IUWBB vs Minnesota - ON NOW on BTN

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,940]

Game tipped off at 6:00 on BTN.  We're at the 5:00 mark of the 1st Q with IU trailing 8-5.

 

No. 17 Indiana returns home on Monday night when it plays host to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.
 
NO. 17/24 INDIANA (15-5, 5-3 B1G) VS. MINNESOTA (12-7, 2-6 B1G)
Monday, January 27, 2020 • 6 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Ind.
Broadcast: BTN (Jordan Bernfield, Christy Winters Scott)
Radio: WHCC 105.1 FM (Greg Murray)
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
 
ABOUT THE COACHES

Indiana	Minnesota
Teri Moren	Lindsay Whalen
Career Record: 317-201 (17th Season)	Career Record: 33-18 (2nd Season)
Indiana Record: 118-71 (6th Season)	Minnesota Record: Same

 
ABOUT THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
Minnesota is coming off a 76-62 loss at Wisconsin on Wednesday night. Prior to that, they picked up their second league win at Purdue in a 72-59 victory at Mackey Arena. The Gophers are led by three players in double figures behind redshirt junior guard Gadiva Hubbard (12.4 ppg.). Senior forward Taiye Bello adds 12.2 points and a team-high 9.7 rebounds per game while freshman forward Sara Scalia notches 11.4 points per contest.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Minnesota leads 37-31
 
LAST MEETING
3/7/19 – W, 66-58 (Indianapolis)
 
NOTES

• Indiana returns home after a week on the road where it split games at Maryland and at Penn State.
• Freshman forward Mackenzie Holmes is coming off her third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor when she was named the co-freshman of the week on Jan. 20. Holmes is averaging 12.2 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.
• Sophomore guard Grace Berger continues to be one of the most improved players in the Big Ten this season. Averaging a team-high 13.2 points per game, the Louisville, Ky. native is averaging nearly eight more points per game this season compared to her freshman campaign. Berger has also doubled her 3-pointers made this season from five to 13 and is shooting 48 percent from the floor in 2019-20.
• Indiana continues to shoot one of the best field goal percentages in the country. They are shooting 48.3 percent as a team this season which ranks eighth in the country this season.
• This will be the first of two meetings between the Hoosiers and the Gophers this season. They will face each other again at The Barn in Minneapolis on Sunday, February 22.

 
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers play host to Wisconsin on Thursday night in the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Game. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,940]

Another slow start for the women and they trail 14-11 at the end of the 1st Q.   Only shot 5-15 and had 4 TOs.  Patberg 5 pts.

[LamarCheeks 16,821]

Glad you posted this, OF ... I wanted to watch tonight, but was thinking they started at 8. Almost missed it. 

Thanks!

[johnsoniu 6,064]

Berger is absolute money with that elbow J


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[coonhounds 8,690]

Just turned this game on and I don't watch much women's basketball. I may have to turn it off cause soon as I put it on Minnesota started cashing 3s on us. I am bad luck I think

 

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[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,940]

Minnesota went scoreless for an extended period in the 2nd Q and then ripped off 6 pts. in 24 sec. but at halftime, IU with a    27-23 lead. 

Points:  Berger 10; Patberg 7; Penn 4               Reb.:  Wise 4; Patberg and Berger 3 each.     Shooting 45% FG    Holmes & Gulbe each with 2 fouls.

[JerryYeagley23 2,878]

Few thoughts on the first half:

-Need to figure out a way to start with a better energy. Last few games the 1st quarter we’ve dug ourselves a hole and it seems like it’s on the defensive end letting up easy drives to the hoop. 
-Grace Berger. Man, I wish I could bottle up her mid range game and make every player on the men’s team drink a gallon of it before each game. So smooth and she shots it with such confidence. Breathe of fresh air watching her shoot the rock. 
-Ali Patberg is our motor and plays hard every game. Love her, BUT, in end of half or end of game situations someone else needs to have the ball. Couple games in a row when she has tried to create a shot with under 10 seconds on the clock and either gotten blocked or didn’t even get a shot off. Her game is better pushing on the break or coming off screens. She doesn’t have the ability to make something happen one on one with the clock running down IMO. I’d rather see Penn or Berger with the ball in those situations. 
-this is a big half for our confidence. Would be nice if they could open it up and win comfortably. Get some positive Mo going with Wiscy coming into town, and take that feeling into the Purdue game. 

[johnsoniu 6,064]

Berger our last 18 pts. That’s nuts


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[JerryYeagley23 2,878]

Did the refs from the guys game against Maryland just stay at the hall and call this game?? Phantom “and 1” on the jumper and a bunch of touch fouls. Whatever happened to the hand being part of the ball in regards to fouls?

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,940]

Minnesota certainly can't complain about IU home cookin' on the fouls.

[JerryYeagley23 2,878]

3 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Minnesota certainly can't complain about IU home cookin' on the fouls.

12 fouls called on IU to Minny’s 6. Berger getting mauled and they call a jump ball. Ball comes off the rim and Jorie Allen ties up the Minny rebounder and the blow a whistle almost before the girl gets the ball rebounded. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,940]

IU will take a 48-39 lead into the 4th Q.   Thank heavens we have Grace Berger  --  22 pts. on 10-12 FG  and 7 reb.

Points:  Berger 22 / Penn 11 / Patberg 9

Reb:  Berger 7 / Gulbe & Wise 4 / Penn 3

Gulbe with 3 fouls is our only player in foul trouble.  

[johnsoniu 6,064]

Atta girl Wise, if you know they're gonna call the ticky tacky body bump, get your money's worth.

 

[JerryYeagley23 2,878]

The announcer is really gonna call the banked-in prayer of a 3 “beautiful” and “an amazing shot”?? Everyone in the building knows that was a terrible shot that got lucky. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,940]

Wasn't necessarily pretty but our Hoosiers get a 65-52 win.  Grace Berger with her first career double-double and we needed every bit of what she did tonight.  Our first double-double of this season.

Points:  Berger 25 on 10-13 new career high / Penn 15 / Patberg 11                 IU 20-24 on FTs and only 1-9 on 3s.

Reb.:   Berger 11 / Gulbe  7                 We outrebounded Minny 40-33 but they did get 9 off. bds. 

Finished with just 9 TOs after having 8 at halftime.  Team shot 22-52 for 42% but take away Berger's 10-13 and the rest of the team was only 12-39 for 31%.

Thursday night we host Wisconsin at 7:00

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[JerryYeagley23 2,878]

Well, a win. Pretty easy to sum it up: Grace Berger and good free throw shooting. That was how it happened. At home, against a Minnesota team that is 2-7 in conference, this was a game they were supposed to win. I said after the losing streak that they had a good chance to be 8-3 heading into a big game at home against Maryland, and they’re half way there. Gonna need more out of our post players, Gulbe and Holmes, to compete for a B1G title, because we aren’t a prolific 3-point shooting team. Need to establish the post again in the next couple games. Grace Berger, hats off, great game. Beat a team we should have and closed it out with solid free throw shooting. On to the next. Beat Wiscy at home and get the rivalry game against Purdue and we will have a big home game with conference title and NCAA seeding implications at home against the Terrapins. Go get ‘em ladies.

[mamasa 14,818]

Appreciate the updates! Hanging in Chicago and not able to watch


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[mamasa 14,818]

Also- notice Chanel Wilson hasn’t played in last 2, but haven’t heard about injury?


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[Aaron 4,147]

A little ugly but we closed out this time with no problem. Second of three straight against bottom feeders you cannot lose and so far we have controlled these games. Stretch after that will show how high the ceiling is with a lot of 50-50 games against mid-level teams.  

Still need to work on our starts but once we get it going we are unstoppable. Still afraid that NW game is going to cost us Big Ten Title but everything is still very much in play. 

Also attendance was 3,500 tonight which for a Monday night is amazing. Not to long ago that took a special promotion or a perfectly timed weekend game. Now it's a starting point with big crowds nearly doubling that. Keep winning and building the program. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,940]

Sophomore guard Grace Berger has been named to the Big Ten Player of the Week honor roll after notching her first career double-double last week against Minnesota!