Postgame Notes vs. Nebraska

Postgame Notes
Indiana vs. Nebraska
Dec. 4, 2021

• Indiana (7-1, 1-0) beat Nebraska (5-4, 0-1), 68-55, on Saturday afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the Hoosiers' first Big Ten win of the season.

• IU has won in their past five meetings against Nebraska.

• The Hoosiers lead the all-time series with the Cornhuskers, 18-6.

• Indiana's Mike Woodson and Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg made for the first meeting between former NBA players and NBA head coaches in Big Ten history.

• Purdue's Fred Schaus and Northwestern's Tex Winter were both former NBA head coaches, but only Schaus was a former NBA player when they squared off in the mid 70's.

• Indiana will hit the road to play at Wisconsin in Madison on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. at the Kohl Center.

• Indiana is now 7-1 this season when winning the opening tip, 6-0 when leading at the half, and 5-0 when scoring first.

• From the field, Indiana shot 40.4% and had a 3-point field goal percentage of 36.4%.

• In the last four home games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Indiana has held its opponents to 15-of-77 (19.4%) shooting from 3-point range.

• Indiana's defense forced Nebraska to shoot 37.7% from the field and 22.7% from the 3-point line (5-of-22).

• In between the 17:03 mark in the first half to 6:00 in the second half, the Hoosier defense forced 14 straight 3-point attempts from Nebraska.

• Nebraska's offense was kept at bay, scoring 15 points under their season average of 79.9 points per game, entering today.

• Indiana took the lead at 4:12 in the first half, 23-20, and never lost it for the rest of the game.

• After trailing 16-6 to start, Indiana outscored Nebraska 33-14.

• IU's bench contributed 26 points in the game, including 18 of their 26 first half points.

• The Hoosiers outrebounded the Cornhuskers, 41-32.

• Junior/Sophomore Trayce Jackson-Davis led Indiana in scoring with 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting and had seven rebounds and four blocks.

• Jackson-Davis has now tied Victor Oladipo in all-time scoring in Indiana history with 1,117 career points. They are now tied for 42^nd all-time in program history.

• Jackson-Davis has scored in double figures in 32 of his last 33 games, including 10 straight games dating back to last season.

• Jackson-Davis also has multiple blocks in every game this season and leads the Big Ten in total blocks.

• Freshman Tamar Bates scored 13 points for a new career and season-high for his most points scored in a single game. Nine of Bates' points came on 3-point field goals.

• Redshirt Senior/Redshirt Junior Race Thompson had 11 points and 11 rebounds for his sixth career double-double. This was Thompson's third straight game reaching double digits on the boards.

• Redshirt Senior/Redshirt Junior Parker Stewart added nine points on 3-of-6 shooting from 3-point range.

• Senior/Junior Xavier Johnson provided eight points and six rebounds. Johnson was also 6-of-6 from the free throw line.

• Senior/Junior Rob Phinisee had five points, four rebounds, and three assists off the bench. Phinisee made his first 3-point field goal since the Northern Illinois game on Nov. 12.

• Sophomore/Freshman Anthony Leal hit his only shot attempt of the game, providing three points. For the season, Leal has shot 7-of-9 from the field, including going 4-of-6 from the 3-point line.

• Leal registered 12 minutes off the bench, his most minutes in a game this year.

• Sophomore/Freshman Jordan Geronimo had three points and two rebounds in five minutes of action.

• Senior/Junior Michael Durr scored two points on one field goal attempt as well as having two rebounds.

• Senior/Junior Miller Kopp registered three rebounds and three assists for the game.

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Players Mentioned

Tamar Bates

Michael Durr

Jordan Geronimo

Trayce Jackson-Davis

Xavier Johnson

Miller Kopp

Anthony Leal

Rob Phinisee

Parker Stewart

Race Thompson

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