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OPENING TIP
Indiana University is in its 121st season of competition in men's basketball and opens the doors of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the 50th season. The Hoosiers will visit Big Ten co-leader Iowa on Thursday night. IU is coming off an 81-69 loss at home to Purdue.
The Hoosiers defeated the Hawkeyes, 89-77 in their lone meeting in Bloomington a year ago. In the last visit to Carver-Hawkeye, Iowa rallied for a 76-70 win in overtime in 2019.
GAME INFORMATION
Thursday, Jan. 24 • 9 p.m. ET
Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa
TV: FS1 (Adam Amin and Nick Bahe)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) | TuneIn
Series History: Indiana leads, 103-78
Last Meeting: at IU 89, IOWA 77; 2/13/20
THE COACHES
Indiana Coach Archie Miller is in his fourth season of guiding the Cream and Crimson and is 63-49 with the Hoosiers and earned career win 200 against Penn State. He is 202-111 in nine+ years as a head coach, which includes six years at the University of Dayton. His Flyer teams made NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his last four seasons, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2014.
Iowa is led by Fran McCaffery who is in his 11th year and is 206-145.
JACKSON-DAVIS LIVING UP TO EXPECTATIONS
Sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis ranks among B1G leaders in scoring, rebounds, field goal percentage and blocked shots. He has twice been named Big Ten Player of the Week. His most dominant performance this season was a 25-point, 17-rebound effort at Florida State.
He had a career-high 31 points in the win over Stanford in the 3rd place game at Maui. He had 22 points and 15 boards against Maryland, followed that up with 23 points and 12 boards at Wisconsin and then had 15 points and 11 boards at Nebraska. He had 25 points against Purdue. He is a Preseason All-Big Ten pick and was just named to the Wooden Award Mid-season Watch List.
He has had 17 career double-doubles. The Hoosiers are 14-3 when he reaches that milestone. He is averaging 20.4 points, 8.9 rebounds while shooting 53.5% from the floor and a team-high 26 blocks this season. He is the only Hoosier in the last 25 years to have 3 games of 25 points and 15 rebounds (at Minnesota, Nebraska). He is 3rd in the nation FTs made (86) and in attempts (125).
He is rated 4th in the KenPom Player of the Year rankings
ARMAAN WAS ON A ROLL, THEN ROLLED ANKLE
Prior to suffering a rolled left ankle early in the Maryland game, sophomore Armaan Franklin averaged 18.8 points, shooting 54.8% from the field and 60.0% from 3FG in the previous 5 games. He did not play at Wisconsin or at Nebraska.
He came back and had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals off the bench against Purdue. The Cathedral product is averaging 12.8 points, and 4.4 rebounds. He is shooting 42.6 % from long range (20/47) this season. He leads the team in steals with 18.
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