The Wildcats made 13-of-27 3-point attempts, led by Ty Berry with 23 points, to hand the Hoosiers their third loss in four games.
Northwestern slumped in the last 9:35 of the first half, but was it good defense or good fortune? Indiana found out the hard way in the second half.
With 19 seconds left in the game, senior guard Brooks Barnhizer picked up his sixth steal of the night. Breaking down the court quickly, Barnhizer went up and stuffed the goal with the basketball, swinging on the rim and putting an exclamation mark on a big Northwestern win.
Indiana head men’s basketball coach Mike Woodson has no complaints about Trey Galloway. The fifth-year senior has dealt with inconsistency this season, and his numbers are mostly down from
A more complete performance may have put Northwestern away in the first half, given the Wildcats’ more than nine-minute scoring drought. Instead, Indiana shot 35.7% from the field, turned the ball over eight times and only averaged .969 points per possession.
Ohio State’s Micah Parrish had just stolen the ball thanks to an errant Trey Galloway pass, and Indiana men’s basketball’s fifth-year senior guard had no choice but to watch a fellow fifth-year senior guard slam the ball home.
Ohio State has lost consecutive two-point games to top-25 teams, most recently a 70-68 defeat at No. 24 Wisconsin on Tuesday night. That same day, Indiana took a 94-69 home loss to No. 18 Illinois that, on the heels of an 85-60 loss at Iowa three days earlier, had Hoosiers fans chanting for coach Mike Woodson to be fired.
After four lead changes, Indiana forward Luke Goode capped off a career-night with the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:07 left on the clock in overtime to help his team escape with a 77-76 win. It was a much needed victory for a Hoosiers team (14-5; 5-3 Big Ten) that had been blown out in their previous two games.
Indiana men’s basketball’s senior guards made perhaps the two biggest plays in the Hoosiers’ 77-76 overtime win over Ohio State (10-8, 2-5 Big Ten) in Columbus. Goode nailed a game-winning 3-pointer with just over one minute remaining, while Leal blocked Ohio State freshman guard John Mobley Jr.’s mid-range jumper with three seconds left.
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