Indiana fell to 8-2 with an 89-75 loss against Arizona on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Here are five takeaways from the loss against the Wildcats:
Indiana wasn’t good enough defensively
Indiana’s defense had been stellar through its first nine games. Only one of its opponents – Xavier – had eclipsed the one-point per-possession mark before Saturday.
But Arizona, one of the nation’s premier offensive teams, presented the stiffest challenge yet for the Hoosier defense. And Indiana’s defense failed the test.
Indiana allowed Arizona to score 89 points, easily the season-high for an opponent so far this season.