Follow along with live updates below as the Hoosiers take on Michigan State in Bloomington Sunday afternoon.
And join us in the discussion thread below to share your views.
Indiana and the Spartans tip at 3:45 p.m. ET on CBS.
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FIRST HALF
30-20 Michigan State at the under-8.
- Tucker DeVries leads IU with eight points. He and Nick Dorn are tied for the team lead with two rebounds.
- Jaxon Kohler leads MSU with 14 points on 4-for-5 shooting. IU has struggled with that matchup. Anyone guarding him is just giving up too much size.
- A real problem for IU in the frontcourt on top of that: both Sam Alexis and Reed Bailey now have two fouls.
- MSU shooting: 64 percent from the field, 4 for 7 from 3-point range. Indiana: 28 percent from the field, 3 for 14 from beyond the arc. A good recipe to build a double-digit deficit.
Hoosiers are down by double digits already at the under-12 timeout. It’s 21-10 Michigan State.
- IU had a 5-0 mini-spurt, with a Tucker DeVries layup off a turnover, to cut the score to 14-10. That got Assembly Hall loud. But Michigan State responded.
- Indiana just looks overmatched so far, on both ends. The Hoosiers offense is struggling to handle MSU’s switching defense, and IU’s defense is losing its assignments too often.
MSU leads 11-5 at the first media timeout.
- Darian DeVries looked pretty upset with his defense in the first few minutes, and it’s hard to blame him with the looks Michigan State got. The Spartans are 4 for 5 from the field.
- IU’s offense is ice cold, 1 for 7 from the field. There’s still plenty of time here, but these are not promising early signs.
It’s game time at Assembly Hall. The stands have filled in. Pretty full crowd for this one. It’s loud here.
PREGAME NOTES
Starting lineup remains the same for Indiana.
Crowd theme today: White Out.
Special logo on the court: Big Ten “Rivalry Series.”
Recruiting guest: 2027 commit Chase Branham.
No surprises on the injury report for either team.
Indiana (17-11, 8-9) vs. No. 13 Michigan State (23-5, 13-4)
- Tip Time: 3:45 p.m. Eastern, Sunday
- Location: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222), Bloomington, Ind.
- Television: CBS (Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Tracy Wolfson)
- Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
- Stream: CBS Sports/Paramount
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