By KEITH CARRELL @BoilerColts ISL Purdue Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — True freshman Carsen Edwards earned his first career start for Purdue and paced the Boilermakers with 16 points in a 90-56 win over Morehead State Saturday afternoon. The Boilermakers improved to 6-2 on the season with the win. Edwards started in place of Vincent Edwards, who […]
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By CALEB LYNN ISL Contributor BLOOMINGTON — With OG Anunoby out of action on Friday night, the Hoosiers second unit stepped up in Indiana’s 83-60 victory over SIUE at Assembly Hall. The Hoosier bench came out strong and outscored the Cougars second unit 34-12. Freshman De’Ron Davis came ready to play. He scored 14 points […]
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By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL) ISL Editor BLOOMINGTON — There’s been a common theme among Tom Crean’s Indiana teams over the years: the occasional embarrassing loss, but the ability to still knock off some of the big dogs of college basketball. Thus far, the 2016-2017 Hoosiers have been no different. An impressive win over #3 Kansas […]
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By KEITH CARRELL @BoilerColts ISL Correspondent WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue defeated the New Jersey Institute of Technology 79-68 in a lackluster performance Saturday afternoon. Damon Lynn sank eight threes en route to 33 points to keep the Highlanders within striking distance of the Boilermakers. Caleb Swanigan paced Purdue with his fifth double-double (22 points […]
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By CALEB LYNN ISL Contributor BLOOMINGTON — After the Hoosiers disappointing loss to Fort Wayne last week, they returned to action to play Mississippi Valley State at Assembly Hall. Consider this one a tune-up game before the Big Ten/ACC challenge on Wednesday night against North Carolina. Playing without James Blackmon Jr., the Hoosiers had no […]
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By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL) ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — Paul George and C.J. Miles were out with injuries. Myles Turner was in early foul trouble. Jeff Teague and Monta Ellis were held scoreless in the first half. Add of all this up, and that should spell trouble against the 14-3 Los Angeles Clippers. Right? Wrong. Instead, […]
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By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL) ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — With Paul George and C.J. Miles sidelined with injuries, the Pacers were still able to dominate the Brooklyn Nets in their annual Black Friday home game, 118-97 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Things didn’t start out so well, as the Nets scored 20 points in the first […]
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By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL) ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — When the Pacers play at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, and Paul George is on the court, good things have happened this season. George returned to the lineup on Wednesday night against the Atlanta Hawks, but this time, it wasn’t enough to lead the Pacers to victory. Atlanta defeated […]
Continue ReadingBy CALEB LYNN ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON — Before the Hoosiers battled Liberty on Saturday night, Head Coach Tom Crean emphasized that he wanted this game to be about crashing the glass. It surely proved that way against the Flames as Indiana willed their way to 55 rebounds compared to just 20 from their opponent. This […]
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By TIM MEYER ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON — All it took was one half. With one half, James Blackmon, Jr. was able to shake off the rust from a nearly year-long knee injury to carry the Indiana Hoosiers in their first two games of the regular season. Blackmon led all scorers with 23 points on Wednesday […]
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By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL) ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — “Bankers Life Fieldhouse has been tough my whole career.” Those were comments from LeBron James on Tuesday night after the Cavaliers beat the Raptors. Less than 24 hours later, and Cleveland decided to rest their star instead of having him play on a back-to-back, much to the […]
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