INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES – GAME 31 AT OHIO STATE

Opening Tip

• Indiana University will conclude the regular season with a road trip to Columbus, Ohio, to play at Ohio State on Saturday, March 7, at 5:30 p.m. ET. Gus Johnson (PxP) and Jim Jackson (Analyst) will handle the FOX broadcast.

• Ohio State (19-11, 11-8 B1G) is under the direction of third-year head coach Jake Diebler. The Buckeyes have won three-straight home games, which includes ranked wins over Wisconsin (Feb. 17) and Purdue (March 1).

• Senior guard Bruce Thornton has averaged 19.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per night. The Fairburn, Ga., native is closing in on the Ohio State career scoring record set by Dennis Hopson (2,096 points) from 1983-97. Thornton will enter Saturday’s senior day game with 2,085 career points.

• Sophomore guard John Mobley Jr., who missed three games with a hand injury, has posted 15.8 points per night on a team-high 86 made 3-pointers. He has shot 43.2% from long range.

• Junior forward Devin Royal (14.0 points, 5.7 rebounds per game) and senior center Christoph Tilly (11.1, 4.8) each provide double-digit scoring averages.

Game Information

March 7, 2026 • 5:30 PM ET

Value City Arena (19,049) • Columbus, Ohio

TV: FOX (Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson)

Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)

Series History: Indiana leads, 114-88

Last Meeting: IU 66, OSU 60 on March 8, 2025, in Bloomington

Series History

• The Hoosiers have won 114 times in a storied 202-game series against long-time Big Ten foe Ohio State. The win total is the second most for the Hoosiers against any single opponent, trailing only Northwestern (120).

• Indiana has won five-straight contests in the series dating back to the 2022-23 season, which includes road victories on Feb. 6, 2024 (76-73) and on Jan. 17, 2025 (77-76 in OT).

Last Time Out

• Indiana (18-12 9-10 B1G) returned to the win column with an emphatic 77-47 result against Minnesota on Wednesday, March 4, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers shot 57.4% (31-of-54) from the floor, the fourth-highest field goal percentage of the season.

• Senior forward Sam Alexis turned in his best offensive performance of the season with a season-high 23 points to pair with 11 rebounds (4 offensive) and two blocked shots.

• Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson piled up 16 points, his 11th-straight game with at least 15 points, on 4-of-7 shooting from behind the 3-point line.

• Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries added 13 points, eight rebounds, and five assists. Junior guard Nick Dorn chipped in 11 points with three made 3-pointers.

The Big Man in the Middle

• Senior forward Sam Alexis has made 21-straight starts for the Hoosiers. In that stretch, the Florida transfer has averaged 8.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks per game. He has shot 65.7% (73-of-106) from the floor.

• Over his final five home starts, Alexis averaged 15.8 points on 83.3% (35-of-42) shooting from the floor to go with 6.0 rebounds per game.

• Alexis provided 10 rebounds and six blocked shots at Rutgers on Jan. 23, the first 10-rebound, 5-block performance by a Hoosier in a Big Ten road game since Trayce Jackson-Davis (Jan. 25, 2023).

• Against Wisconsin on Feb. 7 he became the first IU player since Kel’el Ware (Feb. 27, 2024) to score at least 15 points, grab more than five rebounds, block at least five shots on 90.0% shooting from the floor.

• Alexis posted a season-high 23 points, 11 rebounds, and two blocked shots on 81.8% shooting from the floor in a Senior Night win over Minnesota on March 4. He became the first Hoosiers since Kel’el Ware (2x in 2024) to post a 20-10-2 game on 80.0% shooting or better in Big Ten Conference play.

IU Single-Season Made 3-Pointers

1. Steve Alford – 107 (1986-87)

2. Lamar Wilkerson – 101 (2025-26)

3. James Blackmon Jr. – 91 (2016-17)

IU Single-Season Points (B1G Only)

1. Don Schlundt – 459 (1952-53)

2. Jimmy Rayl – 454 (1961-62)

3. Lamar Wilkerson – 446 (2025-26)

4. Trayce Jackson-Davis – 436 (2022-23)

5. George McGinnis – 418 (1970-71)

6. Alan Henderson – 416 (1994-95)

7. Scott May – 412 (1975-76)

8. Mike Woodson – 405 (1978-79)

9. Steve Alford – 404 (1985-86)

10. Brian Evans – 399 (1995-96)

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