No. 8 Indiana Blows Past SIU, 70-37

Thursday, December 23

Bloomington, Ind.

1 P.M. ET

Indiana University

Southern Illinois

12/23/2021 3:53:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 8 Indiana limited Southern Illinois to just 27.3 percent shooting on the afternoon as it rounded out non-conference play with a 70-37 win at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Thursday afternoon.

KEY MOMENTS

Opened up win number 10 on the season with an 8-0 advantage at the media timeout as Cardaño-Hillary led the way for IU with five first quarter points.
Indiana (10-2) took a 15-4 lead after one, continuing its run into the second quarter. Along with staunch defense, the Hoosiers took advantage and ran up the margin at the break, 38-8. It would go on to shoot 71.4 percent from the field in the second, while the Salukis went just 13 percent.
Senior guard Grace Berger (12 points) and junior forward Mackenzie Holmes (10 points) led the way at halftime.
The Hoosiers kept its dominance in the third quarter as Holmes led the way with eight points and IU collectively went 66.7 percent in the frame. It led by as many as 36 as Berger hit a buzzer beater jumper to
All available Hoosiers played in the matchup as sophomore guard Chloe Moore-McNeil set a new career-high 23 minutes and career-high nine points.

NOTABLE

The Hoosiers won their fifth-straight game and got their 10^th win of the season.
Indiana held Southern Illinois to 37 points on 15-of-55 (27.3 percent) field goal shooting. The 37 points is a low for an opponent this season.
Over the last five games the Hoosiers have held opponents to 51.6 points per game.
37 points is the third time this season the Hoosiers have held an opponent under 50 points. In the Teri Moren era the Hoosiers have held an opponent under 50 points now 30 times.
Indiana held Southern Illinois to four points in the first quarter an opponent low for a quarter this season. It's the fewest first quarter points for an opponent since Indiana held Oakland to three points on Nov. 11, 2018.
Indiana held Southern Illinois to two field goals in the first quarter and without a point until the 4:01 mark of the opening period.
The Hoosiers made their first five shots of the second quarter. They finished the second quarter on a 15-0 run and led 38-8 at halftime.
The eight points in a half the Hoosiers held Southern Illinois to is the fewest since they held Samford to seven points on Dec. 3, 2020.
The Hoosiers shot 17-of-27 (63 percent) in the first half and turned the ball over four times.
Indiana shot 29-of-55 (52.7 percent) from the field. It is the sixth game this season they have shot at 50 percent or better.
Holmes and Berger led the Hoosiers with 18 points each. Cardaño-Hillary also scored in double-figures with 11 points. The trio shot a combined 20-of-34 from the field.
Moore-McNeil tallied a career-high nine points and added five rebounds.
In the last four games the Hoosiers have outscored their opponents 197-80 in points in the paint.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"That's exactly how you want to finish the non-conference season and feel good about giving your kids a couple days off to enjoy their family and their friends and all of them are going to get out of town. I thought we finished the game the right way this afternoon and it was just a great win for our program. I thought we did a lot of really good things particularly on the defensive end."

UP NEXT
Indiana returns to Big Ten play on Thursday, December 30 at Rutgers. Tip is set for 8 p.m. ET on FS1.

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