Patberg’s Season-High Sends No. 24 IU Past Minnesota

Saturday, February 22

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Patberg’s Season-High Sends No. 24 IU Past Minnesota

2/22/2020 7:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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MINNEAPOLIS – Redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg scored a new season-high 29 points while sophomore guard Grace Berger added 18 points, nine rebounds and five assists as the No. 24 Hoosiers defeated Minnesota, 75-69, at Williams Arena on Saturday afternoon.

KEY MOMENTS

Patberg's 25 points highlighted the first half for Indiana (21-7, 11-5 B1G) in a back-and-forth battle in the first two quarters.
In all 10 lead changes and eight ties were exchanged in the opening half of play, as the Hoosiers would go up two, 21-19, at the end of the first.
They would lead by as many as four in the second quarter in the opening minute but Minnesota (15-12, 5-11 B1G).
A Patberg 3-pointer with 1:04 left before the break would be the difference maker as IU went ahead 40-37 at halftime.
Indiana would take advantage of a scoring drought from the Golden Gophers who went scoreless into the third quarter as they built a nine-point lead from freshman forward Mackenzie Holmes and back-to-back buckets for Berger with 8:21 to play in the third.
With a five-point lead with just over two minutes to play, Minnesota tied the game up but Holmes would have the answer with 46 seconds to go and Berger added another to give her team a 57-53 lead going to the final 10 minutes of play.
With the game tied at 59-all, Holmes found freshman forward Jorie Allen underneath. Back-to-back buckets from Berger to put IU up 63-62. After a pair at the line from Minnesota, Patberg dished to Wise at the top of the key as she drained a 3-pointer with 3:01 to go and made it a 70-65 lead.
IU would finish off the game at the line as Penn stepped up for a pair and Patberg split her trip to sweep the season series.

NOTABLE

Redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg finished with a season-high by any IU player this season with 29 points. She went 12-for-22 in the game and added four assists and three rebounds. Her 29 points are the most by an IU player since she dropped 30 points against Wake Forest on Nov. 28, 2018.
Sophomore guard Grace Berger added 18 points and finished one rebound shy of a double-double with nine rebounds and five assists.
Three players also added eight points each for Indiana including senior forward Brenna Wise, junior guard Jaelynn Penn and freshman forward Mackenzie Holmes.
The Hoosiers sweep the series with the Golden Gophers for the first time since 2001.
IU also won the battle on the glass, taking the 42-29 advantage behind Berger's nine boards and seven each from Penn and Holmes.
Indiana also improved to 9-2 away from home this season.
The two teams exchanged 12 leads and 11 ties in the game.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"Well we are really happy for our team. It was a really good road game against a really, really good team at home. I thought Ali Patberg was fantastic in the first half. It seemed like every time they made a run; she made another run at them by herself. I thought Grace Berger was fantastic in the second half. I thought Brenna Wise's three there at the end was huge. It was good to see her stick that shot. I really liked the minutes that Jori Allen gave us tonight. I also thought Grace Waggoner did a nice job. We went to the bench a little bit more to see if we could rest some of those starters and I think it payed off. But we continue to need our bench to give us great minutes. It doesn't have to be in the form of scoring, but in the form of guarding and rebounding and doing all those things that don't show up on the stat sheet like taking charges, hustle plays. I'm just really happy for our group. It is always hard to win in the Big Ten, but it's twice as hard to win on the road in the Big Ten. I am happy for our Hoosiers tonight."

UP NEXT
Indiana closes out its home schedule on Thursday, Feb. 27 for Senior Night against Nebraska. The Hoosiers will honor its lone senior, Brenna Wise, with a 6 p.m. ET tip on Big Ten Network.

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