Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 19 at No. 3/2 Michigan

Opening Tip
• Indiana University is set to begin a brief two-game road trip in Big Ten Conference play at No. 3/2 Michigan on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET on Peacock with John Fanta (PxP), Robbie Hummel (Analyst), and Caroline Pineda (Sideline) on the call.

• Michigan (16-1, 6-1 B1G) is under the direction of second-year head coach Dusty May, a former Indiana basketball manager and graduate ('00).

• The Wolverines are led by a pair of transfer bigs in graduate forward Yaxel Lendeborg (14.1 points, 7.1 rebounds) and sophomore forward Morez Johnson Jr. (14.1, 6.8).

• Junior center Aday Mara had added 10.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.6 blocks per game. Junior guard Elliot Cadeau (10.0 points, 5.2 assists), freshman guard Trey McKenney (9.8), senior guard Roddy Gayle Jr. (9.6), and graduate guard Nimari Burnett (8.9) all chip into the high-powered U-M offense that has posted 93.1 points per night.

• Michigan is ranked inside the top 10 nationally in two-point shooting percentage (2nd), scoring margin (2nd), points per game (5th), blocks (6th), assists (7th), field goal percentage (8th), and rebounds (9th).

Game Information
Jan. 20, 2026 • 7 PM ET
Crisler Center (12,707) • Ann Arbor, Mich.
TV: Peacock (John Fanta, Robbie Hummel, Caroline Pineda)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 111-66
Last Meeting: U-M 70, IU 67 on Feb. 8, 2025, in Bloomington

Series History
• The Hoosiers lead the all-time series between the two long-time Big Ten rivals with 111 wins compared to 66 losses. Michigan is one of five programs (Northwestern, 120; Ohio State, 114; Minnesota; 111; Iowa, 107) in which Indiana has defeated at least 100 times in program history.

• IU has four of the last five matchups with U-M. Indiana won by a score of 62-61 on Feb. 11, 2023, and 78-75 on Dec. 5, 2025, in their last two visits to the Crisler Center.

Last Time Out
• Indiana (12-6, 3-4 B1G) dropped its third straight game in a 74-57 contest against Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 17, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

• Sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway led the Hoosier offense with 16 points, his eighth game with 15-plus points this season, on 8-of-12 shooting from the floor. He added four assists, two rebounds, and two steals in 31 minutes.

• Senior forward Sam Alexis provided his best statistical game of the Big Ten slate to date with 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor and eight rebounds. He grabbed three of the 12 Indiana offensive boards in the game.

Long-Distance Calls
• Indiana has averaged 10.3 made 3-pointers per game, fourth in the Big Ten and t-38th nationally. The Hoosiers have buried 10 or more triples in 11 games. In those contests, IU holds a record of 8-3 and averaged 89.2 points per game.

• The Hoosiers buried 14 triples in consecutive games against Marquette (Nov. 9) and Milwaukee (Nov. 12), the first time an IU team converted at least 14 3-point field goals in consecutive games since November of 2005.

• Indiana canned 17 3-pointers against Penn State (Dec. 9), the most in a game since 2016 (19). The Hoosiers have made 17-plus triples in five games in program history.

• Fifth-year senior Lamar Wilkerson is tied for ninth nationally and tops the Big Ten with 3.4 made 3-pointers per game. Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries (2.7) is fifth in the B1G.

• Junior guard Nick Dorn (1.7) is 23rd in the league. The Elon transfer has made 27-of-63 attempts (42.6%) from long range this season. He has made at least one triple in 11 of his 16 appearances.

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Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 19 at No. 3/2 Michigan

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Sam Alexis

Tayton Conerway

Tucker DeVries

Nick Dorn

Lamar Wilkerson

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