Morehead State also gets a lot of minutes from transfers, like Dieonte Miles from Xavier and Jordan Lathon from UTEP and Milwaukee. His college basketball experience no doubt contributed to his ability to put up 19 and 18 points against Alabama and Purdue, respectively. Senior Riley Minix spent four years playing NAIA ball at Southeastern University. Now, it’s worth noting that not all of this experience is at the Division I level. Indiana, on the other hand, will likely be starting two true freshmen in Mackenzie Mgbako and Gabe Cupps. Morehead State has eight players who average more than 10 minutes per game and only one of those eight is a freshman. Here’s Three Things to know about Morehead State: The Penn State game is the lone exception and will be discussed in depth below, but this should be a confident team coming into Assembly Hall. Since then, Morehead State has had it a little easier, winning seven of its last eight games, sometimes in convincing fashion. Purdue also beat them by 30 in an 87-57 matchup at Mackey Arena in early November.

24 Alabama, who cruised to a 32 point victory over the Eagles. Morehead State opened the season with a road loss to then no. The Eagles are 8-3 on the year with losses in each of their three games against Power Five opponents. Indiana takes the court again tonight with Morehead State visiting from the Ohio Valley conference to kick off the last set of non-conference games for the Hoosiers.