Indiana University Athletics
#IUWBB Game 18 Preview: at Penn State
1/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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GAME 18
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THE OPENING TIP
Indiana will play on the road on Thursday, Jan. 22 at Penn State at 7 p.m. ET inside the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa. The game can be heard on IUHoosiers.com with Greg Murray on the call. The contest will also be available as a live web broadcast on BTN Plus.
DID YOU KNOW?
• So far in 2014-15, all but two points of IU’s point production have come from either freshmen or sophomores, accounting for 99.8 percent of Indiana’s total points this year.
• The Hoosiers have hit 128 3-point field goals through 17 games this year, just ahead of last year’s record-setting pace when Indiana hit a program record 259 3-point field goals (2nd best total in Big Ten history). Last year through 17 games, IU hit 120 3-pointers.
• Indiana had 20 steals at Minnesota last time out, marking the seventh time this season that IU has had 20 or more assists in a game. The last time an IU team had 20 or more assists that many times in a season was in 2005-06.
• With 11 steals as a team at Minnesota, it marked the eighth time this year Indiana has had 10 or more steals in a game. A program first since 2010-11.
• In 13 contests this year, the Hoosier bench has outscored its opponent’s, including an 11-8 edge in the Minnesota game.
• IU shot 18-of-20 (90 percent) from the free throw line in the win over Wisconsin on Jan. 11, marking the first time an Indiana team has hit 90 percent or better from the free throw line on 20 or more attempts in a game since Jan. 6, 2013 vs. Northwestern (18-of-20).
• Freshman Amanda Cahill has five double-doubles on the year, the most for an Indiana player since 2008-09 (Whitney Thomas, 10). She has scored in double figures 13 times this season and has had 10 or more boards in eight contests.
• Sophomore Larryn Brooks tied with Cahill for the team lead of 12 points at Minnesota on Jan. 18. Brooks leads Indiana in scoring (12.3 ppg) and has tallied double-digit points 13 times this year.
• Tyra Buss is second among freshmen nationally in steals (2.7 spg). She leads the team in steals and is second in scoring (12.2 ppg) while adding 4.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.
• After averaging just 6.5 minutes per game in 16 appearances a year ago, sophomore Jenn Anderson has started every game this year and is averaging 9.9 points per game while shooting 58.3 percent from the field.
THE COACHES
Indiana
Teri Moren
Career Record: 211-135 (12th year)
Indiana record: 12-5 (1st year)
Penn State
Coquese Washington
Career Record: 145-95 (8th year)
Penn State Record: 145-95 (8th year)
PENN STATE AT A GLANCE
The Penn State Lady Lions enter Thursday’s game coming off a close loss on the road to a tough Ohio State team on Sunday, 69-60. PSU is looking for its first Big Ten win of the season. The Lady Lions will look to pound it inside to take advantage of their height. PSU has hit just 43 3-point field goals this year compared to Indiana’s 128 made 3-pointers, showing that Penn State does its work inside the arc. Lindsey Spann leads the team in scoring with 15.3 points per game. She is also PSU’s main outside threat as she has hit nearly half of the team’s 3-point shots. Sierra Moore and Candice Agee will look to control the inside as Moore scores 11.6 points per game while Agee averages 10.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game while shooting 54.5 percent from the field.
YOUNG GUNS GETTING IT DONE
So far in 2014-15, all but two points of Indiana’s point production have come from either freshmen or sophomores. The first and second-year players have accounted for 99.8 percent of IU’s point production this season. The same can be said about nearly every statistical category as Hoosier freshmen and sophomores have accounted for all but 22 total minutes played this season. IU has had four freshmen, six sophomores and one walk-on senior see playing time this year. Due to injuries, no juniors have played yet this season for Indiana.
ROAD TRIP HOOSIERS
Indiana is in the midst of playing three out of four contests on the road. The stretch began at Minnesota on Jan. 18 before Thursday’s game at Penn State. IU will then host Maryland on Jan. 25 before heading to East Lansing to take on Michigan State on Jan. 28.
This week begins a stretch where the Hoosiers end the regular season playing eight of 13 contests away from Assembly Hall. That includes the final stretch of games where IU plays four out of five contests on the road to end the regular season schedule. Indiana is one of four Big Ten schools that have a five-game span with four on the road along with Illinois, Iowa and Purdue.
CLIMBING TO THE CA-HILL TOP
Freshman Amanda Cahill has recorded five double-doubles this year, the most by an Indiana player in a single year since 2008-09 (Whitney Thomas, 10). For the year, Cahill is averaging 11.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game while shooting 49.4 percent from the field. Cahill has scored in double figures in 13 games this year and has collected 10 rebounds or more in eight contests to become the first player with eight games of 10+ rebounds in the same season since Thomas in 2008-09.
PASSING THE PUMPKIN
Last time out against then-No. 23 Minnesota, the Hoosiers dished for 20 assists in the game. It marked the seventh game this year in which IU has had 20 or more assists, including a pair of games of a season-high 25 assists. The last time an IU team had 20 or more assists that many times in a season was in 2005-06 when Indiana dished for 20+ dimes seven times that year.
BEWARE OF STEALERS
IU has had 10 or more steals in eight games this season, including 11 steals last time out at Minnesota. Indiana tallied 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 tied 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). The last time an IU team had eight games of 10 or more steals in the same year came during the 2010-11 season (16 games).
DIALING LONG DISTANCE
Land phone lines are thing of the past, but the Hoosiers are still dialing long distance in 2014-15. IU has hit 128 3-point field goals through 17 games this year, just ahead of last year’s record-setting pace when Indiana hit a program record 259 3-point field goals (2nd best total in Big Ten history). Last year through 17 games, IU hit 120 3-pointers. The Hoosiers are connecting on 7.5 3-point field goals per game (3rd in B1G). In three games this year, IU has connected on 10 or more 3-pointers.
THE BUSS IS ROLLING
Freshman Tyra Buss has scored in double-figures in 12 games this season and currently leads the team in steals (2.7 spg) and is second in scoring (12.2 ppg), while adding 4.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. Buss is second among freshmen nationally in steals. The Mt. Carmel, Ill., native has had three or more steals in eight games and has totaled 46 steals so far this year. Her 46 thefts are the most by an Indiana player since 2010-11 (Jori Davis, 52).
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.
WALTER IS GOING ON
Freshman Jess Walter continues to improve as her rookie year progresses. She has scored in double figures in three of the last four games. Walter has shot 44.4 percent from 3-point range over last seven games and has averaged nearly 10 points per game in her last four contests.
For the year, Walter is averaging 7.2 points per game off the bench (one start) for the Hoosiers. She has scored in double figures in six games this season and is shooting 39.6 percent from 3-point range and 85 percent from the free throw line.
LARRYN LIGHTING IT UP
Indiana sophomore Larryn Brooks continues to be a leader for the Hoosiers. For the year, Brooks has scored in double figures in 13 contests and is averaging 12.3 points, 4.2 assists (8th in B1G), 3.1 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game. Brooks, along with Cahill, led Indiana with 12 points at Minnesota last time out and added four assists and tied her season high with three steals.
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
After averaging just 6.5 minutes per game in 16 appearances a year ago, sophomore Jenn Anderson has started in each game this year and has made her presence known so far in 2014-15. Last time out against then-No. 23 Minnesota, Anderson finished with 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting and took three charges in the game.
Anderson is second in the Big Ten in field goal percentage as she is shooting 58.3 percent while averaging 9.9 points per game. She has scored in double-figures in nine games this year.
Media Contact: Ryan Sheets, rmsheets@indiana.edu
