LIVE BLOG: Follow Indiana's Game With North Carolina in Real Time
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Cupcake season is over, and the college basketball season gets real for Indiana on Wednesday night when the No. 10-ranked Hoosiers take on No. 18 North Carolina in the final game of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and the first of several marquee matchups in the next three weeks.
Welcome to our live blog, where we'll keep you up to date with all the news and views straight from press row at Assembly Hall. We'll throw in highlights and opinion as well. The most recent items are at the top, so just keep refreshing.
The game starts at 9:15 p..m. ET. Here's how to watch, with a great preview of the game. CLICK HERE
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11:25 p.m. — Xavier Johnson hits two free throws and UNC misses a wild three. Johnson is fouled again, and he makes both of those. Indiana leads 75-63. He's fouled again after a basket, and makes one. He is now 8-for-10 from the line.
11:20 p.m. — Indiana goes ahead 69-59 on a Trayce Jacksoin-Davis basket over Pete Nance. That's 21 for him now, and he's alone in No. 12 on the scoring list. Pete Nance makes a pair of free throws on the other end and it's 69-61 with 1:27 to go. Indiana calls timeout.
11:15 p.m. — Trayce Jackson-Davis scores his 19th point of the game. Tied with Brian Evans now for No. 12 all-time on the Indiana scoring list. There's 3:41 to go with Indiana leading 65-54.
11:09 p.m. — North Carolina has the lead down to seven now, at 59-52 with 6:28 to go. Indiana 19 fouls so far, North Carolina 10.
11:01 p.m. — That Tamar Bates three was big for Indiana. They are just 3-for-13 from three, with the only two makes before that very early from Jalen Hood-Schifino. There's 7:43 to go, with Indiana leading 59-47.
10:55 p.m. — We're at the under-12 timeout now, and Trayce Jackson-Davis is coming back in with three fouls. Indiana leads 52-41. Important four-minute stretch coming up here. Need to keep this in double digits.
10:50 p.m. — Fouls are starting to pile up on Indiana's frontcourt. Trayce Jackson-Davis, Race Thompson and Jordan Geronimo all with three fouls with 13:24 to go. Worth watching.
10:40 p.m. — Indiana presses out of the timeout, and Pete Nance can't inbounds the ball. A fiver-second call, and then Trayce Jackson-Davis scores. It's 46-31 now. Finally get to that first media timeout, and it's 48-35 now. TJD picks up his third foul though, which will be worth watching.
10:35 p.m. — Xavier Johnson drives to the basket and dumps it off to Trayce Jackson-Davis, who scores on a layup. Indiana makes a stop, and Miller Kopp scores with his left hand on a drive. Indiana's biggest now, up 13 at 44-31 with 16:01 to go.
10:15 p.m. — A terrific first half of basketball. We go to the break with Indiana leading 35-29. Jalen Hood-Schifino having a breakout game, with 12 points. Trayce Jackson-Davis has 10. Hoosiers just 2-for-9 from three, with both by JHS,
10:10 p.m. — Indiana has doing a great job keeping North Carolina guards Caleb Love and R.J. Davis in check. Both only have three points, and they came on those desperation threes in the first few minutes. IU leads 34-26 with 1:12 to go.
10:05 p.m. — Xavier Johnson is being a real pest on defense. He creates back-to-back North Carolina turnovers, with Trey Galloway finishing it off on the break. Indiana leads 32-24 with 3:26 to go.
10:01 p.m. — No surprise, but Trayce Jackson-Davis is playing some inspired basketball tonight. He slams home another dunk after a rebound, and has 10 points now.
9:55 p.m. — At the under-8 timeout now and Indiana leads 21-20. Pete Nance, who was Miller Kopp's former teammate at Northwestern, is keeping the Tar Heels in the game. He has 11 points now after two free throws following the break.
9:50 p.m. — Jalen Hood-Schifino hits another three out of a Trayce Jackson-Davis double team. Indiana leads 15-12. And after a quick UNC run, he hits another to put IU up 19-18. He already has 12 points.
9:45 p.m. — Trey Galloway in the game for Indiana. He's missed the last three games with a mild knee injury. Playing the three for Miller Kopp. Or ''on the behalf of'' as Jeremy Gray would say.
9:40 p.m. — Trayce Jackson-Davis goes out at the 13:17 mark, but comes right back in at 12:39 after freshman Malik Reneau had a turnover and a foul. There will be no normal rotations tonight. At 11:56 mark now, and Indiana leads 12-8. Jalen Hood-Schifino right back in, too.
9:35 p.m. — Six of North Carolina's eight points have come on desperation threes and the end of the shot clock. Indiana defense has been very good.
9:30 p.m — We're at the first media timeout and Indiana leads 7-5 with 15:51 to go. Jalen Hood-Schifino has all seven points for Indiana. They changed his second basket from a two-pointer to a three at the timeout. They are challenging every UNC shot at the rim.
9:20 p.m. — Jalen Hood-Schifino hits a second jumper, and Trayce Jackson-Davis blocks his second shot at the rim on North Carolina star Armando Bacot. Bacot seems hurt. He's holding his right shoulder.
9:15 p.m. — We're ready to roll here at Assembly Hall. It's very loud already, and we're just getting ready to tip it up. Final point spread at tip is Indiana minus-4.5. Hoosiers get the ball first and Jalen Hood-Schifino hits a mid-range jumper on the right side.
9:10 p.m. ET — What’s the press row view like tonight? The place is crazy tonight already.
8:55 p.m. ET — The starting lineups are set. For Indiana, it's Trayce Jackson-Davis and Race Thompson up front, with Miller Kopp, Xavier Johnson and Jalen Hood-Schifino on the perimeter. North Carolina will go with Armando Bacot and former Northwestern center Pete Nance. Outside it's Caleb Love, R.J. Davis and Leaky Black.
8:50 p.m. ET — Indiana's students are excellent listeners. They are ALL wearing white, as instructed.
8:40 p.m. ET — No blue suit for Indiana star Trayce Jackson-Davis tonight. He'll be wearing white. No quite 100 percent, he said Tuesday, but he wasn't about this miss this game.
Trayce Jackson-Davis pregame at Assembly Hall prior to the Indiana-North Carolina game. (Photo by Tom Brew)
Tom Brew
8:30 p.m ET — Race Thompson still rocking the headband.
Indiana forward Race Thompson continues to rock the headband that he started to wear last week after getting hit in the head with an elbow. (Photo by Tom Brew/HoosiersNow.com)
Tom Brew
8:20 p.m. ET — Mike Woodson and Hubert Davis are two of eight former NBA players coaching at their alma maters. The others include Patrick Ewing (Georgetown), Speedy Claxton (Hofstra), Kenny Payne (Louisville), Penny Hardaway (Memphis), Juwan Howard (Michigan) and Aaron McKie (Temple).
8:10 p.m. ET — Indiana is 8-13 in this event, and this is the last game in the series after a 23-year run. (The Hoosiers didn't play in the first two event.) They've beaten UNC three times in this event, and the Tar Heels are the only team that Indiana has beaten more than once.
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