Indiana University Athletics
#IUWBB Game 25 Preview: at #14/13 Iowa
2/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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GAME 25
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THE OPENING TIP
Indiana begins a stretch playing four out of the next five games on the road beginning at No. 14/13 Iowa on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. ET inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game can be listened to at IUHoosiers.com with Greg Murray on the call. The contest is also available as a live web broadcast on BTN Plus.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Indiana has connected on 182 3-point field goals so far this season. That total ranks sixth for most 3-point field goals made in a single year in school history.
• In the last two games, IU has shot 52.2 percent from 3-point range (24-of-46), going 11-of-23 (47.8 percent) at Ohio State on Feb. 8 and then hitting 13-of-23 (55.2 percent) in the win over Illinois on Feb. 11. The 13 made 3-pointers vs. Illinois tied for the second most ever made in a game in program history.
• Indiana dished for 23 assists on its 32 field goals made vs. Illinois last time out, marking the eighth time this year IU has had 20 or more assist in a game. That’s the most games with 20+ assists since 2000-01.
• In 19 games this year the IU bench has outscored its opponent’s, including a 32-4 edge vs. Illinois.
• Sophomore Larryn Brooks has scored 842 points so far in her young career. She is just one of five players in the history of the program to tally 842 or more points in first two seasons played at IU and the seventh to eclipse 800 in that time frame.
• Freshman Amanda Cahill stuffed the stat sheet last time out vs. Illinois while achieving her sixth double-double of the season as she finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds, a career-high five blocks, a career-high tying three steals and three assists while shooting 6-of-8 from the field and 2-of-2 from 3-point range.
• Since being inserted into the starting lineup (9 games), Alexis Gassion has averaged 11.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game during that span.
• In her last five games, Karlee McBride has averaged 13.8 points and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the field and 38.5 percent from 3-point range. For the year, McBride leads the Indiana bench in scoring with 8.8 points per game.
• Freshman Tyra Buss scored in double figures and had at least one steal in each of the last four games and has scored in double figures in 18 games this year. She leads the team in scoring (12.0 ppg) and steals (2.3). Her 56 steals this year is the third most by a freshman in school history.
THE COACHES
Indiana
Teri Moren
Career Record: 213-140 (12th year)
Indiana record: 14-10 (1st year)
Iowa
Lisa Bluder
Career Record: 654-312 (31st year)
Iowa Record: 298-170 (15th year)
IOWA AT A GLANCE
The Iowa Hawkeyes sit in second place in the Big Ten standings and coming off a road win over No. 20 Nebraska on Thursday, 69-61. The Hawkeyes erased a 10-point deficit to defeat the Huskers and assisted on 20 of their 26 made field goals. Iowa leads the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (40 percent) and 3-point field goals made per game (8.0). Senior Samantha Logic dishes for a Big Ten-leading 7.5 assists per game to go along with 11.8 points per contest. Melissa Dixon (15.2 ppg) is connecting on 47.3 percent of her 3-point field goal attempts and hits nearly four per game. Ally Disterhoft leads the team with 15.9 points per game as Bethany Doolittle is the team’s inside threat with 13.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game.
IT’S BEEN RAINING THREES
In the last two games at Ohio State and vs. Illinois, Indiana has combined to shoot 52.2 percent from 3-point range in those contests, connecting on 24-of-46 3-point field goals. At OSU on Feb. 8, the Hoosiers shot 11-of-23 (47.8 percent) from long distance. Against the Illini on Feb. 11, IU went 13-of-23 (55.2 percent), tying for the second most 3-pointer made in a single game in program history.
Only three times in program history has an IU team hit 13 or more 3-point field goals in a game and it has happened twice this season. Indiana hit a program-record 16 3-pointers in the season opener vs. Gardner-Webb on Nov. 15.
HIT THE GASSION PEDAL
Sophomore Alexis Gassion has started in each of the last nine games and has averaged 11.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game during that span. She skied for 11 boards last time out vs. Illinois with seven points and four assists. At Ohio State on Feb. 8, Gassion had her first double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds to go along with four assists and two steals. She has scored in double figures in three of the last four games, three times has had 11 of more rebounds during the last nine games and has skied for six or more boards in each of her starts.
For the year, Gassion is averaging 8.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. In 2013-14, Gassion started in 32 contests and was IU’s second leading scorer (8.8 ppg) and rebounder (5.5 rpg).
BROOKS IN ELITE HOOSIER COMPANY
Indiana sophomore Larryn Brooks has scored 842 career points, just the seventh player in program history to ever eclipse the 800-point mark in first two seasons played at IU and only the fifth to score 842 or more in that career span.
For the year, Brooks has scored in double figures in 17 contests and is second on the team with 12.0 points per game to go along with a team-best 4.1 assists per game (10th in B1G) with 1.3 steals per contest.
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).
MICROWAVE MCBRIDE
Sophomore Karlee McBride has stepped up her game in 2014-15. McBride has scored 13 or more points in four of the last five games and has scored in double figures in three straight. Over the last five games, she has averaged 13.8 points and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the field and 38.5 percent from 3-point range. In the win over Illinois, McBride tallied 13 points with three assists and a steal and nailed three 3-pointers in that game.
McBride leads the Indiana bench in scoring this season as she is averaging 8.8 points per game. The Erie, Pa., native has scored in double figures 11 times this year and has hit multiple 3-point field goals in 10 contests.
NOTING THE WIN OVER ILLINOIS
• Indiana has won in each of the last three meetings against Illinois.
• The Hoosiers scored 80 or more points for the ninth time this season.
• Indiana’s 27-point margin of victory over Illinois was the program’s largest win over a Big Ten opponent since an 83-56 defeat of Wisconsin on Feb. 1, 2007.
• With 23 assists as a team, Indiana tallied 20 or more dimes for the eighth game this season. Five players had at least three assists for the Hoosiers.
• The Hoosiers held a 32-4 advantage in bench points and Indiana has held the advantage in bench points in 19 games this season.
• Indiana shot 65.4 percent from the field in the first half (season high for a half) and 55.2 percent (best in Big Ten play) from the field for the game.
• The Hoosiers connected on 13-for-23 three-point field goals (56.5 percent) and registered at least 10 3-pointers for the sixth time this season.
• The Hoosiers outscored Illinois 41-27 in the second half, as they opened the second period with a 17-3 run. Indiana held Illinois without a field goal for a period of 10 minutes and 12 second going back to the final 1:44 of the first period.
• All 11 players that entered the game for Indiana scored.
YOUNG GUNS GETTING IT DONE
So far in 2014-15, all but five points of Indiana’s point production have come from either freshmen or sophomores. The first and second-year players have accounted for 99.7 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 23 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.
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 182 3-point field goals this year, which ranks sixth for most 3-pointers made by an IU team in a single year in program history. The Hoosiers are connecting on 7.6 3-point field goals per game (2nd in B1G). In six games this year, IU has connected on 10 or more 3-pointers, including 13 vs. Illinois on Feb. 11.
The Hoosiers are just ahead of last year’s record setting pace when IU nailed 259 3-point field goals (2nd highest in B1G history) for the season. Last year through 24 games, Indiana hit 181 3-pointers.
THE BUSS IS ROLLING
Freshman Tyra Buss has scored in double-figures in 18 games this season, including the last four games and in six of her last seven contests. She currently leads the team in scoring (12.0 ppg) and steals (2.3 spg) while adding 3.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. In the win over Illinois, Buss scored 11 points with four assists and three steals while shooting 4-of-7 from the field.
Buss is second among freshmen nationally in steals. The Mt. Carmel, Ill., native has had three or more steals in 10 games and has totaled 56 steals so far this year, which is the third most ever by an IU freshman. She is the first IU player with at least 56 steals in a season since 2010-11.
CLIMBING TO THE CA-HILL TOP
Freshman Amanda Cahill has recorded six 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 10.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game while shooting 50.8 percent from the field. Cahill stuffed the stat sheet with a double-double performance in IU’s win over Illinois as she finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds, a career-high five blocks, a career-high tying three steals and three assists while shooting 6-of-8 from the field and 2-of-2 from long distance. She has scored in double figures in 14 games this year and has collected 10 rebounds or more in 10 contests to become the first player with 10 games of 10+ rebounds in the same season since Thomas in 2008-09.
PASSING THE PUMPKIN
In the win over Illinois last time out, Indiana dished for 23 assists in the game. IU has passed for 20 or more assists in eight games this year, including a pair of games with a season-high 25 assists. The last time an IU team had 20 or more assists that many times in a season was in 2000-01.
Media Contact: Ryan Sheets, rmsheets@indiana.edu
