Welcome to another edition of 6-Banner Sunday, a joint production between The Assembly Call and Inside the Hall, where we highlight the five most essential IU sports stories of the past week. 6-Banner Sunday is written by Ari Shifron.
IU football continued Big Ten play with a showdown against USC at Memorial Stadium. IU won with a strong second half to improve to 9-1.
IU basketball played its first high-major opponent, Syracuse, and was victorious before pulling away to beat Tennessee Tech later in the week. The Hoosiers also inked three recruits in the class of 2027. As usual, we will conclude with a look at the weekly shows and the rest of the Hoosier sports scene, led by men’s soccer, which won against Maryland and will play for a Big Ten tournament title today.
Here is what is in this week’s edition:
• IU football takes control in the second half to beat USC
• IU basketball narrowly beats Syracuse at Gainbridge Fieldhouse
• Hoosiers pull away from Tennessee Tech with strong second half
• IU basketball signs a trio of 2027 recruits
• Back Home Network shows
• Hoosier Roundup
Banner #1 – IU football takes control in the second half to beat USC
No. 9 IU played a tough game again in football and won another thriller. The offense looked much improved as Grant Wilson took over at QB from Josh Hoover. While he threw a pick and put a couple of other balls in harm’s way, his throws were mostly accurate, and he tossed for 305 yards and two touchdowns. Also, IU’s defense played lights out as usual, and while USC moved the ball, the Hoosiers buckled down in the red zone.
In the end, Indiana won 27-13 to improve to 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the league. They next face Washington in Seattle next Saturday at 3:30 pm ET on Peacock.
Afterwards, IU coach Curt Cignetti spoke, Inside the Hall had a photo gallery and Zach Horwitz wrote Five Takeaways.
Banner #2 – IU basketball narrowly beats Syracuse at Gainbridge Fieldhouse
IU basketball fans got their first chance to see the squad in a test against high-major opponent. While the game was not in Bloomington, it was still in-state as the Hoosiers played Syracuse in Indianapolis.
Once again, if this result was any indication, IU will be much improved. This was because depth and guard play led the night and allowed the Hoosiers to squeak by the Orange 83-80.
After the game, Hoosier coach Darian DeVries spoke, Inside the Hall had a photo gallery, Ryan Corazza wrote The Minute After, Alex Bozich provided five takeaways and Horwitz put together a column about the team’s resiliency.
Banner #3 – Hoosiers pull away from Tennessee Tech with strong second half
After a slow first half, the Hoosiers turned on the juice in the second half to roll against Tennessee Tech 90-66. This time, it was the bigs who had the best evenings on the court.
After the game, DeVries spoke, Inside the Hall had a photo gallery, Corazza wrote The Minute After, Bozich provided five takeaways and Horwitz put together a column about the team’s dominant second half.
Banner #4 – IU basketball signs a trio of 2027 recruits
As part of the early signing period, DeVries signed his three class of 2027 commitments. Two of them are very highly ranked: guard Chase Branham and center Darius Wabbington. They join big man Felix Kiehlneker from Germany.
Banner #5 – Back Home Network shows
The Back Home Network has many shows. As a result, it was on air several times this week with programming.
Banner #6 – Hoosier Roundup
• Men’s soccer beat Maryland and will play Washington today for the Big Ten tournament title.
• Women’s basketball dominated Samford as well as Bradley.
• Volleyball fell to Illinois and also fell at Minnesota.
• Cross Country competed at the Great Lakes Regional.
• Softball announced its upcoming schedule.
Thanks for your continued support of The Assembly Call and Inside the Hall. We’ll be back next weekend with a new roundup.
Now go enjoy yourself a 6-Banner Sunday.
Aaron (Ari) Shifron
Assembly Call Contributor
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