Malik Renea scored 16 of her 19 points in the second half to help Indiana beat No. 11 of Michigan State 71-67 Tuesday evening, leaving Tom Izzo on the edge of Breaking Bob Knight Big Ten Wins Record.
The Hoosiers (15-10, 6-8 Big Ten) had lost five games in a row under the coach Mike Woodson, who moved after the season.
The Spartans (19-5, 10-3) lost for the third time in four games, leaving Izzo with 353 Big Ten victories which correspond to the set of Mark Knight in Indiana while winning three NCAA titles.
Jaden Akins from Michigan State scored 14 points and Jase Richardson was 13.
Myles Rice collected 10 points, including two free throws with 30 seconds to do to put the Hoosiers in front of four points.
The Oumar Ballo of Indiana scored 14 points and Luke Goode had 10.
Take -out
Indiana: the choice of pre-season to finish second in the big ten which was classified as high as n ° 14 in the top 25 of the end of November showed part of its potential, returning from a two-digit deficit in the Beginning of the match to lead to halftime and for the second half.
Michigan State: Interior Defense was a problem, leading to abandoning 38 points in painting. This did not help that Jaxon Kohler was called for a third fault at the start of the second half and was limited to 18 minutes against a team with several options with a small amount offensively.
Key
Mackenzie MGBAKO made two free throws with 9.4 seconds to play, putting the Hoosiers in front of three points.
Key statistics
The Spartans made only 38.2% of their shooting overall and were worse on 3 points, connecting on 4 out of 23 beyond the arc.
The next
Michigan State plays the Illinois on Saturday evening and Indiana welcomes UCLA on Friday evening.
Report by the Associated Press.
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