Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Host Hampton Inn Classic (11-24-04)
11/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Indiana (0-1) will play its home-opener against the Belmont Bruins (2-0) this weekend as part of the Hampton Inn Classic on Nov. 27 at 4:30 p.m. (EST). The Hoosiers have compiled a 23-10 record in home-openers, including a 3-1 mark under Kathi Bennett.
Central Michigan (1-1) and Chicago State (2-1) will play the first game of the tournament at 2:00 p.m.. The winners of each contest will face each other in the championship game on Sunday at 4:00 p.m, with the losers squaring off at 2:00 p.m..
On the Air
The game will be broadcast live on 105.1 WHCC Radio Bloomington with Jeremy Gray calling all the action. As is the case for the remainder of the season, the game can also be heard on the Internet at iuhoosiers.com.
Scouting Belmont
The Belmont Bruins enter Saturday's game with a 2-0 record. They are coming off wins against Virginia Commonwealth (70-54) and South Alabama (70-60).
The Bruins are led by senior forward Brandi Miller, the reigning Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week. She leads the Bruins in scoring and rebounding with 18.0 and 9.5 rebounds, respectively. Miller has also scored in double digits for 25 consecutive games. Senior guard Hollie Davis is another offensive threat for Belmont as she ranks second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 15.5 ppg and 7.5 rpg.
Belmont was the 2003-04 Atlantic Sun regular season champion, finishing with a 16-12 record overall and a 14-6 ledger in conference play.
Tony Cross has served as the head coach of Belmont for the past 20 seasons, racking up a 435-185 record overall. Last season, Cross guided his team to its first Atlantic Sun Conference regular season championship. Cross began his coaching career at Norma Elementary School and then moved on to become girls' basketball coach at Lake City High School before arriving at Belmont in 1985.
Scouting Central Michigan
Central Michigan sports a 1-1 record entering Saturday's contest against Chicago State. The Chippewas lone win was over the Tri- State Thunder, 116-55 on Nov. 19 and the its first loss of the season came vs. Oakland, 74-70, on Tuesday, Nov. 23.
Leading the way for the Chippewas is senior guard Lindy Hatfield, who averages 18.5 ppg. In its last contest against Oakland, Hatfield netted a game-high 22 points. Junior guard Chasidy Myers and freshman center Abbie Clifton are also offensive threats for the CMU as they average 17.5 and 13.0 ppg, respectively.
In its game against the Thunder, four Chippewas scored in double figures as Myers (18 points), Hatfield (15 points), Clifton (13 points) and freshman forward Dana Westover (12 points) helped CMU set a school record for most points in a single game (116).
Fourth-year head coach Eileen Kleinfelter has compiled an overall record of 27-59 during her tenure at Central Michigan. Prior to becoming the head coach of the Chippewas, Kleinfelter was the head coach at her alma mater, the University of Findlay. She guided the Oiler program to winning seasons in each of her seven years at Findlay. Kleinfelter has ties to the Big Ten as she began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Penn State University.
Scouting Chicago State
Chicago State carries a 2-1 record into this weekend's Hampton Inn Classic. The Cougars won their season opener at home on Friday, Nov. 19 over Loyola Chicago, 76-68, and then triumphed over the Dayton Flyers, 56-55 on Sunday, Nov. 21. CSU then took on Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 23 and dropped an ,80-53, decision to the Redhawks.
The Cougars have three players averaging double figures in scoring in junior guard Tina Hill (13.0), sophomore forward Faith Buchanan (10.7) and sophomore center Chandra Timberlake (10.0). Junior forward Renada Blackburn has helped the Chippewas underneath,averaging 10.1 rpg.
Angela Jackson enters her second season as the Head Coach of the Chicago State women's basketball team. In her first season at the helm of the Cougars, Jackson led CSU to an 8-20 overall record and a 3-13 mark in the Mid-Continent Conference. Prior to her arrival at CSU, Jackson was the Associate Head Coach at the University of Michigan and before that served as the head coach at Saginaw Valley State for one season.
Deja Vu
The 2004-05 IU women's basketball team will look almost identical to last season's squad as it returns 11 members, including four starters from 2003-04. The Hoosiers welcome two new faces to the mix in Nikki Smith, a 5-9 guard from Sylvania, Ohio, and Kelli Agness, a 5-4 walk-on guard from Indianapolis, Ind.
Hoosiers Schedule 6th in Summerville RPI Poll
According to the 2004-05 preseason Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WCBCA) Summerville RPI Poll, which measures strength of schedule, Indiana ranks sixth in the nation in overall schedule. In the conference schedule, the Hoosiers are ranked 26th. Here is a look at where Indiana ranks:
Last Time Out
Despite holding the No. 8 in the country to just 29 percent shooting (17-for-59), the Indiana women's basketball team came up just short in its season opener as the Hoosiers fell to Baylor, 60-47, on Friday, Nov. 19 at the Ferrell Center.
The Hoosier (0-1) defense was the story in the game as the Cream and Crimson blocked 10 shots, led by sophomore center Sarah McKay's five rejections, as well as forced 13 Baylor turnovers in the contest. IU also held Baylor's top two players, Sophia Young and Steffanie Blackmon, to a combined 9-of-34 from the field.
Both teams struggled from the start, as Baylor opened up shooting 3-for-10, while Indiana was no better at 2-for-11. Nonetheless, a three-pointer by junior guard Cyndi Valentin tied the score at 6-6 with 11:30 left in the first half.
Baylor (1-1) then began to take control of the game with a 15-4 spurt to open a 21-10 advantage with five minutes left in the first stanza.
IU would close out the half out-scoring the Lady Bears 12-9, to cut the deficit to eight, 30-22.
Baylor would regain an 11-point advantage scoring the first three points of the second half for a 33-22 lead with 17:34 left.
The defense then ignited a 7-0 run, starting with a turnover that McKay turned into a jumper. A lay-up by sophomore Annika Boyd and a three by senior LeAnn Stephenson trimmed the Baylor lead to four, 33-29.
The Hoosiers battled Baylor the rest of the way cutting the Lady Bears lead back to five, 39-34, with a three by Boyd at 10:23. IU would get no closer, though, as the home team went on a 19-6 run in the next eight minutes to open its largest lead of the contest, 58-40, with just under two minutes left in the game.
Five points by Valentin closed the gap to 11, 58-47, with thirty-seven seconds left in the game, but it was too late as the Hoosiers lost the hard fought game.
Valentin paced the Hoosiers with 13 points and six rebounds, including hitting all five of her free throws to extend her school record to 47 consecutive free throws made. Additionally, Boyd tallied nine points in the affair, while McKay ended with eight points, eight rebounds and five blocks.
Young led Baylor with a game-high 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Blackmon contributed 14 points and 10 boards.
Gathing Geared Up
After sitting out the 2000-01 and 2003-04 seasons due to medical redshirts, Indiana senior Jamie Gathing received her sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA office this past summer and is back back in action for the Hoosiers for the 2004-05 season.
In its season opener against Baylor, Gathing started at the forward spot and recorded two points and six rebounds.
A 6-0 forward from Kankakee, Ill., Gathing was a member of the Big Ten Foreign All-Star Tour. The tour took place in Australia and the All-Stars finished with a perfect 4-0 record. Gathing averaged 5.3 ppg and 4.5 rpg while with the All-Stars.
Gathing averaged 7.7 ppg in Indiana's final three games during her junior year. In her sophomore campaign, she contributed with an excellent defensive effort in the Hoosiers' win over Penn State in the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament. Her career-high 12 points came against Western Kentucky in only 17 minutes of action on November 17, 2001. She grabbed a career-high nine rebounds against the same opponent two years prior on November 19, 1999.
Been Around the World
Several Hoosiers ventured out of the U.S. this past summer and gained some international playing experience.
Junior Cyndi Valentin represented the Puerto Rican National team that finished second overall in the second round of the CBC Championships, qualifying them for the 2005 FIBA World Games. Valentin netted a game-high 22 points at the CBC Championships in a 72-53 loss to Cuba.
Sophomore Sarah McKay represented the Canadian Senior Women's National Team after a productive showing at the team's open tryout held in Richmond, British Columbia.
McKay competed in a series of four exhibition games against the Japanese National Team from June 4-8.
Head coach Kathi Bennett, All-Big Ten honoree Jenny DeMuth, sixth-year senior forward Jamie Gathing, associate head coach Trish Betthauser and assistant coach Paul Nixon all took part in the Big Ten Foreign Tour through Australia, June 7-17. The Big Ten All-Stars finished the tour with a flawless 4-0 record.
DeMuth Out for the Season
Indiana forward Jenny DeMuth will miss the 2004-05 season due to a torn ACL in her left knee.
DeMuth, Indiana's leading scorer (18.3 ppg) and rebounder (7.7 rpg) last season, injured her knee shortly after the team began their first official practice on Oct. 16.
The Highland, Ind., native was named to the preseason All-Big Ten team as selected by the media. In 2003-04, DeMuth was a second team All-Big Ten honoree selection by the media and third team All-Big Ten selection by the conference coaches. She was the highest-scoring non-senior in the Big Ten last season and was the only conference player to rank in the top five in the Big Ten in both scoring and rebounding. She ranked fifth in each category with 18.3 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game, respectively. DeMuth finished the season with 532 points, a mark that ranks fifth in school history. In addition, she eclipsed the 1,000-point scoring mark for her career on Feb. 19 against Michigan, becoming the 18th player and only the eighth junior in school history to accomplish the feat.
Agness-First Walk On
Freshman guard Kelli Agness is the first Hoosier walk-on ever in the Kathi Bennett era.
Agness, who earned All-County and All-Conference honors, led North Central High School to a state title during her senior year. She was a McDonald's All-American nominee and also played four years of varsity soccer, earning All-County, All-State and Academic All-American accolades.
Still Streaking
Junior Cyndi Valentin is still red-hot from the free throw line as she continued her streak of consecutive free throws made after going five-for-five from the charity stripe on Nov. 19 vs. No. 8/8 Baylor. With Valentin's last miss against Michigan State on January 2, 2004, she now has a streak of 47 consecutive free throws made.
The Bloomington, Ind., native passed Pat Graham's mark of 38 consecutive to become Indiana's all-time leader in free throws made consecutively for either men or women.
Off the Bench Boyd
Sophomore forward Annika Boyd has been productive off the bench during the Hoosiers' first two contests. In IU's exhibtion game with the Australian Institute of Sport, Boyd came off the bench to score 10 points, on a four-for-eight effort from the field.
Boyd came up big for the Hoosiers again when they played No. 8/8 Baylor. The Minneapolis, Minn., native pitched in nine points, which was second on the team in scoring.
Moving Up the Charts
Two Hoosiers are on the verge of etching their names into the IU record books. Here is a look at where junior forward Angela Hawkins, and sophomore center Sarah McKay rank among blocked shots:
Blocked Shots:
4. Sue Hodges--126--1978-81
5. Shirley Bryant--93--1992-95
6. Rachelle Bostic--65--1981-84
7. Angela Hawkins--63--2003-present
8. Sarah McKay--60--2004-present
Mark the Date Now
February 20, 2005 will be a big day for Hoosier women's basketball. Indiana hosts Purdue at 2 p.m., but the rivalry is hardly the story. When the Hoosiers and Boilermakers tangle, fans will have an opportunity to help fight cancer simply by showing up.
In honor of IU women's basketball fans, Vera Bradley Designs will donate $10,000 for breast cancer research if the Hoosiers 'Pack the Hall' with 10,000 people.
Tune In
Five of IU's games this season will be televised, including four home games and one on the road. The Penn State game on Jan. 16 at 2 p.m., the Michigan State game on Jan. 30 at 2 p.m., and the Purdue game (also Pack the Hall Night) on Feb. 20 at 2:00 p.m., will all be shown live from Assembly Hall on WTIU, while the Ohio State game set for Jan. 20 at 7 p.m., will be aired on a tape delay basis starting at 8 p.m.
Additionally, Fox Sports Net-Chicago will air the Jan. 27 match-up against the Fighting Illini in Champaign, Ill., at 8 p.m..
Bennett Signs Trio for 2005-06
Indiana women's basketball coach Kathi Bennett announced the signing of Tara Miller, a 5-10 guard from Ramsey, Ind. (North Harrison HS), Kimberly Roberson, a 5-10 small forward from Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral HS) and Whitney Thomas, a 6-0 power forward from Bloomington, Ind. (North HS) to a national letter of intent on Wednesday Nov. 10. The trio has already had the privilege of playing together on the same team, as each were members of the Indiana Junior All-Stars team last year. All three will enroll in the fall of 2005 and will be eligible to compete for Indiana during the 2005-06 season.
Brutal Schedule
According to the Nov. 22-28 ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll the Hoosiers will take on five ranked teams, three of which are Big Ten schools:
Rank Team Date/Result
No. 8/8 Baylor L, 47-60
No. 11/10 Ohio St. Jan. 20 & Feb. 6
No. 13/14 Michigan St. Jan. 30
No. 15/13 Purdue Jan. 6 & Feb. 20
No. 18/17 Minnesota Jan. 2 & Feb. 24
Next Game
Indiana hits the road for its next game as it travels to Fayetteville, Ark., to take on the Arkansas Lady Razorbacks on Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. (EST) at the Bud Walton Arena. The game can be heard on WHCC (105.1) with Jeremy Gray calling all the action.
Central Michigan (1-1) and Chicago State (2-1) will play the first game of the tournament at 2:00 p.m.. The winners of each contest will face each other in the championship game on Sunday at 4:00 p.m, with the losers squaring off at 2:00 p.m..
On the Air
The game will be broadcast live on 105.1 WHCC Radio Bloomington with Jeremy Gray calling all the action. As is the case for the remainder of the season, the game can also be heard on the Internet at iuhoosiers.com.
Scouting Belmont
The Belmont Bruins enter Saturday's game with a 2-0 record. They are coming off wins against Virginia Commonwealth (70-54) and South Alabama (70-60).
The Bruins are led by senior forward Brandi Miller, the reigning Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week. She leads the Bruins in scoring and rebounding with 18.0 and 9.5 rebounds, respectively. Miller has also scored in double digits for 25 consecutive games. Senior guard Hollie Davis is another offensive threat for Belmont as she ranks second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 15.5 ppg and 7.5 rpg.
Belmont was the 2003-04 Atlantic Sun regular season champion, finishing with a 16-12 record overall and a 14-6 ledger in conference play.
Tony Cross has served as the head coach of Belmont for the past 20 seasons, racking up a 435-185 record overall. Last season, Cross guided his team to its first Atlantic Sun Conference regular season championship. Cross began his coaching career at Norma Elementary School and then moved on to become girls' basketball coach at Lake City High School before arriving at Belmont in 1985.
Scouting Central Michigan
Central Michigan sports a 1-1 record entering Saturday's contest against Chicago State. The Chippewas lone win was over the Tri- State Thunder, 116-55 on Nov. 19 and the its first loss of the season came vs. Oakland, 74-70, on Tuesday, Nov. 23.
Leading the way for the Chippewas is senior guard Lindy Hatfield, who averages 18.5 ppg. In its last contest against Oakland, Hatfield netted a game-high 22 points. Junior guard Chasidy Myers and freshman center Abbie Clifton are also offensive threats for the CMU as they average 17.5 and 13.0 ppg, respectively.
In its game against the Thunder, four Chippewas scored in double figures as Myers (18 points), Hatfield (15 points), Clifton (13 points) and freshman forward Dana Westover (12 points) helped CMU set a school record for most points in a single game (116).
Fourth-year head coach Eileen Kleinfelter has compiled an overall record of 27-59 during her tenure at Central Michigan. Prior to becoming the head coach of the Chippewas, Kleinfelter was the head coach at her alma mater, the University of Findlay. She guided the Oiler program to winning seasons in each of her seven years at Findlay. Kleinfelter has ties to the Big Ten as she began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Penn State University.
Scouting Chicago State
Chicago State carries a 2-1 record into this weekend's Hampton Inn Classic. The Cougars won their season opener at home on Friday, Nov. 19 over Loyola Chicago, 76-68, and then triumphed over the Dayton Flyers, 56-55 on Sunday, Nov. 21. CSU then took on Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 23 and dropped an ,80-53, decision to the Redhawks.
The Cougars have three players averaging double figures in scoring in junior guard Tina Hill (13.0), sophomore forward Faith Buchanan (10.7) and sophomore center Chandra Timberlake (10.0). Junior forward Renada Blackburn has helped the Chippewas underneath,averaging 10.1 rpg.
Angela Jackson enters her second season as the Head Coach of the Chicago State women's basketball team. In her first season at the helm of the Cougars, Jackson led CSU to an 8-20 overall record and a 3-13 mark in the Mid-Continent Conference. Prior to her arrival at CSU, Jackson was the Associate Head Coach at the University of Michigan and before that served as the head coach at Saginaw Valley State for one season.
Deja Vu
The 2004-05 IU women's basketball team will look almost identical to last season's squad as it returns 11 members, including four starters from 2003-04. The Hoosiers welcome two new faces to the mix in Nikki Smith, a 5-9 guard from Sylvania, Ohio, and Kelli Agness, a 5-4 walk-on guard from Indianapolis, Ind.
Hoosiers Schedule 6th in Summerville RPI Poll
According to the 2004-05 preseason Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WCBCA) Summerville RPI Poll, which measures strength of schedule, Indiana ranks sixth in the nation in overall schedule. In the conference schedule, the Hoosiers are ranked 26th. Here is a look at where Indiana ranks:
Last Time Out
Despite holding the No. 8 in the country to just 29 percent shooting (17-for-59), the Indiana women's basketball team came up just short in its season opener as the Hoosiers fell to Baylor, 60-47, on Friday, Nov. 19 at the Ferrell Center.
The Hoosier (0-1) defense was the story in the game as the Cream and Crimson blocked 10 shots, led by sophomore center Sarah McKay's five rejections, as well as forced 13 Baylor turnovers in the contest. IU also held Baylor's top two players, Sophia Young and Steffanie Blackmon, to a combined 9-of-34 from the field.
Both teams struggled from the start, as Baylor opened up shooting 3-for-10, while Indiana was no better at 2-for-11. Nonetheless, a three-pointer by junior guard Cyndi Valentin tied the score at 6-6 with 11:30 left in the first half.
Baylor (1-1) then began to take control of the game with a 15-4 spurt to open a 21-10 advantage with five minutes left in the first stanza.
IU would close out the half out-scoring the Lady Bears 12-9, to cut the deficit to eight, 30-22.
Baylor would regain an 11-point advantage scoring the first three points of the second half for a 33-22 lead with 17:34 left.
The defense then ignited a 7-0 run, starting with a turnover that McKay turned into a jumper. A lay-up by sophomore Annika Boyd and a three by senior LeAnn Stephenson trimmed the Baylor lead to four, 33-29.
The Hoosiers battled Baylor the rest of the way cutting the Lady Bears lead back to five, 39-34, with a three by Boyd at 10:23. IU would get no closer, though, as the home team went on a 19-6 run in the next eight minutes to open its largest lead of the contest, 58-40, with just under two minutes left in the game.
Five points by Valentin closed the gap to 11, 58-47, with thirty-seven seconds left in the game, but it was too late as the Hoosiers lost the hard fought game.
Valentin paced the Hoosiers with 13 points and six rebounds, including hitting all five of her free throws to extend her school record to 47 consecutive free throws made. Additionally, Boyd tallied nine points in the affair, while McKay ended with eight points, eight rebounds and five blocks.
Young led Baylor with a game-high 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Blackmon contributed 14 points and 10 boards.
Gathing Geared Up
After sitting out the 2000-01 and 2003-04 seasons due to medical redshirts, Indiana senior Jamie Gathing received her sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA office this past summer and is back back in action for the Hoosiers for the 2004-05 season.
In its season opener against Baylor, Gathing started at the forward spot and recorded two points and six rebounds.
A 6-0 forward from Kankakee, Ill., Gathing was a member of the Big Ten Foreign All-Star Tour. The tour took place in Australia and the All-Stars finished with a perfect 4-0 record. Gathing averaged 5.3 ppg and 4.5 rpg while with the All-Stars.
Gathing averaged 7.7 ppg in Indiana's final three games during her junior year. In her sophomore campaign, she contributed with an excellent defensive effort in the Hoosiers' win over Penn State in the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament. Her career-high 12 points came against Western Kentucky in only 17 minutes of action on November 17, 2001. She grabbed a career-high nine rebounds against the same opponent two years prior on November 19, 1999.
Been Around the World
Several Hoosiers ventured out of the U.S. this past summer and gained some international playing experience.
Junior Cyndi Valentin represented the Puerto Rican National team that finished second overall in the second round of the CBC Championships, qualifying them for the 2005 FIBA World Games. Valentin netted a game-high 22 points at the CBC Championships in a 72-53 loss to Cuba.
Sophomore Sarah McKay represented the Canadian Senior Women's National Team after a productive showing at the team's open tryout held in Richmond, British Columbia.
McKay competed in a series of four exhibition games against the Japanese National Team from June 4-8.
Head coach Kathi Bennett, All-Big Ten honoree Jenny DeMuth, sixth-year senior forward Jamie Gathing, associate head coach Trish Betthauser and assistant coach Paul Nixon all took part in the Big Ten Foreign Tour through Australia, June 7-17. The Big Ten All-Stars finished the tour with a flawless 4-0 record.
DeMuth Out for the Season
Indiana forward Jenny DeMuth will miss the 2004-05 season due to a torn ACL in her left knee.
DeMuth, Indiana's leading scorer (18.3 ppg) and rebounder (7.7 rpg) last season, injured her knee shortly after the team began their first official practice on Oct. 16.
The Highland, Ind., native was named to the preseason All-Big Ten team as selected by the media. In 2003-04, DeMuth was a second team All-Big Ten honoree selection by the media and third team All-Big Ten selection by the conference coaches. She was the highest-scoring non-senior in the Big Ten last season and was the only conference player to rank in the top five in the Big Ten in both scoring and rebounding. She ranked fifth in each category with 18.3 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game, respectively. DeMuth finished the season with 532 points, a mark that ranks fifth in school history. In addition, she eclipsed the 1,000-point scoring mark for her career on Feb. 19 against Michigan, becoming the 18th player and only the eighth junior in school history to accomplish the feat.
Agness-First Walk On
Freshman guard Kelli Agness is the first Hoosier walk-on ever in the Kathi Bennett era.
Agness, who earned All-County and All-Conference honors, led North Central High School to a state title during her senior year. She was a McDonald's All-American nominee and also played four years of varsity soccer, earning All-County, All-State and Academic All-American accolades.
Still Streaking
Junior Cyndi Valentin is still red-hot from the free throw line as she continued her streak of consecutive free throws made after going five-for-five from the charity stripe on Nov. 19 vs. No. 8/8 Baylor. With Valentin's last miss against Michigan State on January 2, 2004, she now has a streak of 47 consecutive free throws made.
The Bloomington, Ind., native passed Pat Graham's mark of 38 consecutive to become Indiana's all-time leader in free throws made consecutively for either men or women.
Off the Bench Boyd
Sophomore forward Annika Boyd has been productive off the bench during the Hoosiers' first two contests. In IU's exhibtion game with the Australian Institute of Sport, Boyd came off the bench to score 10 points, on a four-for-eight effort from the field.
Boyd came up big for the Hoosiers again when they played No. 8/8 Baylor. The Minneapolis, Minn., native pitched in nine points, which was second on the team in scoring.
Moving Up the Charts
Two Hoosiers are on the verge of etching their names into the IU record books. Here is a look at where junior forward Angela Hawkins, and sophomore center Sarah McKay rank among blocked shots:
Blocked Shots:
4. Sue Hodges--126--1978-81
5. Shirley Bryant--93--1992-95
6. Rachelle Bostic--65--1981-84
7. Angela Hawkins--63--2003-present
8. Sarah McKay--60--2004-present
Mark the Date Now
February 20, 2005 will be a big day for Hoosier women's basketball. Indiana hosts Purdue at 2 p.m., but the rivalry is hardly the story. When the Hoosiers and Boilermakers tangle, fans will have an opportunity to help fight cancer simply by showing up.
In honor of IU women's basketball fans, Vera Bradley Designs will donate $10,000 for breast cancer research if the Hoosiers 'Pack the Hall' with 10,000 people.
Tune In
Five of IU's games this season will be televised, including four home games and one on the road. The Penn State game on Jan. 16 at 2 p.m., the Michigan State game on Jan. 30 at 2 p.m., and the Purdue game (also Pack the Hall Night) on Feb. 20 at 2:00 p.m., will all be shown live from Assembly Hall on WTIU, while the Ohio State game set for Jan. 20 at 7 p.m., will be aired on a tape delay basis starting at 8 p.m.
Additionally, Fox Sports Net-Chicago will air the Jan. 27 match-up against the Fighting Illini in Champaign, Ill., at 8 p.m..
Bennett Signs Trio for 2005-06
Indiana women's basketball coach Kathi Bennett announced the signing of Tara Miller, a 5-10 guard from Ramsey, Ind. (North Harrison HS), Kimberly Roberson, a 5-10 small forward from Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral HS) and Whitney Thomas, a 6-0 power forward from Bloomington, Ind. (North HS) to a national letter of intent on Wednesday Nov. 10. The trio has already had the privilege of playing together on the same team, as each were members of the Indiana Junior All-Stars team last year. All three will enroll in the fall of 2005 and will be eligible to compete for Indiana during the 2005-06 season.
Brutal Schedule
According to the Nov. 22-28 ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll the Hoosiers will take on five ranked teams, three of which are Big Ten schools:
Rank Team Date/Result
No. 8/8 Baylor L, 47-60
No. 11/10 Ohio St. Jan. 20 & Feb. 6
No. 13/14 Michigan St. Jan. 30
No. 15/13 Purdue Jan. 6 & Feb. 20
No. 18/17 Minnesota Jan. 2 & Feb. 24
Next Game
Indiana hits the road for its next game as it travels to Fayetteville, Ark., to take on the Arkansas Lady Razorbacks on Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. (EST) at the Bud Walton Arena. The game can be heard on WHCC (105.1) with Jeremy Gray calling all the action.
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