LIVE BLOG: Follow Indiana's Game at Northwestern in Real Time
EVANSTON, Ill. — Indiana is back on the road Tuesday night, looking to bounce back from a tough loss to Illinois last weekend. The Hoosiers are taking on Northwestern at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Welcome to our live blog, where we'll keep you updated with all the news and views from press row here. We'll add opinion and highlights as well. The most recent items are at the top, so just keep refreshing.
Enjoy the game.
- UPDATE: Here is the game story, including postgame quotes from Mike Woodson and Trey Galloway. CLICK HERE
FINAL: Short-handed Indiana falls to Northwestern 59-51, losing back-to-back games for the first time all year. The Hoosiers are 16-7 now, and squarely back on the bubble.
11:12 — Shot clock violation on Northwestern after a review, so it's Indiana ball with 49.1 seconds to go, 57-51. Indiana can't get a good shot, and Miller Kopp misses from the top of the key. Forced to foul, Northwestern's Ryan Greer makes them both and it's 59-51 with 23.5 seconds to go.
11:06 p.m. — Trayce Jackson-Davis gets fouled on an entry pass, but misses the front end of a one-and-one. Another bad, bad night. Boo Buie scores on the other end and it's an eight-point lead. Race Thompson dunks for Indiana off of an Anthony Leal pass.
11:02 — Trey Galloway picks up another foul fighting for a rebound, and he fouls out. That's a really tough way to end a terrific game, but that can't happen. He picked up the fourth and fifth fouls on rebounds. It too is called a Flagrant-1 foul. 55-49.
10:57 — Anthony Leal makes two free throws and, after a stop, Race Thompson dunks on the other end off a terrific pass from Trey Galloway. It's 53-49. Then Galloway takes a charge on the other end. We've got a media timeout at 3:08. Going to be a wild finish.
10:52 — Trey Galloway picks up his fourth foul fighting on a box-out. Indiana trails by six, and those last three really hurt, a banked three-pointer by Chase Audige. It's 51-45 with 4:50 to go. After review, the foul gets bumped up to a Flagrant-1.
10:46 — Trayce Jackson-Davis drives to the rim, but misses. He's really struggling. He's just 4-for-13 from the field. Northwestern leads 48-43. Miller Kopp (1-for-6) and Jordan Geronimo (1-for-5) really needed to play well tonight, and it hasn't happened.
10:40 — Mike Woodson calls timeout with 8:45 to go, to give his guys a breather. Northwestern leads 46-41. Northwestern has only two turnovers the entire game.
10:34 — Indiana needs more from Miller Kopp the rest of the way. As short-handed as they are, he needs to step up. He's just 1-for-5 shooting so far.
10:31 — Northwestern goes up seven at 44-37, but Race Thompson answers the bell on the other end, getting an offensive rebounding and scoring. He's fouled as well, and we go to the under-12 timeout with 10:34 to go. That was a 13-0 run by the Wildcats.
10:26 p.m. — Indiana is getting beaten to a lot of 50-50 balls, and Northwestern is suddenly up six, 41-35.
10:20 p.m. — Anthony Leal on the board with a three-pointer and Indiana leads 33-28. He drives to the basket a few minutes later and misses with no foul called. The Indiana bench goes nuts, and a technical foul gets called. Ryan Greer makes the first free throw, and Northwestern leads 36-35.
10:18 p.m. — We've seen Indiana hold halftime leads several times this year, and they've disappeared often. It's going to be interesting to see if they can hold on tonight.
HALFTIME — We've hit the turn, and Indiana leads 30-26. A tremendous effort from the guys on floor. Massive props to Trey Galloway, who played all 20 minutes and lead the Hoosiers with nine points. Trayce Jackson-Davis has nine as well.
9:54 p.m. — Walk-on Nate Childress has entered the game for Indiana. Northwestern continues to struggle from deep, hitting just 1-of-12 three-pointers so far. They made TEN threes in the first half Saturday at Nebraska.
9:49 p.m. — At the under-4 timeout now, and Indiana leads 27-23. Indiana with just four turnovers total after three in the first five minutes. They're protecting the ball well.
9:46 p.m. — Indiana goes up by six, at 27-21. Inside guys Trayce Jackson-Davis, Race Thompson and Jordan Geronimo with points in the run.
9:38 p.m. — We've hit the under-8 media timeout, and we're tied 19-19.
9:31 p.m. — Miller Kopp, the former Northwestern starter, is on the board for Indiana. He hits a three-pointer and the Hoosiers lead 19-15.
9:27 p.m. — Second media timeout and Indiana leads 16-15. Trey Galloway is 4-for-4 from the field, and the rest of the team is 3-for-9. Three early turnovers for Indiana, which is to be expected.
9:24 p.m.: Out of the timeout, Trey Galloway hits a three from the left corner. That's nine points already. Looking like this might be his night. Indiana leads 16-11 with 12:59 to go. Jordan Geronimo is the first sub off the bench for Indiana, getting Race Thompson.
9:20 p.m. — We're at the first media timeout and Indiana leads 11-8. Trey Galloway, playing the point, has six early points.
9:07 p.m. — With Xavier Johnson and Khristian Lander suspended and Rob Phinisee out with a foot injury, it's likely that Trey Galloway will play all of the game at point guard. He did play the point in high school.
9:01 p.m. — Don't be surprised if the seven guys who can play for Indiana tonight have a terrific game.
8:55 p.m. ET — Here is Indiana's revised starting lineup: Trey Galloway at the point with Anthony Leal at guard, and Miller Kopp, Trayce Jackson-Davis and Race Thompson up front.
8:50 p.m. ET — I asked about the suspensions when I walked into the arena at 8:15 and was told the rumors were not true. Obviously, that's not the case.
8:45 p.m. ET — Indiana just backtracked and announced the suspensions. HERE IT IS: Indiana University men’s basketball coach Mike Woodson has announced that Fr. Tamar Bates, Sr./Jr. Michael Durr, Sr./Jr Xavier Johnson, So./Fr. Khristian Lander and Sr./Jr. Parker Stewart will not play tonight against Northwestern for disciplinary reasons.
8:30 p.m. ET — Settled in here at Welsh-Ryan, and ALL 12 Indiana players are out warming up. The only one who isn't is Rob Phinisee, of course. He's still out indefinitely with a plantar fasciitis injury and is wearing a boot. Here's a picture. I have asked about the internet rumors, and Indiana officials just laughed it off. The only oddity is that Parker Stewart stayed in full warmups.
All 12 available Indiana players warming up 30 minutes prior to the game.
8:25 p.m. — Miller Kopp is 2-2 in this rivalry in the past three years, but he suited up for Northwestern in all those games. He transferred to Indiana this summer, and has started all 22 games for Indiana. He is a a former roommate with Wildcats Pete Nance and Ryan Greer.
8:20 p.m. — Trayce Jackson Davis had 6 points against Indiana on Saturday, and now sits at 1,340 career points, good for 28th place all-time. He passed Ted Kitchel (1,336 points) and next up on the list is Verdell Jones, who finished his Indiana career with 1,347 points. Uwe Blab is at No. 26 with 1,357 points, so both of those marks are in play on Tuesday night. For the complete list of 1,000-point scorers, CLICK HERE
8:15 p.m. — Indiana is first in the Big Ten and seventh in country in field goal percentage efense (37.7%). The Hoosiers also lead the league in scoring defense (63.5) overall and in conference play (64.7). IU is second in the league in blocked shots per game (5.5).
8:10 p.m. — Northwestern point guard Boo Buie ranks third in the Big Ten and 35th nationally averaging 5.0 assists per game. He is fourth in the conference with a 2.47 assist-to-turnover-ratio. Buie is the only player in the Big Ten averaging at least 14.5 points and five assists per game and is one of three high-major players to do so.
