Indiana University Athletics
By The Numbers: Hoosiers Win Over Kansas in Honolulu
11/13/2016 5:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Following a thrilling 103-99 overtime win against No. 2/3 Kansas on Friday night in Hawaii as part of the State Farm Armed Forces Classic, we take a look back at the game and some the stats and trends that emerged from the game:
• The win over No. 2/3 Kansas makes it the highest ranked opponent the Hoosiers have defeated in a season opener since beating No. 2 UCLA in St. Louis in 1975. Over the last five-plus years, Indiana is tied for the second most wins in the country against AP Top 3 teams.
Most Wins Vs. AP Top 3 Teams, Since 2011-12
Duke 6
Indiana 5
Kansas 5
Wisconsin 5
• IU had played three other ranked teams in the season opener and lost all three times. IU fell to No. 17 Louisville in 1984, to No. 11 UCLA in 1991 and to No. 24 Temple in 1997.
• Friday's game was the first that the Hoosiers scored 100 points or more against a ranked opponent since beating No. 17 Tulane, 103-80 in November of 1992.
• IU won its 19th straight season opener, while snapping the Jayhawks 14-game season opening winning streak. It was the Hoosiers first season opening win away from Assembly Hall since beating Lafayette in the 2006 Preseason NIT at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
• This was just the second time in nine seasons that IU did not start a freshman in the season opener. The last time came in 2009-10 when Will Sheehey and Victor Oladipo were frosh.
• Sophomore OG Annunoby and junior Josh Newkirk made his first career starts for the Hoosiers. Junior Robert Johnson made his 56th career start, junior James Blackmon Jr., started his 46th game and sophomore Thomas Bryant was in the starting lineup for the 36th occasion.
• Blackmon Jr. has been in the opening night starting lineup each of the last three years and Bryant for the second straight season. Johnson started on opening night as a freshman and this year.
• Newkirk, Jones, freshman Devonte Green, freshman De'Ron Davis and junior Freddie McSwain, Jr., all played in their first game with the Hoosiers.
• Indiana has now won 24 regular season games against ranked opponents, the highest total in the Big Ten since 2011-12 and second most only behind Kansas. Indiana increases its lead in the all-time series against Kansas to 8-6.
• The 103 points scored makes it three out of the last four years that Indiana has scored 100 or more points in the season opener (100 vs. Chicago State in 2013; 116 vs. Mississippi Valley State in 2014).
• Indiana connected on 15 3-point field goals in the game, the eighth time under Tom Crean that the Hoosiers have made at least 15 in a game. Since the start of the 2014-15 season, IU leads all major conference teams making 9.7 three-pointers per game.
• The 15 3-pointers made by the Hoosiers are the most that Kansas has allowed in a non-conference game since at least 1996-97 (courtesy STATS, INC.).
• IU held Kansas to just 2-for-9 shooting in the overtime period.
• Indiana shot 50.0 percent (14-for-28) from the field in the second half, including 7-for-12 from long distance. When you add in the 2-for-3 effort in overtime, the Hoosiers were 9-for-15 over the final 25 minutes.
• The game featured 16 ties and 17 lead changes. Kansas' largest lead was nine points early in the second half while the Hoosiers largest lead was five points with 3:45 left in regulation. The 31 fouls against the Hoosiers was tied for the most called against Indiana in the Tom Crean Era and was just the third time since 2008-09 that three Hoosiers had fouled out in a game.
Player Plaudits
• Junior James Blackmon, Jr., returned from knee surgery which cost him the final 22 games of the season last year and scored 22 of his 26 points in the second half and overtime to lead the No. 11/12 Hoosiers to a win over the No. 2/3 Kansas Jayhawks in the Armed Forces Classic. His three pointer with 2:30 gave the Hoosiers the lead for good in the overtime period. In the second half and overtime, he was 6-for-12 from the field, 4-for-7 from 3-point range and 6-for-6 from the line. He also had six rebounds.
• It's the 14th game of his career scoring at least 20 points. He went 4-of-8 from the 3-point line and 6-for-7 at the free throw line while also grabbing six rebounds. He now has 750 points in 47 career games played. He is averaging 16.0 points in his career, which is the second-highest mark of any Hoosier player in the Tom Crean Era. Cody Zeller averaged 16.1 points in two seasons.
• Freshman Curtis Jones came off the bench and scored 15 points in 16 minutes, including seven points in overtime to lead the Hoosiers to the win over the Jayhawks in Honolulu. He scored five points in a one minute span in the first half to give IU its first lead in the game with a 3-pointer and a driving layup. In the overtime, he hit a 3-pointer with 1:45 to go to extend the lead to 97-93 for the Hoosiers. With IU up by two with 16 seconds to play, Jones knocked in two free throws and with Kansas pressing down two with five seconds to play, Jones took the inbounds after breaking away from the press and sealed the victory with a slam dunk.
• Bryant recorded his third career double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. He kept the Hoosiers in the game in the first half with 16 points, including a career-best two 3-point field goals. Other Hoosiers who have had double-doubles on opening night in the Crean Era include Tom Pritchard vs. Northwestern State in 2008-09, Christian Watford vs. Howard, 2009-10, Cody Zeller vs. Stony Brook, 2011-12, Watford and Zeller vs. Bryant, 2012-13 and Noah Vonleh vs. Chicago State, 2013-14.
• Anunoby did a little bit of everything, totaling 13 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots (ties career high). He also matched a career best with three made 3-point field goals. His 36 minutes played also were a career-high.
• Johnson was the fifth Hoosier in double figures, scoring 10 points to go with two assists and two steals. He scored seven points in a 1:15 stretch in the second half.
• Newkirk finished with seven points in his first game as a Hoosier after sitting out last year after transferring from Pittsburgh. He also grabbed five rebounds (career high) and handed out four assists in 35 minutes.
• Sophomore forward Juwan Morgan hauled down a career-best 10 rebounds while scoring six points and dishing out four assists in a career-high 26 minutes off the bench.
• Freshman forward De'Ron Davis began his IU career with four points, but the most crucial were a pair of free throws in the overtime period to make it a two-possession game with 42 seconds left.
• Freshman guard Devonte Green connected on a 3-point field goal for his only points of the game.
• Junior forward Freddie McSwain Jr. made his Indiana debut by playing four minutes and grabbing two rebounds.
• The win over No. 2/3 Kansas makes it the highest ranked opponent the Hoosiers have defeated in a season opener since beating No. 2 UCLA in St. Louis in 1975. Over the last five-plus years, Indiana is tied for the second most wins in the country against AP Top 3 teams.
Most Wins Vs. AP Top 3 Teams, Since 2011-12
Duke 6
Indiana 5
Kansas 5
Wisconsin 5
• IU had played three other ranked teams in the season opener and lost all three times. IU fell to No. 17 Louisville in 1984, to No. 11 UCLA in 1991 and to No. 24 Temple in 1997.
• Friday's game was the first that the Hoosiers scored 100 points or more against a ranked opponent since beating No. 17 Tulane, 103-80 in November of 1992.
• IU won its 19th straight season opener, while snapping the Jayhawks 14-game season opening winning streak. It was the Hoosiers first season opening win away from Assembly Hall since beating Lafayette in the 2006 Preseason NIT at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
• This was just the second time in nine seasons that IU did not start a freshman in the season opener. The last time came in 2009-10 when Will Sheehey and Victor Oladipo were frosh.
• Sophomore OG Annunoby and junior Josh Newkirk made his first career starts for the Hoosiers. Junior Robert Johnson made his 56th career start, junior James Blackmon Jr., started his 46th game and sophomore Thomas Bryant was in the starting lineup for the 36th occasion.
• Blackmon Jr. has been in the opening night starting lineup each of the last three years and Bryant for the second straight season. Johnson started on opening night as a freshman and this year.
• Newkirk, Jones, freshman Devonte Green, freshman De'Ron Davis and junior Freddie McSwain, Jr., all played in their first game with the Hoosiers.
• Indiana has now won 24 regular season games against ranked opponents, the highest total in the Big Ten since 2011-12 and second most only behind Kansas. Indiana increases its lead in the all-time series against Kansas to 8-6.
• The 103 points scored makes it three out of the last four years that Indiana has scored 100 or more points in the season opener (100 vs. Chicago State in 2013; 116 vs. Mississippi Valley State in 2014).
• Indiana connected on 15 3-point field goals in the game, the eighth time under Tom Crean that the Hoosiers have made at least 15 in a game. Since the start of the 2014-15 season, IU leads all major conference teams making 9.7 three-pointers per game.
• The 15 3-pointers made by the Hoosiers are the most that Kansas has allowed in a non-conference game since at least 1996-97 (courtesy STATS, INC.).
• IU held Kansas to just 2-for-9 shooting in the overtime period.
• Indiana shot 50.0 percent (14-for-28) from the field in the second half, including 7-for-12 from long distance. When you add in the 2-for-3 effort in overtime, the Hoosiers were 9-for-15 over the final 25 minutes.
• The game featured 16 ties and 17 lead changes. Kansas' largest lead was nine points early in the second half while the Hoosiers largest lead was five points with 3:45 left in regulation. The 31 fouls against the Hoosiers was tied for the most called against Indiana in the Tom Crean Era and was just the third time since 2008-09 that three Hoosiers had fouled out in a game.
Player Plaudits
• Junior James Blackmon, Jr., returned from knee surgery which cost him the final 22 games of the season last year and scored 22 of his 26 points in the second half and overtime to lead the No. 11/12 Hoosiers to a win over the No. 2/3 Kansas Jayhawks in the Armed Forces Classic. His three pointer with 2:30 gave the Hoosiers the lead for good in the overtime period. In the second half and overtime, he was 6-for-12 from the field, 4-for-7 from 3-point range and 6-for-6 from the line. He also had six rebounds.
• It's the 14th game of his career scoring at least 20 points. He went 4-of-8 from the 3-point line and 6-for-7 at the free throw line while also grabbing six rebounds. He now has 750 points in 47 career games played. He is averaging 16.0 points in his career, which is the second-highest mark of any Hoosier player in the Tom Crean Era. Cody Zeller averaged 16.1 points in two seasons.
• Freshman Curtis Jones came off the bench and scored 15 points in 16 minutes, including seven points in overtime to lead the Hoosiers to the win over the Jayhawks in Honolulu. He scored five points in a one minute span in the first half to give IU its first lead in the game with a 3-pointer and a driving layup. In the overtime, he hit a 3-pointer with 1:45 to go to extend the lead to 97-93 for the Hoosiers. With IU up by two with 16 seconds to play, Jones knocked in two free throws and with Kansas pressing down two with five seconds to play, Jones took the inbounds after breaking away from the press and sealed the victory with a slam dunk.
• Bryant recorded his third career double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. He kept the Hoosiers in the game in the first half with 16 points, including a career-best two 3-point field goals. Other Hoosiers who have had double-doubles on opening night in the Crean Era include Tom Pritchard vs. Northwestern State in 2008-09, Christian Watford vs. Howard, 2009-10, Cody Zeller vs. Stony Brook, 2011-12, Watford and Zeller vs. Bryant, 2012-13 and Noah Vonleh vs. Chicago State, 2013-14.
• Anunoby did a little bit of everything, totaling 13 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots (ties career high). He also matched a career best with three made 3-point field goals. His 36 minutes played also were a career-high.
• Johnson was the fifth Hoosier in double figures, scoring 10 points to go with two assists and two steals. He scored seven points in a 1:15 stretch in the second half.
• Newkirk finished with seven points in his first game as a Hoosier after sitting out last year after transferring from Pittsburgh. He also grabbed five rebounds (career high) and handed out four assists in 35 minutes.
• Sophomore forward Juwan Morgan hauled down a career-best 10 rebounds while scoring six points and dishing out four assists in a career-high 26 minutes off the bench.
• Freshman forward De'Ron Davis began his IU career with four points, but the most crucial were a pair of free throws in the overtime period to make it a two-possession game with 42 seconds left.
• Freshman guard Devonte Green connected on a 3-point field goal for his only points of the game.
• Junior forward Freddie McSwain Jr. made his Indiana debut by playing four minutes and grabbing two rebounds.
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