Five takeaways from Indiana’s win against Maryland

Indiana avenged a daily season loss on Friday with a 70-60 victory in opposition to Maryland within the 2023 Massive Ten match quarterfinals. The win improved the Hoosiers to 22-10 and arrange a Saturday matchup in opposition to Penn State.

Listed below are 5 takeaways from the victory in opposition to the Terrapins:

Indiana’s protection was elite within the second half

It was a story of two halves defensively for Indiana on Friday evening.

Within the opening 20 minutes, the Hoosiers allowed Maryland to shoot 6-for-13 on 3s and rating 1.12 factors per possession. It appeared just like the Terps had been effectively on their method to matching or exceeding the 66 factors they scored in late January in opposition to the Hoosiers in Faculty Park.

The second half was a unique story.

Maryland shot simply 8-for-32 from the sector within the second half and scored simply .839 factors per possession. From the 14:26 mark to the 9:01 mark, Indiana held the Terps scoreless and went on a 15-0 run.

When the ultimate buzzer sounded, Indiana had allowed simply .963 factors per journey for the sport after permitting 1.069 within the first matchup between the 2 packages.

“I believed the second half was the distinction,” Mike Woodson stated postgame. “We got here out and established ourselves defensively, lastly rebounded with them, and was in a position to come out of this with the win.”

Maryland had no reply for Trayce Jackson-Davis

Trayce Jackson-Davis earned a unanimous spot on the All-Massive Ten groups introduced earlier this week and his play on Friday was simply the most recent instance of his dominance.

Jackson-Davis completed with a game-high 24 factors, was an environment friendly 8-for-13 from the sector, and hit eight of his 13 makes an attempt from the free throw line.

However as has been the case for many of the season, it wasn’t simply the scoring from Jackson-Davis that stood out on the stat sheet.

Jackson-Davis additionally pulled down 9 rebounds, dished out seven assists, blocked 4 pictures and had three steals. And he solely went to the bench for 2 minutes all evening.

Maryland’s bigs had bother all evening sticking with Jackson-Davis as Patrick Emilien fouled out in 24 minutes and Julian Reese had 4 fouls in 26 minutes.

Jalen Hood-Schifino goes the gap, scores 19 factors

With the latest information that Xavier Johnson isn’t coming again this season, Jalen Hood-Schifino’s minutes will proceed to be heavy.

On Friday, the freshman guard performed all 40 minutes they usually had been way more productive than his first sport in opposition to Maryland on the Xfinity Middle.

Hood-Schifino shot simply 1-for-14 in opposition to the Terps within the late January loss, however bounced again properly within the rematch.

The Montverde Academy product scored 19 factors on 8-for-15 taking pictures from the sector. His 3-pointer with 2:06 to play stretched Indiana’s result in 9.

Hood-Schifino additionally did an important job dealing with Maryland’s strain. He dedicated simply two turnovers and dished out two assists whereas additionally grabbing six rebounds and blocking three pictures. His skill to attain in transition was additionally pivotal because the Hoosiers outscored the Terrapins 13-4 in fastbreak factors.

“I believed he acquired himself getting in transition, significantly better than he did the primary time,” Maryland coach Kevin Willard stated. “I believed we did a significantly better job in transition protection at residence. I believed transition protection was actually the distinction.

“And I believed he did an important job of actually attacking and getting downhill. I imply, even within the first half, two of his buckets had been in transition. So I simply thought he did an important job of pushing the tempo.”

Indiana dominates within the paint

Whereas Maryland outscored Indiana by 15 factors on 3-pointers, the Hoosiers had a fair greater benefit within the paint.

Indiana had 36 factors within the paint in comparison with simply 18 for the Terrapins and the contributions got here from quite a lot of sources.

The aforementioned Jackson-Davis was dominant with 24 factors and Race Thompson had 4 factors, however the play of freshman Malik Reneau supplied a significant enhance off the bench.

Reneau scored eight factors in 21 massive minutes and added 11 rebounds. Reneau solely dedicated one foul. It was the kind of efficiency Indiana might use extra of because the postseason strikes alongside.

“Simply with the ability to come off the bench and be a spark plug for my workforce,” Reneau stated when requested why he was so efficient on Friday. “Figuring out once I’m in there, simply with the ability to assist out on the defensive facet.

“And on the offensive facet, simply relieving the stress off the fellows, particularly Trayce and Race, and simply getting in there and rebounding, too.”

Jahmir Younger struggles and so does Maryland’s offense

Jahmir Younger is without doubt one of the finest guards within the Massive Ten and a key cog within the Maryland offense.

His struggles had been a significant cause Maryland was solely in a position to muster up 60 factors in opposition to the Hoosiers.

The 6-foot-1 scored 12 factors, the second-highest complete for the Terps, however he was solely 3-for-15 from the sector. Maryland coach Kevin Willard stated Indiana’s dimension might have bothered Younger.

“I feel one in all Indiana’s greatest strengths is their dimension throughout their complete lineup,” Willard defined. “We tried to reap the benefits of Miller Kopp just a little bit as a result of I feel he’s the one weak defender. I don’t even suppose he’s a weak defender, however their dimension throughout, and even after they are available in, I believed Malik Reneau performed large.

“Then Tamar gates is available in and hits, performs rather well. They don’t have any small guys. For Jahmir, I believed Race did a heck of a job on switches. I believed they did a extremely good job of simply being bodily with us. You understand, having to play a troublesome sport final evening, I believed Jahmir was — he did the perfect he can in opposition to their dimension.”

It was a complete workforce effort for Indiana to include Younger. The Hoosiers by no means allowed him to get snug and the bigs had been wonderful after they needed to swap on to the All-Massive Ten guard.

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