There’s loads to love about how No. 16 Indiana has carried out through the opening weeks of the season.
However the Hoosiers are removed from happy as they assess their good outcomes going into Thursday night’s matchup with UNC Greensboro in Bloomington, Ind.
“We have to get higher at defending off the bounce,” Indiana coach Mike Woodson stated, “the place we’re not permitting groups to play within the paint towards us.”
The Hoosiers (3-0) will play their fourth house recreation of the season and are coming off an 87-71 dealing with of South Carolina on Saturday.
UNC Greensboro (2-1) has proven indicators of excellent protection, together with in its 99-54 romp Saturday in its most up-to-date recreation towards Division III North Carolina Wesleyan.
Going through Indiana will probably be a unique process.
“Going right into a hostile surroundings towards a extremely good workforce, a extremely well-coached workforce goes to be a problem for us,” Spartans coach Mike Jones stated. “I am trying ahead to placing our guys in place to go in there and compete for a win.”
Indiana’s Myles Rice posted 23 factors towards South Carolina. He hit three of the Hoosiers’ eight 3-point baskets.
Regardless of the massive level whole towards the Gamecocks, there have been some voids on offense for Indiana. Woodson seen the workforce’s 12 assists as too few.
“We’ve got to be higher in that space,” Woodson stated. “That will not get it (completed). … There have been occasions we have been stagnant, and the ball wasn’t shifting. I’ve to assist us get higher in that regard.”
Rice insisted he can get the Hoosiers higher organized.
“We did not have the crispness of how we need to run the performs,” stated Rice, a switch from Washington State. “That is on us. Put it on me.”
Indiana’s backcourt is beginning to jell, one thing Woodson stated was a precedence through the offseason. Three video games into the season, he stated he is comfy with what he has seen.
“Get sufficient guys in case somebody received harm,” Woodson stated. “We’ve got sufficient perimeter gamers this season. I be ok with everyone if somebody goes down. I really feel good that somebody can step in and make basketball performs.”
The Hoosiers have proven a knack for perimeter scoring, hitting 8 of 17 pictures from 3-point vary within the newest recreation after drilling six 3s in every of the primary two video games. The 47.1 % clip on 3-pointers towards South Carolina was an excellent mark, Woodson stated, nevertheless it’s a matter of creating consistency past the arc.
“We have simply received to maintain working at it,” he stated.
Jones stated the Spartans should be sharp defensively in coping with the Hoosiers.
“We have to do a greater job of being extra alert,” he stated. “We’re good at it. We’re simply not nice at it but. We have a methods to go.”
UNC Greensboro had 22 assists on 36 subject targets vs. North Carolina Wesleyan, in order that was a plus offensively.
“That is actually the one rule now we have on offense is simply share the ball,” Jones stated. “We have been emphasizing taking part in with just a little bit extra tempo, and I believed we had some possessions there the place we performed with nice tempo and received some nice alternatives.”
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