INDIANAPOLIS – Trayce Jackson-Davis got the ball in on the left block with Kofi Cockburn right on his back. He looked over his shoulder and saw the 7-footer he felt behind him.
He glanced quickly to the perimeter and saw Xavier Johnson open — perhaps last month he would’ve passed it out, but Friday afternoon he kept the ball. He wanted to take Cockburn on himself. He held strong, backed him down and got the layup to go.
That bucket put Jackson-Davis at 12 points on the game with 12:28 to play — double what he scored in his first matchup against Cockburn in Indiana’s loss against Illinois last month in Bloomington.