With under five minutes remaining in the first half and Indiana basketball tied with SIUE at 27 apiece, it looked like the Hoosiers forgot they had a game Wednesday night. Except for Mackenzie Mgbako, that is.
The sophomore forward got off to an explosive start, scoring 13 of the team’s first 19 points en route to a career-high 31 points. While the 80-61 final score shows a strong performance, IU struggled to find a rhythm and required Mgbako to pick up the slack for most of the contest.
“I thought he was the only one who truly played pretty good offense tonight,” Mike Woodson said postgame.