Indiana basketball stays at No. 16 in latest AP Top 25 Poll

Indiana basketball remains in the AP Top 25 Rankings.

After starting off the season 3-0, the Indiana basketball Hoosiers remain as the No. 16 team in the latest AP Top 25 Poll. Indiana basketball started off the season as the No. 17 overall team in the country.

Indiana basketball is coming off an impressive 87-71 win over SEC program South Carolina this past Saturday. They were led in scoring in that game by their backcourt of Myles Rice, Kanaan Carlyle, and Trey Galloway. That trio of backcourt players for Indiana combined to score 46 points on 14-of-23 from the field — with all three players in double figures.

“It’s important. I’ve learned a valuable lesson from last season,” Woodson said following IU’s 87-71 win over South Carolina. “You know, that was the whole emphasis on this summer and once we entered the portal was trying to get perimeter guys that can come in here and play and get enough guys in case someone got hurt.”

“That’s the beauty about our team. You kind of have three different guards that can do everything,” Rice said after the win. “Trey is the Swiss Army knife. Kanaan is more of a combo guard. I can be a combo as well. I think we all feed off each other really well.

Through three games, the Hoosiers are averaging 85.7 points per game with sophomore forward Mackenzie Mgbako leading the team in both points with 22.0 points per game. Senior center Oumar Ballo leads the team with 9.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game while senior guard Trey Galloway is averaging an outstanding 6.3 assists.

Other Big Ten teams listed in the Top 25 include Purdue (No. 6), Wisconsin (No. 19), Rutgers (No. 24), and Illinois (No. 25).

Up next for the Hoosiers is a home contest vs UNCG on Thursday before traveling to the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament.

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