IU Basketball vs Iowa — Live Updates and Discussion Thread (HALFTIME)

Follow along with live updates below as the Hoosiers take on Iowa at home.

Feel free also to join the discussion thread below to share your views.

Indiana and the Hawkeyes tip off at 2:00 p.m. ET on FOX.

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HALFTIME: Iowa 38 – Indiana 28

FIRST HALF

IU cuts it to 30-25 with 3:47 remaining in the half.

When Tayton Conerway plays well, the entire team benefits from it. I think it was four straight possessions he took it to the rack and had easy layups, and then followed that up with some good defense to force a shot clock violation.
Indiana has been able to break in a little bit of Iowa’s defense as they’ve hit nine of their last 10 from the field. Defensively, though, they have allowed seven makes of Iowa’s last eight attempts.

28-17 Iowa after a long segment between timeouts. 6:35 to go in the half.

Indiana just looks a step behind the Hawkeyes on both sides. They can’t move, find many open looks on offense, and Bennett Stirtz is cutting through the defense on nearly every possession.
On the plus side, Tucker DeVries has made two from beyond the arc so far. He’s contributing in other ways as well, with three rebounds and two assists to add.

10-5 Hawkeyes with 11:47 in the half.

Enright gets one to fall from beyond the arc after two ugly misses from his first few attempts. Outside of that, Iowa has a pretty good gameplan executing on defense. Wilkerson and DeVries are doubled after every dribble handoff on the perimeter, which has forced Indiana off the three-point line and late into shot clocks.
IU is doing a decent job on the defensive side so far. Iowa is 4 of 11 from the field so far with two turnovers. Stirtz has five points to lead them.

Iowa leads 7-2 with 15:25 left in the half.

Sluggish start on both sides for the Hoosiers. They’ve started 1-for-8 from the field and have given up a few easy looks on defensive miscues. Iowa’s defense hasn’t given up an easy look yet.
Both Conerway and Enright have one foul each through the first media timeout. DeVries is going to need both of them to help mitigate Bennett Stirtz as much as possible.

PREGAME NOTES

Jason Drake and Josh Harris are both listed as out. Otherwise, it’s a clean injury report for both teams.
Same starters for Indiana: Enright, Conerway, Wilkerson, DeVries, Bailey

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