Wolverines Head to Bloomington for Friday Night Game with Hoosiers

» Michigan will head to Bloomington to face Indiana for the second time in the regular season.
» With a 74-63 win at Crisler Center (Jan. 6), the Wolverines won the first matchup this season.
» The Maize and Blue has won its last five games again the Hoosiers, including a 75-63 win at Assembly Hall.
» All Michigan players, staff and support staff will wear Jordan Brand shoes to help bring awareness during Coaches vs. Cancer Week.
» Friday night's contest with Indiana starts a stretch four road games in the next six regular season matchups for the Wolverines.

THIS WEEK
Friday, Jan. 25 -- at Indiana (Bloomington, Ind.), 6:30 p.m. (TV: FS1)

• Watch: Coach Beilein Media Roundtable - Indiana

The No. 5-ranked University of Michigan men's basketball team (18-1, 7-1 Big Ten) will head to Bloomington to play Indiana (12-7, 3-5 Big Ten) for the second time in the regular season. In a Friday night (Jan. 25) FS1 broadcast, tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. with Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson on the call.

A Little Bit About Indiana

• Michigan heads to Bloomington to face Indiana, which is 12-7 overall and 3-5 in Big Ten play.
• After starting out 3-0 in league play, the Hoosiers have dropped their last five games, four of which were on the road.
• Indiana is led by freshman guard Romeo Langford, who paces the team with 17.6 points per game, while adding 5.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and is shooting 48.5 percent from the field.
• Senior forward Juwan Morgan is second with 16.5 points and a team-best 7.9 rebounds per contest -- including 46 offensive rebounds (2.4 per game). He is shooting 61.1 percent from the field and is second on the team with 18 3-pointers and 47 assists (2.4 per game).
• Indiana is second the Big Ten in field-goal percentage, shooting 49.8 percent as a team (trailing Michigan State's 49.9 percent), which also puts the Hoosiers 13th nationally.
• The Hoosiers have had six games decided by three points or-fewer, going 4-2 in those contests: Northwestern (W, 68-66), at Penn State (W, 64-62), vs. Louisville (W, 68-67) and vs. Butler (W, 71-68) as well as losses at Arkansas (L, 73-72) and at Maryland (L, 78-75).
• Indiana is led by second-year head coach Archie Miller. Prior to arriving in Bloomington, Miller spent six seasons as the head coach at Dayton, leading the Flyers five 20-plus win seasons and four straight NCAA appearances (2014-17).

The All-Time Series With The Hoosiers

• Friday's game is the 169th all-time meeting between Michigan and Indiana.
• The Wolverines trail 62-106 in the all-time series with Indiana, however, U-M has won the last five meetings.
• U-M holds a 14-66 record in Bloomington, but the Wolverines did win their last meeting at Assembly Hall, 75-63, on Feb. 12, 2017.
• There have been 43 games in the series decided by three points or fewer, with U-M trailing, 16-27 in those contests. The last time a game was decided by fewer than three points was when U-M knocked off No. 1 seed IU in the 2016 Big Ten Tournament. With the game tied at 69, U-M's Kam Chatman made a last-second three-pointer from a Derrick Walton Jr. pass to earn the upset win.
• There have been eight overtime games with each team winning four. The last time there was an extra period between the teams was a 72-66 OT win by U-M at Indiana (Jan. 7, 2009), when the Wolverines overcame a 20-point deficit to pull off the comeback win.
• U-M head coach John Beilein holds a 10-9 career record against Indiana.

Earlier This Season Against the Hoosiers

• Michigan earned its fourth victory over a ranked opponent as it defeated Indiana (No. 21 AP/No. 22 Coaches Poll), 74-63, at Crisler Center on Jan. 6.
• The Wolverines led wire-to-wire as they were led by 18 points apiece from Jordan Poole and Charles Matthews. Zavier Simpson and Ignas Brazdeikis added 12 and 10 points, respectively.
• Brandon Johns Jr. provided a spark off the bench for U-M, playing 13 minutes, scoring a career-high eight points and pulling down a career-best eight rebounds, while also a block.
• As a team, the Wolverines tied a season-best with 44 points in the first half, while committing just three turnovers on the night against the Hoosiers.

Simpson Named to Defensive Player of the Year Watch List

• Zavier Simpson was named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award Watch List. He is one of 15 players on the list and one of four Big Ten players (Maryland's Bruno Fernando, Wisconsin's Ethan Happ and Minnesota's Jordan Murphy).
• Simpson has not missed a game in three seasons, playing in 98 straight for U-M. He has increased his time on the floor by six minutes this season -- averaging 32.6 per game.
• Simpson leads the Wolverines in steals with a team-best 31 (1.63 per game), which is fourth in the Big Ten. Last season, he led the Wolverines with 53 steals (1.29 spg).
• Simpson has almost doubled his rebounding from a season ago, averaging 4.8 per game, which is fourth on U-M. He has pulled down 83 defensive rebounds (4.3 per game).
• Simpson has recorded 10-plus rebounds in a game twice -- both of which led to double-doubles -- career-best 11 rebounds vs. George Washington (Nov. 17; 14 points) and 10 at Wisconsin (Jan. 19; 11 points).

The OH-IO Boys

• Over the last four games, U-M's Ohio Boys -- Zavier Simpson (Lima) and Jon Teske (Medina) -- have taken over for the Wolverines.
• Teske has averaged 15.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game. He is shooting 64.8 percent from the field (24-for-37) and 53.8 percent (7-for-13) on three-pointers. He added two double-doubles at Illinois (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Northwestern (17 points, 11 rebounds on Jan. 13) and two road games with four blocks -- at Illinois and at Wisconsin.
• Simpson has averaged 14.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game. He added his first career 20-plus point game with 24 against Northwestern (Jan. 10) with a career-best five three-pointers as well as adding his second double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds at Wisconsin (Jan. 19).
• Simpson has made eight three-point field goals over the last four games, including a career-best five against Northwestern (Jan. 13). Those eight three-pointers nearly equal his season total of his 15 previous games (9-for-34, 26.4 percent). He is now 17-for-55 on the season (30.9 percent).
• With that 11-point, 10-rebound performance at Wisconsin (Jan. 19), Simpson is now tied for the team lead for double-doubles with two. Who is he tied with Teske.