Hoosiers lose to Illinois, fall from Big Ten Tournament
By John Bauernfeind | Mar 14, 2014 12:04 amIllinois (19-13) beat IU (17-15) 64-54 Thursday, its third consecutive loss.
Illinois (19-13) beat IU (17-15) 64-54 Thursday, its third consecutive loss.
Junior guard Rayvonte Rice has scored 49 points during two games against the Hoosiers this season. Rice scored 20 points during his team’s 56-46 loss to IU on Jan. 26.
The loss drops the Hoosiers to 17-14 on the season and 7-11 in
conference play. IU will play in the first round of the Big Ten
Tournament this Thursday.
After losing to Nebraska on senior night Wednesday, the IU men’s basketball team will head to Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday to face the Michigan Wolverines.
Out of the timeout, IU would falter, getting outscored by the Cornhuskers 18-8 on its way to a 70-60 defeat.
At 7 p.m., the Hoosiers (17-12, 7-9) will face the Nebraska Cornhuskers (17-11, 9-7) in their final regular-season home game of the season.
Smith spent more than two seasons on the IU men’s basketball team as a walk-on. A native of South Bend, Ind., Smith played basketball and ran track in high school. He received a few offers to play basketball collegiately, but none from any Division I schools.
Without freshman forward Noah Vonleh on Sunday, the IU men’s basketball team defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 72-64.
The IU men’s basketball team rode a career-high 30 points from senior wing Will Sheehey to a 93-86 against the No. 20 Iowa Hawkeyes.
The IU men’s basketball team (15-12, 5-9) will face the No. 20 Iowa Hawkeyes (19-8, 8-6) at 9 p.m. in Assembly Hall, the second of three games this week for the Hoosiers.
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