In 13 beats on the court Tuesday, Malik Rameau flashed the sky-high eventuality and guard chops in a 6- 9 frame that made him a top prospect out of Montverde Academy in Florida less than a time agene and a major part of Indiana’s future. He also plodded defensively and committed enough fouls against a physical, aggressive Maryland team to limit himself to just those 13 beats.

Another freshman, Jalen Hood- Schifrin, played 34 beats and shot 1- for- 14 from the field. IU was minus- 11 with him on the bottom.

It was only three days before Hood- Schifrin, the highest- rated incoming freshman in the Big Ten and also an alumnus of Montverde Academy, had played one of the voguish games of his immature council career, burying 3- pointers off the grain, in transition and from well beyond the arc for 24 points against Ohio State.

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While they played out over different timetables, both Rameau and Hood- Schifrin’s Jekyll- and- Hyde acts had precedent. They ’ve each had their good and bad moments over the formerly three months. It’s the natural result of counting on beginners for major beats in the thick of the conference season, one IU has no choice but to live with.

To anticipate either to have the poise or responsibility of doyen counterparts like Trayce Jackson- Davis or a healthy Xavier Johnson would not be realistic for players who graduated high academy lower than a time agene. Both have to take their lumps, learn their assignments and develop on the cover as Indiana navigates the Big Ten.

Rameau checked into the game at around the 13- minute mark of the first half, and Maryland saw an occasion. Rameau leads IU with 62 fouls this season. Hood- Schifrin is a distant alternate with 44. Thirty- eight seconds after the forward entered, Maryland’s Hakim Hart went after him, drawing a foul outside and going to the free- adventure line.

So began Rameau’s struggle to stay on the bottom, indeed as he made plays in the limited time he got. He showed off his headiness and vision on a fast break, passing up a 3- pointer to put the ball on the bottom and dish to Kaleb Banks for a layup. He posted up and made a hook shot. He drove to the handbasket and scored with a handle numerous immature players of his elevation retain.

But he could not avoid fouling. He committed his fifth with five beats left in the game, finishing with 6 points.

Hood- Schifrin missed 3- pointers. He missed midrange shirtdresses after entwining around defenses, the shots that have been nearly automatic at times this time. Floaters rimmed out. At one point he got stuffed on a implicit fast- break layup.

“ Hey, shit happens, man, ” IU coach Mike Woodson said. “ You air not goon an make shots all the time. I allowed some of the shots, he was pressing a little bit, trying to keep us in it. But hey, he ’ll bounce back. He’s had too multitudinous good games for that to take him down. ”

Before his 8- for- 12 performance against OSU, Hood- Schifrin had missed 14 of his former 17 attempts from the field. He began the season in a 4- for- 16 funk from deep before making 17 of his coming 28. The capability is plainly there, indeed if the density is not.

Woodson has been generally pleased with Hood- Schifrin’s performance throughout the season, indeed on cold nights like Tuesday, because of his capability to grease and play defense. He’s started every game when healthy and been the Hoosiers ’ lone true point guard over the formerly six weeks with Johnson out.

Tuesday night was just part of the process, one with a far lower score than a single game.

“ Obviously you ’ve just got to learn from your misapprehensions, but at the same time, he’s been one of our jewels this time, ” Trayce Jackson- Davis said of Hood- Schifrin. “ He’s been a great, great guard, especially just being a freshman, and so we ’ve got to put this behind us, because we ’ve got a big game Saturday and we ’re goon an need him to step up. ”