NOTES: Hoosiers Head North To East Lansing

OPENING TIP
•   The 118th season of Indiana basketball continues on Friday when the Hoosiers visit #9 Michigan State. IU has won three straight games and is coming off a 66-46 win at home over Northwestern, while MSU fell at home to Michigan, 82-72.

• Sophomore center De'Ron Davis, who started the first 15 games this season, underwent surgery on Jan. 10 to repair a torn Achilles tendon in his right leg and will miss the remainder of the season. The Colorado native is fourth in the Big Ten in field goal percentage shooting 61.5%. He is averaging 9.6 points and 4.3 rebounds.

GAME INFO
Tipoff: 7:00 p.m. ET
Date: Friday, Jan. 19, 2018
Location: Breslin Center (14,797)
TV: FS1 - Gus Johnson & Jimmy Jackson
Radio: IU Radio Network - Don Fischer, Errek Suhr & Mike Glasscott

THE COACHES
•   Archie Miller is the 29th head coach in Indiana men's basketball history. He won his 150th career game with the triumph over Northwestern. The 39-year old native of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, comes to IU after serving the previous six seasons as head coach at the University of Dayton, where he won Atlantic 10 Conference regular season championships in 2016 and 2017. He was Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 2017. He guided the Flyers to a 139-63 record (69.8) and a 68-34 mark (66.7) in the Atlantic 10. He took Dayton to the NCAA Tournament each of the last four years, with the Flyers advancing to the Elite Eight in the 2014 Tournament. UD was nationally ranked in 3 of Miller's 6 seasons (2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16).

•   Tom Izzo is in his 23rd year of leading the Spartan program. MSU assistant coach Dane Fife played four years at IU from 1999-2002. Fife was a member of a squad which won a share of the Big Ten title in 2002 and advanced to the 2002 NCAA Championship game.

NEWS & NOTES
• One of the best defensive efforts in years and a hot second half shooting performance carried IU to the win over Northwestern. IU held the Wildcats (who came in averaging 74 points per game) to 46, the third lowest total the Hoosiers had allowed in a Big Ten game since 2000. They also limited the visitors to 26.8% shooting (the 2nd lowest output for an IU opponent since 2000). The Hoosiers shot 60.9% in the second half.

• Junior Juwan Morgan is 9th in the league in scoring (17.5), 6th in rebounding (8.3), 5th in steals (1.5) and 7th in field goal percentage (61.8%) in Big Ten play. He had his 6th double-double of the season with 21 points and 11 rebounds against Penn State. He is the most improved player in the Big Ten upping his scoring 7.9 points per game since last season overall and +10.2 points in league play.

• Senior Robert Johnson is averaging 18.3 points during the Hoosiers three-game winning streak. He had a team-high 17 points against Northwestern. He is now in 34th place on the IU all-time scoring list with 1,223 points and fourth on the school's all-time list with 205 treys.

• Redshirt junior walk-on Zach McRoberts moved into the starting lineup four games ago and his propensity to make winning plays is the reason why. It was his offensive rebound off a Morgan missed free throw and assist in the final seconds that propelled IU to a comeback win earlier this season against Notre Dame.

• Fifth-year senior Collin Hartman is battling a right shoulder injury which caused him to miss the Minnesota game, but he came off the bench to post 10 points and 5 rebounds in 27 minutes against the Nittany Lions. He followed that up with 6 points, 3 boards and 5 assists against Northwestern. He had 18 points against Wisconsin and is averaging 9.8 points in Big Ten play.

• With the Hoosiers down key contributors in Davis and Hartman, freshman Justin Smith was inserted into the starting lineup at Minnesota and came though in a big way. He scored 20 points and hit the go-ahead shot in the final minutes. He had 8 points and 5 boards against Northwestern.

• Senior Josh Newkirk had 16 points, 4 assists and did not commit a turnover in 30 minutes against Penn State. The Hoosiers are 5-1 in his career when he scores 16 points or more in a game. He is averaging 14.0 points in the last 2 games.

QUICK HITS
• The Hoosiers are second in Big Ten games in steals (7.0) and turnover margin (+3.7).

• During the Hoosiers 3-game winning streak, they are allowing opponents, 62.3 points on 39.5% shooting from the field and 35.5% shooting from long range. They had entered the Minnesota game allowing 72.4 points per game on 43.9% shooting and 38.4% from 3FG range.

• In IU's 4 Big Ten wins they have a +20 in turnover margin and have made 56 free throws, while opponents have attempted 52 charity tosses.

• IU held Northwestern without a double-figure scorer, marking the first time the Hoosiers had done that in a Big Ten game since 2-5-02 against Iowa.

• IU is 7-0 this season when making 8 triples or more in a game.

• After being held scoreless in the first half against Northwestern, junior Juwan Morgan and freshman Justin Smith each contributed 8 points in the second half as IU opened the half on a 29-7 run.
• IU posted its second win of the season when trailing with under 5:00 to go against Minnesota. UM led 67-62 with 4:53 to go. IU outscored them down the stretch 13-4 for the win. The Hoosiers also trailed late against Notre Dame before pulling out the win. The Hoosiers trailed the Irish, 65-57 with 2:01 remaining in the game.

• Throughout the year, Coach Archie Miller and his staff will reward a player whose performance in practice is superior to others by presenting them with the Gold Standard Jersey. The following have had the honor this season.

1.   Devonte Green
2.   Juwan Morgan
3.   Robert Johnson
4.   Josh Newkirk
5.   Collin Hartman
6.   Devonte Green

• Graduate forward Collin Hartman is back for a fifth year after sitting out last year with knee surgery. Hartman started 24 games for the eventual Big Ten champions in 2016, averaging 5.0 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. He had a career-high 18 points at Wisconsin and added 10 points and 5 boards against Penn State. He had 11 points in 16 minutes against Duke and had a career-high 12 rebounds against Fort Wayne. He followed that up with a season-high 13 points against Iowa.

• Senior guard Robert Johnson has been a starter for 105 of the 116 games he has been healthy to play since joining the team in 2014-15. The newest member of IU's 1,000-point club is averaging 13.6 points per game after he notched a career-high 28 points at Minnesota. He had 14 points and 5 assists against Wisconsin. He added 17 points against Northwestern.

• Senior guard Josh Newkirk has started 50 career games. He is shooting 38.5% from long distance against Big Ten opponents this year. He had 12 points and made 2 of 3 triples against Northwestern.

• Junior forward Juwan Morgan is arguably one of the most improved players in the Big Ten. He has 6 double-doubles, the latest coming in a 21-point, 11 rebound effort against PSU, following a 20-point, 12-board performance at Minnesota. He is averaging 17.1 points and 8.6 rebounds in his last 10 games.
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• Sophomore forward De'Ron Davis is third on the team averaging 9.6 points and is second at 4.3 rebounds and is out for the season after having surgery on his right achilles.

• Sophomore guard Devonte Green is averaging a team-high 7.5 points when coming off the bench. He had 13 points against Penn State and made 4 free throws in the final 30 seconds to preserve the win for IU. He also made 2 free throws in the final seconds to help IU beat Notre Dame.

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Players Mentioned

De'Ron Davis

Devonte Green

Collin Hartman

Robert Johnson

Zach McRoberts

Juwan Morgan

Josh Newkirk

Justin Smith