Postgame Notes vs. Illinois

Indiana vs. Illinois
Postgame Notes

• Indiana won its third in a row, the third 3+ game winning streak of the season.

• Dating back to 2015, the Hoosiers have won seven of the last eight against the Illini. This is IU's first win in Champaign since a 74-47 victory on Feb. 25, 2016. IU has won 3 of its last 4 in Champaign. The Hoosiers lead the series 93-87.

• The 18-point win was the largest margin of victory over a Big Ten team this season.

• IU's largest lead of the night was 22.

• The Hoosiers turned the ball over seven times against the Big Ten's leading forced turnover team. 7 forced turnovers are the fewest by Illinois this season who had been forcing 16.4 per game. IU has turned the ball over just 9.3 times per game during their 3-game win streak.

• Indiana tallied 52 points in the point, tying their second highest mark of the season (54 vs. Chicago St., 52 vs. UT Arlington).

•. The last time IU had 50 points or more in the paint in a Big Ten game was when they had 66 against Penn State on February 1, 2017.

• The Hoosiers shot 55.4 percent from the field, the highest since shooting 64.8 percent against Jacksonville on Dec. 22, 2018.

• Five Hoosiers (Langford, Smith, Phinisee, Morgan, Green) were in double figures for the first time since Feb. 22, 2019 against Iowa.

• The 92 points are the most points against a Big Ten foe since scoring 95 against Iowa on March 9, 2016.

• The 52 first half points from Indiana were the second most points (53, vs. Chicago State) scored in a half all season.

• IU closed the first half making 10-of-13 from the field.

• Indiana made 22 field goals in the first half. There have been six games this season where the Hoosiers did not make 22 FG in the whole game.

• In the second half, IU went on a 10-2 run from 16:36 to 13:13 lasting 3:07.

• IU went on a 14-2 run from 13:43 to 9:24 in the first half, lasting 3:16. The Hoosiers turned a 16-12 deficit into a 26-18 lead.

• In 57 minutes of action, freshman Rob Phinisee and junior Devonte Green combined for 11 assists and 0 turnovers.

• Senior Juwan Morgan led the Hoosiers in scoring with 20 points, his fifth game this season with 20+ points. Morgan now has 1,273 career points, moving him up to 30^th on the Indiana All-Time Scoring list. He has averaged 10.1 rebounds in his last 7 games after he grabbed 9 boards tonight.

• Freshman Rob Phinisee had a career-high 17 points in the win. He mad 7 of 12 from the field and had 5 assists without a turnover. In the last 5 games covering 163 minutes, he has had 18 assists and just 3 turnovers. He also has averaged 10.2 points since the Purdue game at home.

• Freshman Romeo Langford put up 10 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out three assists. In all but three of the 30 games he has played, Langford has double digit point totals.

• In his 27 minutes of action, sophomore Justin Smith tallied 15 points and seven rebounds. He has averaged 19.5 points in his last 2 games with just 1 turnover.

• Junior Devonte Green was also in double figures (11 pts.) for IU, and had six assists, one short of his career-high. He has averaged 12 points and 5 assists and made 6 of 10 long distance calls in the last 2 games.

• Junior De'Ron Davis tallied nine points in the win after going 3-of-5 from the field and 3-for-3 at the charity stripe. Since February began, Davis is averaging 7.4 points and shooting a team-high 56.8% from the field.

• Sophomore Al Durham connected on a three-pointer as part of his six points. Grad transfer Evan Fitzner hit a 3-pointer as well. Freshman Race Thompson added a free throw and senior Zach McRoberts had a key offensive board in 6 minutes.

Players Mentioned

De'Ron Davis

Evan Fitzner

Devonte Green

Romeo Langford

Zach McRoberts

Juwan Morgan

Rob Phinisee

Justin Smith

Race Thompson

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