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

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana women’s basketball got tripped up at Assembly Hall on Thursday night in a disappointing 68-54 loss to Illinois.

Indiana's 25-point home loss to Illinois got chippy at times as the Hoosiers were blown out for the second time this week

After a rough stretch of Indiana men's basketball games against Iowa and Illinois, Hoosiers On SI writers Jack Ankony, Todd Golden discuss what went wrong and where Indiana goes from here on the Hoosier Roundtable Podcast,

Indiana Hoosiers On SI writers Jack Ankony and Todd Golden share their thoughts on Indiana's 94-69 loss to Illinois Tuesday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

The Hoosiers trailed by as many as 15 points in the first quarter, but even as they turned up their intensity to cut into the Fighting Illini’s lead, their efforts fell short. Indiana suffered a 54-68 loss to Illinois on Thursday inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Kylan Boswell scored 22 points, Kasparas Jakucionis added 21 and No. 19 Illinois opened a 28-point halftime lead Tuesday night in a 94-69 blowout of Indiana. Tomislav Ivisic had 17 points and 11 rebounds as the Fighting Illini (13-4, 5-2 Big Ten) bounced back from a double-digit loss at home to Southern California.

Indiana hosts the Illinois Fighting Illini after Yarden Garzon scored 21 points in Indiana's 74-67 victory against the Iowa Hawkeyes.

The Indiana Hoosiers will host the Illinois Fighting Illini on Tuesday night in Bloomington for a Big Ten college basketball battle. Do you want to catch the high-flying action on TV or live stream?

Indiana’s two consecutive 25-point losses appear to make NCAA Tournament talk a bit far-fetched, but the Hoosiers have time to repair the damage.

But the Hoosiers failed to do the latter as they went on a field goal drought that lasted nearly six and half minutes in the fourth quarter. Although Indiana knocked down six free throws during the dry spell, USC scored 19 points, which allowed it to build an insurmountable gap.

Head coach Teri Moren mentioned after the loss to Illinois that the Hoosiers lack of intensity in practice stalled their performance against the Fighting Illini. On Sunday, Indiana was up 11 in the first half against USC and maintained a 4-point lead in the final frame. But when it mattered, Indiana just couldn’t get that finishing blow.