IU Basketball vs Winthrop — Live updates and discussion thread (FINAL)

Follow along with live updates below as Indiana hosts Winthrop in their final non-conference game.

Feel free also to join the discussion thread below to share your views.

Indiana and Winthrop tip-off at 4 p.m. ET on BTN.

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FINAL: Indiana 77, Winthrop 68

SECOND HALF

And just like that, Winthrop has cut it to 70-68.

Indiana leads 69-60 with 3:48 on the clock.

Not out of it yet. Winthrop going to the line for two after the media timeout.
Still, Indiana has shut down Winthrop’s offense. They are two for their last 11 shot attempts.

Hoosiers up 63-55 with 7:25 to play.

A few good transition sequences from Indiana give them a larger lead. They lead Winthrop in fast break points overall 17-9.
IU has also played well defensively, as Winthrop is one for their last seven.

Indiana leads 55-51 with 11:34 on the clock.

Luke Goode is in another slump. Was left open at least twice during that stretch and didn’t convert. 1-for-16 on threes as a team now.
Myles Rice has had a nice game, though. 16 points, two rebounds and two assists so far.

Indiana up 53-47 with 15:15 left in the game.

Indiana in some foul trouble, as both Malik Reneau and Langdon Hatton have three apiece.
Nothing is going down from the outside, as IU is now 1-for-13 on 3-point attempts.

HALFTIME: Indiana 41, Winthrop 37

FIRST HALF

Hoosiers lead 34-28 with 3:10 left to play.

Makenzie Mgbako smoked a pretty open transition layup. He’s looked a bit off throughout the first half. Just four points on 2-for-8 shooting.
Indiana shooting 52 percent from the field overall, but is still 1-for-8 on 3-pointers. With a smaller lineup, you’d think those numbers would be a bit better.

Indiana’s lead cut to 25-22 with 7:51 left.

Hoosiers are just 1-of-6 on 3-point attempts so far, and Winthrop has knocked down three.

Indiana up 21-14 with 11:49 left to play.

Langdon Hatton has four offensive rebounds through three minutes of action. Seems silly to leave him out of the rotation moving forward; he’s played well in every game he’s appeared in.
Another even scoring effort so far from the Hoosiers. Multiple players have four points, which is the team high at this point.

Indiana leads 11-5 through the first media timeout.

Nice start from Rice on the offensive end. Using his speed to get to the rack and has converted twice.
Goode has played well on both sides of the floor as well. A knocked down three and a rebound for him to start.

PREGAME

Oumar Ballo, listed as questionable on the injury report, is dressed but is not participating in warmups. Signs point to him sitting this game out.
In his place, Luke Goode enters the starting lineup, along with Reneau, Galloway, Mgbako and Rice.

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