LIVE BLOG: Follow Indiana's Game Against Louisville in Battle 4 Atlantis

Hoosiers On SI has made it to the Imperial Ballroom in Paradise Islands, The Bahamas for in-person coverage of the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis. Welcome to our live blog, where we'll share updates, highlights and thoughts on Wednesday's game between No. 14 Indiana and Louisville.

Indiana warms up for its game against Louisville Wednesday in the Battle 4 Atlantis. / Jack Ankony / Hoosiers On SI

PARADISE ISLAND, The Bahamas – Feast Week is here. And for Indiana, that means three games in three days in the Battle 4 Atantis.

Coach Mike Woodson and the No. 14 Hoosiers begin the tournament Wednesday at noon ET against Louisville, which will air on ESPN. Indiana enters the game 4-0, with each win by 11-plus points. Louisville is 3-1 in its first year under coach Pat Kelsey, including a 22-point loss to Tennessee.

We've made it to the Imperial Ballroom for in-person coverage of Wednesday's game, so follow along with our live blog for updates, highlights and thoughts on the matchup.

2H 3:59 – Langdon Hatton and Anthony Leal set to check in after the timeout, with Indiana trailing 82-50, 3:59 to play. I heard some calls from the crowd to empty the bench a few minutes ago.

2H 6:39 – Myles Rice finally gets a shot to fall, this time from 3. He's 1 for 11 from the field today. But he almost immediately heads to the bench, replaced by Gabe Cupps. Indiana trails 78-45.

2H 7:58 – Louisville's lead has grown to 74-40 at the under-8 timeout. Just a dismal performance from IU in all areas. Only bright spot has been Reneau offensively, with 19 points. But that hasn't come close to erasing all the other shooting issues, turnovers and poor defense.

2H 11:30 – Louisville leads INdiana 68-40 at the under-12 timeout. Indiana is going smaller with Ballo on the bench now, and its interior defense is really suffering because of it. Offense continues to struggle in the second half, shooting 35.7%.

2H 13:56 – Louisville's lead is up to 20 points now. Smith hit a 3-pointer off an out of bounds play after the timeout. Indiana has to have better awareness of the 42% 3-point shooter, who already made three 3-pointers today. Scott's dunk pused the lead to 20. Mgbako and Tucker missed layups on the other end.

2H 15:35 – Indiana trails Louisville 50-35 at the under-16 timeout. Tucker turned the ball over trying to lead the fast break, which led to a layup from Waterman the other way. Cardinals are outscoring the Hoosiers 13-6 in the second half.

2H 16:59 – Timeout Mike Woodson, trailing 48-31 with 16:59 to play. Louisville is on an 11-0 run, punctuated by a dunk from Kasean Pryor after a Myles Rice turnover.

2H 19:26 – Reneau gets the Hoosiers going with a layup to cut Louisville's lead to 37-31. He's up to 17 points.

Halftime: Louisville 37, Indiana 29. Poor half for the Hoosiers, who shot 31% and committed 11 turnovers. Gotta get Myles Rice, and others, going in the second half. Rice is 0 for 6. Malik Reneau's 3 at the 5:43 mark was IU's last FG of the half. Louisville 7 for 17 from 3.

1H 1:49 – Indiana has got to find a way to get Myles Rice going. The point guard is 0 for 6 from the field and has zero points. He had 20 points in the win over UNC Greensboro on Thursday. Reneau and Ballo have 22 of Indiana's 27 points, as the Hoosiers trail 37-27.

1H 3:15 Louisville has made its last eight shots, extending its lead to 37-27 with 3:15 left in the half. IU is shooting 34.6% with nine turnovers.

1H 4:10 – Noah Waterman good from 3 in the corner. Louisville is 6 for 14 from beyond the arc to start, compared to 3 for 5 for IU. Louisville entered today attempting the 5th most 3s per game, 34.0. But it also ranked 310th nationally at 29.4% from 3. The two contrasting styles are leaning in Louisville's favor, with a 34-27 advantage.

1H 6:23 – Mgbako's first 3-point attempt of the game is good from the right wing. That came after two easy layups inside from Reneau and Ballo. IU trails 27-22.

1H 7:49 – Indiana trails Louisville 22-15. Indiana 0 for 7 on layups, per the stat broadcast. Not sure the zero makes is correct, depending on your definition of a layup. But the Hoosiers have certainly missed some good looks inside.

1H 9:45 – Louisville is outrebounding Indiana 13-8 with seven offensive rebounds. Some have come off unpredictable or unlucky deflections, but Louisville has out-hustled and gained position on the Hoosiers on several others.

1H 11:56 – IU trails Louisville 16-10 at the under-12 timeout. Not much interior defense from the Hoosiers when they go smaller without Ballo. Gotta clean up the seven turnovers too. Hepburn has seven points for the Cardinals.

1H 13:02 – Galloway missed a contested layup, but Reneau was there for the offensive rebound. He got fouled going up, then made both free throws. IU trails 12-8. IU going a bit smaller now, with Rice, Galloway, Tucker, Goode and Reneau.

1H 14:25 – Rice and Ballo missed pretty easy looks inside, then Louisville beat the Hosiers down the court for a layup by Hadley. That came after a 3-pointer from Reyne Smith, who shoots over 40% from 3. Bryson Tucker and Trey Galloway first off the bench for IU, trailing 12-6. Galloway had some sort of brace/wrap around his knee before the game, but it's off now that he checked into the game.

1H 15:53 – IU trails Louisville 7-6 at the under-16 timeout. Ballo has four points and a block, really imposing his physicality early. Hoosiers have two turnovers, though, and one of them was from Ballo. The ballroom only seats 3,500, but it actually gets really loud in here with the low ceiling. Definitely a pro-IU crowd, maybe an 80-20 split. It's not quite full either.

1H 18:45 – Ballo turns it over on IU's first possession, trying to pass it to Myles Rice up top. That led to a Louisville layup by Wisconsin transfer Chucky Hepburn. Ballo missed a solid look inside on the following possession. Then Terrence Edwards Jr. hit a jumper in the corner. IU trails 4-0 early.

11:50 a.m. – Usual starters for Indiana: Myles Rice, Kanaan Caryle, Mackenzie Mgbako, Malik Reneau, Oumar Ballo. Louisville starters: Chucky Hepburn, J'Vonne Hadley, Terrence Edwards Jr., Kasean Pryor, Noah Waterman.

10:50 a.m. – Jakai Newton won't play today. He's in sweatpants as Indiana warms up.

10:05 a.m. – Indiana listed Jakai Newton questionable for Wednesday's game, but he's the only player on the Big Ten Availability report. That means Gabe Cupps will be available after missing the UNC Greensboro game with an injury.

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