Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 11 at Kansas
12/15/2022 2:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Opening Tip
• Indiana University continues its 123rd season of competition in men's basketball with a blue-blood battle at No. 8/6 Kansas at 11 a.m. CT/noon ET on Dec. 17 at Allen Fieldhouse. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.
• The game will mark the fourth in the last five outings for the Hoosiers with an opponent ranked inside the KenPom top-40, with three of the games coming away from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
• The Jayhawks, led by 20th-year head coach Bill Self, enter the game with a 9-1 record. KU won the 2022 NCAA Championship.
Game Information
Dec. 17, 2022 • 11 a.m. CT/Noon ET
Phog Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) • Lawrence, Kan.
TV: ESPN2 (Dave O'Brien, Dick Vitale)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 8-6
Last Meeting: IU 103, KU 99 (OT) on Nov. 11, 2016 in Honolulu
Series History
• Indiana and Kansas have played 14 times in men's basketball with the Hoosiers earning victories on eight occasions. Indiana is 2-1 all time in Lawrence.
Games in Lawrence
Indiana 72, Kansas 55 (Dec. 5, 1972)
Indiana 74, Kansas 70 (OT) (Dec. 4, 1974)
Indiana 83, Kansas 86 (OT) (Dec. 22, 1993)
• IU took down KU to claim both the 1940 and 1953 NCAA Championship crowns. The Hoosiers won the program's first title in '40 by a score of 60-42 behind double-figure scoring efforts from Marv Huffman (12), Jay McCreary (12), and Paul Armstrong (10). The '53 title came in a 69-68 win on the strength of a 30-point, 10-rebound outing from Don Schlundt. Charley Kraak added a 17-point, 13-rebound double-double, while Bob 'Slick' Leonard tallied 12 points.
• The last time the two sides met came in a 103-99 overtime thriller on Nov. 11, 2016 in Honolulu.
Last Time Out
• Sixth-year senior forward Race Thompson scored 16 points on a career-best 4-of-7 from the 3-point line in Indiana's 89-75 loss to No. 10/9 Arizona in the Las Vegas Clash on Dec. 10.
• Fifth-year senior guard Xavier Johnson tallied 11 points and 11 assists for his fourth career double-double. Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp (14), sophomore guard Tamar Bates (13), and senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis (11) all reached double figures.
Fireworks on Offense
• Indiana ranks second among Big Ten Conference (34th nationally) offenses in scoring at 81.4 points per contest on a league-best (third nationally) 51.1% shooting from the floor.
• No other team in the conference is shooting over 50.0%. Ohio State, 56th nationally, has shot the ball at a 48.2% mark this season to rank second in the conference.
• Indiana is third in the Big Ten and 14th in the NCAA with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.54.
Miller Time
• Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp has knocked down 23-of-47 (48.9%) 3-pointers to open the season. He is third on the team with a scoring average of 9.9 points per game.
• Kopp matched a career best with five made triples at Rutgers, his eighth career game with at least three made 3-pointers.
• The Houston native averages a team-high 16.0 points over the last three contests. He has made 10 of IU's 27 3-pointers in that span.
• He knocked down a critical 3-point field goal to extend Indiana's lead to eight with 2:25 to play in the road victory over Xavier on Nov. 18.
Scoop, There it is
• Sophomore guard Tamar Bates, nicknamed "Scoop", is the first Hoosier off the bench and leads all second-unit players in minutes played this season (214). He averages 8.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game.
• Bates recorded career bests in points (22), made field goals (8), and assists (4) in the win over Jackson State on Nov. 25.
• The IMG Academy product scored 32 points off the bench on 6-of-11 (54.5%) shooting from the 3-point line against Nebraska (Dec. 7) and Arizona (Dec. 10).
• Bates became a father to his daughter, Leilani, on March 20, 2022, two days after his freshman season concluded.
Double Double, Double Double (CAREER)
Trayce Jackson-Davis: 36; last vs. Nebraska, 12/7/22
Race Thompson: 8; last at Michigan State, 2/12/22
Xavier Johnson: 4; last at Arizona, 12/10/22
Jordan Geronimo: 1; vs. Merrimack, 12/12/21
Chasing History
• Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis currently sits 10th all-time at IU in scoring (1,739), seventh in rebounds (873), and fourth (tied) in blocked shots (196). He joins Alan Henderson as the only Hoosiers to be top-10 all-time in career scoring, rebounding, and blocks.
Up Next: Career Scoring Leaders
1. Calbert Cheaney - 2,613
2. Steve Alford - 2,438
3. Don Schlundt - 2,192
4. A.J. Guyton - 2,100
5. Mike Woodson - 2,061
6. Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell - 1,986
7. Alan Henderson - 1,979
8. Damon Bailey - 1,741
9. Kent Benson - 1,740
10. Trayce Jackson-Davis - 1,739
Up Next: Career Rebounding Leaders
1. Alan Henderson - 1,091
2. Walt Bellamy - 1,087
3. Kent Benson - 1,031
4. Archie Dees - 914
5. Steve Downing - 889
6. Ray Tolbert - 874
7. Trayce Jackson-Davis - 873
Up Next: Career Blocks Leaders
1. Jeff Newton - 227
2. Alan Henderson - 213
3. D.J. White - 198
4. Uwe Blab - 196
Trayce Jackson-Davis - 196
Other Notables
• Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis recorded the third triple-double in Indiana basketball history with 12 points, 11 rebounds, and a career-high 10 assists against Nebraska on Dec. 7. He added three blocks and three steals in the win.
• Jackson-Davis joined historic company of triple-doubles in IU history. Juwan Morgan notched a 10-point, 10-rebound, and 10-assist triple-double against Jacksonville on Dec. 22, 2018. Steve Downing tallied 28 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 blocks against Michigan on Feb. 23, 1971.
• He is the first player to compile a triple-double with at least three blocks and three steals since Luke Walton accomplished the feat with 27 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, four blocks, and four steals against USC on Jan. 17, 2002.
• Junior guard Trey Galloway scored a career-best 20 points on a career-high 4-of-6 shooting from the 3-point line in the win over the Huskers on Dec. 7.
• Sophomore guard Tamar Bates scored 19 points on a career-high five 3-point baskets on Dec. 7 against Nebraska.
• Sixth-year senior forward Race Thompson scored a team-high 16 points to go along with nine rebounds against No. 10/9 Arizona on Dec. 10.
• Thompson hit a career-high 4-of-7 shots from the 3-point line, his fourth career game with multiple made 3-pointers.
• Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp tallied 14 points against the Wildcats. Kopp has averaged 16.0 points in his last three contests.
• Fifth-year senior guard Xavier Johnson secured his fourth career double-double on 11 points and 11 assists against Arizona.
• Sophomore guard Tamar Bates scored 13 points against the Wildcats. Bates has tallied double figures in three of the last five games.
• Indiana charted seven-straight games from Nov. 18-Dec. 7 with at least five blocks. IU currently averages 5.6 blocks per game.
• Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp converted three-straight double-figure scoring outputs for this first time in his Indiana career with 21 points at Rutgers on Dec. 3, 13 points against Nebraska on Dec. 7, and 14 points against Arizona on Dec. 10.
• Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis has swatted at least two shots in 27 of his last 44 games played.
• The Hoosier bench has outscored opponents 278-108.
• Head coach Mike Woodson holds a record of 15-2 in non-conference games at the helm of the Hoosiers.
• Indiana University continues its 123rd season of competition in men's basketball with a blue-blood battle at No. 8/6 Kansas at 11 a.m. CT/noon ET on Dec. 17 at Allen Fieldhouse. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.
• The game will mark the fourth in the last five outings for the Hoosiers with an opponent ranked inside the KenPom top-40, with three of the games coming away from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
• The Jayhawks, led by 20th-year head coach Bill Self, enter the game with a 9-1 record. KU won the 2022 NCAA Championship.
Game Information
Dec. 17, 2022 • 11 a.m. CT/Noon ET
Phog Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) • Lawrence, Kan.
TV: ESPN2 (Dave O'Brien, Dick Vitale)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 8-6
Last Meeting: IU 103, KU 99 (OT) on Nov. 11, 2016 in Honolulu
Series History
• Indiana and Kansas have played 14 times in men's basketball with the Hoosiers earning victories on eight occasions. Indiana is 2-1 all time in Lawrence.
Games in Lawrence
Indiana 72, Kansas 55 (Dec. 5, 1972)
Indiana 74, Kansas 70 (OT) (Dec. 4, 1974)
Indiana 83, Kansas 86 (OT) (Dec. 22, 1993)
• IU took down KU to claim both the 1940 and 1953 NCAA Championship crowns. The Hoosiers won the program's first title in '40 by a score of 60-42 behind double-figure scoring efforts from Marv Huffman (12), Jay McCreary (12), and Paul Armstrong (10). The '53 title came in a 69-68 win on the strength of a 30-point, 10-rebound outing from Don Schlundt. Charley Kraak added a 17-point, 13-rebound double-double, while Bob 'Slick' Leonard tallied 12 points.
• The last time the two sides met came in a 103-99 overtime thriller on Nov. 11, 2016 in Honolulu.
Last Time Out
• Sixth-year senior forward Race Thompson scored 16 points on a career-best 4-of-7 from the 3-point line in Indiana's 89-75 loss to No. 10/9 Arizona in the Las Vegas Clash on Dec. 10.
• Fifth-year senior guard Xavier Johnson tallied 11 points and 11 assists for his fourth career double-double. Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp (14), sophomore guard Tamar Bates (13), and senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis (11) all reached double figures.
Fireworks on Offense
• Indiana ranks second among Big Ten Conference (34th nationally) offenses in scoring at 81.4 points per contest on a league-best (third nationally) 51.1% shooting from the floor.
• No other team in the conference is shooting over 50.0%. Ohio State, 56th nationally, has shot the ball at a 48.2% mark this season to rank second in the conference.
• Indiana is third in the Big Ten and 14th in the NCAA with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.54.
Miller Time
• Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp has knocked down 23-of-47 (48.9%) 3-pointers to open the season. He is third on the team with a scoring average of 9.9 points per game.
• Kopp matched a career best with five made triples at Rutgers, his eighth career game with at least three made 3-pointers.
• The Houston native averages a team-high 16.0 points over the last three contests. He has made 10 of IU's 27 3-pointers in that span.
• He knocked down a critical 3-point field goal to extend Indiana's lead to eight with 2:25 to play in the road victory over Xavier on Nov. 18.
Scoop, There it is
• Sophomore guard Tamar Bates, nicknamed "Scoop", is the first Hoosier off the bench and leads all second-unit players in minutes played this season (214). He averages 8.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game.
• Bates recorded career bests in points (22), made field goals (8), and assists (4) in the win over Jackson State on Nov. 25.
• The IMG Academy product scored 32 points off the bench on 6-of-11 (54.5%) shooting from the 3-point line against Nebraska (Dec. 7) and Arizona (Dec. 10).
• Bates became a father to his daughter, Leilani, on March 20, 2022, two days after his freshman season concluded.
Double Double, Double Double (CAREER)
Trayce Jackson-Davis: 36; last vs. Nebraska, 12/7/22
Race Thompson: 8; last at Michigan State, 2/12/22
Xavier Johnson: 4; last at Arizona, 12/10/22
Jordan Geronimo: 1; vs. Merrimack, 12/12/21
Chasing History
• Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis currently sits 10th all-time at IU in scoring (1,739), seventh in rebounds (873), and fourth (tied) in blocked shots (196). He joins Alan Henderson as the only Hoosiers to be top-10 all-time in career scoring, rebounding, and blocks.
Up Next: Career Scoring Leaders
1. Calbert Cheaney - 2,613
2. Steve Alford - 2,438
3. Don Schlundt - 2,192
4. A.J. Guyton - 2,100
5. Mike Woodson - 2,061
6. Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell - 1,986
7. Alan Henderson - 1,979
8. Damon Bailey - 1,741
9. Kent Benson - 1,740
10. Trayce Jackson-Davis - 1,739
Up Next: Career Rebounding Leaders
1. Alan Henderson - 1,091
2. Walt Bellamy - 1,087
3. Kent Benson - 1,031
4. Archie Dees - 914
5. Steve Downing - 889
6. Ray Tolbert - 874
7. Trayce Jackson-Davis - 873
Up Next: Career Blocks Leaders
1. Jeff Newton - 227
2. Alan Henderson - 213
3. D.J. White - 198
4. Uwe Blab - 196
Trayce Jackson-Davis - 196
Other Notables
• Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis recorded the third triple-double in Indiana basketball history with 12 points, 11 rebounds, and a career-high 10 assists against Nebraska on Dec. 7. He added three blocks and three steals in the win.
• Jackson-Davis joined historic company of triple-doubles in IU history. Juwan Morgan notched a 10-point, 10-rebound, and 10-assist triple-double against Jacksonville on Dec. 22, 2018. Steve Downing tallied 28 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 blocks against Michigan on Feb. 23, 1971.
• He is the first player to compile a triple-double with at least three blocks and three steals since Luke Walton accomplished the feat with 27 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, four blocks, and four steals against USC on Jan. 17, 2002.
• Junior guard Trey Galloway scored a career-best 20 points on a career-high 4-of-6 shooting from the 3-point line in the win over the Huskers on Dec. 7.
• Sophomore guard Tamar Bates scored 19 points on a career-high five 3-point baskets on Dec. 7 against Nebraska.
• Sixth-year senior forward Race Thompson scored a team-high 16 points to go along with nine rebounds against No. 10/9 Arizona on Dec. 10.
• Thompson hit a career-high 4-of-7 shots from the 3-point line, his fourth career game with multiple made 3-pointers.
• Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp tallied 14 points against the Wildcats. Kopp has averaged 16.0 points in his last three contests.
• Fifth-year senior guard Xavier Johnson secured his fourth career double-double on 11 points and 11 assists against Arizona.
• Sophomore guard Tamar Bates scored 13 points against the Wildcats. Bates has tallied double figures in three of the last five games.
• Indiana charted seven-straight games from Nov. 18-Dec. 7 with at least five blocks. IU currently averages 5.6 blocks per game.
• Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp converted three-straight double-figure scoring outputs for this first time in his Indiana career with 21 points at Rutgers on Dec. 3, 13 points against Nebraska on Dec. 7, and 14 points against Arizona on Dec. 10.
• Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis has swatted at least two shots in 27 of his last 44 games played.
• The Hoosier bench has outscored opponents 278-108.
• Head coach Mike Woodson holds a record of 15-2 in non-conference games at the helm of the Hoosiers.
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