Indiana University Athletics
#IUWBB Game 8 Preview: IUPUI
12/5/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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GAME 8
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THE OPENING TIP
Indiana returns to Assembly Hall on Sunday, Dec. 7 to battle the IUPUI Jaguars at 2 p.m. ET. The game can be heard on WHCC 105.1 FM in Bloomington with Greg Murray on the call. The contest is also available as a live web broadcast on BTN Plus.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Indiana leads the all-time series over IUPUI 4-0 as all four meetings have taken place since 2009.
• IU’s win over Boston College on Dec. 3 was the program’s first road victory in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge since Dec. 2, 2010 at Clemson.
• The Hoosiers currently lead the Big Ten in scoring offense and rank ninth nationally with 87.6 points per game.
• Three times this year IU has scored 97 or more points, marking the first time in program history an Indiana team has tallied 97+ points three times in a season. Only five times prior to this year has a Hoosier team scored 90 or more points on three occasions in the same year.
• Indiana has collected 10 or more steals in five games this year. The last time an IU team had five games of 10 or more steals for an entire season was 2011-12.
• IU has dished for 22 or more assists in four contests this year, marking the first time since 2007-08 an Indiana team has had four games of 20+ assists for an entire season. Indiana leads the Big Ten and ranks 16th nationally with 18.3 assists per game.
• Freshman Tyra Buss has 31 steals (4.4 spg) through seven games. IU has not had a player with more than 36 steals in an entire season since 2010-11.
• Buss led IU with a career-high 24 points at Boston College on Dec. 3. She leads the team in scoring with 17.1 points per game to go along with 3.5 assists and 3.7 rebounds per contest.
• Sophomore Larryn Brooks tied her season high with 21 points at BC on Wednesday. Brooks leads IU in assists (3.9 apg) and 3-point field goals made (17-of-40). She is currently shooting 42.5 percent from long distance.
• Freshman Amanda Cahill has had 10 or more rebounds in five games this year and has had three double-double performances. Through seven games, Cahill is averaging 11.3 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.
THE COACHES
Indiana
Teri Moren
Career Record: 205-131 (12th year)
Indiana Record: 6-1 (1st year)
IUPUI
Austin Parkinson
Career Record: 62-70 (5th year)
IUPUI Record: 62-70 (5th year)
IUPUI AT A GLANCE
IUPUI arrives in Bloomington trying to end a three game losing streak. The Jaguars fell just short in its last time out against Indiana State, 61-60. Sunday’s game will be IUPUI’s second true road game of year. The other came against Michigan State on Nov. 23. The Jaguars have a very balanced attack on offense. Against the Sycamores, 11 difference players scored three or more points for IUPUI in the game. Shaquira Scott leads IUPUI in scoring with 11.4 points per game. Nevena Markovic scores 10.7 points per game and leads the team in rebounding with 6.9 boards per contest while shooting 54.9 percent from the field.
GETTING OFFENSIVE
Through the first seven games, Indiana has scored 613 total points and is averaging a Big Ten-leading 87.6 points per game. That total ranks ninth nationally in games played through Dec. 4.
Three times this year IU has scored 97 or more points, marking the first time in program history an Indiana team has tallied 97 or more points three times in the same season. Only five times prior to this year has a Hoosier team scored 90 or more on three occasions in the same year.
In four games this year, IU has had five or more players score in double-figures, including two contests where six players tallied double digits. Prior to this season, the last time Indiana had six players score in double-figures in the same game was Nov. 14, 2008 vs. Ball State.
BIG ROAD WIN
In their first road game of the year on Dec. 3, the Hoosiers downed Boston College in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, 76-67. The win gave Indiana its first road victory in the annual challenge since defeating Clemson on Dec. 2, 2010 in Clemson, S.C.
PASSING THE PUMPKIN
In four games this year, IU has had 22 or more assists as a team and are currently averaging 18.3 assists per game to lead the Big Ten. The Hoosiers have not had four games of 20 or more assists in the same season since 2007-08 when IU had four games for 20 or more dimes that year. The Hoosiers had 25 assists in the season opener vs. Gardner-Webb on Nov. 25, which ranks in the top eight for most assists ever in a single game by an IU team. Indiana dished for 23 assists vs. Morehead State on Nov. 21 and 22 assists against Incarnate Word on Nov. 23 and vs. ETSU on Nov. 26.
BEWARE OF STEALERS
IU has had 10 or more steals in five games this season, including 18 steals in each of the first two games of the year, marking the first time in program history an IU team had 18 or more steals in back-to-back games. The 18 steals ties for the fourth-most steals in a single game in program history. Prior to this season, the last time an Indiana team had 18 steals in a game was Dec. 5, 2007 vs. Dayton (18). IU is averaging 11.4 steals per game. The last time an IU team had five games of 10 or more steals in the same year came during the 2011-12 season.
LIMITING FOES
As a team, IU is limiting opponents to shoot just 35.4 percent from the field. Four times this year, the Indiana defense has held opponents to shoot 34.9 percent or lower from the field. By comparison, IU held seven opponents under 34.9 percent shooting last year, and this year IU has accomplished that feat five times.
Indiana’s defense has held opponents to shoot 25 percent or less from 3-point range five times this year, including a pair of games of 10 percent of lower. For the year, IU opponents are shooting only 24.4 percent from 3-point range, that total ranks second the Big Ten in that category.
PULL DOWN THAT REBOUND
Indiana ranks second in the Big Ten in rebounding with 45.4 boards per game and in six games this year, the Hoosiers have won the rebounding battle over their opponent. Four times this season, IU has skied for 50 or more rebounds as a team. Five Indiana players average 4.1 rebounds or more per contest, led by Amanda Cahill’s 10.4 rebounds per game.
CLIMBING THE CA-HILL TOP
Freshman Amanda Cahill has recorded three double-doubles and is averaging 11.3 points and 10.4 rebounds per game while shooting 50 percent from the field. At Boston College, Cahill skied for 10 rebounds, marking her fifth game this year with 10 or more rebounds. She also added seven points. The last IU player that had five games of 10+ rebounds in the same season was Sasha Chaplin in 2011-12. Against Indiana State on Nov. 30, Cahill led IU with 13 points and 18 rebounds. Her rebounding total vs. ISU tied for the third most ever by an Indiana freshman in a single game. Cahill has scored in double-figures in five of Indiana’s seven games so far this year.
THE BUSS IS ROLLING
Freshman Tyra Buss has scored in double-figures in every game this season and currently leads the team in scoring (17.1 ppg) and steals (4.4 spg), while adding 3.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. Buss currently ranks second nationally in steals (in games played through Dec. 4). Buss has had three or more steals in six games and has totaled 31 steals so far this year. IU has not had a player with more than 36 steals in an entire season since 2010-11 (Jori Davis, 52). Last time out at Boston College, Buss scored a career-high 24 points and added four steals. She shot 4-of-7 from 3-point range and was 8-of-10 from the charity stripe.
Twice this year, Buss has earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors (Nov. 17, Nov. 24). She became the first IU player to ever receive Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors on consecutive occasions and the second Hoosier to earn the award twice in the same season (Larryn Brooks, 2013-14). Buss became the first Indiana player to earn conference weekly laurels in back-to-back weeks since Cyndi Valentin was named Big Ten Player of the Week two straight times in 2005-06.
BROOKS IS BACK
Indiana sophomore Larryn Brooks is starting this year right where she left off last season. Brooks tied her season high with 21 points at Boston College on Dec. 3, shooting 8-of-12 from the field and 3-of-6 from long distance. She’s averaging 14.0 points, 3.9 assists (leads team), 3.3 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game while shooting 49.3 percent from the field and 42.5 percent from long distance so far in 2014-15.
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).
JENN BECOMING A GEM
Sophomore Jenn Anderson has started in each of IU’s first seven games and has made her presence known so far in 2014-15. Anderson is averaging 12.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game while shooting 58.3 percent from the field (2nd in B1G). She has scored in double-figures in four games this year, including a career-high 21 points against Incarnate Word, shooting 8-of-11 from the field with four boards and a block. Against ETSU on Nov. 26, Anderson went 8-of-9 from the field for 16 points.
NATIONAL STATS RANKINGS (THROUGH DEC. 4)
As a team, Indiana ranks in the top 35 nationally in seven statistic categories, including ranking in the top 20 in six of those categories
• Indiana ranks ninth nationally in scoring (86.7 ppg) and eighth scoring margin (+29.0).
• The Hoosiers rank ninth in the country in defensive rebounds per game (33.0).
• IU ranks 16th in the NCAA in assists per game (18.3) and 18th in assist-turnover ratio (1.35).
• The Hoosiers are shooting 47.0 percent as a team to rank 24th nationally and are 18th in 3-point field goals made per game (8.6).
Individually, three Hoosiers ranked in the top 40 nationally in different stat categories.
• Freshman Tyra Buss averages 4.4 steals per game to rank second nationally in that category.
• Amanda Cahill’s three double-doubles so far this season ranks her 30th in the country for most double-doubles.
• Cahill also ranks 37th nationally in rebounding with her 10.4 boards per contest.
• Jenn Anderson’s field goal percentage of 58.3 put her at 34th nationally.
MICROWAVE MCBRIDE
Sophomore Karlee McBride has helped ignite the offense this season and is IU’s leading scorer off the bench in 2014-15. She is averaging 8.7 points per game while shooting 52.5 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from 3-point range. McBride has scored in double-figures three times this year, including a pair of games where she tallied a career-high 15 points (Morehead State and Gardner-Webb). At Boston College last time out, McBride scored seven points in the first half in just six minutes, including a jumper at the buzzer to seize momentum for the Hoosiers heading into the locker room.
Media Contact: Ryan Sheets, rmsheets@indiana.edu
