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Indiana completes comeback, defeats Louisville in Empire Classic

Spenser Davis

By Spenser Davis

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Indiana needed a second-half surge to defeat Louisville in the Empire Classic on Monday.

The Hoosiers found themselves trailing Louisville late in the second half, but rallied to a 74-66 win in the game’s final minutes. Indiana out-scored the Cardinals 13-2 over the final 3:38 of the contest.

Four different Indiana players scored in double figures. It was Xavier Johnson who led the way 14 points on 2-of-4 shooting. He went 9-of-12 from the charity stripe in the win for Indiana. Johnson scored the final 5 points of the game for IU — all from the free throw line. Johnson also had a team-high 5 assists.

Indiana’s struggles from beyond the 3-point line continued on Monday. The Hoosiers shot just 1-for-11 from beyond the arc. They were able to overcome that deficiency thanks to 25 made free throws vs. the Cardinals (on 34 attempts).

The Hoosiers are now 4-1 this season with their only loss coming against UConn over the weekend.

Indiana will be in action again on Sunday against Harvard.

Spenser Davis

Spenser is the news manager at Saturday Road and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.