@INDIANAMBB 2018-19 SCHEDULE #24 MARQUETTE (2-0) at INDIANA (2-0)
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2018-19 SCHEDULE #24 MARQUETTE (2-0) at INDIANA (2-0) GAVITT TIPOFF GAMES DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV Wednesday, Nov. 14 • 8:30 p.m. N. 1 Southern Indiana (Ex.) 7pm W, 96-62 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) N. 6 Chicago State 6:30pm W, 104-55 TV: FS1 (Brian Anderson and Jim Jackson) N. 9 Montana State^ 8pm W, 80-35 Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) N. 14 Marquette# 8:30pm FS1 N. 18 at Arkansas^ 3:30pm ESPN Last Meeting: IU 49, MAR 50, 11/23/01 Series History: IU leads 7-2 N. 20 UT Arlington^ 7pm BTN N. 23 UC Davis^ 7pm BTN+ N. 27 at Duke@ 9:30pm ESPN OPENING TIP Indiana University begins its 119th season of competition in D. 1 Northwestern* 5pm BTN men’s basketball. The Hoosiers will host Marquette in the D. 4 at Penn State* 7pm BTN Gavitt Tipoff Games featuring teams from the Big Ten taking D. 8 Louisville 2:30pm FOX 8 on squads from the Big East. This will be the third time D. 15 vs. Butler% 3:45pm CBS that IU has participated in the event. In 2015, IU defeated D. 19 Central Arkansas 7pm BTN Creighton at home, 86-65, while the Hoosiers fell last year at Seton D. 22 Jacksonville 6pm BTN Hall 84-68. IU is picked to finish third in the Big Ten, while Marquette is J. 3 Illinois* 7pm FS1 picked to finish second in the Big East. IU leads the series 7-2. The teams J. 6 at Michigan* 1:30/4:30pm CBS last met in the Great Alaska Shootout in November of 2001 (Marquette 50, J. 11 at Maryland* 7pm FS1 IU 49) and will square off in Assembly Hall for the first time since the 1985 J. 14 Nebraska* 6:30pm FS1 Postseason NIT (IU 94, Marquette 82 2 OT). The Hoosiers are coming off J. 19 at Purdue* 2pm FOX an 80-35 win over Montana State, while Marquette defeated Bethune J. 22 at Northwestern* 9pm BTN Cookman, 92-59 on Saturday. J. 25 Michigan* 6:30pm FS1 J. 30 at Rutgers* 7pm BTN F. 2 at Michigan State* 2/4/6pm ESPN/2 THE COACHES Indiana Coach Archie Miller begins his second season of guiding the Cream F. 7 Iowa* 9pm ESPN/2 and Crimson. Last year, the Hoosiers finished 16-15 and 9-9 in the Big Ten. F. 10 Ohio State* 1pm CBS He is 157-78 in seven- plus years as a head coach, which includes six years F. 16 at Minnesota* 2pm ESPN/2 at the University of Dayton. His Flyer teams made NCAA Tournament F. 19 Purdue* 7pm ESPN/2 appearances in each of his last four seasons, including a trip to the Elite F. 22 at Iowa* 9pm FS1 Eight in 2014. The Golden Eagles Steve Wojciechowski is in his fifth year F. 26 Wisconsin* 9pm ESPN/2 of leading Marquette and has a 75-59 record. He played at and was an M. 2 Michigan State* 12pm FOX assistant coach at Duke from 1999-2014. M. 7 at Illinois* 8pm FS1 M. 10 Rutgers* 12pm BTN M. 13-17 Big Ten Tournament (Chicago) NEWS & NOTES IU’s recruiting class is ranked seventh in the country heading into the season. Senior forward Juwan Morgan and freshman guard Romeo Langford Home games in bold were selected to the 10-member Preseason All-Big Ten team. Both are ^ - Hardwood Showcase among 50 players listed as candidates for the 2019 Naismith Trophy # - Gavitt Tipoff Games and Wooden Award and Langford is among 20 players on the NABC @ - Big Ten/ACC Challenge Player of the Year watch list. Morgan also is on the Karl Malone Watch % - Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) List which is awarded to the top power forward in the country, and Langford * - Big Ten Conference Game is on the Jerry West Watch List presented annually to college basketball’s top shooting guard. Langford was named third-team Preseason All- American by ESPN.com and CBSSports.com and earned fourth-team UPCOMING MEDIA AVAILABILITY honors from WatchStadium.com. Date Opponent Time Where N. 13 Marquette/Arkansas 2 p.m. Press Room DEFENSE FUELING OFFENSE EARLY IN THE SEASON FOR IU Coach Archie Miller’s squad has been impressive defensively in two regular ARCHIE MILLER RADIO SHOW season games, an exhibition game and a closed scrimmage. Against Chicago Date Where Time State and Montana State, IU has limited its opponents to 28.7% shooting N. 12 Holiday Inn 7 pm from the field and 17.0% from three-point range, while allowing just 45.0 points per game. In addition, IU has forced an average of 22.5 turnovers per game, while collecting 11 steals per outing. IU has shot 56.3% from the field this season and has 42 assists to just 27 turnovers. The Hoosiers are @INDIANAMBB averaging 92.0 points per game. 5 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • 8 FINAL FOURS • 22 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS • 45 ALL-AMERICANS • 76 NBA DRAFT PICKS 2018-19 INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES ROSTER NUMERICAL POST GAME NOTES # Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr/Exp Hometown/High School/Previous College 0 Romeo Langford 6-6 215 G Fr./HS New Albany, Ind./New Albany AGAINST MONTANA STATE 1 Aljami Durham 6-4 181 G So./1L Lilburn, Ga./Berkmar • Indiana allowed 35 points, its fewest allowed 2 Johnny Jager* 6-0 185 G R-Jr./1L Bloomington, Indiana/South/Wabash in a game since allowing 29 to Notre Dame 3 Justin Smith 6-7 227 F So./1L Buffalo Grove, Ill./Adlai Stevenson on Dec. 18, 1971. IU improved to 3-0 all-time 4 Jake Forrester 6-8 218 F Fr./HS Harrisburg, Pa./Westtown School against the Montana State Bobcats. The 5 Quentin Taylor* 6-2 185 G Sr./3L Indianapolis, Ind./Brebeuf Hoosiers held the Bobcats to shooting 25 10 Rob Phinisee 6-1 182 G Fr./HS Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon percent from the field, the lowest mark for 11 Devonte Green 6-3 185 G Jr./2L North Babylon, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran 13 Juwan Morgan 6-8 232 F Sr./3L Waynesville, Mo./Waynesville an opposing team since Rutgers shot 24.1 15 Zach McRoberts* 6-6 210 F R-Sr./2L Carmel, Ind./Carmel/Vermont percent on Feb. 5, 2018. Montana State shot 20 De’Ron Davis 6-10 255 F Jr./2L Park Hill, Colo./Overland 12 percent from three-point range, the lowest 21 Jerome Hunter 6-7 214 F Fr./HS Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington North IU has allowed since Youngstown State shot 8 22 Clifton Moore 6-10 230 F So./1L Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham percent on Dec. 29, 2017. 23 Damezi Anderson 6-7 215 F Fr./HS South Bend, Ind./Riley 24 Vijay Blackmon* 6-2 185 G R-So./RS Marion, Ind./Marion/St. Francis (Ind.) • Senior forward Juwan Morgan recorded 25 Race Thompson 6-8 228 F R-Fr./RS Plymouth, Minn./Armstrong his 10th career double-double (14 points, 11 55 Evan Fitzner 6-10 225 F R-Sr./TR San Diego, Calif./Francis Parker/ St. Mary’s (CA) rebounds). Morgan had a perfect day from the field (6-for-6), marking the second time he’s ALPHABETICAL shot 100 percent with six or more attempts. # Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr/Exp Hometown/High School/Previous College The previous time was when he went 8-for- 23 Damezi Anderson 6-7 215 F Fr./HS South Bend, Ind./Riley 8 against SIU-Edwardsville on Dec. 2, 2016. 24 Vijay Blackmon* 6-2 185 G R-So./RS Marion, Ind./Marion/St. Francis (Ind.) Freshman guard Romeo Langford scored 20 De’Ron Davis 6-10 255 F Jr./2L Park Hill, Colo./Overland in doubles digits (12) for the second straight 1 Aljami Durham 6-4 181 G So./1L Lilburn, Ga./Berkmar game including hitting on his first career three 55 Evan Fitzner 6-10 225 F R-Sr./TR San Diego, Calif./Francis Parker/ St. Mary’s (CA) 4 Jake Forrester 6-8 218 F Fr./HS Harrisburg, Pa./Westtown School pointer. Neither played in the final 14:41 of the 11 Devonte Green 6-3 185 G Jr./2L North Babylon, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran game. 21 Jerome Hunter 6-7 214 F Fr./HS Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington North 2 Johnny Jager* 6-0 185 G R-Jr./1L Bloomington, Ind./South/Wabash • Freshman guard Rob Phinisee played 0 Romeo Langford 6-6 215 G Fr./HS New Albany, Ind./New Albany the most minutes (26) of any Hoosier and 15 Zach McRoberts* 6-6 210 F R-Sr./2L Carmel, Ind./Carmel/Vermont recorded 12 points. From long distance, 13 Juwan Morgan 6-8 232 F Sr./3L Waynesville, Mo./Waynesville Phinisee went 3-for-4. Junior guard Devonte 22 Clifton Moore 6-10 230 F So./1L Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham Green led the Hoosiers with five assists and 10 Rob Phinisee 6-1 182 G Fr./HS Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon 3 Justin Smith 6-7 227 F So./1L Buffalo Grove, Ill./Adlai Stevenson dropped in two points. Junior forward De’Ron 5 Quentin Taylor* 6-2 185 G Sr./3L Indianapolis, Ind./Brebeuf Davis notched eight points, four rebounds and 25 Race Thompson 6-8 228 F R-Fr./RS Plymouth, Minn./Armstrong a team-high three blocks. Sophomore forward Justin Smith made his mark with 13 points * - Non-Scholarship and tied his career-high with two assists while adding two steals and a block.