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At the Buzzer: Indiana 98, Universidad de Bayamón 47

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IU basketball guard Lamar Wilkerson drives to the basket.

Quick thoughts on a 98-47 exhibition win against Universidad de Bayamón:

How it happened

IU basketball opened the Darian DeVries era at Coliseo Guillermo Angulo in Carolina, Puerto Rico on Wednesday night with a comfortable exhibition victory. The Hoosiers went with a starting five of Conor Enright, Tayton Conerway, Lamar Wilkerson, Tucker DeVries and Reed Bailey. IU built an eight-point lead midway through the first 10-minute quarter at 16-8 and was led early by DeVries, who knocked in a pair of 3-pointers. By the end of the first quarter, the Hoosiers were up 26-15 as eight different players scored in the opening frame.

Davidson transfer Reed Bailey was impressive to open the second quarter, scoring four of IU’s first six points as the lead grew to 14 points at 32-18. From there, IU continued to pull away leading into halftime. Freshman Trent Sisley’s first basket off a backcut, which was followed by a 3-point make, pushed the lead to 39-23 by the 4:30 mark of the second quarter. By halftime, IU led 49-23. Unofficially, seniors Lamar Wilkerson and Tayton Conerway paced IU with nine points each.

Unofficial first half scoring for IU: Wilkerson 9, Conerway 9, Sam Alexis 8, DeVries 6, Bailey 6, Sisley 5, Conor Enright 2, Josh Harris 2, Aleksa Ristic 2.

A few additional unofficial numbers from the first half: 10 rebounds for Alexis, six assists for DeVries and three steals for Conerway.

The Hoosiers started strong out of the locker room as Bailey scored four points and grabbed three rebounds in the opening minutes of the third quarter. Sisley cleaned up a DeVries missed 3-pointer with a putback dunk to stretch the lead to 61-23 and force a timeout from Universidad de Bayamón. By the 2:27 mark of the period, IU’s lead was 42 points at 69-27 as Alexis had already notched a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. By the end of the third, the Hoosiers led 74-33 and Sisley’s 14 points led the team.

Early in the fourth quarter, Ristic found walk-on Ian Stephens for a layup to make it 80-36 IU. Shortly after, Miles found Sisley in transition for a layup to push the Southern Indiana native up to 21 points. Another bucket from Stephens late in the fourth quarter pushed the lead to nearly 50 points at 96-47 and a dunk from Harris pushed the lead to 51, the final margin of victory for the Hoosiers.

Standout performers

Unofficially, five Hoosiers finished in double figures. Sisley led the way with 21 points, followed by 13 by Harris, 12 from Wilkerson and 10 each from Bailey and Alexis.

Scores by quarter

Indiana – 26 | 23 | 25 | 24
Bayamón – 15 | 8 | 10 | 14

(Photo credit: IU Athletics)

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