Indiana University
Ohio State
NOTES: #iubb Set for Saturday Showdown at Ohio State
1/31/2020 10:18:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Indiana University is in its 120th season of competition in men's basketball and will conclude a two-game roadtrip Saturday at Ohio State. IU won the first meeting on January 11, 66-54, but is coming off a loss at Penn State, 64-49 on Wednesday. The Buckeyes won at Northwestern, 71-59 last Sunday. According to ESPN's BPI, the Hoosiers are projected to have the 4th toughest strength of schedule in the country for the remainder of the season.
GAME INFORMATION
Saturday, Feb. 1 • Noon ET
Value City Arena (18,809) • Columbus, Ohio
TV: ESPN (Jason Benetti and Robbie Hummel) | Watch Online
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) | TuneIn
Series History: Indiana leads, 108-86
Last Meeting: at IU 66, OSU 54 - 1/11/20
THE COACHES
Indiana Coach Archie Miller is in his third season of guiding the Cream and Crimson. He is 189-100 in eight-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. He is 50-37 at IU. Chris Holtmann is 58-31 in 3 seasons at OSU.
NEWS & NOTES
Freshman Trayce Jackson-Davis is averaging a team-best 14.0 points and 7.9 rebounds. Among freshmen nationally, he is 3rd in field goal percentage (61.3%), 4th in free throws made (83), blocked shots (38), and in free throws attempted (118) and 8th in rebounds (166). He is 8th in the Big Ten in rebounding, 2nd in field goal percentage and 8th in blocked shots. He had 14 points and 7 boards against Penn State.
Junior Justin Smith is averaging 11.6 points and leads the Hoosiers with 24 steals. He had 13 points and 7 boards at Penn State. Among players in the Big Ten who have come off the bench 10 or more times this season, senior Devonte Green leads the conference averaging 11.1 points in those games. Green had 19 points against OSU in the first meeting this season, a career-high 31 points in last years Big Ten Tournament against the Buckeyes and in 20 in his last visit to Columbus two seasons ago.
Redshirt junior forward Joey Brunk is averaging 10.4 points in his last 5 games. In 9 league games, he is 4th in the league in FG% making 56.5% of his shots. In his last 3 games, Jerome Hunter, who tied his career-high with 12 points against Maryland, is averaging 6.7 points and has hit 5 triples in that same time frame. He is from nearby Pickerington North High School but missed the PSU game after becoming ill following pregame warmups.
Sophomore Rob Phinisee had 13 points and 4 steals in the last meeting with the Buckeyes. Junior Aljami Durham is averaging 10.0 points and leads the team from behind the arc shooting 36.5%.
ODDS AND TREND
The 22 assists against Maryland were a season-high and the 6 turnovers in that game were a season low. IU matched its season-high in 3FGM with 9 against the Terrapins. In league play, IU is 2nd in the conference in rebound margin (+6.9) and are 14th in the nation in overall rebound margin (+8.4). IU has the best defensive rebounding pct. in the league hauling in 76.4 % of opponent misses. IU leads the Big Ten making 347 free throws in 509 attempts.
