Indiana forward Malik Reneau went to the hospital on Wednesday.
The junior forward was nowhere to be found when the Hoosiers came out for pregame warmups ahead of their game against Penn State.
Following his team’s 83-78 win over the Nittany Lions, IU coach Mike Woodson said Reneau came down with an illness earlier in the day that required him to go to the hospital.
“Malik, right now, I’m just — I’ve got to get an update,” Woodson said. “I know we took him to the hospital, the emergency room. He was fine in shoot-around. Then he came down with something.
“So I don’t know where we are with Malik right now. But the sooner he can get back, the better. But it’s next man up. Everybody’s got to just stay ready.”
Highlighting the sudden nature of the situation, Reneau was not listed as questionable or out on the Big Ten availability report issued just three hours before tipoff.
With Reneau unavailable, Oumar Ballo played 36 minutes and scored 20 points while grabbing 12 rebounds and dishing out five assists.
In his last three appearances, Reneau has posted 16.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game on 57.4% (27-of-47) shooting from the floor. He went over the 1,000 point mark for his IU career on Sunday against Purdue. He went 7-for-7 from the field in that game.
Indiana is leaving on a West Coast trip later this week. It is unclear whether Reneau will be able to join the team when they depart for Seattle. The Hoosiers play at Washington on Saturday.
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