Indiana Closes January with Loss at Maryland

Tuesday, January 31

College Park, Md.

9:00 PM

Indiana University

15-7,6-5Big Ten

Maryland

15-7,6-5Big Ten

Indiana

Maryland

1/31/2023 11:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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By Pete DiPrimio
IUHoosiers.com

COLLEGE PARK, MD. -- The winning streak is over.

Trayce Jackson-Davis' run of domination is not.

Maryland (15-7 overall, 6-5 in the Big Ten) won its ninth straight conference home game by beating the No. 21/22 Hoosiers 66-55 on Tuesday night to snap the visitors' five-game winning streak.

Jackson-Davis set an Xfinity Center record with 20 rebounds. He had 18 points on 7-for-13 shooting against a Terrapin defense designed to limit him.

"Trayce played well in spurts," coach Mike Woodson told Voice of the Hoosiers Don Fischer during the post-game radio show. "Nobody played well around him. Our perimeter play wasn't there. We can't have that."

Forward Race Thompson added 11 points.

"Trayce has been solid," Woodson told Fischer. "He's doing what he needs to do. Race played okay, but defensively he hurt us because he's still lacking lateral movement (from his knee injury)."

IU (15-7, 6-5) defended Maryland into offensive inefficiency (the Terps shot just 34.0% from the field and 22.7% on 3-pointers) but couldn't overcome disadvantages in free throws (Maryland was 25-for-29 to Indiana's 10-for-12) and points off turnovers (14-6).

The Hoosiers struggled offensively, shooting 37.5% from the field. Guard Jalen Hood-Schifino was 1-for-14 from the field for three points.

"We couldn't find any offense," Woodson told Fischer. "Our defense was where we wanted it to be. The difference was the free throws and we couldn't find offense."

Forward Jordan Geronimo's left leg injury sidelined him for the second straight game.

Early on, Miller Kopp's 3-pointer complemented inside baskets from Jackson-Davis and Thompson to forge a 7-7 tie after five minutes.

The Hoosiers defended Maryland into a three-minute scoring drought (on 0-for-5 shooting) to inch ahead 15-13, then kept up the defensive pressure for a 22-15 advantage. The Terps were 1-for-10 on 3-pointers and 6-for-17 overall.

The Terps ratcheted up their defense, forced four IU turnovers in a four-minute stretch and went on a 10-0 run for a 33-26 lead.

Hood-Schifino ended that drought with a free throw, but Maryland extended the lead to 37-29 at halftime. It had no turnovers. IU had eight. It was 13-for-15 from the line. IU was 5-for-6.

Jackson-Davis had played 19 minutes and taken just six shots, making four for eight points along with 11 rebounds.

Rallying from on eight-point halftime deficit against a team 13-0 when leading at halftime demanded defending without fouling, limiting the turnovers, and getting Jackson-Davis the ball.

The Hoosiers did it well enough to close within two points early in the second half and five points late but couldn't finish the rally.

Jackson-Davis opened the second half with a pair of misses. Thompson rebounded both for two baskets and a free throw. Jackson-Davis added a free throw as IU closed to 37-35.

Maryland missed seven-straight shots, plus had a turnover, before ending the Hoosiers' 6-0 run.

A flagrant foul on guard Tamar Bates gave the Terps two free throws and then a basket for a 43-37 lead with 15 minutes left.

Maryland pushed ahead by 10, then 12. Jackson-Davis willed the Hoosiers back with offense, defense and rebounding. With five minutes left, the deficit was five points.

IU, which hosts No. 1 Purdue on Saturday, got no closer.

"We have to regroup, come home and get ready for Purdue," Woodson told Fischer.