No. 25/24 IU Wins 12th-Straight Season Opener
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Graduate student guard Sydney Parrish posted a double-double and senior forward Karoline Striplin added 17 points off the bench to lead No. 25/24 Indiana to an 82-60 victory in the season opener over Brown.
KEY MOMENTS
- After an early 3-point lead by the Bears to begin the first quarter, the Hoosiers went on a 9-0 run, led by a pair of threes from Parrish and junior guard Yarden Garzon.
- Indiana (1-0) defense held the Bears to seven points to end the first quarter 18-7, highlighted by a forced turnover from Junior guard Shay Ciezki that led to a fast break layup.
- Defensive efforts by IU held the Bears to 0-for-5 shooting to finish the half with a 39-21, led by Parrish who had nine points and seven rebounds.
- Garzon tipped off the Hoosiers from the field in the second half with a second-chance three-point jumper assisted by Ciezki.
- The home team finished the third frame 50% from the field (6-for-12). Striplin led the Hoosiers scoring 10 of the 21 points.
- Parrish, Garzon and Graduate guard Chloe Moore-McNeil helped the Hoosiers start off the fourth quarter strong, coming together to score the first 12 points.
- Indiana rounded out the game with perfect shooting from the free throw line in the second half (11-for-11) and 15-for-29 shooting from the field (51.7%).
NOTABLE
- Indiana won its 12th-straight season opener including all 11 under head coach Teri Moren.
- Moore-McNeil recorded her 100th career victory as a player in the season opening win. She now stands with a 100-25 overall record at IU. The Greenfield, Tenn. native also scored for her consecutive 64th game in a row.
- The Hoosiers finished the night with 20 assists on 30 made field goals with a game-high of five by Moore-McNeil.
- Striplin goes in for a total of 17 points for her first official game as an Indiana Hoosier. Freshman guard Valentyna Kadlecova and Ciezki also scored their first buckets in an IU uniform.
- Four players for the Hoosiers reached double digits – Parrish (20), Striplin (17), Garzon (16) and Meister (13).
- Parrish recorded a 20-10 (20 points and 10 rebounds) in the game. Her first 20-10 game of her career and the eighth double-double of her career.
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers play another Ivy League opponent in Harvard on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET in Bloomington.