At the Buzzer: Indiana 92, Oregon 74

Quick thoughts on a 92-74 win against Oregon:

How it happened

Oregon, fresh off a competitive four-point loss at Purdue on Saturday, was up to the challenge on Monday night in Assembly Hall. The Ducks, 1-11 in the Big Ten entering the contest, got strong starts from guards Wei Lin and Drew Carter, who aren’t known for their scoring. Lin had nine first-half points and Carter had five, which helped Oregon build a 19-14 lead by the 7:42 mark of the first half. But Indiana had a response in the form of Lamar Wilkerson, coming off a Big Ten player of the week award. Wilkerson got hot to close the half and had a game-high 16 points by the break on 5-for-10 shooting from the field and a 4-for-4 mark from the free-throw line. The Hoosiers outscored Oregon 22-11 over the final seven minutes of the first half to claim a 36-30 lead at the break.

Indiana was sharp out of the locker room, scoring 14 points in less than four minutes, which forced Oregon coach Dana Altman to take a timeout with the Hoosiers leading 50-36 at the 16:07 mark. Wilkerson had five points in the stretch, as did Tucker DeVries, while Sam Alexis added four. The Hoosiers opened a 55-40 lead on a Wilkerson 3-pointer and led 59-49 at the under-12 media timeout. By the 9:34 mark, Indiana punched the lead back to 14 points on another Wilkerson 3-pointer, which gave him 31 points. By the under-eight media timeout, Indiana led 74-58 and Wilkerson was up to 35 points. A 3-point play by Reed Bailey pushed the IU lead to 77-58 with 7:26 remaining. Nick Dorn’s 3-pointer stretched IU’s lead to 20 points at 83-63 with 6:05 to play. At the final media timeout, Wilkerson was up to 40 points and IU’s lead was 87-69 and the Hoosiers were on their way to their eighth Big Ten win and fifth in their last six games.

Standout performers

Wilkerson led the Hoosiers with 41 points on 13-for-20 shooting, including a 6-for-12 mark on 3s and 9-for-11 from the free-throw line. Alexis was a perfect 8-for-8 from the field and scored 16 points to go with five rebounds in 25 minutes. DeVries also had 15 points and had seven assists in 33 minutes.

Statistics that stand out

The Hoosiers shot 81.8 percent in the second half and made all 11 of their 2-point field goal attempts. IU scored 56 points and 1.81 points per possession over the final 20 minutes.