This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana basketball center Oumar Ballo ejected as Hoosiers, Illinois trade words, shoves late ...

Ballo had 16 points and 15 rebounds in 34 minutes prior to his ejection. Ivisic provided 17 points and 11 rebounds in 25 minutes for Illinois. Illinois improves to 13-4 overall and 5-2 in the Big Ten.

Illinois senior center Tomislav Ivisic, who drew the foul, took offense. The 7-foot-1 Croatian loomed over Goode, upset with the hard contact. After redshirt sophomore guard Myles Rice intervened, ...

A lack of defensive energy and effort on Saturday against USC did not travel with Illinois to Indiana. The Illini removed the Hoosiers’ most dangerous offensive option, redshirt senior center Oumar ...

Oumar Ballo exited the game with three seconds left due to a receiving a fifth foul against Purdue on Friday night.

Several Illinois and Indiana players confronted each other on the baseline when Oumar Ballo came in, jumped over Anthony Leal, and shoved Ivisic again. An angered Ivisic got up to confront Ballo ...

Frustrations boil over in the closing minutes as Illinois' Tomislav Ivisic and IU's Myles Rice trade words after a Luke Goode foul, with Oumar Ballo coming in late to shove Ivisic with one hand.

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 ...

A fracas erupted in the final minutes of the Illinois vs. Indiana basketball game. The incident led to the ejection of Indiana center Oumar Ballo. It started with Indiana's Luke Goode committing ...

Late in Illinois' 94-69 victory ... 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 ...