National Basketball Association
Indiana 77, Evansville 46
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Where: Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana
Officials:
# Pat Driscoll, # Lewis Garrison, # Mike Sanzere
Attendance:
16255
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 25 Indiana 77, Evansville 46: Jeremy Hollowell scored 18 points and the host Hoosiers smothered the Aces’ high-powered offense.
Noah Vonleh added 13 points and 12 rebounds, and Yogi Ferrell scored 10 for Indiana (5-1), which rebounded from losing to Connecticut in the 2K Sports Classic final on Friday with a dominant performance. The Hoosiers sprinted to a 12-0 lead, led by 20 with six minutes left in the first half and kept Evansville scorer D.J. Balentine bottled up most of the night.
The Aces (5-1), who came in second in the nation in field-goal percentage at 56.6 percent, scored just 19 first-half points and finished shooting 29.1 percent. Balentine, fourth in the nation in scoring at 29.6, missed his first six shots and finished with 14 points on 5-of-17 shooting.
Ferrell scored five of Indiana’s first 12 points, his three-point play with 14:31 remaining in the first half making it 12-0. Two Vonleh free throws pushed the Hoosiers’ advantage to 28-8 with 5:30 left before intermission, and Indiana carried a 33-19 advantage into halftime.
Duane Gibson’s layup pulled the Aces within 35-24 early in the second half, but the Hoosiers pulled away. Indiana went on an 18-8 run, with two Evan Gordon free throws with 11:29 to play establishing a 53-32 lead.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Indiana, third in the nation in rebounding, outrebounded the Aces 58-30. … Balentine had scored no fewer than 29 points in Evansville’s first five games, and came in shooting 59.4 percent from the field. … Evansville finished 3-of-16 from 3-point range.
Top Game Performances
Evansville |
|
Indiana |
D.J. Balentine 14 |
Scoring |
Jeremy Hollowell 18 |
Jaylon Brown 3 |
Assists |
Will Sheehey 3 |
Egidijus Mockevicius 5 |
Rebounds |
Noah Vonleh 12 |
D.J. Balentine 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Jeremy Hollowell 8 |
Duane Gibson 2 |
Steals |
Evan Gordon 2 |
Christian Benzon 1 |
Blocks |
Luke Fischer 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Evansville
|
46 |
29.1 |
3-16 |
11-22 |
7 |
25 |
3 |
5 |
15 |
Indiana
|
77 |
40.7 |
4-16 |
25-35 |
12 |
56 |
7 |
8 |
16 |