No. 11 Indiana Cruises To Win At Wisconsin

Wednesday, February 24

Madison, Wis.

7 P.M. ET

Indiana University

15-4,13-2Big Ten

Wisconsin

5-16,2-16Big Ten

Indiana

Wisconsin

2/24/2021 9:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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MADISON, Wis. – Sophomore forward Mackenzie Holmes paced Indiana with 23 points as No. 11 Indiana swept the season series with Wisconsin in a 77-49 win on Wednesday night inside Kohl Center.

KEY MOMENTS

Patberg led the way in the first quarter with five points as Indiana (15-4, 13-2 B1G) would push late in the frame to take a 17-11 lead.
In the second, back-to-back buckets from Berger and Holmes gave the Hoosiers an 11-point lead with 7:09 to go. A Wisconsin (5-16, 2-16 B1G) timeout helped the home team get back on track for as it would come within five. But a conventional 3-point play from Holmes and steal and score from Cardaño-Hillary pushed the lead back to double digits.
The Hoosier defense allowed just one Badger field goal in the final 4:16 of the first half as a Holmes would beat the buzzer on a sideline out-of-bounds play with 2.7 seconds to go sent her team to the locker room with a 37-23 lead.
It was all Indiana in the second half, as it outscored the Badgers 40-26 in the final two quarters. They used a 22-14 advantage in the third quarter to take 59-37 lead. Cardaño-Hillary led way with seven points.
To close out the win, senior guard Keyanna Warthen came in off the bench and scored six of her season-high eight points in the fourth quarter.

NOTABLE

Indiana wins its 13 Big Ten wins ties a program record as it also won 13 games in the 2019-20 season.
The Hoosiers completed the season sweep of Wisconsin. Indiana has won seven-straight in the series and leads the all-time series 51-24.
Indiana had three in double figures against the Badgers. Sophomore forward Mackenzie Holmes led the way with 23 points. Redshirt junior Nicole Cardaño-Hilary and senior guard Ali Patberg had 14 points each.
Holmes led the scoring for the Hoosiers with 23 points. The Gorham, Maine native also had a team-high nine boards.
Junior guard Grace Berger grabbed eight rebounds while leading the team in assists with three. She also tallied four points on the night.
Cardaño-Hillary ended the game Wednesday night with 14 points, eight rebounds, and an assist.
Indiana outrebounded the Badgers heavily, 50-22. 18 of those boards were on the offensive glass.
The Hoosiers saw 48 points in the paint compared to Wisconsin's 32.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"Well great win on the road for us. This has been a place where we knew we were going to come in and have to play well. I thought the early pressure that Nikki (Cardaño-Hillary) provided for us stifled them offensively. Imani Lewis got into foul trouble and (Sydney) Hilliard goes out in the second half with what I think was a twisted ankle sprain. But we kept our foot on the pedal. Give our kids credit for finishing the job that they had to do. I thought we were great. Obviously, 50-22 rebounding edge tonight. 18 offensive rebounds which was tremendous. We were right at 15 turnovers. We were trying to stay a little bit under that none the less. We got to play everybody which is always a fun thing for us to be able to do. We are excited to be leaving here with a victory."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers continue its final regular season road trip at No. 15 Ohio State on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.

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