There is plenty of reason to criticize James Blackmon Jr., and I did plenty of it in this story I wrote about Indiana earlier this month.
It’s also pretty obvious that Blackmon has been Indiana’s best player this season, and he backed that up on Wednesday night. Blackmon kept Indiana from falling to 2-4 in the Big Ten by burying a three at the buzzer to beat Penn State in Happy Valley.
Indiana beats Penn State at the buzzer, but the bigger story is OG Anunoby's knee. pic.twitter.com/cUgLGwgUkV
— Rob Dauster (@RobDauster) January 19, 2017
The bigger issue for Indiana fans is the status of O.G. Anunoby’s knee. Indiana’s star forward went down with a non-contact injury in the first half and did not return to the game in the second half. I’m not going to play armchair physician here, but this does not look good.
This shot from Blackmon may have saved the Hoosiers from embarrassment, but where there season goes from here is still a major question mark.