NOTES: Indiana, St. John’s Meet in Gavitt Games Matchup
11/16/2021 7:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OPENING TIP
Indiana University begins its 122nd season of competition in men's basketball and will host St. John's in the Gavitt Games, a series which pits members of the Big Ten against teams from the Big East. The event started in 2015 and SJU is 3-1 against the Big Ten, while IU is 2-1 against the Big East and will play its third home game in the series. IU holds a 5-2 series lead against the Red Storm. They last met in the 2015 Maui Invitational with the Hoosiers winning, 83-73. SJU has the ninth most wins in NCAA history (1,889), while IU ranks 10th (1,871).
GAME INFORMATION
RV/RV Indiana (2-0) vs. RV/RV St. John's (2-0)
Wednesday, Nov. 17 • 9 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: FS1 (Kevin Kugler, Stephen Bardo)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) | TuneIn App
Series History: Indiana leads, 5-2
Last Meeting: IU 83, SJU 73 (Nov. 24, 2016 in Lahaina, Maui)
ON THE SIDELINES
IU Hall of Famer, All-American, Big Ten MVP and Indiana native Mike Woodson is the first Hoosier graduate to lead the program at the start of the season since Lou Watson in 1965. Dan Dakich served as interim coach for seven games at the end of the 2008 season. Woodson brings nine years of NBA head coaching experience back to his alma mater and worked for seven franchises as an assistant coach and won an NBA title in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons. He played 11 seasons in the NBA as a player and is the fifth all-time leading scorer in program history with 2,061 points. His 19.8 ppg. average is tied for second among players who spent four years in Bloomington.
Coach Mike Anderson is in his third year at St. John's. He brought his Arkansas team to Bloomington in the 2019 NIT.
JACKSON-DAVIS NAMED BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior/sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis, the leading returning scorer in the Big Ten, has been named a first-team 2021-22 Preseason All-American by the Associated Press, and selected to the watch list for the Karl Malone Watch, the NABC Player of the Year, Wooden Award and Naismith Award. He was a third-team All-American (Sporting News) last season. He started all 27 games in 2020-21 and was the only high major player to average at least 19.0 points and 9.0 rebounds. He led the Hoosiers with 21 points, 14 boards and three blocked shots against EMU in the season opener. The game marked Jackson-Davis' 23rd career double-double. IU is now 18-5 when Jackson-Davis records a double-double in his career. He finished with 19 points, seven boards and a career-high seven blocks against NIU. Through the first two games of the season, he is averaging 20.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 5.0 blocked shots. The Big Ten Conference honored him as the league's player of the week for the third time in his career.
He also moved into 54th all-time in career points at IU with 989 points.
ODDS AND TRENDS
IU's starting lineup of Jackson-Davis (61), Sr./Jr's. Xavier Johnson (83), Miller Kopp (76), Parker Stewart (76) and Race Thompson (29) have combined for 325 career Division I starts. Off the bench, Sr./Jr's. Michael Durr (85) and Rob Phinisee have started 154 games. The Hoosiers are just outside the Top-25, receiving the 27th most votes in the AP Poll and 30th most votes in the coaches poll.
Indiana University begins its 122nd season of competition in men's basketball and will host St. John's in the Gavitt Games, a series which pits members of the Big Ten against teams from the Big East. The event started in 2015 and SJU is 3-1 against the Big Ten, while IU is 2-1 against the Big East and will play its third home game in the series. IU holds a 5-2 series lead against the Red Storm. They last met in the 2015 Maui Invitational with the Hoosiers winning, 83-73. SJU has the ninth most wins in NCAA history (1,889), while IU ranks 10th (1,871).
GAME INFORMATION
RV/RV Indiana (2-0) vs. RV/RV St. John's (2-0)
Wednesday, Nov. 17 • 9 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: FS1 (Kevin Kugler, Stephen Bardo)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) | TuneIn App
Series History: Indiana leads, 5-2
Last Meeting: IU 83, SJU 73 (Nov. 24, 2016 in Lahaina, Maui)
ON THE SIDELINES
IU Hall of Famer, All-American, Big Ten MVP and Indiana native Mike Woodson is the first Hoosier graduate to lead the program at the start of the season since Lou Watson in 1965. Dan Dakich served as interim coach for seven games at the end of the 2008 season. Woodson brings nine years of NBA head coaching experience back to his alma mater and worked for seven franchises as an assistant coach and won an NBA title in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons. He played 11 seasons in the NBA as a player and is the fifth all-time leading scorer in program history with 2,061 points. His 19.8 ppg. average is tied for second among players who spent four years in Bloomington.
Coach Mike Anderson is in his third year at St. John's. He brought his Arkansas team to Bloomington in the 2019 NIT.
JACKSON-DAVIS NAMED BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior/sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis, the leading returning scorer in the Big Ten, has been named a first-team 2021-22 Preseason All-American by the Associated Press, and selected to the watch list for the Karl Malone Watch, the NABC Player of the Year, Wooden Award and Naismith Award. He was a third-team All-American (Sporting News) last season. He started all 27 games in 2020-21 and was the only high major player to average at least 19.0 points and 9.0 rebounds. He led the Hoosiers with 21 points, 14 boards and three blocked shots against EMU in the season opener. The game marked Jackson-Davis' 23rd career double-double. IU is now 18-5 when Jackson-Davis records a double-double in his career. He finished with 19 points, seven boards and a career-high seven blocks against NIU. Through the first two games of the season, he is averaging 20.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 5.0 blocked shots. The Big Ten Conference honored him as the league's player of the week for the third time in his career.
He also moved into 54th all-time in career points at IU with 989 points.
ODDS AND TRENDS
IU's starting lineup of Jackson-Davis (61), Sr./Jr's. Xavier Johnson (83), Miller Kopp (76), Parker Stewart (76) and Race Thompson (29) have combined for 325 career Division I starts. Off the bench, Sr./Jr's. Michael Durr (85) and Rob Phinisee have started 154 games. The Hoosiers are just outside the Top-25, receiving the 27th most votes in the AP Poll and 30th most votes in the coaches poll.
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