No. 17 Hoosiers Cruise To Win Over Washington State In Paradise Jam Finale

Saturday, November 30

St. Thomas, USVI

5:45 PM ET

Indiana University

6-1

Washington State

4-3

Washington State

Indiana

No. 17 Hoosiers Cruise To Win Over Washington State In Paradise Jam Finale

11/30/2019 7:36:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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ST. THOMAS, USVI – Four players scored in double figures as No. 17 Indiana bounced back against Washington State, 78-44, in the finale of the Paradise Jam at UVI Fitness and Sports Complex on Saturday evening.

KEY MOMENTS

Indiana (6-1) made a push in the final five minutes of the quarter, as sophomore guard Grace Berger scored all six of her points in that time span.
They kicked it off with back-to-back buckets from Berger and freshman forward Mackenzie Holmes to tie the game at 13-all. They used an 11-5 run to pull ahead 24-18 to end the quarter.
Washington State (4-3) made it close in the second as it cut the lead to just 31-28 at the media break but the Hoosiers turned on the gas, ending the quarter on a 14-0 run to lead 45-28 at half.
Redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg scored eight of her 11 first half points in the second quarter including her bucket with 3:10 play followed by back-to-back 3-pointers from redshirt freshman guard Chanel Wilson and senior forward Brenna Wise.
It was all Indiana in the second half as well as it combined for 33 points in the second half while holding the Cougars to just 16 total and five in the fourth quarter to finish out the Paradise Jam with a 2-1 record.

NOTABLE

Four players behind 15 points each from Patberg and Wise scored 15 points in the win.
Patberg added eight rebounds, five assists and had just one turnover in 31 minutes of action as she went 5-for-8 from the floor.
Wise connected on a pair of 3-pointers and had four boards. She went 6-for-11 from the floor on the night.
Holmes made her first career start in the win, adding 14 points, 8 rebound, a block and an assist.
Junior guard Jaelynn Penn also paced Indiana with 11 points.
In the game, IU shot 50 percent from the floor (30-for-60) including a 62.5 percent clip in the first quarter.
Indiana improved to 2-0 in the series with the Cougars.
They forced Washington State in to 18 turnovers and held them to just 27.6 percent.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"We obviously got off to a slow start tonight, got down, and fought our way back, finally got the lead and I thought after we made the one change defensively with Jaelynn Penn guarding Borislava Hristova, their leading scorer, that stifled them. I thought once we saw our shots fall that our intensity went up and the energy level picked up on a night where we didn't have Aleksa Gulbe and lost Grace Berger at halftime. I loved how our other pieces stepped up in a big way. Chanel Wilson, Keyanna Warthen, Jorie Allen, and Hannah Noveroske came off the bench and gave us great minutes. The hustle plays that they made, you had to be here to see it; but the hustle play that Jorie had the first half, the hustle play that Mackenzie Holmes had in the second half and just from everybody. I'm really pleased with our team tonight."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers return back stateside to face No. 19 Miami in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Wednesday. Tipoff in Coral Gables is set for 6 p.m. ET on ACC Network.

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