Top Seeded Hoosiers To Face 9-Seed Michigan State In Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals

Friday, March 3

Minneapolis, Minn.

12:30 P.M. ET

Indiana University

9-seed Michigan State

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Top Seeded Hoosiers To Face 9-Seed Michigan State In Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals

3/2/2023 3:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Top seed Indiana will face 9-seed Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal at Target Center on Friday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 12:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network.

GAME DAY INFO

#2/2 (1) Indiana (26-2, 16-2 B1G) vs. (9) Michigan State (16-13)

Friday, March 3, 2023 • 12:30 p.m. ET

Target Center • Minneapolis, Minn.

Broadcast: BTN (Mike Hall, Meghan McKeown, Christy Winters Scott)

Radio: WHCC 105.1 FM (Austin Render)

Live Stats: BigTen.org

Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

ABOUT THE COACHES

Indiana	Michigan State
Teri Moren	Suzy Merchant/Dean Lockwood (acting)
Career Record: 397-221 (20^th Season)	Career Record: 528-305 (28^th Season)
Indiana Record: 198-91 (9^th Season)	MSU Record: 327-185 (16^th Season)

ABOUT THE SPARTANS
Michigan State has won five of its last six including a 67-64 victory over Nebraska in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. All-Big Ten honorable mentions in graduate student guard Kamaria McDaniels leads the way with 13.7 points per game while sophomore guard/forward Matilda Ekh adds 12.3 points per outing.

SERIES HISTORY
Michigan State leads 49-32

LAST MEETING
12/29/22 - L, 78-83 (East Lansing, Mich.)

NOTES

In 28 years competing in the postseason tournament, the Hoosiers are 22-29 overall and ninth year head coach Teri Moren holds a record of 7-9. The Hoosiers have won one tournament championship in 2002 and are coming off its second championship game appearance in 2022. Indiana holds 1-2 record against the Spartans in tournament action and last met in the 2021 tournament in Indianapolis where the No. 2 Hoosiers fell to the No. 7 Spartans, 69-61.
Head coach Teri Moren was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year while senior forward Mackenzie Holmes was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year as six Hoosiers pulled in All-Big Ten awards. Moren becomes the first coach in program history to repeat as the Big Ten Coach of the Year, an honor she also picked up in 2016. Holmes becomes the first player in program history to win the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year award. Holmes (unanimous) and graduate student guard Grace Berger were first team selections while junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil earned second team honors from the media and honorable mention from the coaches and joined Holmes on the All-Defensive team. Junior guard Sydney Parrish earned All-Big Ten honorable mention honors while freshman guard Yarden Garzon joined her on the All-Big Ten honorable mention team and was on the five-member All-Freshman team. Senior guard Sara Scalia was given the nod on the honorable mention team by the media. Moore-McNeil was the team's sportsmanship award honoree.
Four players are averaging double figures for the Hoosiers, behind 22.5 points from Holmes. Berger and Parrish each add 12.4 points per game while Garzon adds 11.3 points per game.
Indiana and Michigan State played just once this season in late December. The Hoosiers suffered their first loss of the season in East Lansing on Dec. 29, 83-78. Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes dropped a then career-high 32 points and 12 rebounds. While the Hoosiers shot 58.5 percent, they were forced into a season-high 21 turnovers in the loss.

UP NEXT
The winner of Friday's game advances to the Big Ten Tournament semifinal on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET.

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