Fast ideas on an 89-61 loss to Louisville:
The way it occurred
It was a nightmare of a primary half for Indiana on Wednesday afternoon within the Bahamas. The Hoosiers stored turning the ball over and will by no means get snug within the paint regardless of their bodily benefit. The end result was a gap 20 minutes through which the Hoosiers trailed by 10 factors twice and trailed 37-29 on the break. Indiana shot a dreadful 31 p.c from the sphere within the first half, turned it over 11 instances and tried simply six 3-pointers. Louisville, in the meantime, shot near 47 p.c from the sphere and went 7-for-17 (41.2 p.c) on 3s. The halftime margin would have been better if not for Malik Reneau’s 15 factors. Indiana’s guards – Myles Rice, Kanaan Carlyle and Trey Galloway – didn’t rating within the first half.
The second half was a continuation of the primary half. Louisville was the aggressor, as Indiana seemed unprepared and uninspired. By the 13:26 mark, Louisville led 62-37 on a layup by James Scott. The lead ballooned to twenty-eight factors at 68-40 on a Terrence Edwards Jr. layup with 11:46 remaining. It solely acquired worse from there. By the under-eight media timeout, Louisville’s lead was 74-40. The embarrassing loss put the Hoosiers right into a 2:30 p.m. ET tipoff towards the loser of Gonzaga-West Virginia on Thanksgiving Day.
Standout performer
Malik Reneau led Indiana with 21 factors and 7 rebounds in 21 minutes.
Statistics that stand out
Indiana allowed Louisville to attain 1.23 factors per possession. The Hoosiers turned it over on 32 p.c of their possessions within the blowout loss.
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