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Gordon’s debut draws rave reviews

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Who knew Assembly Hall could get so loud in early November? With the IU men’s basketball team trailing Tennessee-Chattanooga by two points early in the second half, freshman guard Eric Gordon took a pass from sophomore guard Armon Bassett and emphatically dunked the ball with his right hand.


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Women's soccer team is NCAA bound

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IU women’s soccer coach Mick Lyon said his goal every season is to be playing on his birthday – Nov. 18 – because then his team would be playing in the NCAA Tournament. For the first time in his tenure at IU, one of his team’s might meet that goal.



Jacob Kriese

IU tips off season

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Junior guard/forward Jamarcus Ellis had a simple answer when asked what the IU men’s basketball team had to do to prepare for the first game of the season with just one day off. “You just have to get some rest,” Ellis said. “Like coach said, he wants us to come in and play with intensity. If you be out all night, you’re not going to come in that way the next day.”


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IU falls to Ohio State on penalty kicks

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It was deja vu for the Hoosiers this weekend. After a physical and hard-fought game, IU and Ohio State saw themselves stalemated at a 0-0 tie, much as they had earlier in the season. This time, however, penalty kicks were assessed in order to determine which of the two powerhouses would win the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Although the score will go into the record books as a tie, it was OSU who came out on top, 5-4, and secured themselves a tournament bid. “It’s frustrating,” freshman Neil Wilmarth said. “Their two center backs are strong and hard to get by. It makes it hard to finish an opportunity when we get one.” Wilmarth nearly scored a goal with 9:46 left in regulation. Freshman Daniel Kelly fed Wilmarth, who was wide open in front of the net, the ball inside the 18-yard box. He sent a shot toward the goal, but the ball bounced hard off the right pole and out of bounds. The Hoosiers were a bit more fortunate in their first match, a 1-0 win on Friday. Against host team and No. 5-seed Michigan State, Wilmarth scored the only goal of the game off a cross in the box from senior Charley Traylor. Traylor sent the ball to the far end of the box where Wilmarth headed it into the lower corner of the goal. MSU goalkeeper Chris Austin nearly blocked the shot, but was a half-second too slow.


Colin Thompson

IU splits home contests on weekend

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The IU volleyball team (15-13, 6-10) snapped a six-game losing streak Saturday night at the University Gym with a sweep over Iowa (31-29, 30-28, 30-22). Before Saturday’s match, IU dropped one to Minnesota on Friday night at home 3-0 (22-30, 28-30, 28-30).


Jacob Kriese

Gordon leads IU past UNC-Pembroke

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In its final preseason tune-up, the IU men’s basketball team relied on strong 3-point shooting and a stellar first-half performance from star freshman Eric Gordon to knock off UNC-Pembroke 111-62. But the win didn’t come without a scare.



Jay Seawell

Just out of reach

Coming on the heels of arguably the most emotional win of the season, the Hoosiers dropped a back-and-forth affair to Northwestern 31-28, once again putting their season-long goal of “playing 13” in jeopardy. Losing at Northwestern (6-5, 3-4), the Hoosiers (6-5, 2-5) will need to win a seventh game next weekend, since 10 teams in the Big Ten are now bowl eligible.









Jay Seawell

Hoosiers look to fix recent road struggles

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After getting the bowl eligibility monkey off its back, IU now looks to fix its recent road struggles at 12 p.m. Saturday in Evanston, Ill., when the team battles Northwestern.


Chris PIckrell

IU volleyball set to face Iowa, Minnesota at home

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This weekend, the IU volleyball team (14-12, 5-9) will stay in Bloomington to face Minnesota (13-11, 6-8) and Iowa (9-16, 1-13). Minnesota, a club ranked as high as No. 11 earlier in the season, has lost eight of its last nine conference matches. The Hawkeyes are sitting at the bottom of the conference and have dropped their last 10 matches.