Indiana falls to Minnesota 73-64 in first loss under Darian DeVries

Indiana men’s basketball suffered its first defeat of the Darian DeVries era on Wednesday night and it was a bad one. The Hoosiers fell 73-64 on the road to Minnesota, which entered the game all the way down at 116th in KenPom’s overall efficiency rankings.

The Hoosiers were able to keep pace through much of the first half and had built up a substantial lead before a handful of mistakes and good plays from the Gophers helped the latter claw back into the game and tie it going into the half.

Indiana just didn’t look comfortable on offense in the second half, Minnesota got the Hoosiers out of any sort of pace or rhythm and forced them to play on its terms. They weren’t without opportunities either, the Gophers had nine total turnovers in the second half that the Hoosiers failed to capitalize on.

After beginning the season on a strong scoring streak powered largely by 3-point shooting, Indiana hit just 8-27 attempts from long range against Minnesota.