Game Day Essentials:
Indiana (3-0) vs. Tennessee Tech (2-1)
- Tip Time: 6:30 p.m. Eastern, Thursday
- Location: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222), Bloomington, Ind.
- Television: BTN — Jack Kizer (PxP), Steve Smith (Analyst)
- Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
- Stream: FOX Sports
- Point Spread: Indiana is around a 25.5-point favorite
- KenPom Projected Score: No. 48 Indiana 92 No. 196 Tennessee Tech 73
- History: Indiana leads 5-0.
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Tennessee Tech enters Thursday with a 2-1 record. They are 1-1 against Division I teams, with a 97-94 win over IU exhibition foe Western Kentucky, and a 106-88 loss to Mississippi State.
The Golden Eagles play fast and shoot a lot of threes. They have the No. 26 (out of 365 teams) shortest offensive possessions. Their 3-point attempt rate (3FGA/FGA) is No. 16 nationally, and their 3-point make rate (41.2%) is No. 35. They made 19 threes against Western Kentucky.
Caleb Sanders leads the Golden Eagles with 18.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. He had 16 points and seven rebounds in the 97-94 win over Western Kentucky, going 8-12 at the line. His 12 free-throw attempts were a career high.
De’ante Green is averaging 14.3 points and 7.0 rebounds a game and is shooting .933 (14-15) from the free-throw line. He set career highs with 8-8 free throws against Western Kentucky. Earlier he had career highs of 23 points, nine field goals and two threes against Blue Mountain, along with 12 rebounds. Ty Owens leads Tech with 5.7 assists a game, including six against Western Kentucky, and is 4-4 at the line this season. His eight assists at Mississippi St. tied his career high.
Cbo Newton scored a team-high 23 points against Western Kentucky and made a career-high six threes on 6-7 shooting. He’s averaging 14.7 points and is shooting .571 (12-21) from 3-point range. Trent Mosquera added 17 points and went 5-7 from deep.
A HERO’S WELCOME
Tennessee Tech is led by Tobin Anderson, his first year directing the Golden Eagles. Anderson gained national recognition during the 2023 season while serving as head coach at Fairleigh Dickinson.
In his first season leading the Knights, Anderson guided the program to one of the most memorable moments in NCAA Tournament history as No. 16-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson defeated No. 1 seed Purdue in the opening round — just the second time a No. 16 seed had ever defeated a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The year before Anderson’s arrival, FDU had finished just 4-22. The 17-win improvement is tied for the greatest single-season turnaround in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history.
THE LAST MEETING WAS MEMORABLE
The Hoosiers opened the 2020-21 season with an 89- 59 victory over the Golden Eagles on Nov. 25, 2020, the last time the two sides met up. That was Indiana’s first game since the end of the 2019-20 season was cancelled. Fans were not permitted to attend the game. All-American forward Trayce Jackson-Davis put up 26 points and 11 rebounds in the victory.
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