Notes on a 72-56 win over North Carolina Central:
The Hoosiers came into tonight’s matchup against North Carolina Central sporting an effective field-goal percentage of 56.7 percent — good for 31st in the country. (How bout that, eh?)
But in the first half, IU came out cold. It only hit 36.4 percent from the field (12-of-33) and 25 percent of its 3-pointers (3-12) for an eFG of 40.9 percent.
The Hoosiers came into tonight’s matchup against North Carolina Central sporting a defensive effective field-goal percentage of 39.8 percent — good for 19th in the country. (How bout that, eh?)
But NCC was able to rip off marks of 41.7 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from three, good for an eFG of 47.9 percent.
Yet, the Hoosiers entered the locker room with a 10-point lead (34-24).
So how was it done?
Offensive rebounding, free-throw rate, forcing turnovers/defense and taking care of the basketball. The Hoosiers missed a ton of bunnies around the rim, but their efforts on the glass and only five turnovers in the first half gave them the opportunity to hoist up a total of 45 shot attempts to NCC’s 31. They shot 11 free throws (making seven of them) to only two for NCC.
And the Eagles also coughed up the ball 10 times.
