Thoughts on a 69-58 win against the Spartans:
Indiana looked like it was well on its way to a blowout victory.
Early on, the Hoosiers locked up on D. Ball pressure combined with Oumar Ballo deterring shots at the rim was the recipe. On offense, Myles Rice hit some early 3-pointers and Indiana’s size inside was too much for the Spartans to handle.
The Hoosiers held a 21-5 lead at the 11:07 mark in the first half.
But that stretch of the game also featured a bench-heavy lineup, something Mike Woodson has rolled out around the 12-minute and 8-minute timeouts in the first half several times during his IU tenure — often to middling results.