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From the Hoosier perspective:
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Indiana concludes the regular season Saturday afternoon against Ohio State at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Buckeyes are 17-13 and 9-10 in the Big Ten.
Indiana won the first meeting 77-76 in overtime on Jan. 17 in Columbus.
Saturday’s game will tip at 3:45 p.m. ET on CBS:
Two teams desperately needing a win will meet on Saturday in Bloomington. The Hoosiers and Buckeyes are squarely on the bubble with the Big Ten tournament and Selection Sunday looming.
Indiana is coming off a hard-fought 73-64 loss at Oregon, which snapped its three-game winning streak. Ohio State survived a double overtime thriller on Tuesday in Columbus against Nebraska, another bubble team.
The winner will feel good about its NCAA tournament chances, while the loser will leave with work to do in Indianapolis next week to secure a bid.
THE FIRST MATCHUP
Indiana’s narrow win against the Buckeyes in Columbus was one of its better performances of the season. The Hoosiers responded to back-to-back 25-point losses against Iowa and Illinois with better energy from the opening tip.
Indiana nearly collapsed after it built a 68-58 lead with 5:12 to play. The Hoosiers were outscored 13-3 to finish regulation and fell behind in overtime before outlasting the Buckeyes.
Senior wing Luke Goode had a career night at Value City Arena. The Illinois transfer poured in a career-high 23 points and shot 7-for-14 from the field, including a 4-for-7 mark on 3s. His fourth 3-pointer of the game, with just over a minute left in overtime, proved to be the game-winner.
With Malik Reneau sidelined with a knee injury, Indiana emphasized Oumar Ballo in the post early and often. The 7-footer scored 21 points on 8-for-14 shooting from the field and a 5-for-7 mark from the foul line. Ballo also pulled down 15 rebounds and eight of them were on the offensive end. Ballo played 40 minutes and also had three assists, two blocked shots and a steal.
The Hoosiers also got a key performance from Kanaan Carlyle off the bench. Carlyle, who played well in Tuesday’s loss at Oregon, logged 36 minutes against the Buckeyes. He had 13 points on 5-for-12 shooting and didn’t commit a turnover. Carlyle scored 10 of his 13 points after halftime.
For Ohio State, all three of its backcourt players had big games. Freshman John Mobley scored a team-high 22 points and hit several big shots from the perimeter. Mobley was 5-for-11 on 3s and is shooting 40.2 percent on triples.
Indiana also had trouble defending San Diego State transfer Micah Parrish. The 6-foot-6 wing had 19 points and was disruptive defensively (three steals). Junior point guard Bruce Thornton also played well despite a rough shooting night from distance. Thornton was 6-for-9 on 2s and finished with 18 points, six rebounds and three assists in 43 minutes.
Both teams were missing key pieces in the first meeting. Reneau was unavailable for Indiana and the Buckeyes were without forward Devin Royal, who averages 13.6 points, seven rebounds and 1.1 assists in 28.3 minutes per game. The 6-foot-6 Royal shoots 52.5 from the field and is a versatile scoring threat.
Ohio State is an above-average 3-point shooting team that also gets to the line and converts its opportunities. The Buckeyes shoot 35.2 percent from deep in Big Ten games and score 30.5 percent of its points from 3, which is middle of the pack in the conference and nationally.
The Buckeyes have the fifth-best free throw rate (FTA/FGA) in the league and are shooting 78.4 percent from the stripe, which ranks third in the conference. Thornton shoots 84.1 percent, Mobley 88 percent, Royal 78.2 percent and Parrish 79.1 percent from the stripe.
Defensively, the Buckeyes have two key issues. Ohio State is 14th in the Big Ten in defensive rebounding percentage and last in opponent free throw rate. Indiana had 14 offensive rebounds and went 17-for-23 from the line in Columbus.
Indiana should have one of its liveliest crowds of the season. It’s senior day in Bloomington and the Hoosiers can take another step towards an NCAA tournament berth with a win. While not an elimination game for either team with the Big Ten tournament looming, the winner will have far less pressure going to Indianapolis and will also avoid a Wednesday game.
The Hoosiers are playing arguably their best basketball of the season at the right time. Indiana won three straight games before Tuesday’s loss at Oregon. The final score of that contest was not indicative of how close the game was as IU led in the final two minutes before it had to foul, which allowed Oregon to stretch the lead.
The keys for Indiana are dominating the paint, converting opportunities at the line and not allowing the trio of Thornton, Mobley and Parrish to get in rhythm offensively.
What to Expect: Indiana vs. Ohio State
Indiana concludes the regular season Saturday afternoon against Ohio State at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
www.insidethehall.com
What to Expect: Indiana vs. Ohio State
Indiana concludes the regular season Saturday afternoon against Ohio State at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Buckeyes are 17-13 and 9-10 in the Big Ten.
Indiana won the first meeting 77-76 in overtime on Jan. 17 in Columbus.
Saturday’s game will tip at 3:45 p.m. ET on CBS:
Two teams desperately needing a win will meet on Saturday in Bloomington. The Hoosiers and Buckeyes are squarely on the bubble with the Big Ten tournament and Selection Sunday looming.
Indiana is coming off a hard-fought 73-64 loss at Oregon, which snapped its three-game winning streak. Ohio State survived a double overtime thriller on Tuesday in Columbus against Nebraska, another bubble team.
The winner will feel good about its NCAA tournament chances, while the loser will leave with work to do in Indianapolis next week to secure a bid.
THE FIRST MATCHUP
Indiana’s narrow win against the Buckeyes in Columbus was one of its better performances of the season. The Hoosiers responded to back-to-back 25-point losses against Iowa and Illinois with better energy from the opening tip.
Indiana nearly collapsed after it built a 68-58 lead with 5:12 to play. The Hoosiers were outscored 13-3 to finish regulation and fell behind in overtime before outlasting the Buckeyes.
Senior wing Luke Goode had a career night at Value City Arena. The Illinois transfer poured in a career-high 23 points and shot 7-for-14 from the field, including a 4-for-7 mark on 3s. His fourth 3-pointer of the game, with just over a minute left in overtime, proved to be the game-winner.
With Malik Reneau sidelined with a knee injury, Indiana emphasized Oumar Ballo in the post early and often. The 7-footer scored 21 points on 8-for-14 shooting from the field and a 5-for-7 mark from the foul line. Ballo also pulled down 15 rebounds and eight of them were on the offensive end. Ballo played 40 minutes and also had three assists, two blocked shots and a steal.
The Hoosiers also got a key performance from Kanaan Carlyle off the bench. Carlyle, who played well in Tuesday’s loss at Oregon, logged 36 minutes against the Buckeyes. He had 13 points on 5-for-12 shooting and didn’t commit a turnover. Carlyle scored 10 of his 13 points after halftime.
For Ohio State, all three of its backcourt players had big games. Freshman John Mobley scored a team-high 22 points and hit several big shots from the perimeter. Mobley was 5-for-11 on 3s and is shooting 40.2 percent on triples.
Indiana also had trouble defending San Diego State transfer Micah Parrish. The 6-foot-6 wing had 19 points and was disruptive defensively (three steals). Junior point guard Bruce Thornton also played well despite a rough shooting night from distance. Thornton was 6-for-9 on 2s and finished with 18 points, six rebounds and three assists in 43 minutes.
Both teams were missing key pieces in the first meeting. Reneau was unavailable for Indiana and the Buckeyes were without forward Devin Royal, who averages 13.6 points, seven rebounds and 1.1 assists in 28.3 minutes per game. The 6-foot-6 Royal shoots 52.5 from the field and is a versatile scoring threat.
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(All stats are for conference games only and conference rankings in parenthesis are updated through Wednesday’s games.)
Ohio State is an above-average 3-point shooting team that also gets to the line and converts its opportunities. The Buckeyes shoot 35.2 percent from deep in Big Ten games and score 30.5 percent of its points from 3, which is middle of the pack in the conference and nationally.
The Buckeyes have the fifth-best free throw rate (FTA/FGA) in the league and are shooting 78.4 percent from the stripe, which ranks third in the conference. Thornton shoots 84.1 percent, Mobley 88 percent, Royal 78.2 percent and Parrish 79.1 percent from the stripe.
Defensively, the Buckeyes have two key issues. Ohio State is 14th in the Big Ten in defensive rebounding percentage and last in opponent free throw rate. Indiana had 14 offensive rebounds and went 17-for-23 from the line in Columbus.
WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO
The KenPom projection is Indiana by one with a 54 percent chance of a Hoosier victory. Bart Torvik’s ratings favor Indiana by two with a 57 percent chance for the Hoosiers to prevail.Indiana should have one of its liveliest crowds of the season. It’s senior day in Bloomington and the Hoosiers can take another step towards an NCAA tournament berth with a win. While not an elimination game for either team with the Big Ten tournament looming, the winner will have far less pressure going to Indianapolis and will also avoid a Wednesday game.
The Hoosiers are playing arguably their best basketball of the season at the right time. Indiana won three straight games before Tuesday’s loss at Oregon. The final score of that contest was not indicative of how close the game was as IU led in the final two minutes before it had to foul, which allowed Oregon to stretch the lead.
The keys for Indiana are dominating the paint, converting opportunities at the line and not allowing the trio of Thornton, Mobley and Parrish to get in rhythm offensively.
