{"id":425096,"date":"2024-12-01T00:49:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T00:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=425096"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Mackenzie-Mgbako-leads-No-14-Indiana-past-Providence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Mackenzie-Mgbako-leads-No-14-Indiana-past-Providence\/","title":{"rendered":"Mackenzie Mgbako leads No. 14 Indiana past Providence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mackenzie Mgbako broke out of a shooting slump with 25 points to propel No. 14 Indiana to an 89-73 win over Providence in the Battle 4 Atlantis 7th place game Friday in Paradise Island, Bahamas. Trey Galloway moved into the starting lineup and delivered 18 points, five rebounds and five assists as the Hoosiers (5-2) salvaged their final game of the tournament after suffering two losses by decisive margins. Galloway got the start with point guard Kanaan Carlyle sidelined by a lower-body injury. Malik Reneau added 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting for the Hoosiers, who made 53.3 percent of their shots both overall and from deep as they hit 8 of 15 from 3-point range. Mgbako rebounded from subpar efforts in Indiana&#8217;s previous two defeats against Louisville and Gonzaga when he scored a combined 21 points on 6-of-17 shooting. Jayden Pierre scored 22 points and dealt six assists to lead Providence (5-3). Jabri Abdur-Rahim and Corey Floyd Jr. added 14 points each for the Friars. Indiana took control in the first half with a 12-1 run, which Mgbako started with a three-point play and Luke Goode finished with a 3-pointer to put the Hoosiers up 25-14. In the final 2:48 of the first half, Mgbako scored seven points to help Indiana to a 44-34 lead at the break. Each time the Friars made a move in the second half, Galloway and Mgbako had all the answers for Indiana. Mgbako&#8217;s 3-pointer with 17:08 remaining maxed out the Hoosiers&#8217; lead at 57-38. Later, in a span of 42 seconds, Galloway drove for a three-point play and followed with a 3-pointer that kept Indiana in charge 69-55 with 12:08 to go. After Providence cut the deficit to single digits on a fastbreak bucket by Eli DeLaurier, Mgbako responded with pull-up jumpers on back-to-back possessions to give Indiana a 77-65 lead. Oumar Ballo contributed eight points and 10 rebounds, helping the Hoosiers to a 38-36 edge on the boards. &#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/4953b8e88acd92c56d1c3a282082889d.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Nov 29, 2024; Paradise Island, Bahamas, BHS; Indiana Hoosiers forward Mackenzie Mgbako (21) dribbles as Providence Friars guard Wesley Cardet Jr. (0) defends during the second half at Imperial Arena at the Atlantis resort. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>-Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mackenzie Mgbako broke out of a shooting slump with 25 points to propel No. 14&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-425096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}