Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 6 vs. No. 3/4 Gonzaga

Thursday, November 28

Paradise Islands, Bahamas

2:30 PM

Indiana University

Gonzaga

Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 6 vs. No. 3/4 Gonzaga

11/27/2024 6:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Opening Tip
• Indiana University continues its 125th season of competition in men's basketball in a consolation bracket matchup against No. 3/4 Gonzaga in the Battle 4 Atlantis at 2:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 28, at the Imperial Ballroom. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2 with Beth Mowins (pxp) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) on the call.

• The Bulldogs enter the game with a record of 5-1 under Hall of Fame head coach Mark Few. Redshirt sophomore forward Braden Huff (14.8 points per game), sixth-year senior guard Khalif Battle (14.7), and fifth-year senior forward Graham Ike (13.0) all produce at least 13.0 points per night. Senior guard Ryan Nembhard has dished out 59 assists to just seven assists through six games.

Game Information
Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024 • 2:30 p.m. ET
Imperial Ballroom • Paradise Islands, Bahamas
TV: ESPN2 (Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Austin Render, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Series tied, 2-2
Last Meeting: ZAGA 70, IU 54 on Dec. 6, 2008, in Indianapolis

Series History
• The two programs have met four previous times, all on a neutral floor. The teams have split the overall series. Indiana defeated Gonzaga 76-75 in the second round of the 2002 Maui Invitational. IU, behind tournament MVP Bracey Wright, went on to top Virginia to claim the Maui Invitational championship.

• The Hoosiers also earned a 70-57 win over the Bulldogs in the opening round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament in Sacramento behind a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double from All-American D.J. White.

• Gonzaga's two wins came in the second round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament (90-80) in Salt Lake City and in the 2008 Hartford Classic (70-54) in Indianapolis.

Last Time Out
• No. 14/15 Indiana (4-1) was upended by Louisville by a score 89-61 in the opening round of the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at the Imperial Ballroom.

• Junior forward Malik Reneau produced a game-high 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the floor. The game marked his eighth career 20-point game. He added seven rebounds, four assists, and one block, all team highs. Sixth-year senior center Oumar Ballo chipped in 11 points and six boards.

Second-Year Leap for Mgbako
• Sophomore forward Mackenzie Mgbako scored a career-high 31 points on 13-of-17 shooting from the floor and 4-of-5 shots from behind the arc in Indiana's victory over SIUE on Nov. 6 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

• The 31 points scored marked the most in a season debut for a Hoosier since 17-year NBA veteran Eric Gordon dropped 33 points in his collegiate debut against Chattanooga on Nov. 12, 2007. Former All-American Jimmy Rayl holds the program record for points in a season opener when he scored 35 against Virginia on Dec. 1, 1962.

• His two-game total of 49 points (24.5 points per game) marked the most by an IU player in the first two games of a season since James Blackmon Jr. scored 49 (26 vs. Kansas, 23 vs. UMASS Lowell) at the beginning of 2016-17.

• The Gladstone, N.J., native leads the Hoosiers and ranks 11th in the Big Ten at 16.6 points per outing. He is the only B1G player to average at least 16.0 points per game while shooting above 50.0% from the floor, 50.0% from the 3-point line, and 90.0% from the free throw line this season.

Reneau for Two
• Junior forward Malik Reneau is averaging 15.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 1.0 block per game through the first five games of the season.

• The Miami, Fla., native is shooting 52.9% (27-of-51) from the floor and 85.7% (18-of-21) from the free throw line in 28.7 minutes per game.

• Reneau has tallied 15-plus points 22 times in his career, including both games this season, and topped the 20-point threshold eight times.

Twenty Piece (CAREER)
Oumar Ballo: 8; last vs. Cal, 2/1/24
Myles Rice: 8; last vs. UNC Greensboro, 11/21/24
Malik Reneau: 8; last vs. Louisville, 11/27/24
Mackenzie Mgbako: 4; last vs. SIUE, 11/6/24
Kanaan Carlyle: 3; last vs. Washington State, 1/18/24
Trey Galloway: 3; last at Ohio State, 2/6/24
Langdon Hatton: 2; last at Kennesaw State, 2/1/24

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