Sometimes, winning basketball games is as simple as making shots.
In the first half of Tuesday night's game against Pittsburgh, IU allowed 13 offensive rebounds and attempted eight fewer field goals, but the Hoosiers rode 61 percent shooting to a 45-37 lead.
Freshman forward Emmitt Holt played his first extended minutes of the season and made the most of them. In 12 minutes, Holt scored 11 points, pulled in three rebounds and blocked two shots. His play relegated starting forward Hanner Mosquera-Perea to the bench for most of the half.
Sophomore forward Troy Williams scored eight points and tallied four rebounds in the half.
IU opened up a 13-point lead with less than four minutes to play, but a flurry of Pittsburgh 3-pointers narrowed the margin before the halftime buzzer sounded. The Panthers connected from deep on four of five-consecutive possessions, three coming from sophomore guard Chris Jones.
Jones' 16 points lead all scorers at halftime.
