Hoosiers stumble in loss to Michigan
IU (5-15, 0-7) fell to the Wolverines (16-4, 5-2) 66-48, marking Indiana’s seventh-straight loss this season in conference play.
IU (5-15, 0-7) fell to the Wolverines (16-4, 5-2) 66-48, marking Indiana’s seventh-straight loss this season in conference play.
The Indiana women’s basketball team was unable to secure its first Big Ten win of the season Thursday night, falling to rival Purdue by a score of 82-60.
An overall record of 5-14 and conference record of 0-6 puts the Hoosiers at the bottom of the Big Ten, but they said they hope to overcome early season woes and start climbing up the conference ladder with some wins.
The No. 13/18 Purdue Boilermakers are coming to Bloomington on Thursday night for the first of two matchups in 2012 between the arch-rivals. The two teams are set to play at 8 p.m. in Assembly Hall.
Missed layups and 23 turnovers would make it hard for any team to win a basketball game. And for an IU women’s basketball team (5-13, 0-5) that traveled to Michigan State (12-5, 4-0) Thursday night searching for its first Big Ten Conference win of the season, it proved too much.
Thursday night, IU Coach Felisha Legette-Jack and her players will travel to East Lansing, Mich., to try to end their conference losing streak against the team that started it.
After a loss Sunday at home to conference foe Northwestern, the IU women’s basketball team now stands at 5-12, including a 0-4 start in the Big Ten. But even with only two wins thus far in Assembly Hall, the Hoosiers do seem to show an advantage when playing on Branch McCracken Court. They’ve won by almost six more points when in Bloomington, and their losses have been much closer as they lose by seven points fewer on average. Here’s a look at the IU women’s basketball team’s home court advantage so far in the 2011-12 campaign.
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.
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.
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.
Chaplin aided IU’s (3-6) 65-64 victory against IUPUI (4-6).
The Hoosiers will travel to Indianapolis for their closest road game of the season to take on IU-Purdue University Indianapolis. The match is set to tip off at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Jungle, the Jaguar’s home court.
On the outside, she is just another student athlete representing the University and playing for the women’s basketball team. She is the starting shooting guard this season and averages 11.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. But on the inside, McGhee is a self-trained musician who has a passion for playing, writing and listening to music.
The losing streak continued for the IU women’s basketball team Wednesday night.The team lost in its first true New York road game since 1979 to St. Bonaventure 65-45, bringing its losing streak to five games.
The Hoosiers will be on the road today to face St. Bonaventure (6-1), a team that already has a road win against West Virginia but also a loss to Delaware at home.
The Indiana women's basketball team lost to Oklahoma State 83-72 in the second installment of the Big 12/Big Ten Challenge on Sunday.
Senior forward and co-captain Georgie Jones suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in the sixth game of the season Thursday against Virginia.
Host Max McCombs is joined by women's basketball beat writers to discuss IU's 2-4 start to the season and upcoming game against Oklahoma State.
The Hoosiers are playing two games this week for “bragging rights” in the conference.