Hoosiers WBB Get Past No. 24/23 Stanford, 79-66

Hoosiers Get Past No. 24/23 Stanford, 79-66

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.  – Graduate student guard Chloe Moore-McNeil had 21 points and a team-high four steals as she helped lead Indiana to a 79-66 win over No. 24 Stanford at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Sunday afternoon.

KEY MOMENTS

• It was a back-and-forth first quarter, with the two teams exchanging five lead changes and two ties. Stanford led by as many as four with 5:19 remaining as graduate student guard Sydney Parrish nailed a right-wing three to pull the Hoosiers back within one. Junior guard Shay Ciezki gave Indiana a brief lead with a step-back jumper.
• Indiana (2-2) edged out the Cardinal in the first quarter, 24-22, on a junior guard Yarden Garzon layup.
• In the second quarter, the Hoosiers’ offense continued to push past Stanford. It included an 8:05 field goal drought for the Cardinal (4-1) as Indiana built a 16-point lead.
• The home team led 42-31 at the half going 16-for-31 shooting from the field (52%). Moore-McNeil led her team at the break, behind 12 points and two steals. Junior guard Yarden Garzon followed closely behind with 10 points, five rebounds and three assists.
• Stanford cut the game to single digits on multiple occasions in the third, but Indiana used a 7-0 run to take the lead to 19 with 2:42 to go. IU shot 50% from the floor in the third while holding Stanford to a 31.3% clip.
• A fast-break layup from Ciezki, assisted by Moore-Mcneil, broke a Hoosier drought from the field and gave the defense the opportunity to not let the Cardinals drop the home lead under 14 points. Indiana finished the rally to beat Stanford 79-66.
• Indiana’s lead was cut down to as few as 10 with just under four minutes remaining, but Indiana built back up its lead to as many as 16 as a capitalized at the free-throw line late in the game going 11-for-12 from the charity stripe.

NOTABLE

• The Hoosiers win its first game in the series against Stanford since the very first meetings of the program’s in 1979. The series still favors Stanford, 3-2.
• IU shot 49 percent from the floor in the victory, including a 47.4 clip from the 3-point line and went 83.3 percent at the free throw line.
• The Hoosiers started the game with 24 points in the first quarter, the highest number of points scored in a single quarter for Indiana this season.
• Moore-McNeil (21), Ciezki (19), and Garzon (18) all scored in double-digits for Indiana. Moore-McNeil and Ciezki both broke their season-highs in scoring.
• Garzon led the Hoosiers beyond the arc, sinking four 3-pointers. She also led the team in rebounds with eight, setting a new season-high. She also extended her consecutive made free throw streak to 17, going 2-for-2 at the line and is 14-for-14 from the line this season.
• Indiana won the battle off the glass, out rebounding Stanford 35-32.

UP NEXT

A pre-holiday trip is on deck for IU who will play in the Battle 4 Atlantis at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas beginning on Friday, Nov. 23 against Columbia.