LIVE BLOG: Updates From Indiana Basketball Senior Day Against Ohio State

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Senior Day and the regular season finale takes on extra importance Saturday for Indiana (18-12, 9-10), which hosts Ohio State (17-13, 9-10) at 3:45 p.m. ET at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

The Hoosiers are back home after a trip to the Pacific Northwest, where they beat Washington 78-62 and lost 73-63 to Oregon. The Buckeyes have won two in a row, defeating USC and winning a double-overtime thriller against Nebraska. The stakes are especially high Saturday, as Ohio State and Indiana are listed on the bubble in Joe Lunardi's latest Bracketology. The winner gets the No. 9 seed in next week's Big Ten Tournament and plays Thursday, while the loser gets the No. 10 seed and plays Wednesday.

Welcome to our live blog, where we'll share updates, highlights, stats and thoughts on the game as the action unfolds.

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Final: Indiana 66, Ohio State 60. Hoosiers came back from a 10-point deficit with 12:12 to play and a five-point deficit with five minutes to play. Galloway had 16 and 6, plus a massive three late. Parrish had 19. Indiana finishes the regular season 19-12, 10-10. Mike Woodson finishes 41-39 in regular season Big Ten play. Indiana has earned the No. 9 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will play Thursday at noon ET. I believe Oregon is locked into the No. 8 seed and will play Indiana, regardless of tomorrow's outcome at Washington. Ducks can tie Illinois and UCLA with 12 wins, but they lost the regular season matchups.

2H 0:09 – Goode heads to the line for two more free throws as Indiana leads 65-60. That should do it.

2H 0:38 – No foul called as Leal hit the deck hard and turned the ball over against Ohio State's press. The Buckeyes got two good looks at threes but missed. Mgbako got the rebound and split his free throws. Indiana up 64-58.

2H 1:05 – Indiana got the ball back after Mobley dribbled it off his foot and out of bounds. I think the shot clock was incorrect there. But holy cow, Galloway pulled up and drilled a DEEP three just before the buzzer. Woodson and Galloway were both pointing to the ref about the clock during the play. Crazy. IU up 61-56, 1:05 to play.

2H 1:50 – Great play by Anthony Leal to dive on the floor and grab the loose ball before it went out of bounds. Reneau made two free throws on the previous possession, but missed a contested layup on the next one. Indiana lead 58-56.

2H 3:30 – Royal missed both free throws after drawing Reneau's second foul, but Mahaffey chased down the offensive rebound and smartly called a timeout. Galloway and Rice have four fouls apiece. This one's going to be a nail biter, tied 56-56.

2H 4:00 – Ballo missed the front end of the one and one, but the ball went out on Ohio State on the rebound. Indiana freed up Galloway for a three on the out of bounds play, and he knocked it down. Ohio State up 56-54. That shot gave Galloway 1,000 career points. He's the 56th Hoosier to do so.

2H 5:00 – Trey Galloway back in the game with four fouls. He exited with 8:55 to play. Rice heads back to the bench. Galloway passed it inside to Ballo, who got a pretty good look at a layup but missed. Ohio State leads 54-51.

2H 7:06 – Two free throws by Reneau give Indiana a 51-50 lead, its first lead since it was 6-5 at the 15:48 mark of the first half. Hoosiers are on a 10-1 run.

2H 8:15 – After review, the foul on Mobley has been upgraded to a Flagrant 1. Leal made both free throws. Goode got fouled on the next possession and made both free throws, so just like that, it's a tie game 49-49.

2H 8:16 – Reneau tried to sneak a pass inside to Mgbako, but he turned it over. Might not have been the best decision, compared to kicking it out to one of the guards and resetting. Thornton made Indiana pay with a three on the next possession, though Reneau answered with back-to-back layups. Galloway picked up his fourth foul with 8:55 to play. Ohio State leads 49-45 after Mobley is called for an offensive foul, looked like he elbowed Leal in the head.

2H 11:08 – Assembly Hall is alive again. Indiana on a quick 5-0 run, now trailing 46-41, 11:08 to play. Nice out of bounds play to get Leal a layup, followed by a Galloway three. Galloway gave a passionate fist pump after the play and waved his arms at the crowd. It's his last game at Assembly Hall.

2H 13:01 – Timeout Mike Woodson as Ohio State takes its biggest lead of the game, 43-34, after a Glover layup. Out of control turnover by Galloway on the last possession, and Leal and Ballo couldn't connect on the previous one. It's been a rough day for IU's offense in many ways.

2H 15:04 – Indiana's offensive struggles have carried over into the second half. The Hoosiers are on a 2:18 scoring drought and have missed their last five shots. For the game, they're shooting 28.9% from the field and 2 for 14 from three. Might be best just to pound the ball inside to Ballo and Reneau for high-percentage shots. Buckeyes up 39-32 after a Parrish three.

2H 15:51 – Great defensive play by Anthony Leal to square his body in front of Thornton, who drove into Leal's chest and fumbled the ball out of bounds. Leal gave a passionate fist pump and yell to the crowd in his final home game.

2H 16:42 – Ballo and Galloway miss contested layups on back-to-back possessions. Both were awkward angles, as Galloway tried a reverse in mid-air and Ballo had to contort his body. Galloway picked up his second foul with 17:09 to play. He and Leal have two apiece and remain in the game. Mgbako cuts into Ohio State's lead with a pair of free throws. Buckeyes lead 36-32.

2H 18:25 – Good decision by Ballo to pass out of the post when the double-team came and finding Goode at the top of the key for a three. The crowd tried to get back into it, but Parrish silenced them with a three on the next possession. Buckeyes are 5 for 14 from three. Hoosiers are 2 for 11. Ohio State leads 32-28.

Halftime: Ohio State 29, Indiana 25. Things could be worse, considering IU shot 31% from the field and 1 for 9 from three. But it certainly has some things to fix offensively in the second half. Galloway, Mobley and Parrish have 7 points apiece. Feels like a heavy dose of the Galloway-Ballo pick and roll is in store for the second half. Galloway has hit the floater a few times and made some smart passes to Ballo for easy buckets. Make Ohio State prove it can stop it.

1H 0:28 – Rice missed a good look at a three, but Goode competed hard for the offensive rebound and got fouled going up for the put back. He made both free throws. Ohio State's lead is down to 29-25.

1H 1:40 – Galloway hits a floater out of the timeout on a pick and roll with Ballo. I think Indiana should go to that play frequently throughout the rest of the game. It's led to its easiest buckets of the game so far, whether that's Galloway taking it on his own or dishing it to Ballo for a dunk or layup. Ohio State 7-footer Aaron Bradshaw answered with a three. Ohio State leads 29-21.

1H 2:46 – Indiana down 26-19, 2:46 left in the half. Gotta be on pace for one of its worst shooting halves of the season – 28% FG, 1 for 8 from three, 4 for 8 at the line. But still only a seven-point deficit, so things could be going worse, I guess.

1H 4:10 – Galloway has come up short on at least three shots today. But after missing his last three, Mgbako fought around a box our to grab the offensive rebound and put it back in. Mgbako drove hard, got fouled and split his free throws. Indiana has really struggled at the line today, going 4 for 8. Ohio State leads 23-17.

1H 7:12 – Mike Woodson is really mixing it up to try to find some kind of offensive spark here. He's gone small with Reneau, Goode and three guards, and now he's going big with Mgbako, Reneau and Ballo.

1H 7:12 – Good defensive play by Ballo to strip the ball from Glover and deflect it off his thigh. The Indiana crowd has grown a bit restless, but they appreciated that defense. Maybe it can energize the Hoosiers, who are off to a slow start. Rice knocked down a three shortly after, but Royal made an and-one layup over Reneau, his first foul. He'll shoot the free throw after the under-8 timeout, with Ohio State leading 17-12.

1H 9:06 – Timeout Mike Woodson. Rough start for the IU offense, shooting just 17.6% from the field, missing all four 3-point attempts and going 3 for 6 at the line. Hoosiers on a 3:01 scoring drought and trail 15-9.

1H 9:56 – Nice cut from Leal and find from Reneau, but Leal left the layup short. Crowd wanted a foul, but not sure there was much contact there. Carlyle turned it over on the next possession, leading to a fast break layup by Parrish. Ohio State leads 13-9.

1H 11:59 – Indiana is not shooting the ball well to start, just 3 for 13 from the field, 0 for 3 from three and 3 for 6 at the free throw line. Mgbako got a good look at a mid-range jumper and missed, but Galloway fought hard for the tip-in. Galloway was fouled on the following possession and split his free throws. Rice and Reneau checked in for Mgbako and Ballo.

1H 13:38 – Leal flew in for an offensive rebound and kicked it out to Goode, who's three went halfway down before rimming out. He thought it was going in, based on his reaction. Thornton and Mobley beat the IU defense for layups on the following two possessions, and Goode missed another three in between. Ohio State leads 9-6.

1H 15:48 – Good defense by Oumar Ballo to stand his ground and not fall for the shot fake from Mobley, who traveled on the play. Galloway hit Ballo for an alley-oop dunk on the following possession. But Mgbako turned it over on the next trip, leading to an Ohio State fast break layup. Ballo will have two free throws after the break. Game is tied 5-5.

1H 17:58 – Trey Galloway goes right to Oumar Ballo with a lob pass on Indiana's first possession. Ballo scored easily over Ohio State's 6-foot-9 center Sean Stewart. That's a mismatch Indiana should look to exploit all game. Galloway took an awkward fadeaway at the end of the shot clock on the second possession and didn't come close. Stewart beat Ballo off the dribble but missed the contested layup. Royal gets Ohio State on the board with a three. Buckeyes lead 3-2 early.

3:29 p.m. – Same starters for Indiana as last game: Trey Galloway, Anthony Leal, Luke Goode, Mackenzie Mgbako and Oumar Ballo. Ohio State is rolling with Bruce Thornton, John Mobley Jr., Micah Parrish, Devin Royal and Sean Stewart to start. Goode had 23 points in the first matchup, and Ballo had 21 in the 77-76 Indiana victory in overtime.

2:15 p.m. – On the Big Ten Indiana listed Jakai Newton and Gabe Cupps out for Saturday's game, as expected. Both guards have been out with injuries for most of the season. Ohio State listed Meechie Johnson out, and he took a leave of absence from the team earlier in the season, so no injury surprises for either team.

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