With No. 14 Indiana coming off two humiliating losses within the Battle Four Atlantis, the Hoosiers are relegated to seventh as they face Windfall Friday morning in Paradise Island, Bahamas.
It was two mortifying video games for Indiana (Four-2). Within the opening spherical, he went for 38 factors in an 89-61 loss to Louisville. Thursday was extra of the identical as Indiana fell to No. Three Gonzaga, 89-73.
The Hoosiers rallied to take the lead halfway by means of the primary half in opposition to Gonzaga, however their success was fleeting. Early within the second interval, they had been down by 23 factors. From there they by no means contested.
The rebounding numbers advised the story, with Gonzaga successful the battle on the boards 42-27, which paved the best way for its 23-Four benefit in second-chance factors.
Indiana coach Mike Woodson referred to as the Hoosiers' lack of success on the boards “the distinction within the sport.”
“It's a serious downside that we've had, and a giant a part of it’s that we don't put our bodies on the our bodies to lock them in,” Woodson added. “It's obtained to cease. We've obtained to get our guys to compete.”
One of many few positives was the offensive work of 7-foot middle Oumar Ballo, who hit 11 of 13 photographs on his technique to a game-high 25 factors.
The Indiana guards had been overtaken. Within the two video games, Myles Rice collected 9 factors and two assists on Three-of-17 taking pictures, whereas Kanaan Carlyle offered six factors and three assists whereas making simply 2-of-10 photographs from the ground.
“These final two video games, our perimeter sport has been uncovered. I've obtained to repair that,” Woodson mentioned.
Windfall (5-2) enters in an analogous mindset after sitting low in a 69-58 loss to Davidson on Thursday.
The brothers, who shot simply 31 p.c from the ground, fell behind 9-Zero within the opening minutes and trailed by double digits many of the means, by no means making a severe run on the lead.
“Disappointing night time, disappointing response from our program,” Windfall coach Kim English mentioned.
Jayden Pierre scored 14 factors and Wesley Cardet Jr. added 13 to steer the Friars. Freshman Oswin Erhunmwunse got here off the bench to ship 11 rebounds, together with 9 on the offensive board.
Of explicit concern to the English was the brothers' incapability to make photographs from near the rim. Windfall hit simply 10 of 37 makes an attempt from contained in the arc.
“I'm trying ahead to going again and chasing it and actually dissecting it and seeing why I didn't end higher,” English mentioned. “We really feel like that was the distinction within the sport.”
The Friars are with out their prime menace, Bryce Hopkins, who’s recovering from surgical procedure to restore a torn ACL. There had been hypothesis that Hopkins, who averaged 15.5 factors and eight.6 rebounds per sport final season, would make his season debut within the match.
After a 7:30 begin on Thursday night time, Windfall faces an 11:00 begin on Friday.
“Robust place to be, proper right here, once you want work to enhance issues, you want time to enhance, determine issues and repeat and repeat and ask and ask,” a English mentioned. “We don't have that luxurious proper now.”
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