National Basketball Association
Indiana 88, SIU - Edwardsville 54
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 17, 2010
Where: Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana
Officials:
# Jeff Nichols, # Ron Groover, # Mike Nance
Attendance:
11908
By SportsDirect Inc.
Christian Watford, Derek Elston and Indiana did most of their work in the first half in an easy 88-54 victory over SIU-Edwardsville Friday in a non-conference matchup.
The hot-shooting Hoosiers scored the first 24 points of the game and bounced back from a loss at Kentucky last week.
Watford finished with 18 points and Elston added 14 for the Hoosiers (8-2), who had lost two of their last three games.
Watford scored 16 of his points in the first half and Elston added 10 to lift Indiana to a 47-20 lead at intermission. Indiana shot the lights out in the opening 20 minutes, hitting 7 of 8 3-pointers and shooting 68 percent (17 of 25) from the field.
Indiana turned up the defense as well, scoring 20 points off of 18 turnovers by SIU-Edwardsville.
Michael Messer scored 15 points and Corey Wickware added 12 for the Cougars (2-10), who shot just 33 percent (17 of 51) from the field and made only 4-of-18 3-pointers.
Top Game Performances
| SIU - Edwardsville |
|
Indiana |
|
Michael Messer 15 |
Scoring |
Christian Watford 18 |
|
Cornelius Chatt 3 |
Assists |
Jordan Hulls 5 |
|
Nikola Bundalo 5 |
Rebounds |
Maurice Creek 6 |
|
Nikola Bundalo 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Jeremiah Rivers 4 |
|
Corey Wickware 3 |
Steals |
Jordan Hulls 2 |
|
Anthony Mitchell 1 |
Blocks |
Derek Elston 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| SIU - Edwardsville
|
54 |
33.3 |
4-18 |
16-23 |
8 |
22 |
3 |
9 |
|
| Indiana
|
88 |
61.5 |
9-16 |
15-20 |
18 |
34 |
2 |
10 |
|
