No. 10 Hoosiers Get Win At Maryland

Wednesday, January 31

College Park, Md.

7:00 P.M.

Indiana University

18-2,9-1Big Ten

Maryland

12-9,4-6Big Ten

Indiana

Maryland

1/31/2024 9:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Graduate student forward Mackenzie Holmes and senior guard Sara Scalia each had 23 and 22 points, respectively, as No. 10 Indiana won for the first time at Maryland in a 87-73 win at Xfinity Center on Wednesday night.

KEY MOMENTS

Indiana (18-2, 9-1 B1G) came out with back-to-back triples from sophomore guard Lexus Bargesser and Yarden Garzon. It would hit four from long range as it built a 14-2 lead with 6:10 to play as Maryland called timeout.
The Terps (12-9, 4-6 B1G) responded in the first with an 8-0 run of its own, but IU finished the frame with a triple from senior guard Sara Scalia and a buzzer-beater lay-in for graduate student forward Mackenzie Holmes pushed the lead to double figures, 24-14.
A 28-point second quarter featuring eight points each from Holmes and Scalia pushed the Hoosiers to a 52-30 lead at the break. They shot 78.6 percent from the floor in the second including 14 points inside the paint.
The Hoosiers had to weather a second half surge from Maryland. The home team would shoot 75 percent from the floor in the third quarter, putting up 29 points coming out of the break as the lead shrunk to single digits at the end of the third, 68-59,
Maryland came within as few as seven to open the fourth but Indiana used a midrange jumper from sophomore guard Yarden Garzon to go back up 11 with 6:45 to play. Four-straight made free throws from Scalia extended the to a 82-65 lead as IU's defense didn't allow a field goal for the final 7:45 of the game.

NOTABLE

Indiana wins its first game in the series between the two schools in College Park and has now won four of its last five in the series.
Holmes paced the Hoosiers with her sixth double-double of the season with 23 points and 10 rebounds. It was her 24^th career double-double and 19^th game in double figures this season.
Scalia notched her seventh game with 20-points or more as she connected on four 3-pointers to push her season total to 63.
Garzon and Moore-McNeil also added double figures with 11 points and 10 points each.
Bargesser finished the night with nine points on 4-for-6 shooting and a team-high six assists. IU dished out 19 assists with Garzon, Scalia and Moore-McNeil each added three. The trio also each pulled down five boards apiece.
The Hoosiers also won the battle on the glass, 33-24. Holmes had seven of IU's 11 offensive boards.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"Well, this is extra special, as most of you probably know we've never won here as a program, so we made history for our program in terms of being able to win at Maryland. That just tells you how good Maryland had been and what a fabulous job Brend (Frese) has done in her time here. I'm really proud of our group tonight, the triangle (defense) caught us off guard, but I thought our kids handled themselves well in the first half. We knew that Maryland was not going to go away, that's just not how they are coached, and they have too much tradition and pride. They're too well coached. We knew there was going to be a run made by them and that was in the third quarter. We were able to hang on to the lead and I thought that the way our experience really paid off down the stretch and the way we handled ourselves in spite of them making a run at us. We will have to go back and watch the film and seeing some of the slippage we had defensively, I did like how we handled ourselves, especially at the end when we just decided to be ultra-aggressive and try to get ourselves to the free throw line. That was the plan. I thought Mack(enzie Holmes) and Sara (Scalia and the rest of their teammates did a fabulous job there, especially after the four minute media of keep being aggressive."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will travel to Columbus for a Top 10 matchup at No. 8 Ohio State on Sunday at Noon ET on FS1.

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