Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 10 vs. Minnesota

Opening Tip
• Indiana University will open Big Ten Conference play in its 125th season of competition in men's basketball against Minnesota on Monday, Dec. 9, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The game will be broadcast on BTN with Dave Revsine (pxp) and LaPhonso Ellis (analyst) on the call.

• The Gophers enter the game with a record of 6-4 under fourth-year head coach Ben Johnson. Fifth-year senior forward Dawson Garcia leads Minnesota at 19.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.0 steal in 34.0 minutes per game. Fifth-year senior guard Lu'cye Patterson adds 10.0 points and 3.9 assists per game.

Game Information
Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: BTN (Dave Revsine, LaPhonso Ellis)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 109-69
Last Meeting: IU 70, MINN 58 on March 6, 2024, in Minneapolis

Series History
• Indiana has won 109-of-178 games played in the series against Minnesota. The Hoosiers have won eight-straight games overall and eight straight played in Bloomington.

• The Hoosiers swept the Gophers last year with 12-point wins on Jan. 12 in Bloomington (74-62) and on March 6 in Minneapolis (70-58). First round draft pick Kel'el Ware averaged 22.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks in the two victories over Minnesota last season. Mackenzie Mgbako posted 17.0 points on 5-of-8 shooting (62.5%) from the 3-point line and Trey Galloway averaged 12.5 points, 9.0 assists, and 4.5 steals.

Last Time Out
• Sixth-year senior Oumar Ballo dominated the paint 14 points, 18 rebounds, six assists, and two blocks as Indiana (7-2) pulled away from Miami (Ohio) by a score of 76-57 on Friday, Dec. 6 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

• Junior forward Malik Reneau tallied 19 points and seven rebounds to lead the Hoosier offense. Redshirt sophomore guard Myles Rice registered 17 points, while fifth-year senior guard Trey Galloway added 13 points.

• The Hoosiers held the RedHawks 21 points on 7-of-30 (23.3%) shooting from the floor in the second half.

Reneau for Two
• Junior forward Malik Reneau is averaging a team-best 15.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. The Miami, Fla., native is shooting 58.9% (53-of-90) from the floor and 88.2% (30-of-34) from the free throw line in 27.6 minutes per game.

• He is one of four major conference players (Chad Baker-Mazara, Auburn; Chance McMillan, Texas Tech; Fousseyni Traore, BYU) to average at least 12.5 points per game while shooting 55.0% from the floor and 85.0% from the free throw line.

• Reneau has tallied 15-plus points 25 times in his career, including six games this season, and topped the 20-point threshold nine times. IU holds a record of 17-8 in games Reneau scores at least 15 points throughout his career.

Big Fella Ballo
• Sixth-year senior center Oumar Ballo swatted a career-high-matching six shots against South Carolina (Nov. 16). The Koulikoro, Mali, native has blocked 159 shots in his career.

• Against Eastern Illinois (Nov. 10), Ballo recorded 17 points, nine rebounds, and three blocks in 27 minutes. He shot 8-of-10 from the field in the Indiana victory. He was one of three players (Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton; Danny Wolf, Michigan) in the month of November to post a line of 17-9-3 or better while shooting at least 80.0% from the floor.

• Ballo scored a season-best 25 points on 11-of-13 shooting from the floor against No. 3/4 Gonzaga on day two of the Battle 4 Atlantis. He is the first IU player to finish the game shooting at least 80% from the floor on 10-or-more made field goals since Kel'el Ware vs. Wisconsin on Feb. 27, 2024 (91.7%, 11-12).

• He became the third IU player in the last 30 years (Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jared Jeffries) to record 10+ points, 15+ rebounds, and 5+ assists in a single game after producing 14 points, 18 rebounds, and six assists against Miami (Ohio) on Dec. 6.

• The former Gonzaga Bulldog and Arizona Wildcat has played in 141 games in his career and earned 119 wins. He holds a career winning percentage of 84.4%.

It's Goode from Three
• Senior forward Luke Goode drilled a career-best five 3-pointers against Sam Houston on Dec. 3 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. He is the first IU player to hit at least five 3s in a game since Jalen Hood-Schifino (6) on Jan. 28, 2023, and the first to do it off the bench since Tamar Bates on Dec. 7, 2022.

• Goode the first IU player to score at least 18 points off the bench since Anthony Walker on Dec. 19, 2023, and the first to do it in 17 minutes or less since Jeremy Hollowell (18 points, 17 minutes) on Nov. 26, 2013.

• The Fort Wayne, Ind., native shot 38.9% (61-of-157) from the 3-point line for an Illinois team that made and Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament last season.

Double Double, Double Double (CAREER)
Oumar Ballo: 35; last vs. Miami (Ohio), 12/6/24
Langdon Hatton: 6; last at Kennesaw State, 2/1/24
Malik Reneau: 3; last vs. Sam Houston, 12/3/24
Trey Galloway: 1; at Minnesota, 3/6/24
Mackenzie Mgbako: 1; at Illinois, 1/27/24

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Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 10 vs. Minnesota

Players Mentioned

Oumar Ballo

Trey Galloway

Luke Goode

Langdon Hatton

Mackenzie Mgbako

Malik Reneau

Myles Rice

Anthony Walker

Kel'el Ware

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