Author: Seth Tow

BLOOMINGTON — In a span of just 25 seconds, Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall felt the full Jalen Hood-Schifino experience. With 1:41 left to play, and Indiana and Illinois tied at 65, Hood-Schifino took the ball up the floor following a lengthy video review. He set IU’s offense into motion, before attempting a pass to his left to Race Thompson at the top of the key. But he telegraphed the pass, and it wasn’t hard enough. Fighting Illini junior Coleman Hawkins stole the ball, took it the other way, and dunked it. But back came the freshman, looking unshaken. He went…

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana is on the doorstep. After beating Michigan, 68-52, on Thursday, the Hoosiers are within reach of history. They can clinch at least a share of their first Big Ten title in 40 years on Sunday with a win over arch-rival Purdue. Indiana has built itself into a juggernaut in recent years and achieved milestone victories on several occasions. This win over Michigan marked a program record for victories in a single season, vaulting IU to 25-1. But the chance to win a conference championship at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall — with the Barn Burner Trophy on the…

BLOOMINGTON — For the second straight game, Indiana women’s basketball made easy work of a top-15 opponent. The second-ranked Hoosiers dismantled No. 12 Michigan, 68-52, on Thursday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. It’s IU’s 13th consecutive victory, now its longest winning streak of the season. Indiana (25-1, 15-1 Big Ten) now has nine wins over ranked teams, and seven over top-15 teams. The Hoosiers were in firm control for most of the first half, though not as dominant as they were on Monday at Ohio State. IU led 22-17 at the end of the first quarter, and stretched it to…

Indiana has continually played with fire in road games. The Hoosiers, for whatever reason, make away games a lot harder than necessary. IU won comfortably at Illinois, but that’s proven to be the exception, not the rule. In most of these games, Indiana has played sloppy basketball during important stretches of the contest. IU got away with that against Michigan on Saturday. But on Wednesday at Northwestern, the Hoosiers got burned. Indiana’s three-game winning streak was snapped as the Wildcats pulled out a 64-62 victory with two seconds left in Evanston on Wednesday. But, despite an uncalled push-off on Boo…

As Trayce Jackson-Davis has flourished into one of the top players in the Big Ten and the nation, his dominance has perhaps been clearest on the glass. The senior has controlled the boards for Indiana all season, averaging 11.3 rebounds for game. That ranks second in the Big Ten behind Purdue’s Zach Edey. But since January 1, Jackson-Davis has hauled in 13.9 rebounds per game. In that same time frame, Edey is averaging 12.5. As Jackson-Davis has moved past back issues that plagued him earlier in the season, he’s been a force inside. “He’s doing some incredible things for our…

These types of nights used to come frequently for Sara Scalia. Games where she shoots with such confidence and swagger that everything she releases looks like a bucket. Games where, once an opponent allows her to get hot, there’s no turning back. Scalia had numerous nights like that while playing at Minnesota. She’s had flashes of that form at times this season, but with less consistency on a team with far more talent than those Gophers squads. But in Indiana’s 83-59 win at Ohio State on Monday, that version of Scalia showed up. She scored a season-high 24 points on…

Facing another ranked opponent, on the road, Indiana women’s basketball made it look easy. The second-ranked Hoosiers ran away with an 83-59 win over No. 13 Ohio State on Monday in Columbus. It’s IU’s seventh top-15 win of the season, and second on the road. The Hoosiers thoroughly dominated the Buckeyes in the first half, with perhaps their best offensive display of the season. Indiana led 54-29 at the break, a season-high in points for IU in any half. The Hoosiers scored an overwhelming 1.636 points per possession, while shooting 74 percent as a team. Sara Scalia hit a season-high…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When — if — Trayce Jackson-Davis starts to get tired, he doesn’t make it obvious. The senior showed small signs of it by the end of Saturday’s game at Crisler Center, after another night of playing heavy minutes against another tough post player. He’d move a little more gingerly when walking to timeout huddles. He’d leave a few shots uncharacteristically short. Jackson-Davis never wears it on his face, and it doesn’t impact his effort. He knows his team needs him, and this is not the time to relax. “It’s the end of the season now. Ain’t…

Ahead of Indiana’s game at Michigan on Saturday, The Daily Hoosier caught up with Wolverines beat writer Clayton Sayfie from TheWolverine.com to preview the matchup. Here’s what he had to say about UM and IU. The Daily Hoosier: Michigan’s sitting in the cluster of teams tied for second in the Big Ten, despite a 14-10 overall record. How has that happened? How did Michigan get to this point? Clayton Sayfie: Michigan could just not close out games early on in the season and had a disastrous loss to Central Michigan, the Wolverines’ first Quad 4 setback since 2010 against Indiana.…

When two elite teams and budding rivals square off in a crazed atmosphere, things can get heated. That was always a likely outcome when Indiana women’s basketball took on Iowa, and it didn’t take long for those emotions to surface on the court. Just over two minutes into the game, Iowa All-American Caitlin Clark drilled her second 3-pointer, on a stepback, with Grace Berger in her grill. Clark turned to the Indiana bench, and looked straight at the Hoosiers while putting up three fingers on each hand in celebration. “Wow. Okay,” yelled a nearby Hoosier fan. “It’s on now, Caitlin!”…