GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Indiana 69, Kennesaw State 55
Associated Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Tamar Bates scored 19 points, Jalen Hood-Schifino added 18 and No. 18 Indiana fended off Kennesaw State 69-55.
The game was tied 43-all with 9:49 remaining when Miller Kopp hit a 3-pointer and Bates made another to push Indiana ahead to stay. Hood-Schifino scored seven points down the stretch as the Hoosiers (10-3) pulled away.
Bates and Hood-Schifino combined to make 9 of 12 shots in the second half.
Kasen Jennings led the Owls (8-5) with 11 points.
Hoosiers leading scorer Trayce Jackson-Davis, who averages 16.4 points and 8.3 rebounds, missed his second consecutive game and third of the season for what the school said were precautionary reasons. He's been dealing with a lower back injury since November. Point guard Xavier Johnson is out indefinitely after having foot surgery.
The Owls hit six 3-pointers and led by as many as eight points in the first half before the Hoosiers rallied to tie the game 27-all at the break. Kennesaw State finished with 10 3-pointers.
BIG PICTURE
Kennesaw State: Despite dropping to 0-10 against Big Ten teams, the Owls have impressed with several firsts, including their first nonconference winning record and most wins as a Division I program before Jan. 1. Playing Indiana tough is encouraging.
Indiana: His offense stagnant for much of the first half, coach Mike Woodson has some work to do with a team that relies so heavily on Jackson-Davis. Not having the 6-foot-9 senior center for two games has revealed some weaknesses in the depth around him.
December 23, 2022
| Kennesaw State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| D. Robinson | F | 24 | 3-9 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| K. Jennings | G | 32 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| T. Burden | G | 30 | 2-9 | 5-6 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| C. Youngblood | G | 29 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 2-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| B. Stroud | G | 27 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Q. Ademokoya | 17 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| S. Rodgers | 16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| S. Cottle | 12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| C. LaRue | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Totals | 197 | 18-55 (.327) |
9-15 (.600) |
10-25 (.400) |
4-28 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 55 | |
| Indiana | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| R. Thompson | F | 38 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Kopp | F | 32 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| M. Reneau | F | 14 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Hood-Schifino | G | 32 | 6-8 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| T. Galloway | G | 29 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| T. Bates | 31 | 7-12 | 2-2 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | |
| J. Geronimo | 13 | 1-3 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| C. Gunn | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| L. Duncomb | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 196 | 23-46 (.500) |
16-26 (.615) |
7-18 (.389) |
5-40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 69 | |
