BLOOMINGTON – No. 23 Indiana scored 35 unanswered points in the second half to pull away from Kennesaw State on the way to a 56-9 victory at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

Quarterback Fernando Mendoza threw four touchdown passes and receiver Elijah Sarratt caught three of them.

"We have enough guys here that have been here that understand what we want and that were not happy with the way they played last week, and they responded really well," Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti said.

Here are some takeaways from the game.

Closer now, Fernando

Mendoza was somewhat hit-or-miss in Indiana's season-opening victory over Old Dominion, making some nice throws but also gaining just 6.2 yards per pass attempt.

There were no such problems Saturday. Playing from clean pockets all afternoon as IU's offe

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