IU basketball suffered its first 20-point loss of the season, falling 81-60 to Michigan State on Tuesday night at the Breslin Center. The loss dropped the Hoosiers to 12-5 overall and 3-3 in Big Ten play.
Here are five takeaways from the loss to the Spartans:
Second-half collapses continue
Indiana’s poor second-half play continued on Tuesday night in East Lansing.
The Hoosiers trailed by seven at the break, tied the game at 51 and again at 53 and then went away without a fight as Michigan State dominated the final 11:19.
In four of IU’s five losses, the Hoosiers have either led at the break or tied the game in the second half only to fall flat when it mattered most.