Indiana University Athletics
MAUI INVITATIONAL
GAME RECAPS
11/27/1998 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
MAUI INVITATIONAL
GAME RECAPS
SYRACUSE DEFEATS HOOSIERS FOR TITLE
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) -- Preston Shumpert doesn't play like a backup guard. He doesn't play like a freshman, either.
Shumpert keyed two runs Wednesday night, leading Syracuse (No. 18 ESPN/USA Today, No.19 AP) over Indiana (No. 13 ESPN/USA Today, No. 17 AP) 76-63 in the championship of the Maui Invitational.
Shumpert had 19 points, nine on 3-pointers, and seven rebounds for the Orangemen (5-0), and Jason Hart added 17 points and five assists.
"Shumpert is one guy who can knock down 3s," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. "He gets in and finds open areas. And Jason's getting better all the time. Before, he used to get down. But now he gives our point guards a lot of freedom to shoot. He's also a great defensive player and his offense has picked up, too."
Boeheim also cited another freshman, Tony Bland, who went 5-for-5 from the floor.
"They played tremendous in this tournament," he said. Indiana (6-1) was hurt by the failure of A.J. Guyton to score a single point for the first time in his college career. The junior guard came in with a 16.5 average this season, but missed all six shots, including four from the 3-point line.
A zone defense contributed to Indiana's problems.
"The two kids at the top played good defense," Hoosiers coach Bob Knight said. "The zone took away our aggressiveness."
Had it not been for a pair of successive 3-pointers by Shumpert midway through the second half, the Orangemen would have switched to a man-to man alignment.
"We were stretching our defense to take away the 3s," Boeheim said. "But it opened up the inside."
Syracuse made 29 of 42 shots (56 percent), while Indiana made just 24 of 61 (39 percent).
After a close start that included seven lead changes and ties, Shumpert got all the points in an 8-0 run with a pair of 3-pointers and a basket. He keyed a 14-2 second-half run with six points and Hart scored four during the spurt as the Orangemen took a comfortable 16-point lead.
William Gladness kept the Hoosiers in contention most of the night, with 24 points and 11 rebounds, including six offensive rebounds. Luke Recker added 15 points.
Indiana was also helped by 17 Syracuse turnovers that resulted in 19 points. Gladness' offensive board work also contributed to 16 second chance points.
Ryan Blackwell had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Syracuse. Bland and Etan Thomas added 10 points each.
HOOSIERS DEFEAT UTAH TO REACH FINAL
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) -- Indiana won a defensive duel against Utah.
William Gladness hit a pair of tiebreaking free throws late in the second half as Indiana (No. 13 ESPN/USA Today, No. 17 AP) beat Utah (No. 21 ESPN/USA Today, No. 18 AP) 52-49 Tuesday night to reach the final of the Maui Invitational.
"I can't imagine two teams playing harder against one another," said Indiana coach Bob Knight. "Neither team backed down. Neither team scored a lot. It was really a hard, tough fought basketball game. There were no cheap points."
The game was close all the way. Indiana's largest lead was seven, and Utah (2-2) never led by more than two. There were seven lead changes and two ties during the final five minutes of the first half.
"I thought both teams played great defense," Utah coach Rick Majerus said. "We both hang our hats on defense."
Indiana (6-0) will playSyracuse (No. 18 ESPN/USA Today, No. 19 AP) in Wednesday's championship game. The Orangemen advanced with a 58-46 win over Michigan.
Indiana, with backup Jarrod Odle providing a big lift, built its biggest lead less than five minutes into the second half, but Utah rallied to tie it three more times.
Gladness' free throws put the Hoosiers ahead to stay at 41-39. Indiana's Kirk Haston then blocked a shot by a driving Andre Miller and Gladness scored for a four-point lead.
Luke Recker, who got the important points in Indiana's come-from-behind victory over Kansas State in the opening round, followed with a 3-pointer as time expired on the shot clock.
"We hung in there," Knight said. "It's not something this team did a lot last year."
Neither team could muster much offense against their opponent's tight man-to-man defense. Each team shot only 35 percent from the field.
A.J. Guyton finished with 12 points for Indiana, and Haston had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Hanno Mottola scored 17 points for Utah, while Miller had 12.
HOOSIERS COMEBACK TO BEAT KANSAS STATE
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) -- Luke Recker hit a 3-pointer with 1:03 left to give Indiana its first lead Hoosiers rallied from a double-digit deficit
Monday night to defeat Kansas State 71-70 in the opening round of the Maui Invitational.
Indiana (5-0) appeared to be out of the game as the Wildcats (3-1) took advantage of three consecutive turnovers to build a 12-point lead with five minutes left.
But the Hoosiers tightened up their man-to-man defense and limited Kansas State to only two free throws until Cortez Groves closed the scoring with a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
In between, Indiana steadily chipped away at the lead. A.J. Guyton, who finished with 25 points, scored five points preceding Recker's points, which made it 68-65.
It was a disappointing letdown for Kansas State.
With 6-11 center Shawn Rhodes scoring 15 points, including two 3 pointers, and pulling down seven rebounds, the Wildcats raced to a surprising 45-29 lead at the half, at one point leading by 19.
The Wildcats had the margin at 17 midway through the second half before seeing Indiana gradually cut into their lead. The Hoosiers got to under 10 with 3:32 left on Kirk Haston's field goal which set the stage for Guyton and Recker.
Rhodes was held scoreless over the final 20 minutes, but finished with 15 of KState's 50 rebounds.
Kansas State shot only 26.5 percent (9-for-34) from the floor in the second half, while Indiana went 12-for-28.
In addition to Guyton's offensive numbers, William Gladness had 13 points to go with 14 rebounds with Recker and Michael Lewis adding 11 apiece.
Tony Kitt had 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats.
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