IU falls to Northwestern 75-53

IU coach Tom Crean has cited the youth of the Hoosiers as reason for the unpredictability they show from game to game.

But Wednesday night IU radically changed in the middle of the first half.

Northwestern (15-11, 6-9) notched its first ever victory in Assembly Hall, dominating IU (6-21, 1-14) 75-53.

While always fighting to prevent it, Crean said he has dreaded a performance like Wednesdays.

“I’ll never accept it and I never have,” Crean said. “But this was bound to happen at some point with this team.”

The Wildcats overcame a strong start to the game by the Hoosiers and benefited from IU going an atrocious 3-21 from behind the arc.

“They had some pretty good looks on their shots and missed them,” Northwestern coach Bill Carmody said. “And we had some looks and knocked them down.”

Conversely, Carmody’s crew caught fire from three in the second half, draining six of the seven they attempted. The Wildcats were led by senior Craig Moore.

Moore went 3-3 from behind the arc in the second half, taunting the Hoosiers when going back on defense in route to leading five Northwestern players in double digits scoring with 17.

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