams rang in the new year by winning a combined 10 events at Saturday’s Indiana Open
The Hoosiers, who debuted at No. 29 — one spot above last year’s final standing — in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association national team rankings released Tuesday, have gone 21-8 thus far at the event, with wins against opponents representing Louisville, Radford and Alabama.
In their meet in Ann Arbor, Mich., this season and their first meet in more than a month, both IU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams fell to Michigan on Saturday, with the men losing 166-130, and the women getting edged 151.5-148.5.
After winning last week’s Big Ten Freshman of the Week award, IU freshman center Quaneisha McCurty saw only nine minutes of action during IU’s (5-12, 0-4) Sunday loss to Northwestern (11-5, 1-2) at Assembly Hall 69-61.
The IU men’s basketball team came into Sunday as the nation’s leader in three-point field goal percentage at 45.6 percent.
The IU men's basketball team played five games during winter break. The team went 4-1 during that stretch.
In its first meeting as fellow Big Ten opponents, the Indiana women’s basketball team fell to No. 19 Nebraska on Thursday night 62-48. The loss for IU gives it a three-game losing streak to begin Big Ten play and drops its overall record to 5-11. Its 11 losses tie the team with Wisconsin for the most in the conference.
The IU women’s basketball team (5-10) suffered four losses while grabbing only two wins during winter break and has started off its Big Ten conference play 0-2.
The first meet of the new year for the men’s and women’s track and field teams will be the Indiana Open on Saturday, which takes place at Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse on the Bloomington campus.
The first meet of the new year for the men’s and women’s track and field teams will be the Indiana Open on Saturday, which takes place at Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse on the Bloomington campus.
The IU men’s basketball team took down its third ranked foe of the season, knocking off No. 13/16 Michigan (12-3, 2-1) 73-71 on Thursday night at Assembly Hall. IU is now 11-0 at home and will look to go undefeated at Assembly Hall for the first time since the 2006-07 season.
For the No. 10 IU men’s swimming and diving team, this weekend’s dual meet at No. 4 Michigan is about rebounding from an earlier loss. For the No. 8 women, this meet is all about not letting up after a previous victory against the same team.
Five players committed to IU since Dec. 11, all of whom will line up on the defensive side of the ball when the 2012 season starts. Four are from junior colleges, and one, defensive tackle Ralphael Green, is from Sam Houston High School in San Antonio, Texas.
Every time Michigan made a run at Indiana on Thursday night, the Hoosiers answered. In a game where the Hoosiers never trailed, IU (14-1, 2-1) made numerous crucial plays down the stretch in earning a 73-71 victory against Michigan (12-3, 2-1) at Assembly Hall.
The Hoosiers have never trailed thanks to a 16-of-29 performance from the field.
Three weeks to the day after No. 13/15 IU shook the college basketball world by beating No. 1 Kentucky, the Hoosiers had one more upset left in them in 2011.
The IU men's basketball team pulled off another upset, this time it was a No. 2/2 Ohio State 74-70 at Assembly Hall.
After a late surge, the IU men's basketball team is leading the Ohio State Buckeyes 33-32 at the half.