Dec. 12: Wichita State Shockers (6-4) @ Indiana Hoosiers (6-2)
Terry Morillo: The first half was a real battle with 11 lead changes. We came out of it ahead 37-35. But we got on it in the 2nd half and quickly drew away from the Shockers to post a solid 78-58 victory. Our defense in the 2nd half was outstanding. Jonte Edwards—18 pts, 5 ast; Robert Bowie—13 pts, 3 reb, 3 blk; Wayne Rush—8 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast. [7-2]
Dec. 19: Indiana Hoosiers (7-2) @ Utah Utes (4-3)
[i]Ramon Montez[/i]: Offensively we played well. Defensively we played horribly. The first half was extremely close the entire 20 minutes with Utah narrowly on top 47-45 at halftime. Our defense got worse in the 2nd half allowing the Utes to steadily pull further ahead. We fell 99-84 as we let Utah drill 65% of their FG’s and 58% of their 3’s with SG Erik Smith scoring 28 points. For us, Chris Broussard—11 pts, 7 reb, 4 ast, 2 stl; Robert Bowie—11 pts, 4 reb; Marcus Wright—11 pts, 4 reb; Kirk Reeves—10 pts, 3 reb; Wayne Rush—9 pts, 2 ast, 2 stl; Lonnie Morrison—8 pts. [7-3]