FRIDAY'S SCORES
#10 Indiana 83,
SIUE 60
#10 INDIANA 83, SIUE 60
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - SIUE men's basketball snapped a two-game winning streak with an 83-60 loss at No. 10 Indiana Friday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
The Cougars fell to 4-4 overall, while Indiana improved to 6-1.
SIUE opened the scoring with a layup by Jalen Henry and a jumper from Carlos Anderson and led 4-0 after two and a half minutes. Indiana used a 7-0- run to take the lead and never relinquished it again.
Indiana forced SIUE into nine first-half turnovers and converted those takeaways into 16 points. The Hoosiers led 43-21 at half.
SIUE turned the ball over just twice in the second half, but Indiana remained relentless, running its lead to as many as 33 in the second half.
The Hoosiers connected on 46.4 percent (13-28) of their shots in the second half and 28-60 (46.7 percent) for the game.
The Cougars finished the game on a 21-11 run to cut into the Indiana advantage.
Burak Eslik led the Cougars and tied for game-high honors with a season-high 18 points. Anderson and Henry each finished with 10 points for SIUE.
Juwan Morgan led Indiana with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds.
The meeting was the first for Harris and Indiana Head Coach Tom Crean, who coached Harris for three seasons at Marquette.
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