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Trayce Jackson-Davis on Indiana’s struggles to respond vs. Rutgers: ‘It won’t happen again’

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Trayce Jackson-Davis is still determined to right the ship in Bloomington. Despite back-t0-back losses to Michigan State and Rutgers, the Indiana forward still believes Indiana can get it turned around in the final three games before the B1G Tournament.

Indiana dropped a 74-63 road contest to Rutgers on Wednesday night, the second time the Hoosiers blew a double-digit lead in as many games. The Scarlet Knights erased a 15-point deficit in the 1st half and took a 35-31 advantage into the locker room.

Rutgers’ momentum carried over into the second half, eventually building a 20-point lead.

Why weren’t the Hoosiers able to stop the bleeding and get back in control of the game? Jackson-Davis didn’t have an answer. But he doesn’t expect it to happen again.

“I don’t even know how to answer it honestly,” Jackson-Davis said when asked about IU’s lack of response in Wednesday’s game. “Just know that it won’t happen again. That’s basically all you need to know.”

Jackson-Davis scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the game, while Al Durham also had a big night with 20 points. The rest of Indiana’s starters scored just 2 points. Combined.

The Hoosiers were 12-9 heading into games against Michigan state and Rutgers with a chance to improve their status as an NCAA tournament team. But after back-to-back losses, the future for IU is in serious jeopardy.

Now, Indiana has No. 3 Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue remaining on the schedule and likely needs to win two of those three and potentially a game in the B1G tournament to secure a bid.

We’ll see what happens Saturday when the Hoosiers host the Wolverines.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB