Woodson Still Has Plans For Indiana Big Man Logan Duncomb

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Logan Duncomb, Indiana’s 6-foot-10, 235-pound sophomore heart, has been beneath the climate currently and wasn’t obtainable for 3 straight video games. He was dressed once more final Saturday in Las Vegas, however wasn’t in recreation form or in a position to actually contribute but.

That was too unhealthy. As a result of in a recreation like that, the place No. 9-ranked Arizona threw a ton of dimension on the Hoosiers in an 89-75 win, having Duncomb obtainable to bang round with 7-foot heart Oumar Ballo and 6-foot-11 ahead Azuolas Tubelis might need helped.

Gamers and coaches alike had been quick to reward Duncomb’s progress over the summer season, and in restricted minutes to this point this season, he has finished some good issues. He is scored 16 factors and has 9 rebounds in simply 28 minutes of motion.

Indiana coach Mike Woodson, who met with the media on Thursday, talked about Duncomb and his future function on the finish of his information convention. He mentioned he is completely hoping that Duncomb, a Cincinnati native, could be a issue all through this 2022-23 season as soon as he is wholesome sufficient to play.

“I imply, the opposite night time, he hadn’t actually practiced to have the ability to throw him within the recreation in opposition to Arizona,” Woodson mentioned. “That simply would not be honest to him, particularly in opposition to these two massive guys that they’d.

“However shifting ahead, we’d like him to get again into some recreation form and begin working towards. This week was the primary time we actually had an opportunity to actually get after each other, and it has been a pair robust days of follow. Transferring ahead, if he is ready the place I can throw him in … He is finished some good issues for us early on. I date again to final season, too. Even the little, small minutes he received final season, he was productive. I will not be scared to throw him in if there’s foul bother or something like that. However we received to get him again bodily prepared.”

That subsequent probability would possibly come on Saturday, when the Hoosiers journey to Kansas to tackle the No. 6-ranked Jayhawks at Midday ET. 

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