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

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

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

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FINAL: Iowa 74 – Indiana 57

SECOND HALF

70-52 Iowa with 2:59 left.

Not much to report other than a majority of fans have fled to the exits. The only few times the crowd really got into it were after a few consecutive shots made, but that did not happen often. Iowa has shot 51 percent from the field compared to Indiana’s 40 percent.

Iowa is pulling away, 60-48 with 7:55 to play.

Bennett Stirtz has caught fire. He’s up to 25 points on 7-for-12 shooting so far. He has beaten Indiana’s defense in multiple ways today. There’s a reason he’s expected to be a high pick in the upcoming NBA draft.
Tayton Conerway had to hop off the floor after he went down holding his lower right leg. He has since returned to play, but had to go to the locker room to get it checked first.

49-43 Hawkeyes with 11:33 to play.

Indiana is hanging in there. Despite some offensive setbacks, the Hoosiers have held Iowa scoreless in the past two and a half minutes.
Tayton Conerway leads IU with 16 points so far, and that’s mainly been of the dribble drive. His speed downhill has yet to be matched on the defensive side. If he can pass out when Iowa collapses, that can open up more favorable looks from beyond the arc.

Iowa up 42-37 with 15:37 left to play.

IU with a much-needed energetic start to the second half. They’ve started with three made shots, including a three-pointer from Nick Dorn, who is in place of Enright.
Lamar Wilkerson has been quiet today with just seven points. Bennett Stirtz has been matched up with him today, which is a large reason why. Stirtz can hurt you on offense, but backs it up on the defensive side as well.

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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