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Indiana men’s soccer upsets No. 9 Akron, concludes 3 match homestand with 2 wins
It was a distinct ambiance in Invoice Armstrong Stadium on Friday night time.
Maybe it was the presence of Indiana males’s soccer’s 2012 nationwide championship squad who have been honored previous to the match, or perhaps it was the mass of Hoosier supporters whose raucous cheers crammed the air for 90 minutes. Whatever the surrounding circumstances, Indiana performed its most full match of the season en path to a 2-0 upset of No. 9 College of Akron.
Regardless of defeating St. John’s College 1-0 on Tuesday, Indiana practically had its first win of the season spoiled as a consequence of a deep backline and a scarcity of urgency on the assault. On Friday, nonetheless; the workforce threatened Akron’s backline for your complete match with intense stress from speedy attackers like sophomore ahead Sam Sarver.
The Zips’ notoriously potent offense began the match as marketed. Nevertheless as a substitute of settling deeper and letting the Zips pepper junior goalkeeper JT Harms with photographs in aim, the Hoosiers pushed their trio of heart backs increased to cease the assault earlier than it neared the 18-yard field.
[ Indiana women’s soccer plays to fourth scoreless draw of the season against Louisville]
Submit-match, head coach Todd Yeagley praised his defenders for his or her efforts.
“Our workforce defending received this sport in the beginning,” Yeagley mentioned. “The best way we turned them over in key spots generated plenty of our assaults, and I’m simply actually happy.”
The Hoosiers struck first within the seventh minute on Friday night time courtesy of a header from Sarver into the underside nook. Stringing collectively passes and constructing from the again led to senior ahead Herbert Endeley bursting down the wing and finally sending a cross into the field for the help.
Yeagley spoke about Sarver’s relentless stress and penchant for giving the Hoosiers early leads.
“(Sarver) works, and he’s all the time probing each defensively and offensively,” Yeagley mentioned. “He’s received a lot emotion in his sport and that helps you begin. He’s like going 0 to 60 in a second.”
Halfway by the primary half, Indiana had tallied six photographs in comparison with only one from Akron. With aggression and self-discipline from the backline springing fixed threatening possibilities for Indiana, Akron was compelled onto its heels and needed to depend on lengthy balls or clearances to determine any assault.
Within the thirty ninth minute, the Hoosiers once more discovered themselves attacking the Zips’ backline. Senior ahead Karsen Henderlong eased his manner down the aspect of the 18-yard field and centered an ideal ball to junior ahead Nate Ward, who slid in for the shot to place the Hoosiers up by two.
After the match, Ward expressed the thrill he felt when he scored his first aim of the season and finally defeated Akron.
“I used to be simply fired up,” Ward mentioned. “It was a hell of a ball from (Henderlong), so it simply felt good. It took us a short while to get rolling this season, however we knew we had it in us and we simply wished to take the sport to them.”
Because the match progressed into the second half, desperation from the Zips set in. With two yellow playing cards throughout the span of 30 seconds, it was evident the Zips would improve their ranges of physicality to chase the two-goal deficit.
Moreover, the Hoosiers sustained accidents to key gamers on Friday night time. Redshirt senior defender Daniel Munie, fifth 12 months senior defender Nyk Sessock and Henderlong all have been sluggish to return off the sector, however Yeagley attributed this to cramps, saying they need to be high-quality.
After two straight wins, Indiana will look to hold its momentum after they tackle Butler College at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 in Indianapolis. Butler is at the moment ranked No. 12 within the nation, in keeping with the United Soccer Coaches ballot.
Observe reporters Matt Press (@MatthewPress23) and Kamil Intestine (@GutKamil) for updates all through the sport and the remainder of the Indiana males’s soccer season.
PARADISE ISLAND, The Bahamas – Indiana and Providence have one last chance to salvage a win Friday in the Battle 4 Atlantis seventh-place game. The loser will head home as the member of the eight-team tournament to go winless in the three-game stretch.
Indiana entered the tournament with a 4-0 record and ranked No. 14 in the nation, but it suffered an 89-61 loss to Louisville Wednesday and an 89-73 loss to Gonzaga Thursday. Providence had a 5-0 record before losing 79-77 to Oklahoma and 69-58 to Davidson.
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Bart Torvik rankings
Projected score: Indiana 72, Providence 67. Torvik gives the Hoosiers a 68% chance of victory.
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How does a team shake off its first loss of the season while facing a top-15 program that also has a lot to prove following its first defeat?
Ask Gonzaga men’s basketball head coach Mark Few — he and his coaching staff appeared to have all the answers to guide the Bulldogs to an 89-73 victory over No. 14 Indiana on Thursday to advance to the Battle 4 Atlantis fifth-place game.
The Zags (5-1) didn’t waste any time putting their overtime defeat to West Virginia behind them, as they jumped out to an 8-0 lead over the Hoosiers (4-2) in the first couple of minutes before taking a double-digit lead into halftime. Oumar Ballo kept Indiana in the fight early on to make it a 1-point game nearing the 9-minute mark in the first half, yet despite the former Zag’s efforts, Gonzaga capitalized on second-chance opportunities and transition points to go on a 21-2 scoring run, highlighted by an alley-oop dunk from Khalif Battle. The sixth-year guard led his team with 16 points and grabbed five rebounds, while five of his teammates scored in double figures, thanks in large part to Ryan Nembhard’s 13 assists.
With the win, Gonzaga will play the winner of Providence/Davidson in the fifth place on Friday at 5:30 p.m. PST/8:30 p.m. EST.
Here are three takeaways from the victory.
BULLDOGS IMPOSE THEIR WILL DOWN LOW
Braden Huff noted the Bulldogs didn’t have much of a presence in the paint in their loss to the Mountaineers. The Zags went a season-worst 19-of-44 (43.2%) from inside the arc and never established themselves on the low block, instead settling for 3-pointers when their first action didn’t lead to a score from 5 feet out.
Ballo and 6-foot-9 forward Mackenzie Mgbako posed a different kind of challenge, though, despite a hot start from Ballo, who scored 17 of his team’s first 31 points, Gonzaga’s bigs controlled the interior and the boards in totality. The Zags outrebounded the Hoosiers, 42-27, and outscored their opposition, 23-4, in second-chance points.
“Our bigs did a good job,” Few said after the game. “That’s the first team we played that’s kind of like us — likes to throw the ball inside a lot, really ducks in and really puts a lot of foul pressure on you. We were in massive foul trouble in the first half. Got in even more trouble in the second half. But they kept playing. They kept repeating and moving them in and out of there, and they were able to stay in the game.”
Ballo gave the Hoosiers a much-needed spark after they fell into an 8-0 hole. The 7-foot-tall, 237-pound redshirt senior nailed a few right-handed hook shots to put his team in position to compete with the No. 3-ranked team in the country. Ballo led all scorers with 25 points.
“Clearly he’s gotten a lot better,” Few said of Ballo. “I mean that was what six years ago [when Ballo arrived to Gonzaga as a freshman]? He’s older, he’s gotten in great shape. I’m happy for him. That right-handed hook was going tonight but we were OK with that. We just didn’t want him to get a whole lot of stuff between us and the basket.”
Michael Ajayi had his best game as a Zag, recording 15 points and nine rebounds on 5-of-9 from the field, while Ike finished with 14 points and seven rebounds. Ben Gregg added 13 points off the bench and held down the center spot while Ike and Huff had to sit on the bench due to foul trouble in the second half.
AN EMPHATIC RESPONSE
Gonzaga’s players looked ready to flush away the dramatic loss to WVU the moment they stepped off the floor Wednesday. Having a short memory is somewhat necessary when playing three games in as many days, regardless of the final score. Safe to say the Bulldogs embraced that mentality heading into Thursday’s consolation game.
“There’s a lot you say in a 24-hour period like that,” Few said in regard to how he addressed his team in wake of their loss to WVU. “We talked about how in a game like the other night, comes down to one or two possessions, we’ve got to be able to execute, especially on defense. I didn’t feel like we played very good ‘D’ last night.”
The Zags flipped the script on that end of the floor against the Hoosiers. While Ballo was rolling down low, his teammates weren’t creating much on offense from the perimeter. Indiana’s starting backcourt of Myles Rice and Kanaan Carlyle combined for 12 points on 4-of-14 from the field. Malik Reneau, who led the way with 21 points against the Cardinals, put up a goose egg in the first half before ending the night with a quiet six points in 24 minutes of action.
ONTO PROVIDENCE/DAVIDSON
The Zags can enjoy the rest of their Thanksgiving holiday while they await their opponent for tomorrow’s fifth-place game at 5:30 p.m. PST. Gonzaga will face the winner of Providence (5-1) vs. Davidson (4-1) to conclude its trip in The Bahamas.
The Friars nearly completed a wild comeback against Oklahoma in the final minutes of their quarterfinal matchup on Wednesday. The Sooners led by nine points with 44 seconds left but missed free throws and a traveling violation made it a 2-point game in the final seconds. Wesley Cardet Jr. had 17 points, Jayden Pierre and Bensley Joseph 16 each and Corey Floyd Jr. put up 13 for Providence.
The Wildcats got blown out, 104-71, by No. 24 Arizona on Wednesday. Connor Kochera tallied 20 points and Bobby Durbin nailed five 3s for Davidson, which went 38% from the field.
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How to watch Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. Indiana Hoosiers: TV channel, live stream for Battle 4 Atlantis game
A pair of AP Top 25 teams look to bounce back from their first letdowns of the season on Thursday when No. 3 Gonzaga takes on No. 14 Indiana in the Battle 4 Atlantis event from The Bahamas.
The Bulldogs (5-1) were less than 30 seconds away from advancing to the semifinal round before West Virginia mounted a swift comeback in the final seconds behind Tucker DeVries, who sunk two free throws in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime. The Mountaineers held the Zags to 2-of-10 from the field in the extra period to come away victorious, 84-78, over the No. 3-ranked program in the country. Gonzaga also led by eight points at halftime and by double-digits at the 18:35 mark in the second half.
Braden Huff’s 19 points led his team, followed by Khalif Battle with 16 points. Javon Small scored a season-high 31 points for West Virginia, which went 14-of-28 (50.0%) from the field in the second half.
The Hoosiers (4-1) are looking to rebound from Wednesday’s 89-61 loss to Louisville in their Battle 4 Atlantis opener on Wednesday. Malik Reneau led Indiana with 21 points while former Zag Oumar Ballo recorded 11 points and six rebounds.
The Bulldogs and Hoosiers have met four times before, all at neutral sites, with the series split at 2-2. The two last met in the 2008 Hartford Classic in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the Zags came out on top, 70-54.
The winner of Thursday’s game plays at noon PST on Friday in the third-place game. Loser plays at 8 a.m. PST in the seventh-place game.
HOW TO WATCH GONZAGA VS. INDIANA
Who: Gonzaga and Indiana meet in the consolation bracket of the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis
When: 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. EST | Thursday, Nov. 28
Where: Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort | Nassau, Bahamas
TV: ESPN2
2024 Battle 4 Atlantis Schedule:
Nov. 28 – Semifinals
Noon ET – Louisville vs. West Virginia
2:30 p.m. ET – Gonzaga vs. Indiana
5 p.m. ET – Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner
7:30 p.m. ET – Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser (consolation bracket)
Nov. 29 – Championship
11 a.m. ET – Seventh-Place Game
3 p.m. ET – Third-Place Game
5:30 p.m. ET – Championship Game
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