Women's basketball falls to Michigan State, 53-44

The IU women’s basketball team followed its conference loss at Purdue with a second straight Big Ten defeat at the hands of No. 16 Michigan State Sunday.

The Hoosiers (8-6, 1-2) couldn’t quite keep up with the Spartans (11-4, 2-2) and lost by a score of 53-44.

Allyssa DeHaan and Brittney Thomas led Michigan State in scoring with 16 and 13 points, respectively. DeHaan also led the Spartans with 12 rebounds.

For IU, junior guard Jori Davis again led the way offensively, scoring 20 points. Junior guard Whitney Lindsey added 12.

The Hoosiers led for much of the defense- and turnover-heavy first half, claiming a 20-17 advantage at the break.

However, Michigan State took advantage of IU’s mistakes in the second half, converting their seven turnovers into 10 points to outscore the Hoosiers 36-24 in the final 20 minutes, sealing the victory.

IU continues Big Ten play when it plays host to Illinois at 7 p.m. Thursday.