#IUWBB GAME PREVIEW: Hoosiers Begin Big Ten Slate at Penn State on Wednesday Night

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Big Ten play for Indiana Women's Basketball begins on the road on Wednesday night at Penn State with a tipoff slated for 7 p.m. ET inside Bryce Jordan Center. The game will be shown live on BTN Plus and heard on IUHoosiers.com.

Indiana (10-3, 0-0 B1G) at Penn State (10-2, 0-0 B1G)
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 • 7 p.m. ET
Bryce Jordan Center (15,261) • State College, Pa.
TV Broadcast: BTN Plus
Radio: IUHoosiers.com
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
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ABOUT THE COACHES
Indiana
Teri Moren
Career Record: 245-161 (14th year)
Indiana Record: 46-31 (3rd year)

Penn State
Coquese Washington
Career Record: 170-126 (10^th Season)
Penn State Record: Same

ABOUT THE NITTANY LIONS
Penn State also brings a six-game win streak into Wednesday's Big Ten opener, most recently off a win over Iona (80-67) on Dec. 20. They are led by sophomore guard Teniya Page (19.8 ppg., 4.4 rpg., 4.0 apg.) and senior guard Lindsey Spann (12.8 ppg., 3.0 rpg., . They are joined by leading rebounder sophomore forward De'Janae Boykin with 7.5 boards and 11.0 points per game. PSU's non-conference wins were highlighted by a victory over Tennessee (70-56), Boston College (60-56) and Pittsburgh (91-62). They average 75.8 points per game on a 45.6 field goal percentage.

Series History vs. Penn State
Penn State leads, 32-11
Last Meeting: 2/27/16 - W, 76-55 (Bloomington, Ind.)

CLOSE OUT NON-CON WITH TWO WINS
Indiana wrapped up the non-conference portion of its schedule last week with wins over Florida and Stony Brook at the Florida Sunshine Classic. IU enters conference play with a 10-3 record, tying its most wins in non-league play under third year head Coach Teri Moren.

SIX STRAIGHT
Heading into Wednesday's conference opener, the Hoosiers are riding a six-game win streak - the longest since the 2013-14 season.

CAHILL NAMED BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior forward Amanda Cahill was rewarded for her performances at the Florida Sunshine Classic as she was named the Big Ten Player of the Week. Cahill averaged a double-double last week as she guided Indiana to two wins over Florida and Stony Brook. Cahill averaged 17.5 points and 11.5 rebounds to go along with 5.5 assists, 2.8 assist to turnover ratio, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks as she averaged 60 percent or better from the field (.609) and 3-point line (.625) in the non-conference finale. Cahill is the first Big Ten Player of the Week for Indiana this season. With junior guard Tyra Buss's selection in 2015-16, the duo combines for weekly honors in back-to-back seasons for the Hoosiers for the first time since the 2007-08 and 2008-09.

CAHILL JOINS THE CLUB
Cahill became the 26th member of the 1,000 point club on Dec. 21 against Stony Brook. She joins junior guard Tyra Buss and senior guard Alexis Gassion as active 1,000 point scorers - the first time IU has had three active players on the career list at the same time.

BUSS BREAKS RECORDS
Buss filled the final two non-conference games of the season with record breaking performances. Her team-high 15 points against Stony Brook gave her the 50th-straight game in double figure scoring, surpassing IU great Karna Abram who did it 49 consecutive times between 1984-85 and 1985-86. Against Florida, Buss broke the Indiana and Big Ten record for most free throws made in a game with her 19-for-20 performance from the line. She breaks the five-year old record of 17 (Jori Davis, 2011) and ties the record for attempts (20) while she broke the year-old Big Ten record of 18 made free throws. It was also the second-most made in a single game in Division I this season. As a team, IU also posted the fifth-best performance at the line in school history, going 93.8 percent (30-for-32).

BUSS CAN CLIMB THE BOOKS
Tyra Buss officially moved into the top 10 in assists as she continues to mark her name all over the IU record book. She officially became the 10th person in school history to notch 300 assists as she added four more to her resume against Stony Brook. She is just one point away from moving into the top 15 in all-time scoring, holding 1,239 points in her career. She is also two steals away from reaching the top 10 in steals as she currently has picked 170 swipes in her career.

ANOTHER CAREER-NIGHT FOR BUSS
Buss continues to shine for the Hoosiers as she poured in 35 points in the Dec. 20 win over Florida. She posts her second 30-point game of her career as she also scored a career-high 38 points a new career-high 38 points against North Carolina State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. She finished the game just two points shy of the all-time single game scoring record (40, Karna Abram) and in a tie for the fourth-best performance in school history. Her 35 points was also tied for the eighth best single scoring game in school history. She is also the first player to score more than 30 points in a game since the 2013-14 season and bested her previous career-high by nine points (29, vs. IPFW).

SCORING AS A JUNIOR
Buss - who set the scoring record for most points as a freshman and sophomore - continues to climb the scoring chart for most points through a junior.

1. Denise Jackson (1,505)
2. Rachelle Bostic (1,389)
3. Jill Chapman (1,346)
4. Cindy Bumgarner (1,311)
5. Karna Abram (1,284)
6. Tyra Buss (1,239)

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE
Cahill is currently riding a four-game streak of double-double performances. Her season-high 21 points, 10 rebounds helped lead IU past Florida and her 14 points and season-high 13 rebounds continued the efforts in a win over Stony Brook. Cahill has turned in six of IU's nine double-doubles of the season and now has a total of 23 in her career.

GOOD FROM THE FIELD
Shooting 53 percent or better in seven of 13 games this season, Indiana continues to be one of the leaders in field goal percentage. Their overall mark of 50.1 percent ranks fourth in the NCAA and second in the Big Ten. IU closed out the non-conference season shooting 54.4 percent in the 74-60 win over Stony Brook.

STARTING FIVE CAN SCORE
Indiana's starting five proved it can put up big numbers with solid performances at the Florida Sunshine Classic. They posted back-to-back games featuring all five starters in double-figures in wins last week.

THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED
Indiana picked up two wins over Southeastern Conference opponents this season with victories over Vanderbilt and Florida. IU's 94-61 victory over Vanderbilt on Nov. 13 marked the first time it had defeated an SEC foe in the regular season since 2006 and the Florida win last Tuesday was the first time ever the program defeated two SEC schools in the same season The Hoosiers previously defeated SEC member Georgia in the first round of the NCAA tournament last season.

HOOSIERS IN THE RPI
Coming into Wednesday's game, Indiana sits in No. 70 in the NCAA RPI while Penn State comes in at No. 37.

BLOWOUT WINS
Seven of IU's 10 wins have been by blowout fashion, by at least 25 points or more including a 25 point victory over Oakland on Dec. 17. Indiana posted its largest win of 51 (100-49) over Northern Kentucky on Dec. 8 and in its current six-game win streak, the Hoosiers won by an average of 272 points per game.

REACHING THE CENTURY MARK
IU reached 100 points again last week in the victory over Florida, 102-88. It marked the first time since 1993-94 that an Indiana team has scored over the century mark in two games of the season. They also reached the 100 point mark in the 100-49 win over Northern Kentucky on Dec. 8.

UP NEXT
Indiana returns to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Saturday, December 31 when it hosts No. 14/13 Ohio State in the Big Ten home opener. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. ET and will be live on CBS and 105.1 FM.

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#IUWBB GAME PREVIEW: Hoosiers Begin Big Ten Slate at Penn State on Wednesday Night

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