Five takeaways from Indiana’s win at Illinois

Indiana improved to 12-6 overall and 3-4 in the Big Ten with an 80-65 win against Illinois on Thursday at the State Farm Center.

Here are five takeaways from the win against the Illini:

Defensive resurgence continues

After three porous defensive efforts against Iowa, Northwestern and Penn State, Indiana has now held two straight Big Ten opponents under a point per possession.

Indiana smothered Wisconsin on Jan. 14, holding the Badgers to only 45 points and .717 points per possession.

Thursday’s performance against Illinois wasn’t as dominant, but it was arguably more impressive under the circumstances.

In a hostile State Farm Center that had circled the matchup on the calendar, the Hoosiers…