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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A five-day game break should have No. 9 Indiana refreshed and ready for a Saturday afternoon visit from Houston Baptist at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.The Hoosiers (7-1) will be looking to extend their home winning streak to 24 games, sixth longest in program history, in a first-ever meeting with the Huskies (3-4). Indiana is 8-0 all-time against the Southland Conference while Houston Baptist is 0-4 against the Big Ten.Indiana is the Big Tens highest-ranked team and won four home games in eight days through last Sunday to jump into the top 10. The streak included a 76-67 victory over then-No. 3 North Carolina.Houston Baptist has won all three home games but lost its four road games by a combined 77 points. The Huskies used a 16-point run in the second half to defeat visiting Saint Peters 62-47 on Wednesday.Senior forward Colter Lasher leads Houston Baptist at 13.7 points per game. Junior 6-foot-11 center Josh Ibarra is averaging 10.7 points and 6.4 rebounds. Ibarra had a season-high 16 points and 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the season on Wednesday.Huskies coach Ron Cottrell, in his 26th year, is the eighth-longest tenured active coach in NCAA Division I with a 455-344 career mark (.569). His team averages 82.6 points while allowing 80 per game.They score a lot of points, their average time of possession is 15 seconds so they have a fast pace of game, Indiana coach Tom Crean said on a radio show. We dont want to be out there trading baskets, we want to get out and get our break.Houston Baptists ability to score will be severely tested by the Hoosiers, whose opponents have shot just 37.4 percent from the field. In the last four games, Indiana opponents have scored 58.5 points per game.The Hoosiers have limited opponents to just 28.6 percent 3-point shooting in each of the last six games, the longest such stretch since 2008-09.Were getting better, no doubt about it, Crean said.Indiana junior guard James Blackmon averages a team-high 16.7 points and is shooting 40.4 percent from 3-point range. Hes also averaging 7.1 rebounds. Junior guard Robert Johnson is hitting 55.7 percent of his shots with a 12.8-point average.Hoosiers sophomore forward Juwan Morgan has started the past two games for injured sophomore OG Anunoby (left sprained ankle) and has made all 12 of his shots, averaging 14.5 points while grabbing 6.5 rebounds in those games. Freshman reserve forward DeRon Davis scored 14 points in back-to-back games, making 19-of-31 shots.Since 2011-12, the Hoosiers have had the Big Tens best offense at 78.1 points per game, a 47.9 field-goal percentage and 40.1 3-point shooting percentage. 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Both will be unrestricted free agents this summer. Cheap Swell . -- Eastern Kentucky thrives off creating havoc for others.Nico Rosberg is convinced he will still be at Mercedes for many years, as he prepares for the final season of his current contract. Rosbergs future with F1s world champions is likely to prove one of the main off-track talking points of the 2016 season with the contract extension he signed two years ago expiring in December.The 30-year-old joined Mercedes when they bought the Brawn team in 2010 and over the last three seasons has been partnered by Lewis Hamilton, whose deal runs until 2018. But although Rosberg has enjoyed periods where he has held the upper hand, Hamilton has finished ahead in the championship in all three years - beating the German to the world title in 2014 and 2015.However, despite suggestions that either the team or Rosberg himself could look to make a change at the end of the year if the intra-team balance of power does not change, the German isnt anticipating a move anytime soon.Im sure there is going to be many more years to go here at Mercedes, he told Sky Sports News HQ. Craig Slater caught up with Nico Rosberg after the German drove Mercedes 2016 car for the first time I feel comfortable here, I really enjoy being part of the team, weve achieved so much, and theres even more to achieve in the future.Mercedes reveal the new W07Despite the success of thhe Hamilton-Rosberg partnership since Mercedes arrival as F1s dominant force - they have won 80 per cent of the races and back-to-back championship doubles - team boss Toto Wolff admitted in November the teams biggest weakness is the dynamic of the relationship between the drivers.ddddddddddddWolff went further by warning that the team could break up the pairing if relations deteriorated to the point where the wider harmony inside the Brackley outfit was damaged. Mercedes released the first images of their W07 ahead of testing Hamilton and Rosberg were both present at Silverstone last Friday for the shakedown of Mercedes new W07 car and the German acknowledged that this was the time of year when they particularly had to work towards the same goal.At the moment were working together because its in our interests that the cars as good as possible to make sure there is no other opposition and its just between the two of us, he said.Although Hamilton comfortably won last years drivers title, Rosberg ended the campaign in some of best form of his career with a run of six poles and three wins in a row.And despite his team-mates run of title victories, Rosberg insisted: I look forward to going up against Lewis again. Hes been driving at an extremely high level and thats the sort of battle I relish - thats why I do sport for and compete for.The first Barcelona test starts on Monday February 22 and the Sky Sports F1 Digital team will be providing live commentary from dawn until dusk on all four days of both Barcelona tests while Sky Sports News HQ will also deliver live updates from trackside. Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here Also See: Merc drivers respond to Vettel Ferrari worry Mercedes ' ' '