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Five takeaways from Indiana’s win against Maryland – Inside the Hall

Alex Bozich

Indiana avenged a regular season loss on Friday with a 70-60 victory against Maryland in the 2023 Big Ten tournament quarterfinals. The win improved the Hoosiers to 22-10 and set up a Saturday matchup against Penn State.

Here are five takeaways from the victory against the Terrapins:

Indiana’s defense was elite in the second half

It was a tale of two halves defensively for Indiana on Friday night.

In the opening 20 minutes, the Hoosiers allowed Maryland to shoot 6-for-13 on 3s and score 1.12 points per possession. It looked like the Terps were well on their way to matching or exceeding the 66 points they scored in late January against the Hoosiers in College Park.

The second half was a different story.

Maryland shot just 8-for-32 from the field in the second half and scored just .839 points per possession. From the 14:26 mark to the 9:01 mark, Indiana held the Terps scoreless and went on a 15-0 run.

When the final buzzer sounded, Indiana had allowed just .963 points per trip for the game after allowing 1.069 in the first matchup between the two programs.

“I thought the second half was the difference,” Mike Woodson said postgame. “We came out and established ourselves defensively, finally rebounded with them, and was able to come out of this with the win.”

Maryland had no answer for Trayce Jackson-Davis

Trayce Jackson-Davis earned a unanimous spot on the All-Big Ten teams announced earlier this week and his play on Friday was just the latest example of his dominance.

Jackson-Davis finished with a game-high 24 points, was an efficient 8-for-13 from the field, and hit eight of his 13 attempts from the free throw line.

But as has been the case for most of the season, it wasn’t just the scoring from Jackson-Davis that stood out on the stat sheet.

Jackson-Davis also pulled down nine rebounds, dished out seven assists, blocked four shots and had three steals. And he only went to the bench for two minutes all night.

Maryland’s bigs had trouble all night sticking with Jackson-Davis as Patrick Emilien fouled out in 24 minutes and Julian Reese had four fouls in 26 minutes.

Jalen Hood-Schifino goes the distance, scores 19 points

With the recent news that Xavier Johnson isn’t coming back this season, Jalen Hood-Schifino’s minutes will continue to be heavy.

On Friday, the freshman guard played all 40 minutes and they were far more productive than his first game against Maryland at the Xfinity Center.

Hood-Schifino shot just 1-for-14…

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