Upset scare shows IU the price it must pay to win when it can't shoot

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Indiana secured a narrow 69-61 victory over Incarnate Word in a game that was closer than anticipated.

Coach Darian DeVries noted the team must rely on defense and rebounding during off-shooting nights.

Despite building a 19-point lead, Indiana's defensive intensity waned, allowing Incarnate Word to close the gap.

BLOOMINGTON — It’s never any one thing that leads to the kind of uncomfortable evening Indiana endured Sunday, in a 69-61 closer-than-it-should-have-been win over Incarnate Word.

Darian DeVries talked postgame about offense affecting defense, about the Cardinals’ zone throwing IU off early, about defensive slippage as the game wore on. He credited Incarnate Word for the toughness that erased most of a 19-point second-half lead, and ever so briefly ha