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Mackenzie Holmes Earns Spot On Wooden Award Late Season Top 20
1/30/2023 7:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes has earned a spot on the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's Late Season Top 20, announced by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Monday evening.
Holmes is leading Indiana with 22.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and shoots one of the nation's best percentages at 68.4 percent. She has scored in double figures in all 21 games, recording 12 20-point scoring games and a pair of 30-point efforts this season as well. The Gorham, Maine native leads IU with 1.7 blocks per game (35 total) and adds 1.3 assists per outing. She has nine double-doubles on the season, seven coming in Big Ten play, which ranks seventh in a single season in school history.
She scored a new career-high 32 point against Michigan State and had another 30 point effort in the win at then No. 21 Illinois. During her three-game span against Illinois, Michigan and Ohio State, Holmes became the second player in 20 years, male or female, since Maya Moore (2010-11) to score three-straight 20-point games against AP Top 25 foes. She continues to climb her way up the all-time scoring list with 1,668 career points, which ranks 10th all-time and 715 career rebounds. The Gorham, Maine native is also third all-time in blocked shots (185). This season, Holmes has also earned recognition on the 2023 Lisa Leslie Award preseason watch list and 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy women's watch list.
Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the 2022-23 season thus far, the list comprises 20 student-athletes who are the front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor. The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2023 John R. Wooden Women's Player of the Year presented by Wendy's. The Wooden Award All American Team™ will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The 20223 John R. Wooden Award will be presented by Wendy's following the NCAA Tournament in April.
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Holmes is leading Indiana with 22.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and shoots one of the nation's best percentages at 68.4 percent. She has scored in double figures in all 21 games, recording 12 20-point scoring games and a pair of 30-point efforts this season as well. The Gorham, Maine native leads IU with 1.7 blocks per game (35 total) and adds 1.3 assists per outing. She has nine double-doubles on the season, seven coming in Big Ten play, which ranks seventh in a single season in school history.
She scored a new career-high 32 point against Michigan State and had another 30 point effort in the win at then No. 21 Illinois. During her three-game span against Illinois, Michigan and Ohio State, Holmes became the second player in 20 years, male or female, since Maya Moore (2010-11) to score three-straight 20-point games against AP Top 25 foes. She continues to climb her way up the all-time scoring list with 1,668 career points, which ranks 10th all-time and 715 career rebounds. The Gorham, Maine native is also third all-time in blocked shots (185). This season, Holmes has also earned recognition on the 2023 Lisa Leslie Award preseason watch list and 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy women's watch list.
Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the 2022-23 season thus far, the list comprises 20 student-athletes who are the front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor. The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2023 John R. Wooden Women's Player of the Year presented by Wendy's. The Wooden Award All American Team™ will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The 20223 John R. Wooden Award will be presented by Wendy's following the NCAA Tournament in April.
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