Indiana’s 2024-25 non-conference schedule was finalized on July 9 and Contained in the Corridor may have a team-by-team have a look at every opponent. Immediately: Winthrop.
Indiana will shut non-conference play on Saturday, December 28, when it hosts Winthrop at Meeting Corridor.
The Eagles completed final season 17-15 general and 8-8 within the Massive South. Led by Mark Prosser, the son of the late Skip Prosser, Winthrop concluded the 2023-24 season ranked No. 176 within the KenPom rankings and No. 163 in Bart Torvik’s rankings.
In Torvik’s preseason rankings for subsequent season, the Eagles are 174th and are projected to have the nation’s 145th-best offense and 214th-best protection.
The assembly between the Hoosiers and Eagles would be the first ever between the 2 applications. Winthrop has made 11 NCAA match appearances since 1999.
Winthrop ought to be capable to enhance upon final season’s report because it returns 4 starters and its high 4 scorers from the group that fell within the opening spherical of the Massive South match final season.
The beginning backcourt of Kasen Harrison and Nick Johnson offers Prosser no scarcity of expertise as he appears to be like to maneuver the Eagles up the convention standings.
Harrison, a 6-foot-1 guard, enters his third season for the Eagles after starting his profession at Lamar. Harrison averaged 11.3 factors, 3.8 assists, three rebounds and 1.2 steals in 31.5 minutes final season. He began 29 instances.
Johnson is again for his further season of eligibility after transferring in from New Hampshire earlier than final season. The 6-foot-4 graduate pupil averaged 10.4 factors, 3.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.4 steals in 27.8 minutes per recreation final season. Johnson shot 35.4 p.c on 3s however didn’t take a excessive quantity of triples.
This system’s high two scorers from final season return and can begin on the three and the 4. Kelton Talford, a 6-foot-7 ahead, averaged 14.1 factors and 5.7 rebounds and returns for his fifth and remaining season of eligibility. Talford shot 62.4 p.c from the sector and averaged 27.1 minutes per recreation.
Becoming a member of Talford within the frontcourt is 6-foot-7 is Ok.J. Doucet, who started his profession at Division II Fort Valley State earlier than transferring to Winthrop earlier than final season. Doucet averaged 12.4 factors and 4.3 rebounds in his first season on the D1 degree. Doucet shot 51-for-144 on 3s, good for 35.4 p.c.
The opposite key returnee for the Eagles is Isaiah Wilson, who began the primary six video games of the 2022-23 season earlier than struggling a season-ending harm that additionally compelled him to overlook the 2023-24 season. The 6-foot-1 guard ought to play backup minutes after averaging 5.6 factors in 22.6 minutes over six video games two seasons in the past.
Logan Duncomb, a well-known face to Indiana followers, ought to get a chance to compete for minutes on the 5. The 6-foot-10 Duncomb spent two seasons at Indiana earlier than transferring to Xavier earlier than the 2023-24 season. Nonetheless, Duncomb introduced final fall that he was stepping away from basketball for well being causes. In April, Duncomb introduced his switch to Winthrop.
William & Mary switch Tai Hamilton will be a part of Duncomb within the frontcourt rotation. The 6-foot-10 massive man averaged 1.5 factors and three.1 rebounds in 12.2 minutes final season.
A trio of transfers will possible fill out the remainder of the guard and wing rotation. The Eagles added Bryce Baker (Previous Dominion), Ryan Jolly (Division III Piedmont) and Tommy Kamarad (Division II Arkansas Tech).
Baker is a 6-foot-5 guard who averaged 5 factors in practically 20 minutes final season at Previous Dominion. The 6-foot-3 Jolly averaged 21.1 factors final season on the Division III degree, whereas Kamarad, a 6-foot-5 guard, averaged 12.2 factors on the Division II degree.
Torvik’s preseason projections, Winthrop is projected to be the third-best group within the Massive South behind Excessive Level and UNC Asheville. This could be a step up from final season when the Eagles completed in a three-way tie for fourth within the league standings.
Winthrop was a superb 3-point capturing group final season and was closely reliant on its perimeter capturing, which is one thing Indiana has struggled to defend up to now. Winthrop shot 37.9 p.c final season on 3s and scored 36.1 p.c of its factors from the perimeter, the Forty second-highest mark within the nation. Whereas this needs to be a matchup Indiana wins comfortably, it will likely be the primary recreation in per week for the Hoosiers following the vacation break and the ultimate tuneup earlier than Massive Ten play resumes within the new yr.
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