Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 4 vs. UNC Greensboro

• Indiana University continues its 125th competitive season in men’s basketball against UNC Greensboro at 6:30 PM ET on Thursday, November 21 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The game will be available on FS1 with Connor Onion (pxp) and Robbie Hummel (analyst) on the call.

• The Spartans come into the game with a 2-1 record. Junior guard Kenyon Giles leads the scoring attack with 16.3 points per game, shooting 18-of-36 (50.0%) from the floor and 10-of-20 (50.0%) shooting from the 3-point line . Junior guard Donovan Atwell (12.3 points per game) and fifth-year guard Ronald Polite III (10.3) are contributing double figures for head coach Mike Jones.

Game information

Thursday, November 21, 2024 • 6:30 PM ET
Simon Skjodt Convention Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: FS1 (Connor Onion, Robbie Hummel)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series history: Indiana leads, 2-0
Last meeting: IU 87, UNCG 79 on November 28, 2014, in Bloomington

Series history

• The Hoosiers are victorious in the two previous meetings between the two programs. The series started on November 21, 2003 with a score of 71-64. Bracey Wright And Marshall Strickland combined to score for 40 points, nine rebounds and five steals in the win.

• Indiana also won the rematch by a score of 87-79 on November 28, 2014. James Blackmon Jr. led the Hoosiers with 24 points and nine rebounds. All five Hoosier starters hit double figures in the scoring column.

Last timeout

• No. 17/18 Indiana (3-0) defeated South Carolina to earn a hard-fought 87-71 non-conference victory on Saturday, November 10 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers shot 26 of 51 (51.0%) from the floor, surrendered a season-high eight on 3-pointers and went 27 of 33 (81.8%) from the free throw line in the wire-to-wire victory.

• Redshirt sophomore guard Myles Rice scored a game-high 23 points, along with four rebounds and three assists. Sophomore forward Mackenzie Mgbako continued his hot streak, opening the season with 17 points and seven rebounds.

• Sixth-year senior center Oumar Ballo controlled the paint with 13 rebounds and six blocked shots on the season. Junior forward Malik Reneau scored 11 points while the fifth-year senior guard Trey Galloway added 11 points off the bench.

Sophomore jump for Mgbako

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

• The 31 points scored were the most in a Hoosier season debut 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 December 1, 1962.

• His two-game total of 49 points (24.5 points per game) was the highest by an IU player through the first two games of a season since James Blackmon Jr. Scored 49 points (26 vs. Kansas, 23 vs. UMASS Lowell) to start 2016-2017.

• The Gladstone, N.J., native leads the Hoosiers and ranks fourth in the Big Ten in scoring with 22.0 points per outing. He is one of three players nationally (Brian Moore Jr., Norfolk State; Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton) to average at least 20.0 points per game while shooting above 70.0% from the floor, 60.0% from the 3-point line and shooting 90.0%. from the free throw line.

Big guy Ballo

• Sixth-year senior center Oumar Ballo hit a career-high six shots against South Carolina (Nov. 16). The native of Koulikoro, Mali, has blocked 150 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 win. He is one of three players (Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton; Danny Wolf, Michigan) this season to post a 17-9-3 line or better while shooting at least 80.0% from the floor.

Reneau for two

• Junior forward Malik Reneau is averaging 15.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game through the first three games of the season.

• The Miami, Florida native is shooting 54.8% (17 of 31) from the floor and 83.3% (10 of 12) from the free throw line in 27.2 minutes per game.

• Reneau has scored more than 15 points 21 times in his career, including both games this season, and has surpassed the 20-point mark seven times.

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