NW misses a three at the buzzer - IU escapes with a 85-82 win. Bassett led all Hoosiers with 24 points.
Check the baskeblog and Monday's IDS for further coverage.
Thompson misses a driving shot. DJ grabs the rebound and goes to the line.
DJ goes 2-2. IU leads by 3 with :05.
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NW scores and then Gordon travels. NW ball down by 1.
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Gordon gets fouled on the inbounds, goes 2-2. IU leads by 3.
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NW misses a three, but forces a jump ball. Stemler fouls out defending Coble on the inbounds pass.
Coble goes 2-2 from the line. IU leads by 1 with :21.6.
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Bassett goes 2-2, IU leads by 3 with :33.8
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Coble steps on the end line while driving - IU ball.
IU turns it over on the inbounds. NW misses a three and Bassett grabs the rebound and is fouled.
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Gordon goes 2-2 from the line. IU up by 1.
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Coble is on fire....just hit a three to give NW a one point lead. Gordon gets a charging foul on the other end.
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Coble hits a three to tie the game with 4-minutes left. The team go into the timeout tied at 73. Crawford will be at the line when action resumes.
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Ellis and Stemler both pick up their fourth personal foul. NW cuts the lead to 2 on 4 made free throws on back to back possessions.
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IU runs the lead to 6 pts on a DJ FT and a Stemler lay-up
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NW hits a three, but then Crawford responds to it with one of his own. IU leads 63-60 @ 10:16
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Steal by Bassett leads to a lay-up, extending the IU lead to 3.
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IU is already in the bonus since the team has driven to the basket a lot this half. Major advantage to IU, the best FT team in the Big 10.
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NW hits 2-2 FT for the tech. IU ball.
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A lot of craziness just happened. After a foul on NW, Crawford and NW player got into a scuffle. DJ took Crawford to the side and while doing so, Ellis picked up a technical foul.
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Dakich is going nuts pumping his fist on the sidelines as IU makes a run to cut it to one. After a scramble under the basket, White gets fouled, hittng 1-2 FT.
Tie game.
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The teams trade three pointers then a kick ball sends the game to the 16-minute TV timeout. NW leads 52-47.
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Bassett hits a three then Crawford comes down and hits a jumper - IU down by 2.
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Crawford drives and gets fouled after making a lay-up. Connects on the three-point play.
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NW comes out on a 7-1 run to start the half. IU calls a timeout.
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Another three from Crawford ends the half for the Hoosiers. Northwestern leads 37-35 heading into the locker room. Bassett leads the Hoosiers with 12 points.
NW responds with a basket and a pair of free-throws, extending the lead to 5 @ :38.9
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Back to back three point plays from IU (an old-fashion on from DJ and a three from Crawford) cut the lead to 1.
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Gordon gets his second foul heading into the 4-minute TV timeout. NW leads 33-26.
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White checks back in and converts off a lob pass from Bassett. NW responds with a three - IU cannot get any momentum going.
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NW takes a 30-22 lead into the 8-minute timeout. IU ball out of the break.
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Bassett just gets a steal under the IU basket and scores, cutting the lead to 6 points. IU is struggling on both ends of the court. DJ is not getting many touches on the block.
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It's been back and forth as neither team is playing good defense. Northwestern has a 22-16 lead at the 12-minute TV timeout. IU ball.
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Gordon just shoots an airball as DJ gets a push-off foul. Crawford in for Taber.
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NW hits another three and gets a steal to take a 12-8 lead at the 16-minute TV timeout.
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IU goes to a zone, but NW has been able to exploit it from both beyond the arc and by driving. Stemler picks up two quick fouls and Taber checks in.
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IU comes out man-to-man after a turnover on a bad pass to DJ.
Bassett hits a three and is fouled - the whole team is charged up. He misses the chance for the 4pt play then NW ties it up with a three.
IU comes down and alle ops it as DJ throws it down.
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Starters for IU: Gordon, White, Stemler, Ellis, Bassett
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It's a home road game for the Hoosiers the first time out without former coach Kelvin Sampson as there as much cream and crimson here at Northwestern as there is purple and white. We all know Sampson is glued to the basketblog keeping up with the action, so we would like to give him a shout-out from the IDS.
As Mike posted before, all the players are on the court in warm-ups so it looks as if they will play. The small student section behind the basket IU was warming up harassed the team with chants of "where's your coach" and were personally calling out D.J. White and Eric Gordon.
