At 9-0, the Indiana Hoosiers are having fun with top-of-the-line begins in class historical past, transferring up one spot to No. 4 within the newest Related Press Prime 25 Ballot, tying for this system’s finest rating reached within the 2021-22 season. Indiana is one in every of solely 9 ranked groups and not using a loss this season, with coach Teri Moren’s squad having received all 9 of its video games by a median of 26.1 factors per sport.
The NCAA.com Group of the Week, Indiana, scored wins final week over North Carolina within the ACC/Massive Ten Problem and Illinois to begin Massive Ten Convention play.
Within the win over North Carolina, senior ahead Mackenzie Holmes (25) and junior ahead Sydney Parrish (24) mixed for 49 factors as Indiana scored its first-ever win over North Carolina and improved all-time to 9-6 within the ACC/Massive Ten Problem. Key for Indiana within the sport was 12 made threes, tying a season-high set earlier within the season towards Vermont. For Holmes, the 25 factors marked her twenty first 20-point sport of her profession.
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In a hard-fought four-point residence win over Illinois on Sunday, Holmes once more led the way in which with 23 factors and 6 rebounds and set a brand new season-high with 4 blocks. Chloe Moore-McNeil scored 10 of her 13 factors within the first quarter, whereas including three assists and a pair of rebounds. Parrish had her second double-double of the season and third of her profession with 12 factors and 10 rebounds. Sara Scalia set a brand new season excessive in assists with six whereas freshman guard Yarden Garzon had 9 factors, three assists and three rebounds. Indiana prolonged its win streak to 14 over the Combating Illini, profitable each matchup since 2013.
Indiana has been in a position to keep its early season success, regardless of enjoying with out fifth-year guard Grace Berger, who’s at the moment sidelined with an harm. Key to that sustained excellence has been Holmes, who’s averaging a team-high 20.9 factors, 7.0 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per sport, whereas taking pictures 69.6 % from the sphere. Holmes has scored no less than 20 factors in every of Indiana’s final 5 video games.
The Hoosiers subsequent journey to Penn State for its second Massive Ten contest on Thursday night time, Dec. 8.
