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1 Indiana crushes Sam Houston
Jobs WeeklyJob FairPlace an AdCareers and Worklife BlogBusiness BlogSalary WizardBLOOMINGTON, Ind. Christian Watford scored 24 points to help No. 1 Indiana defeat Sam Houston State 9945 on Thursday night in the Progressive Legends Classic.
Will Sheehey scored 18 points, Victor Oladipo had 14 and Jordan Hulls 10 for the Hoosiers (30), who shot 57 percent from the field and made 9 of 21 3pointers.
scored nine points and had eight for Sam Houston State (12). The Bearkats pushed Arkansas before losing their opener 7368 on the road.
Indiana beat the Bearkats in every possible way. About the only thing Indiana coach could complain about was that the Hoosiers made just 30 of 44 free throws.
The only drama remaining at the end was whether Indiana would score 100 points. The home crowd booed as the Bearkats basically ran out the clock in the final seconds.
Two early 3pointers by Hulls helped the Hoosiers shake off a bit of a slow start and take a 92 lead. Sam Houston State made one field goal in the first 6:30 of the game and fell behind 162.
Indiana hit 4 of 6 3pointers early to take a 236 lead and force a Sam Houston State timeout.
Indiana pushed the lead to 3010 before the Bearkats' , a 6foot11 center who was guarding Zeller, committed his third foul. Indiana took advantage inside, and Oladipo's powerful twohanded dunk down the middle of the lane pushed the lead to 3613.
The Hoosiers reached 50 points on a 3point play by Zeller in the final minute of the first half and led 5225 at the break. Watford, who didn't start, led Indiana with 11 points in 11 minutes in the first half. The Hoosiers outscored the Bearkats 174 from the freethrow line before the break.
In other games: scored a gamehigh 18 points, grabbed a careerhigh 18 rebounds and added 12 points and No. 2 Louisville routed Samford 8054. Behanan reached his career best in the first half with 13, outrebounding the Bulldogs (12) by himself. Gorgui Dieng had 10 points and 13 rebounds while added 13 points with five rebounds as the Cardinals (20) won the opener of the tournament that continues next week in the Bahamas. . Freshman guard had 25 points and eight rebounds, added 18 points and No. 7 Kansas used a big secondhalf charge to beat Chattanooga 6955. The had 22 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 6 North Carolina State to a 7255 win over Penn State in the opening round of the Puerto Rico Tipoff. had 14 points and added 12 points for the Wolfpack (20). State shot 8 for 16 from beyond the arc. . had a seasonhigh 31 points, had 16 and No. 16 Baylor rallied in the second half to beat 8474 in the Charleston Classic. The Bears (30) will face Colorado, the team they beat in last season's
2 Million Is Just The Right Fit For Shoefitr's Series A Round Led
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswireUSNewswire/ Shoefitr, an earlystage technology company that helps online shoe shoppers find the right fit, has received $1.2 million in funding from Marylandbased Vital Financial LLC and Pittsburgh investor network BlueTree Allied Angels. Works, a seedstage investor in Pittsburgharea startups, also participated in the round.
Shoefitr has been growing steadily since spinning out of Carnegie Mellon University and 'graduating' from AlphaLab, one of the country's top accelerator programs which is run by Innovation Works. "This investment will allow us to accelerate our momentum," said Shoefitr CEO Matt Wilkinson. "We currently have a number of great customers and partnerships with shoe manufacturers such as New Balance, Saucony, Brooks and other top brands. fact, we're onsite right now implementing several new customers. round of funding will help us get the message out about our offering to more potential customers and partners. We are just scratching the surface with what kind of virtual fitting implementations we can offer consumers and this funding will help us achieve our full capability."
The company's easytouse fitting application has been embraced by the running community which accesses Shoefitr on the sites of popular media like Runner's World. is also rapidly expanding to other footwear categories. "Vital Financial is very pleased to make this initial $500,000 investment in Shoefitr to help them finance the company's rapid customer and partnership growth," said Craig Asher, a Principal at Vital Financial LLC. "We look forward to the opportunity to add more financing to keep the company's momentum going."
Returns of online shoe purchases are a huge downside of the in 2008, one in three shoes purchased online was returned, costing retailers over $600 million in lost sales. Shoefitr uses 3D scanning technology to scan the insides of shoes from various manufacturers. Each scan provides measurements pertinent to fitting a shoe to a foot. online shopper finds a shoe he or she wants to buy and Shoefitr automatically compares the measurements of the shoe the customer currently wears to the correct size in the new shoe. Fitting tools show how the new shoe will fit so shoppers' personal preferences are accommodated.
"BlueTree was attracted to Shoefitr because it's got a unique technology to tackle a big industry problem," said Catherine Mott, President CEO of BlueTree Allied Angels. is a great management team and we're excited to be part of the round."
