The Indiana All-Star team didn't win any style points during Sunday's second game of the annual two-game series against Kentucky.
Indiana hit only 34.8 percent from the floor, turned the ball over 22 times and finished with only two players in double figures but still completed the sweep.
The Indiana All-Stars pounded the ball inside and played solid defense to score a 64-49 victory before 1,869 fans at Bellarmine's Knights Hall.
"I was really pleased with our mind-set," said Indiana coach David Wood of West Lafayette. "We had a long drive after a long day, and we were playing the same team that we beat the night before. Human nature says sometimes you tend to let down.
"But they didn't, and we kept the concept of going inside."
The taller Indiana team opened a 17-point lead by halftime, led by 21 late in the second half and cruised to a fourth sweep in five years.
The Hoosiers
have won 19 of the past 22 in the series and have an 82-42 lead overall.
"This is something we wanted and something we will remember for the rest of our lives," said Indiana Mr. Basketball Jordan Hulls of Bloomington South. "This is really big for the state of Indiana."
Hulls, who scored just four in the first game, hit a three-pointer with 6:12 left for his only field goal of the series. He finished 1of9 from the field and ended up with four points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals.
In two games, Hulls had 11 assists running the show.
"I would rather make a nice pass than score a basket," the Indiana University signee said. "I had a lot of good teammates to get the ball to."
Cathedral's Errick Peck, the last player picked for the team, led the Hoosiers for the second straight game. The Cornell signee had 14 points and nine rebounds.
Purdue signee D.J. Byrd scored 10, IU signee Derek Elston had four points and nine rebounds and Louisville signee Stephan Van Treese had two points, nine rebounds, three steals and three assists.
"This feels good," Van Treese said. "I hope I can always beat Kentucky. I know the rivalry is a big thing, and this gave me a little taste of it here."
Kentucky only had one player in double figures in the first game — Mr. Basketball Jon Hood had 20 points — and struggled even more on offense 24 hours later.
The Bluegrass stars made just 17of61 shots, including 2of16 three-point tries, and hit only 13of25 free throws.
The offensive output was one of the worst in series history. The 49 points was the lowest team total since Kentucky had 47 in a loss in 1948. It marked the 11th-lowest total all time, and nine of those came before 1945.
Central's Ridge Wilson led Kentucky with 11 points and six rebounds, Apollo's DeLeon Butler had eight points and Fulton City's Aaron Wilson added eight points and 11 rebounds. Hood was 2of12 and had eight points.
"I felt like (Saturday night) we played with them or better in 35 minutes and a five-minute spurt killed us," Apollo coach Tony Hopper said. "We just didn't hang in there today."
Story By: Jody Demling, Courier Journal