What was the last game I recapped: Game 7: Indiana vs. North Carolina (W, 83-59)
What has happened since?: Eight games have been played. Games 8 thru 15...
Quick Recaps:
- Game 8: Indiana vs. Coppin State
- Win, 87-51 (8-0)
- Sheehey/Oladipo scored 14 apiece (Oladipo: 14 pts, 6 rebs, 6 asts, 3 stls, 1 blk)
- Watford/Abell scored 10 apiece (Watford: 10 pts, 7 rebs, 2 stls)
- Zeller had 9 points and 7 rebounds
- Oladipo had a Crean-era record of 20 deflections
- IU opened the game terribly: shot 0-for-9, committed 8 turnovers in the first 10+ minutes
- Coppin State gave the Hoosiers fits with their 2-3 zone
- IU played a 1-2-2 three-quarter-court zone for the majority of the second half
- Game 9: Indiana vs. Central Connecticut State
- Win, 100-69 (9-0)
- CODY: 19 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks. Gettin' it done.
- Watford: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 8-for-12 FG, 3-for-4 3FG.
- Oladipo: 15 points, 9 rebounds, 5 steals, 3 blocks, 2 assists, 7-for-9 FG
- Austin Etherington suffered season-ending knee injury
- Game 10: Indiana vs. Butler (Crossroads Classic, Banker's Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN)
- Loss, 88-86 OT (9-1)
- First loss of the season. At least it was to an Indiana school. Still, though...ugh
- I was at my wedding so I didn't see this game and relied only on updates via my groomsmen and their cellphones
- Zeller: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
- Oladipo: 18 points, 4 assists, 4 steals, 3 assists, 2 blocks
- Yogi: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
- Vic/Yogi: 6 turnovers/apiece
- Mosquera-Perea made his official college basketball debut: 2pts, 1 reb (3 Min)
- No undefeated season this year, fellas.
- Game 11: Indiana vs. Mount St. Mary's
- Win, 93-54 (10-1)
- Sheehey put up 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist in 24 minutes off the bench
- Oladipo had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. That's fillin' up the stat sheet.
- Abell finished with 12 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in 22 minutes of action.
- Zeller finished with 16 points and 6 boards.
- Watford had 15 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and a block
- Yogi dished out a season-high 9 assists to go along with 8 points and 4 rebounds
- Shooting display: IU shot 70.6% from the field for the entire game; 36-for-51 FG and 9-for-12 from 3FG (75%)
- The Hoosiers' best team mark for field goal shooting in a single game came back in 1988 against Michigan State when they hit 71.2% of their shots.
- Good news: Derek Elston returned to action. He played 9 minutes, scored 2, had a pair of boards and a block.
- Hanner was on the floor for 10 minutes but didn't come up with much. He missed a couple inside shots and two free throws as well. He also managed to foul a shooter on a three-point shot. HMP is learning and will continue to be in the learning process for the remainder of the season due to such a late start. However, I am sure we will see many glimpses of his potential and various snippets of super-athletic plays before the season is over.
- Game 12: Indiana vs. Florida Atlantic
- Win, 88-52 (11-1)
- Big Handsome scored 24 points and hit 12 of his 13 FT attempts along the way. He also grabbed 6 rebounds and accumulated a steal, an assist, and a block
- Oladipo: 16 points, 8 rebounds (5 offensive), 1 steal
- C-Wat: 17 points, 2 assists, 2 blocks
- Yogi: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, and a steal
- 26-for-27: That was IU's free throw stat line.
- 11 offensive rebounds, 39 total
- HMP: 10 rebounds in 13 minutes! Also, he had his first dunk.
- Jurkin: He played!
- Hollowell: Sat out for the 2nd consecutive game for unknown reasons. However, it was disclosed that the reason has nothing to do with academics or disciplinary action.
- Game 13: Indiana vs. Jacksonville
- Win, 93-59 (12-1)
- Jordy: 20 points on 6-for-9 shooting from downtown. He also notched 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
- Oladipo: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks. Another full stat line from Vic. Emerging as a national spotlight player.
- Zeller: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks. Played just 19 minutes due to foul trouble and uncharacteristic turnovers.
- Sheehey: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks
- Yogi: 6 points, 10 assists (new high), 2 steals
- Assists: Hoosiers racked up 21 assists on 29 made field goals. This has been a delicious common theme thus far.
- HMP played 12 minutes and scored 6 points including going 4-for-4 from the stripe.
- Game 14: Indiana @ Iowa (B1G: Game 1)
- Win, 69-65 (13-1) (1-0)
- Zeller: 19 points, 10 rebounds (5 offensive), steal, block assist. Solid Big Ten season debut for Cody. Saw 33 minutes of action and shot 5-for-5 from the line as well.
- Oladipo: 14 points, 10 rebounds (3 offensive), 2 assists, 1 steal. Vic is amazing...
- C-Wat: 11 points, 8 rebounds.
- Sheehey: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.
- Yogi: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal. Terrific play from the freshman. Showed his IQ and athleticism in this game.
- The Hoosiers didn't play well in this one, but Iowa faltered in many areas as well which helped the cause considerably
- Shooting: 26-for-65 (40%). Jordy Hulls: 0-for-10 (0%). Poor night for the Hoosiers in the shooting category. Jordy, however, still played a great game despite his 0-fer. He finished with 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and not one turnover.
- Defense: IU held the Hawkeyes to 33.3% shooting (21-63) and outrebounded them by 9 (45-to-36)
- Outplayed?: Hawkeyes bested the Hoosiers in several categories including FT made and attempted, steals, blocks, turnovers, fouls committed.
- Conference Road Win:
PerhapsThe MOST important stat of the night. IU will begin the Big Ten season with a 1-0 record coming off a road game. - Game 15: Indiana @ Penn State (B1G: Game 2)
- Win, 74-51 (14-1) (2-0)
- C-Wat: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists
- Zeller: 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals, 2 blocks
- Jordy: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists
- Oladipo: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 6 turnovers
- Sheehey: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal
- 1st Half vs. 2nd Half
- 1st Half: 44 points, 8 assists/14 field goals, 52% FG and 6-for-11 (54.5%) from 3-point land, 10-for-13 from the line, 5 turnovers.
- 2nd Half: 30 points, 6 assists/8 field goals, 12-for-21 from the line, 12 turnovers
- Noticeable difference. Although the Hoosiers shot 53% in the 2nd half, they only made 8 total field goals. Aside from a very stagnant offense, Indiana commited a dozen turnovers and made plenty of mental mistakes and miscues.
- Luckily, Penn State went 19-for-60 for the game (31.7%)
- 2-0 record in Big Ten play. 2-0 record in Big Ten road games.
- Game 16: #5 Indiana (15-1, 2-0)vs. #8 Minnesota (B1G: Game 3)
- Saturday, January 12, 2013
- Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana
