Wbb vs #21 Miami

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Dec. 18, 2015 Women's Basketball

Indiana will travel to Winter Park, Fla., just outside Orlando, to play in the 2015 Florida Sunshine Classic hosted by Rollins College. The Hoosiers will play two games in the showcase, beginning with No. 23/21 Miami (FL) on Sunday, Dec. 20 and then West Virginia on Monday, Dec. 21. Both games will tip at 7:15 p.m. ET. Both contests can be heard on WHCC 105.1 FM (2nd half only on Dec. 21) with Greg Murray on the call. Each contest can be watched via live video stream at RollinsSports.com.

Indiana vs. No. 23/21 Miami (FL)
Sunday, Dec. 20 • 7:15 p.m. ET


Warden Arena • Winter Park, Fla.
Radio: WHCC 105.1 FM (Greg Murray)

DID YOU KNOW?
• With playing Miami and West Virginia in Florida, the Hoosiers will have played seven postseason teams from a year ago during the non-conference slate, including five NCAA Tournament teams from last year.
• Indiana will be just one of 11 programs from the Power Five conferences that will have faced at least five NCAA Tourney teams from last year in non-conference play this season.
• The last time IU matched up against both Miami and West Virginia came in Dec. 2008 as Indiana won both of those contests.
• With battling a ranked Miami team, it will mark the first time since 2007 that Indiana has faced three ranked non-conference opponents in the same season.
• The Florida Sunshine Classic marks the third tournament/showcase the Hoosiers have played in this season as Indiana also participated in the Preseason WNIT and the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament.
• IU has made more free throws (141) than its opponents have attempted (86) through nine games. The Hoosiers are outscoring foes 141-52 from the charity stripe.
• Amanda Cahill (19 points, 11 rebounds) and Alexis Gassion (13 points, 13 rebounds) both achieved double-doubles in Indiana's win over Samford on Dec. 11, marking the first time a pair of IU players had double-doubles in the same game since Feb. 2, 2014 at Illinois.
• Sophomore Tyra Buss has scored in double figures in every game this season and 13-consecutive games dating back to last year as Buss leads the team in scoring, assists and rebounds as she is averaging 19.0 points, 3.9 assists and 1.9 steals.
• Cahill is shooting 52.9 percent overall, 44.0 percent from 3-point range and 84.2 percent from the free throw line through nine games as the sophomore leads the team in rebounding (7.7 rpg) and is scoring 13.2 points per contest.

THE COACHES

Indiana
Teri Moren
Career Record: 221-148* (13th year)
Indiana Record: 22-18* (2nd year)

Miami
Katie Meier
Career Record: 269-179* (15th year)
Miami Record: 193-134* (11th year)


MIAMI AT A GLANCE
Miami enters the weekend with an unblemished record. The Hurricanes look to get after it defensively, averaging 11.2 steals per game, ranking in the top 20 nationally in steals. Six players have 11 or more steals individually on the year heading into the Florida Sunshine Classic. Miami also shares the ball well, ranking in the top 20 in the country in assists and No. 12 in assist-turnover ratio (1.35). Adriene Motley leads the offensive attack with 16.1 points per game while shooting 50.4 percent overall and 34.1 percent from 3-point range. Jessica Thomas paces the team in steals (2.1 spg) while scoring 10.9 points per contest

^^^ courtesy of iuhoosiers.com

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Strong first quarter and the ladies lead the HERicanes  24 - 18.   Buss with 8 pts. and 3 assists.

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33-32 IU w 3 min left in half

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At the half, Lady Hoosiers 40 -  39.  Buss with quite a first half:  15 pts.; 4 rebounds; 3 assists

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40-39 IU at half

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9-0 run for Miami

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IU falling apart, down 56-48

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IU falling apart, down 56-48

Trouble rebounding and giving up too many points in the paint.

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Down 64-50

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End of 3; down 69 - 55.  Going to be hard to come back I'm afraid.  Miami more athletic and quicker on the court.   Miami with 36 of its points in the paint and out-rebounding IU 34 - 24.  Miami also has 9 steals.  Buss with 22; Cahill with 12; Gassion with 10.

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Make a liar out of me, please.  Ladies have cut the Miami lead to 8.  Plenty of time remaining.

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Ladies lose to Miami 89 - 75.  Miami started the 3rd quarter on a run and except for a couple of mini-runs of our own, the girls just couldn't get back into the game.  Outrebounded 44 - 31 and gave up 44 points in the paint to Miami.  Buss with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.  Gassion with 19 and Cahill with 15.  Girls had no answer for Miami center Hof who scored 26 and grabbed 14 rebounds.  Ladies play again tomorrow evening.