Holmes Scores 2,000th Point As No. 21 IU Handles Princeton, 72-63

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Holmes Scores 2,000th Point As No. 21 IU Handles Princeton, 72-63

11/25/2023 2:04:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Graduate student forward Mackenzie Holmes notched her 2,000^th career point and senior guard Sara Scalia scored an IU career-high 28 points in a 72-63 win over Princeton in the finale of the 2023 Elevance Health Fort Myers Tip-Off on Saturday morning.

KEY MOMENTS

Scalia got the Hoosiers (5-1) up early, 11-2, with three triples in the first four minutes of action as Princeton needed a timeout. But Indiana would go scoreless in the final 3:50 of the period but held on to a 16-11 lead.
The Hoosiers' offense exploded in the second quarter, going 10-for-12 from the floor (83 percent) for 25 points including 13 points from graduate student guard Mackenzie Holmes to lead 41-24 at the break.
Princeton (4-2) took a slight edge, 21-15, in the third quarter as Scalia and Holmes each paced IU with five points each.
Starving off a Tiger attack in the fourth, as they cut the deficit down to as few as six with just over seven minutes remaining in the game.
Indiana was able to build its lead back to double digits on a senior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil back door opportunity with 4:18 to go.
Down the stretch, sophomore guard Yarden Garzon hit a triple from the top of the key while Scalia's and-1 with 1:20 helped keep the game out of reach.

NOTABLE

Holmes became the second player to score 2,000 points in program history, as she put up 20 points. She has now scored 2,004 career points in her five seasons with the Hoosiers. The Gorham, Maine native also pulled down a team-high eight boards, four assists and a pair of blocks.
Scalia set a IU career-high 28 points in the win going 10-for-17 from the floor. The Stillwater, Minn. native has scored in double figures in all six games for IU this season. She also added seven rebounds and a team-high five assists in the effort.
Indiana shot 51.9 percent from the floor and 50 percent from beyond-the-arc (9-for-18). Their 50 percent clip from long range is a season-high.
Moore-McNeil added nine points by going 4-for-5 from the floor and had four assists. Garzon added eight points while senior guard Sydney Parrish contributed seven points.
The Hoosiers dished out 20 assists on 28 made field goals.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"That was a very talented Princeton team. If I had to put money on it, I am sure they will be ranked at some point this season. They went toe-to-toe with UCLA, they beat a really good Oklahoma team, and they gave us everything. At halftime, I was talking with our guys and I told them that they were not going to go away quietly, and they didn't. All in all, just a really great team in Princeton, but I'm really happy for our group. Sara (Scalia) had a special night, not just with her shooting, but if you look at her stat line. It's pretty impressive. I thought Mackenzie (Holmes) handled herself in a great way out of the double. It was a very physical game once again, and it's been a very physical tournament, with officials we had never seen and weren't used to. Sometimes the game is called in a different way than we're used to. At the end of the day, our kids' toughness meter is trending in the right direction. It took everything we had in the second half to get to the finish line. Our guys have been coachable, they understand what we're asking them to do, and they've executed our gameplan on both days."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will travel to Portland, Maine to face Maine on Thursday, November 30 at Cross Insurance Arena.
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