The Hoosiers put six in double-figures led by a 27 point and 11 rebounds from Mackenize Holmes who is now in 6th place all time on the school’s double-double list with 25 passing Zan Jefferies who played from 1988-91. Holmes was 9-14 from the field, 9-9 from the free throw line and 1 steal in 20 minutes of action. Yarden Garzon scored 15 points, Lilly Meister scored a career high 13 points, Sara Scalia and Lenee Beaumont scored 11 points each and for the Freshman Beaumont it’s a career high. Chloe Moore-McNeil scored 10 points, Juliana LaMendola added 7 points, Henna Sandvik scored 6 points and Lexus Bargesser got her second start pulling down 9 rebounds, dishing out 4 assists and 2 steals in 29 minutes and was the only Hoosier not to score. Indiana only had 9 available players without Sydney Parrish, Arielle Wisne and Sharnecce Currie-Jelks unavailable due to injury.
The Hoosiers were 37-69 from the field for 53%, 7-20 from three-point range for 35% and 19-21 from the free throw line for 95%. The Hoosiers pulled down 43 rebounds, dished out 19 assists, 7 steals, 1 block and committed 10 turnovers. Indiana scored 58 points in the paint, 37 points off the bench and 23 points off turnovers.
Northwestern was led by Melannie Daley with 16 points off the bench and 12 points from Caroline Lau. Wildcats leading scorer Caleigh Walsh was held to 7 points and 4 rebounds. Walsh was held under her average of 12.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. The Wildcats were 22-54 from the field for 40%, 4-10 from Three Point Range for 40% and 11-17 from the free throw line for 64%. Northwestern had 24 rebounds, 9 assists, 7 blocks, 5 steals and committed 19 turnovers. The Wildcats scored 30 points in the paint and 25 bench points along with 7 points off turnovers.
In the first quarter Mackenize Holmes set the tone hitting four free throws and jumped out to a 4-0 lead The Wildcats had two turnovers on its first two offensive possessions. The teams were a combined 0-7 from the field until Casey Harter scored the first field goal of the game at the 7:29 mark. 26 seconds later Mackenize Holmes drove baseline for the reverse layup that sparked a 12-0 Hoosier run over a three minute and one second span. Melannie Daley ended a four minute and twenty-seven second scoring drought when she scored at the 3:43 mark. The Hoosiers went on an 11-4 run as Lilly Meister scored five straight points and Chloe Moore-McNeil beat the buzzer with a layup as the Hoosiers led 27-8 after the first quarter.
Holmes who scored 10 points in the opening quarter picked up where she left off scoring 23 seconds into the second quarter. Caleigh Walsh scored four straight points, but Indiana went on a 5-0 run with a Sara Scalia Triple and Yarden Garzon bucket as the Hoosiers led 34-12 with 6:41 left before halftime. Indiana outscored Northwestern 10-6 to lead 44-18 with 3:43 left before halftime. Lilly Meister missed a bucket and got her own rebound and put back give the Hoosiers a 46-18 lead. The Hoosiers led by 30 points when Freshman Lenee Beaumont who hails from Lisle Illinois which is 33 miles from the Northwestern campus hit two free throws with three minutes left. Mackenize Holmes added two free throws as part of 9-0 Indiana run as the Hoosiers scored their 50th point in the first half with 1:50 left. Melannie Daley hit two free throws with 1:35 to end the Hoosier run. Daley scored the final six points of the second quarter including a shot to beat the buzzer as Indiana outscored Northwestern 23-16 in the second quarter as the Hoosiers did not hit a field goal in the final 3:23 and went to the locker room 50-24 at halftime. Daley had 12 first half points and Holmes had 16 points along with 12 from Scalia to lead the Hoosiers.
In the third quarter Chloe Moore-McNeil scored the first four points and assisted on a pass inside to Mackenzie Holmes as the Hoosiers went on a 6-0 run before Jasmine McWilliams scored for the Wildcats. The Hoosiers always had an answer each time the Wildcats scored. Yarden Garzon threw a bullet pass to Lilly Meister underneath the basket to give the Hoosiers a 40-point lead with 5:17 left in the third quarter. Indiana increased the lead to 45 points on a Lenee Beaumont jumper at the 1:19 mark as the Hoosiers outscored the Wildcats 25-6 in the third quarter and led 75-30 going into the final quarter. In the fourth quarter Northwestern outscored Indiana 29-25. The Hoosiers Henna Sandvik scored with 1:58 left to put the Hoosiers at the century mark for the third time this season.
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