EAST LANSING, Mich. – Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes set a new career-high 32 points and had her fourth double-double of the season, but No. 4 Indiana came up short at Michigan State, 83-78, on Thursday afternoon.
KEY MOMENTS
- Indiana (12-1, 2-1 B1G) exchanged buckets with Michigan State in the first and were all tied, 10-10, at the media timeout. With under five minutes left to play, Michigan State went on an 8-0 run to take a 19-12 lead. Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes would cut the lead to four after an and one bucket.
- MSU (9-5, 1-2 B1G) would lead as much as nine before IU called a timeout. Holmes would jumpstart another 6-0 run cutting the Spartan’s lead down to two, 23-21. With 8:47 left to play in the half, the Hoosiers kept it tight as they alternated buckets, but the Spartans would have a 35-33 heading into the locker room.
- In the third, the Hoosiers continued to battle back hitting five of their last seven shots with a 11-3 run. Freshman guard Yarden Garzon would complete the run on an and one play, 52-48.
- Garzon would continue her spark in the fourth scoring back-to-back in the paint. Holmes would follow it up with an and one play to tie the ball game, 58-58.
- Holmes scored nine points in the fourth, but MSU would extend the lead, 67-60, with another a 7-0 run with over four minutes to play.
- Garzon’s three with 26.1 seconds on the clock kept it a one-possession game, but the Spartans would seal the game in the bonus in the remaining seconds.
NOTABLE
- Holmes set a new career-high with a game-high 32 points and 12 rebounds. It marked her first 30/10 double-double of her career and first for the program since Jill Champan had 30 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Wisconsin on Jan. 24, 2022.
- Holmes moves into 15th place in all-time scoring with 1,476 career points, surpassing Lisa Furlin (1,451).
- Holmes also leads the team in double-doubles this season with four and recorded the 14 double-double of her career, which moves her into 12th place all-time in career double-doubles.
- The Gorham, Maine native also recorded her 76th double figure scoring game of her career.
- Garzon added 17 points and six assists while two others also scored in double digits including junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil (11 points, seven assists) and junior guard Sydney Parrish (10 points).
- Moore-McNeil added a team-high seven assists and a team-high three steals.
- The Hoosiers shot 58.5 percent from the floor in the effort, its second-best clip from the floor this season but made a season-low three 3-pointers.
- On the day, IU committed 21 turnovers which led to 28 Michigan State points.
- Indiana suffers its first loss of the season at Michigan State and has not won in the Breslin Center since 2018.
QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
“Well we are disappointed. I felt like we dug ourselves a little hole there in the first half and fought our way back to pull within striking distance at halftime. Obviously, second half we tied it up and then we went down and I think gave up a 3-point play and lost the momentum again. Give our kids credit, they fought hard. The 21 turnovers certainly was a problem for us today, didn’t take care of the ball as well as we needed to do. We knew the press was coming but we didn’t handle ourselves. A lot of little things that when you try to do some things different defensively and try to change it up defensively and then we just had some really tough luck. Whether the ball got tipped or it was on the floor and we couldn’t get too it, just some tough luck scenarios also in there but give our kids credit they fought to the bitter end. I’m disappointed but Michigan State deserved to win this game today.”
UP NEXT
The 2023 calendar year tips on January 1 when Indiana welcomes Nebraska. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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