IUWBB GAME PREVIEW: Travels to Wisconsin Sunday Afternoon, win 78-54

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – IU Women's Basketball wraps up the month of January on the road when it visits the Wisconsin Badgers on Sunday afternoon. Tipoff between the two teams is set for 3 p.m. ET and will be live on BTN Plus and heard on WHCC 105.1 FM.

Indiana (14-6, 4-3 B1G) at Wisconsin (5-15, 0-7 B1G)
Sunday, January 29, 2017 • 3 p.m. ET
Kohl Center (17,230) • Madison, Wisc.
TV Broadcast:BTN Plus
Radio:WHCC 105.1 FM (Greg Murray)
Live Stats:Sidearm
Social Media:Facebook | Twitter

ABOUT THE COACHES
Indiana
Teri Moren
Career Record: 249-164 (14th Season)
Indiana Record: 50-34 (3rd Season)

Wisconsin
Jonathan Tsipis
Career Record: 97-53 (5th Season)
Wisconsin Record: 5-15 (1st Season)

ABOUT THE BADGERS
Wisconsin is still looking for its first Big Ten win of the year as it fell to Michigan State, 81-57, on Wednesday night. They are led by junior guard Cayla McMorris who averages 13.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per contests while senior forward Avyanna Young adds 10.6 points and 6.9 rebounds per game for the Badgers. As a team, UW averages 61.9 points per game on a 37.1 field goal percentage and 31.4 percent from 3-point range.

SERIES HISTORY
Indiana leads the series, 46-23
Last Meeting: 12/14/16 - W, 67-56 (Bloomington, Ind.)

FOUR IN A ROW
Indiana picked up its fourth-straight win and series sweep over Penn State in a 72-66 win on Monday night. It marked the first time the Hoosiers have four in a row in the series between the two, which dates back to 1982. They have strung together three-straight wins two times in the series including the active streak and from 2008-09.

50 WINS FOR MOREN
Indiana third-year head coach Teri Moren picked up her 50th victory at the helm of the program on Monday night. It makes her the third fastest coach to reach 50 wins in school history in her 84 games at the helm behind Bea Gordon (60 games) and Felisha Lagette-Jack (82 games). A win on Sunday would also give Moren her 250th career win as she holds an all-time record of 249-164 in her 14 year career.

BANKS GOES BACK TO COLLEGE
It will be a homecoming of sorts for IU assistant coach Janese Banks as she returns to Madison for the opposition. Banks played four years at Wisconsin (2005-08) where she averaged 12.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game and earned three All-Big Ten honors and three All-Big Ten Academic selections in her career. She finished her career as one of 10 players in Badgers history to score 1,500 career points.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE
Cahill recorded her eighth double-double of the season on Monday when she scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a win over Penn State. She has recorded eight of IU's 12 double-doubles of the season and now has a total of 24 in her career - which ranks sixth all-time in school history. She also ranks sixth all-time in double-doubles in Big Ten games as she's recorded 13 in her career.

JENN'S CONTINUES TO SCORE
Senior center Jenn Anderson continues to provide a solid scoring threat for the Hoosiers. She recorded her fourth-straight double-figure scoring game on Monday night when she scored 11 points against Penn State. Anderson recorded a career night on inside the Crisler Center on Jan. 10 as she tied a team-high and career-high 21 points on 9-for-13 shooting and added a career-high 12 rebounds. The Sheridan, Ind. native also recorded just the second double-double of her career. She also tied a team-high 17 points and tied a career-high three blocks against Northwestern and added 10 points in the win over Purdue. She is now averaging 11.4 points in Big Ten play on a 63.6 field goal percentage and grabbing 6.4 rebounds through seven league games.

KYM PROVIDES A SPARK
Sophomore forward Kym Royster provided a much-needed spark off the IU bench on Jan. 19 against Purdue, The Newark, Ohio native scored a new season-high 14 points on 7-for-10 shooting as she scored in double figures for the third time this season.

MOVING UP THE CAREER BLOCK LIST
In addition to three active players on the all-time scoring list, IU also has three active players on the all-time career blocks list. Senior guard Alexis Gassion leads the trio of players with 79 career swats, which ranks eighth all time. Junior forward Amanda Cahill also registers on the list with 72 blocks, which ranks tied for ninth while senior center Jenn Anderson has tallied 55 blocks in her career which is 11th all-time.

57 AND COUNTING
Junior guard Tyra Buss secured her 57th-straight game in double figures as she scored a team-high 21 points and led the team in scoring for the 11th time on Monday against Penn State. She officially broke the all-time school record with her 50th double figure scoring game on Dec. 21 against Stony Brook. She takes over the record from IU great Karna Abram, who did it 49 consecutive times between 1984-85 and 1985-86.

STREAKING FROM THE LINE
Entering Sunday's game, Cahill has hit her last 14 free throws over a span of four games. Her streak began on Jan. 10 at Michigan and she extended it on Monday with a 7-for-7 performance against Penn State. Her streak is also tied for the 11th best single season streak at the charity stripe as she also has eight perfect performances from the line this season.

GOOD FROM THE FIELD
Shooting 50 percent or better in nine games this season, Indiana continues to be one of the leaders in field goal percentage. Their overall mark of 47.8 percent ranks seventh in the NCAA and second in the Big Ten. IU returned back to the 50 percent or better field goal percentage on Jan. 19 as it shot 50 percent in the win over Purdue.

CLEAN THE GLASS
Indiana continues to post positive margins on the glass this season, as it has outrebounded its opponent in 14 of 20 games this season and hold a +5.7 advantage on the glass this season - which is fifth in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers posted its largest margin on the glass this season against North Texas (+30), which is the largest margin since the record has been kept in 2008-09.

HOOSIERS IN THE RPI
Coming into Monday's game, Indiana sits at No. 51 in the NCAA RPI while Wisconsin comes in at No. 192. Overall, the Big Ten features 10 teams in the top 100 of the latest RPI.

TRIO OF 1,000 POINT SCORERS
With the addition of Amanda Cahill as the 26th member of the 1,000 point club on Dec. 21, IU's roster now features three active players on the all-time scoring list at the same time.
• Tyra Buss – 1,365 (13th)
• Alexis Gassion – 1,196 (16th)
• Amanda Cahill – 1,120 (20th)

BUSS CLIMBS THE BOOKS
Buss has now made her way into the top 10 of both assists (9th, 338) and steals (7th, 185). She sits at No. 13 all-time on the career scoring list with 1,365 career points and has the potential to become just the second player ever to be on the IU top 10 list in points, steals and assists joining Jamie Braun (2007-10). She needs 138 points to reach Shirley Bryant's 1,503 career points to move into the top 10 of all-time scoring.

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 season:
1. Denise Jackson (1,505)
2. Rachelle Bostic (1,389)
3. Tyra Buss (1,365)
4. Jill Chapman (1,346)
5. Cindy Bumgarner (1,311)
6. Karna Abram (1,284)

LEX DOES A LOT TOO
Senior guard Alexis Gassion is also one of the Hoosier's most powerful pieces on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball. The Fairborn, Ohio native is IU's third leading scorer with 13.7 points per game and the team's second leading rebounder grabbing 6.2 boards per contest. She is also second in assists (4.6 per game) and holds a 50.2 field goal percentage. Her 3.0 assist to turnover ratio is leads the Big Ten and ranks fifth in the nation. Gassion has also posted 17 games in double figures this season including the last 13 of 14 games.

UP NEXT
A trip to East Lansing, Mich. awaits the Hoosiers on Thursday, February 2. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. ET live on the Big Ten Network.

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Hoosiers pull away in the 4th Qtr and win 75-54

Wisconsin started strong, but Indiana found its offense quickly and adjusted their defense and took a 20-10 lead in the 1st Qtr. The 2nd and 3rd Qtr were fairly even; halftime score was 35-29. The Hoosiers outscored the Badgers 21-3 in the 4th Qtr to post a 78-54 win.
CTM spread the minutes among 7 players in double digit minutes and 12 players saw minutes in the contest. Indiana had 4 players in double digits scoring. Cahill just missed a double double. The Badgers usually try to establish an inside game, but the Hoosiers dominated the points in the paint, 42-24 and 2nd chance points, 22-7. The Hoosiers lead in points after TOs, 20-5. Fouls went to the Hoosiers' favor, 27-9.

Points: Buss-19, Gassion-16, Anderson-14 and Cahill-11
Rebounds: Cahill-9, Gassion-6 and Anderson-5
Assists: Gassion & Buss-3 each and Cahill-2

Boxscore via live stats:
http://www.sidearmstats.com/wisconsin/wbball/

Go Hoosiers!

 

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IU Women’s Basketball Wins At Wisconsin, 78-54; Moren Picks Up 250th Career Victory

MADISON, Wisc. – Another dominant fourth quarter led the Indiana Women's Basketball team to a win inside Kohl Center on Sunday afternoon with a 78-54 rout of the Wisconsin Badgers. With the win, IU picks up its first victory in Madison since 2009.

Junior guard Tyra Buss led the Hoosiers with 19 points and three assists while senior guard Alexis Gassion followed with 16 points to go along with six rebounds and three assists. Four Hoosiers scored in double figures in the win, as senior center Jenn Anderson secured her fifth-straight double figure scoring game with 14 points by going 7-for-8 from the floor and added five boards. Junior forward Amanda Cahill also dropped 11 points and finished with nine rebounds.

Head coach Teri Moren also hit a career milestone in the victory, picking up her 250th career win as a head coach – which spans 14 seasons and the last three at Indiana.

The Hoosiers (15-6, 5-3 B1G) shot 48.1 percent from the floor on the afternoon as it also added a 74.2 percent clip from the free throw line – going 23-for-31 from the line. They also outrebounded the home team, 31-28, and added 12 assists and picked up seven steals.

UW came out and took an early 6-2 lead before IU could tie things up on a Gassion jumper on the elbow with 6:38 to play. Back-to-back threes by Buss sparked a 12-1 run over the course of the next two and a half minutes as Indiana took a 14-7 lead with 2:25 remaining. IU would close the quarter with layups from Buss and Cahill to take a 20-10 advantage

Wisconsin (5-16, 0-8 B1G) would control much of the tempo in the second quarter, as it would cut the lead down to five, 26-21, with 5:07 remaining before the half. IU would increase its lead back to seven on multiple occasions in the quarter, before settling with a 35-29 halftime lead.

The Badgers came out on fire in the third quarter, tying things up just two and a half minutes into play as the score would change hands five time and feature two ties throughout. UW wouldn't go up more than three in the frame but as Cahill's pair at the line with 3:28 to play would mark the final time IU would take back the lead to make it 48-47. Buss would end the quarter on positive note, as she sank a buzzer beater layup on the left side, giving Indiana a 57-51 lead.

Indiana dominated the final ten minutes of play, extending its streak from the third quarter as it used a 12-0 run to propel itself in front of the Badgers with 7:06 remaining. Playing in the bonus for much of the final quarter, IU went 13-for-18 from the line and outscored UW, 21-3, in the final quarter as it also earned its largest win over the Badgers since 2008.

NOTES
For the first time since the 2008-09 season, Indiana was victorious at the Kohl Center with the 78-54 win. IU had not won in Madison since a 67-61 overtime win since Feb. 6, 2009, making its win on Sunday the first regulation win at Kohl Center since 2006.
Senior center Jenn Anderson recorded her fifth-straight double figure scoring game with 14 points on 7-for-8 shooting and also added five points
Junior forward Amanda Cahill reached her 700th career rebound as she pulled down a team-high nine in the win. She becomes just the 10th player in school history to record 700 rebounds or more.
Junior guard Tyra Buss secured her 58th-straight double figure scoring game with a team-high 19 points.
Head Coach Teri Moren hit a career milestone with the victory, earning her 250th career win. Moren is in her 14th season as a head coach and third at the helm of the Hoosiers.

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers continue on the road on Thursday when they travel to East Lansing, Mich. to take on the Michigan State Spartans. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m. ET live on the Big Ten Network and WHCC 105.1 FM.

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Boxscore within:
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IU women's basketball pulls away for win
by Josh Eastern

The final score of IU's 78-54 win against Wisconsin wasn't indicative of how close the game was.

On paper the Hoosiers should have had an easy time with the Badgers, who sit in last place and are winless in the Big Ten, on Sunday, even with the game being played in Madison, Wisconsin.

That, however, was hardly the case. The Hoosiers led for more than 30 minutes, but failed to pull away until the fourth quarter when they were finally able to assert their will.

Junior guard Tyra Buss led the Hoosiers with a game-high 19 points, and IU tallied its third consecutive win and its first in the Kohl Center since 2009.

“Every game is difficult ,and we realize that,” IU assistant coach Glenn Box said on the postgame show on WHCC 105.1 FM. “Yes, they were winless coming in, but we knew they had some fight. We knew they were going to come out and compete.”

The Badgers got out to an early lead, but the Hoosiers were able to combat that with a 12-1 run to take control of things. Buss had eight points in the first quarter but didn’t score for the rest of the half. IU took a 10-point lead into the second quarter when Wisconsin started to heat up from the field.

The Hoosiers went through a 1-of-5 stretch in the second quarter that was matched by a 5-of-6 mark from the Badgers. IU entered halftime with just a six-point lead.

“They played pretty well after the initial start of the first half,” Box said of Wisconsin. “Second half we grinded them down a little bit. We had some smart defensive plays that triggered some things for us that certainly helped.”

The Hoosiers got a balanced scoring effort Sunday. Junior forward Amanda Cahill, Buss, senior guard Alexis Gassion and senior forward Jenn Anderson all tallied double-digit scoring performances. The bench, on the other hand, had a tough day from the field. They contributed just six points and made just one basket before the last two minutes of the fourth quarter.

In the end, IU finished shooting 48 percent from the field. From behind the arc, the Hoosiers shot just 18 percent. Wisconsin went more than five minutes without scoring in the fourth quarter, and the Hoosiers outscored the Badgers 21-3 in the final 10 minutes.

“Thank goodness we responded,” IU Coach Teri Moren said after the game. “At that point you just rely on your veterans to go make plays and then to dig down defensively and I thought we did a much better job in the fourth of defending better.”

The road now gets a bit tougher for IU. Its next matchup is Thursday in East Lansing, Michigan, against Michigan State. The Hoosiers are now 5-3 in the Big Ten, and with the Spartans sitting at 4-4 in conference play. It will be a prime opportunity for IU to separate itself from the middle of the standings.

“We know that they are very, very good,” Box said of Michigan State. “They are led by a very good guard, and they have so much talent. They are just a good team. We know that, and we’ll be prepared.”

http://www.idsnews.com/article/2017/01/iu-womens-basketball-pulls-away-in-fourth-for-win

Go Hoosiers!