Postgame Notes: vs. St. John's

Postgame Notes
Indiana vs. St. John's
Nov. 17, 2021

• Indiana (3-0, 0-0) defeated St. John's 76-74 Wednesday night at Simon Skjodt to move to 3-1 all-time in the Gavitt Games.

• Junior/sophomore Trayce Jackson-Davis paced the way for IU with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

• Jackson-Davis became the 54^th player in program history to score 1,000 points after hitting a pair from the line at the 16:32 mark in the second half.

• In tonight's contest, he recorded his 24^th-career double-double. IU is now 19-5 all-time when he tallies a double-double.

• He has now scored in double figures in 28 of his last 29 games.

• Redshirt senior/junior Race Thompson tallied 15 points and picked up five boards and two assists.

• Senior/junior Miller Kopp poured in 12 points on 4-10 shooting from the floor.

• Kopp cracked double digits for the first time in an IU uniform.

• Despite battling foul trouble, senior/junior Xavier Johnson scored eight points and two rebounds.

• Freshman Tamar Bates scored 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the floor in a career-high 27 minutes.

• Bates tallied a new career-high in points (11) on the evening.

• Sophomore/freshman Jordan Geronimo tacked on seven points and five rebounds in just eight minutes of play.

• Graduate/junior Parker Stewart hit a first-half three pointer for a total of three points.

• Sophomore/freshman Khristian Lander tallied two points in reserve.

• Senior/junior Rob Phinisee played 18 minutes and tallied two assists and a rebound.

• Sophomore/freshman Trey Galloway played four minutes but didn't return after he drew a flagrant-two foul in the first half.

• Senior/junior Michael Durr played three minutes.

• IU opened the game on a 12-7 run before a Montez Mathis three cut the lead down to two points heading into the under-16 timeout in the first half.

• St. John's was held scoreless for a 6:44 stretch in the middle of the first half. IU used that to its advantage, going up 18-10 until a made free throw by the Red Storm at the 7:43 mark in the first half

• The Red Storm's Montez Mathis was assessed a flagrant-two foul on after attempting to challenge Galloway on a breakaway layup. Kopp hit the ensuing two free throws and Bates scored on the possession awarded following the ejection of Mathis.

• The Hoosiers took a 39-27 lead into the break after shooting 51.6% from the field in the first half.

• IU held St. John's to just 33.3 shooting in the first half and 25.0% from behind the arc.

•After a goaltending call, St. John's cut the lead to just three with under 13 minutes to play in the game.

• With 8:49 in the game, the Red Storm came all the way back to tie the game.

• IU with a 7-0 run over 1:33 in the second half to take a seven-point lead at 63-56.

• Thompson's 14^th and 15^th points of the game on a runner through the lane gave IU the three-point lead with just 25 seconds left.

• St. John's came into the ballgame averaging 105 points but left with just 74 on the scoreboard.

• IU shot 52% on the evening and grabbed 36 points in the paint.

• The Hoosiers led for 37:49 minutes of the game and trailed for just 32 seconds.

• IU has now won six straight contests against teams currently a part of the Big East.

Players Mentioned

Tamar Bates

Michael Durr

Trey Galloway

Jordan Geronimo

Trayce Jackson-Davis

Xavier Johnson

Miller Kopp

Khristian Lander

Rob Phinisee

Parker Stewart

Race Thompson

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