No. 20 IU Falters Against Ohio State

Sunday, February 16

Bloomington, Ind.

2 PM

Indiana University

20-7,10-5Big Ten

Ohio State

16-9,9-5Big Ten

Ohio St.

Indiana

2/16/2020 5:55:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 20 Indiana couldn't hold on to a fourth-quarter lead as it fell 80-76 to Ohio State on Sunday afternoon inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

KEY MOMENTS

The Hoosiers (20-7, 10-5 B1G jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the first two minutes of action. Ohio State (16-9, 9-5 B1G) would respond to come within two, but a 3-pointer at the buzzer from junior guard Keyanna Warthen kept the lead at five, 18-13. A quick run by OSU tied it up and would begin the back-and-forth of this game that featured in all 11 lead changes and four ties.
IU took the one-point lead into the second, 20-19, and led by as many as four on a 3-pointer from junior guard Jaelynn Penn 11 seconds in to the quarter but it wouldn't hold as the game was nearly a one-possession game for nearly the rest of the half.
A couple of made free throw attempts by Gulbe and a driving layup by Patberg gave Indiana the lead, 36-34, at the break.
Coming out in the third, the Hoosiers stretched the lead out to eight on a 6-0 run with 6:18 to go in the frame which included four of those points from redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg. The lead pushed to nine in the final seconds of the third quarter as a pair from sophomore guard Grace Berger at the line made it 55-46 but a 3-pointer from OSU in the final ticks made it just a six-point edge going to the fourth.
It was the fourth where IU had the most trouble, giving up 31 points to the Buckeyes as they shot 78.6 percent which erased a 10-point deficit in the final frame to come away with the win in Bloomington.

NOTABLE

Four Hoosiers were in double-figures on Sunday afternoon, redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg (22), junior guard Jaelynn Penn (14), sophomore forward Aleksa Gulbe (14), and sophomore guard Grace Berger (12).
Patberg led the Indiana offense with 22 points, six assists, and three rebounds.
Penn led the team in rebounds with eight while seeing a double-figure 14 points.
Gulbe hit double figures with 14 points. She also grabbed five rebounds and recorded a block.
Berger had 12 points and secured seven rebounds.
As a team, the Hoosiers earned the advantage on the glass with 35-32.
Indiana shot just 42.3 percent from the floor and 26.7 percent from behind the 3-point line.
Ohio State improves 59-21 in the all-time series.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"Well this one is tough. Obviously, really disappointed to be up the way that we were in the fourth quarter and not be able to hang on to the lead when they made the adjustment of going to the zone. I guess it got us on our heels a little bit and we were unable to make some shots. We made some decisions that resulted in run-outs. There's a reason why they shot 78 percent I think in the fourth quarter. Some of them were layups. You know, when you are down like that, like OSU was, and they start taking shots outside the perimeter. There really is no risk or no pressure. I thought that they took a lot of 3's and we knew that they would. We were willing to live with some of those into the shot clock. Even when we were pressed-up and within reach and they still knocked them down. Not that all of them were wide open, but some of them were. I am disappointed in us and our ability not to be able to handle that zone better, particularly going down the stretch in the fourth."

UP NEXT
Indiana takes a six-day break before returning to action on Minnesota on Saturday, Feb. 22. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m. ET on BTN+.

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