Class of '66 Old Fart Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Have to shake off the loss to UCLA and come out with fire in their eyes. The real season starts with this game. GO IU The 18-game Big Ten schedule opens up on Saturday night as No. 14/15 Indiana hosts Michigan State on Saturday night. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network. NO. 14/15 INDIANA (10-2, 0-0 B1G) VS. RV/RV MICHIGAN STATE (7-4, 0-0 B1G) Saturday, December 28, 2019 • 6 p.m. ET Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Ind. Broadcast: BTN (Lisa Byington, Brenda VanLengen) Radio: WHCC 105.1 FM (Greg Murray) Live Stats: Statbroadcast Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Promotions: Pack the Hall – all tickets are $1 ABOUT THE COACHES Indiana Michigan State Teri Moren Suzy Merchant Career Record: 312-198 (16th Season) Career Record: 473-258 (25th Season) Indiana Record: 113-68 (5th Season) MSU Record: 272-138 (13th Season) ABOUT THE SPARTANS Michigan State will open Big Ten play after dropping a pair at the Florida Sunshine Class to Syracuse and No. 22 West Virginia. The Spartans are led by 16.0 points per game from sophomore guard Nia Clouden and 10.8 points and 3.1 assists per game from senior guard Taryn McCutcheon. As a team, MSU is averaging 74.9 points per game, shooting 41.2 percent from the floor and beating opponents by 16.3 points per game. SERIES HISTORY Michigan State leads 48-29 LAST MEETING 2/11/19 – L, 61-77 (East Lansing, Mich.) NOTES Indiana is 16-21 all-time in Big Ten openers and will look to win back-to-back openers for the first time since 2007-08. It will face Michigan State to begin conference play for the seventh time in program history and are 10-7 all-time in conference openers at home. IU closed out its non-conference slate with a 10-2 record after falling to No. 10 UCLA at home on Sunday, Dec. 22. The Hoosiers posted their fourth 10-win non-conference slate under sixth year head coach Teri Moren and secured a winning out-of-league record for the eighth straight season. The Hoosiers remain in the top 15 in both national polls this week, coming in at No. 14 in the Associated Press top 25 and No. 15 in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches poll. It marks the seventh-straight week the Hoosiers' have been ranked in the poll, the longest streak in program history. Junior guard Jaelynn Penn has the opportunity on Saturday to become the 27th member of the 1,000 point club at Indiana. The Louisville, Ky. native has scored 993 career points heading in to Saturday's Big Ten opener and would be the first player since Amanda Cahill notched her 1,000th career point in Dec. 2016 to join the club. Four players are scoring in double figures for the Hoosiers behind sophomore guard Grace Berger's 12.9 points per game. Redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg (12.2 ppg.), senior forward Brenna Wise (11.5 ppg., 5.8 rpg.) and freshman forward Mackenzie Holmes (11.4 ppg., 5.8 rpg.) UP NEXT The Hoosiers will travel to Piscataway, N.J. on New Year's Eve to face Rutgers. Tipoff in the RAC is set for 3 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network. LockdownD, HoosierAloha and mamasa 3 Quote
mamasa Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 $1 tickets! I’ll be there [emoji4]Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners HoosierAloha 1 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted December 28, 2019 Author Posted December 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, mamasa said: $1 tickets! I’ll be there Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners Is $1.00 your breaking point? If they were $2.00 would you stay home? mamasa and HoosierAloha 2 Quote
mamasa Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Is $1.00 your breaking point? If they were $2.00 would you stay home? $2??? Only if I get an undersized T-shirt or a bobble head lol!Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app jk34, WayneFleekHoosier, thebigweave and 2 others 3 2 Quote
mamasa Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 I like that it’s a later game, gives me time to do a couple of laps around town. Probably will hit The Owlery- cool vegetarian/vegan restaurant (my daughter’s favorite, and I think it’s really good!) and Jiffy Treet afterSent from my iPhone using BtownBanners Class of '66 Old Fart and HoosierAloha 2 Quote
mamasa Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Got here a little early lol!Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app WayneFleekHoosier and Class of '66 Old Fart 2 Quote
mamasa Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Haven’t seen Coach Moren on the floor at all- kind of strange Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners Quote
mamasa Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Really iffy officiating to begin. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners Quote
mamasa Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 not a massive crowd but not too badSent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app Class of '66 Old Fart, HoosierAloha and WayneFleekHoosier 3 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted December 28, 2019 Author Posted December 28, 2019 End of 1 and Sparty leads 22-21. Patberg 7 pts; Beger 6. IU with 7 ugly TOs in the quarter. mamasa 1 Quote
mamasa Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Not communicating wellSent from my iPhone using BtownBanners Quote
JSHoosier Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Not looking good. Too many turnovers, leaving shooters open, giving up offensive boards. Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted December 28, 2019 Author Posted December 28, 2019 Wake'em up at halftime Coach Moren. Pretty weak performance and trail 37-31 at halftime. Berger 12 pts; Patberg 7; Holmes 6. Holmes & Patberg 3 reb. each. 11 TOs for the half and outrebounded 20-14. Shooting 50% FG but 0-4 on 3s. Patberg & Yeaney each with 2 fouls. MSU only shooting 39% but they've hit 6 3-pointers. C'mon girls, you can play better than this. mamasa 1 Quote
mamasa Posted December 29, 2019 Posted December 29, 2019 Penn seems off, not her normal pace. MSU killing us on the boardsSent from my iPhone using BtownBanners Class of '66 Old Fart 1 Quote
Aaron Posted December 29, 2019 Posted December 29, 2019 Two problems that half: Getting destroyed on boards including 9-2 on offensive end which has led to multiple second chance points for MSU. Also 6 Spartan threes to IU's none. Got to clean those two things up. Other issues crept in that half but those ones are the debilitating factors. BTW: Attendance with the $1 tickets is 6,020 which is a season high and beats last weeks UCLA crowd by 800 or so which was previous best. This is the ninth largest crowd in program history. UCLA last weekend was 15th. Quote
Aaron Posted December 29, 2019 Posted December 29, 2019 IU cleaned up the two things I said and had a huge quarter to take a 5 point lead. What a stretch by Holmes to close the quarter as she leads IU with 15. Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted December 29, 2019 Author Posted December 29, 2019 End of 3 and we've taken a 54-49 lead. Holmes 15; Patberg 14; Berger 12 pts. Patberg 5 reb; Gulbe 4. Only 2 TOs in the quarter and we've done a better job on the boards. Need to stay focused and send MSU home with a loss. mamasa 1 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted December 29, 2019 Author Posted December 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, Aaron said: What a stretch by Holmes to close the quarter as she leads IU with 15. She reminds me of Megan Gustafson at Iowa and the impact she's had on that program. mamasa 1 Quote
JSHoosier Posted December 29, 2019 Posted December 29, 2019 Holmes could be a good piece when she's older, made some big plays for us tonight. I know it's Waggoner, but it's odd seeing a blonde wearing #3 on the IUWBB bench. Quote
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