LIVE BLOG: Follow Indiana's Game at Northwestern in Real Time
EVANSTON, Ill. – Welcome inside Welsh-Ryan Arena, where tonight the Indiana Hoosiers take on the Northwestern Wildcats. It's not a must-win situation for the Hoosiers, but it's pretty close.
We have a 5:30 p.m. ET tipoff today. The game was moved up from 9 p.m. ET to accommodate some Big Ten scheduled changes. Here's how to watch: CLICK HERE
If you're not familiar with our gameday blog, we'll keep you updated in real time with what's going on in the game, and I'll add my two cents worth of commentary as warranted. The most recent posts are at the top, so just keep refreshing. It's an early start and I know some of you aren't in front of a TV, so I'll be here ears and eyes.
Here we go:
8:12 p.m. ET – Rob Phinisee fouls Boo Buie on the floor with 4.1 seconds to go. He makes the first, and then the second. Surprised he didn't miss intentionally. Durham gets open, and is quickly fouled. Durham goes to the line with 3.3 to go. He makes them both. Durham is 11-12 from the foul line. Buie misses a three and the Hoosiers win. INDIANA 79, NORTHWESTERN 76
8:10 p.m. ET – Al Durham is fouled with 5.7 seconds to go. He makes them both and it's 77-74. Northwestern calls timeout.
8:06: Pete Nance makes 1-of-2 free throws for Northwestern to make it 72-71, and Armaan Franklin misses on an out-of-control drive to the basket. Chase Audige misses a three on the other end. Timeout Indiana with 39.1 to go. With the shot clock running down, Jerome Hunter hits a fadeaway three. 75-71. Chase Audige quickly counters with a three from the corner and it's 75-74 with 7.0 seconds to go.
8 p.m ET – Northwestern scores first on Ryan Young layup and the Hoosiers answer with two free throws from Jerome Hunter. Armaan Franklin steals a long errant pass and Trayce Jackson-Davis scores in side to give Indiana a 70-68 lead. Northwestern scores on a Ryan Greer layup. Armaan Franklin misses a three-pointer from the corner, but then gets another steal. Hoosiers push it and Rob Phinisee gets fouled. He makes them both. Indiana leads 72-70. Indiana now 82 percent from the line since the 0-for-6 start.
7:57: And now we go to double-overtime!
7:52: Timeout Indiana with 13.4 seconds to go. Anthony Leal checks in for Rob Phinisee. Al Durham hits a long jumper, but his foot was on the line, so it's only a two-pointer and the game is tied again at 66-66. Refs reviewing. Stays a two. Timeout.
7:48 p.m. ET – Armaan Franklin makes two free throws to make it 66-62, Chase Audige fouled quickly on the inbounds pass, but misses the front end of the 1-and-1. Franklin takes a pull-up jumper from 15 and is fouled with 44.4 seconds to go. Makes them both and it's 66-64. Northwestern runs the clock down, but Chase Audige misses a long contested three as the shot clock goes off.
7:43 p.m. ET - Armaan Franklin hits a three and it's 62-60. IU gets a stop, but can't convert on the other end. Chase Audige scores on a drive, and it looks like he banged knees with Trayce Jackson-Davis, who has to limp off. Jerome Hunter comes in, and immediately misses a three-pointer. Chase Audige rebounds and is quickly fouled by Rob Phinisee. He makes both and its 66-60 with 1:08 to go.
7:41 pm. ET – Northwestern answers the bell with two quick baskets. Armaan Franklin makes two free throws, 59-57. Chase Audige then hits a threee, and it's 62-57 w ith 2:50 to go
7:36 p.m. ET – Indiana had fouls to give and they used them all, and Northwestern didn't get a good final shot. So now we go to overtime for the fifth time for Indiana this season. Northwestern went scoreless for final 2:15 and got outscored 7-0.
7:28: Down 54-50, Indiana got a steal and race downcourt. Al Durham was fouled hard on his way to the basket and will get two shots with 1:11 to go. He makes them both and now its 54-52. Chase Audige misses for Northwestern and Al Durham scores on a floater with his right hand to tie the game with 24 seconds to go. Northwestern timeout out now. Tied with 6.3 seconds to go.
7:23 p.m. ET – Final media timeout. Rob Phinisee just missed the front end of a 1-and-1 that could have cut the lead to three.
7:10. Under-8 timeout. 39-35 Northwestern.
6:57 p.m. ET – We've reached the under-12 media timeout and Northwestern is clinging to a 34-30 lead. Anthony Leal was just fouled on a three-point attempt, and made 2-of-3 free throws. 11:52 to go. First one to 50 wins?
6:44 p.m. ET – Indiana takes the lead 24-23 on a follow-up by Race Thompson.
HALFTIME – Indiana's four freshmen that we wrote about today played a combined 26 minutes in the first half. They were a combined 1-for-6 from the field, with Jordan Geronimo making the only basket.
HALFTIME – Not trying to exaggerate, but I truly cannot remember a half of basketball that was so ugly. I'm sure I've seen one, but I can't name it. Indiana was 3-for-16 on two-point shots (18.7 percent), and 2-for-8 (25 percent) on free throws. Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana's leading scorer, was 1-for-6 from the field and 0-for-2 from the line for just two points. It's a miracle they trail by only three at the break.
6:21 p.m. ET – Final media timeout and it's 50-45 Northwestern. Free throws continue to be a bugaboo for Indiana. Rob Phinisee just missed the front end of a 1-and-1 that could have cut the lead to three. There's 3:46 to go.
6:16 P.m. ET – Ryan Young scores for Northwestern with 30 seconds to go in the half. Northwestern went 7:11 without scoring to let Indiana back in the game.
6:13 p.m. ET – And at the 2:33 mark, Indiana has made its first two free throws. The run is up to 11 points now and the Hoosiers trail just 21-18.
6:07 p.m. ET – Armaan Franklin hits another three-pointer and now it's just 21-16. Chris Collins calls timeout for Northwestern. A game again at the 4:03 mark. Somehow. Some way. Some ... some ... some. It's a 9-0 run right now.
6:04 p.m. ET – Jerome Hunter has checked in for the Hoosiers. His time in the doghouse is over.
6:03 p.m ET – The basket are so few and far between that it's easy to keep up with them all. Armaan Franklin hits a three, and now it's 21-13 'Cats.
5:58 p.m. ET – We've finally reached the under-8 timeout with 6:45 to go. Al Durham has hit another three for the Hoosiers, so now it's 21-10 Northwestern. Indiana is 4-for-19 from the field (21.1 percent) and they are 0-for-5 from the free throw line.
5:57 p.m. ET – Miller Kopp hits a three from the corner and now it's 21-7 Northwestern with 7:25 to go. This is truly embarrassing.
5:53 p.m. ET – Armaan Franklin scores on a runout, making a layup to make it 13-7 at the 10-minute mark. On pace for 28 now. My eyes are bleeding.
5:546 p.m. ET – And the second basket for Indiana comes from Jordan Geronimo, who rebounded a Trayce Jackson-Davis miss and scored. Indiana now 2-for-14 from the field and trails 12-5 with 11:56 to go in the first half. If you're curious, Northwestern ranks No. 10 in the Big Ten in team defense, allowing 72 points per game. Indiana on pace to score 24.
5:42 p.m. ET – The shutout ends with an Al Durham three-pointer from the left corner at 14:25.
5:35 p.m. ET – Another ugly start for Indiana, a season tradition. Started out missing their first nine shots. It's the first media timeout and Northwestern leads 3-0.
5:20 p.m. ET – The usual starting lineup for Indiana, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Race Thompson, Armaan Franklin, Al Durham and Rob Phinisee.
5:15 p.m. – Jerome Hunter is dressed and has been warming up with the Hoosiers. Don't know anything yet though about whether he will play tonight or not. Still a ''coach's decision.'' He was dressed Sunday against Iowa and did not play.
5:10 p.m. ET – Tonight's officials are Bo Borowski, Courtney Green, Edwin Young.
5 p.m. ET – Sad day here in Evanston. Tony Berry, the father of Northwestern freshman Ty Berry, died suddenly Tuesdasy night, and according to Big Ten Network Berry has returned home to Kansas to be with his family. Boo Buie will wear Berry's No. 3 this afternoon against Indiana. Prayers go out to the family. That's terrible news.
