Indiana completed a regular season sweep of Purdue with a 79-71 win on Saturday night at Mackey Arena. The victory improved the Hoosiers to 20-9 overall and 11-7 in the Big Ten with two regular season games remaining.
Here are five takeaways from the victory:
Jalen Hood-Schifino dissected Purdue’s guards
Purdue was intent on minimizing the impact of Trayce Jackson-Davis in Saturday’s rematch in West Lafayette.
For a half, it worked. Jackson-Davis didn’t score a point in the first half. Yet Indiana was right there with Purdue through 20 minutes.
The reason for that was freshman guard Jalen Hood-Schifino.