One bench player seemingly took that to heart against Gonzaga on Friday, as freshman forward Maya Makalusky put together a breakout performance to help the Hoosiers to a 76-72 victory over the Bulldogs on Friday at the Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida.

While Indiana starting guard Shay Ciezki was the lone returning scholarship player who faced off against Butler last year — the Bulldogs returned only two players — Moren used the loss as a cautionary tale of sorts for the new-look Hoosiers.

BLOOMINGTON— For Teri Moren, the basketball season is a whirlwind of games and practices and travel and Xs and Os with little time to pause to ponder meaningful words.

An unexpected side effect followed for the next nearly five decades. As Indiana Sports Corp. hired women for top roles, including a female as its first president, those women went on not only to high-level sports jobs in the city, but they were a real-life example of, "If I can see her, I can be her."

IU women's basketball has 10 straight 20-win seasons, but last season there were struggles within the locker room. Coach Teri Moren and veteran leaders Shay Ciezki and Lenee Beaumont detailed how that culture is shifting back into "protecting our locker room.

COVINGTON, KY. (WFIE) - University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball and Northern Kentucky University added another classic battle between the two programs on Sunday afternoon, but the Screaming Eagles fell on the road in overtime against the Norse, 77-71.

IU Athletics continued its success across many sports this fall. Men’s and women’s basketball and football are all unbeaten as of Sunday morning.

Indiana's men's and women's teams both dominated, Coen Carr loves a dunk, Jazzy Davidson had a night, a freshman dropped 40 points and more from Tuesday's college basketball action.