Postgame Notes: Indiana vs. Notre Dame

Indiana vs. Notre Dame
Dec. 21, 2019
Postgame Notes

The Hoosiers improved to 11-1 on the season and 6-3 in the Crossroads Classic with a 62-60 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday. The win marks the third straight in the Classic for IU and the third-straight win in the Classic over Notre Dame.
Head coach Archie Miller is 3-0 in the Crossroads Classic during his time at IU.
Indiana scored the game's first field goal on a redshirt junior forward Joey Brunk layup with 17:40 remaining in the first half and the Hoosiers scored the last field goal of the game to win on a freshman guard Armaan Franklin 3-pointer with 15.7 seconds remaining.
Franklin checked in at the 7:53 mark in the first half with the Hoosiers up by one and Franklin scored six-straight points to put the Hoosiers up 23-16 with six minutes remaining in the half. Franklin also scored six of the final eight points for IU in the game.
After John Mooney gave Notre Dame its biggest lead at 59-54 with two free throws with 3:42 left, the teams exchanged turnovers. Franklin hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to 59-57 with 2:49 to go. IU forced another Irish turnover but Jackson-Davis missed an inside shot. The Hoosiers drew an offensive foul and a turnover with 1:38 to go and Jackson-Davis tied the game with a minute left on a dunk.
Prentiss Hubb made 1-of-2 free throws with 35 seconds left for the Irish. With 15 seconds left, junior guard Aljami Durham hit Franklin in the corner who buried the game winner for IU.
With four seconds left, Jackson-Davis blocked Mooney's game tying attempt as IU took possession. Junior forward Justin Smith missed a free throw with three seconds left and Rex Pflueger's desperation half-court shot missed to end the game.
Indiana outrebounded the Fighting Irish 42-32 and are now 11-0 when outrebounding its opponents. IU grabbed 15 of those on the offensive side and converted them into 15 points.
The Hoosiers' largest lead came three times early in the second half at 17 on a Durham free throw (16:35), a senior guard Devonte Green layup (15:54) and a Jackson-Davis layup (15:18).
Three Hoosiers scored in double figures on Saturday, Franklin (17), Jackson-Davis (14) and Green (11).
Franklin scored a career-high 17 points on 4-of-5 shooting from behind the arc and also dished out the assist on the game-tying basket by Jackson-Davis with 1:00 remaining.
Jackson-Davis added 14 points for the Hoosiers on 7-of-9 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds, while recording a pair of blocks and steals.
Green scored 11 points for the Hoosiers and dished out two assists in 29 minutes of action.
Brunk nearly had a double-double finishing with nine points and a career-high 14 rebounds. He also dished out four assists in 31 minutes.
Durham tallied five points for Indiana and dished out a team-high four assists.
Smith scored four points for Indiana and grabbed six rebounds, while adding a block and a steal.
Redshirt freshman Jerome Hunter scored two points for IU and grabbed a rebound in 10 minutes.
Sophomore guard Rob Phinisee grabbed two rebounds and added two assists for the Hoosiers.
Redshirt sophomore Race Thompson grabbed three rebounds and dished out an assist.
Sophomore forward Damezi Anderson recorded four minutes of playing time.
Senior forward De'Ron Davis saw one minute of action.
The Hoosiers will come back after Christmas to host Arkansas at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

Players Mentioned

Damezi Anderson

Joey Brunk

De'Ron Davis

Aljami Durham

Armaan Franklin

Devonte Green

Jerome Hunter

Rob Phinisee

Justin Smith

Race Thompson

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