LIVE BLOG: Follow Indiana's Game With North Alabama in Real Time
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Welcome to Assembly Hall as Indiana returns home for the first time since its season-opener.
The Hoosiers will be taking on North Alabama to try to improve to 4-2 on the season.
Keep refreshing for the latest news and opinions, and I'll try to answer your questions as we go along too.
Here we go:
FINAL: INDIANA 87, NORTH ALABAMA 52
1:43 p.m. ET — Franklin continues to pour it in from downtown. He's up to 19 points on the day and is 5-of-7 from deep. Hoosiers lead 71-37 with 7:57 left to play.
1:30 p.m. ET — Armaan Franklin is not getting hot from beyond the arc. He's now made two threes in a row, and Indiana is 4-of-8 from behind the line this half. Hoosiers lead 56-34 with 12 minutes left.
1:20 p.m. ET — Rob Phinisee starting out the second half strong. He's made two three-pointers this half and has eight points so far. Indiana leads 47-30 at the under-16.
VIEWS: It was a sloppy first half for Indiana. The Hoosiers have 11 turnovers so far, but Indiana's defense has once again been solid. North Alabama is shooting just 25% from the field. Jackson-Davis has 12 points, but Indiana hasn't gotten him the ball a whole lot in that first half. The energy level also seemed sort of low throughout most of the half. TJD was trying to get the bench going toward the end.
Below are the first half stats:
12:55 p.m. ET — Indiana takes a 16-point lead into halftime over North Alabama. Jordan Geronimo had a sweet steal and finger roll at the buzzer to send Indiana into the locker room. (HALFTIME: INDIANA 40, NORTH ALABAMA 24)
12:44 p.m. ET — Jordan Geronimo seeing some action in this first half as well. North Alabama started to string together some shots and get it to single digits, but an Armaan Franklin three puts Indiana back up 13. Rob Phinisee will be at the line after the timeout. Indiana leads 31-18 with 3:21 left.
12:38 p.m. ET — Anthony Leal gets his first-career point as a Hoosier at the free-throw line. He missed the second, but special moment for the hometown kid.
12:34 p.m. ET — Indiana is on a 12-2 run over the last 5:47 and are now in the double bonus for the rest of the half. Hoosiers lead 23-9 with 7:24 left in the first half.
12:21 p.m. ET — Trey Galloway is providing a spark for Indiana off the bench in transition. He threw down a big dunk and got an alley-oop from Franklin. Indiana leads 15-7 with 12:14 left in the first half.
12:12 p.m. ET — North Alabama finally finds its first basket, and it's from a goaltend from Jackson-Davis. Indiana leads 7-2 at the under-16 timeout. Trey Galloway and Jerome Hunter are the first two off the bench for Indiana.
12:10 p.m. ET — Indiana has been really solid defensively so far. Hoosiers are getting to the free-throw line often. Indiana leads North Alabama 7-0 so far.
11:41 a.m. ET — The starters for Indiana remain the same: Al Durham, Rob Phinisee, Armaan Franklin, Trayce Jackson-Davis and Race Thompson.
11:33 a.m. ET — Indiana has taken the floor for warm-ups, and as expected, Joey Brunk is in street clothes again. He is dealing with a sore back. Al Durham is warming up, though.
GAME NOTES: North Alabama faces Indiana for the second time today. The Lions are 0-1 in the official series, falling 91-65 last season at Assembly Hall.
A UNA win would be the first in program history against Indiana or any other team from the Big Ten Conference.
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