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Track and Field

Coover soars to Big Ten honor

IU track and field pole vaulter Jeff Coover was named the Big Ten’s co-Field Athlete of the Week after clearing a career-best 5.37 meters this weekend at the Indiana Relays.
The clearance was fourth-best in program history.

“Jeff continues to improve each week,” IU coach Ron Helmer said in a statement Monday, “and the exciting thing for our coaching staff is he continues to put things in place that suggest he will continue to do so.”

Coover’s mark is the third-best in Division I this season and provisionally qualifies him for the NCAA Indoor Championships in March.

Michigan’s Sean Pruitt shared the weekly honor.

Men’s Basketball

Purdue, MSU game times set

Two of the start times for IU men’s basketball games, originally marked “to be determined,” have been set.

The Hoosiers will play Purdue at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 in West Lafayette.
Then Tuesday, March 3, the Michigan State Spartans will come to Bloomington for a 7 p.m. game at Assembly Hall.

The Michigan State game will be aired on ESPN, while the Big Ten Network will carry the Boilermaker rivalry game.

The Hoosiers’ next game is against Iowa at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Assembly Hall.