Hoosiers holds off No. 18 Minnesota 60-57

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Tom Pritchard and Verdell Jones each scored 12 points to lead Indiana past No. 18 Minnesota 60-57 on Wednesday night.

The Hoosiers (12-11, 3-7 Big Ten) have beaten two ranked teams in six days — the first time they’ve beaten two Top 25 teams in a season since February 2008.

Blake Hoffarber scored 15 points and Austin Hollins added 13 to lead Minnesota (16-6, 5-5). But Hoffarber’s 3-pointer to force overtime bounced off the front of the rim.

Indiana led 33-21 at halftime, weathered Minnesota’s charge early in the second half and then used an 11-0 run to build a 50-34 lead with 9:48 to go.

It looked like it was over, but the Gophers went on a 10-0 run in the closing minutes to get within 57-54 with 3:05 to go.

Indiana answered with a 3 from Jones, and after Minnesota closed to 60-57 with 41.5 seconds left, Hoffarber missed the 3.