For the third straight season, Indiana cruised to a season-opening victory at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers defeated Ohio Valley Conference opponent Tennessee Tech 89-59 on Wednesday night in their only tuneup game before next week’s Maui Invitational at Asheville.
Here are five takeaways from the win over the Golden Eagles:
· The rust shows early on: For the first 10 minutes of Wednesday’s game, Indiana very much looked like a team with a lot of work to do before taking on major conference opponents next week in Asheville.
Trayce Jackson-Davis was sluggish early on, the Hoosiers took some questionable perimeter shots and as a result, only led an undermanned Tennessee Tech team 20-17 at the 10:13 mark of the first half.