IU’s Joey Brunk stretches to keep the ball inbounds in the second half of the Hoosiers’ 79-54 win over Princeton Wednesday night, November 21. Brunk finished the game with 16 points for Indiana. Photo by Rodney Margison

photography by RODNEY MARGISON

Joey Brunk and Devonte Green scored 16 points apiece to lead Indiana to a 79-54 win over Princeton Wednesday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

The Hoosiers led by just 4 points at halftime, 35-31, despite shooting 50% from the field. A second-half surge on both offense and defense allowed Indiana (5-0) to take control to the end.

Justin Smith added 14 points and Trayce Jackson-Davis had 11 for the Hoosiers. Bruno also had a game-high 8 rebounds, and Al Durham tallied 6 assists.

Princeton (0-4) was led by Jaelin Llewelyn with 15 points. The Tigers shot just 37.3% from the field to Indiana’s 56.4%.

The Hoosiers continue their season-opening, eight-game homestand against Louisiana Tech (3-1) Monday night, November 25. Tip-off against the Bulldogs is at 8:30 p.m.




Check out our photo gallery below by Bloom photographer and Associate Editor/Photo Editor Rodney Margison.