No. 6/6 Indiana Takes Care Of No. 9/11 Maryland
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Four players scored in double figures as No. 6 Indiana picked up a top 10 victory with a win over No. 9/11 Maryland, 68-61, on Thursday night inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
KEY MOMENTS
• After a slow start, paired with a couple of turnovers, the Hoosiers went bucket for bucket with the Terrapins throughout the quarter, thanks to a pair of threes, one each from freshman guard Yarden Garzon and junior guard Sydney Parrish. The Hoosiers trailed by one point, 20-19, going into the second.
• The Hoosiers had a lightning quick start to the second quarter thanks to a pair of threes from Parrish. The Hoosiers controlled the paint throughout the quarter, on both the offensive and defensive end, keeping the Terrapins scoreless over a span of 5 minutes. The Hoosiers took at 35-27 lead into halftime, shooting 53 percent from the field and 50 percent from the three.
• Coming out of halftime, the Hoosiers were able to control the paint, however struggled at the free throw line. The Hoosiers defense, however, was able to keep the Terrapins shooting 2 for their last 10 field goals to close out the third quarter. The Hoosiers took a 48-42 lead into the fourth.
• Following a slow start to the fourth, the Terrapins were able to tie the game up at 50 with 6-minutes left in the game. The Hoosiers proceeded to go on a 7-0 run, getting to the paint with ease, controlling the momentum. The Hoosiers were able to close out the game going 6 of 8 from the line. The Hoosiers defeated the Terrapins 68-61. Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes finished the contest with a double-double, shooting 70% from the floor, scoring 15 points 10 rebounds. The Hoosiers shot 51% from the floor and 40% from behind the arc.
NOTABLE
• Junior guard Sydney Parrish was the first to double-digits, scoring 13 in the first half and finishing the game with 18 points
• Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes scored 15 points, her 17th-consecutive ballgame with double-digit points.
• She also pulled down 10 rebounds, recording her fourth-straight double-double and the seventh of the season.
• Freshman guard Yarden Garzon and graduate student guard Grace Berger both scored 11 points in the win.
• Berger matched a season high, dishing out eight assists.
• IU shot 51 percent from the field and held the Terrapins to just 36.8 percent shooting and 33.3 percent from beyond the arc.
• The Hoosiers picked up their second top-10 win of the season, the first time in the Teri Moren era and the first time since 2001-02 that the program has won two games in the same campaign against top-10 opposition.
• IU outrebounded Maryland 37-29 and scored 32 points in the paint compared to the Terrapins’ 18.
• The 15-1 start to the season is the best in program history since beginning the 1974-75 season at 16-1.
• IU has now beaten Maryland in three of the past four games.
• With the win, Moren moves within one game of matching the all-time coaching victories record in program history. She now has 187 career wins in nine seasons at the helm of Indiana.
QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
“It was a really good win. They’re all good, they’re all hard and good. After you look at the stat sheet, that was a hard played game by two really good teams. I’m proud of our stick to it ness tonight, our resilience, our toughness, especially when they tied it up. We had to make a stand and I thought we did that defensively. We finally found some action that was good for us offensively. Put the ball in Grace Berger’s hands and had her being our decision maker out there. Inside of every game, we left a lot of points out there from the free throw line tonight and that kind of happened throughout. that’s very uncharacteristic of our team, but I’m really happy. I said going into this that our turnovers had to be low. Some of those were not just live ball turnovers, some of them were charges and so forth. That’s disappointing to see that number 19, but at the end of the night, when you shoot 57 percent from the free throw, you have 19 turnovers, but you still manage to find a way to win, that’s gritty basketball. I’m really happy for our guys tonight.”
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers host Wisconsin on Sunday for the annual Head to the Hall Day where all tickets for all fans are $1. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. ET.
