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Indiana Women’s Basketball host Northwestern
Indiana Women’s Basketball is back in action this evening at 6pm when they host the Northwestern Wildcats inside Simon Sjkodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers are coming off a 72-55 loss at Nebraska Monday night. It was the first time the Hoosiers have given more than 70 points all season. The Hoosiers will look to improve after a poor shooting performance when they were 2-23 from three-point range, 7-13 from the free throw line for 53%, and shot 32% for the game.
Depth is starting to become a big concern for the Hoosiers with Mackenzie Holmes still recovering from a knee injury. Indiana has 10 players available. Chloe Moore-McNeil played 25 minutes off the bench while Grace Waggoner, Arielle Wisne, and Kaitlin Peterson saw a combined 6 minutes of action. Freshman Mona Zaric did not play. The Hoosiers average all 5 starters in double figures. Moore-McNeil averages 4.7 points, Kiandra Browne averages 3.3, Katlin Peterson 1.9, and Grace Waggoner 0.5 Points per game. The Hoosiers are 18-4, 10-2 and the final three games will be difficult, playing Iowa twice, and going to Maryland to close out the regular season.
Northwestern is 14-9 overall and 6-6 in the Big Ten. The Wildcats beat Michigan 71-69 in double overtime Sunday afternoon at home. Veronica Burton leads the team in scoring at 17.9 points per game and assists with 147 along with a team high 91 steals. Caileigh Walsh leads the team with 38 blocks and averages 8.5 points per game. Courtney Shaw is the team leader in rebounds with 228 for 9.9 per game average. The Hoosiers and The Wildcats are tied 39-39 in the all-time series. Indiana won the last meeting 74-61 January 24, 2021 in Evanston. Northwestern won the three previous meetings including back-to-back wins in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in 2019 and 2020.
Indiana Men’s Basketball falls to Wisconsin
The Indiana Men’s Basketball fell at home to 15th ranked Wisconsin 74-69 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Late Tuesday night. The Hoosiers have lost 4 in a row falling to 16-9 on the season and 7-8 in the Big Ten. Indiana is starting to head in the wrong direction when it comes to the NCAA Tournament. The Hoosiers have not made the NCAA Tournament since 2016 and with 5 regular games left it remains to be seen if the Hoosiers can get themselves off the bubble for the big dance.
Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 30 points to lead Indiana, Race Thompson added 13 points. Indiana has had a hard time finishing games. The Hoosiers blew a 22-point lead in December against the Badgers in Madison losing 64-59. This time around the Hoosiers led with 1:40 left in the game and Wisconsin went on 8-0 run to close the game out. “We haven’t been consistent in bringing it home,” Head Woodson said in Post-Game Press Conference. “We’re fighting and battling. We’ve got to learn how to win. I have to help them in that area.” This was a game that featured eight ties, six lead changes and way too many missed shots from Hoosier guards, who were a combined 9-for-36. Trailing 71-69 in the closing seconds, IU got the ball to Jackson-Davis, who passed to an open Xavier Johnson who missed and finished the game with 7 points.
Wisconsin was led by Johnny Davis with 30 points and 12 rebounds. Brad Davison added 21 points and 7 rebounds. Tyra Buss who is the all-time leading scorer for Indiana University Women’s Basketball and won the 2018 WNIT Postseason Championship her Senior Year was in the stands behind the Wisconsin bench wearing a “W” on her sweatshirt supporting her fiancé Brad Davison who is a 5th year senior and is the all-time leader in Wisconsin Basketball history for career three pointers made. Fans all around the Big Ten love to boo Davison because he is has won in every Big Ten arena. Parker Stewart and Davison got into it. After a review, Davison was called for a flagrant 1 foul. Stewart hit both free throws for a seven-point IU lead but Badgers finished the game and improve to 20-5 overall and 11-4 in the Big Ten.
Indiana is off until Monday when they travel to Ohio State for a 7 pm matchup with the Buckeyes. The Hoosiers and Buckeyes were originally scheduled to play this Saturday at Noon but the Big Ten Conference shifted the game to Monday so that Ohio State and Iowa could play a rescheduled game against each other form earlier in the season that was postponed.
Lawrenceburg, Indiana native Nick Goepper wins sliver medal in Beijing
For the 2nd time in the Beijing Olympics a Hoosier native has won a medal. Nick Goepper from Lawrenceburg Indiana won the sliver medal in Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle event Wednesday. Alex Hall of the United States won the gold and Jesper Tjader of Sweden won the Bronze. Goepper has won 3 Olympic medals in 3 Olympics all in the Slopestyle event. He won Bronze at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi Russia and Sliver in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea. Goepper finished 22nd in the Men’s Big Air event earlier in the games.
Justin Schoenfeld who is from Lawrenceburg took gold in the Freestyle Skiing Mixed Team Aerials event becoming the first Hoosier native to win a gold medal at a Winter Olympics and finished 5th in the finals of the Men’s Aerials. Jimmy Reed who was born in Bloomington now living in Germany will compete for the United States in the 4 men bobsled this Saturday and Sunday.
Indiana Men’s Golf finishes 7th in the Bahamas
The Indiana Hoosiers men’s golf team finished seventh (946; +82) in the team standings after three days of windy conditions at the Nexus Collegiate hosted by Auburn at the Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas on Wednesday. Auburn won the event with a score of 911 which was 3 strokes better than Ohio State. Indiana Sophomore Clay Merchent turned in the best Hoosier round of the week with a 1-over 73. His consistent round of play included a team-high 13 pars to go along with birdies on No. 9 and 15. He finished the tournament with a 19-over 235 (78-84-73) to tie for 19th-place. Senior Mitch Davis converted a pair of eagle opportunities on No. 3 and No. 15 on his way to a 2-over 74, his best round of the week. He finished tied with Merchent for the top Hoosier slot in the lineup after shooting a 235 (79-82-74, +19) for the week.
Sophomore Drew Salyers played an 8-over 80 on the final round to finish t-23rd overall with a three-round tally of 237 (80-77-80, +21). Fifth-year senior Ethan Shepherd closed the tournament with a third-round score of 81 (+9). He shot a 248 (82-85-81, +32) during the week to tie for 43rd. Junior Noah Gillard tallied a 12-over 84 in the final round with a birdie putt on No. 14, the second hole of his day. He concluded the week with a 242 (77-81-84, +26) to place 34th. Playing as an individual, senior Harry Reynolds carded his second round of 77 (+5) for the week to finish 38th at 243 (77-89-77, +27). He was fifth among individual players after knocking in birdies on No. 11 and 15. The Hoosiers will be off for the remainder of the month before returning to the golf course for the Colleton River Collegiate hosted by Michigan State in Bluffton, S.C. The event will be contested from March 7-8 at the Colleton River Golf Club.