No. 2 IU Wins 12th Straight In Victory At No. 13 Ohio State

Monday, February 13

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No. 2 IU Wins 12th Straight In Victory At No. 13 Ohio State

2/13/2023 9:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 2 Indiana used a strong first half as it picked up its 12^th-straight win in a victory at Ohio State, 83-59, on Monday night.

KEY MOMENTS

Indiana (24-1, 14-1 B1G) started off with a Berger and-1 opportunity to take control early. Back-to-back buckets from Holmes gave Indiana a 10-6 lead.
In the final 2:55 of play in the first, IU would go on a 9-2 run including a triples from Garzon and Scalia to build a 24-12 lead.
In the second, the Hoosiers would drop 30 points en route to shooting 74.2 percent in the first half, holding a 54-29 lead. They led by as many as 27 in the second quarter, as Scalia found Holmes in the paint with 6:01 to play.
Scalia would put up 12 of her 18 points in the second quarter as Holmes joined her in double figures with 10 points. Scalia's 4-for-5 effort from the 3-point line helped Indiana shoot 63.6 percent in the opening half (7-for-11).
Ohio State pushed back in the third quarter, outscoring the Hoosiers, 24-14. The lead never left double figures for Indiana as it got Scalia's sixth 3-pointer of the night to push the lead back to 12 with 1:53 to play in the third.
Answering the call in the fourth. Indiana limited OSU to just three buckets for six points in the final 10 minutes of action. Holmes scored nine of her points in the frame to close things out.

NOTABLE

Indiana's win streak improves to 12, the third longest win streak in program history under ninth year head coach Teri Moren.
IU also earned its eighth ranked in win of the season, defeating six of those Top 25 opponents in Big Ten play.
The Hoosier pick up their fifth-straight win in the series, including a season sweep, with the Buckeyes, tying its longest ever win streak between the two schools which dates back to the 1972-73 season. They also won five in the series between 2000-03.
Holmes set a new career-high 33 points on a 15-for-18 effort from the floor. Her 15 made field goals ranks third in a single game in school history
Scalia added an IU career-high 24 points as she connected on six of her eight 3-point attempts.
Berger finished the game with her second double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 also added five assists, passing IU alum Ali Patberg with 529 all-time assists.
Junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil led the way with seven assists as Indiana dished out 20 asissts on 34 made field goals.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"Terrific win. Had things really going well for us in the first half offensively. We did some good things defensively, but I really thought what we did on another level tonight was really get out to a fast start offensively, get a lot of points on the board. Then in the second half, it was sort of the tale of two halves. We knew that there was going to be a run that was going to be made by Ohio State, and sure enough there was. One of the things with this group is they don't panic, we just kind of settle in and realize that one, we have to get stops, and then we have to go down on the other end and execute at a high level. Really proud of Sara and how she shot the ball tonight. She's an elite shooter and everything that came out of her hands just looked so good tonight. So, I'm really happy for her. Mack, was just once again terrific on the inside. I know that Ohio State was without JC and Becca, but the plan didn't change for us. We knew we wanted to put the ball inside, when that happens, it opens things up on the outside as well. So, handled their press tonight I thought. Low turnovers, shot it at a really high clip, so really, really proud of our group tonight."

UP NEXT
Indiana returns home for its final regular season home games starting with No. 12 Michigan on Thursday night. Tipoff is set for 8:30 p.m. ET on BTN.

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