#indiana-hoosiers

#indiana-hoosiers

Purdue outscores opponents by 13.0 points per game (scoring 82.5 per game to rank 55th in college basketball while allowing 69.5 per contest to rank 72nd in college basketball) and has a +340 scoring differential overall. The 82.5 points the Boilermakers average are 11.2 more than the Hoosiers give up. Purdue hits 9.2 three-pointers per game (73rd in college basketball) at a 37.5% rate (26th in college basketball), compared to the 8.8 its opponents make while shooting 33.0% from deep.

The No. 2 UCLA women's basketball team beat Indiana 92-48 at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. Lauren Betts picked up a first-half double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. She finished with 16 points and was one of seven players to reach double figures. The Bruins extended their win streak to 19 games. UCLA's Charlisse Leger-Walker scored 10 points in the second quarter alone and Kiki Rice, who recorded a 15-point second half after only scoring two in the first, led all Bruins in points.

The USC Trojans (15-9) take a four-game win streak into a home matchup with the Indiana Hoosiers (14-11), who have won three straight. In its previous game, USC topped Illinois on Sunday, 70-62. Its top scorer was Jazzy Davidson with 27 points. In its previous game, Indiana beat Purdue on Sunday, 74-59. Its high scorer was Shay Ciezki with 29 points.

After USC leading scorer Chad Baker-Mazara went down early in the second half with what appeared to be a knee injury, freshman Alijah Arenas knew what he needed to do. When Trojan starters Ezra Ausar and Jacob Cofie fouled out late in the second half, nothing changed. USC's game against Indiana (15-8, 6-6 Big Ten) Tuesday night at the Galen Center was close early.

Trent Perry hit a game-tying three-pointer from the top of the key with 1.1 seconds left in regulation before the UCLA men's basketball team went on to lose to Indiana 98-97 in double overtime Saturday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion. Freshman Trent Sisley made the first of two free throws with 0.3 seconds left to give the Hoosiers a one-point lead in the second overtime period.

But after a pair of blowouts to get them to the championship, the finale put a bright spotlight on their ability of execute in the clutch. Just one dumb slip-up could have cost them their fairytale ending, but everything went right in the big moments, all the way through to the Carson Beck interception that sealed the win.

When Miami was putting together its shocking first national title under Howard Schnellenberger in 1983, Indiana was going 3-8. The Hoosiers would go 0-11 the next season. When Nebraska was wrapping up a second straight national title with an all-time great team in 1995, Indiana was going 2-9 with wins over only Western Michigan and Southern Miss. When Ohio State was pulling a classic upset of Miami in 2002's BCS championship game,

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