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OPENING TIP
Indiana University begins its 122nd season of competition in men's basketball and will open the Big Ten road season in Madison when it faces Wisconsin. The Badgers have won 18-straight in the Kohl Center against IU with the Hoosiers looking for their first win in the facility since 1998. Last year, Wisconsin won 80-73 in 2OTs in Madison. IU won its Big Ten opener, 68-55, on Saturday against Nebraska, while Wisconsin won its fifth-straight game with an 89-76 triumph over Marquette at home on Saturday.
GAME INFORMATION
Wednesday, December 8 • 7 p.m. ET
Kohl Center (17,287) • Madison, Wis.
TV: BTN (Dave Revsine and Stephen Bardo)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) | TuneIn App
Series History: Indiana leads 96-78
Last Meeting: WIS 80, IU 73 (2OT) (Jan. 7, 2021 in Madison)
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. Woodson brings nine years of NBA head coaching experience (Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks) 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.
Wisconsin Coach Greg Gard is in his seventh year in Madison and is 126-71.
OFFENSE HEATING UP, BUT DEFENSE SETS THE TONE
IU leads the Big Ten in defensive field goal percentage (35.3%), is second in blocked shots (6.3) and fourth in 3-point FG defense (25.2%). The Hoosiers set a school record against Louisiana when they defended 25-straight Louisiana shots without a make.
Offensively, IU is third in scoring (80.4) and second in FG percentage (49.6%). In the last five games, IU is averaging 82.8 points on 51.0% shooting from the floor and 43.9% accuracy from long range.
ALL-AMERICAN TRAYCE JACKSON-DAVIS
Junior/sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis is living up to his preseason accolades, averaging 21.0 points (3rd in B1G), 8.6 rebounds (5th), shooting 64.4% from the floor (2nd) and contributing 3.5 blocked shots per game (1st; 5th nationally).
He had 31 points and 16 boards at Syracuse. He set a Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall record by scoring 43 points against Marshall, breaking the previous mark (42) set by Steve Alford against Michigan State. He made a career-high 18-of-24 field goal attempts. For his efforts, he was named National Player of the Week by Dick Vitale on ESPN.com.
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.
The Big Ten Player of the Week on 11/15 has had three double-doubles this season and 25 in his career with IU posting a 19-6 record in those games.
Jackson-Davis became the 54th player in school history to eclipse the 1,000-point mark against St. John's and now has scored 1,117 points as a Hoosier, rating 42nd all-time in IU lore, tying him with Victor Oladipo.
ODDS AND TRENDS
IU's starting lineup of Jackson-Davis (67), Sr./Jr's. Xavier Johnson (89), Miller Kopp (82), Parker Stewart (82) and Race Thompson (35) have combined for 355 career Division I starts. Off the bench, Sr./Jr's. Michael Durr (85) and Rob Phinisee (69) have started 154 games.
Stewart leads the Big Ten in 3-point field goal percentage at 47.7%.
Thompson had 11 points and 11 rebounds for his second consecutive and sixth career double-double. This was Thompson's third-straight game reaching double digits on the boards, and 10th career effort of 10 or more rebounds. He is second in the Big Ten in rebounding averaging 8.9 per game.
Woodson won his first Big Ten game in his first try. His coach, Bob Knight, lost his first five conference games in 1971.
Indiana University begins its 122nd season of competition in men's basketball and will open the Big Ten road season in Madison when it faces Wisconsin. The Badgers have won 18-straight in the Kohl Center against IU with the Hoosiers looking for their first win in the facility since 1998. Last year, Wisconsin won 80-73 in 2OTs in Madison. IU won its Big Ten opener, 68-55, on Saturday against Nebraska, while Wisconsin won its fifth-straight game with an 89-76 triumph over Marquette at home on Saturday.
GAME INFORMATION
Wednesday, December 8 • 7 p.m. ET
Kohl Center (17,287) • Madison, Wis.
TV: BTN (Dave Revsine and Stephen Bardo)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) | TuneIn App
Series History: Indiana leads 96-78
Last Meeting: WIS 80, IU 73 (2OT) (Jan. 7, 2021 in Madison)
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. Woodson brings nine years of NBA head coaching experience (Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks) 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.
Wisconsin Coach Greg Gard is in his seventh year in Madison and is 126-71.
OFFENSE HEATING UP, BUT DEFENSE SETS THE TONE
IU leads the Big Ten in defensive field goal percentage (35.3%), is second in blocked shots (6.3) and fourth in 3-point FG defense (25.2%). The Hoosiers set a school record against Louisiana when they defended 25-straight Louisiana shots without a make.
Offensively, IU is third in scoring (80.4) and second in FG percentage (49.6%). In the last five games, IU is averaging 82.8 points on 51.0% shooting from the floor and 43.9% accuracy from long range.
ALL-AMERICAN TRAYCE JACKSON-DAVIS
Junior/sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis is living up to his preseason accolades, averaging 21.0 points (3rd in B1G), 8.6 rebounds (5th), shooting 64.4% from the floor (2nd) and contributing 3.5 blocked shots per game (1st; 5th nationally).
He had 31 points and 16 boards at Syracuse. He set a Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall record by scoring 43 points against Marshall, breaking the previous mark (42) set by Steve Alford against Michigan State. He made a career-high 18-of-24 field goal attempts. For his efforts, he was named National Player of the Week by Dick Vitale on ESPN.com.
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.
The Big Ten Player of the Week on 11/15 has had three double-doubles this season and 25 in his career with IU posting a 19-6 record in those games.
Jackson-Davis became the 54th player in school history to eclipse the 1,000-point mark against St. John's and now has scored 1,117 points as a Hoosier, rating 42nd all-time in IU lore, tying him with Victor Oladipo.
ODDS AND TRENDS
IU's starting lineup of Jackson-Davis (67), Sr./Jr's. Xavier Johnson (89), Miller Kopp (82), Parker Stewart (82) and Race Thompson (35) have combined for 355 career Division I starts. Off the bench, Sr./Jr's. Michael Durr (85) and Rob Phinisee (69) have started 154 games.
Stewart leads the Big Ten in 3-point field goal percentage at 47.7%.
Thompson had 11 points and 11 rebounds for his second consecutive and sixth career double-double. This was Thompson's third-straight game reaching double digits on the boards, and 10th career effort of 10 or more rebounds. He is second in the Big Ten in rebounding averaging 8.9 per game.
Woodson won his first Big Ten game in his first try. His coach, Bob Knight, lost his first five conference games in 1971.
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