Troy Williams at his best in transition, when Hoosiers are moving the ball
The game was already well in hand, but with a minute left in IU’s 85-60 win against Ohio State on Sunday, Troy Williams showed why he can be so dangerous.
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The game was already well in hand, but with a minute left in IU’s 85-60 win against Ohio State on Sunday, Troy Williams showed why he can be so dangerous.
Yogi Ferrell was having more fun than he’d ever had. Junior forward Troy Williams had just made a 3-pointer to give IU a 15-point lead against Ohio State with 7:30 left in the first half, and the senior guard was standing on the bench and nodding with three fingers up above his head.
The Hoosiers haven’t lost since sophomore guard James Blackmon Jr. hurt his knee. The day he had season-ending knee surgery, IU improved to a perfect 3-0 in Big Ten play.
He looked down, removed his glasses and rubbed at his eyes. IU Coach Tom Crean was in the process of explaining how his team allowed 72 points to a team with three wins and no road victories.
The Hoosiers still need to improve. They recognize they aren’t perfect.
Yogi Ferrell was looking up to his teammate, sophomore guard Robert Johnson, while nodding his head and slapping the side of Johnson's.
Near the end of the first half Saturday night, junior forward Collin Hartman missed a wide-open 3-pointer. But because he was so wide-open when the ball bounced off the rim to his side of the court, he was able to punch it to sophomore guard Robert Johnson for another wide-open 3-point attempt.
On the first possession of IU’s game Wednesday night against IPFW, freshman center Thomas Bryant had the ball in the post. He had backed his man down underneath the basket and went up for a shot a few feet away, but he missed.
With less than three minutes left in IU’s game against IPFW on Wednesday night, Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell made a 3-pointer.
An IU guard was running side-by-side with his man up the left side of the court. He decided to go for the steal, reaching in to poke the ball away halfway through the first half.
In IU's 94-74 loss Wednesday night at Duke, the problems were clear. The Hoosiers had trouble keeping the Blue Devils out of the lane and off the offensive glass.
After four possessions, Duke had scored four times. There were 3-pointers and midrange jumpshots, some coming after an offensive rebound. But for each of their first four possessions, the Blue Devils scored.
The Hoosiers were upset and wanted things to change. IU had just lost to UNLV, their second loss of the Maui Invitational, and were scheduled to play at Duke in a week.
IU has used a starting lineup featuring three guards twice this season.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Time after time, Wake Forest was sent away.
This week has been different for the Hoosiers. For the first time since 2012, they didn’t spend Thanksgiving with family.
The Hoosiers were playing as good as they have all season to start the match Sunday afternoon.
Once again, sophomore guard James Blackmon Jr. had a good night shooting the basketball. He made an open three-pointer, a contested three-pointer and a three-pointer in transition.
As his teammates were warming up, Christian Lomeli was studying. Most likely, what the junior goalkeeper was studying wouldn’t be needed.
IU’s season opener was Nov. 13. That’s what the official schedule says. But now, the Hoosiers begin a stretch of games that will test them for the first time all season.