Hoosiers put five in double figures without Malik Reneau
By Nick Jenkinson/Excel H Sports
The Indiana Hoosiers kept its postseason hopes alive Wednesday Night with an 83-78 win over the Penn State Lions at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana is 17-11 overall and 8-9 in the Big Ten with three games left in the regular season. The Hoosiers travel to Washington on Saturday at 6 PM and will stay out West to face Oregon Tuesday Night before coming next Saturday afternoon against Ohio State for Senior Day.
Penn State falls to 15-14 overall and 5-13 in the Big Ten. Penn State has two games left at hosting Maryland and traveling to Wisconsin. Penn State is sitting in 17th place and is in danger of missing the Big Ten Tournament with only 15 teams making it. “I think that’s horse shit to be honest with you” Penn State Head Coach Mike Rhoades said after the game. Rhoades added “it’s ridiculous to take away opportunities from student athletes.”
The game featured 10 ties and 7 lead changes and was a tight battle throughout with neither team leading by more than 7 points. Penn State led 39-37 at halftime and the Hoosiers outscored the Nittany Lions 46-39 in the second half. Indiana did not hit a field goal in the last 2:33 and Penn State did not hit a field goal for the last 2:24 and went 0-5 from the field and 2-10 down the stretch.
Oumar Ballo led the Hoosiers with 20 points and 12 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season. Trey Galloway scored 16 points and dished out 9 assists. Mackenize Mgbako and Myles Rice added 13 points each. Luke Goode scored 10 points, and the Hoosiers were without Malik Reneau who was fine at today’s shootaround, but “came down with something” and had to go to the ER.
Anthony Leal scored 6 points, Kannan Carlyle added 5 points and Langdon Hatton played but did not score. Indiana finished the game 29-51 from the field for 57%, 10-15 from three-point range for 66% and 15-25 from the free throw line for 60%. The Hoosiers pulled down 30 rebounds, dished out 24 assists, 7 steals, no blocks and committed 14 turnovers.
Penn State put six in double-figures as Ace Baldwin Jr led the way 22 points and got an earful from the Indiana Student section all-night long. Seven-Footer Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 16 points and 7 rebounds as he battled Oumar Ballo the entire game and attacked him scoring 9 points in the first half. Zach Hicks, Freddie Dilione V, D’Marco Dunn and Nick Kern J. all scored 10 points each as the Nittany Lions got all 78 points from these six players with Miles Goodman, Kachi Nzeh, Dominick Stewart and Jahvin Carter played but did not score.
Penn State finished the game 27-51 for 53%, 7-18 from three-point range for 39% and 17-22 from the free throw line for 77%. Penn State pulled down 23 rebounds, dished out 14 assists, 10 steals, 4 blocks and committed 12 turnovers. Penn State Head Coach Mike Rhoades praised Trey Galloway after the game. “I don’t know if he’s the best player in the league, but he’s the most valuable. That guy’s a winner” Penn State Head Coach Mike Rhoades said after the game.
As for Indiana they will make the Big Ten Tournament baring an epic collapse and teams below them winning out. With one last home game for Seniors Trey Galloway and Anthony Leal that have been here for five seasons. Oumar Ballo who started his career at Gonzaga before going to Arizona and now his only season in Bloomington all know that they are college careers are coming to an end, and they are cherishing the moment. “I know every single game means the world to them” Oumar Ballo said after the game.
Ballo, Galloway, Leal, Luke Goode, Langon Hatton and Dallas James will all go through Senior Night along with Walk On’s Jadden Bobbett, Shaan Burke and Jackson Creel next Saturday against Ohio State and that will be a very emotional time not only for those players but for Indiana Head Coach Mike Woodson who will coach what will be his final regular season game in a building that has meant so much to him not only wearing the Cream and Crimson but being the man in charge of the Cream and Crimson for the last four seasons and everybody will want to go out the right way with a win over Ohio State.
The following is courtesy of Penn State University Athletics
Penn State Drops Tough 83-78 Battle at Indiana
Nittany Lions snap two-game winning streak
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Penn State men’s basketball team dropped a tight 83-78 back-and-forth battle at Indiana Wednesday night inside Assembly Hall.
The game saw seven lead changes and 10 tie scores. The Nittany Lions shot 52.9 percent from the field, but the Hoosiers were 10-for-15 (66.7%) from 3-point range.
Ace Baldwin Jr. led Penn State with 22 points, five rebounds, five assists and a season high-tying six steals. Yanic Konan Niederhauser followed with 16 points and seven rebounds. Zach Hicks, D’Marco Dunn, Freddie Dilione V and Nick Kern Jr. all finished with 10 points apiece.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Four points from Yanic Konan Niederhauser and a Freddie Dilione V triple helped Penn State to a quick 7-1 start less than a minute and a half into the game.
- The Hoosiers went on a 16-5 run as Indiana made six-straight field goals to take a 17-12 lead with 12:07 to play.
- A Konan Niederhauser conventional three-point play and Ace Baldwin Jr. triple snapped the Indiana streak and sparked a 10-0 Nittany Lion run over the next three minutes that put Penn State back in front 22-17 with 9:10 left on the first-half clock.
- The score was tied at 22, 24 and 29 as the first-half clock wound down to 3:20 knotted at 29-29. Neither team was able to find more than four points of separation for the remainder of the term as Penn State controlled a 39-37 lead heading into halftime.
- The Nittany Lions worked their lead to five following a 6-2 run just over four minutes into the second half as a Baldwin Jr. layup had Penn State up 49-44 at 15:50.
- The Hoosiers battled back to take a one-point lead at 52-51 before the score was tied at 52, 53, 55 and finally 58 with 10:40 left to play.
- Five points from Baldwin Jr. fueled a 7-2 Nittany Lion run that gave Penn State back a five-point edge at 65-60 with 8:07 on the clock.
- Indiana responded once again, using back-to-back triples from Trey Galloway to fuel an 8-0 run over a minute-long stretch to pull ahead 75-69 with 4:51 to play.
- Freddie Dilione V nailed a clutch corner 3-pointer at 4:30 to snap the Hoosier streak and Konan Niederhauser followed with a free throw that had the score at 75-73 in favor of Indiana.
- Indiana’s Myles Rice scored five-straight points to put the Hoosiers ahead 80-73 with 2:33 to play. Penn State narrowed the gap to three at 81-78 with 41 seconds to go, but the Hoosiers were able to hang on and close the 83-78 win.
GAME NOTES
- Ace Baldwin Jr. connected on a season-high-tying four threes against the Hoosiers on his way to a 22-point scoring outing. Baldwin Jr. also added six steals, moving him into 17th on the NCAA’s all-time career steals list with 338. The Nittany Lion guard tacked on five assists and added five rebounds.
- All 10 of D’Marco Dunn’s points came in the second half as he provided a spark for the group as it contested with a hot-shooting Indiana team.
- Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 16 points while leading the team with seven rebounds.
- Freddie Dilione V, Zach Hicks, and Nick Kern Jr. all scored ten points apiece, giving the Nittany Lions six double-figure scorers for the second time in a week, as it did so at home against Nebraska on Feb. 19.
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Mike Rhoades: https://gopsu.us/MBBMediaCentral2425
UP NEXT
- The Nittany Lions are back home Saturday to host #16 Maryland on Senior Day presented by the Penn State Alumni Association. Tipoff is slated for noon on Big Ten Network
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