No. 4/3 Hoosiers Fly Past the Eagles

Sunday, December 18

Bloomington, Ind.

2 PM ET

Indiana University

11-0,2-0Big Ten

Morehead State

4-7,0-0OVC

Morehead St.

Indiana

Photo by: Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - December 18, 2022 - \wbb during the game between the Morehead State Eagles and the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - December 18, 2022 - guard Sara Scalia #14 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Morehead State Eagles and the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - December 18, 2022 - guard Yarden Garzon #12 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Morehead State Eagles and the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Pearson Georges/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Pearson Georges/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - December 18, 2022 - guard Sydney Parrish #33 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Morehead State Eagles and the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Pearson Georges/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Pearson Georges/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - December 18, 2022 - guard Chloe Moore-McNeil #22 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Morehead State Eagles and the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - December 18, 2022 - forward Alyssa Geary #32 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Morehead State Eagles and the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - December 18, 2022 - guard Lexus Bargesser #1 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Morehead State Eagles and the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - December 18, 2022 - forward Mona Zaric #24 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Morehead State Eagles and the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - December 18, 2022 - forward Mackenzie Holmes #54 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Morehead State Eagles and the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

12/18/2022 4:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Freshman guard Yarden Garzon led all scorers with 16 points as the No. 4 ranked Hoosiers flew past Morehead State, 87-24, on Sunday afternoon in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

KEY MOMENTS

Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes opened up the game for the Hoosiers (11-0) scoring six straight points. Garzon would hit back-to-back three pointers with nearly six minutes left to play, jump starting a 22-1 run to end the quarter.
Outscoring Morehead State, 16-8, in the second, IU continued to push the pace with Holmes and Garzon combining for nine points giving Indiana 44-12
Holding the Eagles (4-7) to single digits, Indiana called on their second unit as they went on a 17-3 run to extend the lead.
Freshman forward Lilly Meister scored seven points and grabbed seven rebounds in the second half. The Hoosiers would lead as many as 63 in the fourth quarter.
IU finished the game with 40 points in the paint and 27 bench points.

NOTABLE

IU improved to 11-0 for the third time and first time under ninth year head coach Teri Moren. It's the first time since 2013-14, when the program started its program best 14-0. Additionally, the program went 11-0 in 1992-93 and the program's inaugural season of 1971-72.
The Hoosiers recorded new points allowed in each quarter this season against the Eagles while holding an opponent to the fewest first and second half points in a game this season as well.

Indiana holds the Eagles to four points in the first quarter. This is the fewest points allowed in a quarter for the season.
The Hoosiers recorded the third largest margin of victory in program history winning by 63 points. It's the largest margin of victory since it defeated Illinois by 60 (76-16) on Dec. 6, 1974.
Today's win is the 18^th time in program history the Hoosiers have held an opponent to under 30 points.
Morehead State's 24 points are the fewest points allowed by an opponent since 1975 against Taylor.
Four Hoosiers finished with double figure scoring led by 16 points from Garzon, who went 4-for-6 from beyond the arc.
Freshman forward Lilly Meister finished with seven points, eight rebounds and set a new career high with two steals in 16 minutes.
Freshman guard Lexus Bargesser recorded a new career high in assists with six.
Sophomore guard Mona Zaric recorded a new career high, seven points on 75 percent shooting from the floor.
Graduate student forward Alyssa Geary finished with six points, five rebounds and set a new season high in blocks with three.
The Hoosiers held the Eagles to shooting 9-51 from the field and 5-23 from three.
Indiana recorded 21 assists off 33 made field goals, the sixth time its dished 20 or more assists in a game this season.
The Hoosiers outrebounded Morehead State 43-26.
Indiana recorded 36 points off 25 Eagle turnovers.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"Well, we are grateful for the crowd this afternoon on a cold Sunday. There was a lot to be excited about. Anytime we get to play anybody, I think that is a really cool day for us. We tried like crazy to get Henna Sandvik some shots at the end because we wanted everybody to score. In a game, especially in the second half, when you have a lead like that, one of the challenges to your group is to come out and try to play clean, really good basketball. I thought for the most part, we did. We did turn it over turnover 12 times, but I liked how we stayed focused on trying to play the way that we practice. We had a lot of different lineups in there, we had a big lineup there at the end, some kids playing out of position, but I thought they did a really nice job, as we call it, trying to play clean down the stretch. I am happy on a game like today where everyone can get in and play and score except for Henna. I think we did some really good things. The challenge for our group was to come out of the gates early and to be enthusiastic and play with a bunch of energy. We have had 10 days off, so there was a concern that we would be a little bit flat coming out of the beginning of the game. We challenged them at shoot around and once in our pregame talk just to come out and get off on the right foot. I was proud how they responded to that."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers close out non-conference play on Wednesday when it host Butler at 1 p.m. ET at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

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