Despite leading by as many as 13 in the first half, the MSU women’s basketball team collapsed in the second half, shooting 21.2 percent and allowing Indiana to grab a late lead it would never relinquish in a 68-63 loss to the Hoosiers on Sunday afternoon at Breslin Center.
MSU (5-3 overall, 0-1 Big Ten) led 39-29 at the half, but Indiana stormed back, cutting MSU’s lead to five, 45-50, in the first five minutes. MSU would continue to hold a tight lead through much of the half, but Indiana’s Whitney Lindsay drilled a 3-pointer to tie the game at 55 with just under five minutes to play and the Hoosiers would take the lead on a pair of free throws by Jori Davis shortly after.