Sixth-year senior center Oumar Ballo scored each of Indiana’s 9 points before the run began. He scored the Hoosiers’ lone bucket during their collapse. And as Indiana faced a 54-33 deficit inside two minutes to play in the first half, Ballo had already scored a season-high 19 points — 57.6% of the team’s total scoring output.

Ballo scored a game-high 25 points – the highest total of his career since a 30-point outing against Creighton and Gonzaga point guard Ryan Nembhard during the 2022 Maui Invitational – but his Indiana teammates didn’t offer much in the way of help while the Bulldogs build an 18-point lead in the first half.