The cause of the five-point gap that separated Indiana and Iowa Thursday night can be traced to any of a few factors, depending on the lens through which one views the game.
It could have been Iowa’s 3-point shooting or its scoring edge off of turnovers, or the foul trouble that limited Juwan Morgan to just 22 minutes. Perhaps it was Iowa’s ability to quell every Hoosier run with a timely stop or silencing bucket. Indiana played well enough to have won the game had any one factor swung its way, yet poorly enough that none did. Ultimately, that five-point margin was a matter of execution and consistency – and Indiana’s lack thereof when it most mattered.