No. 18 Indiana looks to keep rolling vs. 防御の-minded No. 24 Rutgers
With 勝利，勝つs in six of its past seven games, 含むing Saturday over No. 1 Purdue, Indiana finally is looking like the team some thought in October would 勝利，勝つ the Big Ten 会議／協議会 this season.
The 18th-階級d Hoosiers will try to keep their run going Tuesday night at home in Bloomington when they try to solve the sticky 弁護 of No. 24 Rutgers in another Big Ten matchup.
Everyone knew Indiana (16-7, 7-5) had one of the best players in the nation in Trayce Jackson-Davis. He's played at a 国家の Player of the Year level during this 殺到する, 普通の／平均（する）ing 24.3 points, 13.4 回復するs and 3.9 封鎖するd 発射s per game. In the 79-74 勝利 over Purdue, Jackson-Davis had 25 points, seven 回復するs and five 封鎖するs against 7-foot-4 Zach Edey.
But Jackson-Davis' チーム仲間s are playing closer to his level lately. Freshman Jalen Hood-Schifino 与える／捧げるd 16 points and four 補助装置s against Purdue, while Trey Galloway netted 11 points and three steals.
Jackson-Davis said the difference in this team from others he's played on is the physical 面.
"I just think it's a toughness factor," he said. "I feel like teams in the past that I've been on just weren't that 堅い, honestly. We've 肉親，親類d of 設立する our niche, and that's what we're doing."
Even though the Hoosiers were outrebounded 38-22 by Purdue and 許すd 50.9 パーセント field-goal 狙撃, they 設立する a way to 勝利，勝つ. They 攻撃する，衝突する 52.6 パーセント from the field and 偉業／利用するd a 16-8 turnover advantage throughout, 特に in 設立するing a 50-35 halftime lead.
That was the type of 罪／違反 Indiana couldn't come の近くに to 明らかにするing when it met Rutgers on Dec. 3 in Piscataway, N.J., where the Scarlet Knights weaved their 防御の web during a 63-48 victory.
Jackson-Davis managed 13 points and 10 回復するs before fouling out late. Rutgers 許すd the Hoosiers to shoot just 30.4 パーセント from the field and 軍隊d them to turn the ball over 14 times in （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing them for the sixth 連続した game.
"We've 肉親，親類d of played with a 半導体素子 on our shoulder since we got punked by Rutgers," Jackson-Davis said.
一方／合間, the Scarlet Knights (16-7, 8-4) are coming off a 61-55 勝利，勝つ Saturday over Michigan 明言する／公表する in Madison Square Garden. After 追跡するing 25-19 at halftime, Rutgers 決起大会／結集させるd behind the familiar 二人組 of Paul Mulcahy (17 points) and Clifford Omoruyi (15 points, 12 回復するs).
With the exception of Iowa, which swept the Knights and 普通の／平均（する）d 84.5 points per game, few have solved their tungsten-堅い 弁護. 寺 and Michigan 明言する／公表する are the only other 対抗者s to reach 70 against them.
No いっそう少なく an 対抗者 than Spartans coach Tom Izzo has noticed. He compared Rutgers' 核心 players of Mulcahy, 防御の stopper Caleb McConnell and Omoruyi to his "Flintstones" that won the 2000 国家の 肩書を与える with unbending 弁護 and will.
"For him to say that, a Hall of Fame coach who of course has run a 広大な／多数の／重要な program for years and years -- they ran this league for years and years -- it's just awesome to hear it coming from him," McConnell said. "That's a proud moment for all the work we put in over the years."
--Field Level マスコミ
