HoosierIllustrated Live Blog: FINAL – Wisconsin 91, Indiana basketball 79

Indiana basketball continues this season with a two-game road trip beginning tonight at the Kohl Center against the No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers. The Hoosiers are coming off a 21-point loss to No. 2 Purdue at home on Tuesday.

Tip is scheduled for 8:30 pm ET on FS1.

Below is the full, live running blog.

Indiana Injury Report:

Indiana forward Kel’el Ware is questionable while guard Anthony Leal is out for the second-straight game.

There are no injuries on Wisconsin’s side.

Update on Kel’el Ware — Likely not a great sign for him playing tonight. Already a difficult matchup but would be even trickier if Ware can’t suit up. #iubb https://t.co/9vrhlKanq2

— Alec Lasley (@allasley) January 20, 2024

Pregame Notes:

Programming note — tipoff tonight for Indiana vs Wisconsin will be at 8:45 pm ET, per IU pregame radio. #iubb

— Alec Lasley (@allasley) January 20, 2024

Indiana forward Kel’el Ware will not play tonight vs No. 11 Wisconsin due to an ankle injury, per Mike Woodson.

Payton Sparks will start in his place.#iubb

— Alec Lasley (@allasley) January 20, 2024

Indiana Starters:

#IUBB Starters vs Wisconsin

G – Gabe Cupps
G – Trey Galloway
F – Mackenzie Mgbako
F – Malik Reneau
C – Payton Sparks

— Drew Rosenberg (@drew_rosenberg2) January 20, 2024

First Half:

Indiana wins the tip and Malik Reneau opens the scoring after grabbing two offensive rebounds off of his misses.

Chucky Hepburn buries a three for Wisconsin’s first bucket.

Gabe Cupps buries a pull up jumper from the elbow on his first attempt of the game.

Under-16 Media Timeout: Indiana 8 Wisconsin 3

Under 16 Timeout: Indiana 8 Wisconsin 3

Hectic start but Indiana has done a good job on the glass in the opening sequence without Kel'el Ware. Winning the rebounding battle 7-1 with 3 OREBs. #iubb

— Drew Rosenberg (@drew_rosenberg2) January 20, 2024

Hoosiers really looking to get Malik Reneau involved early. He has 6 points on 3/6 shooing through 6 minutes.

John Blackwell has a quick 7 points on 3/3 shooting for Wisconsin.

Wisconsin is 3/6 from three while Indiana is yet to attempt a three.

Under 12 Media Timeout: Wisconsin 13 Indiana 12

A 13-2 Wisconsin run has them leading by 6 over the Hoosiers.

Malik Reneau ends the run with his signature jump hook.

Indiana Timeout with 7:57 remaining: Wisconsin 20 Indiana 14

Indiana has made one of their last eight field goals attempts.

The Hoosier offense has gone stagnant as Wisconsin has started to pull away.

Under 4 Media Timeout: Wisconsin 29 Indiana 20

16 minutes into the game and not a single assist for Indiana. Not winning basketball. #iubb

— Drew Rosenberg (@drew_rosenberg2) January 20, 2024

Wisconsin’s leading scorer AJ Storr picks up his second foul.

Xavier Johnson picks up his second foul, both him and Trey Galloway now have two fouls.

Payton Sparks draws a foul and putting IU in the bonus for the final two minutes.

Gabe Cupps knocks down the first three of the game for Indiana cut the deficit to 11 on the assist from Galloway. That assist was the first of the game for IU, 19 minutes in.

Xavier Johnson picks up his 3rd foul.

HALFTIME: Wisconsin 39 Indiana 26

– Xavier Johnson + Trey Galloway: 2 pts on 1-of-6 FG and 5 fls
– 15 to 2 bench points for Wisconsin
– Seems as though Kaleb Banks has totally fallen out of the rotation
– No defensive pressure — Wisconsin getting anything and everything it wants

Half: Wisconsin 39, #iubb 26 pic.twitter.com/gei7rHeu6J

— Alec Lasley (@allasley) January 20, 2024

Second Half:

Malik Reneau scores the first bucket of the half for IU on a dunk. He has ten points.

Mackenzie Mgbako buries a three and the Wisconsin lead is down to 10.

Back to back Wisconsin threes has them up 16.

Under-16 Media Timeout: Wisconsin 49 Indiana 33

Trey Galloway buries the three and Sparks gets the dunk to go after a steal, Indiana is on a 9-0 run and trails by 7.

Wisconsin Timeout: Wisconsin 49 Indiana 42

Max Klesmit ends the run with back to back threes, he is 5/6 from beyond the arc this game.

Trey Galloway picks up his 3rd foul.

Max Klesmit has taken over and Xavier Johnson picks up his 4th foul.

Wisconsin leads by 17 now and Klesmit has 21 points.

CJ Gunn has been ejected after he elbowed Max Klesmit right in front of the refs which resulted in a flagrant 2 foul.

Trey Galloway also picked up his fourth foul.

An 18-2 run from Wisconsin after Indiana cut it to 7.

Indiana Timeout 12:00 remaining: Wisconsin 67 Indiana 44

Malik Reneau is up to 19 points, IU’s only player in double-figures

Under-8 Media Timeout: Wisconsin 74 Indiana 56

Mackenzie Mgbako and Malik Reneau are rallying Indiana back as they trail by 11.

Under-4 Media Timeout: Wisconsin 81 Indiana 68

A much better second half for Indiana as Mgbako and Reneau have combined for 35.

Wisconsin Timeout: Wisconsin 86 Indiana 76

FINAL: Wisconsin 91 Indiana 79

Final Box Score + Extended Stats

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