KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Sure, it was just an exhibition game in late October that doesn't count in the standings, but No. 17-ranked Indiana learned a lot in its 66-6
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Sure, it was just an exhibition game in late October that doesn't count in the standings, but No. 17-ranked Indiana learned a lot in its 66-62 win over No. 12 Tennessee that will pay many dividends down the road.
"We scored 41 points and that's more than enough,'' Indiana coach Mike Woodson said of the Hoosiers' offense, which was ugly early. "We were better in the second half, and we are capable of doing that. I just want to get these guys to make shots. We're capable of scoring the ball, and we're a lot better than we showed tonight.
They kept it close but couldn't get over the hump for for the first 13 minutes of the second half, until Reneau took over. He found more room in the lane, and also hit a huge three-pointer to give Indiana a 55-54 lead with 6:21 to go.Reneau was 8-for-12 from the field and also had eight rebounds in 33 minutes.
"This Tennessee is going to make a lot of teams struggle to score, because they get after you,'' Woodson said. ''You can learn a lot in a game like this. I like competition like that. Our guys have been beating up on each other, but not like this.'' "This game right here gives us extreme confidence in one another. Especially playing a top-10 ranked team, or wherever they are. It just gives us so much confidence that the next guy is going to come in and compete at a high level. Its not going to be like the starters go out and the bench comes in. Everybody is ready to go out. Everybody is ready to compete and give it there all every time.
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