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Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 26 vs. UCLA
2/13/2025 8:55:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Opening Tip
• Indiana University continues Big Ten Conference play in its 125th season of competition in men's basketball against RV/RV UCLA at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 14, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The game will carry a national broadcast on FOX with Jason Benetti (pxp) and Robbie Hummel (analyst) on the call.
• The Bruins enter the game with a record of 18-7 (9-5 Big Ten) under sixth-year head coach Mick Cronin. UCLA has 10 players that average at least 10.0 minutes per game and six guys that score 7.5 points per game or more. Junior forward Tyler Bilodeau leads the team at 14.3 points per night to pair with 4.5 rebounds and 32 made 3-pointers.
Game Information
Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 • 8 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: FOX (Jason Benetti, Robbie Hummel)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Series tied, 6-6
Last Meeting: UCLA 54, IU 49 on March 17, 2007, in Sacramento
Series History
• Indiana and UCLA, two of the most iconic college basketball programs, play for the first time as Big Ten Conference opponents and 13th time overall. Both sides have won six contests. The two programs have combined for 3,966 wins and 16 national titles.
• The Hoosiers and Bruins have met five times in March Madness, including a 106-79 IU triumph in the Elite 8 of the 1992 NCAA Tournament. Calbert Cheaney, the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer, dropped 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting in the win.
Last Time Out
• Indiana took down No. 11/11 Michigan State by a final tally of 71-67 on Feb. 11 at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. The victory marked the fifth AP top-15 win under head coach Mike Woodson and the first on the road since beating No. 5 Purdue (79-71) at Mackey Arena on Feb. 25, 2023.
• Junior forward Malik Reneau (19 points, 12 rebounds) and sixth-year senior center Oumar Ballo (14 points, 10 rebounds) each collected double-doubles as IU scored 38 points in the paint. Redshirt sophomore guard Myles Rice and senior forward Luke Goode each contributed 10 points.
Big Fella Ballo
• Sixth-year senior center Oumar Ballo has averaged 13.7 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.5 blocks per contest and has shot 64.6% (126-of-195) from the floor. He is one of five Division I men's basketball players (Johni Broome, Auburn; Nelly Junior Joseph, New Mexico; Denijay Harris, Southern Miss; Yaxel Lendeborg, UAB) to average 13.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 1.5 blocked shots per night, and the only player to post those numbers on 60.0% shooting or better.
• Ballo is one of six active players to score 1,600 career points and grab 1,000 career rebounds. He joins Johni Broome (Auburn), Norchad Omier (Baylor), Ryan Kalkbreener (Creighton), Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), and Nelly Junior Joseph (New Mexico) on the exclusive list. He recorded his 42nd career double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) at No. 11/11 Michigan State (Feb. 11). Ballo has posted seven double-doubles across his last 12 contests. During that stretch, he has averaged 14.9 points and 10.1 rebounds per game.
• The 7-footer is second among Big Ten players (Danny Wolf, Michigan) and ranks 16th nationally in boards per game. Ballo has strung together 12 games with double-digit boards, including a season-high 18 against Miami (Ohio) on Dec. 6.
Luke Playing Some Goode Ball
• Senior forward Luke Goode has averaged 11.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game while shooting 46.1% (47-of-102) from the floor, 46.4% (32-of-69) from the 3-point line, and 90.5% (19-of-21) from the free throw line over his last 13 games (9 starts).
• The Fort Wayne, Ind., native has averaged 14.2 points per game on 16-of-31 (51.6%) shooting from behind the 3-point line in his last five Big Ten Conference road games.
• Goode scored a career-high 23 points at Ohio State (Jan. 17). He knocked down four triples against the Buckeyes, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:07 to play in overtime.
• He has made at least one 3-point field goal in 21 of the last 22 games, including all nine games he started. The Fort Wayne native has made 133 3-pointers in 101 career collegiate games.
Reneau for Two
• Junior forward Malik Reneau has averaged 12.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game across 20 contests. He has shot 53.2% (100-of-188) from the floor and 72.5% (50-of-69) from the free throw line in 22.3 minutes per game.
• He posted 19 points (16 in the second half) to pair with 12 rebounds in an upset victory over No. 11/11 Michigan State (Feb. 11). The double-double marked the second of his season and fourth of his career. Over the last two seasons, Reneau has averaged 22.7 points and 9.0 rebounds in his last three road games in which he has played at least 20 minutes against Associated Press Top 15 teams.
• The Miami, Fla., native missed five games (at Penn State, Jan. 5; vs. USC, Jan. 8; at Iowa, Jan. 11; vs. Illinois, Jan. 14; at Ohio State, Jan. 17) with a lower body injury. He returned to the lineup in a bench role at Northwestern (Jan. 22).
• Reneau has tallied 15-plus points 28 times in his career, including nine games this season, and topped the 20-point threshold nine times. IU holds a record of 19-9 in games Reneau scores at least 15 points throughout his career.
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• Indiana University continues Big Ten Conference play in its 125th season of competition in men's basketball against RV/RV UCLA at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 14, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The game will carry a national broadcast on FOX with Jason Benetti (pxp) and Robbie Hummel (analyst) on the call.
• The Bruins enter the game with a record of 18-7 (9-5 Big Ten) under sixth-year head coach Mick Cronin. UCLA has 10 players that average at least 10.0 minutes per game and six guys that score 7.5 points per game or more. Junior forward Tyler Bilodeau leads the team at 14.3 points per night to pair with 4.5 rebounds and 32 made 3-pointers.
Game Information
Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 • 8 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: FOX (Jason Benetti, Robbie Hummel)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Series tied, 6-6
Last Meeting: UCLA 54, IU 49 on March 17, 2007, in Sacramento
Series History
• Indiana and UCLA, two of the most iconic college basketball programs, play for the first time as Big Ten Conference opponents and 13th time overall. Both sides have won six contests. The two programs have combined for 3,966 wins and 16 national titles.
• The Hoosiers and Bruins have met five times in March Madness, including a 106-79 IU triumph in the Elite 8 of the 1992 NCAA Tournament. Calbert Cheaney, the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer, dropped 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting in the win.
Last Time Out
• Indiana took down No. 11/11 Michigan State by a final tally of 71-67 on Feb. 11 at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. The victory marked the fifth AP top-15 win under head coach Mike Woodson and the first on the road since beating No. 5 Purdue (79-71) at Mackey Arena on Feb. 25, 2023.
• Junior forward Malik Reneau (19 points, 12 rebounds) and sixth-year senior center Oumar Ballo (14 points, 10 rebounds) each collected double-doubles as IU scored 38 points in the paint. Redshirt sophomore guard Myles Rice and senior forward Luke Goode each contributed 10 points.
Big Fella Ballo
• Sixth-year senior center Oumar Ballo has averaged 13.7 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.5 blocks per contest and has shot 64.6% (126-of-195) from the floor. He is one of five Division I men's basketball players (Johni Broome, Auburn; Nelly Junior Joseph, New Mexico; Denijay Harris, Southern Miss; Yaxel Lendeborg, UAB) to average 13.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 1.5 blocked shots per night, and the only player to post those numbers on 60.0% shooting or better.
• Ballo is one of six active players to score 1,600 career points and grab 1,000 career rebounds. He joins Johni Broome (Auburn), Norchad Omier (Baylor), Ryan Kalkbreener (Creighton), Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), and Nelly Junior Joseph (New Mexico) on the exclusive list. He recorded his 42nd career double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) at No. 11/11 Michigan State (Feb. 11). Ballo has posted seven double-doubles across his last 12 contests. During that stretch, he has averaged 14.9 points and 10.1 rebounds per game.
• The 7-footer is second among Big Ten players (Danny Wolf, Michigan) and ranks 16th nationally in boards per game. Ballo has strung together 12 games with double-digit boards, including a season-high 18 against Miami (Ohio) on Dec. 6.
Luke Playing Some Goode Ball
• Senior forward Luke Goode has averaged 11.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game while shooting 46.1% (47-of-102) from the floor, 46.4% (32-of-69) from the 3-point line, and 90.5% (19-of-21) from the free throw line over his last 13 games (9 starts).
• The Fort Wayne, Ind., native has averaged 14.2 points per game on 16-of-31 (51.6%) shooting from behind the 3-point line in his last five Big Ten Conference road games.
• Goode scored a career-high 23 points at Ohio State (Jan. 17). He knocked down four triples against the Buckeyes, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:07 to play in overtime.
• He has made at least one 3-point field goal in 21 of the last 22 games, including all nine games he started. The Fort Wayne native has made 133 3-pointers in 101 career collegiate games.
Reneau for Two
• Junior forward Malik Reneau has averaged 12.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game across 20 contests. He has shot 53.2% (100-of-188) from the floor and 72.5% (50-of-69) from the free throw line in 22.3 minutes per game.
• He posted 19 points (16 in the second half) to pair with 12 rebounds in an upset victory over No. 11/11 Michigan State (Feb. 11). The double-double marked the second of his season and fourth of his career. Over the last two seasons, Reneau has averaged 22.7 points and 9.0 rebounds in his last three road games in which he has played at least 20 minutes against Associated Press Top 15 teams.
• The Miami, Fla., native missed five games (at Penn State, Jan. 5; vs. USC, Jan. 8; at Iowa, Jan. 11; vs. Illinois, Jan. 14; at Ohio State, Jan. 17) with a lower body injury. He returned to the lineup in a bench role at Northwestern (Jan. 22).
• Reneau has tallied 15-plus points 28 times in his career, including nine games this season, and topped the 20-point threshold nine times. IU holds a record of 19-9 in games Reneau scores at least 15 points throughout his career.
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