A pair of teams from the Big Ten do battle in search of a victory in the Keystone State. The Indiana Hoosiers are on the road as they travel to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions Wednesday night. Indiana comes in off an 84-83 home loss to Northwestern in their previous contest, falling outright as a 6.5-point favorite Sunday afternoon. Penn State fell 76-63 against #1 Purdue in a game that was held at The Palestra in Philadelphia, failing to cover as a five-point underdog Sunday. In the all-time series between the schools, the Hoosiers own a commanding 42-13 advantage, including a 74-57 win at home in the most recent matchup on January 26, 2022.
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Indiana opened the year 7-0 and 8-1 only to enter this game losers of four of their previous six games after getting upended at home by Northwestern Sunday afternoon. The Hoosiers enter this game 10-5 overall and stand tied for 12th in conference play with a 1-3 mark in the Big Ten. Against Northwestern, Indiana gave up an early 13-2 run to trail 22-11 less than seven minutes into the game. The Hoosiers trailed by as many as 17 in the first half before cutting the margin to seven at intermission. In the second half, Indiana trailed by as many as 14, remained down 13 with 4:24 to go and by 11 with 1:59 remaining. The Hoosiers made a furious comeback, outscoring the Wildcats 16-6 the rest of the way, but couldn’t come up with a potential game-winning shot on the final possession. Indiana shot 51.6% from the field, including nine of 18 from three-point range and won the rebounding battle 40-32, though they did turn the ball o ver 16 times. Jalen Hood-Schifino led the Hoosiers with 33 points in the loss.
On the season, the Hoosiers are putting up an average of 80.9 points per game on the year, leaving them 26th in the nation in scoring offense. Indiana is collecting an average of 37 rebounds a night while dishing out an average of 17.3 assists per contest. The Hoosiers have been above average defensively, allowing an average of 68.3 points per contest, putting them 165th in the nation in scoring defense. Trayce Jackson-Davis leads the team with 17.7 points plus 9.6 rebounds per contest this season. He is one of two players for the Hoosiers averaging in double figures. Xavier Johnson is contributing 9.9 points plus 4.9 assists a night. Miller Kopp, Jalen Hood-Schifino (13.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists), Tamar Bates, Malik Reneau, Trey Galloway, Race Thompson, Jordan Geronimo and CJ Gunn are expected to contribute for Mike Woodson’ s squad. Indiana shoots 51% from the floor as a team on the season, which is 4th in the country. The Hoosiers drain an average of 7.3 three-pointers a night while sinking 38.2% of their attempts from beyond the arc. Indiana has been below average at the charity stripe this season, converting 69.3% of their attempts as a team.
Johnson (foot) last played on December 17 against Kansas and has no timetable to return at this point in time. Thompson (knee) was injured against Iowa January 5 and his return date is up in the air.