Indiana University Athletics
INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
INDIANA at MICHIGAN STATE
1/26/1998 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
INDIANA at MICHIGAN STATE
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1998
Breslin Center (15,138) - East Lansing, Mich.
8 p.m. (EST)
IU Radio Network
ESPN-Plus
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| Pos | No | Name | PPG | RPG | APG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| F | 4 | Luke Recker | 12.8 | 4.1 | 3.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| F | 30 | William Gladness | 8.8 | 4.6 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C | 45 | Andrae Patterson | 10.5 | 6.4 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | 24 | Michael Lewis | 6.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | 25 | A.J. Guyton | 16.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OFF THE BENCHF | 3 | Charlie Miller | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 |
C | 21 | Richard Mandeville | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
F | 32 | Robbie Eggers | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
G | 23 | Rob Turner | 8.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
G | 12 | Luke Jimenez | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
F | 33 | Larry Richardson | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
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GAME #20 FACTS: Indiana (14-5, 5-2 Big Ten) at Michigan State (13-4, 6-1 Big Ten). Wednesday (Jan. 28), Breslin Center (15,138), East Lansing, Mich. Game time is 8 p.m. (EST).
GAME DATA: The Indiana Hoosiers play the first of two games this week as they play at Michigan State. IU defeated Wisconsin 69-59 Sunday which puts its record at 14-5 overall and 5-2 in the Big Ten. That victory gives Indiana a five-game winning streak. A victory this evening would put the Hoosiers at 10 games above .500 for the first time this season. The game against Michigan State marks the second of four against Big Ten opponents the Hoosiers will play only once during the regular season.
TELEVISION: The Michigan 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 714 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 612-213 (.742). Knight is in his 33rd season as a collegiate head coach and has an overall record of 714-263 (.731). Knight's record in Big Ten play is 330-133 (.713). 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 30-20 vs. Michigan State 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 Michigan State are meeting for the 89th time. The Hoosiers lead the all-time series 56-32 after the teams split last year's games - the Hoosiers won 77-65 in Bloomington while MSU won 63-60 in East Lansing. The teams have split the last 14 meetings and Michigan State has won the last five games in East Lansing. Indiana's last win at the Breslin Center was on Feb. 28, 1991 (62-56). The last three games at Michigan State have been decided by a total of 14 points. Michigan State leads the series in East Lansing 23-21.
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 59.7% winning percentage (739-499). Indiana is second in league history with 19 titles.
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