Hoosiers lose heartbreaker in OT, 72-66
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009Indiana head coach Tom Crean couldn’t have drawn it up any better.
After a head scratching home loss to Lipscomb to close out 2008 and a road loss to Iowa in the Big Ten opener, the Hoosiers returned to Assembly Hall for a meeting with Michigan, who hadn’t won in Bloomington since 1995.
And with a 44-24 [...]
Iowa 65, Indiana 60
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From bad to worse: Hoosiers fall to Lipscomb
Sunday, December 28th, 2008Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse for the 2008-2009 version of the Indiana Hoosiers — it just got worse.
Indiana (5-7) followed up a 55-42 home loss to Northeastern with a 74-69 loss to Lipscomb Sunday night at Assembly Hall.
The Bisons (5-6) entered the game with just three wins against Division I opponents and [...]
Turnovers doom Hoosiers in first home loss
Monday, December 22nd, 2008For five minutes Monday night, it appeared that Indiana would have no problem shaking off the rust from a nine day layoff. Fueled by five early points from Daniel Moore, the Hoosiers jumped to an early 12-3 lead.
And then the wheels fell off.
Northeastern (6-4) went on a 25-6 run to grab a 10-point halftime lead [...]
Hoosiers can’t overcome early surge from UK
Saturday, December 13th, 2008The combination of Kentucky playing its best six minutes of basketball and Indiana playing perhaps its worst six minutes of basketball was too much for the Hoosiers to overcome Saturday afternoon in Rupp Arena.
The Wildcats (7-3) jumped to a 14-0 lead on their way to a 72-54 win, avenging a 70-51 loss last December in [...]
Hoosiers hit stride in 2nd half, hammer TCU
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008After leading by just four at halftime, Indiana played its best 20 minutes of the season Wednesday night en route to a 66-56 win over Texas Christian at Assembly Hall.
A 9-0 run, capped by a Nick Williams layup with 8:55 remaining, pushed the Hoosier lead to 51-33. Indiana (5-4) led by as many as 23 [...]
Early second half run pushes Zags past IU
Saturday, December 6th, 2008For a half, it appeared that Indiana just might have a shot to do the unthinkable — knock off a top 5 team in the first game ever played at Lucas Oil Stadium.
The Hoosiers came into Saturday a 23-point underdog to No. 5 Gonzaga and trailed by just five points at halftime. And that was [...]
Hoosiers not up to the challenge at Wake
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008James Johnson scored 21 points and No. 15 Wake Forest shot 62 percent in route to a 83-55 win over Indiana Wednesday night in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
The Hoosiers (4-3) committed 20 or more turnovers for the fifth time this season and shot just 37 percent from the field and 54 percent from the foul [...]
