IU Drops Tuesday Night Game At Northwestern

Tuesday, February 26

Evanston, IL

8 p.m. ET

Indiana University

18-11

Northwestern

16-12

Indiana

Northwestern

2/26/2019 10:10:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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KEY MOMENTS

The Hoosiers got out to a slow start, falling behind as many as 10 in the first quarter as it faced a 17-10 deficit heading into the second.
With back-to-back 3-pointers from sophomore guard Jaelynn Penn and redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg, the Hoosiers came within three, 22-19. Northwestern would go back up five but a pair at the line from Penn and her 3-pointer tied the game up at 24-all with 3:36 on the clock.
The Wildcats would use a 6-0 run over the next minute and 20 seconds stretched the lead back out but IU got an offensive putback from senior forward Kym Royster and a layup as the clock expired on the half from Patberg to cut it to two at the break, 30-28.
But IU struggled out of the break as Northwestern would win the quarter in the third, 22-8. Indiana went over five and a half minutes without a bucket as Royster finally got the Hoosiers on the board with 4:21 remaining. It gave time for the Wildcats to build their lead, 52-36, as it shot 53.3 percent in the third quarter alone.
It was more of the same in the fourth as Indiana would score 13 points and combine for just 21 second-half points to fall on the road.

NOTABLE

Penn scored 12 points, pushing her career total to 806. She extended her double figure scoring streak to 17 games and 23^rd of the season.
Patberg also added double figures with 11 points, the 20^th double figure scoring game of the season.
The Hoosiers shot just 31.1 percent on the night and were held to a season-low 49 points.
IU won the margin on the boards, 39-38. Royster added nine points and tied a team-high seven rebounds. Redshirt junior forward Brenna Wise added seven points and seven rebounds.
Northwestern was paced by 24 points from sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam and 11 points and 11 rebounds for senior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah. They shot 43.5 percent on the night.

UP NEXT
The regular season comes to a close on Sunday when Indiana hosts Purdue. Tipoff is set for Noon ET on Big Ten Network.

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