Hoosiers Run Past UMass Lowell

Friday, November 11

Bloomington, Ind.

7 PM ET

Indiana University

2-0,0-0Big Ten

UMass Lowell

0-2,0-0America East

Team	1	2	3	4	F
UMass Lowell	12	5	7	13	37
Indiana	22	27	20	24	93

11/11/2022 9:37:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes led all scorers with 17 points as No. 11 Indiana cruised to 93-37 victory over UMass Lowell on Friday night.

KEY MOMENTS

Holmes got things started for the Hoosiers (2-0) early, as she had all seven points for her team with 6:12 to play in the first quarter. She ended up with nine in the opening period, as IU led 22-12.
Defense was key in the second quarter, as the River Hawks hit just one shot as Holmes and senior guard Sara Scalia each had six points to give Indiana a 49-17 advantage at the break.
Holding UMass Lowell (0-2) to single digits again in the third quarter, the Hoosiers were able to utilize their bench down the stretch as freshman forward Lilly Meister came in and offered up 10 points, eight in the second half as IU led by as many as 59 in the fourth quarter.
All 14 players saw action in the victory, as it was highlighted in the win by 60 points in the paint and 42 bench points.

NOTABLE

The Hoosiers made defense a priority in the first half, only allowing UMass to score 17 points, shooting 18% from the field and forcing 10 turnovers.
Mackenzie Holmes looks to move to 21^st on the Hoosier all-time scoring leaders next game against Tennessee.
IU took control of the game from the start; the Hoosiers were down for only 12 seconds.
The Hoosiers did a great job of getting good looks in transition off turnovers. Scoring 34 from UMass turnovers.
The Hoosiers scored 20+ points in each quarter while shooting just over 50% from the field.
Lily Meister, Mackenzie Holmes, and Sara Scalia all finished in double figures. Meister had 10 points which contributed to IU's 42 bench points.
Holmes led the way by going 7-8 from the field while adding five rebounds and two blocks.
With tonight's win, the Hoosiers tie for the fourth largest win in team history, with a margin of 56 points. This is the largest win since 2019.
The Hoosiers were dominant in the paint, scoring 60 of their 93 points.
13 of IU's 14 players played 11 minutes or more.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"Good win tonight for the Hoosiers. A little bit disappointed. We shot the three-ball and it wasn't what it was the other night. But I thought we still got great looks, they just didn't go down for us and that will happen inside of a game. But I am very disappointed with our free throw shooting. I am not very happy with that category. We are much better free throw shooters. We work on free throws. It is something we spend time on throughout every practice, pressure free throws, you name it. We have to be able to capitalize on those freebies as we move forward going into Monday night's contest and as we move forward in our schedule. We have to find a way how we can step up there with confidence and hit shots. 60 points in the paint, which is tremendous, 42 points from our bench which is probably a first for us. I thought in the fourth quarter we were really trying to play clean with those kids and some of those are young, Lexi Bargesser, Lilly Meister and Henna Sandvik were in there for a majority of the time and Mona Zaric only being a sophomore. I thought they did a lot of nice things, scoring 24 points in the fourth. That is a good sign for us, that the reps they are getting in practice are good for them, and they are doing some good things. On a night where we got to sit our starters, it was great to see those other kids do some good things."

UP NEXT
Indiana travels to No. 5/5 Tennessee in its first road game of the season on Monday night. Tipoff in Knoxville is set for 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

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