Balanced Offense Sends Indiana To 9-0 With 98-74 Win Over Missouri State

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Balanced Offense Sends Indiana To 9-0 With 98-74 Win Over Missouri State

12/9/2018 3:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Five players scored in double figures behind sophomore guard Jaelynn Penn's 20 points and double-doubles from redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg and senior forward Kym Royster as Indiana improved to 9-0 with a 98-74 win over Missouri State on Sunday.

KEY MOMENTS

Indiana used six different scorers in the first quarter to take a 20-16 lead after one. Penn scored six of her 20 points in the frame, as IU shot 61.5 percent to open up the game. Missouri State (1-6) came out with an 8-2 lead, but the Hoosiers would answer right back with a 8-2 run that tied things up at 10-all with 4:42 remaining. IU pushed its lead to six but the Bears would trim it back down to four at the end of the first, 20-16.
Using a quick 9-0 run to open the second quarter, Indiana went up by double digits with seven minutes remaining in the first half. Missouri State answered back by coming within four. Royster and Wise combined to change that, with back-to-back buckets and another double-digit lead. IU would eventually take a 42-33 lead into the locker room at halftime. Penn would score 13 of her points in the opening half, as Patberg's stat line was also stuffed with six points, six rebounds and eight assists.
In another big third quarter, the Hoosier scored 32 points – the most in a single quarter this season – as it took a 74-58 lead. Patberg dished out four more assists in the frame as IU had its best quarter, shooting 66.7 percent from the floor (12-for-18).
Missouri State would come as close as 11 in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, but the Hoosiers put their foot on the gas to hold them to just seven points in the final 7:27 of play.

NOTABLE

With the win, the Hoosiers improve to 9-0 on the season, their best start since going 14-0 in the 2013-14 season.
Indiana extends their winning streak to 15, the nation's longest winning streak. The Hoosiers have now won 17 straight home games and 24 of its last 26 games.
Under fifth-year head coach Teri Moren the Hoosiers are 62-14 at home, a .816 winning percentage.
Indiana had a team season-high with 22 assists with Patberg taking credit for 13 of those.
Redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg's 13 assists are tied for the second most in program history and are the most since Tisha Hill had 13 in 1991.
Patberg added 16 points for her second double-double this season to go along with 13 assists.
Penn led the Hoosiers with 20 points for her fifth career game scoring 20 or more points.
Royster had her sixth career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Redshirt junior forward Brenna Wise rounded out the double-figure scorers with 18 points and seven rebounds.
Indiana held a 62-24 advantage in points in the paint and outscored Missouri State 30-14 in points off turnovers.
The Hoosiers converted 14-of-16 (87.5 percent from the free-throw line) and tied a season-high eight steals.
IU also won the rebounding margin, 38-25, as three players had seven rebounds or more.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"I am pleased with the afternoon, and especially with how we were able to execute. I thought we shot the ball better from inside the ark and outside the ark. I thought Ali Patberg was especially terrific today with sharing the ball. The rest of our pieces just found ways to score whether it was Jaelynn, Bendu, or Brenna. Kym, I thought, had a quiet double-double, but that's okay. One of the areas, as a staff, we were disappointed with was that we felt we were not as sound on the defensive end, especially in transition. I give Missouri State credit. They hit some outside shots today and they got hot there, but the good thing is we were still able to put points on the board, which sort of kept them at bay. So, good from an offensive standpoint, but we have to continue to get better on the defensive end."

UP NEXT
Indiana will take a break for finals week and return to close out the non-conference season at the Puerto Rico Classic on Dec. 19-21.

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