Mackenzie Holmes Named To 2023 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Women’s Midseason Team
2/7/2023 6:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes is one of 20 players on the 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith midseason team.
Holmes is leading Indiana with 22.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and shoots one of the nation's best percentages at 69.6 percent. She has scored in double figures in all 23 games, recording 13 20-point scoring games and a pair of 30-point efforts this season as well. The Gorham, Maine native leads IU with 1.8 blocks per game (41 total). 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 1,711 career points, which ranks 10th all-time and 724 career rebounds. The Gorham, Maine native is also third all-time in blocked shots (191). This season, Holmes has also earned recognition on the 2023 Lisa Leslie Award preseason watch list, 2023 Wooden Award preseason, midseason and late season teams, 2023 USBWA Ann Meyer Drysdale Player of the Year watch list.
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Holmes is leading Indiana with 22.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and shoots one of the nation's best percentages at 69.6 percent. She has scored in double figures in all 23 games, recording 13 20-point scoring games and a pair of 30-point efforts this season as well. The Gorham, Maine native leads IU with 1.8 blocks per game (41 total). 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 1,711 career points, which ranks 10th all-time and 724 career rebounds. The Gorham, Maine native is also third all-time in blocked shots (191). This season, Holmes has also earned recognition on the 2023 Lisa Leslie Award preseason watch list, 2023 Wooden Award preseason, midseason and late season teams, 2023 USBWA Ann Meyer Drysdale Player of the Year watch list.
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