{"id":184587,"date":"2023-01-12T12:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T12:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-minute-after-penn-state-inside-the-hall\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T12:27:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T12:27:02","slug":"the-minute-after-penn-state-inside-the-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-minute-after-penn-state-inside-the-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"The Minute After: Penn State – Inside the Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thoughts on an 85-66 loss to the Nittany Lions:<\/em><\/p>\n

The modern offensive style of basketball swallowed the Hoosiers whole tonight.<\/p>\n

After spending time under Brad Stevens (Butler, Boston Celtics) and Matt Painter (Purdue), Micah Shrewsberry has implemented an offensive system in his second year at the helm that puts a premium on spacing the floor and shooting the 3-ball. It’s a style that creates variance. If the shots aren’t dropping and the other team is on, it can lead to a blowout loss \u2014 though the Nittany Lions can at least make up for that some with their low turnover rate.<\/p>\n

But if the 3-pointers are dropping, your opponent is losing your shooters and isn’t keeping pace from beyond the arc on their end?<\/p>\n

It leads to a 19-point win, Penn State’s largest-ever margin of victory against the Hoosiers.<\/p>\n

Indiana did a solid job through the first eight minutes of action, allowing just two 3-points makes from the Nittany Lions. But Penn State’s quickness and trickery on the perimeter, its dedication to getting the right matchups, shifted this one in a big way. Indiana was a step slow all over the place, its collapsing defense scrambling back to wide-open shooters pretty much the rest of the contest.<\/p>\n

The numbers aren’t pretty. The Nittany Lions hit a ridiculous 18-of-31 (58.1 percent) from 3-point range. Those 18 makes tie a program record, the second time this season Penn State has tied it after making 18 against Winthrop to start the season. It’s also the most 3-pointers the Hoosiers have given up in the KenPom era<\/a>which dates back to the 2001-2002 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there was one rotation, we didn’t make the next rotation,\u201d Woodson said post-game<\/a>. \u201cWe looked lost. That’s on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seth Lundy and Andrew Funk led the charge tonight from deep, as each hit 7-of-12. Though it’s on a low volume, Indiana has shot well from 3-point range so far this season, but that wasn’t the case tonight. The Hoosiers made just 4-of-14 (28.6 percent). Yes, Penn State had two separate players make more 3-pointers individually than IU made as a team this evening.<\/p>\n

On the other end, Miller Kopp, who’s now shooting 44.9 percent on 3-pointers this season, took just one all game. And it didn’t come until the 11:54 mark in the second half. Kopp has taken just six 3-pointers in his last 86 minutes of game action. In the first half alone, Lundy took seven, making four. Besides a pindown screen early in the game where Kopp connected on a 2-point jumper, Indiana continues to not run specific sets to free him. He remains an afterthought in the offense.<\/p>\n

As each 3-pointer fell on Indiana’s head, the Hoosiers looked dejected and zapped of energy. After a sensational last two games on offense, Jalen Hood-Schifino came back down to earth, shooting just 33.3 percent from the field (5-of-15). Indiana was poor from the line tonight, hitting only 10-of-18 (55.6 percent). The Hoosiers gave up 1.30 points per possession.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur two veterans are sitting there on the side. They’re not coming through the door any time soon,\u201d Woodson said<\/a>\u201d Our guys are a little down and they should be. We got smacked in the face tonight. We’re just not competing right now, and that’s on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hoosiers have now lost three straight and six of nine. They’re just 1-4 in conference play. Their defense has fallen to 71st on KenPom after being in the top 15 for the beginning stretch of the season.<\/p>\n

For a season that started with much promise, it’s hard to believe this is where Indiana finds itself. And at this point, it’s fair to ask: just how low can this go?<\/p>\n

(Photo credit: Penn State Athletics)<\/p>\n

Filed to: Penn State Nittany Lions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n