IU basketball pulls away from Tennessee Tech with dominant second half

Tennessee Tech arrived at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Thursday night determined to wear Indiana down with 40 minutes of relentless full-court pressure. By the final buzzer, however, the Golden Eagles seemed to run out of answers.

After carrying a narrow four-point advantage into halftime, Indiana overwhelmed Tennessee Tech on both ends of the floor in the second half, outscoring the Golden Eagles 49-29 to secure a 90-66 win and improve to 4-0.

The Hoosiers’ defense was particularly impressive given the opponent. Tennessee Tech entered Thursday averaging 100.7 points per game and attempting 39 3-pointers per contest, the third-most in the country, using a five-out offensive attack to spread…