Hoosier Illustrated Live Blog: FINAL – Indiana basketball 97, Sam Houston 71

Indiana basketball returns home to face Sam Houston after finishing 1-2 at the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas.

While it was a disappointing week, the Hoosiers won their final game of the tournament against Providence and will look to build on that win against Sam Houston.

Sam Houston comes into this game with a 4-4 record and is led by second-year head coach Chris Mudge. Senior Lamar Wilkinson leads the Bearkats in scoring as he averages 19.4 points per game. Dorian Finister and Cameron Huefner also average double-figures for Sam Houston. Finister averages 11.4 points and 7.0 rebounds, while Huefner adds 10.4 points a game.

Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET and will be on BTN.

Below is the full live, running blog of Indiana basketball vs Sam Houston.

Pregame Notes:

Kanaan Carlyle and Gabe Cupps OUT.

Projected Indiana basketball projected starters:

G – Myles Rice

G – Trey Galloway

F – Mackenzie Mgbako

F – Malik Reneau

C – Oumar Ballo

First half:

Indiana basketball wins the tip and we get a very quick bucket from Oumar Ballo.

Hoosiers gets a defensive stop but Myles Rice misses a layup.

Mackenzie Mgbako hits his first three of the game. Indiana up 5-0. He gets a block but then gets called for the travel.

Sam Houston player hit a hook shot on the three point line. Wow.

Sam Houston ties it up at 5. Indiana basketball with three turnovers in 2:18 min.

Under-16 Media Timeout: Indiana basketball 7, Sam Houston 7

Starters on the floor after the break.

Goode and Tucker in for Ballo and Galloway.

Sam Houston takes the lead.

Reneau slam ties it back up to 9.

Goode fouled on a shot attempt. He goes 1-2 at the line.

Anthony Leal checks in for Mackenzie Mgbako. Loudest reaction of the night.

Rice hits a pull jumper in transition to extend the lead to 3.

Malik Reneau bringing life to this Assembly Hall crowd. Couple of big stops on the defensive end.

Indiana leads 14-9 at the 11:33 mark.

Reneau hits a free throw after the break. 15-9 Indiana basketball.

10-0 run Indiana basketball after a Rice layup.

Goode hits his first three. Assist from Leal.

There was an airball by Sam Houston but Myles Rice did not let it go out of bounds and it ended up being a turnover on the Hoosiers. Dumb play by Rice.

Sam Houston calls timeout at the 9:24 mark. Indiana leads 20-11.

Galloway with a foul plus the bucket. He converts at the line.

While energy seems a little dead, Indiana is on an impressive 19-3 run.

Under-8 Media timeout: Indiana basketball 26, Sam Houston 12

Luke hits his third three. 3-4 from deep right now.

Hoosiers forces a shot clock violation.

Ballo fouled. He goes 2-2 at the line. Hoosiers up 31-12.

Goode hits his 4th three.

Tucker with back-to-back strong takes to the rim. Got a dunk and then got fouled on a drive attempt. Tucker went 0-2 at the line, however.

Mike Woodson calls timeout. Up 36-14 with 4:24 left. 13-2 run the last 4:02. Have hit last 5 FGs.

Ballo in for Luke Goode. Ballo would get fouled and go 0-2.

Couple of sloppy turnovers for Indiana increases it to 8 total.

Sam Houston cuts the lead to 40-25.

Ballo rebound and finds Mgbako for a transition dunk.

At the half: Indiana basketball 42, Sam Houston 25

Second half

Sam Houston scores out of the break. Hoosiers answer with a little buddy ball action with Ballo feeding Reneau for the ‘oop.

Sam Houston cuts the lead to 44-32.

Mgbako fouled. He goes 2-2 at the line.

Ballo fouled. He goes 2-2 at line.

Sam Houston cuts the lead down to 9. Terrible effort from Indiana basketball right now.

Tough baseline jumper from Myles Rice.

Under-16 Media timeout: Indiana basketball 50, Sam Houston 39

Anthony Leal with a steal which leads to a craft bucket from Reneau in transition.

Luke Goode with his fifth three. Just been electric.

Strong cut from Bryson Tucker gets him to the FT line. He goes 2-2 at the line.

Under-12 Media Timeout: Indiana basketball 59, Sam Houston 47

Goode hit some technical free throws out of the break. Ballo would then shoot from a personal foul and go 2-2. Hoosiers up 63-47.

Luke Goode with a career-high 18 points in just 15 minutes of action tonight. Still 11:56 remaining.

Big Myles Rice three to extend the lead to 68-52.

Sam Houston has hit their last 10-12 shots. Getting a lot of buckets plus the fouls.

Myles Rice looks so much more comfortable attacking first, making plays second. His scoring ability is what really opens up the rest of his game, and the offense for Indiana. Starting to see parts of that in the second half here.

Under-8 Media Timeout: Indiana basketball 74, Sam Houston 56

Tucker at the line out of the break. He goes 2-2 at the line.

Myles Rice with a quiet 13 points right now. Only 1 assist and 3 turnovers, however. A much better performance overall than what we saw in Atlantis.

Sam Houston timeout at the 6:36 mark. Indiana basketball leads 81-58. 

Mgbako with a strong bucket out of the break.

Under-4 Media Timeout: Indiana basketball 87, Sam Houston 62

Langdon Hatton and Jakai Newton checks in.

Rice finds Hatton for the pick-and-roll for the easy bucket.

Rice with a couple of back-to-back buckets.

Jordan Rayford checks in for Myles Rice.

Jakai Newton with a pull up jumper. He followed up a few plays alter with a. strong jumper.

FINAL – Indiana basketball 97, Sam Houston 71

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