In Indiana’s win over Rutgers on Sunday afternoon, the Hoosiers racked up a season-high 14 steals.
While they came in a variety of ways, there was a consistent theme of jumping Rutgers’ wing handoffs with strength to steal the ball.
We’ll take a look at how Indiana was playing these handoffs — as well as another steal from Devonte Green — in the latest edition of Film Session:
In the first half after Indiana had erased Rutgers’ lead, a handoff is coming on the right wing. OG Anunoby starts to pursue:
On the delivery, Anunoby punches through to knock the ball loose:
He’s off to the races:
And dunks it home as he’s fouled:
Video:
Thomas Bryant gets an offensive rebound and goes back up with the shot:
It misses and Nigel Johnson gets the rebound:
But as Johnson turns away from Juwan Morgan to secure the ball, Devonte Green comes in with both hands to rip the ball away:
He steals the ball:
Finds Morgan:
Who finishes for two points:
A heady play from Green here which came during his nice run of play in the first half.