No. 21 Indiana Runs Past Jackson State, 91-51

No. 21 Indiana Runs Past Jackson State, 91-51

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.  – The No. 21 Indiana Hoosiers Women’s Basketball team had five players in double figures at home in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Sunday afternoon as they beat Jackson State, 91-51. Freshman forward Mackenzie Holmes led the way with 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting.

KEY MOMENTS

• After trailing 4-2, the Hoosiers went on an 8-1 run that drew a Jackson State timeout after a sophomore guard Grace Berger jump shot at the 5:45 mark in the first quarter. Indiana never trailed again in the contest.
• Indiana triggered a second Jackson State timeout at the :52 second mark in the first quarter after it went on a 10-2 run that was capped off by a Holmes layup. The first possession after the timeout resulted in a Jackson State shot clock violation.
• The Hoosiers led after one quarter of play, 26-10.

• Seven second quarter points by senior forward Brenna Wise helped the Hoosiers take a halftime lead, 46-19.
• The Hoosiers scored on four straight possessions with two baskets each by Holmes and Berger that triggered a Jackson State timeout at the 5:12 point of the third quarter. Indiana led 60-25.
• After the timeout, Holmes scored three of the four next baskets for the Hoosiers as they took a 68-27 lead with 2:40 remaining in the third. After three, Indiana led, 77-35.

• Indiana took their largest lead of the game at 45 points at the 7:56 mark in the fourth quarter on a junior guard Keyanna Warthen layup.

NOTABLE

• With the victory, Indiana improves to 3-0 on the season.
• The Indiana defense held Jackson State to 17-of-68 from the field (25 percent). Over the three games this season Indiana has held opponents to 51-of-177 (28.8 percent) from the field.
• Indiana forced Jackson State into 18 turnovers and held a 20-3 advantage in points off turnovers. The Hoosiers committed seven turnovers.
• Offensively, with the 91 points today, the Hoosiers are averaging 92.3 points per game this season. The Hoosiers tallied 20 assists, led by Grace Berger with a career-high seven assists. All 11 players that saw action in the game scored for Indiana.
• Indiana had 33 points off the bench today and are averaging 39 points per game from reserve players this season.
• Indiana closed the last 2:43 of the first quarter with a 12-2 run to go up 26-10 after the opening period. The Hoosiers extended that run to 19-4 to go up 33-12 at the 6:03 mark of the second quarter.
• Indiana held Jackson State without a field goal for a period of 6:16 from the last 1:51 of the first quarter to the 5:35 mark of the second quarter.
• The Hoosiers had five players score in double figures, led by freshman Mackenzie Holmes with 15 points. Holmes converted 7-of-10 field goals and added seven rebounds. Also scoring in double-figures were Grace Berger (14), Ali Patberg (13), Aleksa Gulbe (12) and Jaelynn Penn (10).
• Indiana held a 46-20 advantage in points in the paint and 19-5 edge in fast break points.

QUOTABLE

“It was a good win. There is no such thing in a bad one. But just by quickly looking at our stats, we did get some of our game goals like our 20 assists, less than 12 turnovers on a night that we didn’t shoot it particularly well. I think the silver lining might be that we managed to still score 90 points while sitting our starters for most of the fourth. Being able to score that many points but not shooting it well kind of seems like an odd thing to say. I felt like we had great looks in the first half that just didn’t go down. When I look down and see that Brenna Wise is 3-11 and Aleksa (Gulbe) is 3-10 and JP (Jaelynn Penn) is 4-11, that is atypical of those guys and them being able to shoot the ball at a higher clip. I’m disappointed that we didn’t shoot it better, but none the less happy with the way that we started the first quarter. Jackson State is a hard team not just to prepare, but we knew defensively they were going to throw multiple different looks at us. Yet, on the offensive end, they don’t run anything as far as continuity that you can really prepare for. You just know that there are going to be a lot of moments where there are a lot of shots taken. Long shots, bad shots, random shots, and it’s hard to rebound a hard shot. I thought tonight we were victims of it being difficult to rebound some of those tough misses. We were in the right place, but we didn’t do what we needed to do as far as backing people out to come up with the rebound. I thought our intentions were in the right place. So, happy with the win, but I realize that we need to shoot the ball better. We have to guard much better and we have to rebound much better.”

UP NEXT

The Hoosiers will play next in their first road game of the season when they travel to Gainesville, Fla. to take on the Florida Gators at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22.