Wednesday, November 25
Maui, HI
5:00 PM
Indiana University
vs
UNLV
Preview: IU Takes On UNLV In Maui
11/24/2015 11:44:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OPENING TIP
• Indiana University is in its 116th season of men's basketball and will face UNLV in the 5th place game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. The Hoosiers, lost to Wake Forest, 82-78, on Monday came back to defeat St. John's, 83-73 on Tuesday. UNLV lost to UCLA, 77-75, on Monday and defeated Chaminade, 93-73 on Tuesday. This will be the second all-time meeting with Runnin' Rebels. The two programs met in the 1987 NCAA Semifinals in New Orleans with the Hoosiers taking a 97-93 win over #1 UNLV.
UP NEXT
• The Hoosiers host Alcorn State on Monday, November 30.
HEAD COACH TOM CREAN
• Tom Crean is in his eighth year of leading the Hoosiers. Over the last four+ years, IU is 96-46 and leads the Big Ten with 19 regular season wins over ranked opponents during that time. During that same span, the Hoosiers have appeared nationally ranked in at least one major poll during the season. He has also seen a Big Ten best three players selected in the NBA lottery over the last three years and has recruited a McDonald's All-American in each of the last five years. In addition, he has seen seven of his players score 1,000 points or more in an IU uniform. Since 2011, the Hoosiers have averaged 23 wins per season compared to 20 averaged at IU from 1995-2008. Seven players have scored 1,000 points in their career under Tom Crean at Indiana. Christian Watford (1,730), Yogi Ferrell (1,440), Verdell Jones III (1,347), Jordan Hulls (1,318), Cody Zeller (1,157), Will Sheehey (1,120) and Victor Oladipo (1,117).
WOODEN AWARD
The John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's announced its Preseason Top 50 today on ESPN's SportsCenter and on ESPN.com. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for college basketball's most prestigious individual honor. IU has three players on the Preseason Top 50 list that was announced on Tuesday. The Hoosiers are represented by senior guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell, junior forward Troy Williams and sophomore guard James Blackmon, Jr. IU is tied with Kentucky with three players among those listed.
IN MAUI
The Hoosiers have five players averaging in double figures including senior Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell (16.5), freshman Thomas Bryant (13.5), junior Troy Williams (11.5), sophomore Robert Johnson (10.5) and senior Max Bielfeldt (10.0). Williams leads the team averaging 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals. He also has eight assists. Ferrell has 12 assists and just three turnovers. He also leads the team with five offensive rebounds and 12 free throws made. Johnson has seven assists and one turnover. Bryant is averaging 5.5 boards and has three blocked shots.
DEFENSIVE CREDIT
Against Austin Peay, the Hoosiers forced 23 turnovers, the most by an IU opponent since December, 2011 against Stetson. In addition, IU had 14 steals, the most for the Hoosiers since November, 2011 against Butler. Against Eastern Illinois, the Hoosiers matched their 14-15 season lows of first half points allowed (17) and points allowed in a game (49). IU held Creighton to a 3 of 18 performance from long range including an 0-of-9 effort in the second half.
FERRELL PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN
• Senior All-Big Ten guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell has been named second team Preseason All-American by The Sporting News and USA Today, in addition to garnering third team honors from Athlon Sports and fourth team mention in Blue Ribbon Magazine. A first-team NABC and USBWA All-District selection last season, Ferrell was sixth in the Big Ten averaging 16.3 points and was fourth in assists at 4.9. He also has made a three-pointer in 68 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the nation. Ferrell, now has 1,462 points in his IU career, which ranks 17th in school history. He trails Bracey Wright by 36 points for 16th. He now has 471 career assists in his IU career, which ranks sixth in school history. He trails Jamal Meeks and Damon Bailey, who are tied for fourth with 474. He has made 200 threes in his IU career, which ranks third in school history. He had his 23rd career 20+ point effort with 22 against St. John's. Against Austin Peay, he had 22 points, nine assists and six rebounds. Against Creighton, he had 15 points, a career-high nine rebounds and six assists. For the season, he has 21 assists and just 8 turnovers in two games. For the season, he is averaging 16.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 6.6 assists.
THREE DAYS IN A ROW
• The Hoosiers will be playing for the third day in a row for the first time since the team's last visit to Maui when they played Notre Dame, St. Joseph's and Chaminade on November 24, 25, 26 and 2008.
WATCH LISTS
• The Indiana Hoosiers were well represented on the preseason watch lists released by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame earlier this month. The watch lists recognize the top 20 players in the country at each of the five positions on the court. Here's who was recognized from Indiana:
Bob Cousy Award (Top PG): Kevin Yogi Ferrell
Jerry West Award (Top SG): James Blackmon Jr.
Julius Erving Award (Top SF): Troy Williams
K. Abdul-Jabbar Award (Top C): Thomas Bryant
IU'S MAJOR CONFERENCE RANKINGS (2011-PRESENT)
• 3-point percentage, 39.9 (1st)
• Field goal percentage, 47.4 (1st)
• Free throw percentage, 73.9 (2nd)
• Points per game, 76.8 (4th)
• Home wins, 67 (5th)
LOOKING BACK AT ST. JOHN'S
• The Hoosiers have scored 138 bench points combined in their five games this season.
• The Hoosiers have averaged 23 free throw attempts in two games in Maui.
• Freshman Thomas Bryant had a season-high 19 points. He made seven of nine field goal attempts. He also has attempted 14 free throws during the two-day event.
• Senior guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell had 15 of his team-high 22 points in the second half against the Red Storm.
• Redshirt senior Nick Zeisloft made his first start of the season and eighth of his career with the Hoosiers.
• Junior Troy Williams came off the bench for just the fifth time in his career and had seven points, nine rebounds, four assist and two steals.
• Junior Collin Hartman made his second start of the season and 14th of his career. He had three points, five rebounds and two steals in 27 minutes of action.
• Graduate transfer Max Bielfeldt came off the bench and made all four of his field goal attempts. He had nine point and finished with three rebounds. He has made as many starts with IU (3) as he did in three years at Michigan.
• Sophomore Robert Johnson made his first start of the season and 34th of his career. He had seven points and four assists
• Sophomore James Blackmon, Jr., came off the bench for the first time in his career and had 12 points, including five key points in the final 1:32.
• Freshman Juwan Morgan played 11 minutes and had an offensive rebound and his first two points of his career.
• In the last calendar year, IU has defeated Butler, Creighton and St. John's of the Big East.
• Indiana University is in its 116th season of men's basketball and will face UNLV in the 5th place game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. The Hoosiers, lost to Wake Forest, 82-78, on Monday came back to defeat St. John's, 83-73 on Tuesday. UNLV lost to UCLA, 77-75, on Monday and defeated Chaminade, 93-73 on Tuesday. This will be the second all-time meeting with Runnin' Rebels. The two programs met in the 1987 NCAA Semifinals in New Orleans with the Hoosiers taking a 97-93 win over #1 UNLV.
| UNLV (4-1) vs. #13/14 Indiana (4-1) Wednesday, Nov. 25 • 5:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. HT Maui Jim Maui Invitational Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Live Stats: IUHoosiers.com TV: ESPN2 & WatchESPN (Jon Sciambi & Bill Walton) Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) Series History: Indiana leads, 1-0 Last Meeting: IU 97, vs. UNLV 93 (3/28/1987 in New Orleans) |
UP NEXT
• The Hoosiers host Alcorn State on Monday, November 30.
HEAD COACH TOM CREAN
• Tom Crean is in his eighth year of leading the Hoosiers. Over the last four+ years, IU is 96-46 and leads the Big Ten with 19 regular season wins over ranked opponents during that time. During that same span, the Hoosiers have appeared nationally ranked in at least one major poll during the season. He has also seen a Big Ten best three players selected in the NBA lottery over the last three years and has recruited a McDonald's All-American in each of the last five years. In addition, he has seen seven of his players score 1,000 points or more in an IU uniform. Since 2011, the Hoosiers have averaged 23 wins per season compared to 20 averaged at IU from 1995-2008. Seven players have scored 1,000 points in their career under Tom Crean at Indiana. Christian Watford (1,730), Yogi Ferrell (1,440), Verdell Jones III (1,347), Jordan Hulls (1,318), Cody Zeller (1,157), Will Sheehey (1,120) and Victor Oladipo (1,117).
WOODEN AWARD
The John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's announced its Preseason Top 50 today on ESPN's SportsCenter and on ESPN.com. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for college basketball's most prestigious individual honor. IU has three players on the Preseason Top 50 list that was announced on Tuesday. The Hoosiers are represented by senior guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell, junior forward Troy Williams and sophomore guard James Blackmon, Jr. IU is tied with Kentucky with three players among those listed.
IN MAUI
The Hoosiers have five players averaging in double figures including senior Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell (16.5), freshman Thomas Bryant (13.5), junior Troy Williams (11.5), sophomore Robert Johnson (10.5) and senior Max Bielfeldt (10.0). Williams leads the team averaging 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals. He also has eight assists. Ferrell has 12 assists and just three turnovers. He also leads the team with five offensive rebounds and 12 free throws made. Johnson has seven assists and one turnover. Bryant is averaging 5.5 boards and has three blocked shots.
DEFENSIVE CREDIT
Against Austin Peay, the Hoosiers forced 23 turnovers, the most by an IU opponent since December, 2011 against Stetson. In addition, IU had 14 steals, the most for the Hoosiers since November, 2011 against Butler. Against Eastern Illinois, the Hoosiers matched their 14-15 season lows of first half points allowed (17) and points allowed in a game (49). IU held Creighton to a 3 of 18 performance from long range including an 0-of-9 effort in the second half.
FERRELL PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN
• Senior All-Big Ten guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell has been named second team Preseason All-American by The Sporting News and USA Today, in addition to garnering third team honors from Athlon Sports and fourth team mention in Blue Ribbon Magazine. A first-team NABC and USBWA All-District selection last season, Ferrell was sixth in the Big Ten averaging 16.3 points and was fourth in assists at 4.9. He also has made a three-pointer in 68 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the nation. Ferrell, now has 1,462 points in his IU career, which ranks 17th in school history. He trails Bracey Wright by 36 points for 16th. He now has 471 career assists in his IU career, which ranks sixth in school history. He trails Jamal Meeks and Damon Bailey, who are tied for fourth with 474. He has made 200 threes in his IU career, which ranks third in school history. He had his 23rd career 20+ point effort with 22 against St. John's. Against Austin Peay, he had 22 points, nine assists and six rebounds. Against Creighton, he had 15 points, a career-high nine rebounds and six assists. For the season, he has 21 assists and just 8 turnovers in two games. For the season, he is averaging 16.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 6.6 assists.
THREE DAYS IN A ROW
• The Hoosiers will be playing for the third day in a row for the first time since the team's last visit to Maui when they played Notre Dame, St. Joseph's and Chaminade on November 24, 25, 26 and 2008.
WATCH LISTS
• The Indiana Hoosiers were well represented on the preseason watch lists released by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame earlier this month. The watch lists recognize the top 20 players in the country at each of the five positions on the court. Here's who was recognized from Indiana:
Bob Cousy Award (Top PG): Kevin Yogi Ferrell
Jerry West Award (Top SG): James Blackmon Jr.
Julius Erving Award (Top SF): Troy Williams
K. Abdul-Jabbar Award (Top C): Thomas Bryant
IU'S MAJOR CONFERENCE RANKINGS (2011-PRESENT)
• 3-point percentage, 39.9 (1st)
• Field goal percentage, 47.4 (1st)
• Free throw percentage, 73.9 (2nd)
• Points per game, 76.8 (4th)
• Home wins, 67 (5th)
LOOKING BACK AT ST. JOHN'S
• The Hoosiers have scored 138 bench points combined in their five games this season.
• The Hoosiers have averaged 23 free throw attempts in two games in Maui.
• Freshman Thomas Bryant had a season-high 19 points. He made seven of nine field goal attempts. He also has attempted 14 free throws during the two-day event.
• Senior guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell had 15 of his team-high 22 points in the second half against the Red Storm.
• Redshirt senior Nick Zeisloft made his first start of the season and eighth of his career with the Hoosiers.
• Junior Troy Williams came off the bench for just the fifth time in his career and had seven points, nine rebounds, four assist and two steals.
• Junior Collin Hartman made his second start of the season and 14th of his career. He had three points, five rebounds and two steals in 27 minutes of action.
• Graduate transfer Max Bielfeldt came off the bench and made all four of his field goal attempts. He had nine point and finished with three rebounds. He has made as many starts with IU (3) as he did in three years at Michigan.
• Sophomore Robert Johnson made his first start of the season and 34th of his career. He had seven points and four assists
• Sophomore James Blackmon, Jr., came off the bench for the first time in his career and had 12 points, including five key points in the final 1:32.
• Freshman Juwan Morgan played 11 minutes and had an offensive rebound and his first two points of his career.
• In the last calendar year, IU has defeated Butler, Creighton and St. John's of the Big East.
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