Five takeaways from Indiana’s loss to Purdue

Indiana suffered a 21-point loss to Purdue on Tuesday night at Assembly Hall, falling 87-66. The loss dropped the Hoosiers to 12-6 overall and 4-3 in Big Ten play.

Here are five takeaways from the loss to the Boilermakers:

Kel’el Ware and Mackenzie Mgbako were benched too long in the first half

Mike Woodson’s decision to auto-bench Kel’el Ware and Mackenzie Mgbako with two fouls in the first half was a decision that backfired.

Mgbako, who scored Indiana’s first seven points, went to the bench with the Hoosiers trailing 10-7 at the 15:30 mark.

Ware was sent to the bench with two fouls at the 13:40 mark and Indiana behind 11-9.

When Mgbako reentered the game at the 3:33 mark, Indiana trailed 39-25.…