The Hoosiers were led by Karoline Striplin, who had a season-high 28 points in the loss. She went 12-19 from the field, 4-7 from the free throw line, and grabbed seven rebounds in 30 minutes.

Indiana allowed Michigan to heat up offensively and failed to stop it from scoring. The Wolverines shot 71.4% from the field and went 4 for 5 from 3-point range in the final quarter.

The Indiana women’s basketball team is almost out of runway after a 70-67 loss to Michigan on Tuesday night. The Hoosiers’ latest setback raises the stakes of their three remaining games against ranked opponents as they look to get on the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble.

Now Indiana’s 7 p.m. ET game at Michigan takes on added weight. The Wolverines are a half-game ahead of Indiana. Indiana needs to get a split in this road swing, but Michigan has been playing well. The Wolverines are fresh off of a 71-61 road win at No. 20 Michigan State, and they have won six of their last nine games.

The Hoosiers (15-8, 7-5 Big Ten) led with 2 minutes, 24 seconds to go, but lost 70-67 to a Michigan team that eliminated them from the Big Ten tournament last season. The Wolverines (17-7, 8-5) pulled out the victory despite a dominant performance from IU's Karoline Striplin, who scored 28 points (one shy of her career-high) on 12 of 19 shooting.

Indiana was on a three-game win streak — with wins over Washington, Nebraska and Rutgers — which came on the back of a three-game losing streak. But even after its dominant win over the Scarlet Knights, Indiana head coach Teri Moren knew her team needed to learn from their mistakes that occurred over its three straight losses at the end of January.