Indiana Basketball vs Florida State: 3 matchups to watch

1. Trayce Jackson-Davis vs Patrick Williams

A matchup of two great freshmen, and two athletic ones as well. Both play crucial roles for their respective teams and will be fun to watch as they will most likely see a lot of each other when they are on the court together.

Trayce Jackson-Davis has been incredible this year, leading the Hoosiers in scoring (15.6) and rebounding (9.6), and will look to add to his four double-doubles that he already has, when matching up against Florida State on Tuesday.

One knock on Jackson-Davis entering the season was his ability to guard out on the perimeter. Patrick Williams has the ability to knock down the three, 33 percent on the year from deep, and could easily pull Jackson-Davis away from the paint, taking his 2.3 blocks per game out of the way for some of the guards who will look to drive.

Though Williams doesn’t start, he sees around 20 minutes per game and quite honestly should be on the floor more on Tuesday. Florida State’s starting frontcourt, unlike most years, isn’t as versatile or athletic as the backcourt, so having Williams on the floor would give them a much better shot at controlling Jackson-Davis. Though Williams gives up about 20 pounds to Jackson-Davis, he has the athleticism to hang on the glass and will use his quick hands and feet to make Jackson-Davis work hard for everything that he gets.

While I don’t believe Williams will be able to stop Jackson-Davis singly handedly, I do think he can slow down, or wear him down as the game goes on.