Three storylines and how to watch No. 5 Ohio State women vs. No. 13 Indiana

It is Big Ten Tournament time and the No. 5 seed Ohio State women’s basketball earned a single bye into Thursday’s games.

After a one-sided opening game of the tournament between the No. 13 Indiana Hoosiers and No. 12 Nebraska Cornhuskers, head coach Teri Moren’s Hoosiers overcame a 20-point deficit right before halftime to earn a home victory over the Cornhuskers.

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The last time these two teams played, it was the Buckeyes overcoming a big Hoosier lead, foul trouble for guard Shay Ciezki and an even offensive attack from Ohio State soon after the injury to forward Kylee Kitts.

Comebacks

In the last five games of the regular season, head coach Kevin McGuff’s side had two performances that included early double-digit leads followed by crushing defeat. The Indiana Hoosiers were down 20 points in the opening Big Ten Tournament game to the Nebraska Cornhuskers with 1:17 remaining in the first half.

The Cornhuskers pummeled the paint with forward Amiah Hargrove, who had seven second quarter points to push the double-digit lead. Hargrove went 5-for-6 from the floor in the first half and the Hoosiers had no answer for her, or the shooting to withstand it.

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Indiana was outshot 38.7% to 51.4% and the five-person rotation for Hoosier head coach Teri Moren struggled.

With Indiana’s season on the line, it was not team leader and All-Big Ten selection Ciezki alone who led the side out of the hole but an even offensive attack. The Hoosiers defense held Nebraska to 10 made baskets in the final 20 minutes while the five members of the Crimson who played a majority of the second half each scored at least six points.

Nebraska’s lead sprung a leak and it felt inevitable that Indiana was on its way to victory in front of a friendly home crowd. With 1:06 remaining in the game, guard Lenee Beaumont hit the go-ahead three-point shot to give Indiana a lead that it did not lose.

Nebraska looked disjointed and failed to stop the Hoosiers with late fouls and an open layup…

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Publish date : 2026-03-05 14:31:00

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