Postgame Notes: Indiana vs. Louisiana Tech

Indiana vs. Louisiana Tech
Nov. 25, 2019
Postgame Notes

Indiana is 6-0 for the first time since the 2012-13 season (9-0) after defeating the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a score of 88-75 on Monday night.
IU is 3-0 all-time against the Bulldogs having defeated Louisiana Tech by a score of 84-63 in 1995 and 73-44 in 1996. Both games were in Assembly Hall.
The game marked the third of the Indiana Challenge.
Louisiana Tech entered the game with the 10th-highest turnover rate in the country (13.8 percent). The Hoosiers forced 20 turnovers and outscored the Bulldogs, 20-16, off turnovers.
The 52-first half points scored by Indiana marked the second most points scored by the Hoosiers in the opening half. IU tallied a season-best 58 points against Troy on Nov. 17.
Three-straight coast-to-coast layups gave the Hoosiers their first six points of the game and a 6-2 lead. The last layup by junior guard Aljami Durham resulted in an and-one opportunity and a timeout by Louisiana Tech.
After allowing a bucket on the opening possession of the game, Indiana rattled off a 14-2 lead to seize control of the game. The Hoosiers never trailed again.
A layup by Durham at the 7:29 mark in the first half gave the Hoosiers their largest lead of the game at 23 points.
The Hoosiers went 28-of-38 (73.7 percent) from the free throw line. Indiana has shot above 70.0 percent from the free throw line in five of its six games this season.
Four Hoosiers reached double figures in the scoring column, led by a career-best 21 points from freshman forward Trayce Jackson-Davis. Durham secured 18 points, senior guard Devonte Green tallied 16 points, and redshirt junior forward Joey Brunk scored 12 points.
Jackson-Davis scored 20-plus points for the second time and grabbed double-figure rebounds (11) for the third time this season. The game marked his third double-double of the season after he secured 13 points and 10 rebounds against Portland State and 17 points and 14 boards against Troy.
The Greenwood, Ind., native also knocked down 11-of-13 (84.6 percent) of his free throws, the second time this season he made at least 10 free throws. Jackson-Davis finished 5-of-9 from the floor.
Green tallied 16 points on 3-of-5 shooting from behind the 3-point line in 27 minutes for the Hoosiers. He also grabbed two rebounds.
Durham had 18 points in 31 minutes and added a team-high four assists and four rebounds.
Brunk scored 12 points and nearly finished as the second Hoosier with a double-double with eight rebounds. He also dished out four assists.
Junior forward Justin Smith scored three points and added three rebounds and a team-high three steals in 33 minutes.
Redshirt sophomore forward Race Thompson made his first career 3-pointer and finished the game with six points and two rebounds.
Freshman guard Armaan Franklin played 23 minutes and finished with four points, three rebounds, and two assists.
Redshirt freshman forward Jerome Hunter scored three points for the Hoosiers and grabbed two rebounds.
Sophomore forward Damezi Anderson scored five points and grabbed a rebound in seven minutes. He has scored 33 points this season, which equals his season total from his freshman year.
Senior forward De'Ron Davis recorded four minutes of playing time for the Hoosiers.
The Hoosiers will be back in action for the fourth and final game of the Indiana Challenge at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30 against South Dakota State.

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Trayce Jackson-Davis

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