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Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 31 vs. Michigan State
3/9/2024 2:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Opening Tip
• Indiana University is set to close the regular season in its 124th season of competition in men's basketball on Sunday, March 10, against Michigan State. The Hoosiers (17-13, 9-10 B1G) will take on the Spartans (18-12, 10-9 B1G) at 4:30 p.m. ET at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on CBS.
• The program will take part in the annual Senior Day festivities, including the 51st edition of senior speeches, following the game.
• Michigan State, under the guidance of Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo, are led by fifth-year senior guard Tyson Walker. He ranks fifth in the Big Ten in scoring at 18.0 points per night and third in steals at 1.9 per contest. He is shooting 44.4% (199-of-448) from the floor, 36.4% (51-of-140) from behind the arc, and 73.0% (73-of-100) from the free throw line.
Game Information
Sunday, March 10, 2024 • 4:30 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: CBS (Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 72-69
Last Meeting: MSU 80, IU 65 on Feb. 21, 2023, in East Lansing
Series History
• Indiana holds a 71-59 series lead over Michigan State. The Hoosiers have won three of the last four played at home.
• The programs split the two matchups last season, each winning on their home floors. At SSAH, IU claimed an 82-69 win behind 31 points, 15 rebounds, and five blocked shots from All-American forward Trayce Jackson-Davis.
• Head coach Mike Woodson averaged 21.4 points in his eight career contests against the Spartans.
Last Time Out
• Sophomore center Kel'el Ware posted a 26-point, 11-rebound double-double to go along with three assists, three blocks, and one steal in Indiana's 70-58 victory at Minnesota on March 6.
• Freshman forward Mackenzie Mgbako continued his hot-offensive streak with 15 points on 3-of-4 shooting from the 3-point line. He has averaged 17.0 points per game over his last six outings.
• Senior guard Trey Galloway notched his first career double-double with 13 points, 11 assists, and a career-best five steals.
• The Hoosiers held Minnesota to 22-of-57 (38.6%) from the floor and 5-of-26 (19.2%) from the 3-point line. Offensively, Indiana recorded 28 assists on 30 made buckets.
Follow the Gallo-Way
• Senior guard Trey Galloway is one of seven players in the Big Ten to average at least 10.0 points, 4.5 assists, and 1.0 steal per game. He joins A.J. Hoggard (Michigan State), Braden Smith (Purdue), Boo Buie (Northwestern), Ace Baldwin Jr. (Penn State), Tony Perkins (Iowa), and Dug McDaniel (Michigan) on the exclusive list.
• Galloway has dished out 105 total assists (5.5 per game) in Big Ten play to go against just 44 turnovers (2.29 assist-to-turnover ratio). He is tied for second (Bobby Wilkerson, 1975-76) on the IU single-season Big Ten assists list with 105. He trails only Quinn Buckner (106) from the 1974-75 season.
• He handed out a career-high 12 helpers against Northwestern (Feb. 18) and Wisconsin (Feb. 27) to become the first Hoosier since Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas (1980-81) to dish out 12-plus assists in multiple games in a single season. For his career, the Hoosiers are 15-6 in the 21 games 'Gallo' has handed out at least five dimes.
• He is averaging a career-best 10.8 points per game, including a career-high 28 points against No. 2/2 Kansas (Dec. 16). He converted 12-of-17 shots in the contest. He scored a Big Ten career-high 25 points (19 in the second half) at Ohio State (Feb. 6) while leading IU to an 18-point comeback victory.
Big Man Transformation
• Sophomore center Kel'el Ware, a transfer from Oregon, has upped his scoring (from 6.6 points to 15.7), rebounds (4.1 to 9.7), assists (0.5 to 1.5), and field goal percentage (45.7% to 59.4%) in his second season. He leads the Hoosiers in rebounds and blocks in 32 minutes per game.
• Ware has scored at least 10 points in 22 games this year after producing just eight such games as a rookie. The 7-footer has ripped down at least 10 boards 14 times this season, including four games over 15 boards.
• In 16 conference games, Ware is averaging a team-best 16.2 points on 62.6% (114-of-182) shooting from the floor and 50.0% (11-of-22) from the 3-point line. He is also averaging 10.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per night. He is one of two players (Zach Edey, Purdue) to average a double-double in B1G play.
• Ware tallied a career-high 28 points on 12-of-13 shooting from the floor in an 89-76 win over Harvard (Nov. 26) in Indianapolis. The 92.3% shooting split marked the highest by a Hoosier with at least 10 made field goals this century.
• Against Northwestern, Ware posted 22 points, 16 rebounds, and four blocked shots. He is one of seven players across Division I hoops this season to produce a line with at least 20 points, 15 rebounds, and four blocks.
• Ware tallied 27 points, 11 rebounds, and a career-high five blocked shots against Wisconsin on Feb. 27 to become just the second Division I player to post a 25-point, 10-rebound, 5-block game this season. He made 11-of-12 shots in the contest.
Mack Attack
• Freshman forward Mackenzie Mgbako has made a team-high 46 3-pointers on 34.3% shooting this season. Over the last six games he is averaging 17.0 points on .472/.429/.704 shooting splits.
• The consensus top-10 recruit is averaging 13.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in Big Ten play, both figures rank third on the Hoosiers. He has reached double figures in the scoring column in 21 of the last 24 games and scored at least 25 points in three of his last six starts.
• The Roselle Catholic graduate scored 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor against Northwestern (Feb. 18). Three days later against Nebraska (Feb. 21), Mgbako posted 22 points to go along with seven rebounds. He posted his first career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds at No. 10/11 Illinois (Jan. 27). Mgbako added a career-best 24 points at Maryland (March 3) on 4-of-8 shooting from the 3-point line.
• Among freshmen in the Big Ten, Mgbako is first in total points (364), points per game (12.1), and free throws made (82), second in made 3-pointers (46), and third in total rebounds (117).
Double-Doubles Carry IU in the Twin Cities
• Sophomore center Kel'el Ware (26 points, 11 rebounds) and senior guard Trey Galloway (13 points, 11 assists) each produced double-doubles in IU's 70-58 victory over Minnesota on March 6.
• The Hoosiers handed out 28 assists on 30 made field goals. The assist total marked the most by a Hoosier team on the road since posting 29 at Western Illinois on Nov. 26, 2005. The last B1G program to chart at least 28 assists in a road conference game was Purdue at Ohio State on Feb. 7, 1998.
IU Comes Back to Beat Maryland in College Park
• Indiana, who trailed 43-33 at the half, hit 12-of-14 shots to open the second stanza and outscored the Terps 50-35 over the final 20 minutes to collect an 83-78 win at Maryland on March 3.
• Freshman forward Mackenzie Mgbako scored a career-best 24 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the 3-point line. He scored 18 in the second half. Sixth-year senior guard Xavier Johnson posted 13 points, six assists, and three rebounds in 31 minutes off the bench.
Double Double, Double Double (CAREER)
Payton Sparks: 22; last vs. Toledo, 3/3/23
Kel'el Ware: 13; last at Minnesota, 3/6/24
Xavier Johnson: 4; last vs. Arizona, 12/10/22
Anthony Walker: 4; last at Clemson, 2/27/21
Malik Reneau: 2; last at Ohio State, 2/7/24
Mackenzie Mgbako: 1; at Illinois, 1/27/24
Trey Galloway: 1; at Minnesota, 3/6/24
Twenty Piece (CAREER)
Xavier Johnson: 21; last vs. North Carolina, 11/30/22
Payton Sparks: 9; last vs. Ohio, 3/9/23
Kel'el Ware: 9; last at Minnesota, 3/6/24
Malik Reneau: 7; last at Penn State, 2/24/24
Trey Galloway: 3; last at Ohio State, 2/7/24
Mackenzie Mgbako: 3; last at Maryland, 3/3/24
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• Indiana University is set to close the regular season in its 124th season of competition in men's basketball on Sunday, March 10, against Michigan State. The Hoosiers (17-13, 9-10 B1G) will take on the Spartans (18-12, 10-9 B1G) at 4:30 p.m. ET at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on CBS.
• The program will take part in the annual Senior Day festivities, including the 51st edition of senior speeches, following the game.
• Michigan State, under the guidance of Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo, are led by fifth-year senior guard Tyson Walker. He ranks fifth in the Big Ten in scoring at 18.0 points per night and third in steals at 1.9 per contest. He is shooting 44.4% (199-of-448) from the floor, 36.4% (51-of-140) from behind the arc, and 73.0% (73-of-100) from the free throw line.
Game Information
Sunday, March 10, 2024 • 4:30 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: CBS (Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 72-69
Last Meeting: MSU 80, IU 65 on Feb. 21, 2023, in East Lansing
Series History
• Indiana holds a 71-59 series lead over Michigan State. The Hoosiers have won three of the last four played at home.
• The programs split the two matchups last season, each winning on their home floors. At SSAH, IU claimed an 82-69 win behind 31 points, 15 rebounds, and five blocked shots from All-American forward Trayce Jackson-Davis.
• Head coach Mike Woodson averaged 21.4 points in his eight career contests against the Spartans.
Last Time Out
• Sophomore center Kel'el Ware posted a 26-point, 11-rebound double-double to go along with three assists, three blocks, and one steal in Indiana's 70-58 victory at Minnesota on March 6.
• Freshman forward Mackenzie Mgbako continued his hot-offensive streak with 15 points on 3-of-4 shooting from the 3-point line. He has averaged 17.0 points per game over his last six outings.
• Senior guard Trey Galloway notched his first career double-double with 13 points, 11 assists, and a career-best five steals.
• The Hoosiers held Minnesota to 22-of-57 (38.6%) from the floor and 5-of-26 (19.2%) from the 3-point line. Offensively, Indiana recorded 28 assists on 30 made buckets.
Follow the Gallo-Way
• Senior guard Trey Galloway is one of seven players in the Big Ten to average at least 10.0 points, 4.5 assists, and 1.0 steal per game. He joins A.J. Hoggard (Michigan State), Braden Smith (Purdue), Boo Buie (Northwestern), Ace Baldwin Jr. (Penn State), Tony Perkins (Iowa), and Dug McDaniel (Michigan) on the exclusive list.
• Galloway has dished out 105 total assists (5.5 per game) in Big Ten play to go against just 44 turnovers (2.29 assist-to-turnover ratio). He is tied for second (Bobby Wilkerson, 1975-76) on the IU single-season Big Ten assists list with 105. He trails only Quinn Buckner (106) from the 1974-75 season.
• He handed out a career-high 12 helpers against Northwestern (Feb. 18) and Wisconsin (Feb. 27) to become the first Hoosier since Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas (1980-81) to dish out 12-plus assists in multiple games in a single season. For his career, the Hoosiers are 15-6 in the 21 games 'Gallo' has handed out at least five dimes.
• He is averaging a career-best 10.8 points per game, including a career-high 28 points against No. 2/2 Kansas (Dec. 16). He converted 12-of-17 shots in the contest. He scored a Big Ten career-high 25 points (19 in the second half) at Ohio State (Feb. 6) while leading IU to an 18-point comeback victory.
Big Man Transformation
• Sophomore center Kel'el Ware, a transfer from Oregon, has upped his scoring (from 6.6 points to 15.7), rebounds (4.1 to 9.7), assists (0.5 to 1.5), and field goal percentage (45.7% to 59.4%) in his second season. He leads the Hoosiers in rebounds and blocks in 32 minutes per game.
• Ware has scored at least 10 points in 22 games this year after producing just eight such games as a rookie. The 7-footer has ripped down at least 10 boards 14 times this season, including four games over 15 boards.
• In 16 conference games, Ware is averaging a team-best 16.2 points on 62.6% (114-of-182) shooting from the floor and 50.0% (11-of-22) from the 3-point line. He is also averaging 10.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per night. He is one of two players (Zach Edey, Purdue) to average a double-double in B1G play.
• Ware tallied a career-high 28 points on 12-of-13 shooting from the floor in an 89-76 win over Harvard (Nov. 26) in Indianapolis. The 92.3% shooting split marked the highest by a Hoosier with at least 10 made field goals this century.
• Against Northwestern, Ware posted 22 points, 16 rebounds, and four blocked shots. He is one of seven players across Division I hoops this season to produce a line with at least 20 points, 15 rebounds, and four blocks.
• Ware tallied 27 points, 11 rebounds, and a career-high five blocked shots against Wisconsin on Feb. 27 to become just the second Division I player to post a 25-point, 10-rebound, 5-block game this season. He made 11-of-12 shots in the contest.
Mack Attack
• Freshman forward Mackenzie Mgbako has made a team-high 46 3-pointers on 34.3% shooting this season. Over the last six games he is averaging 17.0 points on .472/.429/.704 shooting splits.
• The consensus top-10 recruit is averaging 13.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in Big Ten play, both figures rank third on the Hoosiers. He has reached double figures in the scoring column in 21 of the last 24 games and scored at least 25 points in three of his last six starts.
• The Roselle Catholic graduate scored 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor against Northwestern (Feb. 18). Three days later against Nebraska (Feb. 21), Mgbako posted 22 points to go along with seven rebounds. He posted his first career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds at No. 10/11 Illinois (Jan. 27). Mgbako added a career-best 24 points at Maryland (March 3) on 4-of-8 shooting from the 3-point line.
• Among freshmen in the Big Ten, Mgbako is first in total points (364), points per game (12.1), and free throws made (82), second in made 3-pointers (46), and third in total rebounds (117).
Double-Doubles Carry IU in the Twin Cities
• Sophomore center Kel'el Ware (26 points, 11 rebounds) and senior guard Trey Galloway (13 points, 11 assists) each produced double-doubles in IU's 70-58 victory over Minnesota on March 6.
• The Hoosiers handed out 28 assists on 30 made field goals. The assist total marked the most by a Hoosier team on the road since posting 29 at Western Illinois on Nov. 26, 2005. The last B1G program to chart at least 28 assists in a road conference game was Purdue at Ohio State on Feb. 7, 1998.
IU Comes Back to Beat Maryland in College Park
• Indiana, who trailed 43-33 at the half, hit 12-of-14 shots to open the second stanza and outscored the Terps 50-35 over the final 20 minutes to collect an 83-78 win at Maryland on March 3.
• Freshman forward Mackenzie Mgbako scored a career-best 24 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the 3-point line. He scored 18 in the second half. Sixth-year senior guard Xavier Johnson posted 13 points, six assists, and three rebounds in 31 minutes off the bench.
Double Double, Double Double (CAREER)
Payton Sparks: 22; last vs. Toledo, 3/3/23
Kel'el Ware: 13; last at Minnesota, 3/6/24
Xavier Johnson: 4; last vs. Arizona, 12/10/22
Anthony Walker: 4; last at Clemson, 2/27/21
Malik Reneau: 2; last at Ohio State, 2/7/24
Mackenzie Mgbako: 1; at Illinois, 1/27/24
Trey Galloway: 1; at Minnesota, 3/6/24
Twenty Piece (CAREER)
Xavier Johnson: 21; last vs. North Carolina, 11/30/22
Payton Sparks: 9; last vs. Ohio, 3/9/23
Kel'el Ware: 9; last at Minnesota, 3/6/24
Malik Reneau: 7; last at Penn State, 2/24/24
Trey Galloway: 3; last at Ohio State, 2/7/24
Mackenzie Mgbako: 3; last at Maryland, 3/3/24
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