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Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 12 vs. Chicago State
12/17/2025 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Opening Tip
• Indiana University returns to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the penultimate non-conference game of the regular season against Chicago State at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 20. The matchup will be streamed on B1G+ with Ben Haller, Zach Browning, and Josie Broyles on the call.
• Chicago State (2-10) is under the direction of first-year head coach Landon Bussie. The Cougars are led by 15.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game from junior guard Doyel Cockrill III. He has shot 44.7% (21-of-47) from the 3-point line.
• Senior guard Marcus Tankersley has averaged 14.7 points and 1.0 steal per contest. Senior forward CJ Ray is the third Cougar to average double figures at 10.8 points per night.
Game Information
Dec. 20, 2025 • 1 PM ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: B1G+ (Ben Haller, Zach Browning, Josie Broyles)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 4-0
Last Meeting: IU 104, CSU 55 on Nov. 6, 2018, in Bloomington
Series History
• Indiana has defeated Chicago State in all four of the previous matchups between the two programs by an average margin of victory of 34.0 points. IU has averaged 97.8 points per game in the series that began in 2006.
• The Hoosiers bested the Cougars by a score of 104-55 in their last meeting on Nov. 6, 2018, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in the collegiate debut of Romeo Langford. The 14th pick in the 2019 NBA Draft scored 19 points in the contest.
• Indiana is 7-0 against Northeast Conference teams with wins over Chicago State (4), Central Connecticut (1), LIU Brooklyn (1), and St. Francis (1).
Last Time Out
• Indiana (8-3, 1-1 B1G) went on the road and dropped a hard-fought contest at Kentucky by a score of 72-60 on Saturday, Dec. 13, at Rupp Arena.
• IU held a 49-42 lead with a 14:18 to play in the second half before border rival UK rattled off a 30-11 run to close the game.
• Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries tallied 15 points, seven rebounds, and three assists. Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson, who played through significant foul trouble, also produced 15 points. Sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway added 11 points.
• The Hoosiers made 26-of-29 (89.7%) from the charity stripe, the highest volume of made free throws since hitting 27 against South Carolina on Nov. 16, 2024. The percentage marked the highest by an IU team with at least 25 made free throws since Dec. 21, 2012 when Indiana shot 26-of-27 (96.3%) against Florida Atlantic.
Wilkerson Named Co-B1G Player of the Week
• Indiana fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson was named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week, the conference announced on Dec. 15.
• The Sam Houston State transfer averaged 29.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.5 steals in just 23.0 minutes per night as the Hoosiers split games against Penn State (113-72 on Dec. 9) and at Kentucky (60-72 on Dec. 13). He shot 63.6% (21-of-33) from the floor, 60.0% (12-of-20) from the 3-point line, and 83.3% (5-of-6) from the free throw line.
• Wilkerson opened the week with a career-high 44 points against Penn State, a Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall record, and a program-record 10 made 3-pointers. He added four rebounds, four assists, and three steals in 24 minutes. He followed the historical outing with 15 points and two rebounds at Kentucky.
Lamar's Legendary Night in the Hall
• Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson torched the nets for a career-high 44 points, a Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall record, on a program-record 10 made 3-pointers.
• Per OptaSTATS, Wilkerson is the only Division I or NBA player in the last 30 seasons to score 40-plus points and make 10-plus 3-pointers in a game while playing less than 25 minutes.
• His scoring outburst marked the most by a Hoosier against a Big Ten opponent since Mike Woodson scored 48 points at Illinois on March 3, 1979, and the most in a Big Ten home game since Jimmy Rayl posted 44 points against Wisconsin on Feb. 12, 1962. He is the first Big Ten player since Luka Garza (44 on Dec. 6, 2019) to score at least 44 points in a single game.
• Wilkerson is one of nine players to score 40-plus points in a game this season and the only one to do so in less than 25 minutes. In the last 30 seasons of Division I men's college basketball only 10 players have scored 40-plus points in under 25 minutes on the court.
• The school-record 10 made 3-pointers are the most by a Big Ten player since Jordan Bohannon (10) against Maryland on Feb. 10, 2022.
Getting it Done on the Defensive End
• Indiana ranks 18th nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency, per KenPom. The last time the Hoosiers closed the season ranked inside the top 20 in the metric was 2012-13, a year that ended with a Big Ten Championship.
• IU holds opponents to 44.2% effective field goal shooting (11th nationally), 42.6% shooting from inside the arc (7th), and 31.7% from the 3-point line.
• Opposing teams have scored 75 points or less in nine of 11 games. All 11 opponents have scored under their season average against the IU defense.
• The Hoosiers force 12.8 turnovers per games. Three players average at least 1.0 steal per game, led by 1.7 from sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway.
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• Indiana University returns to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the penultimate non-conference game of the regular season against Chicago State at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 20. The matchup will be streamed on B1G+ with Ben Haller, Zach Browning, and Josie Broyles on the call.
• Chicago State (2-10) is under the direction of first-year head coach Landon Bussie. The Cougars are led by 15.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game from junior guard Doyel Cockrill III. He has shot 44.7% (21-of-47) from the 3-point line.
• Senior guard Marcus Tankersley has averaged 14.7 points and 1.0 steal per contest. Senior forward CJ Ray is the third Cougar to average double figures at 10.8 points per night.
Game Information
Dec. 20, 2025 • 1 PM ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: B1G+ (Ben Haller, Zach Browning, Josie Broyles)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 4-0
Last Meeting: IU 104, CSU 55 on Nov. 6, 2018, in Bloomington
Series History
• Indiana has defeated Chicago State in all four of the previous matchups between the two programs by an average margin of victory of 34.0 points. IU has averaged 97.8 points per game in the series that began in 2006.
• The Hoosiers bested the Cougars by a score of 104-55 in their last meeting on Nov. 6, 2018, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in the collegiate debut of Romeo Langford. The 14th pick in the 2019 NBA Draft scored 19 points in the contest.
• Indiana is 7-0 against Northeast Conference teams with wins over Chicago State (4), Central Connecticut (1), LIU Brooklyn (1), and St. Francis (1).
Last Time Out
• Indiana (8-3, 1-1 B1G) went on the road and dropped a hard-fought contest at Kentucky by a score of 72-60 on Saturday, Dec. 13, at Rupp Arena.
• IU held a 49-42 lead with a 14:18 to play in the second half before border rival UK rattled off a 30-11 run to close the game.
• Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries tallied 15 points, seven rebounds, and three assists. Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson, who played through significant foul trouble, also produced 15 points. Sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway added 11 points.
• The Hoosiers made 26-of-29 (89.7%) from the charity stripe, the highest volume of made free throws since hitting 27 against South Carolina on Nov. 16, 2024. The percentage marked the highest by an IU team with at least 25 made free throws since Dec. 21, 2012 when Indiana shot 26-of-27 (96.3%) against Florida Atlantic.
Wilkerson Named Co-B1G Player of the Week
• Indiana fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson was named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week, the conference announced on Dec. 15.
• The Sam Houston State transfer averaged 29.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.5 steals in just 23.0 minutes per night as the Hoosiers split games against Penn State (113-72 on Dec. 9) and at Kentucky (60-72 on Dec. 13). He shot 63.6% (21-of-33) from the floor, 60.0% (12-of-20) from the 3-point line, and 83.3% (5-of-6) from the free throw line.
• Wilkerson opened the week with a career-high 44 points against Penn State, a Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall record, and a program-record 10 made 3-pointers. He added four rebounds, four assists, and three steals in 24 minutes. He followed the historical outing with 15 points and two rebounds at Kentucky.
Lamar's Legendary Night in the Hall
• Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson torched the nets for a career-high 44 points, a Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall record, on a program-record 10 made 3-pointers.
• Per OptaSTATS, Wilkerson is the only Division I or NBA player in the last 30 seasons to score 40-plus points and make 10-plus 3-pointers in a game while playing less than 25 minutes.
• His scoring outburst marked the most by a Hoosier against a Big Ten opponent since Mike Woodson scored 48 points at Illinois on March 3, 1979, and the most in a Big Ten home game since Jimmy Rayl posted 44 points against Wisconsin on Feb. 12, 1962. He is the first Big Ten player since Luka Garza (44 on Dec. 6, 2019) to score at least 44 points in a single game.
• Wilkerson is one of nine players to score 40-plus points in a game this season and the only one to do so in less than 25 minutes. In the last 30 seasons of Division I men's college basketball only 10 players have scored 40-plus points in under 25 minutes on the court.
• The school-record 10 made 3-pointers are the most by a Big Ten player since Jordan Bohannon (10) against Maryland on Feb. 10, 2022.
Getting it Done on the Defensive End
• Indiana ranks 18th nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency, per KenPom. The last time the Hoosiers closed the season ranked inside the top 20 in the metric was 2012-13, a year that ended with a Big Ten Championship.
• IU holds opponents to 44.2% effective field goal shooting (11th nationally), 42.6% shooting from inside the arc (7th), and 31.7% from the 3-point line.
• Opposing teams have scored 75 points or less in nine of 11 games. All 11 opponents have scored under their season average against the IU defense.
• The Hoosiers force 12.8 turnovers per games. Three players average at least 1.0 steal per game, led by 1.7 from sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway.
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