How to Watch Indiana Basketball Against Penn State on Wednesday

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Indiana basketball has hit a tough patch over the past month, dropping 4 of its final six video games to Arizona, Kansas, Iowa and Northwestern.

The Hoosiers dropped out of the the AP top-25 ballot for the primary time all season, with protection and turnovers as evident areas of concern. Indiana has an opportunity to answer back-to-back Massive Ten losses on Wednesday towards Penn State, however they’re going to need to do it on the highway with out seniors Xavier Johnson and Race Thompson.

“We have got to maintain working,” Indiana coach Mike Woodson stated. “No person goes to really feel sorry for the Indiana Hoosiers. And sure, we have got to key guys which might be sitting on the bench not in uniform, however we have got different guys which might be in uniform that is bought to step up and play.”

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Tips on how to watch Indiana Hoosiers vs. Penn State Nittany Lions

• Who: Indiana Hoosiers (10-5, 1-3) vs. Penn State Nittany Lions (11-5, 2-3)
• What: Indiana’s third Massive Ten highway sport (0-2 in first two)
• When: 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 11
• The place: Bryce Jordan Middle in College Park, Pa.
• TV: Massive Ten Community
• Announcers: Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play), Stephen Bardo (analyst)
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• Radio: IU Radio Community (Bloomington: 105.1 WHCC-FM, Indianapolis: 107.5 WFNI-FM)
• Radio Announcers: Don Fischer (play-by-play), Errek Suhr (colour), John Herrick (pregame, halftime, postgame)
• Level unfold: Will replace when accessible.
• Related Press ballot: Indiana dropped out of the AP prime 25 for the primary time all season after losses to Iowa and Northwestern. Penn State has not been ranked in 2022-23.
• KenPom rankings: Indiana is No. 22 total within the KenPom rankings as of Tuesday afternoon. The Hoosiers are No. 47 in adjusted defensive effectivity and No. 22 in adjusted offensive effectivity. Penn State is ranked No. 54 total, No. 85 in adjusted defensive effectivity and No. 38 in adjusted offensive effectivity.
• Season projections: As of Tuesday, Indiana is has the sixth-best odds to win the Massive Ten common season title at plus-1400, behind Michigan State and Illinois at plus-1000, Rutgers at plus-800, Ohio State at plus-600 and Purdue at minus-125. Indiana is plus-2000 to succeed in the Closing 4 and plus-7500 to win the Nationwide Championship, based on FanDuel Sportsbook.
• Final three video games: Indiana misplaced 84-83 at house to Northwestern on Sunday, misplaced 91-89 at Iowa on Thursday and defeated Kennesaw State 69-55 on Dec. 23. Penn State misplaced to Purdue 76-63 on Sunday, misplaced 79-69 at Michigan on Wednesday and beat Iowa 83-79 on Jan. 1.
• Final season’s data: Indiana went 21-14 total, September 11 in Massive Ten play, 14-4 at house, 3-8 on the highway and 4-2 at impartial websites in 2021-22. The Hoosiers completed ninth within the Massive Ten, defeated Wyoming within the NCAA Match First 4 and misplaced to Saint Mary’s within the Spherical of 64. Penn State went 14-17 total, 7-13 in Massive Ten play, 10-5 at house, 1-10 on the highway and 3-2 at impartial websites in 2021-22. Penn State completed eleventh within the Massive Ten, and their season ended with a 69-69 loss to Purdue within the quarterfinals of the Massive Ten Match.
• Collection historical past: Indiana leads the all-time sequence 42-13 with a 7-3 benefit within the final 10 matchups.
• Final assembly: Indiana defeated Penn State 74-57 on Jan. 26, 2022 at Meeting Corridor in Bloomington, Ind. behind 19 factors and 6 assists from Xavier Johnson. Race Thompson scored 18 factors, Trayce Jackson-Davis added 15 and the Hoosiers shot 10-for-13 from 3-point vary. Penn State’s Jalen Pickett scored 14 factors, and John Harrar contributed 13 factors and 9 rebounds. The Nittany Lions shot 33.3 % as a group.

Main scorers

• Indiana Hoosiers
• F Trayce Jackson-Davis: 17.7 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 3.3 apg, 2.8 bpg
• G Jalen Hood-Schifino: 13.4 ppg, 4.6 apg, 4.3 rpg, 47.7 3-point FG pct
• F Miller Kopp: 9.1 ppg, 44.1 3-point FG pct
• G Tamar Bates: 9.1 ppg, 41.1 3-point FG pct
• Penn State Nittany Lions
• G Jalen Pickett: 17.9 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 7.3 apg
• G Seth Lundy: 13.7 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 40.2 3-point FG pct
• G Andrew Funk: 11.6 ppg, 40.4 3-point FG pct

Meet the coaches

• Micah Shrewsberry, Northwestern: In his second season at Penn State, Shrewsberry is 25-22 total and 9-16 in Massive Ten play. Shrewsberry has prior Massive Ten expertise as an assistant coach below Matt Painter at Purdue from 2011-13 and 2019-21. In between, Shrewsberry was an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics from 2013-19 below Brad Stevens. Shrewsberry attended Cathedral Excessive Faculty in Indianapolis, Ind. earlier than taking part in at Hanover Faculty. He was an assistant at Wabash Faculty and DePauw College earlier than incomes his first head teaching job at Indiana College-South Bend from 2003-05. Shrewsberry was an assistant below Stevens at Butler from 2008-11, serving to the Bulldogs make two nationwide championship appearances. 
• Mike Woodson, Indiana: Woodson has NBA head teaching expertise with the Atlanta Hawks from 2004-10 and the New York Knicks from 2012-14. Relationship again to 1996, Woodson has additionally been an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Clippers. Woodson performed at Indiana College from 1976-80, and was named the Massive Ten’s Most Priceless Participant as a senior below coach Bob Knight. He was the twelfth total choose within the 1980 NBA Draft, and performed for varied groups from 1980-91, averaging 14 factors over 786 video games. In his second season at Indiana, Woodson holds a 31-19 report.

Three issues to look at in Indiana vs. Penn State

1. Let it fly

The most important query surrounding Indiana earlier than the season was 3-point taking pictures, and it has been maybe the largest space of enchancment in yr two below coach Mike Woodson. Indiana ranks third within the Massive Ten and thirty first within the nation at 38.2 % from 3-point vary, led by Jalen Hood-Schifino (47.7), Miller Kopp (44.1) and Tamar Bates (41.1).

Wednesday’s opponent, Penn State, shoots extra 3-pointers than anybody within the Massive Ten. On 171 makes an attempt, in comparison with Indiana’s 109, Penn State is second within the Massive Ten at 38.3 % and twenty ninth within the nation. Andrew Funk alone has shot extra 3-pointers than Indiana (46-for-114, or 40.4 %) adopted by Myles Dread (43.8) and Seth Lundy (40.2). Anticipate a barrage of 3-pointers on Wednesday evening.

2. Lineup adjustments

Mike Woodson turned to Jordan Geronimo to interchange the injured Race Thompson (knee) on Sunday towards Northwestern. Geronimo performed simply 10 minutes, going 0-for-2 with three fouls. He’ll have a chance to bounce again from this efficiency, however he may need to take action off the bench. Woodson stated on Sunday he may “tinker” with the beginning lineup, which might go a couple of other ways.

6-foot-9 freshman Malik Reneau performed his greatest sport in a month, including eight factors and three rebounds on 4-for-5 taking pictures in 24 minutes. Foul hassle has been a serious downside for Reneau this season– he had 4 towards Northwestern – and that’ll have to alter with Thompson out. The opposite possibility may very well be a small-ball lineup with junior guard Trey Galloway becoming a member of the beginning 5. Penn State’s 6-foot-10 freshman Kebba Njie is the one Nittany Lion above 6-foot-6 who performs vital minutes, so the Hoosiers might go for a smaller lineup.

3. Defending Jalen Pickett

Penn State’s 6-foot-4 senior level guard Jalen Pickett does all of it for the Nittany Lions. He is scored 26 factors in every of the final three video games, and he is averaging 7.6 rebounds and seven.3 assists. Pickett isn’t an excellent 3-point shooter (34.0 %), however he would not power dangerous photographs and he is been higher recently, going 5-for-7 from 3 in his final three video games. The Hoosiers struggled to include Northwestern guard Boo Buie on Sunday, and it is clear they miss Xavier Johnson’s on-ball protection.

• WOODSON RADIO SHOW: Listed below are essentially the most notable feedback from Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson on his weekly radio present “Inside Indiana basketball” with Don Fischer. CLICK HERE
• JACKSON-DAVIS MOVES UP SCORING LIST: Trayce Jackson-Davis was already No. 15 on Indiana’s all-time scoring record earlier than he determined to come back again for his senior yr. Now he is on the transfer up the scoring record once more in 2022-23, and we’ll replace the scoring record after each sport. CLICK HERE
• BRACKETOLOGY: Within the newest ESPN Bracketology by Joe Lunardi, Indiana basketball fell to a No. 8 seed after losses to Iowa and Northwestern final week. The Massive Ten and Massive 12 conferences are battling for essentially the most groups within the NCAA Match, every with 9 on this week’s bracket. CLICK HERE
• INDIANA SCHEDULE: The 2022-2023 Indiana Hoosiers males’s basketball schedule is ready. Right here is the total schedule, with dates, gametimes and TV info, plus hyperlinks to the tales on the video games already performed. CLICK HERE
• INDIANA DEPTH HAS TO STEP UP: Indiana level guard Jalen Hood-Schifino was named Massive Ten Freshman of the Week after scoring a mixed 54 factors, 12 assists and 6 rebounds in losses to Iowa and Northwestern. CLICK HERE
• INDIANA OUT OF AP POLL: Indiana basketball isn’t featured in Monday’s Related Press top-25 ballot for the primary time within the 2022-23 season. The Hoosiers suffered two ugly losses this week, at Iowa and on their house court docket towards Northwestern. Solely two Massive Ten groups made this week’s rating, No. 3 Purdue and No. 18 Wisconsin. This is the whole AP High-25 ballot. CLICK HERE