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IU basketball fell for the first time at home this season, falling 83-77 to Nebraska on Saturday afternoon<\/a>. The loss dropped the Hoosiers to 12-4 overall and 3-2 in the Big Ten.<\/p>\n Here are five takeaways from the loss to the Huskers:<\/p>\n Indiana\u2019s defense fell apart in the second half<\/p>\n After a first half in which it limited Nebraska to 30 points on 40 percent shooting from the field, Indiana couldn\u2019t stop the Cornhuskers in the final 20 minutes.<\/p>\n Nebraska exploded for 53 points in the second half, including an 8-for-16 mark on 3-pointers and an 11-for-14 mark from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the number one thing was just the paint touches they got,\u201d Darian DeVries said postgame. And then there were some high-ball screens and things that we messed up some switches on, which we did a good job of for a good part of the game.<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t communicate that well enough, and they were able to get to the rim and got a few free throws there early to start and got some of those paint touches.\u201d<\/p>\n Nebraska scored 1.56 points per possession in the second half, easily the worst defensive half of the basketball for the Hoosiers.<\/p>\n Beating a top-10 opponent requires a full 40-minute effort and Indiana only played well for 25 to 27 minutes on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n Turnovers prove costly<\/p>\n While Indiana\u2019s 14 turnovers only turned into 11 points for Nebraska, the Hoosiers aren\u2019t built offensively to survive that many mistakes.<\/p>\n Indiana doesn\u2019t emphasize crashing the glass and every lost possession is a missed opportunity for a 3-pointer or a trip to the free-throw line.<\/p>\n The 14 turnovers on Saturday led to a turnover percentage of 20.9, the third-highest mark in a game this season for Indiana.<\/p>\n And against a Nebraska squad that only turned it over eight times and clearly wasn\u2019t going to beat itself, the mistakes were costly, particularly during a second-half run in which the Huskers took control of the game.<\/p>\n \u201cWe told the guys at halftime \u2013 I think we had six turnovers \u2013 and I felt like a lot of those were just self-inflicted,\u201d DeVries said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t even them being aggressive and coming, raking the ball out or something. They were just those type of turnovers you hate as a coach.<\/p>\n \u201cI told them if we turn it over five or less times in the second half, we\u2019re going to win the game. We just didn\u2019t do it. I thought, again, that just won the game.\u201d<\/p>\n Lamar Wilkerson again carries a heavy offensive load<\/p>\n It was another standout effort for Indiana senior guard Lamar Wilkerson on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n Wilkerson scored 21 or more points for the fifth straight game.<\/p>\n The transfer from Sam Houston finished with 32 points on 9-for-20 shooting, including a 5-for-11 mark on 3-pointers.<\/p>\n He also played 39 minutes, the third straight contest where he\u2019s logged 38 or more minutes.<\/p>\n The minutes showed in the second half as Wilkerson appeared to tire down the stretch. He was just 4-for-13 from the field over the final 20 minutes.<\/p>\n In Big Ten play, Wilkerson is shooting 23-for-49 on 3s (46.9 percent).<\/p>\n Tucker DeVries finds his perimeter touch, but fouls limit his impact<\/p>\n Senior forward Tucker DeVries broke out of his shooting slump in Saturday\u2019s loss, finishing with 17 points.<\/p>\n It was just the second time DeVries has scored in double figures in six Big Ten games.<\/p>\n He shot 3-for-8 on 3s and gave the Hoosiers a second legitimate scoring threat alongside Wilkerson, who has been the one consistent producer in recent weeks.<\/p>\n But the momentum of the game flipped in the second half when DeVries picked up a pair of fouls \u2013 No. 3 and No. 4 of the game for him. DeVries went to the bench with IU leading by 10 and 12:54 to play.<\/p>\n By the time he returned with 5:49 left, Indiana trailed by two.<\/p>\n A significant opportunity was missed for IU\u2019s NCAA tournament chances<\/p>\n Indiana\u2019s metrics remain strong through 16 games, just past the halfway point of the 31-game regular season.<\/p>\n But those metrics will only take this group so far. At some point, the Hoosiers need wins that will stick on the resume.<\/p>\n Saturday was an opportunity missed.<\/p>\n Up 16 points in the second half at home is an opportunity the Hoosiers needed to cash in for a win.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing, for sure,\u201d DeVries said. \u201cWe played well for a good 25, 27, 28 minutes, whatever, and then just had a bad stretch in there, and the game flipped.\u201d<\/p>\n (Photo credit: IU Athletics)<\/p>\n See More: Five Takeaways<\/a>, Lamar Wilkerson<\/a>, Nebraska Cornhuskers<\/a>, Tucker DeVries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IU basketball fell for the first time at home this season, falling 83-77 to Nebraska on Saturday afternoon.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,2435,8905,7952],"class_list":["post-529013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-lamar-wilkerson","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-tucker-devries"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115875494943359701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}