Local Sports Headlines: February 18, 2021

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Top 15 Women’s Basketball Battle in Bloomington Tonight 
Number 11 Michigan pays a visit to Simon Sjkodt Assembly Hall tonight to Visit Number 14 Indiana. The Game starts at 6 pm and will be on the Big Ten Network. Michigan is 12-1 7-1 in the Big Ten while the Hoosiers are 13-4 and 11-2 in the Conference. The Hoosiers will have there hands full with Junior Naz Hillmon who averages 26.1 Points and 11.7 Rebounds per game. Hillmon scored a school record 50 Points at Ohio State earlier this season. Junior and Auburn Indiana Native Leigha Brown adds 19.8 Points Per Game for Michigan. Indiana is led in scoring by Sophomore Mackenzie Holmes 18.0 Points and 7.5 Rebounds per game. Junior Grace Berger adds 15.3 points per game and Senior Ali Patberg averages 13.2 points per game.    

Indiana Baseball Announces 2021 Schedule 
Indiana Baseball announced there 2021 Schedule yesterday. The Hoosiers will play 44 Big 10 Games and 20 Games at Bart Kaufman Field. The Hoosiers will start the season Friday March 4th vs Rutgers at 4 pm and Minnesota at 8 pm at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The Hoosiers will open the home schedule March 12-14th against Penn State. The Hoosiers finish the regular season at Maryland May 28-30. There will be No Big Ten Tournament this season and no fans will be allowed. 

Indiana Women’s Soccer Places Three on Big Ten Watch List 
Indiana Women’s Soccer Sophomore Avery Lockwood Freshman Anna Aehling and Freshman Jen Blitchok were named to Big Ten Preseason watch list for Women’s Soccer as voted on by the conference coaches. The Hoosiers were picked to finish 8th this season in the Big Ten Conference by the coaches. The Hoosiers will open the season this Saturday at Northwestern at 7 PM. The Hoosiers are Scheduled to play an 11 game conference schedule.  

Boys Swimming Sectionals Start Tonight
The Columbus North Boys Swimming Sectional will begin tonight with the Prelims at 5:30 PM. Bloomington North, Bloomington South, and Edgewood will be among the 14 Teams competing for the sectional crown. The Diving finals will be at 9 AM Saturday Morning with the Swimming finals at 1 PM. Bloomington North is looking to repeat as Sectional Champion.