IU basketball crushes the Virgin Islands to conclude group-stage play in FISU America Video games – Contained in the Corridor
IU basketball, representing the USA, concluded group-stage play on Thursday night with a straightforward 120-63 win towards the Virgin Islands within the FISU America Video games in Lima, Peru.
The win clinched Group B for Indiana, which is able to now transfer to elimination play this weekend. Indiana beat Peru 115-36 in its opener on Tuesday night time.
Indiana switched up its beginning lineup on Thursday, opting to go along with Markus Burton, Darren Harris, Jaeden Mustaf, Trevor Manhertz and Aiden Sherrell.
On Tuesday, the Hoosiers began Burton, Harris, Bryce Lindsay, Trent Sisley and Sherrell.
After a sluggish begin, IU shortly pulled away because of robust perimeter capturing. Lindsay and Vaughn Karvala got here off the bench within the first quarter and mixed to attain 17 of the staff’s 30 first-quarter factors.
Lindsay led all scorers within the first interval with 9 factors whereas Karvala added eight. Lindsay made three 3-pointers and Karvala made a pair.
IU led 30-20 after 10 minutes.
The second quarter introduced extra manufacturing from Karvala, who had 11 factors within the body, together with a trio of 3-pointers.
Sherrell additionally got here alive, scoring eight of his 10 first-half factors within the quarter. Sam Alexis added six factors within the quarter and had 10 factors within the first half.
The Hoosiers led 69-39 at halftime and made 10 3-pointers within the opening 20 minutes.
IU was by no means critically challenged within the second half, main 98-52 after three quarters. Markus Burton led the Hoosiers with seven third-quarter factors.
Within the fourth quarter, IU performed its reserves, together with a number of walk-ons en path to its second straight blowout win.
Karvala led IU with 32 factors whereas Sherrell and Alexis every added 15. Unofficially, Karvala was 7-for-10 on 3-pointers.
The Hoosiers will play on Saturday 3 p.m. ET towards Chile. A win on Saturday would advance them to the finals on Monday at 4 p.m. ET towards the winner of Argentina and the Virgin Islands.
The US and Argentina are heavy favorites to advance to the ultimate.
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Participant stats, through IU’s postgame notes:
• Freshman wing Vaughn Karvala placed on an offensive clinic with a game-high 32 factors on 11-of-14 capturing from the ground, 7-of-10 pictures from behind the 3-point line, and 3-of-3 from the free throw line. He added two rebounds, two assists, and three steals.
• Junior ahead Aiden Sherrell continued his robust play within the FISU America Video games with 15 factors, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, and two blocked pictures. By way of pool play, the Alabama switch averaged 17.0 factors, 9.0 rebounds and a pair of.0 blocks per outing.
• Ahead Sam Alexis put up 15 factors on 7-of-8 capturing from the ground, six rebounds, three assists, and two blocks.
• Freshman guard Prince-Alexander Moody scored 14 factors on 4-of-6 capturing from distance. He charted 4 rebounds, three assists, and two steals. He has averaged 16.5 factors on 50.0% capturing from distance (7-of-14) in Lima.
• Redshirt junior guard Markus Burton scored a flurry of third-quarter factors to run his whole to 11 factors, two rebounds, and one help.
• Junior guard Bryce Lindsay knocked down a trio of 3-pointers to complete with 9 factors, 5 rebounds and a team-high six assists.
• Junior guard Jaeden Mustaf posted eight factors and 7 rebounds.
• Sophomore ahead Trent Sisley chipped in eight factors and 5 boards.
• Freshman wing Trevor Manhertz, who earned his first begin for the Stars and Stripes, tallied two factors, 5 rebounds, two assists, and a blocked shot.
• Junior guard Darren Harris transformed one 3-point try and go together with three rebounds, two assists, and two steals.
• Senior ahead Ian Stephens added two factors, two rebounds and one help in his fourth-quarter minutes.
• Sophomore ahead Ben Winker supplied two emphatic blocked pictures.
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