UNC-Asheville (8-5) vs. Indiana (10-2)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Two junior predecessors will be on display as Drew Pember and UNC-Asheville take on Trayce Jackson-Davis and Indiana. Pember has averaged 15.4 points over the past five games. Jackson-Davis has scored 25 percent of the team’s points this season and has averaged 15.4 over his last five games.
SUPER SENIORS: Indiana is heavily dependent on its seniors this year. Race Thompson, Xavier Johnson, Miller Kopp and Parker Stewart with 47 percent of the team scoring this year and 56 percent of all Hoosiers points in the last five games.DOMINANT DREW: Pember is involved with 24.4 percent of the 45 3- tips he has made and has made 7 out of 19 over his last five games. He has converted 90.9 percent of his foul shots this season.
SCORING STREAK: Indiana has won its last nine home games, averaging 77 points and giving up 56.4.
ACCOUNTING FOR AID: The Hoosiers have recently used aid to create buckets more often than the Bulldogs. Indiana has 52 assists on 80 field goals (65 percent) over his previous three tournaments and UNC-Asheville has assisted 46 of 91 field goals (50.5 percent) during his last three games.
STIFLING DEFENSE: Indiana held opposition teams to 35 percent shooting from the field this year, the second lowest percentage of all Division I teams.
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