Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 27 vs. No. 13/14 Purdue

Opening Tip
• Indiana University continues Big Ten Conference play in its 125th season of competition in men's basketball against No. 13/14 Purdue at 1:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Feb. 23, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The game will carry a national broadcast on CBS with Andrew Catalon (pxp) and Steve Lappas (analyst) on the call.

• The Boilermakers enter the game on a three-game skid and a record of 19-8 (11-5 Big Ten) under 20th-year head coach Matt Painter. Purdue is led by 16.1 points, 8.8 assists, 4.7 rebounds, and 2.4 steals per game from junior guard Braden Smith. Junior forward Trey Kaufman-Renn has added a team-best 19.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per night.

Game Information
Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 • 1:30 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: CBS (Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana trails, 128-92
Last Meeting: PUR 81, IU 76 on Jan. 31, 2025, in West Lafayette

Series History
• For the 221st times in program history, Indiana will take on archrival Purdue. No team has appeared on the IU schedule more often than Purdue. The Boilers hold a 128-92 advantage and have won three straight in the series.

• On Jan. 31, Indiana took No. 10 Purdue down to the wire in an 81-76 loss at Mackey Arena. Sophomore forward Mackenzie Mgbako scored a game-high 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the floor. The Hoosier bench, led by fifth-year senior guard Trey Galloway (15 points, 5 assists) and senior forward Luke Goode (13 points) outscored the Boilermakers 28-14.

Last Time Out
• UCLA topped Indiana by a score of 72-68 on Friday, Feb. 14, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, the first game between the two sides in Bloomington since December of 1956.

• A trio of Hoosiers, led by senior forward Luke Goode (16 points), reached double figures in the contest. Junior forward Malik Reneau and sophomore forward Mackenzie Mgbako each scored 14 points.

Luke Playing Some Goode Ball
• Senior forward Luke Goode has averaged 11.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game while shooting 46.1% (53-of-115) from the floor, 43.6% (34-of-78) from the 3-point line, and 91.3% (21-of-23) from the free throw line over his last 14 games (10 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.

Mack on the Attack
• Sophomore forward Mackenzie Mgbako has put together 41 double-figure scoring games in his two-year, 59-game career with the Cream 'n Crimson. He has topped 20 points eight times, with six such games against Big Ten opponents.

• Over his last six starts, Mgbako has averaged a team-high 16.0 points per game on 47.7% (42-of-88) shooting from the floor and 88.9% (16-of-18) from the free throw line. He has also grabbed 5.1 rebounds per contest.

Following the Gallo-Way
• Fifth-year senior guard Trey Galloway has dished out more than 100 assists in each of the last two seasons. He is the first Hoosier to achieve the feat since Kevin "Yogi' Ferrell handed out 100-plus assists in four-straight seasons (2012-16). Current Team and Recruiting Coordinator Jordan Hulls added back-to-back 100-plus assist seasons from 2011-12.

• He is one of four B1G players (Brock Harding, Iowa; Jeremy Fears Jr., Michigan State; Tre Holloman, Michigan State) to average at least 4.0 assists in under 30.0 minutes per game.

Reneau for Two
• Junior forward Malik Reneau has averaged 12.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game across 21 contests. He has shot 53.8% (105-of-195) from the floor and 73.0% (54-of-74) from the free throw line in 22.9 minutes per game.

• In his last three appearances, Reneau has posted 16.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game on 50.0% (20-of-40) shooting from the floor.

• 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 Leal Deal
• Fifth-year senior guard Anthony Leal has started the last eight contests and has averaged 3.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.6 stocks (steals+blocks) per game. He has been tasked with the toughest perimeter assignment each game.

• Leal, the 2020 Mr. Basketball, is a Kelley School of Business graduate is in the midst of earning his MBA from the school. He has launched MotionSports, a fully-integrated, single platform solution — all in a mobile-native, NIL-native experience.

• The name MotionSports pays homage to legendary Indiana men's basketball head coach Bob Knight and his successes running the motion offense in Bloomington.

Indiana Spoils Michigan State's B1G Night
• 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.

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Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 27 vs. No. 13/14 Purdue

Players Mentioned

Oumar Ballo

Trey Galloway

Luke Goode

Anthony Leal

Mackenzie Mgbako

Malik Reneau

Myles Rice

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