No. 11 IU Gets Past Kentucky Wesleyan In Exhibition, 86-43

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Four Hoosiers scored in double figures on Friday night as they hosted their only exhibition game of the season in an 86-43 romp of Kentucky Wesleyan.

KEY MOMENTS

Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes and senior guard Sara Scalia led the way for the Hoosiers in the opening quarter as they each added six points in the frame. A triple from junior guard Sydney Parrish followed by a transition opportunity from graduate student guard Alyssa Geary gave IU a 13-3 lead with 4:47 to play.
Buckets from Holmes and Scalia helped pad the IU lead to close out the first, holding a 23-10 advantage.
IU doubled up on the score early in the second half as it outscored the Panthers, 20-10, in the second quarter. It was highlighted by a 10-2 run in the final 5:59 of the half to take a 43-22 lead into the locker room.
Going 61.5 percent from the floor in the third, Berger and Holmes combined for 16 of the 22 points to push its lead to 64-33.
Freshman forward Lilly Meister made the most of her work in the fourth quarter, scoring nine of her 12 points in the final period of play. She went 3-for-3 from the floor in her eight and a half minutes of action.

NOTABLE

Indiana's defense held Kentucky Wesleyan to 36.7 percent shooting.
Four players scored in double digits led by senior forward Mackenzie Holmes with 22. Graduate student guard Grace Berger added 16, senior guard Sara Scalia had 14 and freshman forward Lilly Meister poured in 12 off the bench.
Holmes went 11-for-14 from the floor, five rebounds and a block in 19 minutes of action.
Indiana recorded 38 points off of 27 Panther turnovers.
Berger was one assist away from a double-double with 16 points and nine assists. Berger also has five rebounds, two steals and shot 67 percent from the floor.
Meister recorded nine of her 12 points in the fourth quarter while going 3-for-3 from the floor and 3-for-4 from the free throw line.
Scalia had 14 points along with two steals.
Indiana recorded 34 teams rebounds to the Panthers' 22.
The bench for Indiana tallied 29 points for the game.
Indiana recorded 13 of their 24 team assists in the first half.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"I thought it was great to be back in the Hall. I thought it was great to be back out in front of our fans and I know our kids were excited, obviously, to play a real live game with people inside of this special place. I though there were some really great things inside of the game and I thought there were some things that I know we are going to have to be so much better at. This was a night that was just about us and trying to play everybody, getting them minutes on the floor and we were able to accomplish that. The 12 turnovers I'm not very pleased by. I think it was the going into the fourth, maybe it was the last four minutes, we had seven turnovers and I felt like we came out and we turned it over, turned it over and turned it over. That was a little bit disappointing but I thought for the most part it was a nice first way to start with this new group of Hoosiers and I think that the more we play together, real games, I think our best basketball is still ahead of us."

UP NEXT
Indiana opens the regular season on Tuesday when it hosts Vermont inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Game time is set for 7 p.m. ET.

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No. 11 IU Gets Past Kentucky Wesleyan In Exhibition, 86-43

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