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LIVE BLOG: Follow Indiana’s Game With Iowa in Real Time

It’s a great day for a big 10 semi final in Indianapolis. First match up is between Indiana and Iowa, and it should be really good. Here is our live blog, with all of the news and views live from press row.

Tom Brew

USA Today

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Indiana has won consecutive games in the Big Ten Tournament for the first time in 19 years, and the Hoosiers go for three straight on Saturday when they take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in the semifinals.

The game starts at 1 p.m. ET and is on CBS today. Here are all the details on how to watch. CLICK HERE

The Hawkeyes, who are 10-2 in their past 12 games, are 6-point favorites at tip time. Here's the latest on the point spread and how they got here. CLICK HERE

To follow our live blog, all of the latest information is at the top and we'll feed you news and views live from press row.

 Enjoy the game!

2:56 p.m. — Jordan Bohannon, who was 1-for-7 for the game, hits a three to tie it up at 71-71. And then Keegan Murray hits another three. 74-73 Iowa. Then Indiana leaves Bohannon open again and he scores. Iowa leads 77-73 with 41.2 to go.

2:52 p.m. — Xavier Johnson goes to the line for a one-and-one. He makes them both and Indiana leads 71-65. He's 6-for-6 from the line today.

2:49 p.m. — We've reached the final media timeout and Indiana leads 69-65 with 3:27 to go. Indiana has to be able to handle the Iowa press down the stretch, and lock down on Keegan Murray. 

2:44 p.m . — Miller Kopp finally gets one to go down, a three-pointer from the right corner to give Indiana a 62-55 lead with 6:30 to go. Then he hits another one and the Hoosiers force a steal. Trayce Jackson-Davis with an uncontested dunk. Iowa calls timeout. The lead is up to nine at 67-58 with 5:29 to go.

2:39 p.m. — Xavier Johnson makes two more free throws for Indiana to go up 59-54. Indiana is 8-for-10 from the line today. There's 7:08 to go.  

2:29 p.m. — Iowa is in the bonus already at the 9:55 mark. Joe Toussaint hits two free throws to cut the lead to one, but Race Thompson scores on the other end and then takes a charge on Keegan Murray. That's three fouls on Murray.

2:21 p.m. — Keegan Murray is crazy good. He hits back-to-back contested three-pointers to cut the lead to one at 49-48. There's a media timeout with 11:52 to go. He has 24 points already, with six threes. 

2:12 p.m. — We've hit the first media timeout, and Indiana leads 47-42 with 15:20 to go. Four Indiana starters — all but Miller Kopp — with second-half hoops so far. Trayce Jackson-Davis grabs his 22nd rebound of the tournament, which is a new IU record.

2:08 p.m. — Trayce Jackson-Davis with another great pass for an easy basket for Race Thompson. Two nice assists now to go along with his 18 points. Indiana leads 44-39.

1:44 p.m. — Tamar Bates checks in for Parker Stewart. About time. He hits a three-pointer in the closing seconds and the Hoosiers go to the locker room with a 38-32 lead. 

1:43 p.m. — Trayce Jackson-Davis scores again. Iowa has no answer for him underneath. And then Rob Phinisee gets his THIRD steal of the half. Indiana leads 31-27.

1:37 p.m. — Miller Kopp is 0-for-5 so far, and Parker Stewart is 0-for-3. Killing Indiana. Trayce Jackson-Davis comes back in, and makes an immediate impact, scoring inside to put Indiana back ahead 29-27 with 3:41 to go. He has 14 points already. 

1:34 p.m. — We've reached the first point where Indiana misses Jordan Geronimo, who's out with a knee injury. Trayce Jackson-Davis gets a breather and Indiana goes small, but Miller Kopp is struggling at the four. Iowa leads 25-24. 

1:29 p.m — Indiana answers right away after Iowa ties it up. Xavier Johnson hits a wide-open three and then he hits Trayce Jackson-Davis with a perfectd lob. Indiana jumps ahead 22-17. An Iowa three, and now we're at the under-8 media timeout with Indiana leading 22-20.

1:25 p.m. —  That 12-point lead is all gone now. Iowa ties it up at 17-17.

1:15 p.m. — You knew that Iowa wasn't going to go away, because they've been too good on offense lately. They've hit four straight three-pointers to trim the lead to 17-15. Keegan Murray hit three of them, his twin brother Kris the other. All four in just 2:04 on the clock. Iowa made 19 threes on Thursday night against Northwestern.

1:10 p.m. — Five straight baskets from Trayce Jackson-Davis, one on a great pass from Xavier Johnson, and Indiana roars out to a 13-3 lead. Couldn't ask for a better start.

1:05 p.m. — Indiana strikes first with a Xavier Johnson three-pointer. That's big. Indiana has to come close to matching Iowa from deep today. 

12:45 p.m. — Jordan Geronimo, who left Friday's game with a knee injury, is dressed but not moving around very well. It looks doubtful that he will play today.

12:40 p.m. — Gainbridge Fieldhouse is sold out today, and that's no surprise. This is the first time ever that Indiana and Purdue have both been in the semifinals.

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Tom Brew
TOM BREW

Tom Brew is an award-winning journalist who has worked at some of America's finest newspapers as a reporter and editor, including the Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times, the Indianapolis Star and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered college sports in the digital platform for the past six years, including the last five years as publisher of HoosiersNow on the FanNation/Sports Illustrated network.

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