Hoosiers Take Down Ducks In Big Ten Tournament Opener

Thursday, March 6

Indianapolis, Ind.

12 P.M. ET

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(8) Oregon

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Hoosiers Take Down Ducks In Big Ten Tournament Opener

3/6/2025 3:50:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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INDIANAPOLIS – Junior guard Yarden Garzon had 18 points while junior guard Shay Ciezki added 17 to lead 9-seed Indiana past 8-seed Oregon in the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament opening round on Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

KEY MOMENTS

Indiana (19-11) took control on a 10-0 run lead 15-4 at media timeout as graduate student guard Sydney Parrish and junior guard Shay Ciezki capitalized off turnovers in transition. Ciezki would pace her team in the opening quarter, scoring 11 points and putting IU ahead, 23-11.
The Hoosier took their largest lead of the first half in the second, when Striplin sank a little baseline floater to go up 36-22. Oregon (19-11) trimmed the lead slightly including a buzzer-beater to end the first half as IU led 40-30.
Oregon chipped into Indiana's lead in the third, as a 7-0 run with 3:24 remaining brought the game to single digits, 48-42. Three pointers by Parrish and Garzon helped extend the third quarter lead to eight, 56-48.
In the fourth, the Hoosiers put 22 points on the board including a 91 percent clip at the line as the last eight points scored were at the line. The lead was at 10 with 5:32 to go in the game as they blew the game open after that with a 10-0 run to close it out.

NOTABLE

Indiana secured its first-ever win over the Ducks on Thursday after previously going 0-3 against them in prior meetings.
Garzon led with a game-high 19 points by going 4-for-7 from the 3-point line.
Ciezki had 11 of her 17 points in the first quarter and added four assists.
The Hoosiers hit 11 3-pointers in the effort, improving to 9-0 in games where they hit 10 or more 3-pointers.
Parrish finished the game with 10 points and a team-high six rebounds.
Graduate student guard Chloe Moore-McNeil also finished in double figures with 13 points and a team-high five assists. Indiana had 18 assists on 25 made field goals.
Freshman forward Faith Wiseman played a season-high 10 minutes and had a pair of rebounds along with an assist.

UP NEXT
Indiana will face top seed USC on Friday afternoon at 12 p.m. ET in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.

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