#2 Indiana Women’s Basketball host #12 Michigan in The Hoosiers fourth straight top 25 matchup No. 2/2 Indiana and No. 12/13 Michigan square off again in another Top 25 battle on Tonight at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Game time is set for 8:30pm and will be televised on Big Ten Network. The two teams met in Ann Arbor on Jan. 23, where the Hoosiers put up 93 points en route to a 10-point victory at Crisler Center (93-83). Six players scored in double figures led by Senior Forward Mackenize Holems 25 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Guard Sara Scalia came off the bench for 19 points while all five starters ended up in double figures. Indiana has won three of the last four in the series against the Wolverines, and four of the last six. Holmes dropped her third 30-point game this season in a 83-59 win at No. 12/13 Ohio State on Monday night. Graduate Guard Grace Berger added her second double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Scalia came off the bench for an IU career-high 24 points on 9-for-12 shooting as she connected on six 3-pointers. The Hoosiers are 24-1 overall and 14-1 in the Big Ten.
Monday’s win at Ohio State stretched Indiana’s win streak to 12 games, the longest under ninth year head coach Teri Moren and the third longest in program history. The Hoosiers other longest win streaks were 14 games in 2013-14 and 15 games in 1971-72. Other active win streaks for IU includes 16-straight at home dating back to last year’s NCAA Tournament run and all 14 games this season. It’s the fifth-longest NCAA home win streak. They have also won six-straight on the road, which is ninth in the nation. Indiana picked up its eighth ranked win of the season on Monday at #13/12 Ohio State. It’s the most ranked wins in a single season in school history, besting the previous record of five set last season. It also has five wins over the Top 10 this season, the most by any team in NCAA Division I.
Michigan arrives in Bloomington on a four-game win streak, most recently defeating Nebraska at home 80-75 on Sunday. They are led by Indiana native, Senior Guard Auburn Leigha Brown, who averages 17.9 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Senior Forward Emily Kiser from Noblesville Indiana adds 16.0 points and a team-high 6.9 rebounds per outing. The Wolverines average 76.7 points per game and shoot 47.8 percent from the field. Michigan is 20-5 overall and 11-4 in the Big Ten Conference.
#18 Indiana University Men’s Basketball falls at Northwestern The #18 Indiana Hoosiers lost 64-62 Wednesday Night at Welsh Ryan Arena in Evanston Illinois. Indiana drops to 18-8 overall and 9-6 in Big Ten While Northwestern improves to 19-7 and 10-5 in the Big Ten. Indiana will host Illinois Saturday at Noon. Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 23 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, Race Thompson and Jalen Hood Schifino scored 13 points apiece. Miller Kopp who started his career at Northwestern scored 3 points against his former team and is winless against the Wildcats as a Hoosier.
Boo Buie scored the game winner with seconds remaining led the Wildcats with 21 points. Chase Audige scored 14 and Robbie Beran added 12 points. Northwestern went a perfect 14-14 from the free throw line. Northwestern led 39-20 at half and Indiana outscored the Wildcats 42-25 in the second half.
Indiana University Women’s Basketball Head Coach Teri Moren named to the Coach of the Year watch list Indiana head coach Teri Moren has been named to the 2023 Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year late season watch list, announced by the organization on Wednesday. In her ninth season at the helm of Indiana, she has led her squad to a multitude of new program first and record setting numbers in the 2022-23 season. With a 24-1 overall record and a league-leading 14-1 mark in Big Ten play. Indiana is the only team nationally to have eight top 25 wins this season, five of which came against top 5 opponents. The Hoosiers currently rank fifth in the NET and are in the midst a 12-game win streak, the longest under Moren and third-longest in program history.
They rank in the top 10 nationally in five team categories, highlighted by its 50.4 field goal percentage, which is third amongst all Division I teams. Indiana is fourth in scoring margin (+21.3), sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.45), seventh in assists per game (18.5) and 10th in scoring offense (81.6). They set a program record for highest ranking in the polls, currently coming in at No. 2 nationally in both the Associated Press Top 25 and WBCA/USA Today Coaches Top 25. On Jan. 18 in a win at Illinois, Moren became the program’s all-time winningest coach with 189 career victories. She holds a current record of 196-90 (.685) in her nine seasons leading the program. She also repeats as a nominee on the late season watch list, also appearing in 2021-22. She was previously named the 2016 Big Ten Coach of the Year.
Indiana University Softball heads back to Florida for ESPN Tax Act Clearwater Invite Indiana softball will head back to the sunshine state to compete in the ESPN TaxAct Clearwater Invitational at Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater, Fla. The Hoosiers are set to take the field against four top-25 opponents in No. 4/4 Arkansas and No. 15/12 Alabama, No. 22 Louisiana, No. 10/12 Arizona and Mississippi State who is receiving votes. The Hoosiers face Louisiana at 1pm today on ESPNU, Mississippi State Friday at 12:30pm on the SEC Network, Saturday Arkansas at 1pm on ESPN+ and the Alabama at 6pm on ESPNU and they close it out Sunday vs Arizona at 12pm on ESPN+. The Hoosiers went 3-1 on opening weekend picking up wins against Pitt (17-5), Prairie View (5-1) on day Opening Day. On day two, Indiana would fall 9-0 to Auburn before the game against Howard was canceled due to inclement weather. On day three of the tournament, Indiana Softball would bounce back to beat South Alabama, 5-1, to close out the weekend.
The Ragin’ Cajuns hosted Stephen F. Austin and Lafayette College in their annual Louisiana Classic tournament. ULL went 4-0 to open the season, winning two games. On the season, they have totaled 42 runs, 45 hits, 40 RBI and seven home runs with nine stolen bases.
Pitcher Sam Landry collected the Sun Belt’s Pitcher of the Week award after Landry tossed a no-hitter on Opening Day. She finished the weekend with nine innings of one-hit, shutout softball while tallying 19 total strikeouts.
Indiana will take the field against Louisiana to kick off the invite. The Hoosiers last saw the field with the Ragin’ Cajuns in 2022 as they lead the series 3-1. The Hoosiers will compete against two new opponents in Mississippi State and No. 4/4 Arkansas in at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational. Against Alabama, IU Softball is 1-0 in the series. The two teams played on Feb. 28, 1999, when IU defeated the Crimson Tide, 2-0. IU is 2-7 against the Arizona Wildcats. Their last matchup was in 2020 when the Hoosiers traveled to Tucson, Ariz., dropped the game 6-1.
Tony Kanaan to retire from Indy Car after Indy 500 Tony Kanaan said Wednesday, he will compete in the Indianapolis 500 this May before retiring from IndyCar. The 2013 Indy 500 champ made the announcement on Twitter. This year’s race is May 28. “It’s been a wonderful incredible journey, but it’s not done yet,” the 48-year-old said in a video shot at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the highlight calls fade away. “I will still have the pleasure to drive through the bricks one last time. Thank you all and I’ll see you on race day.”
Kanaan, one of the series’ most popular, most successful and longest-tenured drivers, held a news conference Wednesday afternoon at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He called it “kind of weird” to talk about retirement and reflected on his storied racing career. Handling questions with his trademark charm and humor, Kanaan revealed he would drive the Arrow McLaren No. 66 during the IndyCar season. He plans to run in twelve IndyCar races in 2023 and will also drive in a couple other circuits.
It’s also not the first Kanaan has planned to retire. He first announced that 2020 would be his “Last Lap” season as series officials created a special logo for his five-race farewell tour. But when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 500 to be moved from May until August and then ran with no fans in the seats, Kanaan didn’t think it was the proper way to say goodbye. So he returned in 2021 and then in January 2022 announced he would return again that season, too, this time as a teammate of seven-time Cup champ Jimmie Johnson on the powerhouse Chip Ganassi Racing team.
While Johnson finished 28th in his first 500, at age 46, Kanaan revved up the crowd by qualifying sixth, finishing third and firing up his hopes of coming back once more in 2023. Arrow McLaren SP, a rival of Ganassi’s team, provided that opportunity by signing Kanaan for this year’s 500 while also adding longtime Ganassi sponsor NTT Data to Kanaan’s car. He’ll be on a four-car team full of successful drivers 2015 Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi, 2020 series runner-up Pato O’Ward of Mexico and Swedish driver Felix Fosenqvist, who was fourth in last year’s 500. Needless to say, racing fans have been here before when it comes to Kanaan’s retirement. He said other drivers teased him Wednesday when learning about his latest plan to hang it up. Kanaan will get another opportunity to join the two-time winner’s club at the Brickyard’s famous 2.5-mile oval.
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