Injury overshadows 48-point win
IU (6-6) got its easiest win of the season against overmatched Bryant on Monday night. But what the team lost was even greater.
IU (6-6) got its easiest win of the season against overmatched Bryant on Monday night. But what the team lost was even greater.
Creek will undergo knee surgery in Indianapolis on Tuesday. He scored 9 points before leaving Monday's game and led all Big Ten freshmen in scoring during the season.
IU freshman guard Maurice Creek's season is over after fracturing his left knee in a 90-42 victory against Bryant.
The Hoosiers are well on their way to .500 with a dominating effort against Bryant, but stellar freshman guard Maurice Creek left the game on the stretcher with a left knee injury.Follow the live chat with IDS reporters Nathan Hart and Frank Therber at "Hoosier Hype" here.
For IU, tonight’s game against Bryant will give Hoosier fans a glimpse of what to expect in the Big Ten opener against Michigan on New Year's Eve.
IU returns from Christmas break to take on the 0-12 Bryant Bulldogs at 9 p.m. in Assembly Hall.
For a ten-minute stretch in the second half, the IU basketball team did little wrong. The problem: the team had to play the other 30 minutes, too.
Two 4-point plays, successful loose-ball bouts and defending IU well in the post were enough to send the Hoosiers home for the holidays with a chip on their shoulders.
As IU took the court against Loyola (Md.), IU coach Tom Crean said he thought his team was ready.
Despite a late comeback run, the Hoosiers fell to the Greyhounds 72-67 at Assembly Hall.
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IU's opponent Tuesday will be a Lipscomb-like team. However, IU coach Tom Crean said his group is much different from last year's.
IU's opponent Tuesday will be a Lipscomb-like team. However, IU coach Tom Crean said his group is much different from last year's.
Head to Hoosier Hype for postgame commentary from IU coach Tom Crean, sophomore forward Tom Pritchard and freshman guard Jordan Hulls following IU's victory Saturday.
The first half of the Hoosiers’ performance against North Carolina Central on Saturday night hinted more December woes could be on the horizon
Through one half, IU played down to the level of its opponent - a first-year Division I school with a 2-8 record.
In the game against North Carolina Central on Saturday, a 81-58 victory for IU, he started somewhere he’s never started before – on the bench.
Maurice Creek leads IU with 29 points and 7 boards, and the Hoosiers advance to 5-5 on the year. Follow live by clicking here.
Watch the latest episode of the "The Tom Crean Show," which aired Friday on the Big Ten Network, here on the IDS Hoosier Hype sports blog.
Between dunks, alley-oops and second-chance layups from the big bodies of No. 4 Kentucky, there was Maurice Creek.