In the final three minutes of the Saturday afternoon Big Ten semifinal matchup, Indiana women’s basketball scored 2 points. Ohio State scored seven. But at that point, it didn’t really matter. The Hoosiers never once trailed in the game, and while there was frustration among them in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, they stuck to what they knew and pulled out a win, beating the Buckeyes 70-62 to advance to the Big Ten Championship for the first time since 2002. “We gave it our all,” graduate student guard Ali Patberg said. “We came in so prepared, even with the one day turnaround. We were confident with the game plan, and all we had to do was execute it.” Indiana beat Ohio State earlier in the season by a score of 86-66, largely due to Indiana’s 56 points in the paint. Patberg and the rest of the team have…
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