After an uneven start against the Musketeers on Friday night, Indiana needed a steadying presence on offense. Enter Xavier Johnson.
At the end of last season, Indiana relied on a steady diet of high ball screen action between Johnson and Trayce Jackson-Davis to break through to the NCAA tournament. So far this season, the Hoosiers haven’t run it as much. But with Jackson-Davis getting pressured down low and outside shots not falling in a hostile road environment, Johnson and Jackson-Davis teamed up midway through the first half to steady the waters and keep the Hoosiers afloat.
We’ll take a look at four such plays in the latest edition of Film Session:
On our first play with the Hoosiers down four, Jackson-Davis sets the ball screen near the left slot and Johnson makes his move on a re-screen from TJD.