IU East News
The Red Wolves say a different team will show up this time.
The Indiana University East men's basketball team hopes to improve on its performance in a Jan. 16 loss at Brescia University when the teams meet again Feb. 9.
Tipoff is at 7 p.m. in the Richmond High School Tiernan Center.Brescia (17-9, 6-3) holds sole possession of second place in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
IU East (12-10, 4-4) is tied for fourth in the KIAC. The Red Wolves have lost three of five, a slump that started with the Jan. 16 loss at Brescia.
"I just think when we went (to Brescia) we didn't play as well as we could have," said senior forward Noah Douglas (Indianapolis, Ind./St. Joseph's College). "They haven't seen our best.
"We've kind of struggled on the road, so we hope to use our success at home to pay them back."
IU East is 7-1 at home this season.
The Bearcats boast the potent one-two scoring punch of senior guard Andrew Howard and senior forward Anthony Ingram.
Howard averages 19.3 points per game. Ingram adds 18.5 points per game, including a 34-point outing in the first IU East-Brescia meeting.
IU East gets 19.3 points per game from junior guard Tyler Rigby (Bryant, Ind./Jay County High School), who has scored at least 20 points in 12 consecutive games.
Rigby needs 33 points to become the first IU East played to score 1,000 career points in NAIA competition.
Douglas adds 12.0 points per game and leads the Red Wolves with 6.4 rebounds per game.
Senior guard Bijon Jones (Jackson, Tenn./Southeast Missouri State University) averages 11.8 points per game and is 36th in the NAIA Division II in 3-point field goal percentage at .416.
Sophomore guard David Sanders contributes 9.4 points per game and is 34th in the NAIA Division II with 4.2 assists per game.
IU East seeks its first victory against Brescia since joining the NAIA for the 2007-08 season.
"Brescia is a good team and should bring out the best is us," Douglas said. "It should be a good game."
FOLLOW THE ACTION
The IU East-Brescia game is scheduled to be broadcast live on NewsTalk 930 WHON-AM and www.930whon.com.
Live stats will be available through www.iueredwolves.com.
The game also is scheduled to be rebroadcast on Whitewater Community Television, WCTV, Comcast Channel 20.
WCTV telecasts are scheduled for Feb. 11 at 9 p.m.; Feb. 12 at 1 a.m., 5 a.m., 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., and Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.
BRESCIA UNIVERSITY ...
Ranks Number 8 in Division II in 3-Pt Fg Pct Defense (0.292)
Ranks Number 13 in Division II in Free Throw Pct (0.730)
Ranks Number 36 in Division II in Total 3-Pt FG Made (174)
Ranks Number 37 in Division II in Total Scoring Offense (1932)
Ranks Number 39 in Division II in Total Rebound Defense (34.423)
Ranks Number 47 in Division II in Turnover Margin (0.808)
Ranks Number 47 in Division II in 3-Pt Fg Pct (0.354)
Ranks Number 48 in Division II in Scoring Defense per Game (70.731)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST ...
Ranks Number 14 in Division II in Scoring Offense per Game (84.318)
Ranks Number 24 in Division II in Steals per Game (9.273)
Ranks Number 24 in Division II in Defensive Rebounds per Game (27.318)
Ranks Number 26 in Division II in 3-Pt Fg Pct (0.368)
Ranks Number 29 in Division II in Assists per Game (15.182)
Ranks Number 30 in Division II in Turnover Margin (1.909)
Ranks Number 32 in Division II in Total Rebounds per Game (39.682)
Ranks Number 32 in Division II in Assist/Turnover Ratio (0.968)
Ranks Number 35 in Division II in Free Throw Pct (0.704)
Ranks Number 41 in Division II in Total Steals (204)
Ranks Number 41 in Division II in 3-Pt Fg Pct Defense (0.322)
Ranks Number 42 in Division II in Scoring Margin (6.682)
Ranks Number 44 in Division II in 3-Pt Fg Made per Game (7.000)
Ranks Number 44 in Division II in Offensive Rebounds per Game (12.364)
Ranks Number 44 in Division II in Field Goal Pct (0.461)
