2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 12
Yarden Garzon
- Year:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Ra’anana, Israel
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-3
Bio
HONORS
All-Big Ten Second Team (2024-25)
Academic All-Big Ten (2024-25)
Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 (2025)
Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team (2024)
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (2023-24)
Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 (2024)
All-Big Ten Second Team (2022-23)
All-Big Ten Freshman Team (2022-23)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (11/28/22, 1/17/23, 1/30/23)
USWBA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week (1/17/23)
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (2023-24)
Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 watchlist (2023)
CAREER
Started in all 97 games of her three-year career … set school record for 3-pointers made (216) … 32nd member of the 1,000-point club and finished 23rd in all-time scoring (1,204 points).
JUNIOR YEAR (2024-25)
Started all 33 games … averaged a team-high 14.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and shot 40.7 percent from the 3-point line … knocked down 88 3-pointers, which ranks second in a single season … recorded multiple 3-pointers in 26 games … shot 43.1 percent from the floor and 90 percent from the free throw line … also averaged 3.5 assists per game and tied a team-high two double-doubles … scored in double figures 28 times and had five 20-plus point efforts … led Indiana in scoring in 10 games … started off the season with 16 points, three rebounds and three assists against Brown … her 20 points tied a team-high against Harvard … connected on four 3-pointers for 18 points and eight boards against No. 24 Stanford … led Indiana to victory over Columbia in the opener at the Battle 4 Atlantis … had 11 points, five boards and two steals in the B4A championship game versus No. 16 North Carolina … put up 14 points and six rebounds in a home win against Southern Indiana … her 22 points, five rebounds and four assists led IU in the Big Ten opener at Penn State … set a season-high seven assists against Maine … went 6-for-9 from the field at SSAH to defeat Bellarmine with 16 points and six assists … scored 13 points, seven rebounds, five assists and had a season-high four blocks against Wisconsin … had a team-high 19 points against No. 1 UCLA … had a spectacular performance at No. 23 Iowa where she went 7-for-8 from the floor and a perfect 5-for-5 from the 3-point line for 21 points to go along with five rebounds, four assists and two steals … against No. 2 USC, scored 10 points, nine rebounds and six assists … grabbed 10 rebounds at Oregon … put up a career-high 35 points on a career-high eight made 3-pointers in a win at Washington … posted 19 points and four rebounds to lead IU over Nebraska … pulled down a team-high eight rebounds to accompany 18 points in the Barn Burner Trophy win over Purdue … with her double-double of 14 points and a season-high 11 rebounds to go along with six assists pushed Indiana past No. 8 Ohio State … closed out the regular season with 18 points against Maryland and 15 points and seven rebounds at Purdue … averaged 17 points and 6.3 rebounds in postseason action … scored a team-high 23 points and eight rebounds against top-seed USC … posted 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists in the NCAA Tournament first round to top 8-seed Utah .. finished the season with 10 points, eight rebounds and four assists at South Carolina in the NCAA Tournament second round … transferred at the end of the season.
SOPHMORE YEAR (2023-24)
Started in all 32 games … averaged 11.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 44.9 percent from the floor … team’s second-best 3-point shooter as she knocked down 62 on the season and shot 42.2 percent from beyond the arc … posted 19 games with multiple 3-pointers … notched double figures in 18 games … recorded multiple assists in 28 games … in the season opener against Eastern Illinois, put up 15 points and tied a career-high seven assists … recorded 14 points with six boards in victory against Murray State … set a then career-high and team-high 23 points against No. 19/21 Tennessee at the Fort Myers Tip-Off, connecting on a season-high five 3-pointers … added eight points against Princeton to go along with six rebounds and three assists … she tallied up 14 points at home against Stetson by going 50 percent from the floor with four dimes … had 11 points and four assists and in the Big Ten opener at Rutgers … set a new career-high against Evansville with team-high 30 points shooting 12-for-14 from the field, including three 3-pointers … put up 12 points for the Big Ten home opener against Illinois to go along with five assists … made five rebounds and connected on 2-for-4 3-pointers in win versus Michigan … added 11 points and four rebounds at No. 3/3 Iowa … recorded 17 points at Purdue in the Barn Burner Trophy game, connecting on five 3-pointers and setting a career-high four steals … recorded 15 points, five rebounds and three assists in win against Northwestern … pulled down a season-high nine rebounds with seven points and four assists versus Minnesota … put up 11 points at Maryland win along with five rebounds and three assists … tied a season-high nine rebounds at No. 8/7 Ohio State with 14 points … was one of three players to score 20 points in a victory over Michigan State as she connected on 8-for-11 from the floor including four triples … connected for a team-high eight rebounds at Illinois with 17 points … led the team in assists with five along with 15 points against No. 4/4 Iowa … shot 4-for-8 from the 3-point line to rack up 17 points in the regular-season finale against Maryland … recorded eight rebounds and nine points in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal against Michigan … her 13 points with six rebounds helped IU get past Fairfield in the NCAA Tournament first round … contributed seven points and three rebounds in NCAA Second Round win over Oklahoma … in the Sweet Sixteen against top-seed South Carolina, she added a team-high six rebounds along with 16 points.
FRESHMAN YEAR (2022-23)
Started in all 32 games … averaged 11.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and shot 45.8 percent from the 3-point line, 45.5 percent from the field (70-for-153) and 86.1 percent at the free throw line … set a new IU freshman record for 3-pointers made (70) and is tied for fourth in a single season in program history … her 45.8 percent clip from 3-point range is second all-time in a single season … she also ranks in the top 10 of other freshman categories including third in 3-point attempts (153), eighth in scoring average, sixth in assists per game and 10th in games started (32) … recorded multiple assists in 24 games … scored in double figures 19 times and had two double-doubles … connected on multiple 3-pointers in 20 games … in her debut, led Indiana with 19 points on 7-for-12 shooting on 5-for-8 from the 3-point range, four assists and two blocks against Vermont … scored 11 points and six rebounds against Bowling Green … put up 14 points versus Quinnipiac … at the Las Vegas Invitational, posted her first 20 point game with 21 points, six assists and six rebounds against Auburn … followed up with a 17 point, six rebounds, four assist and a steal and block against Memphis … set a season-high seven assists to go along with nine points and seven rebounds in the win over No. 6 UNC in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge … in her Big Ten debut, added nine points, three rebounds and three assists against Illinois at home … had seven points, eight rebounds and five assists against Penn State … went 4-for-6 from the arc for a team-high 16 points against Morehead State … added 13 points against Butler … posted 17 points, six assists and three rebounds at Michigan State … contributed 11 points and six rebounds in a victory over No. 9/11 Maryland … had 19 points, eight rebounds and seven assists over Wisconsin as she went 7-for-9 from the field and 4-for-8 from the 3-point line … her efforts against Maryland and Wisconsin led her to Big Ten and USWBA national freshman of the week honors … shot 80 percent from the field for 10 points with five rebounds at No. 14/16 Michigan … set a season-high 20 points on 8-for-17 shooting and 4-for-9 from 3-point range along with 10 rebounds and tied a season-high three steals
for her first double-double of the season in a win over No. 2/5 Ohio State … went 62.5 percent from the floor and 66.7 percent from the 3-point line for 14 points, four rebounds and three assists against Rutgers … had eight points and four rebounds in a win over Iowa … chipped in seven points and eight rebounds along with an assists, steal and block against Michigan … contributed double figures with 12 points and six rebounds in the regular season home finale against Purdue … set a season-high 14 rebounds with seven points at Iowa where she went 4-for-4 from the line … scored 12 points in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal against Michigan State … pulled down 11 boards and had six points in the semifinal against Ohio State … in her NCAA Tournament debut, added 12 points and four rebounds along with two assists against Tennessee Tech … knocked down three triples for 10 points, four rebound and two assists versus Miami (FL) in the second round.
PREP
Rated as a 4-star recruit by Premier Basketball Report who averaged 14.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game for Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan where she shot 45.1 percent from the field, 43.8 percent from 3-point and 94.1 percent at the free throw line … played Israel Senior National Team at the EuroBasket 2023 qualifiers in November 2021 where she was in the starting lineup against Latvia and scored 16 points and four rebounds … has extensive experience with the Israel National Team … at the 2021 U20 European Challengers, she averaged 19.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.8 steals and 2.0 blocks per game.
PERSONAL
Birth date is Nov. 23 ... daughter of Ruth and Eitan Garzon ... has a twin sister, Yuval, older sister Lior who plays basketball at Colorado and a brother, Dvir ... major is business.
Career Highs (through 2024-25)
| Points | 35, at Washington 1/27/25 |
| Rebounds | 14, at Iowa 2/26/23 |
| Assists | 7, 4x, last vs. Maine 12/1/25 |
| Steals | 4, vs Purdue 2/11/24 |
| Blocks | 4, vs. Wisconsin 12/28/24 |
| FG Made | 13, at Washington 1/27/25 |
| FG Attempts | 20, vs Tennessee 11/23/23 |
| 3FG Made | 8, at Washington 1/27/25 |
| 3FG Attempts | 12, vs. Southern Indiana 12/4/24 |
| FT Made | 8, vs. Harvard 11/7/24 |
| FT Attempts | 8, vs. Harvard 11/7/24 |
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