Wise, Penn Push No. 14 Indiana Past North Florida, 72-45

Saturday, December 7

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Wise, Penn Push No. 14 Indiana Past North Florida, 72-45

12/7/2019 9:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Senior forward Brenna Wise had a season high 22 points on 7-9 shooting as No. 14 Indiana defeated North Florida, 72-45, on Saturday night in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

KEY MOMENTS

Following an opening three pointer from North Florida, the Hoosiers responded with a 17-0 run. Indiana outscored the Ospreys 17-6 in the first quarter. The Hoosiers would keep the lead for the rest of the game.
In the second quarter, North Florida closed the gap to six points with a 9-2 run. Senior forward Brenna Wise tallied a bucket following a timeout to start a 6-0 run in response for Indiana, causing a North Florida timeout at the 2:05 minute mark. Wise and Ali Patberg combined for 16 of Indiana's 28 points in the first half.
North Florida cut the lead to six points to start the second half. The Hoosiers held off the Ospreys with an 11-1 run, and extended the lead to 17 points by the end of the third quarter (47-30). Brenna Wise's three pointer in the closing minutes brought her to a season high 18 points. She went to tally 22 total points on the evening.
Indiana went on a 5-0 run to begin the fourth quarter triggering a North Florida timeout at the 9:18 mark. IU grew their lead to 27 over the final nine minutes of play while holding North Florida to 45 points.

NOTABLE

With the win the Hoosiers improve to 3-0 all-time against North Florida.
Indiana improves to 4-0 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall this season.
During the Hoosiers 17-0 run in the first quarter, Indiana held North Florida scoreless for eight minutes and 28 seconds. Indiana held North Florida to 2-of-14 from the field in the opening quarter.
After North Florida cut the Indiana lead to six at 30-24 at the 6:20 mark of the third quarter, Indiana outscored the Ospreys 42-21 for the remainder of the game. Indiana outscored North Florida 25-15 in the fourth quarter.
Indiana held North Florida to 45 points. It is the fifth time in nine games the Hoosiers have held an opponent under 50 points.
The Hoosiers held North Florida to 45 points, below their average of 63.2 points per game.
Senior forward Brenna Wise led Indiana with a season-high 22 points. Wise added a season-high nine rebounds.
Junior guard Jaelynn Penn (14) and freshman forward Mackenzie Holmes (10) scored in double-figures for the Hoosiers.
Indiana outscored North Florida 34-4 in points in the paint.
Redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg scored six points and added eight rebounds and seven assists.

QUOTABLE
Coach Moren Opening Statement
"First, it's nice to be back in (Simon Skjodt) Assembly Hall. It was a long two weeks for us to be away. We are grateful to be back at home. I thought we couldn't get it clicking tonight offensively, especially in the first half. A lot of that had to do with North Florida. They switched a lot of things. Obviously, they packed it in, and we got a little bit overzealous there and got us into some foul trouble with charges. Instead of making the extra pass and extra play, we got caught in the paint with some charging calls. I think we turned it over nine times and three of those were charges in the first half. There was a little bit of frustration from that aspect. I thought defensively they challenged and tested us. We were struggling with some of our coverages on the ball screen. So, we and to play small ball and try to switch one through five, we switched one through four. We really tried to change things up defensively. Give our kids credit for being able to do that, at the end I didn't think it was a clean game by any stretch of the means offensively for us tonight. We know this and we have played much better. We have to get back to school here and some sort of a schedule. I think we are a much better basketball team when we have a schedule to follow and our kids are in class. They're worried about not just studying but also a little bit about basketball. I'm happy to be back and we can get out of here with a win tonight. We saw some good things in the fourth, but I thought the first half in particular was a very sub-par night offensively for us."

UP NEXT
No. 14/16 Indiana will travel to Butler on Wednesday night. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. ET in Indianapolis, IN.

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