Brooks takes lead offensive role
When IU Coach Curt Miller came calling and expressed interest in her, it was hard for freshman guard Larryn Brooks to say no.
When IU Coach Curt Miller came calling and expressed interest in her, it was hard for freshman guard Larryn Brooks to say no.
Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell wasn’t asked to do much last year, and has been asked to do everything this year. He leads the Big Ten in made 3-pointers.
Facing another team from Illinois, there would be no shooting struggles from the field this time for the IU women’s basketball team. After suffering one of its poorest shooting performances of the season last Thursday against Northwestern, IU had one of its best days from the field in a 77-58 win yesterday at Illinois.
IU defeated Illinois 77-58 in Champaign, Ill., on Sunday. The win snaps a streak of 22 consecutive Big Ten losses on the road — a string of defeats that extended back to Feb. 10, 2011.
Sophomore guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell put on a virtuoso performance Sunday. It was maybe the best two-way showing an IU player has had this season.
The unpredictability of the Hoosier’s Big Ten play continued Sunday, as the IU men’s basketball team (14-8, 4-5) stunned the No. 10 Michigan Wolverines (16-5, 8-1) 63-52. It was Michigan’s first conference loss of the season, and it ends their 10-game winning streak.
After allowing 80, 73, 76 and 72 points in its first four Big Ten games, IU has smothered its last five opponents, allowing 56.6 points per game.
Sophomore guard Kevin ‘Yogi’ Ferrell put on a virtuoso performance Sunday. It was maybe the best two-way showing an IU player has had this season.
Lost in the chaos of IU’s stunning upset over the nation’s No. 10 team, underneath the steady stream of 3-pointers and raucous Assembly Hall crowd, a Hoosier squad that had seen star opponent after star opponent score almost at will grew up.
The unpredictability of the Big Ten continued Sunday, as the IU men’s basketball team (14-8, 4-5) stunned the No. 10 Michigan Wolverines (16-5, 8-1) 63-52. It was Michigan’s first conference loss of the season, and it ends their 10-game winning streak.
Every one knew IU was inconsistent. But when IU (13-8, 3-5) lost to Nebraska (11-9, 3-5) 60-55 last night, it showed IU can be inconsistent even within the same game.
So close, yet so far. For the IU women’s basketball team, 14 missed free throws was the difference in a 58-52 loss to Northwestern.
IU will travel to play Illinois Sunday looking to regroup after an abysmal offensive performance in a loss against Northwestern that left IU Coach Curt Miller questioning the poise of his players.
Each of IU’s matchups with Michigan throughout the 2012-13 season came and went under vastly different circumstances than Sunday’s matchup will.
Heading into halftime, the IU men’s basketball team (13-8, 3-5) held a comfortable 32-19 lead over the Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-9, 3-5).
The Hoosiers went on two scoring runs of 12 and 15 points to give them a double-digit lead on the road.
Sophomore point guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell said the Cornhuskers are one of the hardest-playing teams in the Big Ten.
Expect to see Nebraska register its third-ever win against IU.
After going through a stretch of five games in 11 days, IU Coach Curt Miller said his team was able to focus more on improving this week.
IU, welcome to Pinnacle Bank Arena — Nebraska’s $179 million basketball facility that opened for the 2013-14 season.