The Wolves would not make another 3-pointer until 7: ... He had three driving layups (made 2, missed 1) and drawn a pair of free throws. As you can see above, going to a zone got Houston to speed ...

Indiana basketball relied on a zone defense they’ve rarely used for a prolonged period of time during the Mike Woodson era in ...

The zone threw Michigan State off their game. A middling outside shooting team, the Spartans only pieced together three makes ...

Tom Izzo will not make the same mistake twice. You can count on that. No. 11 Michigan State was once again humbled when Indiana came into the Breslin Center on ...

He brought a sense of stability to an unfamiliar 2-3 zone defense and helped guide the freshmen on the floor, showing them that everything would be alright. The switch to a 2-3 zone defense seemed ...

They shot 38.2% from the field (21-55) and a dreadful 17% from 3-point range, having to attempt 23 total triples and only making four of them. Zone defense pressures teams to shoot more outside ...

Knight, who was Woodson’s mentor, rarely used a zone defense. “They played the hell of it,” Woodson said. Michigan State shot 38.2% and was just 4 of 23 from 3-point range with eight ...

The Hoosiers used a 2-3 zone defense a strategy rarely employed by coach Mike Woodson. The zone stifled Michigan State, holding it to 38.2% shooting and forcing eight second-half turnovers.