BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- James Blackmon Jr. made five 3-pointers, scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Robert Johnson added 16 points, as No. 6 Indiana sailed to a 100-78 victory over UMass Lowell on Wednesday night.Blackmon made four 3-pointers and scored 20 of his 23 points in the first half of Indianas regular season home opener.The Hoosiers (2-0) were playing their first game since beating No. 3 Kansas in the Armed Forces Classic and had to overcome a slow, sloppy start. Indiana outscored UMass Lowell (1-2) 32-15 over the final 8:24 of the first half. Indiana shot 60 percent from the field (21 of 35) in the first half. The Hoosiers found scoring opportunities with sound passing, scoring 23 of their field goals off an assist.Big men OG Anunoby and Thomas Bryant contributed to Indianas onslaught. Anunoby scored 15 points and Bryant added nine. The Hoosiers outrebounded UMass Lowell 46-24. The 19 offensive rebounds helped the Hoosiers score 15 second-chance points.Jahad Thomas finished with 16 points and Tyler Livingston scored 14 for the River Hawks.BIG PICTURE: Indiana will have three more games to build on the big win over Kansas. The Hoosiers next three games are against mid-majors before they host North Carolina on Nov. 30. The Hoosiers other notable non-conference game comes on Dec. 17 when they face Butler at Bankers Life Fieldhouse before kicking off Big Ten Conference play against Nebraska on Dec. 28. Indianas final non-conference game is a showdown with No. 12 Louisville at Bankers Life on New Years Eve.UP NEXT:Indiana hosts Liberty UniversityUMass Lowell travels to Indiana-Fort Wayne sWell Traveler Bottle Sale .Y. -- Knicks coach Mike Woodson said Wednesday that J. Swell Water Bottle Clearance . From filmmaker Nanette Burstein (On the Ropes), The Price of Gold revisits the saga that rocked the figure skating world ahead of the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games: the assault on Nancy Kerrigan, and the plot that led its way back to her rival Tonya Harding. http://www.swellwaterbottlesale.com/ .In my heart and mind Im competing for India, luge competitor Shiva Keshavan told The Associated Press in an email interview. Every day Im flooded with messages from Indians all over the world telling me they are supporting me. Swell Water Bottle Sale .Y. - New York City has been selected to host the NBA All-Star weekend in 2015, with the game played at Madison Square Garden and the slam dunk contest and other skills events held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Swell Bottle Wood Cheap . Scott won the Australian PGA last week in his first event in Australia since winning the U.S. Masters in April. American Matt Kuchar, ahead by two strokes with four to play and even with Scott with one to go, double-bogeyed the 18th after taking two shots to get out of a bunker. West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui is set to spend up to a year on the AFL sidelines, with scans confirming he has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee.Naitanui suffered the injury while attempting to spoil in Friday nights 25-point win by the Eagles over Hawthorn at Domain Stadium.The 2012 All-Australian couldnt put any weight on his left knee and was on crutches after the match.West Coast feared the worst after conducting an initial assessment, and scans on Saturday morning confirmed the ACL tear.It remains unclear whether Naitanui will undergo a traditional knee reconstruction, or opt for the LARS procedure.The Eagles released a statement saying Naitanui would meet surgeons next week to discuss the best way forward.The injury is a cruel blow to one of the competitions most popular and exciting players.With Naitanui to miss the rest of this season, West Coasts flag hopes appear doomed.He played key roles in recent wins over premiership hopefuls GWS and Hawthorn.The 26-year-old kicked the winning goal against the Giants, and he was pivotal in the ruck against Hawthorn before getting injured in the third qquarter.ddddddddddddWest Coast struggled for form earlier this season when Naitanui missed six games with an achilles tendon injury.Although the Eagles ended up winning five of those matches, they were mostly against easier opposition.But Eagles coach Adam Simpson is adamant his team can still cause some damage this year, even if its from outside the top four and without Naitanui.Hes one of our best players, and we saw the influence hes had in the past few weeks, Simpson said.But we need to mature to a point where we dont have to rely on just one player to get it done.Its another test for us, which our boys are looking forward to. Its been a different year, but weve found a way to win 15 games.Dont write us off. The seasons still alive and were up for the challenge.West Coast face off against the Crows in Adelaide on Friday night in a match that will be crucial to the top-four hopes of both sides.The Eagles need to win and rely on other results to fall their way if they are to sneak into the top four. ' ' '