[AC] IU-SIUE Postgame Show
Join us immediately following Indiana's Wednesday's night game against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (SIUE) for another edition of The Assembly Call IU Postgame Show.
Indiana opened their 2023-24 season with a solid 80-61 victory over SIU Edwardsville, powered by sophomore Mackenzie Mgbako's breakout 31-point performance that served notice his offseason development was no mirage.
From the Assembly Call postgame discussion:
Mgbako's transformed confidence leads to a career-high 31 points on efficient 13-of-17 shooting
Myles Rice, Trey Galloway, and Kanaan Carlyle bringing distinctly different but complementary skills at guard
High expectations meeting early growing pains for Oumar Ballo
Questions about defensive rebounding after allowing 16 offensive boards
Signs of an evolving offensive identity under Mike Woodson
A dominant individual performance earns the game ball
Hustle Award goes to a spark plug guard who elevated the entire team's energy
The Hoosiers move to 1-0 and will look to build on this foundation when they host Eastern Illinois on Sunday at noon.
On the mics: Coach Brian Tonsoni, Andy Bottoms, Ryan Phillips
Video replay
Watch on our YouTube channel below. (Open the link in YouTube to to see a replay of the ChatMob alongside the show.)
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I LIKED ...
- Team hit on 14 of 17 FTs for 82% - a very encouraging sign
- Woody ignoring the notion that you can't have Ballo and Reneau on the floor at the same time
- Gallo off the bench ... must limit his minutes because of his 26% on 3s, 54% on FTs last year.
- Gallo with a ridiculous 9 assts in only 17m ... he is THE most enigmatic player in the country ...
- Carlyle offsetting another poor shooting night with 6 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl and 1 blk ...
- Giving Goode 20m ... there will be games we need Goode and Leal in there to space the floor ...
- Reneau improving his stats from last year with 7 rebs and only 1 TO ...
- "M" active underneath with 9 rebs ...
DID NOT LIKE ...
- We got pounded on the off boards, 16 to only 9 for IU ... whose fault is this?
- Rice with 5 TOs ... I can recall at least two that were completely unforced and voluntary ...
- Carlyle unable to get into the flow of the game offensively ...
- NO minutes for Newton; he has moon-hops, a 43" vertical and he can handle ball; why no minutes?
Last year we struggled with our pre-conference cupcake opponents, but not this time ... 11 of our first 12 games are at home.