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Indiana Women’s Basketball Falls at Nebraska
5th ranked Indiana Women’s Basketball lost at Nebraska Monday night 72-55. The Hoosiers are 18-4 overall and 10-2 in the Big Ten. Grace Berger scored 20 points to lead the Hoosiers. Nicole Cardano-Hillary and Aleksa Gulbe scored 10 points each. Ali Patberg and Chloe Moore McNeil scored 6 points each and Kiandra Browne added 3 points. The Hoosiers were 2-23 from three-point range and gave up over 70 points for the first time this season. Minnesota scored 70 points on the Hoosiers back on February 3rd. The Hoosiers shot a season low 32% from the field and were 7-13 from the free throw line for 53%.
Nebraska improves to 19-6 overall and 8-6 in the Big Ten. The Cornhuskers were led by co leading scorers Jaz Shelley and Sam Haiby with 14 points apiece. Allison Weidner scored 11 points off the bench. Isabelle Bourne and Alexis Markowski scored 10 points each. Markowski pulled down 15 rebounds for a double-double. Nebraska was 7-15 from three-point range and used a 20-8 4th quarter run to put the game out of reach. Nebraska snapped at 6 game losing streak in the series with the Hoosiers. Nebraska outrebounded IU 48-40.
Indiana will host Northwestern Thursday Night at 6pm inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
Indiana Men’s Basketball Host Wisconsin
Indiana Men’s Basketball will look to snap a three-game losing streak when they take on the Wisconsin Badgers at 9 pm this evening inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana is in the middle of a three-game losing streak with losses at home to Illinois and road losses at Northwestern and Michigan State. Indiana is 16-8 overall and 7-7 in the Big Ten. IU is first in the Big Ten and sixth in country in field goal percentage defense (37.6%) and first in conference games only (39.8). The Hoosiers also lead the league in scoring defense (63.8) overall and in conference play (65.1). IU is second in the league in blocked shots per game (5.4). The Hoosiers 37.6% field goal defense mark would be the program’s best in the last 23 seasons. The previous best was 38.8% in 1999-2000.
Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 17 points at Michigan State, Race Thompson is coming off his fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at Michigan State. During this recent stretch, he had a season-high 18 points against Penn State and Maryland and added his fourth double-double of the season when he grabbed 12 boards against the Terrapins. He is second on the team averaging 11.7 points and shooting 54.4% from the field with 18 blocked shots. He leads the team with 27 steals. Trey Galloway has started the last two games and is averaging 6.7 points in his last 10 outings. He tied career-highs in minutes (37), points (13) and rebounds (5) at Northwestern. Freshman Tamar Bates matched his season-high when he scored 13 points off the bench at Michigan State. He also had two assists and a steal. The Hoosiers have led at halftime in 11-of-14 Big Ten games. The Hoosiers 10-of-13 shooting (76.9%) from long range against Penn State was their third best shooting effort from distance since 1996-97 (USF, 1998 and Kent State, 2002). In the last 12 games, IU has dropped its turnovers almost six per game at 9.7 per contest.
The Hoosiers and Badgers met on December 8th in Madison, IU built a 22-point first half lead, but Wisconsin fought back and took a lead with 1:03 remaining to post a 64-59 win. Wisconsin lost at home to Rutgers, 73-65 Saturday afternoon. Wisconsin coach Greg Gard is in his 7th season as head coach. The Badgers are 19-5 overall and 10-4 in the Big Ten Conference. Johnny Davis leads the team in scoring at 20.4 Points per game. Brad Davison averages 14.4 points and Tyler Wahl is averaging 11.6 points.
Indiana Football Names Craig Johnson Associate Head Coach
Indiana head football coach Tom Allen announced the hiring of Craig Johnson as the program’s associate head coach and running backs coach. Johnson brings 38 years of experience to Bloomington, including 20 in the collegiate and 18 in the professional ranks. Johnson mentored five All-Pros, highlighted by 2018 NFL Rookie of the Year Saquon Barkley and three-time Pro-Bowler Chris Johnson.
Johnson oversaw running backs with the New York Giants from 2014-19. Barkley became the first running back in franchise history with 1,000 yards in each of his first two campaigns. In 2018, Barkley led the NFL with 2,028 yards from scrimmage and set Giants rookie records with 1,307 rushing yards, 15 total touchdowns, and 91 receptions, which tied Odell Beckham Jr.
Rookies also rushed for at least 450 yards in 2016 (Paul Perkins) and 2017 (Wayne Gallman), and Rashad Jennings paced the 2015 team with 863 yards. In his first season with New York, rookies Jennings and Andre Williams helped the Giants average 100.3 yards per game, a 16.9-yard increase over 2013.
Johnson spent 2011-13 as the quarterbacks coach with the Minnesota Vikings, where he tutored Christian Ponder and Matt Cassel. Ponder guided the Vikings to a 10-6 mark and a playoff berth in 2012. He completed at least 70.0 percent five times and posted a passer rating north of 100.0 in four games. Ponder topped the NFL with a 114.3 passer rating in the red zone in his rookie campaign (2011).
Johnson enjoyed 11 years with the Tennessee Titans (2000-2010). He opened his time in Nashville as offensive quality control coach/quarterbacks (2000-01) before taking over as quarterbacks coach (2002-09) and being promoted to assistant head coach and running backs coach (2010). The Titans won three AFC South championships and reached the playoffs five times during his tenure. Chris Johnson earned his third-straight Pro Bowl honor in 2010. He rushed for 1,364 yards and 11 touchdowns to go along with a team-leading 44 catches. Steve McNair, Vince Young, and Kerry Collins each reached the Pro Bowl under Johnson’s direction from 2002-09. McNair shared the NFL’s Most Valuable Player honors with Peyton Manning in 2003, and he made the Pro Bowl in 2000, 2003, and 2005. Young was named the league’s Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2006. Collins took over for an injured Young in the 2008 opener, led Tennessee to a 12-3 record as starter, and received a Pro Bowl nod.
Johnson worked at the University of Maryland from 1997-99. He captained the quarterbacks all three campaigns and was offensive coordinator in 1997 and 1998. At Northwestern University from 1992-96, Johnson coached quarterbacks after three seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Virginia Military Institute. VMI led the country in rushing in 1991. Northwestern won consecutive Big Ten titles (1995-96) for the first time in program history. The 1995 Wildcats posted their first winning season since 1971 and captured their first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1949. Quarterback Steve Schnur claimed first-team All-B1G accolades and was the conference’s MVP runner-up in 1996. Johnson managed the running backs at Rutgers University (1986-88) and the fullbacks at Army West Point (1985). He kicked off his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, the University of Wyoming (1983), followed by a stop at the University of Arkansas (1984).
Indiana Volleyball Names Spencer McLachlin and Rachel Morris Assistant Coaches
Indiana Volleyball Head Coach Steve Aird announced the addition of Spencer McLachlin as associate head coach and Rachel Morris as an assistant coach on Monday morning. McLachlin comes to the Hoosiers after spending the last four seasons as an assistant coach for the UCLA Men’s Volleyball program. Currently ranked as the No. 2 team in the country, McLachlin has helped coach the Bruins to a record of 7-2 so far this season. Since arriving to UCLA in 2019, he has compiled a record of 51-26 as an assistant coach. This past offseason, McLachlin added international experience with U.S. Men’s Volleyball where he worked on coaching staffs that competed in the Pan American Cup and NORCECA Champions cup.
Prior to arriving at UCLA, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the University of California women’s volleyball team. In 2017, he was named to the American Volleyball Coach Association (AVCA) “Thirty Under 30” list. The honor is presented to up-and-coming coaching talents across volleyball. McLachlin got his start in coaching as an assistant coach for the men’s volleyball program at the University of Hawaii. During his time there he helped them earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 13 seasons. Playing for the men’s program at Stanford University, McLachlin had a stellar playing career as an outside hitter that included a national championship in 2010 and was ranked among the program’s all-time leaders in kills with 1,288. While completing his master’s in education, he was a club coach for the Bay-to-Bay Volleyball Club for the 2011-12 season. McLachlin also has playing experience on the professional level. He was an outside hitter for the Greek pro volleyball team, Mas NIKI Aiginio from 2012-14.
Morris comes from Wave Volleyball where she has served as a head coach and an assistant coach. Morris was named to the AVCA 30 Under Thirty list and was awarded with the AVCA Innovational award. She was also named AVCA Regional High School Coach of the Year.
As part of Wave Volleyball, Morris has helped coach many teams to high achievements at Junior Nationals including 2 bronze medals, 2 silver medals, and three 5th place finishes. Over the year, she has mentored and helped athletes set and achieve goals on and off the court.
Morris also serves as the head coach of the volleyball program at La Costa Canyon High School located in Carlsbad, Calif. During her time as head coach, she re-built the program to a top-3 squad in the county over the four seasons she has been there. She spent her collegiate career at Oregon where she was the starting setter and named the Most Improved Player in 2007. Morris graduated from Oregon in 2010 with a degree in Sociology. Off the court, she helped a develop an online platform, VolleyOn Together, to keep athletes engaged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Serving as president, they had live workouts, webinars, and interviews with professional volleyball players.
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