IU loses 10th straight game in worst loss of the season
IU dropped its 10th consecutive game Wednesday night, falling to Michigan State 72-42 at the Breslin Center. The 30-point defeat is the worst of the season for the Hoosiers.
IU dropped its 10th consecutive game Wednesday night, falling to Michigan State 72-42 at the Breslin Center. The 30-point defeat is the worst of the season for the Hoosiers.
The first time these two teams matched up on Jan. 20, the Spartans forced the Hoosiers into a season-high 25 turnovers to come away with a 56-46 victory.
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team used a 20-5 run between the 10:40 and 3:24 marks of the first half to take control of the game early and hand IU its ninth consecutive loss, beating the Hoosiers 65-53 Sunday in Madison, Wis.
In the opening minutes of the second half against No. 8 Penn State on Thursday night, IU senior guard Jasmine McGhee stole the ball and took it coast-to-coast for a layup to cut the Lady Lions’ lead to three.
Ask IU Coach Curt Miller what his chief concern is for tonight’s matchup with No. 8 Penn State, and he can’t nail down just one area.
Mater Dei High School (Evansville, Ind.) forward Maura Muensterman has verbally committed to play for Curt Miller and the IU women’s basketball program, according to a tweet from fellow 2014 commit Tyra Buss.
IU women’s basketball starting point guard Andrea Newbauer is out indefinitely with a left wrist injury she suffered prior to the team’s loss at Purdue on Wednesday.
Miller and his bench picked up technical fouls within a minute of each other in the second half that allowed Ohio State to extend its lead to 10 points. The Buckeyes survived the ensuing IU comeback effort to beat the Hoosiers 70-56 in Assembly Hall.
Finding themselves down just six at halftime, the IU women’s basketball team was in striking distance of an upset of No. 14 Purdue Thursday night in West Lafayette, hoping to beat its rival for the first time in eight tries.
When the IU women’s basketball team plays No. 14 Purdue at 6:30 p.m. today in West Lafayette, it will be looking to snap several dubious streaks against one of the Big Ten’s toughest teams.
The 5-foot-7-inch guard followed that performance the next night by setting a new career high, pouring in 54 points on 17-36 shooting from the field and 19-21 from the foul line to knock off a previously undefeated Goreville team, 73-64. Her 54 points also form a new school record.
IU (10-10, 1-6) struggled from the perimeter, going 2-17 (11.8 percent) from beyond the 3-point line. It is the fourth time the Hoosiers have made under three 3-point field goals in a game this season. They have lost all four of those games.
Miller and his IU women’s basketball team will have a chance to sweep the season series against Northwestern today at 7 p.m. at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Once again, Indiana hung with No. 23 Michigan, one of the Big Ten’s best teams. Once again, the Hoosiers were doomed by poor shooting performance and had too much ground to make up, too late.
Fading away with a hand in her face, Sinclair launched a 3-point shot that swished through the net and became the 23rd Hoosier to ever score 1,000 career points.
The Hoosiers (10-8, 1-4) will look to fix the half-by-half inconsistency that has plagued them all season when they get another crack at No. 23 Michigan (15-3, 4-1) at 7 p.m. today in Assembly Hall.
Senior forward Aulani Sinclair became the 23rd Hoosier to join the 1,000-point club Sunday, but IU lost 56-46 to Michigan State.
IU Coach Curt Miller’s nightmare came true for the second-straight game Thursday night when IU (10-7, 1-3) lost to Ohio State (11-7, 1-4) 68-45 at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
Senior forward Aulani Sinclair enters Thursday's game at Ohio State eight points shy of 1,000 for her career and will try to help the Hoosiers (10-6, 1-2) get back on track against the buckeyes (10-7, 0-4) at 7 p.m. today in Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio.
So, while he said he was disappointed by Thursday night’s 67-38 home loss to No. 23 Nebraska, IU Coach Curt Miller wasn’t devastated.