Holmes’ 28 Points Leads No. 14 Hoosiers Over Northwestern

Tuesday, February 27

Evanston, Ill.

7:00 P.M.

Indiana University

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Northwestern

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Indiana

Northwestern

Holmes’ 28 Points Leads No. 14 Hoosiers Over Northwestern

2/27/2024 9:10:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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EVANSTON, Ill. – Graduate student forward Mackenzie Holmes score 28 points on a 12-for-13 performance from the floor as No. 14 Indiana picked up an 84-64 road win at Northwestern on Tuesday night.

KEY MOMENTS

IU (23-4, 14-3 B1G) kicked things off with triples from sophomore guard Yarden Garzon and senior guard Sara Scalia as it went on a 9-0 run to take a nine-point lead with 5:09 to play. Holmes added eight points in the opening frame as the Hoosiers built a 26-21 lead.
Senior guard Sydney Parrish stuck a right wing 3-ball early in the second quarter, forcing a Wildcat timeout as the lead grew to double digits. The lead grew to as many as 14 in the second quarter as the Hoosiers shot 53.8 percent from the floor. Holmes' eight points helped IU take a 43-33 halftime lead.
Scalia started the third quarter off with a 3-pointer as Indiana held Northwestern (8-20, 3-14 B1G) scoreless for a five-plus minute stretch as Holmes scored 12 of her 28 in the frame. Freshman guard Julianna LaMendola grabbed an offensive board with 21 seconds left for a putback as she helped her team take a 71-45 lead to the fourth.
Sophomore forward Lilly Meister helped the Hoosiers seal the game with six points in the fourth quarter.

NOTABLE

Indiana sweeps the season series with the Wildcats and has won four-straight in the series.
Holmes became the second all-time leading scorer amongst the men's or women's programs at Indiana as she passed Steve Alford (2,438 career points) with a 2,466. It was her 16^th game scoring 20 points this season.
Parrish recorded her third double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds. She finished three points shy of her 1,000^th career point.
The Hoosiers shot 53.3 percent from the floor and improved to 15-0 when shooting 50 percent or better.
IU also won the battle on the boards, 41-27, behind Parrish's 10 and nine from Holmes.
Senior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil added six points, four assists and three rebounds.
LaMendola tied a season-high eight points and had four rebounds in the win.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"I thought there was a lot of really good things that we did tonight. I thought we didn't shoot the ball from beyond the arc like we normally do. When you get 21 looks at the at the goal and we only hit seven of those, that's a little bit disappointing because we've been shooting the ball so well. But nonetheless, I thought we were not so good in the first half defensively. I thought we had to switch things up, especially guarding (Melannie) Daley. She was she was really good tonight. I thought our intent was much better in the second half coming out and getting stops. I'm not happy we turned the ball over 14 times, but did a lot of other really good things defensively. I thought we rebounded the ball great tonight. Mack(enzie) Holmes was crazy good, very efficient on 12-for-13 and nine boards and so it was a great road win for us."

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Senior Day is set for Sunday, March 3 when Indiana hosts Maryland at 3 p.m. ET.

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