Tim Miles and Tom Crean have heated exchange during Hoosiers' road win

Nebraska coach Tim Miles and Indiana coach Tom Crean exchanged words Wednesday during the Big Ten Conference opener between their teams won 70-65 by the Hoosiers.

Miles shouted most of what he had to say to Crean within a few feet of Crean’s face while officials held him back with 9 minutes, 42 seconds left in the game. The incident came during a stoppage in play following a hard foul by Nebraska’s Tai Webster on a dunk attempt by Hoosiers’ big man Hanner Mosquera-Perea.

Crean appeared to tell Miles to shut up from a distance and the two men came together with officials between them as Miles began to scream at Crean. The Indiana coached stood with his hands on his waist staring at Miles. When the game ended approximately 30 minutes later, Miles marched down the sideline and shook hands with Crean, pausing to say something to his counterpart.

Miles didn’t have much to say about those heated moments when asked about them in the postgame press conference. Meanwhile, Crean made a point of tracking down a reporter to tell him he did not tell Miles to shut up on television replays.

It was a frustrating loss for the Huskers who have fallen to 8-5, including unexpected losses to the likes of Incarnate Word and Hawaii. Nebraska came back from a 16-point deficit in the first half only to fall behind again by 13 after the altercation between coaches.

Husker stalwarts Shavon Shields and Terran Petteway combined to score 43 points and snare 15 rebounds, but the rest of the team didn’t provide much to complement the pair. Shields went all out at one point during the Huskers’ second half rally diving on to the scorer’s table and into the laps of the Big Ten Network crew to save a loose ball.

The Hoosiers were the better team and came to Lincoln prepared for a fight after losing to the Huskers on the road last season. Indiana scored 38 points in the paint and 18 points off the bench.

Mosquera-Perea seemed to be the biggest problem for Nebraska, scoring 12 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in just 22 minutes. Emmitt Holt also played well inside for Crean in what has to be an encouraging start to conference play for the Hoosiers.

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