Women’s basketball’s 2010 recruiting class

By Ari Shifron | IDS women's basketball writer

Posted at 6:21 pm on November 19, 2009 | Print | Share | Comment (1)

Just crossed the wire from IU athletics in regards to recruiting:

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana head coach Felisha Legette-Jack has announced the signing of point guard Andrea Newbauer and center Marissa Taylor to national letters of intent for the 2010-11 season.

Newbauer, a 2009 Indiana Junior All-Star, comes to IU from Concordia Lutheran High School in Ft. Wayne. The 5-9 guard was named to Ft. Wayne’s Fab 5 as a junior and earned Second Team Indiana Basketball Coaches Association all-state and All-Northeast Indiana honors. She was named to the First Team All-Summit Athletic Conference as a sophomore and a junior and earned second team honors as a freshman in 2007. Newbauer owns a career average of 12.6 points, 4.5 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. As a junior, she led Concordia with 13.4 points, 6.0 assists and 2.6 steals per game and ranked second on the squad with 4.5 rebounds per contest. She also led Northeast Indiana in assists per game and owns Concordia’s single-season record in that category.

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IU vs. Cincinnati – Women’s Basketball Live Blog

By Sean Morrison | IDS sports editor

Posted at 7:46 pm on November 18, 2009 | Print | Share | Comments (0)

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IU dominates IUPUI

By Ari Shifron | IDS women's basketball writer

Posted at 5:28 pm on November 15, 2009 | Print | Share | Comments (0)

In front of a crowd of 1,731 IU beat IUPUI 75-52. Hope Elam led the Hoosiers with 16 points as three players reached double figures.  IU was also strong on the boards out rebounding the Jags 43-31 and forced 24 turnovers.

IU trailed 9-2 early but went on a 32-9 run to close out the half and won going away.  After shooting just 36.7% the first half IU rebounded to shoot 51.7% in the second half.

Join us on Wednesday for another live blog chat when IU takes on Cincinnati at 7pm here at Assembly Hall.

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IU vs. IUPUI – women’s basketball Live Chat

By Sean Morrison | IDS sports editor

Posted at 3:00 pm on November 15, 2009 | Print | Share | Comments (0)

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2010 Women’s Basketball Recruit Signs

By Candice Rohrman | Women's basketball beat writer

Posted at 2:13 pm on November 14, 2009 | Print | Share | Comments (0)

Andrea Newbauer,a 5-foot-8 guard from Concordia Lutheran High School in Ft. Wayne, has officially signed today.

Newbauer previously said she chose IU because of the proximity to home, the education, and Coach Felisha Legette-Jack.

Check back later for more updates and quotes from Newbauer!

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IU Women tops Memphis in season opener

By Ari Shifron | IDS women's basketball writer

Posted at 6:53 pm on November 13, 2009 | Print | Share | Comments (0)

Postgame:

Down 73-68 with 2 minutes left the Hoosiers rallied and outscored Memphis 10-1 down the stretch to win 78-74.

The winning basket came with 40 seconds left when Indiana’s Whitney Lindsay converted a three point play by hitting a lay-up while being fouled.  After an empty possession by Memphis, senior Jamie Braun sealed the outcome with a free throw with 10 seconds left.

Davis ended up leading the team with 21 points as the Hoosiers improved to 1-0.

A full wrap will be posted on the website later tonight. Also join us Sunday at 2pm for a live blog when IU opens its home season with IUPUI.

Halftime:

The Hoosiers showed their youth in the first half as Memphis was able to trim a 14 point lead down to 43-37 at the half.  Junior guard and captain Jori Davis leads the team in scoring with 14 points while newcomer Hope Elam also is in double figures with 10.  IU managed to shoot 53.1% from the field which is the key to the lead they have built.

Stay tuned for a wrap-up at the end of the game.

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Leftover quotes from women’s basketball story

By Ari Shifron | IDS women's basketball writer

Posted at 2:37 pm on November 12, 2009 | Print | Share | Comments (0)

A preview of this weekend’s games against IUPUI and Memphis will run in tomorrow’s paper.

However, seeing that it is impossible to get every quote I have into the story I am posting the remaining quotes here on the blog:

Coach Jack

On playing Memphis

“Memphis is a definite team that can challenge us. They challenge you to run our offense and we need to prepare for a great team.”

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IU women to play in Big 10 and Big 12 tournament and live blog invitation

By Ari Shifron | IDS women's basketball writer

Posted at 5:02 pm on November 11, 2009 | Print | Share | Comments (0)

Starting next year the Hoosiers and the rest of the Big 10 will play in a tournament with the Big 12 Conference it was announced today.

Before I get to the press release I would like to invite everyone to join Candice and I here on the Hoosier Hype blog for a live chat when IU opens its home season against IUPUI on Sunday at 2pm.

Now here is the release on the tournament from bigten.org:

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Women’s basketball team defeats GVSU

By Candice Rohrman | Women's basketball beat writer

Posted at 7:29 pm on November 5, 2009 | Print | Share | Comments (0)

Final Score: 80-70

The Hoosiers defeated Grand Valley State University by 10 points on Thursday night. The Hoosiers had five players in double digits, while GVSU had three players. The Hoosiers were out-rebounded 45 to 34, but forced 20 turnovers in the game. In the second half the Hoosiers only committed 4 more turnovers, improving off the 11 turnovers they committed in the first half.

Halftime update:

The Hoosiers lead by one at the end of the first half, 34-33. Their defense looks much improved from the Lambuth game, but the Hoosiers have had some problems: shooting 9 for 22, and turning the ball over 11 times.

Hope Elam leads the Hoosiers with 11 points. Jasmine Padin leads GVSU in scoring with 14 points.

Pregame Notes:

The IU Women’s basketball team will play its final exhibition game tonight against Division-II foe, Grand Valley State University.

The game should prove rather interesting, as Coach Felisha Legette-Jack has a past with GVSU’s coach Janel Burgess. The two coached together at Michigan State and both share similar coaching philosophies.

Women’s exhibition games are free, so come on out and support your Hoosiers tonight! The tip-off is scheduled for 7 pm.

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IU women vs. Lambuth

By Ari Shifron | IDS women's basketball writer

Posted at 2:27 pm on November 1, 2009 | Print | Share | Comments (0)

Post-game:

IU dominates Lambuth with little trouble by a final count of 108-54.

IU jumped out to an 8-0 lead and never trailed. All five starters scored in double figures with Jori Davis leading the way with 24 points. Jamie Braun and Hope Elam added 16 while Sasha Chaplin scored 14 and Sasha Bernard had 11.

Join us again on Thursday when IU plays its second of two exhibition games against Grand Valley State at 7 p .m.

Halftime:

IU having little trouble with the Eagles at halftime as they lead 57-31.

Jori Davis leads with 16 points while Jamie Braun has 14 and Hope Elam 12.

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