National Basketball Association
Indiana 80, Illinois 65
When: 8:30 PM ET, Thursday, January 19, 2023
Where: State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois
Officials:
# Don Dally, # Doug Simmons, # Terry Oglesby
Attendance:
15544
By Field Level Media
Trayce Jackson-Davis scored a season-high 35 points as Indiana owned a double-figure lead for nearly the last 30 minutes of an 80-65 Big Ten Conference win over Illinois on Thursday night in Champaign, Ill.
Jackson-Davis shot 15 of 19 from the field and added nine rebounds, five assists and three blocks in helping the Hoosiers (12-6, 3-4 Big Ten) earn their second straight win. Indiana made 61.8 percent of its field-goal attempts and controlled the boards 39-27.
Jordan Geronimo added 13 points, all in the first half, while Trey Galloway contributed 11 and Jalen Hood-Schifino chipped in 10 points. The Hoosiers outscored the Fighting Illini 54-32 in the paint.
Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 26 points for Illinois (13-6, 4-4), which had a four-game winning streak ended emphatically. RJ Melendez added 10 but the Illini were able to make only 38.7 percent of their field-goal attempts.
Illinois trailed by 21 before ripping off nine straight points to pull within 66-54 at the 7:48 mark when Shannon drilled a 3-pointer. With the crowd roaring at full throat, Galloway applied dual silencers with a runner off the glass and then a transition layup for a 70-54 cushion with 6:53 left.
In addition to their shooting woes from the field, the Illini converted just 9 of 23 free throws.
The first half, and perhaps the game, may have changed when Indiana coach Mike Woodson burned a timeout less than two minutes in after Shannon breezed to the bucket for a layup that made it 4-0 Illinois.
The Hoosiers responded by rattling off the next 12 points and never trailing again. Indiana used a simple formula most of the half - pound the ball inside to Jackson-Davis and Geronimo, then shut down the Illini with physical defense.
Indiana owned a double-digit lead for the last 9:28 of the half, expanding it as high as 19 on two occasions before settling for a 43-33 advantage at the break. Jackson-Davis and Geronimo each went 6 for 6 from the field in the half and tallied 13 points.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Indiana |
|
Illinois |
|
Trayce Jackson-Davis 35 |
Scoring |
Terrence Shannon Jr. 26 |
|
Trayce Jackson-Davis 5 |
Assists |
Terrence Shannon Jr. 3 |
|
Trayce Jackson-Davis 9 |
Rebounds |
Dain Dainja 8 |
|
Trayce Jackson-Davis 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Terrence Shannon Jr. 6 |
|
Miller Kopp 3 |
Steals |
Dain Dainja 3 |
|
Jordan Geronimo 3 |
Blocks |
Dain Dainja 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Indiana
|
80 |
61.8 |
3-9 |
9-13 |
13 |
32 |
6 |
4 |
17 |
| Illinois
|
65 |
38.7 |
8-19 |
9-23 |
7 |
25 |
2 |
11 |
9 |
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