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IU shows growth in Penn State win
Hendershot arrested Saturday night By Sara Kress sekress@iu.edu | @sarakress4
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Redshirt sophomore forward Race Thompson goes up for a layup Feb. 23 against Penn State senior forward Lamar Stevens and freshman forward Seth Lundy in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Thompson scored 8 points in the 68-60 win against nst Penn State.
68-60 By Phillip Steinmetz psteinme@iu.edu | @PhillipHoosier
It’s been 28 days since IU men’s basketball lost to then-No. 17 Maryland and began a four-game losing streak. The Hoosiers were booed off their homecourt once they gave up a 7-0 run to end the game. Shades of that game appeared late in the second half Sunday afternoon when IU took on No. 9 Penn State. But this time, the Hoosiers defeated the Nittany Lions 68-60. “To come out in the second half, we took a huge punch,” IU head coach Archie Miller said. “There was at times this season, that punch has hurt us a lot more. We weren't shook.” IU led by as much as 19 points, but Penn State used a 30-5 run spanning over the first half into the second to take the lead with 14:09 remaining. The Hoosiers dominated
roughly the first 18 minutes inutes of the game, but couldn’t maintain that performance. There wasn’t much IU could do offensively while its defense efense continued to give up made ade baskets. Penn State came back and nd got out to a six-point lead while IU struggled to maintain in the game. e. That was until IU went on a 13-0 run capped off by a dunk from freshman forward Trayce yce JacksonDavis. He picked up his ninth double-double of thee season. IU is undefeated whenn he scores double-digit points andd grabs double-digit rebounds. “We knew they were ere going to go on a run,” junior forward rward Justin Smith said. “They're the number ninth ranked team in the country. We didn't expect to blow them out. It's always how you respond and how you kind of stay with it, stay with the course and not really worry about any run that's going on in the game.” With 1:50 remaining in the game, IU held a seven-point lead. Like the Maryland game, IU had
Redshirt sophomore tight end Peyton Hendershot was arrested Saturday night on multiple charges including domestic battery. Hendershot, who is 20, allegedly assaulted a 22-year-old woman who reported they were previously in a relationship, according to a press release from Bloomington Police Department. The woman told police Hendershot sent her several angry texts accusing her of infidelity before walking into her apartment uninvited around 11 p.m., according to the release. Hendershot allegedly then took her phone from her hand and walked around the apartment looking at it. The woman told police when she tried to retrieve her phone from 6-foot-4 Hendershot by jumping and grabbing it, he grabbed her by the neck and shoved her against the wall. Officers noticed redness on her neck when they arrived. Hendershot reportedly threw her phone on the ground before leaving the apartment. The woman picked up her cracked phone and called the SEE HENDERSHOT, PAGE 6
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Senior forward De’Ron Davis celebrates on the bench Feb. 23 during the game against Penn State in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. IU defeated Penn State 68-60.
a six-point lead with 1:25 left. IU gave Penn State a chance to cut the deficit late in the game. The Nittany Lions made it a five point game, but that was the closest they’d get. Their offense revolved around senior forward Lamar Ste-
vens. He scored 29 points but made half of the Nittany Lion’s field goals. Sophomore forward Race Thompson missed a pair of free
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Redshirt sophomore tight end Peyton Hendershot poses for a photo. Hendershot was arrested Feb. 22 on multiple charges including domestic battery.
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Spelling Local dream hop musician debuts new album bee queen wins again By Hannah Johnson hanjohn@iu.edu
In her life and in her music, Emily Plazek is many people at once. In reality, she’s a yoga instructor, a businesswoman who started a music consultation business and “Millaze,” a local dreamhop singer-songwriter who debuted songs from her album “Teaser vs. Warning” in a performance 8 p.m. Friday in the Blockhouse Bar. Within the landscape of her songs, Plazek wears even more hats. In the lyrics of “The Green Sweater and the Other Side,” the second song in her set, she takes the shape of character “Little Girl,” who represents her past, as well as “Green Sweater” woman, who symbolizes her future. Plazek said that in some way or another, she lives in every character she writes about. “Everything is pretty darn autobiographical, but not always in the most obvious way,” Plazek said. “I live in every single one of these.” Plazek performed three songs from the
By Ty Vinson vinsonjo@iu.edu | @ty_vinson_
“By seeing the other side of the story, you can lose yourself,” Plazek said. “And she loses herself, fast and hard.” “Teaser vs. Warn-
Most people probably don’t know the definition of the word corollary, let alone know how to spell it correctly on the first try. But for Yena Park, 10, spelling came naturally for her at the end of the ninth annual IU Bee on Saturday. She knows what she’s doing, she’s been here before. Park is a fifth grader at University Elementary School and is the bee's winner for the second year in a row. Last year after winning, she made it through the first round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C, but spelled out in the second. She will be back in D.C. to compete in May. Families and children gathered at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Monroe County Public Library auditorium to cheer on 24 students ranging from elementary school-aged to middle school from five counties competing in the regional spelling bee, sponsored by IU's Media School. The spellers came from Brown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan and Owen counties and have all won spelling bees at their respective schools, leading them to get to compete in
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Musician Millaze sings her opening song Feb. 21 at Blockhouse Bar. Millaze performed after Joe Strunk and Rosegirl.
new album, in which she dipped into the story of Little Girl’s journey through “Oakland,” a fictional dream world that exists in Plazek’s mind. To catch up with Green Sweater in the future,
Little Girl searches for the answers to life’s great questions and finds herself distracted by temptation, confusion and introspection on the way. This is the essence of “Teaser vs. Warning,”
Plazek said. On her harrowing journey to selfactualization, Little Girl finds herself drowning in euphoric experiences that are either previews for what’s to come or bad omens.
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