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by Jeremy Price | Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 8:00 pm UTC
Final: Belmont wins it 58-54. IU shoots under 35 percent. Belmont climbs over 40. That’s the difference.
SECOND HALF
:02.6 Nice D by IU forces rushed jumper and Sinclair picks up rebound. She’s fouled, but IU not in bonus. Sinclair jumper blocked. Bruins rebound. Coleman at line.
:49: McGhee jumper makes it 56-54 Bruins.
1:33: IU makes two straight stops, but McGhee short on jumper. Last Bruins possession extended when rebound goes out of bounds off Taufa. Belmont ball, 56-52 lead.
4:36: Tight game emotions setting in. IU 2 turnovers, 2 missed layups by Rubene. Still 52-49.
6:20: IU a rain of 3s and 3-point plays. Deloach floor burn sets up trey by Bell and Hoosiers within 52-49.
12:35: 4 minutes without field goal and with just 1 point has allowed a suddenly redhot Belmont team to pull away, 43-31. Even Sinclair is not immune.
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FIRST HALF
Halftime: Belmont trades two 3s for one and leads 30-25 at break, third time in row IU trails at break. It’s all Sinclair on the offensive end for IU, with 17 points. She’s 5-of-8. rest of team 2-of-17. IU has one assist. Rubene and Chaplin only other Hoosiers with a bucket as IU shoots 28 percent. IU’s 9-of-12 ft shooting keeping it close. Belmont also struggling at 37.5, lifting that number with Molly Earnst (13 points) going 4-of-4 in the last 5 minutes. Belmont winning boards, 23-16, but also has 9 turnovers.
3:41: Both teams struggling on offense right now with shooting, turnovers, fouls. IU refuses to post up. Belmont leads 20-19.
11:29: IU with 8 free throw attempts in first five minutes, but quit attacking bucket. Went to big lineup with Chaplin and McCurty, but fed post well just once, and very poorly another. IU 2-of-11 from field. Belmont leads, 13-10.
Usual starting 5 for IU, McGhee, Rubene, Newbauer, Taufa, Sinclair
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Hi, Jim (not Jeremy who’s on the men’s soccer beat this week) back at Assembly Hall for tonight’s non-conference women’s basketball matchup with Belmont.
Important bounce back opportunity here for Hoosiers after flat performance against Cleveland State. Belmont comes in 3-5 with a 61-53 loss to an IUPUI team Indiana handled easily just a few games ago. Bruins also topped a Texas A&M Corpus Christi squad as well.
Local connection with the Bruins. One of their student managers is former Bloomington South golf and basketball standout Beth Anne Weiler. And yes, their proud parents are on hand to watch her ‘manage.’ 
As I mentioned last week, this team is challenged in pure basketball talent. As coach Miller said in his postgame comments, other than Sinclair, they are challenged offensively. This team plays very hard defensively and will be challenged all year long because of their inability to score the ball. With the 22nd ranked recruiting class coming in next year, it will be interesting to see how this team responds without Sinclair who has other than one game, been amazingly consistant this year. As a season ticket holder, I would ask IU fans to come out and watch this team play hard every night. Coach Miller has them working hard and they will probably struggle all year long but, they will play as hard as possible! As is normal in college sports, talent for the most part will prevail. Coach Miller will get this thing going in the right direction given time. Go Hoosiers!
Great analysis Mike. If McCurty can get going she can be a difference maker. Lets support the ladies this year as they improve with hard work. Look for the ladies to be better next year with Newbauer, Jakubicek and Leikem as regular starters you can count on and then Brooks getting tons of minutes at the point with Bell filling in there. McCurty hopefully will come along and be a beast at the five spot but if not Taufa and Anderson will play there.