IU's road roes continue
IU remains winless on the road this season after losing 4-3 to Harvard on Saturday in Cambridge, Mass.
IU remains winless on the road this season after losing 4-3 to Harvard on Saturday in Cambridge, Mass.
Minnesota’s Micaella Riche scored 17 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as the Gophers defeated IU 59-53 Sunday afternoon in Assembly Hall.
The Hoosiers went on to defeat UMBC (Maryland-Baltimore County) 7-1 Sunday afternoon at TicketReturn.com Field in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The victory secured IU’s best start under IU Coach Tracy Smith.
Of the seniors to be honored Tuesday evening in Assembly Hall, Derek Elston has neither the statistics nor signature moments of Christian Watford or Jordan Hulls. He has missed more than a third of this season and plays a fraction of the other two’s minutes.The senior forward’s place on the team is found in neither numbers nor film, but rather in leading goofy chants of encouragement from the bench.
Now, after four years of college basketball on one of the top teams in the country, Hulls has blossomed into one of the most prolific shooters in IU history, while managing one of the most successful IU men’s basketball teams in recent memory.
Growing up in Birmingham, Ala., Christian Watford did not know much about the tradition of IU basketball.Sure, he had seen Bob Knight and the candy-striped Hoosiers on television, but the only crimson in his closet was from his favorite college football team, the Alabama Crimson Tide, not from IU.
If anyone was concerned about the IU distance medley relay team performing under pressure, their worries were assuaged Friday.
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.
IU men's swimming and diving earned two Big Ten titles, five school records and coach of the year honors during the final day of the Big Ten Championships.
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.
Before the 400-yard medley relay, the IU men’s swimming and diving team was only 39 points away from Big Ten Championship leader Michigan.
Four seniors will take Branch McCracken Court one last time at 2 p.m. Sunday against Minnesota for Senior Day.
Coach Randy Bloemendaal and his No. 68 ranked IU tennis team will compete in their second consecutive away match against No. 23 Harvard University.
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.
The IU women’s basketball team fell victim to a furious Iowa comeback, watching their 10-point halftime lead evaporate as the Hawkeyes won 75-70 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
IU softball is geared up to take on three top-25-ranked opponents this weekend, two of which they have already faced earlier this season.