After the first-half de-pantsing by Illinois, Indiana further embarrassed itself when Goode dangerously barreled into Illini center Tomislav Ivisic, who barked at Goode, setting off a mini-scrum in which Ballo – in his most spirited action of the night – rushed from halfcourt to the baseline to get in a shove on Ivisic.

There were many boos, few cheers and another blowout defeat for Indiana men’s basketball (13-5, 4-3 Big Ten), which fell 94-69 to Illinois (13-4, 5-2 Big Ten) on Tuesday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington.

Indiana will try to shake off its lopsided loss at Iowa as Illinois comes to town. To do so, the Hoosiers need better performances from their upperclassmen.

The 13th-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini hit the road in Big Ten play Tuesday night for a matchup with the Indiana Hoosiers at Assembly Hall.