Indiana University Athletics
INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Indiana vs. Northwestern
1/12/1998 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Indiana vs. Northwestern
GAME #16 FACTS: Indiana (11-5, 2-2 Big Ten) at Northwestern (7-5, 1-2 Big Ten).
Day: Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1998
Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, Ill.
Game time: is 8 p.m. (EST)/7 p.m. (CST).
Broadcasts: IU Radio Network, ESPN-Plus
POSSIBLE STARTERS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | No. | Name | PPG | RPG | APG | |||||
| F | 4 | Luke Recker | 11.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | |||||
| F | 30 | William Gladness | 8.1 | 4.4 | 1.1 | |||||
| C | 45 | Andrae Patterson | 10.1 | 6.3 | 1.1 | |||||
| G | 24 | Michael Lewis | 5.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | |||||
| G | 25 | A.J. Guyton | 15.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | |||||
OFF THE BENCH | ||||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Name | PPG | RPG | APG | |||||
| F | 3 | Charlie Miller | 4.3 | 2.7 | 0.9 | |||||
| F | 21 | Richard Mandeville | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | |||||
| F | 32 | Robbie Eggers | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | |||||
| G | 23 | Rob Turner | 9.5 | 3.0 | 2.3 | |||||
| G | 12 | Luke Jimenez | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | |||||
| F | 33 | Larry Richardson | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | |||||
GAME DATA: The Indiana Hoosiers play the first of two games this week at Northwestern tonight. IU defeated Ohio State 83-66 Saturday which puts its record at 11-5 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten. That victory gives Indiana a two-game winning streak. A victory this evening would put the Hoosiers at seven games above .500 for the first time this season. Tonight's game is also Bob Knight's 975th career game as a head coach.
TELEVISION: The Ohio State game is being broadcast on the over-the-air ESPN-Plus network. John Laskowski and Ted Kitchel call the action.
RADIO: Every IU game can be heard on the IU Radio Network. The flagship station is WBWB in Bloomington which provides a statewide network. Don Fischer, Bob Hammel, Joe Smith and Norm Ellenberger call the action. The pregame show begins 40 minutes prior to tipoff.
INDIANA HEAD COACH BOB KNIGHT: is college basketball's winningest active head coach with 711 victories (all games at the Division I level). He is just one of 12 NCAA coaches all-time to have recorded 700 or more victories. He is in his 27th season as the Indiana head coach and has a record of 609-213 (.741). Knight is in his 33rd season as a collegiate head coach and has an overall record of 711-263 (.730). Knight's record in Big Ten play is 327-133 (.711). He has led the Hoosiers to three NCAA titles (1976, 1981 and 1987) and a conference record 11 Big Ten Championships (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993). He was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in May of 1991. Knight is 45-3 vs. Northwestern overall and at Indiana.
KNIGHT ON THE WEB: Bob Knight has entered cyberspace with his own web site. The site debuted in December. CoachBobKnight.com is a comprehensive look at the coach both on and off the court and the 1997-98 Hoosiers. The site features gameday information, team stats and a text of Coach's postgame press conferences plus many other features. On-line real time stat updates from games are also available.
THE SERIES: Indiana and Northwestern are meeting for the 134th time. The Hoosiers lead the all-time series 93-39 after Indiana won both games last year P 66-63 in Evanston and 64-49 in Bloomington. Indiana has won the last 17 games in the series and 23 of the last 24 overall. Indiana also leads the series in games played at Northwestern 37-35 and have won the last 9 in Welsh-Ryan Arena.
INDIANA'S BIG TEN HISTORY: The Indiana Hoosiers are playing their 91st season of Big Ten basketball. Indiana began playing Big Ten basketball in 1905 (IU missed the 1907 and 1908 seasons). The Hoosiers are the winningest team in conference history with a 59.6% winning percentage (736-499). Indiana is second in league history with 19 titles.
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