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Holmes and Garzon Sweep Big Ten Player Of The Week Awards
11/28/2022 3:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Indiana senior forward Mackenzie Holmes was named the Big Ten Player of the Week and freshman guard Yarden Garzon picked up her first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for their performances against Auburn and Memphis at the Las Vegas Invitational.
The duo is the first IU pair to sweep the weekly awards since the start of the freshman of the week award was given starting in 2009-10. Holmes first player of the week since Grace Berger (Feb. 14, 2022) and Garzon is the first freshman of the week since Mackenzie Holmes (Jan. 20, 2020).
Holmes averaged 26.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and shot 88.0 percent from the floor in a pair of wins for No. 6/5 IU. She led with a team-high 26 points against Auburn on a perfect 10-for-10 from the floor, tying her own school record in field goal percentage. The Gorham, Maine native was also flawless from the free throw line, going 6-for-6. Holmes also added three steals and two blocks in the victory. In her outing against Memphis, Holmes was 12-for-15 from the field and added five blocks to ensure another double-digit win for Indiana to close out the Las Vegas Invitational against Memphis.
Garzon dazzled in Vegas as she averaged 19.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and held a +3.3 assist-to-turnover ratio and shot 50 percent from the floor and 58.3 percent from the 3-point line in No. 6/5 IU's pair of wins. She dropped 21 points on a 4-for-7 performance from the 3-point line against Auburn, where she put up a solid stat line in grabbing six rebounds and dished out six assists. Closed out the weekend against Memphis where she scored 17 points by going 53.8 percent from the floor and hit three triples to go along with another six rebound performance and adding four assists, a steal and a block.
No. 5 Indiana (7-0) returns to Bloomington to host No. 8 UNC on Thursday in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m. ET on BTN.
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The duo is the first IU pair to sweep the weekly awards since the start of the freshman of the week award was given starting in 2009-10. Holmes first player of the week since Grace Berger (Feb. 14, 2022) and Garzon is the first freshman of the week since Mackenzie Holmes (Jan. 20, 2020).
Holmes averaged 26.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and shot 88.0 percent from the floor in a pair of wins for No. 6/5 IU. She led with a team-high 26 points against Auburn on a perfect 10-for-10 from the floor, tying her own school record in field goal percentage. The Gorham, Maine native was also flawless from the free throw line, going 6-for-6. Holmes also added three steals and two blocks in the victory. In her outing against Memphis, Holmes was 12-for-15 from the field and added five blocks to ensure another double-digit win for Indiana to close out the Las Vegas Invitational against Memphis.
Garzon dazzled in Vegas as she averaged 19.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and held a +3.3 assist-to-turnover ratio and shot 50 percent from the floor and 58.3 percent from the 3-point line in No. 6/5 IU's pair of wins. She dropped 21 points on a 4-for-7 performance from the 3-point line against Auburn, where she put up a solid stat line in grabbing six rebounds and dished out six assists. Closed out the weekend against Memphis where she scored 17 points by going 53.8 percent from the floor and hit three triples to go along with another six rebound performance and adding four assists, a steal and a block.
No. 5 Indiana (7-0) returns to Bloomington to host No. 8 UNC on Thursday in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m. ET on BTN.
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