No. 25 Hoosiers Fall At Ohio State

Thursday, January 10

Columbus, OH

6 P.M. ET

Indiana University

Ohio State

Indiana

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1/10/2019 8:33:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 25 Indiana Women's Basketball couldn't overcome a poor shooting night as it fell on the road, 55-50, to Ohio State on Thursday night.

KEY MOMENTS

The game would be stuck at a 2-2 tie for a few scoreless minutes before back-to-back transition layups from Yeaney and Berger put the Hoosiers (14-2, 3-1 B1G) up by four.
Holding the Buckeyes (5-8, 1-3 B1G) scoreless for over seven minutes, Indiana built a 14-5 lead at the end of the first with four points in the frame from Berger.
In the second, a 6-0 run by Ohio State pulled them to within three, 18-15, as Indiana got help from Wise at the line and a pull up from Berger to extend its lead back out to six with 2:05 remaining. Indiana led 24-20 at the half, thanks to six points each from Berger and Penn.
Coming out in the third, Ohio State quickly cut the lead down to two on a Makayla Waterman bucket, but redshirt junior forward Ali Patberg responded with an and-1 to make it 29-24 with 6:47 remaining in the quarter. Yeaney made the Hoosiers first 3-pointer of the night with just over a minute and a half to play in the third as it took a 36-30 lead heading into the final quarter.
The Buckeyes would go on to outscore IU, 25-14, in the final frame. After Yeaney's other triple made it 43-40, Ohio State rattled off a 7-0 run marred by turnovers for Indiana and would take a 51-45 lead.
Gulbe connected at the line as she got fouled on the drive and Wise's and-1 with 33 seconds remaining made it a 51-50 deficit. Penn would miss on the Hoosiers inbound play as Indiana would lose the possession with 24 seconds to go.
Indiana put Ohio State at the line to bonus in the final 20 seconds of play as it connected on all four tries to come away with the win.

NOTABLE

Sophomore guard Jaelynn Penn led with a team-high 12 points. It marked her 10^th game in double figures this season and 27^th of her career.
Sophomore guard Bendu Yeaney also added double-figures with 10 points.
Indiana committed 19 turnovers on the night that led to 24 points for the Buckeyes.
On the night, Indiana shot just 33 percent, a season-low.
The Hoosiers went 11-for-12 from the free throw line.
IU also outrebounded OSU, 42-32, behind a season-high 12 boards from redshirt junior forward Brenna Wise. Gulbe also added nine rebounds for the Hoosiers.
IU held Ohio State to just five first quarter points, the lowest for the Buckeyes this season.

UP NEXT
IU travels to Wisconsin on Sunday for a mid-afternoon matchup. Tipoff in Kohl Center is set for 3 p.m. ET on BTN Plus.

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