Oumar Ballo shines as Indiana pulls away from Miami (Ohio)

Oumar Ballo stuffed the stat sheet Friday night for 14 points, 18 rebounds and six assists as Indiana pulled away in the final 10 minutes for a 76-57 nonconference win over Miami (Ohio) in Bloomington, Ind.

Malik Reneau led a balanced scoring attack with 19 points for the Hoosiers (7-2). Myles Rice added 17, missing just one of seven shots from the floor, and Trey Galloway scored 13 points. Indiana prevailed despite leading scorer Mackenzie Mgbako managing a season-low four points in 24 minutes.

Luke Skaljac scored 14 points for the RedHawks (5-3) and Eian Elmer added 11, although he made only 4 of 13 shots. Leading scorer Peter Suder hit just 2 of 10 shots and finished with nine points, eight under his average. Suder was coming off scoring a career-high 42 on Monday night in a win over Air Force.

Miami trailed just 55-50 with 10:09 left after Skaljac drilled a 3-pointer. The Hoosiers then went on a 12-0 run, holding the RedHawks scoreless for 6:19. Luke Goode's three-point play made it 67-50 at the 5:11 mark.

Indiana canned 53.8 percent of its field-goal attempts and owned the boards 46-98. Miami made only 30.8 percent from the floor.

Looking for its third straight win since taking consecutive blowouts last week at the Battle 4 Atlantis, Indiana got out of the gate quickly, ripping off the first eight points and taking a 10-point lead after less than five minutes on a 3-pointer from Galloway.

The Hoosiers kept Miami at bay for most of the half's remainder, upping the margin to 12 on a two occasions as they canned 58.3 percent of their shots. Galloway's assist to Ballo with 5:15 remaining before the break made it 33-21.

However, the RedHawks shot their way back into the game during the half's remainder. They drilled three 3-pointers in the final 4:13 and ripped off seven straight points to close within two before Reneau made a foul shot with less than a second left to give Indiana a 39-36 edge at the break.

--Field Level Media