Oumar Ballo flexed his biceps, shrugged his shoulders and bumped his chest with senior forward Luke Goode — while putting perhaps the final dagger in USC’s hopes of pulling a road upset.

As Illinois dominated Indiana in every facet en route to a 94-69 win, the Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall crowd expressed its displeasure with coach Mike Woodson.

A late-game fracas in the Illinois vs. Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball game led to the ejection of Indiana's Oumar Ballo.

Myles Rice came in to defend Goode with a shove and a few words as the action spilled onto the baseline. IU's Oumar Ballo ran in from the top of the key and gave Ivisic a one-handed shove, sending him toppling over a photographer.

The Trojans take an early 10-point lead, but the former Arizona standout powers his way to 23 points as the Hoosiers prevail, 82-69, and drop the Trojans to 1-3 in Big Ten play.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Oumar Ballo powered his way to 23 points and Indiana overcame an early double-digit deficit to beat USC 82-69 Wednesday. The Hoosiers (13-3) earned their fourth win in five Big Ten Conference games, the program’s best start since the 2015-16 season.

Oumar Ballo powered his way to 23 points and Indiana overcame an early double-digit deficit to beat USC 82-69 Wednesday.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana men’s basketball faces Northwestern at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday. As Hoosiers On SI wrote on Monday, Woodson will try again for his first win against the Wildcats.

There is A Lot of noise around the Indiana men’s basketball program right now. Questions about the program will be addressed and answered in the coming months, but one looms large right now regardless of the outcome.

Indiana’s inconsistency continued. They won a thrilling road game against Ohio State after being dominated at home by Illinois earlier in the week. Meanwhile, the women won a massive game in Iowa City before falling to the Illini at Assembly Hall.

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Indiana men’s basketball’s senior guards made perhaps the two biggest plays in the Hoosiers’ 77-76 overtime win over Ohio State (10-8, 2-5 Big Ten) in Columbus. Goode nailed a game-winning 3-pointer with just over one minute remaining, while Leal blocked Ohio State freshman guard John Mobley Jr.’s mid-range jumper with three seconds left.