At the bell: Michigan State 80, Indiana 65 — inside the hall

Quick thoughts on the 80-65 loss against the Spartans:

how did that happen

Indiana at the Breslin Center had a strong start on Tuesday night. The Hoosiers jumped out to a 17-10 lead after a Miller Kopp 3-pointer and didn’t commit a turnover in the first eight minutes. But things went downhill from there in the opening 20 minutes. The Hoosiers converted him seven times over the next 12 minutes and made seven turnovers. And Michigan State, which is slowly starting to shoot, has found its touch. After leading at 22-13, Indiana won 22-7 to close the half to go into the second half trailing by six points at 35-29. Jalen Hood-Scheveno, who had six points in the first half, sat out the final 6:28 after making his second mistake. Trace Jackson-Davis looked tired towards the end of the half after scoring every 20 minutes. The All-American scored nine points, but had four turnovers.

Michigan State started the second half with three throws on its first possession, forcing Mike Woodson to take a timeout with 18:44 remaining and the Hoosiers trailing 41-31. From a timeout, Hood-Chevino missed a three-pointer and AJ Hoggard extended Michigan State’s lead to 13 with 18:19 remaining. Trey Galloway answered with a 3-pointer to make it 44-34, but Tyson Walker came right back with another Spartan 3-pointer to make it 47-34. Indiana ran into a lead in the 5th minute at 53-48 after a 9-0 run, but a powerful strike from Walker put Michigan State up 55-48 in an U-12 media timeout. From the timeout, Michigan State scored the next six points to make it 61-48 at the 8:24 mark. Indiana took the lead by eight 61-53 on a Jackson-Davis layup with 7:13 left, but Michigan State extended it to 11 on a Jaden Akins 3-pointer with 6:48 to go. Hoosiers will never challenge the rest of the way. The loss dropped Indiana to 19-9 overall and 10-7 in Big Ten play before Saturday’s road trip to Purdue.

Outstanding performance

Jackson-Davis led Indiana with 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists, but committed seven times. Hood Chevino added 16 points and three rebounds in 30 minutes.

Notable statistics

One of the main differences in the end result was the ocean shooting. Michigan State was 10-for-21 (47.6 percent) from a distance, and Indiana was 5-for-14 (35.7 percent).

Final IU individual statistics

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