Column: Oladipo is surprise top scorer
The sophomore guard tied a career high with 16 points against Stony Brook on Friday and then bested that mark, adding 21 points Sunday.
The sophomore guard tied a career high with 16 points against Stony Brook on Friday and then bested that mark, adding 21 points Sunday.
After only attempting one 3-pointer and scoring four points in Friday’s season opener against Stony Brook , a more aggressive Hulls knocked down 6-of-9 from behind the arc Sunday in IU’s 78-53 victory against Chattanooga.
Junior goalkeeper Luis Soffner succeeded for a ninth time this season in shutting out IU’s opponent. The problem was, he didn’t shut out his own teammate, senior Tommy Meyer.
IU (2-0) rode the momentum of its defensive effort to a 78-53 win against Chattanooga (0-1) in the first game of the Hoosier Invitational at Assembly Hall.
IU fell to the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears, 58-46, Friday in Conway, Ark. The Hoosiers kept a 30-21 lead with 14:20 remaining in the game and won the rebounding battle 40-31, but it wasn’t enough in a match that featured four ties and nine lead changes.
Redshirt freshman Tyler Walsh added his second tournament title to his IU career Saturday.
The men clinched their tournament berth during the weekend with an automatic qualification by finishing second in the 10K NCAA Great Lakes Regional with 70 points. The men finished 20 points behind Wisconsin.
After junior middle blocker Samantha Thrower managed three straight kills to cap off a five-set Senior Night victory against the Iowa Hawkeyes, the collective feeling of relief could be felt throughout University Gym.
The Hoosiers improved to 2-0 for the regular season with a 78-53 win at Assembly Hall. Sophomore guard Victor Oladipo led IU with 21 points.
Behind an offensive outburst of 65 percent shooting and four players in double figures, the IU men’s basketball team won its 14th straight season opener Friday night at Assembly Hall with a 96-66 win against Stony Brook.
The sophomore duo combined for 29 points on 12-of-15 shooting to lead the IU men’s basketball team to a 96-66 victory against Stony Brook to open the season on Friday night at Assembly Hall.
The IU men’s basketball team kicked off its’ season with a 96-66 win on Friday night at Assembly Hall.
Award-winning civil rights historian Taylor Branch wants IU to pay student athletes. Branch recently wrote the cover story for the October issue of The Atlantic magazine, titled “The Shame of College Sports”, and has expanded the story into an eBook called “The Cartel,” available from Byliner.com.
The injured running back first made a side appearance at an Infinity Pro Wrestling event in late September, on the same day his team fell to North Texas, 24-21.
The Hoosiers take on Stony Brook at 7 p.m. Friday in Assembly Hall to kick off the 2011-12 campaign.
The weekend begins Friday as No. 2 Nebraska volleyball travels to Bloomington for the first time in school history. In the teams’ first meeting of season, the Cornhuskers swept the Hoosiers in Lincoln, Neb.
Wearing funny outfits, donning horrible hats and singing Spice Girls at the top of their lungs with the windows rolled down on the way to Cold Stone Creamery — this is how the friendship between IU women’s volleyball seniors Caitlin Cox and Mary Chaudoin began.
For Lindsay Enterline and Kristen Seaton, the roads that led them to senior night on the women’s volleyball team were different but share a common thread: overcoming the adversity of injuries and switching teams.
Less than two weeks ago, if they’d been able to block that last goal with five minutes to go, the IU men’s soccer team would have the Big Ten regular season trophy.
It has certainly been an interesting year for the Big Ten — and that’s not including the scandals.