UW Huskies’ Big Ten tourney hopes end with 78-62 loss to Indiana

The last-place UW Huskies lost their fourth straight and were eliminated from Big Ten Tournament contention with a 78-62 defeat to Indiana.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mar 1, 2025, 6:30 PM

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SEATTLE (AP) — The UW Huskies were eliminated from Big Ten Tournament contention with a 78-62 loss to Indiana on Saturday.

Indiana Hoosiers 78, UW Huskies 62: Box score

The last-place Huskies (13-16, 4-14 Big Ten) still have two regular-season games remaining, but are now guaranteed to finish in the bottom three spots of the 18-team Big Ten standings. The top 15 teams advance to the Big Ten Tournament.

Reserve Malik Reneau scored 22 points on 10-for-13 shooting and Luke Goode added 18 points for Indiana, which led for all but 47 seconds. Mackenzie Mgbako and reserve Myles Rice each chipped in 10 points for the Hoosiers (18-11, 9-9).

Zoom Diallo scored 18 points and Tyler Harris, Frank Kepnang and Mekhi Mason each added 10 for Washington, which lost its fourth straight. With the defeat, the Huskies will finish with a losing record for the first time since the 2020-21 season.

The cherry on top for @IndianaMBB 💥#B1GMBBall on Peacock 💻 pic.twitter.com/0Eb9SwkFCJ

— Big Ten Men’s Basketball (@B1GMBBall) March 2, 2025

The Hoosiers built a 21-9 lead in the first 10 minutes and were largely unchallenged from there. Indiana led 44-30 at halftime, but Diallo’s 3-pointer two-and-a-half minutes into the second half capped a 7-0 Washington spurt to reduce the Huskies’ deficit to 44-37. Indiana responded with two free throws from Mgbako, Oumar Ballo made a jumper and 1 of 2 free throws and Indiana led by double digits the rest of the way.

Reneau’s layup with 8:10 left gave Indiana its first and only 20-point advantage at 64-44.

Indiana travels to Oregon on Tuesday.

Washington heads to Los Angeles to face USC on Wednesday.

Seattle Sports staff made minor additions to this post.

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