Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Hosts Indianapolis in Sunday Exhibition
11/7/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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THE OPENING TIP
Indiana hosts its lone exhibition game of 2014-15 on Sunday, Nov. 9 against the University of Indianapolis in Assembly Hall. The game will tip at 2 p.m. ET and admission is free for the exhibition. The contest can watched via live web broadcast through BTN Plus. The 2014-15 regular season for IU women’s basketball will begin on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in Assembly Hall against Gardner-Webb.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Indiana University is beginning its 44th season of women’s basketball.
• Teri Moren begins her first year at the helm of the Hoosier program in 2014-15. Prior to Indiana, Moren spent the last four years at Indiana State University as head coach where she led the Sycamores to a Missouri Valley Conference championship and the program’s first 20-win season in eight years in 2013-14 before taking the job at IU.
• Moren began her head coaching career at the University of Indianapolis and spent seven years leading the UIndy program from 2000-2007. Moren led the Greyhounds to three NCAA Tournaments and a conference regular season and tournament championship. In 2002-03, she led Indianapolis to a 29-3 record and earned WBCA Regional Coach of the Year honors.
• Indiana’s 2014-15 roster consists of 10 true freshmen and sophomores, making the Hoosiers the youngest team in the Big Ten based on eligibility. No other conference team has more than eight true freshmen and sophomores on their roster.
• The 2013-14 IU women’s basketball team finished with a program record-tying 21 wins and played into the quarterfinals of the WNIT. The three national postseason tournament victories were the most ever in a single year in program history.
• Last year’s freshman class, now sophomores, scored more points (1,466) than any other freshman class in the Big Ten and ranked in the top five nationally in point production among freshman classes. Indiana’s freshmen accounted for 61.9 percent of IU’s point production last season.
• Since 2012, attendance for home games in Assembly Hall has increased by over 50 percent. The 2013-14 season set an attendance record for Indiana women’s basketball, ranking 35th nationally.
THE COACHES
Indiana
Teri Moren
Career Record: 199-130 (12th year)
Indiana record: 0-0 (1st year)
Indianapolis
Constantin Popa
Career Record: 61-30 (4th year)
UIndy Record: 61-30 (4th year)
INDIANAPOLIS AT A GLANCE
The Indianapolis Greyhounds are coming off an NCAA Tournament appearance last year where they finished with a 23-9 record, taking second place in the east division of the GLVC (13-5). UIndy has made the NCAA Tournament in six of the last seven seasons. The Greyhounds got it done offensively last year, averaging 78.4 points per game and breaking school records for single-season points (2,488) and 3-point field goals made (248). Indianapolis lost eight players from the 2013-14 roster due to graduation and will rely on six freshmen and three transfers in 2014-15.
THE Teri Moren ERA BEGINS
The 2014-15 season brings a new era to Indiana women’s basketball as Teri Moren will begin her first year as head coach of the Hoosiers. Moren, a native of nearby Seymour, Ind., enters her 12th season as a head coach at the collegiate level. She spent the last four years at the helm of the Indiana State program in Terre Haute and led the Sycamores to a Missouri Valley Conference championship in 2013-14 and the program’s first 20-win season in eight years. Her complete bio can be found later in this notes packet.
A SEASON TO REMEMBER
The 2013-14 Indiana women’s basketball team tied the school record for wins with 21 victories last year and played into the quarterfinals of the WNIT. IU’s three national postseason victories last season were the most ever in a single year in program history.
Indiana had its best start in school history going 14-0 for the longest winning streak the program has seen to begin last year. IU then earned its highest ever national ranking at No. 22 in the AP Top 25 Poll on Jan. 6, 2014. It was just the second time Indiana had ever been ranked in the AP Poll (last was 1993).
IU finished non-conference play with a perfect 13-0 record, the most non-Big Ten regular season wins in program history and just the fourth Indiana team to finish non-conference play without a loss.
SUPER SOPHOMORES
As freshmen in 2013-14, sophomores Taylor Agler, Jenn Anderson, Larryn Brooks, Alexis Gassion, Lyndsay Leikem and Karlee McBride combined to score 1,466 points, the most by any freshman class in the Big Ten and ranked in the top five nationally in point production among freshman classes last year. That point total accounted for 61.9 percent of IU’s scoring output last season. All six return to the roster in 2014-15.
BROOKS HAS BIG FRESHMAN YEAR
Indiana sophomore Larryn Brooks had one of the most productive seasons by any freshman in the history of the program last year. She broke the IU freshman scoring record, tallying 554 points (7th on school single season list), breaking a 34-year-old freshman record held by Dorothy Reffel who scored 454 points in 1979-80. She was the first freshman in program history to ever eclipse 500 points in a season. Brooks also set freshman marks for 3-pointers made with 67 (T-4th), assists with 154 (3rd) and free throws made with 129. Brooks led the Hoosiers in scoring (16.3 ppg), field goals made (179), 3-point field goals made, 3-point field goal percentage (.379), free throws made, free throw percentage (.832) and assists.
Brooks earned Second Team All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors last season. She was the first Hoosier to earn second team all-conference honors since 2011 (Jori Davis) and just the fifth freshman ever at IU to be named to the conference’s all-freshman squad and the first since 2006 (Whitney Thomas).
2014-15 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
The 2014-15 IU women’s basketball schedule features 17 home games in Assembly Hall, including nine Big Ten opponents. With the addition of Maryland and Rutgers to the conference, the Big Ten schedule returns to an 18-game rotation for the first time since 2009-10. IU will host six straight home games to begin the year in November, marking the first time Indiana has ever had six home games in the month of November. The non-conference schedule will feature four contests against in-state teams, all taking place in Assembly Hall.
Big Ten play will begin on Dec. 28 when IU hosts Rutgers for the first time as a Big Ten opponent. Other conference teams that will visit Assembly Hall include Michigan State (Dec. 31), Ohio State (Jan. 8), Wisconsin (Jan. 11), Maryland (Jan. 25), Purdue (Feb. 2), Northwestern (Feb. 5), Illinois (Feb. 11) and Nebraska (Feb. 21). The Big Ten Tournament will return to the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill. on March 4-8, 2015 and will feature 14 teams for the first time ever.
FRESH FACES
IU welcomes four freshmen to the roster in 2014-15 in Tyra Buss, Amanda Cahill, Maura Muensterman and Jess Walter. Buss was a two-time Ms. Basketball selection (2013, 2014) in the state of Illinois while Cahill (Ohio), Muensterman (Indiana) and Walter (Michigan) were Miss Basketball runner-ups in each of their home states last year.
Tyra Buss • 5-7 • Guard • Mt. Carmel, Ill./Mt. Carmel
Buss finished her high school career with 4,897 points, an Illinois state record and the second-most points ever scored by a high school girls basketball player in the United States. She also holds Illinois career records in free throws made (1,185), scoring average (38.0) and field goals made (1,644). During her senior year, she averaged 45.8 points, 6.7 steals, 5.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game while shooting 65 percent from inside the arc, 39 percent from 3-point range and 82 percent from the free throw line. She was named Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year and a Parade High School All-American in 2014.
Amanda Cahill • 6-2 • Forward • Clyde, Ohio/Clyde
Cahill finished her prep career with over 2,000 career points and over 1,000 career rebounds. She was named Ohio D2 Player of the Year three times (2012, 2013, 2014) and led Clyde High School to a 99-6 (.943) record during her four years and played in two final fours in the Ohio state basketball tournament. As a senior, she averaged 20.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 3.2 steals per game while shooting 68 percent from the field and 50 percent from 3-point range.
Maura Muensterman • 6-0 • Guard • Evansville, Ind./Mater Dei
Muensterman led Evansville Mater Dei to back-to-back state championships in 2012 and 2013, followed by a runner-up finish in 2014. She holds the Indiana high school record for career assists (774) while playing the wing position rather than being a point guard. Muensterman finished her prep career with 2,306 points, the 11th-best career scoring mark in Indiana high school girls basketball history. She earned a spot on the junior and senior Indiana All Star squads during her career. As a senior, she averaged 22.5 points, 8.4 assists, 7.1 rebounds, 2.9 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 54 percent from the field and 52 percent from 3-point range.
Jess Walter • 5-11 • Guard • Midland, Mich./Midland
Walter averaged 18.0 points, 5.9 assists, 4.1 rebounds, 3.9 steals and 1.3 blocks per game as a senior at Midland High School last year while leading the Chemics to a 21-3 record with a conference and district championship. She hold Midland records for most points in a season, most 3-pointers made in a single season and most assists in a season.
HOW TO WATCH THE HOOSIERS
The Hoosiers will play on national television a guaranteed three times during the regular season and up to five times total. IU’s three guaranteed televised contests will be at Minnesota on Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. ET, vs. Maryland at 3 p.m. on Jan. 25 and vs. Purdue on Feb. 2 at 8:30 p.m. Indiana’s matchups against Nebraska (Feb. 21) and at Rutgers (March 1) are considered wildcard TV games and will be given television designation in February. All of IU’s remaining games except four (Nov. 21, Dec. 3, Dec. 14, Dec. 20) will be available for viewing online through BTN Plus.
ATTENDANCE RECORD SET IN 2013-14
Since 2012, attendance in Assembly Hall for Indiana women’s basketball has risen by over 50 percent. Last season, IU fans set a school record for attendance for women’s basketball as the Hoosier averaged 2,708 fans per game. That total ranked 35th nationally.
HOME SWEET HOME
Indiana had a 14-4 record last year in games played in Assembly Hall, marking the program’s most home wins in a single year since 1997-98. In IU’s 18 home games last year, the Hoosiers outscored their opponents by 154 total points for a +8.6 scoring margin while averaging 72.9 points per game inside of Assembly Hall.
Media Contact: Ryan Sheets, rmsheets@indiana.edu
