WBB vs Michigan 12:30 pm on BTN

[mamasa 14,828]

DID YOU KNOW? 
• Sunday's matchup with Michigan will be Indiana's first home Big Ten contest of 2015-16 and the first time the Wolverines have played in Assembly Hall since Feb. 19, 2014.
• The Hoosiers are taking advantage of getting to the free throw line as Indiana has made more free throws (198) than its opponents have attempted (154) and lead the Big Ten in free throws made (17th in the country) and attempts.
• IU is shooting 72.0 percent from the charity stripe as a team and outscoring foes 198-101 at the free throw line.
• Indiana faced seven teams that played in the postseason a year ago during non-conference play, five of those teams played in the NCAA Tournament last season, making Indiana just one of 11 programs in the power five conferences to have played five or more NCAA teams from 2015 in non-conference play.
• Sophomore Tyra Buss has scored in double figures in every game this year to average 19.3 points per game (ranking 33rd nationally) to go along with 4.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.9 steals per game (leads team).
• Buss ranks third in the nation in free throws made (86) and attempts (110) while shooting 78.2 percent from the charity stripe.
• Amanda Cahill has achieved a double-double in each of the last two games, now totaling three on the year and nine in her career. She had 13 points and a season-high tying 11 boards at Wisconsin last time out and finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Yale on Dec. 28.
• Cahill is shooting 50 percent from the field and 42.1 percent (6th in B1G) from 3-point range while averaging 13.2 points (26th) and 7.5 (T-9th) rebounds per game to lead IU.
• The Hoosiers have shot 50 percent or better five times this year, most recently a 54 percent outing vs. Yale on Dec. 28. IU shot 50 percent or above five times in all of last season in 2014-15.
 

 

***iuhoosiers.com

[seanmm1971 1,437]

On BTN! my first look at the ladies this year.

[JSHoosier 19,578]

I'll be watching.  Buss is putting up the points this year, and with a larger sample size her shooting numbers are improved over last season; still not good, but improving.  Hopefully that trend continues.

[JSHoosier 19,578]

Not even 2 minutes in and we already have one of Michigan's starters in foul trouble.

[mamasa 14,828]

i like the scrappiness of the Hoosiers today

[JSHoosier 19,578]

Buss has had a quiet game so far and she's been called for charging twice already.

[mamasa 14,828]

14-5 IU w 2 minutes left in 1st

[JSHoosier 19,578]

#3 for Mich is kind of cute.

[JSHoosier 19,578]

Okay hold up.  Michigan took out Rustofsky(?) and put in Rusofsky(?).  Okay, they're just trolling people now.

[JSHoosier 19,578]

The ladies look bad right now.  Really need Buss to step up and make her presence felt.

 

And friggin' turnovers.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,094]

They've had a tendency to go through extended dry spells in many of their games and it's cost them a couple of games they otherwise would have likely won.  Not sure why it happens, but it does.

[JSHoosier 19,578]

This game is tied because of Buss.  She put the ladies on her shoulders in this quarter.

[JSHoosier 19,578]

That was a new one.  Tyra Buss knocks away a pass, it bounces off the ref who was standing out of bounds and the play was never whistled dead.

[JSHoosier 19,578]

We need someone to guard #3 on Michigan.  Gassion isn't getting it done, at all.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,094]

5 of 6 clutch free throws might just do it.

[JSHoosier 19,578]

That's a W in the books.  Buss put the team on her back in the 4th and defense stepped up in OT to hold on.

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,815]

Enjoyed watching that. Admittedly sped through some possessions but I enjoyed it.

We have some players that can't hit layups AT ALL. Odd.

Tyra is a competitor. Her shot wasn't going so she just drove it relentlessly. A little undersized on D.

[JSHoosier 19,578]

Enjoyed watching that. Admittedly sped through some possessions but I enjoyed it.

We have some players that can't hit layups AT ALL. Odd.

Tyra is a competitor. Her shot wasn't going so she just drove it relentlessly. A little undersized on D.

She could've had more points but her touch was a little off.  Had several close shots just bounce off the rim.  Her shot definitely still needs work though.

 

She had a pretty off ball move in the 4th.  Jab stepped toward the wing then took off on a backdoor cut for a reverse layup.

[JaybobHoosier 11,821]

There is a replay in the early morning for those that want to catch it. I have my recorder set. 

[JaybobHoosier 11,821]

Box Score:

 

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400834800