No. 4/3 Indiana Gets 10th Win At Penn State

Thursday, December 8

University Park, Pa.

7 P.M. ET

Indiana University

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Penn State

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Indiana

Penn St.

12/8/2022 8:43:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes posted a double-double and No. 4/3 Indiana thwarted off an upset attempt by Penn State to improve to 10-0 in a 67-58 win at the Bryce Jordan Center. Indiana ties its best star under ninth year head coach Teri Moren.

KEY MOMENTS

Indiana led by as many as eight in the first with 3:43 to play but went cold as it scored just two points the rest of the way and held a 16-15 lead.
The scoreless streak lasted into the second quarter but back-to-back buckets from Parrish and Holmes tied the game at 20. Penn State would push again and lead by as many as five on two occasions. Senior guard Sara Scalia pushed to the rim on IU's final possession of the half, but the Hoosiers faced a 29-26 deficit at the break.
Outscoring the Lady Lions, 22-11, in the third, Indiana used a solid attack from Holmes who had eight points and seven points each from Parrish and junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil. A jumper by Parrish at the elbow and Moore-McNeil pushing in transition sparked a 9-0 run with 5:07 to play in the third.
Leading by as many as 10 in the final 90 seconds of the third, the Hoosiers took as many as a 15-point lead in the early minutes of the fourth quarter. The Lady Lions (7-3, 0-2 B1G) poked at the Hoosiers' lead late, cutting it to as few as seven but freshman guard Henna Sandvik hesitated on the shot block and secured the wide-open bunny. Indiana finished things off at the line in the bonus with a pair from Parrish.

NOTABLE

With the win, Indiana ties its best start under ninth year head coach Teri Moren. It also won its first 10 games in the 2018-19 season.
Holmes recorded her third double-double of the season and 13^th of her career with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Parrish tied Holmes for a team-high 18 points while adding seven rebounds and three assists.
Moore-McNeil added 11 points in the win with a team-high seven assists and had just one turnover.
The Hoosiers shot 52.9 percent from the floor, its seventh game shooting 50 percent or better.
They assisted on 20 of 27 made shots, with four players dishing out multiple assists including five from freshman guard Yarden Garzon and four from Scalia.
Indiana outscored the Lady Lions, 41-29, in the second half. It had to battle from its first halftime deficit of the season.
At the line, IU went 88.9 percent (8-for-9) including a perfect effort from Moore-McNeil (4-for-4).

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"Well, they are not always pretty. We have had a few of those, but not a lot of them. Several of them, and it was no different tonight. Give Penn State credit. They came out, and I thought won the first half of this game, but I thought our guys turned around in the second half and responded in the right kind of way. Too many turnovers. That really is what sort of made us sluggish, stagnant, whatever word you want to use in the first half. We just turned the thing over too much and couldn't get into any good flow. I thought in the second half it was better. We took care of the ball and stopped trying to push it in pace and run offense in the second half. We did enough. Obviously, we outrebounded them, and still shot a nice 52 percent from the field, 33 percent from three and 80, almost 90 (percent) from the free throw line. It is just the turnovers. That category in itself is a little bit of a disappointment. We played a lot of games in 10 days, and I thought we looked a little bit tired out there from the onset. But we figured out a way to get the job done, so I am really proud of our group. We can get back to Bloomington and kind of catch our breath, we are a little bit dinged up, and get healthy."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will take a break for finals and resume non-conference action on Sunday, December 18 against Morehead State. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. ET.

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