IUWBB vs #6/8 Maryland - 01/02/22 @ 3:00 on ESPN2

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

A great match-up to open up 2022.  Maryland (10-3) (2-0).

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[Uspshoosier]

USPS and family will be in attendance.  Heading down now 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Matt Cohen of the Indy Star:  Looks like no Chloe Moore-McNeil, Kaitlin Peterson and Keyarah Berry. Berry is dealing with a concussion last we heard from Teri Moren, uncertain on the other two.

Chloe's been getting lots of minutes off the bench.  Wonder who picks up the slack.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Not the best start as our Hoosiers trail the Terps 17-14 as Angel Reese has already scored 11 pts. and as a team MD is shooting 54%.  

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

So how exactly does the Big Ten not even put this on their BTN+ app? It's just nowhere. Might be the the absolute stupidest conference in America. 

[mamasa]

It’s on ESPN2 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Midway thru the 2nd and we've taken a 27-25 lead and we've only allowed Reese to score 2 additional points.  Gulbe & Patberg each with 6 pts.

[American HoosierX]

This is easily the best officiated IU women’s game I’ve watched. Actually letting them play a little.

[LIHoosier]

2 chances to extend the lead missed.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Much better 2nd Q and we have a 33-29 halftime lead.  Reese picked up her second foul and 2 additional Terp starters also with 2 fouls.  Cardano-Hillary with 2 for us.  

Gulbe 8p 5r

Holmes 7p 4r

Patberg 8p

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Midway thru the 3rd and it's 39-36 Hoosiers.  Terp just went down with what looks like a serious knee injury.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Gulbe picked up 3rd foul with 3:30 left in the 3rd Q.  MD with a 40-39 lead as we've gotten a little sloppy and officiating has become a little one-sided --  5 to 1 in this quarter.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

After 3, we're tied at 45

Gulbe 11p 5r

Patberg 14p

Holmes 7p 11r

Reese and Miller have 35 of MD's 45 pts.  Reese has 3 fouls.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

And suddenly it's 52-45 Hoosiers but still 8:34 left.  I believe I heard Austin Render say Maryland is 102-0 in games where it hold its opponent to  under 70 points.  Did I hear him correctly?

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

5 min. left and we're holding tough with a 56-47 lead.

After its blistering first quarter shooting, MD for the game is down to 38% and just 17% in the 2nd half.

[LIHoosier]

Good idea: Gulbe gets back in bounds and grabs the loose ball

Bad idea: Proceeds to spike the ball at Cardano's feet giving MD another possession

[LamarCheeks]

I'm switching back and forth between the men and women and although we're winning, I've lost count of the number of times I've yelled "What in the hell are you doing!" in the past 5 minutes. 

When you're playing a team like Maryland, you just cannot be sloppy. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

60-55 with 2:00 left.  Nicole 4 fouls.  We've only had 9 bench minutes.  Patberg and Berger have played the entire game.   

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

8-0 MD run and it's 60-59 lead with 40 sec. leftr and Nicole going to the line.  Makes 1 and its 61-59.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Tied at 61 with 19.4 sec. remaining.  Don't know if we have the legs to play OT.