No. 4/5 Indiana Routs Purdue On The Road

Sunday, February 5

West Lafayette, Ind.

2 P.M. ET

Indiana University

22-1,12-1Big Ten

Purdue

15-7,6-6Big Ten

Indiana

Purdue

2/5/2023 5:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A staunch defensive second half helped No. 4/5 Indiana pick up the 69-46 win over Purdue at Mackey Arena on Sunday afternoon.

KEY MOMENTS

Indiana (22-1, 12-1 B1G) scored the first seven points of the game before Purdue was able to get on the board with 6:07 remaining in the first quarter. Junior guard Sydney Parrish kept the Hoosiers on top at the media timeout, 10-5, with her first triple of the afternoon.
Despite not scoring a field goal in the final 3:10 of the first, IU held on to a 14-10 lead. Purdue (15-7, 6-6 B1G) punched back in the second, taking brief leads early. Junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil would take the reins of the offense, scoring 10 of her 13 points in the second. The Boilermakers cut the lead to one with 2:27 to play before the break as senior guard Sara Scalia knocked a triple down to make it 27-23.
Holding on to a 31-26 lead at the break, IU put up a fight defensively in the third, allowing just two points in the frame and winning the quarter 19-2. Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes scored 11 of her 15 points in the third as her team shot 63.6 percent.
Purdue would muster just one shot in the third with 7:39 to play, going scoreless for the remainder of the frame as IU took a 50-28 lead.
The lead stretched to as many as 26 in the fourth quarter, as Parrish poured in seven in the final 10 minutes to help seal the victory.

NOTABLE

Indiana wins its eight-straight in the series with Purdue.
It also extends its win streak to four games at Mackey for the first time since 1983-86.
It's 23-point win is the second largest in a road game against the Boilermakers in program history. IU by 25 points on Jan. 15, 1985.
IU gave up just two points in the third quarter, the fewest allowed in any quarter since the quarter system began in 2015-16. It also held Purdue to just 20 second half points, its fewest in the second half by any team this season.
IU's 46 points allowed by Purdue was the fewest by any Big Ten foe faced this season.
Moore-McNeil led the way on the boards with nine rebounds and added 13 points. She also tied a season-high five steals in the effort.
Holmes and Parrish combined to lead the way with 15 points each.
Senior guard Sara Scalia added 14 points off the bench as she added three 3-pointers.
Freshman guard Yarden Garzon added seven points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"First of all, what a great crowd today in Mackey. Give credit to Purdue, our fans traveled as well, but for filling up this place today. It was a great environment just not for us, but for Big Ten women's basketball and even larger than that for women's basketball. We continue to do that in the Big, and fans are coming out to watch. I have said it before and I will keep saying it, this particular year is the best conference in women's basketball. I am really proud of our gang for playing in such a ruckus environment but also really keeping their cool. I don't think it affected us from an emotional standpoint, and that's what happens when you have a veteran team the way we do. I thought they had a week to prepare for us, and we went to the game, and they decided to play a little bit off Chloe and try to clog it in with the double with Mack. I thought Chloe (Moore-McNeil) did a tremendous job at handling herself and not just hitting down the threes but taking the opportunities to attack as well. I am really proud of the way she handled herself. And the rest of them, obviously Syd. I thought Sara Scalia came in and gave us great minutes off the bench which was a great shot in the arm for us. Going back to Mack, I do think she handled herself. She knows the double is coming and she continues to work out of it in a mature kind of way. I am really pleased for the most part with how we handled ourselves. We have played in front of crowds like this before at our place, usually there is more red in the place than there was this afternoon. I am really happy to be a part of this game today with a really good Purdue team."

UP NEXT
Indiana will host No. 6 Iowa on Thursday night inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.

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