Indiana starting center Kel’el Ware is out vs. Wisconsin. The 7-foot Ware emerged from the Indiana bus at the Kohl Center wearing a walking boot, according to Seth Tow of The Daily Hoosier, who is in Madison. Ware was not out with the rest of the team during the first round of pregame warmups. He finally emerged from the locker room still wearing the boot. Ware has a sprained right ankle according to coach Mike Woodson. Ware was listed as questionable by Indiana on the team’s pregame availability report. He did not suffer an obvious injury during IU’s most recent…
Author: Mike Schumann
Indiana’s 2019 season was an outlier for sure. The Hoosiers attained an eight-win season and a winning record in the Big Ten — both for the first time since 1993, and a national ranking for the first time since 1994. During the offseason following that memorable 2019 campaign, IU strength coach David Ballou and athletic performance coach Matt Rhea left Bloomington for Tuscaloosa to join Nick Saban’s Alabama staff. By the end of the 2019 campaign, Ballou and Rhea had built national reputations as two of the best at what they were doing. Losing Ballou, an IU alumnus, stung a…
How bad was it? According to ESPN Stats, Indiana suffered its worst home loss to Purdue since 1934, and the 21-point margin ties for the fifth worst loss by the Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana led very early in the game, but two quick fouls on both Mackenzie Mgbako and Kel’el Ware helped quickly turn the tide. Purdue steamrolled IU over the final 15 minutes of the first half to take a commanding 51-29 lead into the halftime locker room. Indiana came out fighting in the second half and pulled back to within nine, but the massive lead…
When the two burger boys sat with two fouls, Purdue feasted on Indiana’s bench. IU was trailing Purdue just 9-7 when Mackenzie Mgbako picked up a second foul at the 15:30 mark of the first half. He had scored all of Indiana’s seven points but checked out of the game and would not see the floor again for 12 minutes. The Hoosiers were still trailing just 12-9 when Mgbako’s fellow McDonald’s All-American Kel’el Ware was hit with a second foul with 13:40 remaining. While he was struggling to limit Zach Edey’s post touches, Ware was having some success bothering Edey’s…
Watch as Indiana coach Mike Woodson discusses an 87-66 loss to Purdue on Tuesday evening. Joining Woodson in the media room was IU senior guard Trey Galloway. Indiana (12-6, 4-3) will travel to Wisconsin on Friday evening. See also: Three keys, highlights, final stats https://youtu.be/dRmqvYHmfc0 https://youtu.be/Vs1MiUUgMjQ For complete coverage of IU basketball, GO HERE. The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no cost to you.
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana lost to Purdue at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Tuesday evening by a final score of 87-66. The Hoosiers trailed 51-29 at halftime. Indiana was led in the game by Trey Galloway with 17 points. Mackenzie Mgbako added 15. The three keys to the game, highlights and expanded stats are below. See also: Woodson and Galloway postgame | Matt Painter postgame Indiana (12-6, 4-3) returns to action on Friday at Wisconsin. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Two foul strategy backfires. Mackenzie Mgbako and Kel’el Ware both picked up two early first half fouls. Mgbako picked his up…
Follow along below for live updates as Indiana hosts Purdue in Big Ten action on Tuesday evening. Share your views below in the discussion thread. The game tips at 7:00 p.m. ET on Peacock. ———————————– FINAL Purdue 87, Indiana 66 SECOND HALF Purdue 82, Indiana 61, 2:27 left. Purdue 73, Indiana 56, 7:25 left. Edey up to 30 points and 11 rebounds. Purdue 62, Indiana 51, 11:36 left. Purdue +13 on free throw attempts. Purdue 58, Indiana 46, 14:56 left. Indiana starts second half 7-of-10 from the field, 2-of-2 from three. Galloway with 8 in the half. HALFTIME Purdue 51,…
Heading into Friday’s game against Minnesota, Mackenzie Mgbako had made more threes than twos in five straight games. In a league as well scouted as the Big Ten, the book on guarding Mgbako seemed to be gaining clarity — run him off the arc. Mgbako produced his best scoring output of his freshman season with a game-high 19 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the floor against the Golden Gophers. Four of his six makes came in the paint, with three coming off the bounce after attacking close-outs. At 6-foot-8 and spending him most of his time at small forward, Mgbako…
National recruiting outlet On3 has updated has updated its rankings for the boys basketball class of 2025. Rankings are by no means the authoritative evaluation tool for high school talent, but they are helpful to get a directional sense for who’s who. We’ve divided IU’s 2025 prospects into main targets and all of the rest. All of the main targets have either already visited Indiana and remain a target, or they are in current active discussions to do so. Indiana has been focused on this group for a while, and they’ll turn their full attention this way once the transfer…
Everything seems to go better at home. Indiana sandwiched a poor performance at Rutgers with a second straight solid home conference win on Friday evening in Bloomington. The starts of each half were the key against Minnesota. The Hoosiers jumped out to a 25-8 lead less than eight minutes into the game. After allowing the Gophers back within single-digits on multiple occasions, a 19-6 early second half run gave the Hoosiers a 60-39 edge and put the game out of reach. Let’s take a deeper look at how IU won 74-62 with another edition of The Report Card. Indiana (12-5,…