Indiana hopes to be clicking again after absorbing consecutive 25-point losses.The Hoosiers enter Wednesday’s game against Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., coming off a 77-76 overtime victory at Ohio State and remain firmly in the hunt for a top-four seed and bye into the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals in March.”We’ve played some pretty good basketball and had some good stretches,” Indiana coach Mike Woodson said.As for the not-so-stellar ones?”You just have to stay away from games like that,” Woodson said.While Indiana (14-5, 5-3 Big Ten) benefited from usual suspects such as Luke Goode and his career-high 23 points against the Buckeyes on Friday, Woodson also lauded efforts from various reserves who kept the team afloat.After playing a combined 37 minutes in back-to-back blowout losses to Iowa and then-No. 19 Illinois, sophomore transfer Kanaan Carlyle contributed 13 points in a career-high 36 minutes.”I just hope he bottles it up and carries it forward,” Woodson said.Northwestern (11-7, 2-5) has lost four of five. The Wildcats went to overtime in their past two games, including Sunday’s 80-76 loss at then-No. 20 Michigan.
