Women's basketball team escapes Happy Valley with 84-77 victory
Jan 12, 2009 12:41 amThe women's basketball team recovered from a road loss against Minnesota with a road win at Penn State.
The women's basketball team recovered from a road loss against Minnesota with a road win at Penn State.
Despite senior forward Whitney Thomas and sophomore guard Jori Davis
going a combined 3-for-19 from the field and combining for just 15
points, the IU women’s basketball team overcame a four-point halftime
deficit to defeat Miami (Fla.) 69-54 in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge.
In the second half, the Hoosiers (5-2) outscored the Hurricanes 41-22 and shot 52 percent from the field.
The IU women’s basketball team was once again impressive last night.
This time, they showed their talents off to the Indianapolis Greyhounds
in an 82-56 victory.
The Greyhounds scored at the 15:04 mark in the first half to make it
7-2 in favor of the Hoosiers. After, Indianapolis did not score until
6:58 left in the half. A scoreless drought of more than eight minutes.
The Greyhounds’ next bucket made it 30-5, and the rout was on.
Shooting less than 48 percent from the free-throw line usually doesn’t
bode well for winning basketball games – unless a team converts nearly
55 percent of its field goals and 63 percent of its 3-point shots.
The IU women’s basketball team followed this model in its 93-49 victory
against Southern Indiana in its first exhibition game of the season
Saturday.
Solutions by The State News