The stakes were low Saturday afternoon. An exhibition game against an NAIA school was always really just meant to be a chance for the Hoosiers to try out different combinations of players and get a feel for how things gelled on the floor.
Indiana did that against Marian University, putting up 78 points to Marian’s 42, with 11 Hoosiers seeing the court.
All 11 played well and contributed to the win. And yet, Indiana could have had 13 meaningful contributors.
Just before tipoff, news broke that All-American Trayce Jackson-Davis, as well as Tamar Bates, would be inactive for precautionary reasons.