INDIANA VS MICHIGAN: TALE OF THE TAPE

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INDIANA VS MICHIGAN STATE: TALE OF THE TAPE

Troy Derengowski, Indiana Sports

Indiana remains #1 in the country this week in the AP top 25 men’s basketball poll but will get tested by a team many feel could be a title contender in Michigan State.  The last time these two got together in Bloomington, Indiana pulled out a 75-70 win.  Both teams are playing at a high level right now and this meeting promises to be a heavyweight battle.  Here’s the tale of the tape, from a statistical standpoint only:

PPG:  Indiana 82.9, Michigan St. 70.0

DPPG: Indiana 61.0, Michigan State 59.1

FG%: Indiana 50.2, Michigan State 47.0

DFFG%: Indiana 38.1, Michigan State 38.8

FT%: Indiana 74.6, Michigan State 71.1

OPP FT%: Indiana 70.4, Michigan State 64.8

3FG%: Indiana 42.7, Michigan State 35.4

D3FG%: Indiana 30.9, Michigan State 31.4

RPG: Indiana 39.2, Michigan State 37.7

OPPRPG: Indiana 29.7, Michigan State 30.5

ORPG: Indiana 12.2, Michigan State 11.2

DRPG: Indiana 27.0, Michigan State 26.5

APG: Indiana 15.3, Michigan State 13.7

TOPG: Indiana 13.2, Michigan State 13.5

SPG: Indiana 7.7, Michigan State 8.4

RPI Rank: Indiana #12, Michigan State #5

SOS Rank: Indiana #39, Michigan State #17

Overall Record: Indiana 23-3, Michigan State 22-4

Big Ten Record: Indiana 11-2, Michigan State 11-2

Home Record: Indiana 16-1, Michigan State 15-0

Road Record: Indiana 5-1, Michigan State 6-3

Vs Top 25: Indiana 4-2, Michigan State 4-2

Vs RPI top 50, Indiana 6-3, Michigan State 7-4

FOUR FACTORS TO WINNING

Effective FG%: Indiana 57.2, Michigan State 51.8 ( Not just 2 point FG’s but made three pointers)

Ball Handling/TO: Indiana 19.2, Michigan State 20.6 (turnovers/possessions)

Offensive Rebounding: Indiana 39.9, Michigan State 35.2 (OR% = Offensive Rebounds / (Offensive Rebounds + Opponent Defensive Rebounds).

FT Shooting: Indiana 48.8, Michigan State 38.6 (FT Rate = Free Throws Attempted / Field Goals Attempted.

In their previous meeting, Indiana won three of these four categories…EFG%, BH/TO and FT’s.

Indiana was led by Victor Oladipo with 21.

Michigan State was led by Gary Harris with 21.