2012 Indiana signee Hanner Mosquera-Perea scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds in LaPorte La Lumiere’s 61-45 win over Detroit Country Day on Saturday at Lawrence Central.
Inside the Hall was there as both Mosquera-Perea and his coach, Alan Huss, met the media for postgame reaction. Watch both videos in high-definition quality in the embedded media players below:
After a week with little movement, six teams are in a new position in week seven of our Big Ten power rankings. The changes come in the bottom half of the rankings as the top four teams in the conference have begun to pull away from the pack.
12. Penn State (10-14, 2-9) (LAST WEEK: 12)…They played with a good Wisconsin team at home for awhile, but the Nittany Lions just don’t have enough late-game options to compete in the conference. Penn State has lost four straight and seven of eight.
11. Nebraska (11-11, 3-8) (LAST WEEK: 9)…The Cornhuskers dropped two winnable games this week, one at Northwestern and the other against Minnesota. Uncharacteristically, Nebraska has given up 69 or more points in five straight games.
10. Northwestern (14-8, 4-6) (LAST WEEK: 11)…They needed a good week, and the Wildcats got one. Back-to-back wins — including one at in-state rival Illinois on Sunday — has closer to the NCAA Tournament bubble.
9. Minnesota (17-7, 5-6) (LAST WEEK: 7)…The Golden Gophers could have continued their climb in the power rankings had they held onto a sizable lead at Iowa. Still, they’re a team to watch as we get closer to the Big Ten Tournament.
Throughout the season, Inside the Hall will keep you posted on how IU’s five 2012 signees, five verbal commitments and other notable prospects with interest in the Hoosiers are performing at their respective schools. (Photo credit: Jamie Owens/J. Scott Sports)
You can send us stats or results for this report at insidethehall@gmail.com. (Note: This is not a complete list of prospects IU is recruiting. Prospects may be added/removed on a week-to-week basis depending on the availability of stats.)
2012 SIGNEES
+ Hanner Perea (La Porte La Lumiere): Nine points and six rebounds in a 83-51 win over Gary Wallace on Jan. 31. Twelve points and five rebounds in a 61-45 win over Detroit Country Day at Lawrence Central on Feb. 4.
+ Jeremy Hollowell (Lawrence Central): Twenty-eight points in a 75-68 win over Franklin Central on Feb. 3 and 34 points and 16 rebounds in a 78-74 loss to Cathedral on Feb. 4.
+ Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell (Park Tudor): Twenty-three points in a 63-35 win over Brebeuf Jesuit on Feb. 3.
+ Peter Jurkin (United Faith Christian Academy, NC): Eighteen points in a 74-60 win at North Hills Christian on Jan. 31. Team-high 20 points in a 101-65 win over Victor Christian on Feb. 3.
+ Ron Patterson (Broad Ripple): Twenty-six points in a 70-67 win at Indianapolis Manual on Feb. 3 and fifteen points in a 69-62 overtime loss to Warren Central at Lawrence Central on Feb. 4. Broke Broad Ripple’s all-time scoring record in loss to Warren Central. Patterson now has 1,419 career points.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — As a 13-point lead melted to four with 3:27 remaining, this group of Hoosiers found themselves at a crossroads.
Recent history playing away from Assembly Hall in the Big Ten suggested that Purdue had Indiana right where it wanted them. The Hoosiers had not beaten any conference team besides Penn State on the road since the 2007-2008 season.
But as the Paint Crew reached a fever pitch and momentum shifted to the Boilermakers, Indiana took a road they’ve rarely traveled in recent seasons away from Bloomington. The Hoosiers did what they couldn’t do in Lincoln, Madison or Ann Arbor: finish well down the stretch.
First it was a block by Will Sheehey on a shot by Lewis Jackson that would’ve cut the lead to two. And then it was Remy Abell’s 3-pointer from the corner at the 1:27 mark to put the game out of reach.
Both plays were made possible because Indiana put together its most complete effort from start to finish all season on the road. The Hoosiers were basically in control throughout the contest.
“To me, it looked like it meant more to them,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “Just right from the start, looking, you can see guys’ facial expressions, you can see guys body language, I thought they were more engaged.”
It hasn’t been that way as of late for Indiana on the road in the Big Ten.
The Hoosiers were never able to fully recover in slow starts at Ohio State and Michigan. At Nebraska and Wisconsin, Indiana couldn’t come up with the key plays Sheehey and Abell made in Mackey Arena on Saturday night.
“It’s big for us,” Indiana guard Victor Oladipo said. “It should boost our confidence a little bit. We should do stuff like that. We’re a really good team.”
Check out 26 photos by Jamie Owens from Indiana’s 78-61 win over Purdue at Mackey Arena in the embedded photo gallery after the jump.
Coach Tom Crean met with the media following Indiana’s 78-61 win over Purdue at Mackey Arena on Saturday night. Watch the press conference in high-definition quality video in the embedded media player below:
