Indiana University Athletics
Indiana and Milwaukee Clash in Assembly Hall Wednesday
12/10/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 10, 2013
| INDIANA (9-0) vs. MILWAUKEE (2-6) | |
| Date | Dec. 11, 2012 |
| Time | 7 p.m. ET |
| Location | Bloomington, Ind. (Assembly Hall) |
| Radio | WHCC 105.1 FM | Listen Online Jeremy Gray, play-by-play |
| Live Web Broadcast | BTDN |
| Tickets | IUHoosiers.com |
| Game Notes | Indiana Notes |
| Internet Coverage | Gametracker |
| Twitter | @IndianaWBB | @CurtMillerIUWBB |
THE OPENING TIP
Indiana will play its final non-conference home game on Wednesday, Dec. 11, hosting Milwaukee. The game is scheduled to tip at 7 p.m. ET from Assembly Hall. The contest can be heard on WHCC 105.1 FM in Bloomington with Jeremy Gray on the call and can been watched via live web broadcast on the Big Ten Digital Network (BTDN), which can be accessed at IUHoosiers.com/AllAccess or BTN.com.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Indiana's 9-0 record to begin the season is the program's first perfect start through nine games since the beginning of the 1994-95 season and it marks just the fourth time in program history that IU has began a season 9-0.
• The Hoosiers are the only Big Ten team with an unblemished record.
• In the latest NCAA statistics rankings, IU is fifth in the country in fewest turnovers committed per game (10.9), and ranks first in that category among Big Ten teams.
• With the win at Morehead State, Curt Miller improved to 20-19 at Indiana since becoming head coach, in the two season prior to his arrival, the Hoosiers were just 15-44.
• The Hoosiers are second in the Big Ten in scoring averaging 79.0 points per game.
• Indiana is hitting 7.7 3-pointers per game, the second most in the conference, and has hit 10 or more 3-point field goals three times and eight or more six times.
• The IU defense is giving up only 59.7 points per game to opponents, the second best total in the Big Ten.
• Indiana leads the conference and ranks sixth nationally in 3-point field goal percentage defense as IU is limiting opponents to shoot just 22.3 percent form beyond the arc.
• First year players have accounted for 71.7 percent of Indiana's total points this season.
• Larryn Brooks ranks fourth in the Big Ten and is sixth among freshmen nationally in scoring, averaging 18.8 points per game and also leads the team with 3.9 assists per game.
• Tabitha Gerardot is second on the team in scoring (10.2 ppg), leads IU in rebounding (6.9 rpg) and is the Big Ten leader in offensive rebounds per game (3.6).
THE COACHES
Indiana
Curt Miller
Career Record: 278-111 (13th year)
Indiana record: 20-19 (2nd year)
Milwaukee
Kyle Rechlicz
Career Record: 11-24 (2nd year)
Milwaukee Record: 11-24 (2nd year)
MILWAUKEE AT A GLANCE
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee plays in the Horizon League and arrives in Bloomington with a 2-6 record. Last time out, the Panthers fell on the road at Bowling Green, 87-64. As a team, Milwaukee scores 69.6 points per game while shooting 40.3 percent from the field. Senior Angela Rodriguez leads the Panther offense with 18.4 ppg and leading the team in 3-point field goals made while shooting 36.0 percent from long distance and 88.6 percent from the free throw line. Junior Ashley Green scores 14.9 ppg and grabs 7.1 rpg. Down low, Avyanna Young averages a near double-double with 12.3 ppg and 9.6 rpg and shooting 51.3 percent from the field.
FIRST 9-0 START SINCE 1994
Indiana improved to 9-0 with its 77-54 win at Morehead State on Dec. 8, marking the program's best start to a season since the beginning of the 1994-95 campaign when IU started 10-0. It is just the fourth time in program history an Indiana team has began a year with nine straight wins. The Hoosiers are the only Big Ten team with an undefeated record.
IU SURPASSES ROAD WIN TOTAL FROM LAST YEAR
With Indiana's win at Morehead State on Dec. 8, going along with road victories at IPFW on Nov. 12 and at Indiana State on Nov. 15, the Hoosiers are 3-0 on the road this year, which is more road wins than Indiana had during the entire 2012-13 season. It marks the program's most road triumphs since the 2010-11 campaign.
PROTECTING THE PUMPKIN
Indiana ranks fifth nationally and first in the Big Ten in fewest turnovers per game with just 10.9 miscues each contest. Four times this year, IU has committed less than 10 turnovers and five times have committed 10 or less. In each of the last two games, Indiana has had less than 10 miscues and earlier this year had a season-low four against Butler. The last time an Indiana team had less than 10 turnovers in four games during an entire season was during the 2004-05 season.
LIGHT IT UP UP UP
Indiana's offense has been clicking on all cylinders through the first nine games:
• Indiana is averaging 79.0 points per game, which ranks second in the Big Ten and 37th nationally.
• The Hoosiers have tallied 80 or more points in six games, all taking place during IU's first seven contests. Indiana had never started a season scoring 80 or more points in six of its first seven games.
• The last time an IU team scored 80-plus points in six games during an entire season was 2006-07.
• Indiana scored 80 or more in four-consecutive games between Nov. 18 and Dec. 1, a program first since 1996-97.
• The Hoosiers shot 42.2 percent or better from the field in seven straight games to start the year. IU last shot 40 percent or better in seven straight games in 2009-10.
• Indiana is second in the Big Ten and 34th nationally in 3-point field goals made per game (7.7).
• Indiana has hit 10 or more 3-point field goals in three games this year, and has hit eight or more six times.
• Against USC Upstate on Dec. 1, IU put up a season high 87 points, the most points scored since Nov. 19, 2006, when Indiana tallied 98 points vs. Dayton.
D-D-D DEFENSE
The Indiana defense has came to play in the first nine games to begin the year:
• The Hoosiers are giving up 59.7 points per game, which is the second best mark in the Big Ten.
• IU is sixth in the country and first in the Big Ten in 3-point field goal defense by limiting opponents to just 22.3 percent from beyond the arc.
• In eight games this year, the Hoosiers have limited foes to shoot 27.8 percent or lower from 3-point range and four times have held opponents under 20.0 percent from beyond the arc.
• Overall, IU is fourth in the conference in limiting opponents to shoot 35.0 percent from the field and five times this year has limited its opponent to shoot 33.3 percent or lower.
• Against USC Upstate on Dec. 1, the Hoosiers held the Spartans to 37 points, the lowest defensive point total since IU defended Belmont to just 26 points on Nov. 27, 2004. It is the first time Indiana had held an opponent under 40 points since Dec. 21, 2011, when IU limited Colorado State to 39 points.
• Indiana defended Upstate to shoot just 20.0 percent (11-of-55) for the game and 11.1 percent (2-of-18) from 3-point range.
THE MILLER EFFECT
Through one year and nine games, Curt Miller has taken an Indiana program that went 15-44 in the two years prior to his arrival to a record of 20-19 since he became head coach at IU. The Hoosiers went 6-24 in 2011-12 and 9-20 in 2010-11. Under Miller, IU won 11 games last year and are currently 9-0 this season.
WINNING BIG
With Indiana's 87-38 win over USC Upstate on Dec. 1, it marked IU's largest margin of victory (+49) since topping Wofford, 90-34 (+56), on Nov. 22, 2002. IU currently leads the Big Ten in scoring margin (+19.3). The Hoosiers have defeated five teams this year by 15 or more points and three times this year have won by 27 or more points. The last time an Indiana team won three games by 25-plus points in the same season was during the 2006-07 campaign.
LARRYN LIGHTING IT UP
Freshman Larryn Brooks has had a stellar start to her Indiana career. She ranks sixth among freshman nationally in scoring with 18.8 points per game (4th overall in Big Ten), seventh in free throw percentage at 87.5 percent (6th), 14th in field goal percentage at 46.8 percent, 15th in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.35 (15th) and 18th in assists with 3.9 per game (12th).
Brooks set an IU freshman single game scoring record with 37 points in the win over Virginia Tech on Dec. 4. The Richmond, Ky., native shot 11-of-23 from the field, with four 3-point field goals and went 11-of-11 from the free throw line. She shattered a freshman record which stood for over 32 years and was held by Indiana's all-time career leading scorer, Denise Jackson, as she tallied 32 points against Michigan State on Feb. 13, 1981. The 37 points ties for the fifth best scoring game overall in IU history, the best output since Cindy Kerns scored 37 in 1999 and is the most points scored by any Big Ten player this season.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
IU downed Virginia Tech on Dec. 4 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, marking the first time the Hoosiers have won the inter-conference challenge game in back-to-back seasons. Indiana defeated Clemson last year, 52-49 (Nov. 28,2012), before taking down the Hokies this year on Dec. 4, 71-65. The Hoosiers are now 4-3 all-time in the event.
BIG SASH MAKING BIG SPLASH
Sixth-year senior Sasha Chaplin has had a big start to her final season. She has scored in double figures four times and is averaging 9.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 60.3 percent from the field (fourth in the Big Ten).
In two games this year, Chaplin has shot a perfect 100 percent, going 5-for-5 from the field en route to 10 points vs. Central Arkansas and 6-for-6 against Butler on her way to 14 points. At IPFW on Nov. 15, Chaplin scored 21 points, one point shy of her career high, shooting 8-of-12 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free throw line to go along with seven boards. She has shot 60.0 percent or better in four games.
LET'S GO GERARDOT
Senior transfer Tabitha Gerardot has been a solid contributor in her first year in an IU uniform. She is second on the team in scoring (10.2 ppg) and leads IU in rebounding (6.9 rpg) while leading the Big Ten in offensive rebounds per game (3.6). She has scored in double-figures in six games this year. At Morehead State on Dec. 8, she tied for the team lead with 12 points while shooting 3-of-3 from the field with seven rebounds. Gerardot skied for a season-high 10 rebounds against USC Upstate Dec. 1 and on Nov. 25 vs. Saint Louis, the Ft. Wayne, Ind., native scored a season-best 19 points.
Gerardot enrolled at Indiana after spending the last three seasons at Valparaiso University. The Ft. Wayne, Ind., native earned her undergraduate degree from Valpo in three years. She is working on her master's degree in linguistics after earning undergraduate degrees in French and Spanish. Gerardot is fluent in five languages.
The 6-1 Gerardot led the Crusaders in scoring in each of her last two seasons and averaged a near double-double last year with 15.5 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. She shot 47.4 percent during her junior season from the field and over 34 percent from beyond the arc on her way to earning Second Team All-Horizon League honors. Over her three years at Valpo, Gerardot appeared in every single game for the Crusaders and started in 91 of 93 contests to compile 1,215 career points while bringing in 723 career rebounds.
HIT THE GASSION PEDAL
Freshman Alexis Gassion is becoming a force on the defensive end and has been steady for the Hoosiers on offense as well. The Fairborn, Ohio, native has scored in double figures three times this season and is averaging 7.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
At Morehead State on Dec. 8, Gassion led Indiana with three blocks and three assists, adding eight points, three rebounds and a steal. She had the task of guarding MSU's leading scorer, Terrice Robinson, who came into the game averaging 19.9 points per game. Gassion was up to the task as she held Robinson without a field goal (0-of-10) and just three points.
TAYLOR MADE HOOSIER
Freshman guard Taylor Agler has started every game of her young Hoosier career and is averaging 7.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. She has tallied double digit points three times this year, including last time out at Morehead State when she tied for the team lead with 12 points while shooting 3-of-5 from beyond the arc with four rebounds, two assists and a block. Agler is currently shooting 40.0 percent from 3-point range, which ties her for 10th in the Big Ten.
DECK THE HULLS
Redshirt sophomore Kaila Hulls made her collegiate debut vs. Oakland on Nov. 9, playing in her first game since the Indiana-Kentucky High School All-Star Game in the summer of 2011. Hulls currently leads the team and ranks seventh in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (44.0 percent). She scored eight points at Morehead State on Dec. 8 with four boards and an assist. The Bloomington native caught fire in IU's win over USC Upstate on Dec. 1 as she buried four 3-point field goals on her way to 12 points, her first career double-figure scoring game.
