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A Big Ten matchup highlights a small Friday night card in college hoops with a matchup between the Indiana Hoosiers (12-6, 4-3 Big Ten) and the #11 Wisconsin Badgers (13-4, 5-1 Big Ten). Indiana just got crushed on their hole floor by Purdue, losing 87-66 as 9.5-point home underdogs. Wisconsin is coming off their first conference loss, losing to Penn State 87-83 on the road as 5.5 point road favorites. These teams only met once last season with Indiana winning by 18 at home. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:30 EST from the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin, and can be found on FS1.
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The Indiana Hoosiers are in the middle of the conference standings with a 4-3 league record, but have lost two of their last three games. Indiana lost to Rutgers on the road, and dropped a home game to #2 Purdue. In between the losses, Indiana was able to pull off a win at home over Minnesota. Their most recent game was the loss to Purdue, where they gave up 33 points and 14 rebounds to Zach Edey in the loss. Indiana was led by guard Trey Galloway with 17 points in the loss.
The Hoosiers are led in scoring by 6'9 forward Malik Reneau with 15.8 PPG. He is in his senior season and also averages 6.0 RPG and 3.1 APG. Reneau struggles against the size of Purdue, he only scored eight points after scoring 13 or more in his previous five games, including a 34 point game against Kennesaw State. Kel'el Ware is another big who can score on the inside, he is a 7'0, 240 pound sophomore averagi ng 14.2 PPG and 9.2 RPG. Ware also had a tough game against Edey, finishing with only five points, but had 17 in the previous game. Trey Galloway is a 6'5 senior guard leading the team in assists with 4.0 per game, while adding 10.7 PPG. The top shooter on the team is Mackenzie Mgbako, the 6'8 freshman has made 24 threes on 33.8% shooting while adding 10.4 PPG.
Indiana is currently ranked 94th in the nation according to KenPom. They rank 125th in offensive efficiency and 73rd in defensive efficiency. The Hoosiers play quickly on offense, their tempo ranks 85th out of 362 Division I teams.
Injury Report: No injuries that will impact the depth chart.