Women's basketball

Hoosiers search for 1st Big Ten win in Michigan

By Trent Stutzman · Friday, Feb. 17,2012 12:26 a.m.

The IU women’s basketball team will look to avenge its loss from earlier in the year when it battles the Michigan Wolverines at noon Sunday in Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers (5-20, 0-12) fell to Michigan (18-7, 7-5) on Jan. 22 in the first matchup of the year between the two schools, 66-48.

IU refuses to quit before taking on Ohio State

By Nathan Brown · Wednesday, Feb. 15,2012 11:32 p.m.

Even as the Hoosiers travel Thursday night to Columbus, Ohio, to take on the No. 9 Ohio State Buckeyes, who are currently second in the Big Ten standings, IU women’s basketball Coach Felisha Legette-Jack’s players sound as positive and as confident as ever.

Last-second shot sinks Hoosiers’ chances at first Big Ten victory against Illini during ‘THINK PINK’ game

By Nathan Brown · Sunday, Feb. 12,2012 9:12 p.m.

The Indiana women’s basketball team fell 61-60 to Illinois (10-16, 4-9) on a last-second lay-in by the Fighting Illini’s Lydia McCully Sunday. But on “THINK PINK” day at Assembly Hall, IU Coach Felisha Legette-Jack said she had the bigger picture in mind.

Women hope history repeats itself, streak is broken against Illini

By Nathan Brown · Thursday, Feb. 9,2012 11:07 p.m.

When the Hoosiers go for their first win in the conference this season Sunday, they’ll have a chance to play the only team they’ve beaten in their past 25 Big Ten games: Illinois.

Hoosiers lose to Iowa at Assembly Hall

By Nathan Brown · Sunday, Feb. 5,2012 10:31 p.m.

After staying toe-to-toe with the Iowa Hawkeyes (14-10, 6-5), the Indiana women’s basketball team (5-19, 0-11) again fell short in its conference matchup, losing 83-64 Sunday afternoon in Assembly Hall.

Hoosiers fall to Nittany Lions, continue losing streak

By Trent Stutzman · Friday, Feb. 3,2012 12 a.m.

The Hoosiers (5-18, 0-10 Big Ten) lost at Penn State (17-5, 7-3) Thursday at the Bryce Jordan Center 76-44 to bring their losing skid to 10 games, which serves as the longest of IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack’s tenure in Bloomington.

Team looks to end two streaks

By Trent Stutzman · Thursday, Feb. 2,2012 9:30 p.m.

First and foremost, IU (5-18, 0-10 Big Ten) will try to end its 10-game losing streak. The other streak IU will try to break is its five-game losing skid to Iowa (12-10, 4-5) since Jan. 4 2009, the last time the Hoosiers beat the Hawkeyes.

Road to wins depends on second half for Hoosiers

By Nathan Brown · Thursday, Feb. 2,2012 2:13 p.m.

Even with an 0-9 conference record, the IU women’s basketball team has had its chances.

IU gets clawed by Wildcats

By Nathan Brown · Sunday, Jan. 29,2012 11:58 p.m.

With 47 seconds left in Sunday’s game at Northwestern, the IU women’s basketball team was down by only three points. The team’s first conference win this season was only a couple shots away.

Trio of junior players hold up offense

By Nathan Brown · Friday, Jan. 27,2012 12:52 a.m.

Even with losses in the last eight games — all to Big Ten conference foes — the IU women’s basketball team has seen consistent scoring support from three juniors.

Early lead wears off as IU falls to Buckeyes at home

By Trent Stutzman · Friday, Jan. 27,2012 12:51 a.m.

The IU women’s basketball team was unable to pull off the upset Thursday in Assembly Hall, losing to the ninth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes 73-55.

Hoosiers prepare for Big Ten elite Buckeyes

By Trent Stutzman · Wednesday, Jan. 25,2012 10:41 p.m.

The women’s basketball team is looking to do Thursday what the men’s team did on New Year’s Eve: knock off a highly ranked Ohio State squad in Assembly Hall. Such an upset would be the Hoosiers’ first Big Ten victory of the season, as they are 0-7 in conference play and 5-15 overall.

After years of injuries, Chaplin on the court to stay

By Trent Stutzman · Wednesday, Jan. 25,2012 12:19 a.m.

After missing 61 games in her first three years at IU due to injury, junior center Sasha Chaplin is back and stronger than ever.

Hoosiers stumble in loss to Michigan

By Nathan Brown · Sunday, Jan. 22,2012 11:38 p.m.

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 women remain winless in Big Ten after loss to Purdue

By Trent Stutzman · Thursday, Jan. 19,2012 11:21 p.m.

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.

Young Hoosiers take to the road

By Trent Stutzman · Thursday, Jan. 19,2012 10:59 p.m.

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.

IU, Purdue to face off inside Assembly Hall

By Trent Stutzman · Wednesday, Jan. 18,2012 11:24 p.m.

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.

Turnovers, final minutes doom Hoosiers

By Nathan Brown · Friday, Jan. 13,2012 12:10 a.m.

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.

Women forget past, focus on future skills

By Nathan Brown · Tuesday, Jan. 10,2012 11:35 p.m.

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.

IU excels at its Indiana home, falters on road

By Nathan Brown · Monday, Jan. 9,2012 11:13 p.m.

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.

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