There were eight minutes left in the first half when Indiana found itself knee-deep in an onslaught. Marshall had embarked on a 17-0 run to take a 12-point lead. Marshall was matching Indiana’s intensity and energy. And for the first time all season, Indiana’s defense was falling apart.
Around that time, though, Trayce Jackson-Davis approached Indiana point guard Xavier Johnson on the bench.
“Yo, (we) need to pick it up when we go back in,” Jackson-Davis told Johnson.
Jackson-Davis and Johnson both checked in shortly thereafter. In the final six minutes of the half, Indiana went on a 19-8 run.