Indiana returns to action on Thanksgiving in the Battle 4 Atlantis against Gonzaga.

Game day essentials:

No. 3/4 Gonzaga (5-1) vs. No. 14/15 Indiana (4-1)

• Tip time: Thursday, approximately 2:30 p.m. ET
• Location: Imperial Ballroom • Paradise Islands, Bahamas
• TV: ESPN2 (Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli)
• Radio: IU Radio Network
• Electricity: Watch ESPN
• Distribution of points: Gonzaga is the favorite by 9.5 points
• KenPom Predicted Score: No. 5 Gonzaga 84, No. 60 Indiana 73
• Story: The series is tied, 2-2.
• Last meeting: Gonzaga won 70-54 on December 6, 2008.

The Bulldogs enter the game with a record of 5-1 under Hall of Fame head coach Mark Few. They lost their Battle 4 Atlantis opener against West Virginia in overtime 86-78.

Redshirt sophomore forward Braden Huff (14.8 points per game), sixth-year senior guard Khalif Battle (14.7), and fifth-year senior forward Graham Ike (13.0 ), all score at least 13.0 points per game. Overall, the average values ​​of five players are in the double-digit range.

Senior guard Ryan Nembhard has 59 assists with just seven turnovers in six games.

According to KenPom, Gonzaga has the No. 2 most efficient overall offense and No. 27 defense in the country.

Louisville report card

Due to the quick turnaround, below is an abbreviated version of the report for yesterday’s game against Louisville:

COACHING (F) Considering his team was ranked, Louisville was unranked and the Hoosiers were expected to win – that 28-point loss was probably the worst game of the Mike Woodson era. And it was probably the victory he needed most. Indiana was woefully inadequate on both ends of the field. Louisville led by 38 points, 38 pointswith 7:08 remaining in the game. Indiana seemed unprepared for what was coming to Louisville, they didn’t seem to mark shooters like Reyne Smith, and the Hoosiers were getting beat up and down the floor. Indiana’s staff had no answer to Louisville’s ball pressure or how to get its guards involved in the game.

INJURY (F) Indiana’s 0.85 points per possession was a season-low. Their effective field goal rate of 38.9% was also a season low, as the Hoosiers made an astonishing 32.6% of their shots from 2-point range despite a large size advantage. Indiana’s turnover rate of 31.9% was, you guessed it, also a season low. The only thing IU had going for them was their 47.8% offensive rebound rate, but that only led to an even worse offense.

DEFENSE (F) The season highs were also reached at this end of the floor. IU allowed 1.23 points per possession and an effective field goal rate of 64.6%. The previous highs this year were 0.99 or 44.4%. Louisville’s offensive rebound rate (37.9%) was also a season high allowed. The only thing Indiana did well was not foul. Maybe they should have.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Malik Reneau. That wasn’t too hard to figure out. Reneau played hard and didn’t foul. He scored 21 points, hit two three-pointers and was 5 of 6 from the line. In addition to his three turnovers, he added seven rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block.

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