NOTES: Hoosiers Host Wildcats In B1G Opener
11/29/2018 7:41:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OPENING TIP
Indiana University is in its 119th season of competition in men's basketball. The Hoosiers will host Northwestern in the Big Ten opener for both teams as the league has expanded the conference schedule to 20 games this season. IU is 5-0 at home this season, but is coming off a 90-69 loss at #3 Duke in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Northwestern is on a three-game winning streak and defeated Georgia Tech, 67-61 at home in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Northwestern (6-1) at Indiana (5-2)
Saturday, Dec. 1 • 1:00 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
TV: BTN (Brandon Gaudin & Robbie Hummel) BTN2Go
Radio: IU Radio Network; XM 386, INTERNET 976
(Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith)
Listen via TuneIn
Live Stats
THE COACHES
Indiana Coach Archie Miller begins his second season of guiding the Cream and Crimson. Last year, the Hoosiers finished 16-15 and 9-9 in the Big Ten. He is 160-80 in seven-plus years as a head coach, which includes six years at the University of Dayton. His Flyer teams made NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his last four seasons, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2014. Northwestern is guided by Chris Collins who is in his sixth year in Evanston and took the Wildcats to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
NEWS & NOTES
This will be the third straight meeting between the two teams in Bloomington. IU won in 2017, 63-62, and in 2018, 66-46. The teams will meet again on January 22 in Evanston.
Saturday's game was originally scheduled for 5 p.m., but was moved to 1 p.m. after the Northwestern football team qualified for the Big Ten Championship game which is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Senior forward Juwan Morgan and freshman guard Romeo Langford were selected to the 10-member Preseason All-Big Ten team. Both are among 50 players listed as candidates for the 2019 Naismith Trophy and Wooden Award and Langford is among 20 players on the NABC Player of the Year watch list. Langford was named third-team Preseason All-American by ESPN.com and CBSSports.com and earned fourth-team honors from WatchStadium.com.
Morgan is currently 12th in the Big Ten in scoring (16.1) and 8th in rebounding (8.3) and is 2nd in field goal percentage (69.1) and 4th in 3FG% (56.3). Langford is 6th in the Big Ten in scoring (17.7) and 5th in minutes played per game (32.9). Graduate transfer Evan Fitzner is 2nd in the Big Ten in 3FG% (57.1).
Coach Archie Miller's squad is the top shooting team in the Big Ten, and seventh in the country, making 52.6% of its shots through the first two-plus weeks of the season. IU's 63.6% shooting effort against Marquette was the best ever performance for an Archie Miller coached team in his eight seasons as a head coach. His team's previous best came when Dayton beat George Mason and shot 62.9% in 2016.
LAST YEAR AGAINST NORTHWESTERN
• The Hoosiers held the Wildcats leading scorer, Scottie Lindsey to 1 of 15 shooting and an 0-7 effort from three-point range. In addition, Wildcat center Derek Pardon, who was averaging 12.1 points per game, was limited to 2 field goal attempts.
• Forward Juwan Morgan went 4-for-4 from the field, his first perfect shooting day of the season. He missed the bulk of the first half due to foul trouble and scored all of his points in the second half.
• Guard Devonte Green recorded a career-high in steals with five.
• In the second half, the Hoosiers went on a 25-2 run over 7:17 from 17:41 to 10:07 and 18-0 run over 4:11 from 14:55 to 10:07. From 14:55 to 9:48, a span of 5:07, the Wildcats were held scoreless
• The Hoosiers went on a 13-0 run over 7:20 from 16:22 to 8:45 in the first half. During the run, IU forced four turnovers while holding the Wildcats scoreless for over eight minutes.
• Northwestern started the game 2-for-17 from the field.
UP NEXT
IU will visit Penn State, Dec. 4, host Louisville Dec. 8, then play Butler in Indianapolis in the Crossroads Classic, Dec. 15.
Indiana University is in its 119th season of competition in men's basketball. The Hoosiers will host Northwestern in the Big Ten opener for both teams as the league has expanded the conference schedule to 20 games this season. IU is 5-0 at home this season, but is coming off a 90-69 loss at #3 Duke in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Northwestern is on a three-game winning streak and defeated Georgia Tech, 67-61 at home in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Northwestern (6-1) at Indiana (5-2)
Saturday, Dec. 1 • 1:00 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
TV: BTN (Brandon Gaudin & Robbie Hummel) BTN2Go
Radio: IU Radio Network; XM 386, INTERNET 976
(Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith)
Listen via TuneIn
Live Stats
THE COACHES
Indiana Coach Archie Miller begins his second season of guiding the Cream and Crimson. Last year, the Hoosiers finished 16-15 and 9-9 in the Big Ten. He is 160-80 in seven-plus years as a head coach, which includes six years at the University of Dayton. His Flyer teams made NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his last four seasons, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2014. Northwestern is guided by Chris Collins who is in his sixth year in Evanston and took the Wildcats to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
NEWS & NOTES
This will be the third straight meeting between the two teams in Bloomington. IU won in 2017, 63-62, and in 2018, 66-46. The teams will meet again on January 22 in Evanston.
Saturday's game was originally scheduled for 5 p.m., but was moved to 1 p.m. after the Northwestern football team qualified for the Big Ten Championship game which is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Senior forward Juwan Morgan and freshman guard Romeo Langford were selected to the 10-member Preseason All-Big Ten team. Both are among 50 players listed as candidates for the 2019 Naismith Trophy and Wooden Award and Langford is among 20 players on the NABC Player of the Year watch list. Langford was named third-team Preseason All-American by ESPN.com and CBSSports.com and earned fourth-team honors from WatchStadium.com.
Morgan is currently 12th in the Big Ten in scoring (16.1) and 8th in rebounding (8.3) and is 2nd in field goal percentage (69.1) and 4th in 3FG% (56.3). Langford is 6th in the Big Ten in scoring (17.7) and 5th in minutes played per game (32.9). Graduate transfer Evan Fitzner is 2nd in the Big Ten in 3FG% (57.1).
Coach Archie Miller's squad is the top shooting team in the Big Ten, and seventh in the country, making 52.6% of its shots through the first two-plus weeks of the season. IU's 63.6% shooting effort against Marquette was the best ever performance for an Archie Miller coached team in his eight seasons as a head coach. His team's previous best came when Dayton beat George Mason and shot 62.9% in 2016.
LAST YEAR AGAINST NORTHWESTERN
• The Hoosiers held the Wildcats leading scorer, Scottie Lindsey to 1 of 15 shooting and an 0-7 effort from three-point range. In addition, Wildcat center Derek Pardon, who was averaging 12.1 points per game, was limited to 2 field goal attempts.
• Forward Juwan Morgan went 4-for-4 from the field, his first perfect shooting day of the season. He missed the bulk of the first half due to foul trouble and scored all of his points in the second half.
• Guard Devonte Green recorded a career-high in steals with five.
• In the second half, the Hoosiers went on a 25-2 run over 7:17 from 17:41 to 10:07 and 18-0 run over 4:11 from 14:55 to 10:07. From 14:55 to 9:48, a span of 5:07, the Wildcats were held scoreless
• The Hoosiers went on a 13-0 run over 7:20 from 16:22 to 8:45 in the first half. During the run, IU forced four turnovers while holding the Wildcats scoreless for over eight minutes.
• Northwestern started the game 2-for-17 from the field.
UP NEXT
IU will visit Penn State, Dec. 4, host Louisville Dec. 8, then play Butler in Indianapolis in the Crossroads Classic, Dec. 15.
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