
No. 14 Indiana Closes Out 2019 At Rutgers on New Year’s Eve
12/30/2019 1:20:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The final game of the 2019 calendar year will tip off on New Year's Eve as No. 14 Indiana travels to Rutgers. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.
NO. 14/15 INDIANA (11-2, 1-0 B1G) AT RV/RV RUTGERS (11-1, 1-0 B1G)
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 • 3 p.m. ET
The RAC • Piscataway, N.J.
Broadcast: BTN (Jason Horowitz, Julianne Viani)
Radio: WHCC 105.1 FM (Greg Murray)
Live Stats: Sidearm
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ABOUT THE COACHES
ABOUT THE SCARLET KNIGHTS
Rutgers returns home after surviving a thriller at Wisconsin, 64-61, to open Big Ten play on Saturday, They are led by the league's leading scorer in redshirt junior Arella Guirantes who averages 19.4 points per game and a team-high 7.5 rebounds per game. Junior guard/forward Tekia Mack (14.9 ppg., 6.8 rpg.) also averages double figures. The Scarlet Knights are averaging 71.6 points per game and shooting 42.5 percent from the floor.
SERIES HISTORY
Rutgers leads 6-3
LAST MEETING
2/18/19 – L, 61-69 (Bloomington, Ind.).
NOTES
UP NEXT
Indiana returns home to face Illinois on Monday, January 6. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.
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NO. 14/15 INDIANA (11-2, 1-0 B1G) AT RV/RV RUTGERS (11-1, 1-0 B1G)
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 • 3 p.m. ET
The RAC • Piscataway, N.J.
Broadcast: BTN (Jason Horowitz, Julianne Viani)
Radio: WHCC 105.1 FM (Greg Murray)
Live Stats: Sidearm
Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
ABOUT THE COACHES
Indiana | Rutgers |
Teri Moren | C. Vivian Stringer |
Career Record: 313-198 (16th Season) | Career Record: 1,030-413 (49th Season) |
Indiana Record: 114-68 (5th Season) | Rutgers Record: 509-278 (25th Season) |
ABOUT THE SCARLET KNIGHTS
Rutgers returns home after surviving a thriller at Wisconsin, 64-61, to open Big Ten play on Saturday, They are led by the league's leading scorer in redshirt junior Arella Guirantes who averages 19.4 points per game and a team-high 7.5 rebounds per game. Junior guard/forward Tekia Mack (14.9 ppg., 6.8 rpg.) also averages double figures. The Scarlet Knights are averaging 71.6 points per game and shooting 42.5 percent from the floor.
SERIES HISTORY
Rutgers leads 6-3
LAST MEETING
2/18/19 – L, 61-69 (Bloomington, Ind.).
NOTES
- Indiana is coming off a win over Michigan State, 79-67, on Saturday night to open Big Ten play. Four players highlighted the win by scoring in double figures behind 23 points from redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg and 18 points from freshman forward Mackenzie Holmes. It marks the first time since 2007 and 2008 that the Hoosiers have won league openers in back-to-back years.
- The Hoosiers shot a combined 61.7 percent in the win over the Spartans, the fifth-best single game field goal percentage in school history.
- For her performance, Holmes was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the second time this season. The Gorham, Maine native had 18 points on 7-for-8 shooting and added six rebounds in her conference debut. Patberg was also honored on the Player of the Week honor roll of her performance as well.
- Junior guard Jaelynn Penn looks to be the 27th member of the Indiana Women's Basketball 1,000-point club on Tuesday afternoon. Penn sits with 999 career points through 84 games played in her two and a half seasons with the Hoosiers.
- Sophomore guard Grace Berger also returned to double digits in the win over the Spartans, adding 16 points on 6-for-10 shooting. It was the eighth game in double figures for the team's leading scorer, who's averaging 13.2 points per game.
- Indiana is ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for the eighth-straight week staying put at No. 14 in the media poll.
UP NEXT
Indiana returns home to face Illinois on Monday, January 6. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.
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