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MIAMI -- A fourth-quarter deficit, on the road, in a season-opening game with a new quarterback wasnt exactly the scenario Indiana would have chosen for itself.The Hoosiers made overcoming that challenge look easy.Richard Lagow passed for one score and ran for another in the fourth quarter, and Indiana returned two interceptions for touchdowns in its season-opening 34-13 win over Florida International on Thursday night.Indiana (1-0) trailed 13-12 going into the fourth, then outscored FIU 22-0 in the final 15 minutes.A pretty good team win, Indiana coach Kevin Wilson said. This game had my attention a lot. First game on the road, youve got new defensive coaches, youre going to have some glitches ... and I saw a lot of things we can do better.Most of those things were likely before the fourth quarter.Lagow connected with Daniel Friend on a 21-yard touchdown pass to put Indiana on top for good early in the final quarter, capped the next Hoosiers drive with a 6-yard scoring run and Tegray Scales capped the night with a 16-yard interception return for another score.Lagow said he wasnt worried, even when trailing going into the fourth.The whole team had played so well all night, Lagow said. Defense had played their tails off. We had been real close, a lot. It was just a matter of keeping our foot on the pedal.Devine Redding rushed for 135 yards and Rashard Fant returned an interception 34 yards for a touchdown in the first half for Indiana (1-0). It was Indianas first time with two interception-return touchdowns in the same game since 1966, school officials said.Alex McGough completed 23 of 46 passes for 263 yards and three interceptions for FIU (0-1). Alex Gardner had a 1-yard rushing touchdown for the Panthers, who were outgained 486-331.The game had a little of everything: a safety, a missed field goal, a bad snap on another field goal try, two defensive touchdowns and even an end-around for a 2-point conversion by the Hoosiers.We battled, we competed, we did some good things, FIU coach Ron Turner said. But very, very disappointed in the outcome and very disappointing in the offensive execution and offensive performance. .... Way too many missed opportunities.Friends touchdown was his first in four years with the Hoosiers, two of those seasons getting cut short by injury.Indiana played without six suspended players, including three who were probable starters -- wide receiver Simmie Cobbs Jr., safety Chase Dutra and defensive tackle Ralph Green III.THE TAKEAWAYIndiana: Lagow completed 18 of 27 passes for 240 yards, and rarely seemed rattled. And there were some conditioning issues evident in the fourth on a hot, humid night in Miami -- players cramping, players with hands on their hips -- but Indiana did enough to escape. Tight end Jordan Fuchs had a significant injury, Wilson said, but there seemed to be some hope of it not being a season-ending situation.FIU: It wont be an easy tape for the Panthers to watch. The defensive series that led to Indianas go-ahead score early in the fourth quarter had some breakdowns as well, especially on the TD pass to a wide-open Friend. Taking a lead into the fourth and letting it slip away wont be easy for FIU to shake off.UP NEXTIndiana: Host Ball State, Sept. 10. This might not be the easiest home debut for the Hoosiers, either. Indiana has lost the last three games in that series, with two of those defeats coming in Bloomington.FIU: Host Maryland, Sept. 9. Another Big Ten opponent comes in to face the Panthers. FIU is 0-4 all-time against the Terrapins, losing those games by a combined 127-61 score. Paul Stastny Jersey . Team physician Dr. Steve Traina performed the surgery Friday. Robinson was injured in a spill underneath the Nuggets basket during the first quarter of Wednesday nights loss to the Charlotte Bobcats. Nate Schmidt Jersey . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . http://www.officialgoldenknightspro.com/Colin-miller-golden-knights-jersey/ . 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Tournament MVP Kristy Wallace scored 15 points and Beatrice Mompremier added 13 for the Lady Bears (7-1), who never trailed.We definitely focused when it came to the games, Wallace said.And it showed.Kelsey Mitchell scored 17 points for Ohio State (5-2), and shot 5 for 20 before fouling out. The Buckeyes shot only 34 percent for the game, and were outrebounded 52-29.Kristy had a phenomenal tournament and very deserving of the award and all of that, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said. But we cant do it alone. Our team defense was very good in this tournament.Baylor trailed for only 6:16 in the three games in the tournament, winning by an average of 30.3 points. Ohio State was the third team ranked No. 9 or better Baylor has already played this season.Baylor scored the games first nine points and clamped down defensively against an Ohio State team that came into Sunday averaging 89 points per game. The Buckeyes shot just 28 percent in the first half, going into the break trailing 38-25.Much of that stemmed from how difficult the Lady Bears made life for Mitchell.Wallace drew the defensive assignment on the Ohio State star, and with some help she was able to keep her in check.Mitchells only points in the first 23 minutes came on a pair of layups. She missed nine consecutive shots over one 16-minute stretch, including back-to-back ones in the second quarter wheree she got a step on Wallace -- but had her tries at the rim swatted emphatically away by the 6-foot-4 Mompremier, part of Baylors huge corps of rim protectors.ddddddddddddey, theyve got a really good basketball team, Ohio State coach Kevin McGuff said. Credit to them. We didnt have our best day in large part due to them. I thought we played hard, but we just didnt execute well enough.BIG PICTUREOhio State: Kiara Lewis and Sierra Calhoun each scored 12 for the Buckeyes. ... Shayla Cooper added 11 for Ohio State, which was outscored 48-26 in the paint. ... The Buckeyes missed their final nine shots going into intermission.Baylor: It was a rare off-shooting night for Kalani Brown, who came in leading the nation this season at 79 percent. She shot 5 for 12 and scored 11 points. ... Nina Davis added 10 for the Bears.LATE SWINGThe third quarter ended about as well as Baylor could have wanted.Makayla Watermans 3-point try was long with 5 seconds left, Baylors Alexis Prince grabbed the rebound and got the ball upcourt to Khadijiah Cave -- whose layup just beat the buzzer, gave the Lady Bears a 62-46 lead and had Mulkey firing a fist into the air to celebrate.TOURNEY WRAPUPIn earlier matchups Sunday:- No. 18 DePaul made 19 3-pointers to roll past No. 11 Syracuse 108-84 in the third-place game.- George Washington topped Western Kentucky 68-49 for fifth place.- The seventh-place matchup went to Kent State, a 77-64 winner over Florida Gulf Coast.UP NEXTOhio State: Host No. 21 Miami on Thursday in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.Baylor: Host Abilene Christian on Thursday, the first meeting between the programs. ' ' '