No. 14 Indiana got a big win on Thursday, taking down No. 4 Iowa at home, 86-69.

The Hoosiers held Caitlin Clark to just four points in the second half and 24 points total – her second-lowest points total of the season – on an “off night.” Clark went 8-of-25 and was 3-of-16 from 3-point range.

“Being physical, face-guarding me, denying me the ball, threw a lot of different people at me,” Clark said. “Kind of pushed me off my spots, got me a little deeper than I wanted to be. Threw a little box-and-one at us.

“Once you get down, you kind of have to start taking some shots that maybe you wouldn’t [normally] take necessarily. I thought we maybe could have drove to the basket more. I wouldn’t say we’re really a team that plays from behind very much. We fought, but they always responded and had an answer.”

Indiana coach Teri Moren applauded her team for making “everything very difficult” for Clark, calling the Iowa star “a phenomenal player.”

The loss puts Ohio State in the driver’s seat for the Big Ten regular season title. Iowa now sits third behind the Buckeyes and Hoosiers. And while Clark now just sits 75 points behind Pete Maravich’s all-time NCAA scoring record, she has bigger things on her mind – getting her team back on track.

“This is a great environment to come in and play basketball,” Clark said. “It’s competitive, that’s what it’s all about. Every battle is heated when you’re playing against the top teams in the Big Ten. You know, one loss, one win could switch up the standings [in] battling for a regular-season title. That’s exactly how it should be.”

Elsewhere, an unranked North Carolina team took down No. 6 NC State, causing the Wolfpack to slip even further behind ACC-leading No. 8 Virginia Tech.