LIVE BLOG: Updates From Indiana Basketball Game Against UCLA

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – After picking up its biggest win of the season Tuesday at No. 11 Michigan State, Indiana (15-10, 6-8) returns to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Friday for an 8 p.m. ET tipoff against UCLA (18-7, 9-5).

In their sixth season under coach Mick Cronin, the Bruins won seven straight games in the heart of Big Ten play before losing 83-78 Tuesday at Illinois. UCLA is led in scoring by 6-foot-9 forward Tyler Bilodeau, who averages 14.3 points per game.

Welcome to our live blog for Friday's game between the Hoosiers and Bruins, where we'll share updates, highlights, stats and thoughts on the game.

Here's the final box score.

Indiana-UCLA Basketball — Indiana-UCLA final box score. | statbroadcast

Final: UCLA 72, Indiana 68. Indiana can't finish another close game after making a valiant comeback. Goode had 16 for IU. Bilodeau had 12 for the Bruins. Hoosiers went 7 for 29 from 3. Indiana (15-11, 6-9) has a long break before hosting Purdue Feb. 23.

2H 0:04 – Rice missed a contested jumper, and Mgbako got a good look at a put-back layup just before. Ball went out on UCLA> Mackenzie Mgbako got a really good look at a 3 after the in-bounds pass to Malik Reneau. Andrews goes to the line with UCLA leading 70-68, 4.2 left.

2H 0:31 – Mack missed a contested layup, and IU tied up the rebound. Jump ball called, possession arrow Indiana. After looking like it was out of it, Indiana has a chace to tie or take the lead.

2H 0:53 – Andrews missed the front end of the one-and-one. Mgbako threw a nice lob pass inside to Reneau, who finished the layup through the foul and made the free throw. UCLA leads 70-68.

2H 1:18 – After review, a personal foul called on Anthony Leal. UCLA's Sebastian Mack picks up a technical foul. Mack missed his lone free throw. Goode made both. UCLA leads 70-65, 1:18 to play.

2H 1:18 – Sebastian Mack with a tough drive after UCLA's timeout for an old-fashioned 3-point play. Nice play by Kobe Johnson to swat the ball out Ballo's hands and off Ballo after the entry pass. Rice got blocked at the rim on the following possession, and Goode missed a 3. UCLA leads 70-63. Fans are heading for the exits.

2H 2:33 – Mike Woodson has called a few nice plays out of timeouts or dead balls tonight. The most recent one led to a Galloway lob to Reneau for a dunk. Mgbako missed an open 3 in transition, but Reneau flew in for the put-back layup. UCLA leads 67-63.

2H 3:59 – Offensive foul called on Clark sends UCLA into the under-4 timeout leading 65-59. Bruins can't quite pull away in this one, currently on a 2:18 scoring drought. Rice has five points in the last two minutes, his first baskets of the game.

2H 5:50 – Rice knocks down a 3 from the top of the key, his first points of the game. Rice has been very inconsistent this season, like most of the roster, but IU could obviously use a scoring boost from him down the stretch. Bilodeau answers with an old-fashioned 3-point play on the next possession, but Rice punched right back with a reverse layup. UCLA leads 65-57.

2H 7:55 – UCLA leads IU 60-52 at the under-8. A bone-crushing screen by Ballo is called an offensive foul. Hoosiers lost Clark for a 3-pointer on the previous possession. Woodson was yelling at Rice as he ran back down the court on offense. Tough sequence just as the crowd started to get back into it.

2H 8:27 – Another good play drawn up out of a timeout by Woodson, this time getting an open 3-pointer for Mgbako. Galloway threaded the needed through the UCLA defense to find Ballo inside, drawing a foul on Clark. Ballo went 2 for 2 at the line. UCLA leads 57-52.

2H 9:28 – Timeout Mike Woodson after a Dylan Andrews 3-pointer pushes UCLA's lead back to 57-47. It's been a balanced scoring effort for UCLA tonight, as eight Bruins have at least four points and no one has more than eight points. Hoosiers need to lock down defensively down the stretch to get back in this one, because UCLA certainly won't make it easy to score the rest of the way.

2H 11:46 – Nice out of bounds play by Woodson with one second on the shot clock to free Goode for a mid-range jumper. After review, call stands. It's now the under-12 timeout, so three long breaks with about 30 seconds coming off the clock. Hoosiers trail 52-45.

2H 12:14 – Goode missed a good look at a 3 after coming out scorching hot to start the second half. Clark beat the Indiana defense off the dribble on the following possession. Indiana trails 52-43.

2H 14:00 – Johnson knocks down a 3-pointer over Leal to quiet down the crowd. Galloway has done a good job of driving the baseline hard and kicking out. Mgbako missed the first shot that came off Galloway's pass, but made the second. Ballo nearly had an and-one, but his shot rimmed out. He went 1 for 2 at the line. Perry knocks down a 3 right after. UCLA leads 48-41.

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2H 15:40 – Indiana has cut UCLA's lead to 42-38 at the under-16. Loudest cheers of the night from the Assembly Hall crowd after Ballo dove on the floor and hit the ball off UCLA. Goode has come out firing with 10 second-half points already.

2H 17:46 – Just 2:14 into the second half, Indiana has already surpassed its 3-point total from the entire first half with three – two from Goode and one from Mgbako.

2H 18:30 – Mgbako started the second half after leaving early with an injury. He knocked down a 3-pointer on the first possession. Goode made a tough layup on the second. UCLA leads 40-30 after a Skyy Clark 3.

Halftime: UCLA 35, Indiana 25. Rough offensive half for the Hoosiers, who shot 32.1% from the field and 2 for 13 from three. Mgbako had six early points but did not return after an injury at the 12:49 mark. Balanced scoring for the Bruins, who have 18 paint points.

Indiana-UCLA halftime stats. #iubb pic.twitter.com/fgtuGd9OTD
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1H 1:39 – Indiana moved the ball well to get an open 3-pointer for Goode, but he missed. That led to a dunk for 7-foot-3 Aday Mara on the other end. After not playing the last four games, Carlyle came off the bench and made his first shot, a corner 3. UCLA leads 35-23.

1H 3:38 – UCLA leads IU 29-20 at the under-4 timeout. Galloway just made the first 3-pointer after IU missed its first seven attempts. Hoosiers shooting just 33.3% from the field, too. Kanaan Carlyle is set to check in for the first time since Jan. 26 against Maryland.

1H 4:55 – Mackenzie Mgbako is riding a stationary bike now after limping off the court at the 12:49 mark and going into the tunnel. Indiana could really use his offense. Reneau tried to spin through the lane, but he had it stripped away. Rice missed a three on the next possession. Indiana trails 27-17. Hoosiers are shooting just 30% from the field and have missed all seven 3-point attempts.

1H 7:40 – Indiana breaks its long field goal drought with an and-one from Ballo, who missed the free throw. Indiana has missed its first five threes, most recently Leal, who just picked up his first foul on the following possession. UCLA leads 24-15.

1H 8:59 – Timeout Mike Woodson after a 6-0 UCLA run with threes from Johnson and Stefanovic. More finger-pointing from the Hoosiers after allowing those shots. No field goals and just three points for Indiana in the last 7:17. UCLA is 4 for 8 from 3.

1H 9:10 – UCLA gets an offensive rebound and kicks it back out to Johnson for a three. That's part of the risk Indiana is taking by playing a zone defense. Sometimes it can be hard to match up on box outs. Bruins lead 19-13.

1H 10:38 – Indiana trails UCLA 16-11 at the under-12. Hoosiers are 0 for their last 6 shots and haven't made a field goal in 5:38. It was always going to be tough to score against this solid UCLA defense. That becomes even more difficult if Mgbako remains out.

1H 11:20 – Bryson Tucker checked in for Mackenzie Mgbako, who limped off the court and into the tunnel with the Indiana medical staff. Couldn't tell how the injury occurred or what he was favoring. That would be a big loss for Indiana. Mgbako has six points already. UCLA leads 14-11 after a basket from Stefanovic.

1H 13:40 – Kobe Johnson missed a couple looks right at the rim, and Ballo missed a jump hook on the following possession. Rice and Reneau sub in for Leal and Ballo, and Indiana stays in the zone. Clark gives UCLA a 12-10 lead with a three.

1H 16:59 – Indiana executes an out-of-bounds play and gets an open layup for Leal. The Hoosiers are continuing to play a light press, then dropping back into a zone defense. Leal tried to throw an alley-oop to Galloway, but it was a bit too ambitious. Mgbako shot-faked and drove for a layup, giving Indiana an 8-5 lead.

1H 19:01– Indiana goes right to Ballo on the first possession, and he draws a foul on Kobe Johnson, perhaps UCLA's best defender. Ballo hit both free throws. Indiana came out in a press, but UCLA broke it fairly easily and found Bilodeau for a corner three. Mgbako answered with a mid-range jumper. IU up 4-3 early.

8:01 p.m. – Assembly Hall is doing a stripe out tonight. Solid execution just before tipoff. Assembly Hall is mostly full tonight, aside from the student balcony.

Here’s a look at the stripe-out theme at Assembly Hall. #iubb pic.twitter.com/UE8IfAELBX
— Jack Ankony (@ankony_jack) February 15, 2025

7:49 p.m. – Indiana is going with the same starters from Tuesday's game at Michigan State: Trey Galloway, Anthony Leal, Luke Goode, Mackenzie Mgbako, Oumar Ballo. That means Myles Rice and Malik Reneau will come off the bench for the second and third games this season, respectively. UCLA starters are Skyy Clark, Dylan Andrews, Kobe Johnson, Eric Dailey Jr., Tyler Bilodeau.

5 p.m. – No surprises on the Big Ten availability report for Indiana and UCLA. As expected, second-year guards Gabe Cupps and Jakai Newton remain out indefinitely. They've only played four games all year. For UCLA, Evan Manjikian and Devin Williams are out for UCLA and haven't played all year.

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