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No. 3 Gonzaga bounces back from loss, swamps No. 14 Indiana 89-73 behind Nembhard double-double

AP
Nov 28, 2024

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) Khalif Battle led a balanced attack with 16 points, Ryan Nembhard had a double-double and No. 3 Gonzaga used a first-half blitz to beat No. 14 Indiana 89-73 in the consolation round of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Thursday.

The Bulldogs led 33-31 with under eight minutes to go in the first half when five players scored in a 16-0 run in less than 4 1/2 minutes and the Hoosiers never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way.

Nembhard had 11 points and a career-high 13 assists for the Bulldogs (6-1). Michael Ajayi and Nolan Hickman added 15 points and Ben Gregg 13. Ajayi had nine rebounds as Gonzaga outrebounded Indiana 42-27.

Omar Ballo had 25 points for Indiana (4-2), which lost its second straight. Mackenzie Mgbako scored 13.

Gonzaga was locked in for its second blowout win over a top-15 opponent and rebounded from a loss to West Virginia.

Indiana struggled to get its offense going.

Indiana was within two when Bello scored inside at the 8:11 mark of the first half, giving him 17 points on 7-of-7 shooting against his first college team. His next basket came at 2:58 and cut Gonzaga's lead to 49-33. The Hoosiers missed eight shots with three turnovers between baskets.

Gonzaga led 57-39 at half with a 17-3 advantage in second-chance points. ... Bello was 11-of-13 shooting, his teammates were 16 of 46. ... Gonzaga had six players in double figures before Indiana got its second with 1:20 left in the game.

Gonzaga will play Davidson for fifth place, and Indiana plays Providence for seventh on Friday.

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1st Half
IND
Hoosiers
39
GONZ
Bulldogs
57

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Oumar Ballo vs. Graham Ike (Hoosiers gains possession)
19:39		Malik Reneau misses two point layup
19:37		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
19:30	+2	Graham Ike makes two point layup (Khalif Battle assists)	0-2
19:19		Malik Reneau turnover (bad pass) (Graham Ike steals)
19:08	+2	Michael Ajayi makes two point dunk (Ryan Nembhard assists)	0-4
18:52		Khalif Battle personal foul (Mackenzie Mgbako draws the foul)
18:42		Kanaan Carlyle misses three point jump shot
18:40		Graham Ike defensive rebound
18:33		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
18:31		Nolan Hickman offensive rebound
18:28	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point layup (Ryan Nembhard assists)	0-6
18:28		Hoosiers 30 second timeout
18:19		Myles Rice turnover (bad pass)
18:10	+2	Nolan Hickman makes two point driving floating jump shot	0-8
17:45		Mackenzie Mgbako misses three point jump shot
17:43		Michael Ajayi defensive rebound
17:34		Michael Ajayi misses two point jump shot
17:32		Oumar Ballo defensive rebound
17:16		Graham Ike personal foul (Oumar Ballo draws the foul)
17:16		Oumar Ballo misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:16	+1	Oumar Ballo makes regular free throw 2 of 2	1-8
17:16		Graham Ike personal foul (Mackenzie Mgbako draws the foul)
17:16		Mackenzie Mgbako personal foul (Graham Ike draws the foul)
16:54		Kanaan Carlyle personal foul (Ryan Nembhard draws the foul)
16:54	+1	Ryan Nembhard makes regular free throw 1 of 2	1-9
16:54	+1	Ryan Nembhard makes regular free throw 2 of 2	1-10
16:45	+2	Oumar Ballo makes two point dunk (Kanaan Carlyle assists)	3-10
16:26	+2	Michael Ajayi makes two point layup	3-12
16:26		Malik Reneau personal foul (Michael Ajayi draws the foul)
16:26	+1	Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 1 of 1	3-13
16:13	+2	Oumar Ballo makes two point driving hook shot	5-13
16:13		Braden Huff personal foul (Oumar Ballo draws the foul)
16:13	+1	Oumar Ballo makes regular free throw 1 of 1	6-13
15:55		Oumar Ballo blocks Nolan Hickman's two point layup
15:53		Bulldogs offensive rebound
15:51		TV timeout
15:44		Braden Huff misses two point turnaround hook shot
15:42		Kanaan Carlyle defensive rebound
15:29		Braden Huff blocks Trey Galloway's two point layup
15:27		Braden Huff defensive rebound
15:09		Malik Reneau personal foul (Dusty Stromer draws the foul)
15:02		Michael Ajayi turnover (lost ball) (Oumar Ballo steals)
14:55	+2	Kanaan Carlyle makes two point layup	8-13
14:43		Ryan Nembhard misses two point layup
14:41		Oumar Ballo defensive rebound
14:37		Dusty Stromer personal foul (Mackenzie Mgbako draws the foul)
14:37	+1	Mackenzie Mgbako makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-13
14:37	+1	Mackenzie Mgbako makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-13
14:23		Braden Huff misses three point jump shot
14:21		Oumar Ballo defensive rebound
14:05	+2	Oumar Ballo makes two point turnaround hook shot	12-13
13:49	+3	Braden Huff makes three point jump shot (Nolan Hickman assists)	12-16
13:41	+3	Luke Goode makes three point jump shot (Oumar Ballo assists)	15-16
13:21		Nolan Hickman turnover (lost ball) (Oumar Ballo steals)
13:13	+3	Mackenzie Mgbako makes three point jump shot (Trey Galloway assists)	18-16
13:02		Luke Goode personal foul
13:00		Myles Rice blocks Khalif Battle's two point layup
12:58		Kanaan Carlyle defensive rebound
12:58		Luke Goode misses three point jump shot
12:56		Bulldogs defensive rebound
12:54		Oumar Ballo personal foul
12:42	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point driving floating jump shot	18-18
12:42		Myles Rice personal foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
12:42	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 1	18-19
12:22		Luke Goode misses three point jump shot
12:20		Hoosiers offensive rebound
12:20		Braden Huff personal foul (Langdon Hatton draws the foul)
12:13		Ben Gregg blocks Langdon Hatton's two point layup
12:11		Dusty Stromer defensive rebound
12:03		Michael Ajayi misses two point layup
12:01		Michael Ajayi offensive rebound
11:57	+2	Michael Ajayi makes two point layup	18-21
11:53		Dusty Stromer personal foul (Langdon Hatton draws the foul)
11:52		TV timeout
11:53	+1	Langdon Hatton makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-21
11:53		Langdon Hatton misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:53		Dusty Stromer defensive rebound
11:46		Langdon Hatton blocks Ben Gregg's two point layup
11:44		Bulldogs offensive rebound
11:44		Myles Rice personal foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
11:44	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 1	19-22
11:44	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-23
11:21		Bryson Tucker misses two point layup
11:19		Ben Gregg defensive rebound
11:11	+2	Ben Gregg makes two point layup (Ryan Nembhard assists)	19-25
10:55		Ryan Nembhard personal foul (Langdon Hatton draws the foul)
10:55	+1	Langdon Hatton makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-25
10:55		Langdon Hatton misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:55		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
10:40		Michael Ajayi turnover (lost ball) (Langdon Hatton steals)
10:40		Michael Ajayi personal foul (Langdon Hatton draws the foul)
10:40	+1	Langdon Hatton makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-25
10:40	+1	Langdon Hatton makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-25
10:30	+2	Ryan Nembhard makes two point layup	22-27
10:30		Kanaan Carlyle personal foul (Ryan Nembhard draws the foul)
10:30	+1	Ryan Nembhard makes regular free throw 1 of 1	22-28
10:06	+2	Oumar Ballo makes two point layup (Trey Galloway assists)	24-28
10:06		Dusty Stromer personal foul (Oumar Ballo draws the foul)
10:06	+1	Oumar Ballo makes regular free throw 1 of 1	25-28
9:51		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
9:49		Graham Ike offensive rebound
9:44	+2	Graham Ike makes two point layup	25-30
9:31	+2	Oumar Ballo makes two point layup (Trey Galloway assists)	27-30
9:17		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
9:15		Hoosiers defensive rebound
8:54	+2	Oumar Ballo makes two point turnaround hook shot	29-30
8:28	+3	Nolan Hickman makes three point jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	29-33
8:14	+2	Oumar Ballo makes two point layup (Trey Galloway assists)	31-33
7:47		Michael Ajayi misses three point jump shot
7:45		Michael Ajayi offensive rebound
7:37		Michael Ajayi misses two point layup
7:35		Michael Ajayi offensive rebound
7:32	+2	Michael Ajayi makes two point layup	31-35
7:17		Mackenzie Mgbako misses two point layup
7:15		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
7:15		Luke Goode personal foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
7:13		TV timeout
7:15	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-36
7:15	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-37
6:50		Trey Galloway misses three point jump shot
6:48		Graham Ike defensive rebound
6:43	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point alley-oop dunk (Ryan Nembhard assists)	31-39
6:29		Trey Galloway misses two point layup
6:27		Graham Ike defensive rebound
6:22		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
6:20		Malik Reneau defensive rebound
6:15		Mackenzie Mgbako turnover (lost ball) (Ryan Nembhard steals)
6:06		Ryan Nembhard misses two point jump shot
6:04		Michael Ajayi offensive rebound
5:54	+2	Graham Ike makes two point layup (Ryan Nembhard assists)	31-41
5:38		Oumar Ballo turnover (bad pass) (Michael Ajayi steals)
5:34		Bryson Tucker personal foul (Graham Ike draws the foul)
5:34	+1	Graham Ike makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-42
5:34	+1	Graham Ike makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-43
5:17		Mackenzie Mgbako misses three point jump shot
5:15		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
5:07		Trey Galloway blocks Khalif Battle's two point layup
5:05		Mackenzie Mgbako defensive rebound
5:00		Trey Galloway misses two point layup
4:59		Mackenzie Mgbako offensive rebound
4:58		Mackenzie Mgbako misses two point layup
4:57		Hoosiers offensive rebound
4:46		Langdon Hatton turnover (lost ball) (Ryan Nembhard steals)
4:34		Braden Huff misses two point layup
4:32		Braden Huff offensive rebound
4:26	+2	Ben Gregg makes two point layup (Ryan Nembhard assists)	31-45
3:55		Trey Galloway misses three point jump shot
3:53		Braden Huff defensive rebound
3:41	+2	Braden Huff makes two point jump shot (Khalif Battle assists)	31-47
3:31		Myles Rice misses three point jump shot
3:25		Bulldogs defensive rebound
3:25		TV timeout
3:13	+2	Ben Gregg makes two point layup (Ryan Nembhard assists)	31-49
2:57	+2	Oumar Ballo makes two point layup (Luke Goode assists)	33-49
2:46	+2	Ben Gregg makes two point layup (Emmanuel Innocenti assists)	33-51
2:26		Oumar Ballo misses two point turnaround hook shot
2:24		Graham Ike defensive rebound
2:17	+3	Ben Gregg makes three point jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	33-54
2:09		Mackenzie Mgbako turnover (lost ball) (Ryan Nembhard steals)
1:59		Khalif Battle misses two point layup
1:57		Mackenzie Mgbako defensive rebound
1:57		Myles Rice misses three point jump shot
1:55		Hoosiers offensive rebound
1:55		Emmanuel Innocenti personal foul (Luke Goode draws the foul)
1:55	+1	Luke Goode makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-54
1:55	+1	Luke Goode makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-54
1:36		Ryan Nembhard turnover (bad pass) (Trey Galloway steals)
1:26	+3	Kanaan Carlyle makes three point jump shot (Luke Goode assists)	38-54
1:03		Ben Gregg misses three point jump shot
1:01		Michael Ajayi offensive rebound
0:55	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point layup	38-56
0:55		Trey Galloway personal foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
0:55	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 1	38-57
0:40		Kanaan Carlyle misses three point jump shot
0:38		Kanaan Carlyle offensive rebound
0:38		Khalif Battle personal foul (Kanaan Carlyle draws the foul)
0:38		Kanaan Carlyle misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:38	+1	Kanaan Carlyle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-57
0:32		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
0:08		Ryan Nembhard turnover (bad pass) (Oumar Ballo steals)
0:04		Trey Galloway turnover (bad pass) (Nolan Hickman steals)
0:01		Khalif Battle turnover (lost ball)
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
IND
Hoosiers
34
GONZ
Bulldogs
32

Time		Play	Score
19:48		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
19:46		Malik Reneau defensive rebound
19:35		Michael Ajayi personal foul
19:29		Oumar Ballo offensive foul (Graham Ike draws the foul)
19:29		Oumar Ballo turnover (offensive foul)
19:15		Michael Ajayi turnover (3-second violation)
19:02		Myles Rice misses two point jump shot
19:00		Michael Ajayi defensive rebound
18:37		Nolan Hickman turnover (bad pass) (Myles Rice steals)
18:32	+2	Myles Rice makes two point layup	41-57
18:02		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
18:00		Malik Reneau defensive rebound
17:50		Kanaan Carlyle misses three point jump shot
17:48		Bulldogs defensive rebound
17:32	+3	Nolan Hickman makes three point jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	41-60
17:08		Mackenzie Mgbako turnover (lost ball) (Khalif Battle steals)
16:58	+2	Graham Ike makes two point layup (Khalif Battle assists)	41-62
16:44		Ryan Nembhard personal foul (Kanaan Carlyle draws the foul)
16:34		Graham Ike personal foul (Oumar Ballo draws the foul)
16:32		Graham Ike personal foul (Oumar Ballo draws the foul)
16:31		Braden Huff personal foul (Oumar Ballo draws the foul)
16:24		Michael Ajayi personal foul (Myles Rice draws the foul)
16:22		Malik Reneau misses three point jump shot
16:20		Bulldogs defensive rebound
16:20		Oumar Ballo personal foul
16:07		Ryan Nembhard misses two point layup
16:05		Braden Huff offensive rebound
16:02	+2	Nolan Hickman makes two point layup (Ben Gregg assists)	41-64
15:51	+2	Malik Reneau makes two point layup	43-64
15:27		Myles Rice personal foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
15:27		TV timeout
15:13		Ryan Nembhard turnover (bad pass)
14:51		Khalif Battle personal foul (Myles Rice draws the foul)
14:51	+1	Myles Rice makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-64
14:51	+1	Myles Rice makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-64
14:40		Nolan Hickman misses two point jump shot
14:38		Myles Rice defensive rebound
14:30		Malik Reneau turnover (lost ball)
14:18		Braden Huff misses three point jump shot
14:16		Kanaan Carlyle defensive rebound
14:10	+2	Oumar Ballo makes two point layup (Myles Rice assists)	47-64
13:50		Dusty Stromer misses two point jump shot
13:48		Malik Reneau defensive rebound
13:39		Trey Galloway misses two point jump shot
13:38		Bulldogs defensive rebound
13:38		Braden Huff personal foul (Oumar Ballo draws the foul)
13:38		Oumar Ballo misses regular free throw 1 of 1
13:38		Dusty Stromer defensive rebound
13:31		Luke Goode shooting foul (Ryan Nembhard draws the foul)
13:31	+1	Ryan Nembhard makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-65
13:31		Ryan Nembhard misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:31		Hoosiers defensive rebound
13:11	+2	Malik Reneau makes two point layup (Oumar Ballo assists)	49-65
12:58		Malik Reneau personal foul (Ryan Nembhard draws the foul)
12:58	+2	Nolan Hickman makes two point layup (Ryan Nembhard assists)	49-67
12:30		Oumar Ballo misses two point jump shot
12:28		Ryan Nembhard defensive rebound
12:16	+3	Nolan Hickman makes three point jump shot (Ben Gregg assists)	49-70
12:03	+2	Myles Rice makes two point layup	51-70
11:57		Ryan Nembhard turnover (bad pass) (Luke Goode steals)
11:47		Oumar Ballo turnover (bad pass) (Ryan Nembhard steals)
11:30		TV timeout
11:23		Nolan Hickman misses three point jump shot
11:21		Malik Reneau defensive rebound
10:54	+2	Oumar Ballo makes two point layup (Trey Galloway assists)	53-70
10:30		Oumar Ballo personal foul (Ryan Nembhard draws the foul)
10:22		Dusty Stromer turnover (lost ball) (Malik Reneau steals)
10:17	+2	Mackenzie Mgbako makes two point dunk (Malik Reneau assists)	55-70
9:53		Myles Rice personal foul (Ben Gregg draws the foul)
9:53	+1	Ben Gregg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-71
9:53	+1	Ben Gregg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-72
9:36		Kanaan Carlyle misses three point jump shot
9:34		Michael Ajayi defensive rebound
9:31		Malik Reneau personal foul (Michael Ajayi draws the foul)
9:31	+1	Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-73
9:31	+1	Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-74
9:18	+2	Langdon Hatton makes two point layup (Kanaan Carlyle assists)	57-74
9:18		Ryan Nembhard shooting foul (Langdon Hatton draws the foul)
9:18		Langdon Hatton misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:18		Hoosiers offensive rebound
9:17		Michael Ajayi personal foul (Mackenzie Mgbako draws the foul)
9:17		Mackenzie Mgbako misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:17	+1	Mackenzie Mgbako makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-74
8:53		Ben Gregg misses two point hook shot
8:51		Luke Goode defensive rebound
8:43		Luke Goode misses two point layup
8:41		Nolan Hickman defensive rebound
8:31		Nolan Hickman misses three point jump shot
8:29		Bulldogs offensive rebound
8:29		Luke Goode personal foul (Michael Ajayi draws the foul)
8:29	+1	Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-75
8:29	+1	Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-76
8:15		Kanaan Carlyle misses two point jump shot
8:13		Michael Ajayi defensive rebound
7:46		Ben Gregg misses three point jump shot
7:44		Mackenzie Mgbako defensive rebound
7:30		Kanaan Carlyle misses two point jump shot
7:28		Kanaan Carlyle offensive rebound
7:24		Mackenzie Mgbako misses two point jump shot
7:22		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
7:02		Khalif Battle misses two point layup
7:00		Bulldogs offensive rebound
7:00		TV timeout
6:56	+2	Graham Ike makes two point jump shot	58-78
6:34	+2	Bryson Tucker makes two point layup (Oumar Ballo assists)	60-78
6:22	+3	Ryan Nembhard makes three point jump shot	60-81
5:59		Bryson Tucker misses two point jump shot
5:57		Ryan Nembhard defensive rebound
5:40	+2	Michael Ajayi makes two point jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	60-83
5:17	+2	Trey Galloway makes two point jump shot	62-83
4:48		Ryan Nembhard turnover (bad pass)
4:34	+2	Malik Reneau makes two point layup (Mackenzie Mgbako assists)	64-83
4:12		Graham Ike turnover (traveling)
4:07		Myles Rice misses two point layup
4:05		Graham Ike defensive rebound
4:01	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point dunk (Ryan Nembhard assists)	64-85
3:44	+2	Oumar Ballo makes two point jump shot	66-85
3:19		Myles Rice personal foul (Ryan Nembhard draws the foul)
3:19		TV timeout
3:19	+1	Ryan Nembhard makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-86
3:19	+1	Ryan Nembhard makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-87
3:10		Trey Galloway turnover (bad pass) (Ryan Nembhard steals)
2:48		Graham Ike misses two point jump shot
2:46		Trey Galloway defensive rebound
2:28		Mackenzie Mgbako misses three point jump shot
2:26		Graham Ike defensive rebound
2:00		Ryan Nembhard misses two point layup
1:58		Oumar Ballo defensive rebound
1:53	+3	Mackenzie Mgbako makes three point jump shot (Trey Galloway assists)	69-87
1:21	+2	Graham Ike makes two point layup	69-89
1:08	+2	Trey Galloway makes two point layup (Oumar Ballo assists)	71-89
0:37		Graham Ike misses three point jump shot
0:35		Bryson Tucker defensive rebound
0:29	+2	Mackenzie Mgbako makes two point jump shot	73-89
0:00		End of period

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Mackenzie Mgbako makes two point jump shot