Postgame Notes: Indiana vs. BC Mega (Aug. 15)

8/15/2021 3:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Indiana vs. BC Mega
Postgame Notes
August 15, 2021

• For the second time in three days, the Indiana men's basketball team topped BC Mega by a score of 64-53 in an exhibition game in the Imperial Ballroom at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas on Sunday afternoon.

• Indiana head coach Mike Woodson kept with the starting lineup from the first game of the Summer Tour with senior guard Xavier Johnson, redshirt senior guard Parker Stewart, senior forward Miller Kopp, junior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis and redshirt senior forward Race Thompson.

• Johnson was the first of four Hoosiers to hit double figures in the scoring column. The Pitt transfer finished with 13 points and a team-high seven assists. He added three rebounds and a steal in 21 minutes. The Woodbridge, Va., native posted a team best plus/minus of +23 in the contest. Johnson averaged 8.5 points and 5.0 points in two starts over the weekend.

• Jackson-Davis posted his second double-double in as many games against BC Mega with 11 points and 11 rebounds, including three on the offensive end of the floor. He charted a block and a pair of steals in 32 minutes. TJD led the way for the Hoosiers all weekend and averaged 16.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in the two contests.

• Thompson scooped up a team-best 13 rebounds and tallied 10 points. He knocked down all three of the free throw attempts and came away with two steals in 28 minutes. The Plymouth, Minn., native contributed 9.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per games in the two games against BC Mega.

• Sophomore forward Jordan Geronimo was huge for the Hoosiers off the bench. The Newark, N.J., native scored seven points and added seven rebounds, the highest rebounding figure among all bench players. Geronimo also registered a block and a steal in 16 minutes. He helped the Hoosiers control the boards all weekend and averaged 8.5 rebounds per game against the Serbian pro team.

• Freshman guard Tamar Bates paced all bench scorers with nine points on 3-of-7 shooting from the floor. He also recorded six rebounds and a steal in 27 minutes of run. The IMG Academy produced 11.5 points per game in the two games over the weekend, the second-highest figure of all Hoosiers.

• Stewart scored five points in 26 minutes in a starting role for the Hoosiers. The UT-Martin transfer had five steals combined in the two matchups.

• Kopp knocked down his lone 3-point attempt to give him three points in three minutes of action.

• Senior guard Rob Phinisee dished out six assists to go along with two points in 17 minutes off the bench. The West Lafayette product handed out nine total assists in the two games.

• Phinisee and Johnson combined for 13 assists and just one turnover in the victory and 19 assists to only seven turnovers for the weekend.

• Sophomore guard Khristian Lander made the most of his limited role and scored four points (2-of-2 shooting) in just two minutes of playing time. He averaged 4.0 points per game in the Bahamas.

• Sophomore guard Trey Galloway pulled down a rebound and drew a charge in 19 minutes off the Hoosier bench.

• Junior forward Nathan Childress, sophomore guard Sebastien Scott and freshman guard Shaan Burke all saw two minutes of action at the end of the game.

• The Hoosiers committed just five turnovers in a game they controlled from the opening tip. IU held the lead for 39:40 of the possible 40 minutes played.

• BC Mega shot 17-of-53 (32.1%) from the floor, 8-of-29 (27.6%) from the 3-point line and 11-of-20 (55.5%) from the free throw line in a losing effort. The team also turned the ball over 12 times for eight IU points.

• For the second-straight contest, Indiana outrebounded the professional Serbian team by a tally of 47-41. IU also held advantages in points in the paint (24-14) and second chance points (5-2).

• Indiana was +11 in the two games combined in the rebounding department and had 22 less turnovers (11.0 per game) than Mega.