Indiana basketball faced Conference USA preseason favorite Western Kentucky on Sunday evening in Evansville in its final tune-up eight days before the regular-season opener.

The Hoosiers got slow offensive nights from Markus Burton and Darren Harris, tried out a new frontcourt pairing and more in a narrow win over the Hilltoppers to close out the preseason slate.

Here are four observations from Indiana's 79-74 exhibition win over Western Kentucky.

Bryce Lindsay delivers again as Markus Burton and Darren Harris struggle

Markus Burton and Darren Harris figure to be two of Indiana's primary scoring options this season. With both struggling Sunday, Bryce Lindsay again showed how valuable his scoring can be.

Burton and Harris combined for seven points on 1-of-11 shooting in the first half.…