Second Quarter Helps Lift No. 6/5 Hoosiers Over Memphis

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Second Quarter Helps Lift No. 6/5 Hoosiers Over Memphis

11/26/2022 11:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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LAS VEGAS – Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes dropped 27 points as No. 6/5 Indiana's 30-point second quarter led it past Memphis, 79-64, at the Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday night.

KEY MOMENTS

In a battle from the jump, junior guard Sydney Parrish had the first four for IU but the two teams went toe-to-toe the entire period. Coming out of a media break, the Hoosier offense broke the press as sophomore guard Kaitlin Peterson secured the transition layup to make it 10-9.
Memphis (4-3) pushed its lead to five as freshman guard Yarden Garzon connected from the left wing at 2:15 but the team would score no more as the Tigers took a 21-15 first quarter lead.
A 3-pointer from junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil and a hook from Holmes sparked the Hoosiers (7-0) to go on a 10-0 run and regain a lead just two minutes in to the second quarter.
Senior guard Sara Scalia made it the first to double figures as she connected from distance, helping IU go 54.6 percent from the arc in the second and outscore Memphis, 30-12, as it held a 45-33 lead at half.
The third quarter resulted in a 15-15 scoring tie by both teams as Indiana maintained a 12-point lead going to the fourth where it shot 63.6 percent from the floor. They were highlighted by Holmes' 13 points where she went 5-for-5 from the field to help her team put away the game.

NOTABLE

Holmes led the way with 27 points on 10-for-13 shooting. The Gorham, Maine native went 20-for-23 on the weekend at the Las Vegas Invitational.
Scalia recorded her sixth multiple 3-point field goal game of the season, pouring in four triples for 16 points.
Moore-McNeil recorded her second-straight career night in assists, dishing out nine assists. She also added seven points and six rebounds in the win. Indiana dished out 19 assists on 30 made field goals.
Parrish made her first career start for the cream and crimson as she added double figures with 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists.
Garzon once again stuffed the stat sheet with 17 points, six rebounds and four assists. She went 7-for-13 from the field and hit three 3-pointers.
The Hoosiers shot 50.8 percent from the floor on the evening and hit nine 3-pointers.
Indiana improves to 3-1 in the all-time series with Memphis.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"We came here to do a job and to beat two good teams, very similar in nature in terms of them defensively and did what we needed to do. I was really happy with, once again, our turnovers stayed low tonight, our assists were up with 19 and our goal is 15 a game so it continues to stay up. Disappointed with our free throw shooting and I thought Yarden (Garzon) was really good. Mack(enzie Holmes) had another sensational night. Sara Scalia finally saw a couple of her three's go down early when we needed them. A combination of different kids stepping up at different times. The rhythm sort of disruptive with all the fouls being called throughout. That always makes it a little challenging, but happy that we are getting out of here with the job that we came here to do complete. Now we have to go back to Indiana and kind of regroup, figure out when we are going to get Grace Berger back and play a North Carolina team."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers are back in Bloomington on Thursday when it hosts No. 8 North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at 6 p.m. ET on BTN.

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