No. 4 Indiana Prevails In Overtime To Beat Nebraska

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 4 Indiana used a 14-0 run to close out the game and would prevail in its first overtime test this season in a 74-62 win over Nebraska on New Year’s Day.
KEY MOMENTS
Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes scored the first five points for Indiana (13-1, 3-1 B1G) as they traded buckets with Nebraska (10-5, 2-2 B1G). The Cornhuskers would hit the next three baskets from the field, gaining a 14-7 lead. Holmes would score another bucket followed up by an and one from junior guard Sydney Parrish bucket going into the media timeout, cutting the lead 14-12.
With 3:35 left to play, Nebraska would take a 22-19 lead going into the second.
IU would outscore Nebraska, 12-8, as senior guard Sara Scalia scored six straight points taking a 31-30 lead at the half.
Holmes would continue her dominance scoring five points to regain a 36-35 lead. Nebraska would go on a 6-0 run extending the lead, but Indiana would shut it down as they went on their own 7-0 run, hitting five free-throws for a 43-41 lead.
It was a tight fourth quarter with nine lead changes as the teams continued to trade buckets. A 3-pointer by Parrish and free-throws from junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil would put the Indiana up 60-57 before Nebraska hit a couple of shots to tie the game up at 62 heading into overtime.
The Hoosiers shutout the Huskers, going on a 12-0 run in overtime. Parrish would get the crowd fired up after she nails a three from the right wing, 65-62.
Freshman guard Yarden Garzon would get it done on the defensive end with two blocked shots before going down the court to hit a pair of free-throws. She hit a baseline three as Indiana would go on to win the game, 74-62.
NOTABLE
Holmes recorded 11 of her 22 points in the first half.
Holmes recorded her third-straight game scoring over 20 points and fifth double double on the season.
Holmes also set her season high in blocks, finishing with five.
Four Hoosiers finished with double figure scoring (Holmes 22, Parrish 16, Moore-McNeil 13, Garzon 11).
Moore-McNeil recorded a new career high in steals, finishing with five.
Parrish made three of Indiana’s four 3-pointers.
Parrish recorded seven rebounds, three assists and two steals to go with her 16 points.
Indiana held Nebraska scoreless in the overtime quarter.
The Hoosiers have won their last three overtime games dating back to 2020 and improved to 16-14 all-time in overtime contests.
The Hoosiers recorded 26 points off 21 Cornhusker turnovers.
Indiana recorded 13 assists off 23 made field goals.
The Hoosiers outscored Nebraska in the paint 36-to-26.
Indiana shot 24-30 from the free-throw line for the game.
QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
“Great crowd today on New Year’s Day. We needed every single one of those rear ends that were in the seats, we needed every one of them. We heard Hoosier nation in a big way, so we’re grateful once again. Give Nebraska credit. That’s a really good basketball team. I have a feeling that a lot of our big games are going to be a lot like that. There’s just a lot of talent from top to bottom. Night in and night out, if you’re not ready to play you’re always at risk of coming up short. I thought two really great teams were battling. We didn’t shoot well, I know that. We hit the shot we needed to hit, or we had to hit in overtime. Syd (Parrish) hit the big three that kind of got us going I thought. So excited we got to the free-throw line. That was one of the challenges I gave to our group. There’s so many times that we prep for other teams and we talk about being aggressive, rail drives, as I always tell them putting our ears back, pinning our ears back and attacking downhill and I thought we did a great job. Any time you can get to the free-throw line like we did today and shoot it at such a high percentage, that’s good stuff. I told them there’s different ways you can manufacture points, especially on nights when your shot’s not falling. I thought Yardon (Garzon) at the end and Sara (Scalia). I want to point out those two young ladies. I thought they were really really good defensively for us down the stretch of the fourth and in overtime. Sara rotated over and made a couple really big plays for us. So did Yardon. To keep them not scoring in overtime is a fantastic thing for us. Just really proud of the way we gutted it out. As we say to them all the time, we’re built for these moments. This is when your conditioning in the summer, all those Kevin workouts you do in the summer and all those workouts you do in preseason. This is when it shows up. You just try to outlast people because you’re in great shape. I thought Nebraska seemed a little tired at the end and I didn’t think we looked like that. Great win for us today.”
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will resume action on Jan. 8 at Northwestern.
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