Striplin’s 27 Points Leads IU In Big Ten Opener Over Penn State

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Striplin’s 27 Points Leads IU In Big Ten Opener Over Penn State

12/7/2024 3:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Senior guard Karoline Striplin scored a season-high 27 points and tied IU's single game field goal percentage record by going 12-for-12 to lift Indiana past Penn State, 75-60.

KEY MOMENTS

Three pointers kept the Hoosiers (7-3, 1-0 B1G) afloat in the first, after facing an early eight-point deficit. It accounted for nine of the teams' first 13 points in the opening quarter, as it found itself down by one, 14-13. Junior guard Yarden Garzon, graduate student guard Chloe Moore-McNeil and junior guard Shay Ciezki each knocked one down from long range in the opener.
Indiana took its first lead of the game on three-straight buckets from Striplin while Garzon piled on with a baseline 3-pointer to make it a 26-22 edge with 3:59 before the break.
The lead grew to as many as six with just over two minutes left in the half, but the Hoosiers didn't score for the remainder of the frame as Penn State (8-2, 0-1 B1G) tied things up at the buzzer, 30-30.
Penn State began the third with a five-point lead before Striplin helped take over. She scored 13 of IU's 19 points in the quarter and helped it go up six, 49-43.
Its best shooting performance came in the fourth quarter where Indiana went 61.5 percent from the floor and connected on 5-for-7 from the 3-point line in a 26-point effort in the fourth quarter.

NOTABLE

Striplin set her new IU career-high 27 points by going a perfect 12-for-12 from the field. She ties Mackenzie Holmes' all-time single game record of shooting 100% in a game, as Holmes wen 13-for-13 and 11-for-11 in two games during her IU career.
The Hartford, Ala. native finished two points shy of a career-high and also added two rebounds, two steals and a block.
Garzon finished the afternoon with 22 points, connecting a career-high six times beyond-the-arc. She also contributed five assists and four boards.
Moore-McNeil added five assists and is just five assists away from moving into 6^th place all-time in career assists.
The Hoosiers assisted on 21 of its 29 made field goals led by six from Ciezki while also winning the glass, 30-25.
Indiana's win streak in series with the Lady Lions extends to eight games, dating back to the 2018-19 season.
IU improved to 22-21 all-time to in Big Ten openers and won its seventh-consecutive league opener.

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers resume action on Sunday, December 15 when they entertain Bellarmine. Tipoff is at 2 p.m. ET in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

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