Opening Tip
• Indiana University will open a two-game homestand against Wisconsin on Saturday, Feb. 7. Tip is scheduled for 12 p.m. ET inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall with Kevin Kugler (PxP) and LaPhonso Ellis (Analyst) on the call for FOX.
• Wisconsin (16-6, 8-3 B1G) is under the direction of 11th-year head coach Greg Gard. The Badgers have won 20-plus games in four-straight seasons (seven total). Gard is the fifth-longest tenured head coach in the Big Ten Conference.
• Wisconsin is led by an explosive backcourt with senior guard Nick Boyd (20.0 points per game, 113 made free throws) and junior guard John Blackwell (18.5 points per game, 54 made 3-pointers).
• Junior forward Nolan Winter has averaged 13.8 points and a team-best 8.7 rebounds per game.
• Eight Badgers have made at least 10 3-pointers this season, with six players that averaged at least 1.0 made triples per outing. As a team, Wisconsin has made 237 shots from behind the 3-point line on 34.6% shooting.
Game Information
Feb. 7, 2026 • 12 PM ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: FOX (Kevin Kugler, LaPhonso Ellis)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 98-82
Last Meeting: UW 76, IU 64 on Feb. 4, 2025, in Madison
Series History
• Indiana and Wisconsin have met 180 times on the basketball court. The Hoosiers hold a 98-82 advantage in the series between long-standing Big Ten foes.
• IU has won the last two meetings between the sides in Bloomington. In total, the Hoosiers hold a 30-12 record over the Badgers in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
Last Time Out
• Indiana (15-78 6-6 B1G) faltered at USC by a score of 81-75 on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles.
• Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson produced a game-high 33 points to go along with four rebounds and three steals. He hit 5-of-12 from the 3-point line, his 10th game of the season with at least three made triples.
• The game was his third 30-point effort of the season (fourth career), the most 30-point games in a season since Trayce Jackson-Davis (4, 2022-23).
• His scoring output marked the most points in a Big Ten road game for a Hoosier since Jalen Hood-Schifino (35, at Purdue) on Feb. 25, 2023.
• The Hoosiers dished out 21 assists on 26 made field goals, eighth game with at least 20 helpers this season. Indiana turned the ball over just 10 times. Redshirt senior guard Conor Enright compiled eight assists, while redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries added five dimes.
Big Ten Brilliance
• Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson has averaged 23.0 points per night in Big Ten Conference play this season. He has shot 46.8% (94-of-201) from the floor, 38.9% (44-of-113) from the 3-point line, and 89.8% (44-of-49) from the free throw line in league play.
• The Sam Houston State transfer has scored 15-plus points in 10 conference games, has scored at least 20 points seven times, added a 32-point night against No. 10 Nebraska (Jan. 10), posted 33 points at USC (Feb. 3), and went for a career-best 44 points against Penn State (Dec. 9).
• His scoring average of 23.0 points per game in league play is on pace to be the highest by a Hoosier in Big Ten games since Alan Henderson (23.1) during the 1994-95 season.
• Wilkerson is top five among Big Ten players in total points (276), points per game (23.0), made 3-pointers (44), and 3-point shooting percentage (38.9%) in league play.
Long-Distance Calls
• Indiana has averaged 10.6 made 3-pointers per game, which is fourth in the Big Ten and 27th nationally, and 10.9 triples per league game. The Hoosiers have buried 10 or more triples in 16 games. In those contests, IU holds a record of 11-5 and averaged 86.3 points per game.
• The Hoosiers have made 244 shots from behind the 3-point line this season, the ninth most in program history. The program record of 345 was set during the 2015-16 season when IU made 9.9 triples per contest.
• Indiana canned 17 3-pointers against Penn State (Dec. 9), the most in a game since 2016 (19). The Hoosiers have made 17-plus triples in five games in program history.
• IU made at least 10 3-pointers in five-straight conference games (at Michigan on Jan. 20, at Rutgers on Jan. 23, vs. Purdue on Jan. 27, at UCLA on Jan. 31, at USC on Feb. 3), the longest streak in Big Ten play in the play-by-play era.
• Fifth-year senior Lamar Wilkerson is tied for 18th nationally and second in the Big Ten with 3.3 made 3-pointers per game. Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries (2.7) is fourth in the B1G.
• Junior guard Nick Dorn (2.3) is ninth in the league. The Elon transfer has made 49-of-118 attempts (41.5%) from long range this season. He has made at least one triple in 16 games.
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