Indiana University
Wisconsin
NOTES: IU Travels to No. 8/10 Wisconsin Thursday Night
1/6/2021 12:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OPENING TIP
Indiana University is in its 121st season of competition in men's basketball and opens the doors of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the 50th season. The Hoosiers will visit Wisconsin with a two-game winning streak on the line. IU is coming off a 63-55 win over Maryland and an 87-85 overtime win over Penn State.
THE COACHES
Indiana Coach Archie Miller is in his fourth season of guiding the Cream and Crimson and is 62-47 with the Hoosiers and earned career win 200 against Penn State. He is 201-110 in nine+ 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. Wisconsin is coached by Greg Gard who is 110-59 in his six years as head coach.
JACKSON-DAVIS LIVING UP TO EXPECTATIONS
Sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis ranks among B1G leaders in scoring, rebounds, field goal percentage and blocked shots. His most dominant performance this season was a 25-point, 17-rebound effort at Florida State. He had a career-high 31 points in the win over Stanford in the 3rd place game at Maui. He had 22 points and 15 boards against Maryland. He had 12 points, 5 boards and 2 steals while making all 5 of his FG attempts in the final 10 minutes against the Terrapins. He is a Preseason All-Big Ten pick and has been named to several Preseason All-American teams and is on the watch lists for the Wooden, Naismith and Malone Awards. He has had 15 career double-doubles. The Hoosiers are 13-2 when he reaches that milestone. He is averaging 20.3 points, 8.3 rebounds while shooting 53.5% from the floor and a team-high 19 blocks this season. He is the only Hoosier in the last 25 years to have 3 games of 25 points and 15 rebounds (at Minnesota, Nebraska). He is 3rd in the nation in FTs made (67) and 2nd in attempts (92). He had 21 points, 8 boards and a career-high 5 blocks against Butler and 22 points and 9 caroms against Northwestern. He had 22 points and 6 rebounds against Penn State.
He is rated 2nd in the KenPom Player of the Year rankings (1.599) behind Iowa's Luke Garza (1.819) and ahead of Illinois' Ayo Dosunmu (1.578).
ARMAAN ON A ROLL
Prior to suffering a rolled left ankle early in the Maryland game, sophomore Armaan Franklin averaged 18.8 points, shooting 54.8% from the field and 60.0% from 3FG in the previous 5 games. He established career-high scoring efforts in 3 of those games. He had 23 points and made 5 of 6 3FG at Illinois. He followed up his first career-high 19-point performance against North Alabama with a 20-point effort against Butler. He hit 5 of 7 3-pointers and added 3 assists and two steals.
QUICK HITS
The Hoosiers 14 second chance points was their best output since scoring 17 against Providence. IU held Maryland scoreless for a 6:19 streak during the second half. The Hoosiers are scheduled to travel to Lincoln from Madison for their Sunday game at Nebraska.
