Indiana lost consecutive games for the first time this season, falling 59-51 to Northwestern on Tuesday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The loss dropped the Hoosiers to 16-7 overall and 7-6 in Big Ten play with a difficult stretch of games coming.
Here are five takeaways from the loss to the Wildcats:
This loss falls on Indiana’s suspended players
While Indiana had its chances to win Tuesday’s game in Evanston, the Hoosiers were dealt a major setback before the ball was even tipped.
On his pregame radio interview with Don Fischer, Mike Woodson announced that he had suspended Xavier Johnson, Parker Stewart, Tamar Bates, Michael Durr and Khristian Lander for disciplinary reasons.