Newbauer out indefinitely with wrist injury

IU women’s basketball starting point guard Andrea Newbauer is out indefinitely with a left wrist injury she suffered prior to the team’s loss at Purdue on Wednesday.

The team is waiting on MRI results, IU Coach Curt Miller said.

“Right now she’s in a soft cast ... for all intensive purposes with a broken wrist,” he said. “We’ll see what the doctors say and the timetable for return.”

Newbauer’s injury comes at a time when the Hoosiers already lack depth. Four players have left the program since the start of the season, including Candyce Ussery, who played significant minutes last season as the backup point guard.

Other than senior Jasmine McGhee, who primarily plays the two, sophomore walk-on Andrea Mize is the team’s only other healthy guard.

Freshman Nicole Bell has replaced Newbauer in the starting lineup. In two games as a starter (at Purdue and vs. Ohio State on Sunday), she has averaged 6.5 points per game on 43 percent shooting (6-of-14) with three assists to five turnovers.

Bell is second on the team in 3-point shooting at 30 percent. She averages 6.0 points and 1.6 assists in 23 minutes per game overall.

Newbauer, a junior, averages 1.4 points and 2.3 assists in 20 minutes per game.

— Joe Popely