Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 28 at Michigan State
2/20/2023 2:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Opening Tip
• Indiana University hits the road for the first of two road games in its 123rd season of competition in men's basketball at Michigan State at 9 p.m. ET on Feb. 21. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.
• The Spartans, led by Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo, enter the Tuesday night contest with a 16-10 record and an 8-7 mark in B1G play.
• The game will be the first played in East Lansing since the tragic shootings at Michigan State University on Feb. 13.
Game Information
Feb. 21, 2023 • 9 p.m. ET
Breslin Center (15,000) • East Lansing, Mich.
TV: ESPN (Brian Custer, Jay Bilas, Myron Medcalf)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 72-58
Last Meeting: IU 82, MSU 69 on Jan. 22, 2023 in Bloomington
Series History
• Indiana controls the series (71-58) against Michigan State. The Spartans have won 23 of the last 25 games of the series played at the Breslin Center dating back to the 1991-92 season.
• The Hoosiers knocked off Michigan State by a score of 82-69 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Jan. 22. Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis went off for 31 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, and five blocked shots in the win. He became the first high-major player since Michael Sweetney (Georgetown, 2003) to accomplish that statistical line in a men's college basketball game.
• Head coach Mike Woodson averaged 21.4 points in his eight career contests against the Spartans.
Last Time Out
• Indiana overcame an 11-point deficit in the second half against Illinois to walk away with a 71-68 win to sweep the season series against the Illini. With four games remaining, IU ranks third in the Big Ten standings.
• Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis compiled a 26-point, 12-rebound double-double in the victory. He also added five blocks, three steals, and two assists. He is the first high-major conference player since Emeka Okafor (UConn, 2004) to post at least 25 points, 12 rebounds, five blocks and three steals in a game.
• Freshman guard Jalen Hood-Schifino came up big in the clutch to seal the win for Indiana with 13 points, a career-high-match seven rebounds, and three assists. He scored four points in the final 1:20, including the go-ahead free throws with 30 seconds to play.
• Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp knocked down four 3-points to score 12 points and sixth-year senior Race Thompson added 10 points and six rebounds.
Jackson-Davis, The All-American
• Since the calendar flipped to 2023, senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis has averaged 23.5 points, 13.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 3.3 blocks per game. His rebounding figure marks the highest tally in the NCAA during the 12-game stretch.
• In Big Ten play, Jackson-Davis leads the league with 22.1 points, 13.1 rebounds, and 3.3 blocked shots per game. His rebounding rate is the highest in conference play in the last 25 seasons.
• Over the last 25 years of basketball only Jackson-Davis (Jan. 2023), Tim Duncan, and Shaquille O'Neal have averaged at least 23.0 points, 14.0 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game in a calendar month (min. 5 games) in Division I basketball or the NBA.
• Jackson-Davis made 130-of-2237 (54.9%) of his shots from the floor and 69-of-100 (69.0%) of his free throw attempts in the first 14 games of the new year. He has recorded a double-double in 11 of the 14 games.
• TJD posted three 30-pooint games in the month of January, including back-to-back games with 35 points at Illinois (Jan. 19) and 31 points against Michigan State (Jan. 22). He also grabbed at least 20 rebounds three times during the stretch of nine games.
Rise of the Fino
• Since returning to the Indiana lineup against Kansas on Dec. 17, freshman guard Jalen Hood-Schifino is averaging 14.2 points and 4.1 assists on 42.2% shooting from the floor and 40.3% shooting from the 3-point line. He has 13 double-digit scoring outputs during that stretch, including four games exceeding the 20-point threshold.
• Hood-Schifino scored a career-best 33 points on 12-of-17 shooting from the floor and 5-of-7 shooting from the 3-point line against Northwestern on Jan. 8, the highest point total by a Hoosier freshman since Eric Gordon scored 33 against Chattanooga on Nov. 12, 2007.
• JHS ranks third among all freshmen in the Big Ten in scoring (12.6 points per game), second in assists (4.1), fourth in rebounds (4.0), and fifth in made 3-pointers per game (1.3). He is second in the league averaging a combined 20.8 points, rebounds, and assists per game.
• In seven crunch-time Big Ten games, defined as single-digit outcomes in the final four minutes of play, Hood-Schifino 9-of-15 (66.7%) from the floor, 2-of-2 from the 3-point line, and 7-of-8 (87.5%) from the free throw line.
Miller Time
• Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp has knocked down a team-best 50 3-pointers this season. He is hitting the long ball at a 46.3% clip (50-of-108), the second-highest percentage on the team (min. 20 attempts).
• In the two games against Rutgers this season, Kopp averaged 19.5 points and hit 60.0% (9-of-15) of his shots from behind the arc. The two games mark his two highest scoring outputs of his season.
• Kopp provided the key stop on Michigan freshman Jett Howard on Feb. 11, forcing Howard into a difficult shot at the buzzer to preserve Indiana's 62-61 victory in Ann Arbor.
The Trey Gallo-Way
• Junior guard Trey Galloway has averaged 7.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game in 17 starts this season. Indiana is 12-5 in his starts this season.
• Overall this season, Gallo is shooting 51.3% from the floor and 48.8% from the 3-point line. He has made more 3-pointers (21) this season than his first two seasons on campus (12) combined.
• Galloway scored a career-high 20 points on 4-of-6 shooting from deep in IU's first Big Ten win of the season over Nebraska on Dec. 7. The Culver Academies graduate scored 17 points on 4-of-4 shooting from the 3-point line against MSU on Jan. 22.
He Did What?
• In his career, senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis has recorded four games with at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, and four blocked shots. The rest of the Big Ten has combined to post five such games in the last 25 seasons.
• TJD posted 25 points, seven rebounds, and five blocked shots in Indiana's 79-74 victory over No. 1/1 Purdue on Feb. 4. He is the first player to produce at least 25 points and five blocks in a win over the AP No. 1 team since Marcus Camby had 32 points and 5 blocks in UMass' win over Kentucky on November 28, 1995.
• The four-time Big Ten Player of the Week compiled 25 points, 21 rebounds, and six blocked shots at Minnesota on Jan. 25. The game marked the first 20-20 game from a Hoosier since D.J. White on Jan. 8, 2008. He also became the first high-major player to post a 25-20-5 game since UConn's Hasheem Thabeet on Feb. 14, 2009.
Chasing History
• Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis currently sits fifth all-time at IU in scoring (2,081), third in rebounds (1,068), and holds the school record for blocked shots (251). 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. Trayce Jackson-Davis (2,081)
Up Next: Career Rebounding Leaders
1. Alan Henderson (1,091)
2. Walt Bellamy (1,087)
3. Trayce Jackson-Davis (1,068)
Up Next: Career Double-Doubles
1. Walt Bellamy (59)
2. Archie Dees (56)
3. Alan Henderson (49)
4. Trayce Jackson-Davis (47)
• TJD is the fifth player in Big Ten history to record 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, joining Joe Barry Carroll (Purdue), Ethan Happ (Wisconsin), Greg Kelser (Michigan State), and Herb Williams (Ohio State).
• The Center Grove product is the only active men's Division I player to tally at least 2,000 career points, 1,000 career rebounds, and 250 career blocks. In the last 25 seasons, only five players have achieved those numbers in college basketball. Only Kyle Hines (UNCG) produced those numbers on a higher career scoring average.
• Jackson-Davis is one of two high-major players (Zach Edey; Purdue) to average at least 20.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks per game this season.
• In 16 conference games, TJD is averaging 22.1 points, 13.1 rebounds, and 3.3 blocks per game.
• TJD is the active career Big Ten leader in points (2,081), rebounds (1,068), blocked shots (251), double-doubles (47), made field goals (782), and free throws made (517).
TJD, The Big Fundamental, and The Diesel
• In the last 30 seasons of Division I men's college basketball, only senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis and NBA Hall of Famer Tim Duncan have averaged at least 19.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game.
• Over the last 25 years of basketball only Jackson-Davis (Jan. 2023), Duncan, and Shaquille O'Neal have averaged at least 23.0 points, 14.0 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game in a calendar month (min. 5 games) in Division I basketball or the NBA.
• Indiana University hits the road for the first of two road games in its 123rd season of competition in men's basketball at Michigan State at 9 p.m. ET on Feb. 21. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.
• The Spartans, led by Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo, enter the Tuesday night contest with a 16-10 record and an 8-7 mark in B1G play.
• The game will be the first played in East Lansing since the tragic shootings at Michigan State University on Feb. 13.
Game Information
Feb. 21, 2023 • 9 p.m. ET
Breslin Center (15,000) • East Lansing, Mich.
TV: ESPN (Brian Custer, Jay Bilas, Myron Medcalf)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 72-58
Last Meeting: IU 82, MSU 69 on Jan. 22, 2023 in Bloomington
Series History
• Indiana controls the series (71-58) against Michigan State. The Spartans have won 23 of the last 25 games of the series played at the Breslin Center dating back to the 1991-92 season.
• The Hoosiers knocked off Michigan State by a score of 82-69 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Jan. 22. Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis went off for 31 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, and five blocked shots in the win. He became the first high-major player since Michael Sweetney (Georgetown, 2003) to accomplish that statistical line in a men's college basketball game.
• Head coach Mike Woodson averaged 21.4 points in his eight career contests against the Spartans.
Last Time Out
• Indiana overcame an 11-point deficit in the second half against Illinois to walk away with a 71-68 win to sweep the season series against the Illini. With four games remaining, IU ranks third in the Big Ten standings.
• Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis compiled a 26-point, 12-rebound double-double in the victory. He also added five blocks, three steals, and two assists. He is the first high-major conference player since Emeka Okafor (UConn, 2004) to post at least 25 points, 12 rebounds, five blocks and three steals in a game.
• Freshman guard Jalen Hood-Schifino came up big in the clutch to seal the win for Indiana with 13 points, a career-high-match seven rebounds, and three assists. He scored four points in the final 1:20, including the go-ahead free throws with 30 seconds to play.
• Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp knocked down four 3-points to score 12 points and sixth-year senior Race Thompson added 10 points and six rebounds.
Jackson-Davis, The All-American
• Since the calendar flipped to 2023, senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis has averaged 23.5 points, 13.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 3.3 blocks per game. His rebounding figure marks the highest tally in the NCAA during the 12-game stretch.
• In Big Ten play, Jackson-Davis leads the league with 22.1 points, 13.1 rebounds, and 3.3 blocked shots per game. His rebounding rate is the highest in conference play in the last 25 seasons.
• Over the last 25 years of basketball only Jackson-Davis (Jan. 2023), Tim Duncan, and Shaquille O'Neal have averaged at least 23.0 points, 14.0 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game in a calendar month (min. 5 games) in Division I basketball or the NBA.
• Jackson-Davis made 130-of-2237 (54.9%) of his shots from the floor and 69-of-100 (69.0%) of his free throw attempts in the first 14 games of the new year. He has recorded a double-double in 11 of the 14 games.
• TJD posted three 30-pooint games in the month of January, including back-to-back games with 35 points at Illinois (Jan. 19) and 31 points against Michigan State (Jan. 22). He also grabbed at least 20 rebounds three times during the stretch of nine games.
Rise of the Fino
• Since returning to the Indiana lineup against Kansas on Dec. 17, freshman guard Jalen Hood-Schifino is averaging 14.2 points and 4.1 assists on 42.2% shooting from the floor and 40.3% shooting from the 3-point line. He has 13 double-digit scoring outputs during that stretch, including four games exceeding the 20-point threshold.
• Hood-Schifino scored a career-best 33 points on 12-of-17 shooting from the floor and 5-of-7 shooting from the 3-point line against Northwestern on Jan. 8, the highest point total by a Hoosier freshman since Eric Gordon scored 33 against Chattanooga on Nov. 12, 2007.
• JHS ranks third among all freshmen in the Big Ten in scoring (12.6 points per game), second in assists (4.1), fourth in rebounds (4.0), and fifth in made 3-pointers per game (1.3). He is second in the league averaging a combined 20.8 points, rebounds, and assists per game.
• In seven crunch-time Big Ten games, defined as single-digit outcomes in the final four minutes of play, Hood-Schifino 9-of-15 (66.7%) from the floor, 2-of-2 from the 3-point line, and 7-of-8 (87.5%) from the free throw line.
Miller Time
• Fifth-year senior forward Miller Kopp has knocked down a team-best 50 3-pointers this season. He is hitting the long ball at a 46.3% clip (50-of-108), the second-highest percentage on the team (min. 20 attempts).
• In the two games against Rutgers this season, Kopp averaged 19.5 points and hit 60.0% (9-of-15) of his shots from behind the arc. The two games mark his two highest scoring outputs of his season.
• Kopp provided the key stop on Michigan freshman Jett Howard on Feb. 11, forcing Howard into a difficult shot at the buzzer to preserve Indiana's 62-61 victory in Ann Arbor.
The Trey Gallo-Way
• Junior guard Trey Galloway has averaged 7.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game in 17 starts this season. Indiana is 12-5 in his starts this season.
• Overall this season, Gallo is shooting 51.3% from the floor and 48.8% from the 3-point line. He has made more 3-pointers (21) this season than his first two seasons on campus (12) combined.
• Galloway scored a career-high 20 points on 4-of-6 shooting from deep in IU's first Big Ten win of the season over Nebraska on Dec. 7. The Culver Academies graduate scored 17 points on 4-of-4 shooting from the 3-point line against MSU on Jan. 22.
He Did What?
• In his career, senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis has recorded four games with at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, and four blocked shots. The rest of the Big Ten has combined to post five such games in the last 25 seasons.
• TJD posted 25 points, seven rebounds, and five blocked shots in Indiana's 79-74 victory over No. 1/1 Purdue on Feb. 4. He is the first player to produce at least 25 points and five blocks in a win over the AP No. 1 team since Marcus Camby had 32 points and 5 blocks in UMass' win over Kentucky on November 28, 1995.
• The four-time Big Ten Player of the Week compiled 25 points, 21 rebounds, and six blocked shots at Minnesota on Jan. 25. The game marked the first 20-20 game from a Hoosier since D.J. White on Jan. 8, 2008. He also became the first high-major player to post a 25-20-5 game since UConn's Hasheem Thabeet on Feb. 14, 2009.
Chasing History
• Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis currently sits fifth all-time at IU in scoring (2,081), third in rebounds (1,068), and holds the school record for blocked shots (251). 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. Trayce Jackson-Davis (2,081)
Up Next: Career Rebounding Leaders
1. Alan Henderson (1,091)
2. Walt Bellamy (1,087)
3. Trayce Jackson-Davis (1,068)
Up Next: Career Double-Doubles
1. Walt Bellamy (59)
2. Archie Dees (56)
3. Alan Henderson (49)
4. Trayce Jackson-Davis (47)
• TJD is the fifth player in Big Ten history to record 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, joining Joe Barry Carroll (Purdue), Ethan Happ (Wisconsin), Greg Kelser (Michigan State), and Herb Williams (Ohio State).
• The Center Grove product is the only active men's Division I player to tally at least 2,000 career points, 1,000 career rebounds, and 250 career blocks. In the last 25 seasons, only five players have achieved those numbers in college basketball. Only Kyle Hines (UNCG) produced those numbers on a higher career scoring average.
• Jackson-Davis is one of two high-major players (Zach Edey; Purdue) to average at least 20.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks per game this season.
• In 16 conference games, TJD is averaging 22.1 points, 13.1 rebounds, and 3.3 blocks per game.
• TJD is the active career Big Ten leader in points (2,081), rebounds (1,068), blocked shots (251), double-doubles (47), made field goals (782), and free throws made (517).
TJD, The Big Fundamental, and The Diesel
• In the last 30 seasons of Division I men's college basketball, only senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis and NBA Hall of Famer Tim Duncan have averaged at least 19.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game.
• Over the last 25 years of basketball only Jackson-Davis (Jan. 2023), Duncan, and Shaquille O'Neal have averaged at least 23.0 points, 14.0 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game in a calendar month (min. 5 games) in Division I basketball or the NBA.
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