IU Has Its Way With Boise State
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
For Indiana University's men's basketball team, the Indiana Classic has been, well, two free victories before the team takes a short break for final exams.
You see, the Hoosiers have lost zero games in the 25-year history of the tournament.
This year, there's nothing new to report as No. 11 Indiana (9-2) downed Boise State (5-2) 90-66.
Before the game Boise State was touted as a team that could give the Hoosiers some trouble and possibly break that 48-game Indiana Classic win streak. But Indiana quickly put to rest any notion that the Broncos would knock off another top 25 team.
Indiana's A.J. Guyton, who in the last three or four games hasn't been the A.J. Guyton of years past, got his touch back. He hit 5 of 5 three-pointers and 10 of 14 overall. Guyton, recently knocked for standing on the perimeter too much, returned to the cutting, slashing and driving player that Indiana fans have come to know. Rather than sticking to being a jump-shooter as he has in the past few games, Guyton took the ball to the bucket and created for himself and his teammates.
Along the way, he went to the free-throw line three times, something his coach has said was lacking.
"It felt great," Guyton said followin the game on his return to positive shooting statistics. "The crowd and the team just stayed behind me."
Early in the game, Boise State stuck close to the Hoosiers, but four big runs gave IU control of the game. The largest IU run came right before halftime.
The Hoosiers extended a 15- point lead to 19, capped of by a Guyton slashing to the basket for a layup.
"It was good to see that once we got control of the game we didn't let it slip away," said IU coacj Bob Knight. "That was a good start for us. I thought it was going to be a good game because Boise State really plays hard."
Boise State never could cut the IU lead below 16 in the second half as the Hoosiers had an answer for every Bronco score and capitalized an nearly every Bronco mistake.Ê
IU got its entire bench into the game, and everyone scored except Tom Geyer as the Hoosiers upped their lead as high as 27.
The Hoosiers brought their uncharacteristically low shooting percentage up with a 54 percent performance, something that got the attention of Knight.
"We should be a better shooting team," Knight commented. "Tonight I thought we manufactured better shots. The other night (Tuesday against Kentucky) I don't think we manufactured good shots, and against Temple we just didn't make the shots."
Guyton led the Hoosiers in scoring with 26. William Gladness had 11, and Luke Recker finished with 10.
IU will try to keep its unbeaten Indiana Classic streak going today against Bowling Green (5-2), which beat Grambling State (0-5) 90-48 in the other first-round game. The game pits Knight against Dan Dakich, a former IU player and assistant coach.
Dakich is in his second year as head coach at Bowling Green. [[In-content Ad]]
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For Indiana University's men's basketball team, the Indiana Classic has been, well, two free victories before the team takes a short break for final exams.
You see, the Hoosiers have lost zero games in the 25-year history of the tournament.
This year, there's nothing new to report as No. 11 Indiana (9-2) downed Boise State (5-2) 90-66.
Before the game Boise State was touted as a team that could give the Hoosiers some trouble and possibly break that 48-game Indiana Classic win streak. But Indiana quickly put to rest any notion that the Broncos would knock off another top 25 team.
Indiana's A.J. Guyton, who in the last three or four games hasn't been the A.J. Guyton of years past, got his touch back. He hit 5 of 5 three-pointers and 10 of 14 overall. Guyton, recently knocked for standing on the perimeter too much, returned to the cutting, slashing and driving player that Indiana fans have come to know. Rather than sticking to being a jump-shooter as he has in the past few games, Guyton took the ball to the bucket and created for himself and his teammates.
Along the way, he went to the free-throw line three times, something his coach has said was lacking.
"It felt great," Guyton said followin the game on his return to positive shooting statistics. "The crowd and the team just stayed behind me."
Early in the game, Boise State stuck close to the Hoosiers, but four big runs gave IU control of the game. The largest IU run came right before halftime.
The Hoosiers extended a 15- point lead to 19, capped of by a Guyton slashing to the basket for a layup.
"It was good to see that once we got control of the game we didn't let it slip away," said IU coacj Bob Knight. "That was a good start for us. I thought it was going to be a good game because Boise State really plays hard."
Boise State never could cut the IU lead below 16 in the second half as the Hoosiers had an answer for every Bronco score and capitalized an nearly every Bronco mistake.Ê
IU got its entire bench into the game, and everyone scored except Tom Geyer as the Hoosiers upped their lead as high as 27.
The Hoosiers brought their uncharacteristically low shooting percentage up with a 54 percent performance, something that got the attention of Knight.
"We should be a better shooting team," Knight commented. "Tonight I thought we manufactured better shots. The other night (Tuesday against Kentucky) I don't think we manufactured good shots, and against Temple we just didn't make the shots."
Guyton led the Hoosiers in scoring with 26. William Gladness had 11, and Luke Recker finished with 10.
IU will try to keep its unbeaten Indiana Classic streak going today against Bowling Green (5-2), which beat Grambling State (0-5) 90-48 in the other first-round game. The game pits Knight against Dan Dakich, a former IU player and assistant coach.
Dakich is in his second year as head coach at Bowling Green. [[In-content Ad]]