Hoosiers win opener, lose White

Six-foot-nine forward D.J. White cast a larger than normal shadow Friday night, shrouding a 28-point win with a shadow of doubt after he left the halftime locker room on crutches and sat out the second half. \nThe reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Year injured his left foot in the first half of a 93-65 win over Saint Joseph's College (Ind.). Though premature reports said White could miss six to eight weeks, IU coach Mike Davis spoke to the media during halftime of Saturday's football game and said he didn't even know when or how White hurt himself, let alone how long he will be out.\n"Hopefully, D.J. comes back in a week or so," Davis told reporters. "The X-ray showed that it wasn't a stress fracture or nothing like that ... I'm not a doctor, but (trainer Tim Garl) and those guys said that he could be out no less than a couple of weeks. The minimum is a couple of weeks for sure."\nProving correct Davis' preseason sentiments about team depth, senior forwards Marco Killingsworth and Sean Kline filled the void in the paint and combined for 30 points on 13-19 shooting. Davis said Kline's lingering injury prevented him from playing to his full potential last season, but Friday's performance was representative of how well the senior has been playing in practice this year.\n"It was a blast for the whole team," Kline said. "We're sick of beating on each other. When you get a chance to get out there with some fresh blood it's always fun."\nThe exhibition game also gave Hoosier fans their first look at the faster-paced IU offense. The three guard entourage of senior Lewis Monroe, junior Earl Calloway and senior Marshall Strickland provided the spark to IU's up-tempo game, combining for 10 of the team's 18 assists, many of which came in transition.\n"We wanted to play like that last year but we didn't have enough guys to do it," sophomore forward Robert Vaden said. "We've got enough guys on our bench this year to get up and down the court a lot."\nVaden may have sported the most complete stat line, leading the Hoosiers in minutes, points, assists and field goals. His 17 points tied for the game high with Killingsworth, who went 7-8 from the field, but missed six free throws. The Auburn transfer said he didn't know what caused his 3-9 free throw performance, but at times he was "praying up there."\n"I have no idea what was going on in Marco's head tonight," Davis said. "I'm not going to say he's a better free throw shooter, because if I say that he'll go one for 10 in the next game."\nDespite the success shooting the ball, it was the Hoosiers' \ninability to rebound that caught Davis' eye as an area most in need of improvement before the regular season begins. Saint Joseph's dominated the boards, amassing 49 rebounds to IU's 38. The Pumas were particularly in control of the glass on their own end, generating 19 offensive rebounds.\n"We hired Sidney Green, who is an ex-head coach and played in the NBA for a long time," Davis said. "He's a big guy, and that's his job -- to make sure we're a better rebounding team."\nJunior guard Rod Wilmont did not play in Friday's game for unknown reasons but is expected to return soon.\n"Wilmont has got to take care of a couple things before I play him -- his in-house situation -- but he'll be back soon," Davis said.