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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Oumar Ballo has played some of his best basketball in an Indiana uniform as of late, and Saturday’s trip to Iowa presents a contrasting matchup.

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

Woodson and the Hoosiers head to Evanston for a 7 p.m. ET tipoff against Northwestern Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena, airing on the Big Ten Network. Indiana’s season hit a low point with a pair of 25-point losses to Iowa and Illinois, but it bounced back with a 77-76 overtime win at Ohio State to improve to 14-5 overall and 5-3 in Big Ten play.

The Indiana Hoosiers travel to play the Northwestern Wildcats in Big Ten action. Here's what happened in IU's loss.

IU forward Malik Reneau suffered an injury in the first minute against Rutgers and missed five games. He's expected to return against Northwestern.

The Hoosiers lost their fifth straight game to Northwestern, which hasn't happened since 1913-15. Inconsistent play has led to three IU losses in four games.

Northwestern slumped in the last 9:35 of the first half, but was it good defense or good fortune? Indiana found out the hard way in the second half.

But in a second half full of runs, Indiana (14-6, 5-4 Big Ten) saw its once-promising Wednesday night end in defeat, falling 79-70 to Northwestern (12-7, 3-5 Big Ten) at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois.

Northwestern pulled away with a 21-4 run for a 70-56 lead with 3:12 to play. Jalen Leach made three of the Wildcat's five 3s during the stretch.

The Hoosiers' fifth consecutive defeat at the hands of the Wildcats came Wednesday, when Northwestern poured in nine 3-pointers in the second half and shot 63% after halftime to erase an IU lead and win 79-70 at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Welcome back to the Big Ten Basketball Weekend Rundown. In this edition of the Weekend Rundown, we will be updating where each Big Ten team stands in the latest version of the AP poll, as well as going over the results from Thursday to Sunday.