Gameday preview: Indiana at Gophers women's basketball

January 17, 2016 at 2:16AM

Gophers women's gameday

2 p.m. VS. Indiana • williams Arena • 1500-AM

About the Gophers (10-6, 2-3 Big Ten): The Gophers have lost two in a row to drop below .500 in the Big Ten. They have never lost three in a row under coach Marlene Stollings. They have won their past two meetings with Indiana. … Shayne Mullaney became the fourth Gopher to reach 500 career assists in Thursday night's loss at Purdue. … Rachel Banham is 21 points behind the Big Ten's third all-time leading scorer, Katie Smith (Ohio State, 2,578 points).

About Indiana (10-7, 2-3): Indiana is coming off an 81-65 home victory over No. 18 Michigan State on Wednesday night. … Indiana leads the Big Ten in free-throw attempts and makes. … Tyra Buss leads the team in scoring (18.9 ppg), assists (4.1 apg) and steals (1.9 spg) while ranking second nationally in free-throw attempts (150). She has scored in double figures in 21 straight games. … This will be the Hoosiers' 11th game away from Bloomington in their last 16 contests.

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