Hoosiers streak broken at Michigan

The IU women’s basketball team (12-8, 5-3) saw its three-game winning streak snapped on the road at Michigan (12-6, 5-3) Thursday night in a 65-54 defeat. \nPoor shooting from the field hurt IU, as the Hoosiers only managed to shoot 21-61 from the field – good for 34.4 percent.\nIU trailed by double-digits for much of the game, but cut the Michigan lead to five points at 36-31 with 16:28 left in the game. But IU was never able to cut into the lead any further, and Michigan quickly pushed the lead back to nine points at 40-31.\nThe Wolverines scored first on a layup from Krista Phillips less than a minute into the game. IU tied the lead three times early on, but never led. The game was tied 7-7 with 16:13 to play in the first half, but Michigan outscored IU 23-13 to close out the half and the Hoosiers trailed the Wolverines 30-20 at halftime. Both teams suffered through sloppy play in the first half, each committing 12 turnovers.\nOnly four players scored for the Hoosiers, with sophomore guard Jamie Braun leading the way with 20 points and added four assists. Junior forward Whitney Thomas recorded her fourth-consecutive double-double, scoring 13 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Junior guard/forward Kim Roberson added 10 points and junior Amber Jackson scored eight. The remaining four Hoosiers who played a combined total of 56 minutes shot 0-3 from the field.\nCarly Benson led four Wolverines in double-figures, scoring a game-high 22 points. Phillips added 16 points, Jessica Minnfield scored 13 points and Janelle Cooper added 11 points.\nMichigan held a slight advantage in the battle of the boards and outrebounded IU 36-32, but the Hoosiers forced the Wolverines into 19 turnovers to IU’s 15. The Wolverines also earned more trips to the free-throw line to shoot 10-15, while the Hoosiers were 6-8. \nIU will return to action Thursday, Jan. 31 against Wisconsin at Assembly Hall.