Indiana
No. 15 Indiana men’s soccer kicks off conference slate Sunday against No. 22 Ohio State
Although it was simply the second match of the season, it was evident that Indiana males’s soccer’s struggles and frustration got here to a head towards the College of Portland on Aug. 30 at residence.
The robust schedule posed challenges, however the self-inflicted errors plaguing the squad have been slightly uncharacteristic of certainly one of head coach Todd Yeagley’s groups. After the match, Yeagley lamented the crew’s defending however provided optimism saying the errors have been correctable.
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Now, after three straight wins and two-consecutive victories over ranked groups, the Hoosiers are using excessive as they head into convention play. On Sunday, Indiana will look to take down one more ranked opponent as they journey to Columbus, Ohio, to tackle No. 22 Ohio State at 2 p.m.
Listed below are some issues to know when the groups take the pitch:
Ohio State notes
Final season, the Buckeyes compiled a 2-6 document within the Huge Ten en path to a final place convention end. Nevertheless, after defeating gifted sides in No. 20 Butler College and Bowling Inexperienced State College this season and drawing No. 14 Akron, Ohio State has seemingly turned the web page from a despondent 2021 marketing campaign.
Led by graduate pupil goalkeeper Keegan McLaughlin, a switch from the College of Notre Dame, the Buckeyes surrendered only one objective in its first 4 matches. With an offseason give attention to creating extra probabilities offensively, Ohio State has actually improved on the assault, averaging over 16 photographs per match and receiving objective contributions from 11 completely different gamers.
Traditionally, this matchup has drastically favored the Hoosiers. Since 2011, Indiana has tallied a 12-1-1 document towards the Buckeyes.
With the English duo of midfielders in Ohio State freshman Marko Borkovic and junior Laurence Wootton, although, the crew’s first and second main objective scorers, Sunday’s match figures to be extra aggressive than years previous.
Depth is essential for Indiana
On Wednesday night time, the Hoosiers proved why they’ll dangle with any opponent. When Butler’s intense stress early on challenged the starters, a number of reserves stepped in seamlessly so as to add a vital spark and a gradual presence.
Maybe no different participant has exemplified this depth greater than redshirt senior attacker Ryan Wittenbrink. Regardless of not beginning a match this season, Wittenbrink has come off the bench able to contribute time and time once more and has develop into the crew’s prime targets and factors scorer.
With a bevy of gifted forwards and midfielders, the Hoosiers have been in a position to rotate persistently all through the season to adapt and counter the opposing crew’s strengths. Although Indiana has handled its justifiable share of physicality up to now, depth and dependable rotations might be essential to thriving towards aggressive groups in convention play.
The continued goalkeeper state of affairs
Junior goalkeeper JT Harms has now made two consecutive begins since redshirt senior Bryant Pratt went down with an elbow harm towards St. John’s College on Sept. 6. Previous to the season, Yeagley stated he believed he had two starter-caliber goalkeepers on the roster, and analysis would proceed each week.
Regardless of Harms beginning the season towards Clemson College, Pratt stepped in towards Portland and figured to be the beginning goalkeeper for the foreseeable future earlier than sustaining an harm within the ensuing match. Harms has been greater than serviceable in his final two begins, making terrific saves within the clutch and holding explosive assaults within the College of Akron and Butler to only one objective.
Harms will get the beginning towards the Buckeyes as Pratt continues to get better from the harm, however it should stay to be seen if the Hoosiers have a long-term starter in web.
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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Meet the coaches
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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