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WEST LAFAYETTE — For the second time in as many games, Indiana basketball melted down in the final seconds.
The Hoosiers made a series of blunders on their final two possessions earlier in the week in a loss to Maryland only to experience similar communication breakdowns on Friday night in a 81-76 loss to No. 10 Purdue at Mackey Arena that left players arguing with each other in the huddle.
Indiana (14-8, 5-6 Big Ten) had multiple timeouts to spare after Purdue forward Trey Kaufman-Renn gave his team a lead with 11 seconds to go, but Myles Rice dribbled the length of the floor and had a mid-range jumper near the baseline that was blocked.
How it happened: Indiana basketball drops a heartbreaker in final minute to No. 10 Purdue
“Couldn’t get his attention, by the time he got where he was going,” Woodson said. “I thought he got fouled on the play.”
Woodson was hoping to get the ball in the hands of Trey Galloway, who was having a lot of success in the second half on high pick-and-rolls with Oumar Ballo.
“Once he (Rice) took off, I couldn’t get to him, it was too late,” Woodson said. “The officials had been bye, again … we got to connect better. That’s just the bottom line.”
Ballo, who walked off the floor without going through the handshake line, confronted Rice at the next stoppage. He was initially held back by Galloway and a member of the support staff, but started shouting at Rice and stared him down until Anthony Leal pulled him off to the side in an attempt to calm him down.
Rice spent much of the second half on the bench amidst a career-worst performance. He went scoreless (0 for 4) for the first time in 57 career games and only played five minutes in the second half.
“Everybody is heated in the heat of the moment. He didn’t think it was a good play and he voiced his opinion about it, which is OK,” Woodson said. “You just hope you can learn from it, and build on it and move on.”
While Woodson lamented the lack of execution, he was more frustrated about his team’s 20…
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Author : Indianapolis Star
Publish date : 2025-02-01 04:59:00
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