Indiana University
Minnesota
IU and Minnesota Meet Wednesday Night in Bloomington
2/16/2021 2:18:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Indiana University is in its 121st season of competition in men's basketball and opens the doors of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the 50th season. The Hoosiers will host Minnesota on Wednesday night after falling at Ohio State 78-59 on Saturday.
GAME INFORMATION
Minnesota (13-8, 6-8 B1G) at Indiana (11-9, 6-7 B1G)
Wednesday, Feb 17 • 9 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: BTN (Brandon Gaudin and Stephen Bardo)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) | TuneIn
Series History: Indiana leads, 103-69
Last Meeting: at IU 72, MINN 67; 3/4/20
THE COACHES
Indiana Coach Archie Miller is in his fourth season of guiding the Cream and Crimson and is 66-52 with the Hoosiers and earned career win 200 against Penn State. He is 205-115 in 9+ years as a head coach, which includes 6 years at the University of Dayton. His Flyer teams made NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his last four seasons, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2014. Minnesota is led by Richard Pitino who is 140-116 in 8 years in Minneapolis.
JACKSON-DAVIS LOOKING FOR POST SEASON HONORS
Sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis ranks among B1G leaders in scoring, rebounds, field goal percentage and blocked shots. He is coming off a 23-point, 9-board effort at Ohio State. He has twice been named Big Ten Player of the Week. His most dominant performance this season was a 25-point, 17-rebound effort at Florida State. He had a career-high 31 points in the win over Stanford in the 3rd place game at Maui. He had 23 points at Iowa and had 19 points and 14 boards against Illinois. He followed that up with 17 points and 12 boards against the Hawkeyes on Sunday. He was named a second-team Mid-Season All-American by Dick Vitale and The Sporting News and was named to the Wooden Award Mid-Season Watch List. He has had 20 career double-doubles. The Hoosiers are 16-4 when he reaches that milestone. He is averaging 19.6 points, 9.4 rebounds while shooting 53.0% from the floor and a team-high 32 blocks this season. He is the only Hoosier in the last 25 years to have 3 games of 25 points and 15 rebounds (at Minnesota, Nebraska). He is 6th in the nation in FTs made (109) and 2nd in FT attempts (166). Both lead the Big Ten.
ODDS AND TRENDS
IU has played a national-high 5 overtime games this season (2-3), the most since they played 6 in 1998-99. IU has won 3 Big Ten road games this season after winning just 2 a year ago. The Hoosiers also have 3 neutral site triumphs and are scheduled to play just 12 home games and 15 games away from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall this season. Jackson-Davis is averaging 22.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and shooting 70.4% in his career against the Gophers. He had 27 points and 16 boards in Minneapolis and 18 points and 10 caroms in Bloomington. Redshirt junior Race Thompson's father, Darrell, is the all-time leading rusher in Minnesota Gopher football history with 4,815 yards. He is an analyst for the football team on the Gopher Radio Network. Race went to Armstrong High School and resides in Plymouth. Senior Aljami Durham needs 46 points to become the 53rd player in IU history to score 1,000 points or more in his career with the Hoosiers. IU held the nation's second best offense, Iowa, (87.8) to 69 and 65 points in their two meetings. Against Providence, Texas, Stanford, Florida State and Butler, the IU defense held those 5 top 37.4% shooting from the field and 31.7% accuracy from long distance.
