IU basketball beats Wisconsin, snaps skid with one of its best performances of the year

BLOOMINGTON – IU stemmed the January bleeding with an impressive, important 63-45 win against No. 18 Wisconsin on Saturday. Here are three reasons why:

Defense first

Both teams came into Saturday’s game shorthanded key starters, trying to stop losing streaks. And both defended like it.

Allowed freedom to be physical around the rim, both the Hoosiers and Badgers (11-5, 3-3) made functional offense difficult to the point of…