Postgame Notes: vs. Marshall

Postgame Notes
Indiana vs. Marshall
Nov. 27, 2021

• Indiana (6-0, 0-0) defeated Marshall (4-2, 0-0) on Saturday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to win the Hoosier Classic.

• In the other matchup today of the Hoosier Classic, Jackson State defeated Louisiana 75-70.

• This was the first time IU scored 90 or more points in a regulation contest since it put up 100 against Troy on November 16, 2019.

• IU went on a 13-2 run over 2:50 in the first half. Marshall went on a 17-0 run to take a 34-22 lead with 6:00 to go in the first half.

• This is the second time this season that the Hoosiers have scored 40 or more points in the first half of play.

• The Hoosiers shot 58% from the floor and 53% from behind the arc. In the last 3 games, IIU has shot 53.1% from the floor and 49.0% from long distance.

• IU led for 27:14 in the game and scored 50 points in the paint.

• The last time IU started a season 6-0 was in 2019-2020 when the Hoosiers started the campaign 8-0.

• With the win, Mike Woodson is now 6-0 in his first season in charge of IU. The last time a coach started 6-0 in his IU career was Branch McCracken in 1938-1939 when he started 7-0.

• Junior/sophomore Trayce Jackson-Davis poured in a career-high 43 points in the victory.

• His 43 points were the most ever scored in Assembly Hall. It was also the most points scored in a single game by an IU player since Mike Woodson scored 48 points on March 3^rd, 1979. Steve Alford held the record of 42 which he established in 1987 against Michigan State. Ted Kitchel scored 40 at home against Illinois in 1981.

• In the process, he also set a career high for field goals made in a game with 18.

• This was the most field goals made by one IU player in a single game since Mike Woodson tallied 18 made baskets on March 3^rd, 1979.

• Jackson-Davis has now scored in double figures in 31 of his last 32 games.

• His 22 first-half points is the most Jackson-Davis has scored in a single half in his IU career.

• This also his first 40-point game of his career.

• Jackson-Davis became the first player in the NCAA to score 40 points and tally five blocks and five rebounds in the same game since Chris Kaman (Central Michigan)in 2003.

• Senior/junior Xavier Johnson scored 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds and seven assists.

• His 20 points were the most he's tallied in his IU career.

• Redshirt senior/junior Race Thompson added eight points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds. He now has 8 career double-digit rebound efforts in his career and 3 this season.

• Freshman Tamar Bates tallied six points and one assist in 24 minutes of action off the bench.

• Graduate/junior Parker Stewart also scored six points and grabbed seven rebounds.

• Senior/junior Miller Kopp put in five points and tallied two rebounds and two assists.

• Sophomore/freshman Khristian Lander added two points off the bench.

• Sophomore/freshman Jordan Geronimo played seven minutes.

• Senior/junior Michael Durr played three minutes.

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Players Mentioned

Tamar Bates

Michael Durr

Jordan Geronimo

Trayce Jackson-Davis

Xavier Johnson

Miller Kopp

Khristian Lander

Parker Stewart

Race Thompson

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