EVANSTON, Illinois — Change was in the air against the Indiana Hoosiers, but that change still wasn’t enough to avoid yet another heartbreaking defeat as Northwestern (6-11, 3-10 Big Ten) fell to IU (11-8, 6-6) 79-76 in double overtime.
The changes started early. Before Wednesday night’s matchup, NU announced a starting five of Chase Audige, Anthony Gaines, Miller Kopp, Pete Nance and Ryan Young. It wasn’t the first time that the ‘Cats had rolled out those five, as they had done it against Purdue just four days prior.
But the less-used lineup was designed to give the ‘Cats a bit more height and physicality on both ends of the floor and got them off to a quick start against Indiana.