Nets Catch Fire For No. 16 IU In 109-56 Rout Of Evansville

Monday, December 18

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00 P.M.

Indiana University

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Evansville

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Evansville

Indiana

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Nets Catch Fire For No. 16 IU In 109-56 Rout Of Evansville

12/18/2023 9:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Sophomore guard Yarden Garzon scored a career-high 30 points and No. 16 Indiana shot a NCAA Division I single game-high 71.7 percent from the floor in a 109-56 win over Evansville on Monday night.

KEY MOMENTS

Senior guard Sara Scalia's drive to the rim for the and-1 opportunity pushed Indiana's lead to 12-5 as part of an 8-0 run early in the first quarter.
Garzon and senior guard Sydney Parrish combined to go 7-for-7 in the first ten minutes as it shot 64.3 percent from the floor as a team to take a 27-15 lead.
The lead opened to start the second quarter, as part of a 11-0 run that extended from the opening period. Seven different players scored points in the second quarter.
Indiana (9-1, 1-0 B1G) tacked on 24 more points in the second quarter as part of a collective 62.5 percent clip from the floor in the first half as it pushed its lead to 51-28 at the break.
34 points were scored by the Hoosiers in the third quarter, the most since the game format went to quarters in 2015-16. As a whole, IU shot 79.3 percent in the second half and outscored Evansville (2-8), 58-28.
Graduate student forward Mackenzie Holmes recorded 15 of her 22 points in the second half along with 18 points from Garzon.

NOTABLE

Indiana shot 71.7 percent from the floor, which is the highest single game field goal percentage in NCAA Division I women's college basketball this season. The previous single game high was set by Michigan State against Detroit Mercy earlier this season (70.9).
Additionally, it marked the program's highest single game field goal percentage, with the previous record of 68.6 percent against Iowa in 1975, falling in Monday night's win.
Garzon had a near-perfect shooting night across the board, hitting 12-14 from the field and going 3-4 from the line. She also hit a career high in scoring, putting up 30 points and leading scoring in the IU victory. It was the first 30-point game by an IU player since Mackenzie Holmes scored 30 points against Illinois on December 18^th, 2022.
Holmes had a double-double, with 22 points and 10 rebounds, making this her second double-double this season. Also finishing the night in double figures were Scalia (12) and Parrish (12).
The Hoosier bench accounted for 31 points – a new season high – led by nine points from freshman guard Lenée Beaumont.
Freshman guard Julianna LaMendola scored a career-high in scoring, adding six points for the Hoosiers.
IU's season win streak has increased to eight games and 16-straight wins at home in non-conference play.
109 points were the second-most points scored by the program in a game this season and its 54-point win margin ties for the program's 10^th largest win in school history.
Indiana shared the ball more than Evansville, reaching 19 total assists. Moore-McNeil led the Hoosiers with six assists.
IU outrebounded the Purple Aces 42-18 and five players recorded five rebounds or more.
Indiana scored 48 of its points inside the paint and converted 21 points on fast breaks.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"It's good to be back in Simon Scott Assembly Hall. I thought we had a great crowd tonight We're always grateful that our fans even on a Monday night and a little chilly out there that they showed up for us. I didn't realize until after the game and I looked at the stat sheet I thought that was a very quiet 30 that Yarden (Garzon) had, but very efficient, she and Mackenzie both. Looking at the stat sheets that we did a real you know several really good things but too many turnovers. Some of those were charges with Sydney and Jules (LaMendola) and I think Yarden also had one. We are still not shooting a great from the free throw line as good as I think we can. One of our goals was to keep them under their average of 20 free throws and we kept them at 14. I thought that was we still fouled way too much, but at least we kept them under their average. For a week that is weird, always when you come off of finals week, to come out and try to get back in rhythm, I thought it was a good night."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers close out non-conference play against Bowling Green on Friday at 6 p.m. on BTN.

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