Indiana basketball guard Trey Galloway never lost hope in adversity-filled fifth season

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BLOOMINGTON — Indiana basketball guard Trey Galloway told reporters that “every season has its own challenges” after a 83-78 win over Penn State at Assembly Hall on Wednesday night.

This season has presented more of them than most for the fifth-year guard who is two games shy of breaking Yogi Ferrell’s career program record for most games played (137).

Galloway soaked in the admiration from fans in IU’s most recent wins for hitting a series of clutch shots amidst an unlikely turnaround that put the Hoosiers back on the NCAA Tournament bubble.

Their resurgence has given Galloway the opportunity to write a much different final chapter to his career than the disappointing ending that looked likely after IU lost eight of 10 games and he lost his starting job.

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Indiana’s Trey Galloway (32) shoots over Penn State’s Ace Baldwin Jr. (1) during the Indiana versus Penn St. mens basketball game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

Indiana basketball guard Trey Galloway faces down adversity as fifth-year senior

Galloway opened the season trying to return to form after undergoing offseason knee surgery. He spent much of the summer doing conditioning work while the new-look Hoosiers started training together and wasn’t cleared for full contact until late September.

Indiana coach Mike Woodson was cautious about Galloway’s workload through the first month of the season and he was a non-factor when the team suffered early-season setbacks in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament with double-digit losses to Louisville and Gonzaga.

He returned to the starting lineup for IU’s last game in the Bahamas — a win over Providence — but hit a rough patch at midyear that sent him back to the bench with IU dropping eight of 10 games.

Galloway averaged 7.4 points and 2.9 turnovers a game during that stretch while shooting just 39% from the field (21.1% from 3-point range). During…

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Publish date : 2025-02-28 09:01:00

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