have some life —this team is playing for Woodson. The Hoosiers have found a lot of different ways to lose games, but realistically, they could’ve beaten Maryland and Purdue with a few more bounces or calls going their way.
But in East Lansing, Mich. Tuesday, Indiana finally closed out the game. MSU repeatedly put the Hoosiers at the foul line late, and they stepped up and went 10 for 13 at the stripe over the last 1:14 of game time. The Spartans chipped away at a nine-point IU lead over the last 3:14, as good teams do, but Woodson’s gro8up finished the job.
“It means a lot,” Woodson said. “We’ve lost some close games, even though — we just haven’t been able to finish. I take a lot of pride in that as a coach. The Purdue game was a game that we could’ve won. Maryland at home. Northwestern on the road. I could just name them so quickly. But we didn’t win them.”