Indiana and Oklahoma will meet for the first time ever Monday, and the stakes will be high.
The Hoosiers and Sooners will meet in the round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
Indiana is in the round of 32 for the fifth-straight season.
Oklahoma advanced to Monday night’s game as it edged out Florida Gulf Coast, 73-70, on Saturday. The Sooners were the regular season champions out of the Big 12 and are led by a trio of double figure scorers in senior forward Skylar Vann (15.0 ppg., 6.9 rpg.), junior guard Payton Verhulst (12.8 ppg., 5.9 rpg.) and freshman forward Sahara Williams (10.3 ppg., 5.4 rpg.).
Vann paced OU on Saturday afternoon against the Eagles with 24 points as they needed a 14-point comeback to advance to the Round of 32.
GAME NOTES
- Senior guard Sara Scalia set a new IU NCAA Tournament record with 27 points as she knocked down five 3-pointers in an 89-56 win over Fairfield on Saturday in the NCAA Tournament first round at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Three others scored in double figures with 13 each from graduate student forward Mackenzie Holmes, sophomore guard Yarden Garzon and senior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil.
- For the 10th time in school history and for the fifth-consecutive year, the Hoosiers will appear in the 2024 NCAA Tournament They are hosting NCAA Tournament first and second rounds for the third-straight year inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (2022, 2023, 2024). IU is 10-9 all-time in its 10 appearances with two Sweet Sixteens and an Elite Eight appearance.
- IU comes into the tournament shooting the nation’s best field goal percentages from the floor (51.0 percent) and from the 3-point line (40.2 percent).
- Indiana will face the Oklahoma Sooners for the first time in program history on Monday night. The Hoosiers will meet its first Big 12 foe in four seasons as they last matchup up with a member of the league on Nov. 29, 2019 in a 77-62 loss to Baylor at the Paradise Jam
- A combined eight team and individual IU NCAA Tournament records fell in Saturday’s win over Fairfield. The Hoosiers set new team records for points in a game (89), 3-point field goals made (10), 3-point field goal attempts (26), rebounds (44) and assists (25). Scalia set three new individual records with her shooting performance against the Stags with points scored (27), 3-point field goals made (5) and 3-point field goals attempted (10).
Monday night’s winner advances to the Albany Regional to face No. 1 South Carolina.
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GAME INFO |
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(#14/14) 4-seed Indiana (25-5) vs. (#16/21) 5-seed Oklahoma (23-9) |
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Monday, March 25, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. ET |
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Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Ind. |
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Broadcast: ESPN2 |
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