It wasn’t just one bad quarter this time for the Ohio State women’s basketball team against Indiana. When the teams played in Bloomington on Jan. 26, the Buckeyes more than held their own except for a disastrous third quarter in which they were outscored by 21 points in a 78-65 loss. Monday night at Value City Arena, the Hoosiers left no doubt about their superiority. No. 2 Indiana shot 72.4% in the first half to take a 25-point lead in an 83-59 victory over the No. 13 Buckeyes. The Buckeyes (21-5, 10-5) did show some grit by having a much better third quarter than they did three weeks ago against IU. A 15-2 run cut Indiana’s lead to 10 late in the period before the Hoosiers stretched it back to 15 entering the fourth quarter. The blowout shouldn’t have been that shocking. Indiana (24-1, 14-1) is on a roll. The…
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