The Indiana Hoosiers can erase the memory of a resounding loss in their Battle 4 Atlantis opener. However, the chance comes against a national power.

Following Indiana men’s basketball’s 89-73 defeat to No. 3 Gonzaga University in the second round of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Thursday afternoon, head coach Mike Woodson spoke on what the loss meant for the team’s long-term growth this season.

How does a team shake off its first loss of the season while facing a top-15 program that also has a lot to prove following its first defeat? Ask Gonzaga men’s

Khalif Battle led a balanced attack with 16 points, Ryan Nembhard had a double-double and No. 3 Gonzaga used a first-half blitz to beat No. 14 Indiana 89-73 in a consolation round game of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

The 14th-ranked Hoosiers, whose fans inside Imperial Arena easily outnumbered Louisville’s, stayed in their slumber to the final buzzer, falling 89-61 in their Battle 4 Atlantis opener. So the Gonzaga-Indiana matchup that oddsmakers and most college basketball followers thought would happen is happening – just not in the semifinals.

No. 14 Indiana men’s basketball fell 89-73 to No. 3 Gonzaga University Thursday afternoon in the Imperial Ballroom on Paradise Island Atlantis in the Bahamas, its second double-digit loss in as many days.

Khalif Battle led a balanced attack with 16 points, Ryan Nembhard had a double-double and No. 3 Gonzaga used a first-half blitz to beat No. 14 Indiana 89-73 in the consolation round of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Thursday.