Tuesday, January 30
Columbus, OH
7:00 PM
Indiana University
at
Ohio State
NOTES: One Day Prep For No. 18 Ohio State
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OPENING TIP
• The 118th season of Indiana basketball continues on Tuesday when the Hoosiers visit Ohio State. IU is coming off a 74-67 loss at home to Purdue, while Ohio State fell at home to Penn State, 82-79. IU is playing the 5th game of a 7-game, 17-day stretch which will see IU play four ranked opponents.
• 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 (61.5%). He is averaging 9.6 points and 4.3 rebounds. Senior Collin Hartman is not expected to play due to a lower left leg injury.
GAME INFO
Tipoff: 7:00 p.m. ET
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018
Location: Value City Arena (18,809)
TV: ESPN2 - Dave Flemming & Dan Dakich
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 on Jan. 14. 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).
• Chris Holtmann is in his first year of leading the Buckeye program. He also coached against the Hoosiers when he was the head coach at Butler and at Gardner Webb. He is 1-2 against Indiana.
NEWS & NOTES
• In the last 3 games, the Hoosiers have shot 51.9% from the field making 80-of-154 shot attempts.
• In Big Ten play, IU is second in the league in turnover margin (+2.5) and in steals (6.8)... in its 5 Big Ten wins, IU has a +26 turnover margin.
• IU has won 4 of the last 5 meetings with the Buckeyes, including 2 of the last 3 in Value City Arena. IU defeated OSU, 96-92, in the regular season finale a year ago.
• Junior Juwan Morgan continues to put together an All-Big Ten-type year. In the last 3 games, he has averaged 25.7 points and 7 rebounds and shot 64.0% from the floor. He had 28 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists at Illinois and finished with 25 points, 4 assists and 2 blocked shots against Maryland. He had 24 points, 7 boards and 2 blocks against Purdue. He leads the Hoosiers in scoring (16.3 ppg) and is among the league leaders in rebounds (7.1) and field goal percentage (59.5%). He has had six double-doubles this season. He is the most improved scorer in the Big Ten averaging 8.6 points per game more overall and 11.1 points better in conference play. He is averaging 18.4 points in the Big Ten.
• Senior Robert Johnson has made 15 of his last 34 three-point field attempts (44.1) and is averaging 15.8 points and 6.4 rebounds in his last 5 games. He had 21 points against Purdue and Michigan State. He had a career-high 28 points at Minnesota. He is now in 29th place on the IU all-time scoring list with 1,285 points and fourth on the school's all-time list with 215 treys.
• Since replacing Davis in the starting lineup, freshman Justin Smith has averaged 8.2 points per game and shot a team-high 61.4% from the field in that time. He scored 20 points and hit the go-ahead shot in the final minutes at Minnesota. He had 9 points and 4 rebounds at Michigan State. He had 12 points against Maryland.
• Junior walk-on Zach McRoberts entered the starting lineup 7 games ago and is 2nd in Big Ten games only with 1.8 steals per game. He had an IU career-high 10-point effort at Illinois after posting 7 points, 3 assists and 3 steals against Maryland.
QUICK HITS
• Junior forward Juwan Morgan is one of just 4 major conference players to average 16.0 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist/steal/block per game. The others are Marvin Bagley, Duke, Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame, and Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State.
• During the Hoosiers recent 3-game winning streak, they allowed 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.
• 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 7-1 this season when making 8 or more three-point field goals in a game.
• The Hoosiers have made 80 of their last 154 field goal attempts in the last 3 games (51.9%). They shot a season-high 56.8% at Illinois.
• IU posted its third win of the season when trailing with under 5:00 to go against Maryland. IU trailed 62-57 with 4:53 to go and outscored the Terps, 14-6. Minnesota led 67-62 with 4:53 to go and 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
7 Robert Johnson
• 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 109 of the 120 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 14.0 points per game after he notched a career-high 28 points at Minnesota. He has had six games with 20-points or more, the latest a 21-point effort against Purdue.
• Senior guard Josh Newkirk has started 51 career games. He is averaging 8.4 points and leads the team with 64 assists. He leads the team in free throw percentage making 77.8% of his charity tosses. Last year, he had 18 points and 5 assists in the Hoosiers win at Ohio State.
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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 7.0 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.
• Redshirt junior Zach McRoberts has moved into the starting lineup and is averaging 3.6 points and 4.7 rebounds in the last 10 games. He is averaging 6.3 points in his last 3 games.
• Freshman forward Justin Smith is averaging 5.5 points and averages 2.98 rebounds per game. He had 20 points against Minnesota and made the go-ahead basket with 2:30 left in the game. He had 16 points and 12 rebounds earlier this season against Howard. He had 12 points and made 6 of 8 field goals against Maryland. He has made 11 of his last 16 field goal attempts.
• Freshman guard Aljami Durham is averaging 4.6 points and 20.3 minutes per game. He had 9 points, 5 boards and 4 assists against South Florida. He had 5 points and 3 rebounds in 14 minutes against Northwestern and 5 points in 20 minutes at MSU.
• Senior Freddie McSwain Jr. tied a career-high with 10 points against Tennessee Tech. He had 10 points with 9 rebounds against Eastern Michigan and 7 points against YSU. He had 5 points and 8 boards at Minnesota. He had 4 points and 5 rebounds and 2 assists against Northwestern. He had 4 points and 5 boards at MSU and had 8 points against Purdue.
• Freshman Clifton Moore saw his most extensive Big Ten action and contributed 2 blocked shots in 7 minutes against Northwestern. He had 2 boards in 7 minutes at MSU.
• The 118th season of Indiana basketball continues on Tuesday when the Hoosiers visit Ohio State. IU is coming off a 74-67 loss at home to Purdue, while Ohio State fell at home to Penn State, 82-79. IU is playing the 5th game of a 7-game, 17-day stretch which will see IU play four ranked opponents.
• 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 (61.5%). He is averaging 9.6 points and 4.3 rebounds. Senior Collin Hartman is not expected to play due to a lower left leg injury.
GAME INFO
Tipoff: 7:00 p.m. ET
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018
Location: Value City Arena (18,809)
TV: ESPN2 - Dave Flemming & Dan Dakich
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 on Jan. 14. 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).
• Chris Holtmann is in his first year of leading the Buckeye program. He also coached against the Hoosiers when he was the head coach at Butler and at Gardner Webb. He is 1-2 against Indiana.
NEWS & NOTES
• In the last 3 games, the Hoosiers have shot 51.9% from the field making 80-of-154 shot attempts.
• In Big Ten play, IU is second in the league in turnover margin (+2.5) and in steals (6.8)... in its 5 Big Ten wins, IU has a +26 turnover margin.
• IU has won 4 of the last 5 meetings with the Buckeyes, including 2 of the last 3 in Value City Arena. IU defeated OSU, 96-92, in the regular season finale a year ago.
• Junior Juwan Morgan continues to put together an All-Big Ten-type year. In the last 3 games, he has averaged 25.7 points and 7 rebounds and shot 64.0% from the floor. He had 28 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists at Illinois and finished with 25 points, 4 assists and 2 blocked shots against Maryland. He had 24 points, 7 boards and 2 blocks against Purdue. He leads the Hoosiers in scoring (16.3 ppg) and is among the league leaders in rebounds (7.1) and field goal percentage (59.5%). He has had six double-doubles this season. He is the most improved scorer in the Big Ten averaging 8.6 points per game more overall and 11.1 points better in conference play. He is averaging 18.4 points in the Big Ten.
• Senior Robert Johnson has made 15 of his last 34 three-point field attempts (44.1) and is averaging 15.8 points and 6.4 rebounds in his last 5 games. He had 21 points against Purdue and Michigan State. He had a career-high 28 points at Minnesota. He is now in 29th place on the IU all-time scoring list with 1,285 points and fourth on the school's all-time list with 215 treys.
• Since replacing Davis in the starting lineup, freshman Justin Smith has averaged 8.2 points per game and shot a team-high 61.4% from the field in that time. He scored 20 points and hit the go-ahead shot in the final minutes at Minnesota. He had 9 points and 4 rebounds at Michigan State. He had 12 points against Maryland.
• Junior walk-on Zach McRoberts entered the starting lineup 7 games ago and is 2nd in Big Ten games only with 1.8 steals per game. He had an IU career-high 10-point effort at Illinois after posting 7 points, 3 assists and 3 steals against Maryland.
QUICK HITS
• Junior forward Juwan Morgan is one of just 4 major conference players to average 16.0 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist/steal/block per game. The others are Marvin Bagley, Duke, Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame, and Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State.
• During the Hoosiers recent 3-game winning streak, they allowed 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.
• 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 7-1 this season when making 8 or more three-point field goals in a game.
• The Hoosiers have made 80 of their last 154 field goal attempts in the last 3 games (51.9%). They shot a season-high 56.8% at Illinois.
• IU posted its third win of the season when trailing with under 5:00 to go against Maryland. IU trailed 62-57 with 4:53 to go and outscored the Terps, 14-6. Minnesota led 67-62 with 4:53 to go and 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
7 Robert Johnson
• 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 109 of the 120 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 14.0 points per game after he notched a career-high 28 points at Minnesota. He has had six games with 20-points or more, the latest a 21-point effort against Purdue.
• Senior guard Josh Newkirk has started 51 career games. He is averaging 8.4 points and leads the team with 64 assists. He leads the team in free throw percentage making 77.8% of his charity tosses. Last year, he had 18 points and 5 assists in the Hoosiers win at Ohio State.
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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 7.0 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.
• Redshirt junior Zach McRoberts has moved into the starting lineup and is averaging 3.6 points and 4.7 rebounds in the last 10 games. He is averaging 6.3 points in his last 3 games.
• Freshman forward Justin Smith is averaging 5.5 points and averages 2.98 rebounds per game. He had 20 points against Minnesota and made the go-ahead basket with 2:30 left in the game. He had 16 points and 12 rebounds earlier this season against Howard. He had 12 points and made 6 of 8 field goals against Maryland. He has made 11 of his last 16 field goal attempts.
• Freshman guard Aljami Durham is averaging 4.6 points and 20.3 minutes per game. He had 9 points, 5 boards and 4 assists against South Florida. He had 5 points and 3 rebounds in 14 minutes against Northwestern and 5 points in 20 minutes at MSU.
• Senior Freddie McSwain Jr. tied a career-high with 10 points against Tennessee Tech. He had 10 points with 9 rebounds against Eastern Michigan and 7 points against YSU. He had 5 points and 8 boards at Minnesota. He had 4 points and 5 rebounds and 2 assists against Northwestern. He had 4 points and 5 boards at MSU and had 8 points against Purdue.
• Freshman Clifton Moore saw his most extensive Big Ten action and contributed 2 blocked shots in 7 minutes against Northwestern. He had 2 boards in 7 minutes at MSU.
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