IU Rolls Past Rutgers, 81-60
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana hit a season-high 15 3-pointers as it led wire-to-wire in an 81-60 win over Rutgers on Thursday night inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
KEY MOMENTS
- A pair of treys from graduate guards Sydney Parrish and Chloe Moore-McNeil would get scoring started for Indiana (15-7,7-4 B1G). It held an early lead over the Scarlet Knights despite a scoring drought in the bottom of the frame that persisted for 3:50.
- Both teams struggled to get it going the top of the second period until junior guard Shay Ciezki found an opportunity to tip it in. Senior forward Karoline Striplin followed soon after with a layup of her own to help the Hoosiers took a 32-21 lead at the break.
- Moore-McNeil and junior guard Yarden Garzon would come together to drain a pair of triples from the top of the key, with Garzon giving the home team the largest advantage of the half at 11 points.
- Indiana led Rutgers (9-14,1-11 B1G) 32-21 going into the break, shooting 50% from the field during the second (6-for-12)
- Indiana put on a clinic from the 3-point line in the third quarter, as it went 10-for-13 from long range. The 3-point onslaught started with Moore-McNeil hitting a pair back-to-back while Ciezki, Parrish and Garzon all connected beyond the arc. It was part a 76.9 percent clip from downtown as Ciezki led with 11 points in the frame.
- The lead escalated to as many as 32 points in the fourth as all available players saw action to lead Indiana to its third-straight win.
NOTABLE
- This is the Hoosiers sixth-consecutive win against the Scarlet Knights, they move to 9-6 in the series.
- The Hoosiers shot 54.7 percent on the night, including an 80 percent from the floor and 76.9 from the 3-point range.
- Four Hoosiers made double digits in scoring, Parrish (22), Ciezki (16), Garzon (14) and Moore-McNeil (12).
- Parrish broke her season-high in points with 22, and she put up four three-pointers meeting her season-high.
- The Hoosiers put up 15 3-pointers for a new season-high. It’s the second most in a single game in school history. Ciezki, Moore-McNeil, and Parrish all tied a season high with four triples. IU had its second highest 3-point percentage for the season going 53.6 percent.
- Indiana picked up 24 assists, led by Ciezki who tied a season high with seven.
- This is the second straight game that the Hoosiers have defeated their opponent by 15 points or more.
UP NEXT
Indiana travels to Minnesota on Sunday in a 3 p.m. ET tip at Williams Arena.