IU is winless on the road. Nebraska is winless in the Big Ten. Something has to give.

Indiana's turnover-driven second-half collapse against Iowa on Thursday is enough to make fans wonder if there's any place the Hoosiers can win on the road. They could get an answer to that question Monday. 

The Hoosiers (12-4 overall, 3-3 in the Big Ten) head back out west to face Nebraska (6-12, 0-7), the team at the bottom of the conference standings, at 6 p.m. at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. The Cornhuskers have lost their past five games and 10 of their past 11. They haven't beaten a Power 6 program this season, and their best victory according to the KenPom.com rankings has come against No. 220 Kennesaw State. 

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Here are three things I'll be watching for on Monday. 

Can Indiana get right on the road? 

So many of Indiana's wounds in the second half against Iowa were self-inflicted.  Some of the 23 turnovers they committed Thursday were caused by the Hawkeyes' full-court press, but some of them were simply the product of failure to catch the basketball. Some of the offensive rebounds they gave up were the product of sheer athleticism from the Murray twins Keegan and Kris, but on more than one occasion the ball went from rim to floor and the Hoosiers weren't able to secure it. And missed free throws, of course, are not the product of resistance by the other team. 

So the Hoosiers have to prove Monday they can do something they haven't done yet, which is play sustained quality basketball for 40 minutes in someone else's venue against a crowd that is not on their side. As IU forward Trayce Jackson-Davis said after Thursday's game, they simply need to bring more energy and be able to withstand the home team's runs. Against Iowa, they didn't do that, which is why they carry an 0-4 road record into Lincoln. 

Can the Hoosiers slow Alonzo Verge and Bryce McGowens again?

As bad as Nebraska has been collectively, its two best guards are among the best in the conference. Freshman Bryce McGowens and senior Arizona State transfer Alonzo Verge are both among the top 20 scorers in the Big Ten with McGowens averaging 15.5 points per game and Verge not far behind at 14.0. McGowens, a 6-7 wing and the No. 29 recruit in the Class of 2021, is showing up in the first round of mock drafts and Verge is second in the conference in assists with 5.6 per game. 

Indiana managed to slow both players in the first meeting between the two teams on Dec. 4 in Bloomington. Verge scored 15 points, but needed 13 shots and also turned the ball over six times. McGowens scored just eight points on 3-of-14 shooting. 

The Hoosiers have good defensive matchups for each player. Point guards Xavier Johnson and Rob Phinisee are strong enough on the ball to handle Verge, and power forward Race Thompson should be able to handle McGowens on the perimeter. Still, holding them down again won't be as easy to do in their own gym. Verge scored 31 earlier this year on Michigan at home and McGowens just broke a stretch of seven straight double-figure scoring games. 

Can Indiana dominate the glass? 

Prior to Thursday night's game, Indiana had lost the rebounding battle just once all season, getting out-rebounded by 10 on the road at Penn State. Thursday's margin was smaller, as the Iowa grabbed 35 boards to the Hoosiers' 31, but it was perhaps even more damaging. The Hawkeyes' 11 offensive rebounds in the second half led to 16 second-chance points, which accounted for more than a third of the 42 Iowa scored in the second half. 

It was particularly painful for the Hoosiers because Iowa is one of the worst rebounding teams in the Big Ten. However, Nebraska happens to be the worst, ranking last in the conference in rebounding margin at -9.1 per game and near the bottom nationally in both offensive rebounding percentage (342nd) and defensive rebounding percentage (324th.)

In junior forward Derrick Walker, the Huskers have a 6-9, 236-pound anchor in the middle averaging 6.2 rebounds per game to go with his 10.1 points per game, but outside of that they don't have much in the way of bulk. The 195-pound McGowens is actually the team's second-leading rebounder with 5.5 per game and the 165-pound Verge is third with 4.9. Guard rebounding like that is nice to have, but the Huskers don't appear to have the bodies to box out both Jackson-Davis and Thompson at the same time.

The Hoosiers posted a +9 margin the first time the two teams played, and expanding on that would go along way toward them finally getting the road win they so desperately need.