Ideas on a 74-69 loss to the Badgers:
Indiana had an ever-important Quad 1 win its is crosshairs. From the 15:30 mark onwards within the second half, the Hoosiers held the lead. They performed properly sufficient to win. That was, till, profitable time.
That belonged to Johnny Davis.
“He had a helluva recreation,” Mike Woodson said post-game. “He’s that sort of participant.”
Davis scored Wisconsin’s final 13 factors over the ultimate 3:35 of the competition, placing the Badgers up for good with 1:01 to play on a 3-point play, scoring on a drive within the lane and hitting the following free throw. That turned an Indiana two-point lead right into a Wisconsin one-point benefit, 71-69. He waved goodbye after he closed Assembly Hall out.
The Hoosiers, in the meantime, stumbled down the stretch. They missed 9 of their final 10 photographs over the ultimate 4:32 of the sport. That closing stretch ensured Indiana wouldn’t eclipse the 1.0 factors per possession mark (.96) for the fifth straight contest and 6 out of its final seven. The Hoosiers have now fallen to thirteenth in offensive effectivity within the Large Ten, only a contact behind Penn State.
It spoiled an in any other case improbable night time from Trayce Jackson-Davis, who rebounded after a pair tough video games and had his approach with Wisconsin’s entrance line. The Middle Grove product put up 30 factors on 10-of-13 capturing. He made 10-of-14 from the road, even scored together with his proper hand on a pair buckets. He added a career-high six assists, snagged eight boards and blocked three photographs. You’ll be able to’t ask for far more than that.
Race Thompson stays constant and regular (13 factors, eight rebounds). Xavier Johnson, regardless of making some robust reads at occasions off ball screens, had one other tough outing in opposition to the Badgers. Johnson completed simply 3-of-16 from the sector with 5 turnovers. That brings his season numbers in opposition to Wisconsin to a woeful 7-of-31 to go together with 12 turnovers.
Parker Stewart and Brad Davison (21 factors, 10-of-1o from the road) went at one another on this one. They jawed. Davison flagrant fouled Stewart within the second half. Stewart appeared to be significantly preoccupied with Davison down the stretch, dropping his composure a bit consequently. He did hit 2-of-4 from deep, however Indiana made simply 5-of-18 (27.8 p.c) from 3-point vary for the sport.
“They’re type of wanting over their shoulders once more, in previous years, how issues have occurred to them coming down the stretch,” Woodson said. “I’ve received to assist them recover from that in some way.”
Woodson will certainly strive all he can. And the possibilities are nonetheless there to do sufficient to make the NCAA match. However the familiarity of this sense, this swooning second is difficult to shake. Time is operating out and Indiana is fading to the bubble in mid-February.
Who will step up? Who will make exterior photographs? Who will get this group over the hump, make performs down the stretch, will this group to victory?
The solutions to these questions have gotten more and more exhausting to search out.
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