Sorry for watching

I officially apologize for watching IU’s game against Lafayette. They were up something like 15 or 18 when I started watching toward the middle of the first half. Then they began a steady descent and were only up 5 when I stopped watching at the end of the first half. According to the final score, they finished with a 15 point victory. So, they seem to have done well for the parts I didn’t watch, answering the age old question — If an IU basketball team plays where Doug Masson can’t see them, do they score? Yes. Yes they do. (Surprisingly, having an ego so large as to cause delusions that the universe much cares whether I’m watching the IU game does not cause a great deal of discomfort.)

Apparently the victory happened this way:

With IU clinging to a 51-47 lead early in the second half, Calloway took over offensively to keep the Hoosiers afloat before help arrived.

Utilizing his blazing speed off the dribble, Calloway would score 10 of IU’s 12 points over a 5 1/2 -minute stretch to keep IU ahead 63-60.

“They had a hard time defending Earl’s penetration, and obviously that was a big factor,” Sampson said.

Employing a 2-3 zone defense to take away Calloway, Lafayette all but dared IU to beat it from the outside, which it then proceeded to do.

After two straight missed three-pointers from Wilmont that took the breath away from the Conseco crowd, senior reserve Errek Suhr drained a three, and so did Wilmont. Five straight Lafayette turnovers were turned into 12 straight IU points, and the entire state could breathe and sleep in peace when IU started a runaway when the Hoosiers outscored Lafayette 28-6 over the last seven minutes.