Yarden Garzon and Lilly Meister were limited in the second half because of matchup issues with Illinois and according to Head Coach Teri Moren “They are fully Healthy”. Garzon played 20 minutes and scored 3 points and had hard time guarding Adalia Mackenzie. Lilly Meister played 11 minutes and scored 1 point, 2 rebounds and assist. Karoline Striplin played 29 minutes off the bench and scored 6 points, 3 rebounds, along with a block and a steal. Moren said after the game that Wednesday’s Practice “was not a good practice” for IU, adding “how you practice is how you play.” Illinois set the tone and came out played a very physical game and Moren said “They were physical with us. We didn’t respond the right way” and added “We just dug ourselves a hole, couldn’t get anything going.”
Illinois is 13-4 overall and 3-3 in the Big Ten. Kokomo, Indiana Native Kendall Bostic scored 21 points and pulled down eight (8) rebounds to lead the Fighting Illini. Bostic scores in a lot of ways inside and a mid-range shot that is hard to stop and was 9-19 from the field, 1-2 from three-point rage and 2-2 from the free throw line. Adalia Mckenzie added 15 points, Berry Wallace went 3-3 from three-point range and scored 13 points off the bench and Genesis Bryant scored 12 points. Illinois went 27-57 from the field for 47%, 6-10 from three-point range for 60% and 8-10 from the free throw line for 80%. The Fighting Illini pulled down 28 rebounds, dished 18 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks and committed 6 turnovers. Illinois had 24 points in the paint and 13 bench points.
Yarden Garzon came out got the scoring started with a triple for the Hoosiers as the Illini limited her to three shots the entire first half. Illinois went on a 19-2 run to lead 19-5 with. Sydney Parrish ended the scoring drought for the Hoosiers, but the Illini led 25-14 after the first quarter and shot 11-17 from the field for 64% and 3-3 from downtown after the first 10 minutes. Illinois scored 10 second quarter points but did not score for the last two minutes and fifty seconds of the second quarter. Indiana scored 8 points and did not hit a field goal for last three minutes and eleven seconds of the second quarter as the Fighting Illini led 35-22 at the half as Adalia Mackenize and Kendall Bostic scored 13 points apiece and 8 rebounds combined while shooting 46% from the field as team in the first 20 minutes and holding the Hoosiers to 36% from the field on 11-30. We need to start the first quarter better,” Sydney Parrish said. “We really shot ourselves in the foot by the 25 points [Illinois scored] in the first quarter, and that led us to being down the rest of the game.
The Hoosiers outscored the Fighting Illini 19-14 in the third quarter as the Hoosiers were outscored 19-13 in the fourth quarter. Illinois finished the game on a 6-0 run in the last 1:38 and the Hoosiers were held scoreless for the last two minutes and eight seconds of the game. Indiana has already faced UCLA and faces USC, Oregon and Washington in the next three games so with the Big Ten getting deeper and considered one of the best leagues in Women’s College Basketball there are no nights off and you can’t overlook anyone. “This league is much is too good to feel like you can take a night off ever and no matter who it is,” Teri Moren said about the Big Ten conference. “I think, the best league in the country.”
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