Indiana Takes Down No. 15/17 Michigan State

Sunday, January 6

Bloomington, IN

2 P.M. ET

Indiana University

#15/17 Michigan State

Michigan St.

Indiana

1/6/2019 5:22:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Sophomore guard Jaelynn Penn's clutch 3-pointer with 47 seconds remaining helped Indiana defeat No. 15/17 Michigan State, 68-64, on Sunday afternoon in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

KEY MOMENTS

The Hoosiers trailed by four after one quarter coming out slow by shooting just 25 percent from the floor.
In the second, Indiana regrouped and found its rhythm, shooting 60 percent including a 3-for-3 mark from the 3-point line. They face their largest deficit of the day, falling behind by seven with just under six minutes to go. A Patberg 3-pointer, bucket and a Gulbe turn-around jumper tied the game up at 22-all. The Spartans pushed their lead back up to three but freshman guard Grace Berger's back-to-back baskets made it a 28-27 lead.
It sparked a 9-0 run that lasted until the final seconds of the quarter as Penn took it coast-to-coast in 4.4 seconds to beat the buzzer and put the Hoosiers up 33-27.
Indiana built an eight-point lead less than three minutes in to the third quarter as Penn was found wide open by Patberg underneath the basket with 7:53 remaining.
But the Spartans (11-3, 1-2 B1G) would tighten the gap, as they would go on a 6-0 run with 1:29 t0 play and take back the lead briefly. Berger would dish it downlow to a wide-open Gulbe who hit the left side lay-in and regained IU's lead back with 1:16 to play. A pair at the line by Wise, two of her 9-for-10 performance at the line on the day, helped her team keep the 48-47 lead with ten minutes to go.
In a back-and-forth fourth quarter that saw eight lead changes, Indiana got the upper-hand with 47 seconds remaining as she spotted up on the left side 3-point line on a feed from Yeaney and drained it. A 3-point attempt by Michigan State was off the mark with seven seconds to go as In Patberg and Wise combined to go 3-for-4 in the bonus down the stretch.

NOTABLE

With the 68-64 win over Michigan State, the Hoosiers are now 13-1 on the season and 3-0 in the Big Ten
Indiana improves to 3-0 in the Big Ten for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
This is the first win over a top-15 opponent since IU defeated No. 4/6 Ohio State on January 31, 2010.
With the win, Indiana is now 8-0 inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall this season and have the fifth-longest active home win streak at 19 games.
Indiana continued to share the wealth as four Hoosiers saw doubles figures for the sixth time this season. Sophomore guard Jaelynn Penn (17), redshirt junior forward Brenna Wise (14), redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg (12), and freshman guard Grace Berger (10) were in double digits against Michigan State.
Penn came up with a key three-point basket with under a minute to play as she led the Hoosiers in scoring with 17 points. The Louisville, Ky. native ended the contest shooting 58% from the field and also grabbed six rebounds.
Wise notched her third career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. She led the team in rebounds and went 9-10 from the free throw line.
Patberg recorded her 11^th straight game in double figures. The guard also tallied six rebounds and one assist.
The Hoosiers outrebounded the Spartans 35-32 while also edging them on the defensive glass, 26-23.
Brenna Wise and Grace Berger each had a steal.
IU wins their third-straight in the series with the Spartans, the longest streak since it won four consecutive from 2000-02.
The game featured a combined 22 lead changes or ties.
The announced crowd of 6,380 is ninth-most attended game in Indiana Women's Basketball history.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"What an exciting game. I would like to start off first by thanking our tremendous crowd. We needed them in the worst way. What a terrific team Michigan State is and will continue to be. I just thought the energy in the building was something very special. It was reminiscent of some of our WNIT games. We needed every bit of everybody's energy. I am really proud of our basketball team and how we conducted ourselves throughout the game. Again, Michigan State is really good, and we have a tremendous amount of respect for them. It was like a heavyweight boxing match and everybody was taking their best punches at each other. Obviously, Jaelynn Penn hit that big three to give us a lot of energy and a lot of life on a broken play. We have seen her do that before. Overall, just really pleased and happy about the outcome and happy that we can do it in front of such a great crowd."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers begin a two-game road swing as they first visit Ohio State on Thursday night. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. ET.

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