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Indiana Basketball: 3 takeaways from win vs North Alabama

By Alec Lasley

DAYTON, OH - MARCH 24: Indiana Hoosiers fans yell from the crowd in the second half against the Temple Owls during the third round of the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 24, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
DAYTON, OH - MARCH 24: Indiana Hoosiers fans yell from the crowd in the second half against the Temple Owls during the third round of the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 24, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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BLOOMINGTON, IN – NOVEMBER 20: Archie Miller the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers gives instructions to his team against the UT Arlington Mavericks at Assembly Hall on November 20, 2018 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, IN – NOVEMBER 20: Archie Miller the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers gives instructions to his team against the UT Arlington Mavericks at Assembly Hall on November 20, 2018 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

1. Free Throw Shooting…. A Positive?

45. That is the amount of free throw attempts the Hoosiers attempted on Tuesday night.

In the past few years, the number of made free throws would be right around half of that, but on Tuesday Indiana connected on 37 of them, good for 82.2 percent.

Not only was free throw shooting a main reason why the Hoosiers were able to keep the lead at the half, but it was their best friend all night long.

Ranking 12th in the Big Ten a year ago, at 66.1 percent as a team on the season, free throws have been a major issue for the Hoosiers during Archie MIller’s tenure, but so far this season it has been anything but.

Now at 76 percent as a team, good enough for 3rd in the conference, Indiana is making a living at the line which is helping a sometimes inconsistent offense to get easy points.

Trayce Jackson-Davis led the Hoosiers at the line on Tuesday, going 14-of-15, followed by four players shooting 75 percent (3-of-4), and then De’Ron Davis at 66.7 percent (4-of-6). Regardless of the attempts, De’Ron Davis was actually the player with the ‘worst’ percentage on the team, and if 66.7 percent is the worst and it’s from your 6-foot-10 center, you’re usually shooting a good percentage as a team.

After Tuesday, Indiana is now averaging 25.3 made free throws per game, up from 13.1 last season.

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