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The No. 4 USC Trojans women’s basketball team is 16-1, 6-0 in Big Ten conference play. USC is coming off a big win against Penn State. The Women of Troy will fa

The last two games were rough for Indiana, but the Hoosiers are hoping for a bounce back effort against the Buckeyes.

Tom Crean points out areas of concern for the Indiana Hoosiers, who are trying to bounce back from consecutive 25-point losses.

Indiana will also be down walk-on senior guard Jackson Creel and sophomore guard Gabe Cupps, who’s out indefinitely with a torn meniscus. Creel hasn’t played this season, while Cupps last appeared Nov. 29 against Providence College.

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Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson hinted at making changes to the starting lineup, he lived up to that promise on Friday night:

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Ohio State has lost consecutive two-point games to top-25 teams, most recently a 70-68 defeat at No. 24 Wisconsin on Tuesday night. That same day, Indiana took a 94-69 home loss to No. 18 Illinois that, on the heels of an 85-60 loss at Iowa three days earlier, had Hoosiers fans chanting for coach Mike Woodson to be fired.

The Hoosiers’ four losses this year were by an average of 21.5 points. In two true Big Ten road games, Indiana lost by a combined 42 points.

Coming off a loss, Indiana has yet another marquee matchup looming: No. 4 USC at noon Sunday in Bloomington. If the Hoosiers display another showing like Thursday, they could be in for a long day against Trojans sophomore guard JuJu Watkins and graduate student forward Kiki Iriafen.

The Indiana Hoosiers suffer a second consecutive blowout loss, this time at home against Indiana. It gets heated in the closing minutes.