Heart-breaker in double overtime

Even a miracle tip-in to send it to overtime and a long three-pointer to send it to double-overtime couldn't save the Hoosiers Saturday as they fell 84-82 to the Iowa Hawkeyes. \nIowa sophomore guard Jeff Horner scored on a lay-up with 1.6 seconds left in the second extra period. The loss is the third straight for IU (11-9, 5-4 Big Ten), its second in a row at home.\n"It was just a back and forth game, and it came down to who wanted it more, and I think they just outplayed us," IU sophomore guard Marshall Strickland said. "Iowa wanted it more today. It was back and forth, and we had opportunity after opportunity to put them away, we just couldn't do it. They out-fought us today."\nThe Hoosiers managed just two points in the second overtime, but the game was still within its reach. IU came up with a stop on a missed shot by Iowa senior guard Brody Boyd. But Horner pulled down the offensive rebound with 17 seconds left, pulled it out and then drove for the winning points for Iowa (12-8, 5-4).\n"We got a lot thrown at us here because we thought we had it won in regulation, we thought we had in won in the first one, and you have to give Indiana credit," Iowa head coach Steve Alford said. "This is one of those college basketball afternoons where you really hate to see someone go home as a loser because I thought on both sides, the Indiana guys as well as our team, gave everything they had."\nIU trailed by three in regulation when IU sophomore guard Bracey Wright drove down the lane and was fouled. He made the first free throw and missed the second. IU freshman forward Patrick Ewing, Jr. tipped in the ball off the miss.\nIU jumped out to an early lead in the first overtime with two threes by senior forward A.J. Moye. But Iowa battled back to take a three-point lead. Wright came to the rescue again with a deep three with three seconds left.\n"It was unbelievable that we were able to go to overtime," IU coach Mike Davis said. "To be honest with you, they should have won the game in regulation, and for us to get second and third opportunities to play this game, we really didn't deserve it."\nWright led the way for the Hoosiers with 25 points and nine rebounds. Moye chipped in with 20 points. \nDavis said he was proud of the way Moye has been playing, but not with the rest of the team. He said they had been playing like they had their backs against the wall, but now they play like they're in first place.\n"We waited so late to play hard," Davis said. "We waited to play with passion. We didn't execute the offense. We didn't get the ball inside. We didn't cut hard. We didn't play with energy. I'm not sure why."\nAll of Iowa's scoring came from its starters. Horner scored all of his 17 in the second half. Iowa forwards, senior Glen Worley and sophomore Greg Brunner, scored 20 and 23 respectively.\n"Everybody we play scores in the paint," Davis said. "It wouldn't matter if it was Bloomington North High School. If you're just going to stand behind someone, they're going to score. And we don't teach that. We teach front, or we teach side ... Every game we play comes down the stretch where they just go inside and get a lay-up. We've just got to be tougher."\nNow IU has to regroup heading into Penn State Wednesday. The Nittany Lions beat the Hoosiers 74-66 last year at State College. Wright said some members of the team have lost their focus and he wonders if they can get it back.\n"If it hasn't been fixed by now, it's going to be too late almost," Wright said. "If we have to (keep) trying to wonder if it's going to be fixed, we're going to wake up, and we're not in the tournament. We might not even make the NIT if we keep having to wonder if that can be fixed. We have no choice. We've got a game on (Wednesday) so we have no time to worry about that. We have to keep going, and that's just how it is."\n-- Contact staff writer Tyler V. Hoeppner at thoeppne@indiana.edu.