Purdue at No. 2 Indiana | Big Ten | 2.19.23

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - No. 2/2 Indiana clinched at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title on Sunday afternoon with a win over Purdue, 83-60, inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
KEY MOMENTS
The game went back-and-forth in the first as Indiana stuck a pair of threes by freshman guard Yarden Garzon and senior guard Sara Scalia to lead 13-9. IU would lead by as many as eight in the opening frame, but Purdue would have the answer with seven seconds left to cut the lead to 20-15.
Indiana (26-1, 16-1 B1G) pushed its lead to as many as 10 on two occasions in the second but failed to score in the final 3:18 of the half. It however held on to a 37-34 lead going into the locker room at the break.
The momentum swung in the Hoosiers' favor in the third quarter, as they outscored the Boilermakers (17-8, 8-7 B1G) 27-12 in the frame. Junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil scored eight of her 14 points in the third while senior forward Mackenzie Holmes added six points. It helped build its lead up to 18, 64-46, with just one quarter to play.
IU would cruise in the fourth, pushing the lead up to as many as 27 at one point.
NOTABLE
Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes was the first into double figures, finishing the day with 20 points. It marked her 32nd-career game with 20+ points.
She entered the day with 1,795 points. After adding 20 on the afternoon, she now has 1,815 for her career. Holmes remains eighth on the program's all-time list, just 13 away from passing Rachelle Bostic (1981-84) for seventh.
The Gorham, Maine native tallied four blocks in the victory, passing the 200-block total for her career.
Graduate student guard Grace Berger recorded her ninth career double-double with 14 points and 10 assists on her senior day.
Junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil poured in 14 points. She has scored in double figures in four of the last five games.
She also hit a career high four three pointers in the victory.
Junior guard Sydney Parrish recorded her fourth double-double of the season, putting up 13 points and 10 rebounds in 32 minutes of action.
All five starters scored in double figures for just the third time this season.
The Hoosiers recorded the 26th win of the season in the victory, extending what is already a single-season program record.
Their 16th Big Ten win of the season matches a single-season program record set in the 2020-21 campaign. A win at Iowa next Sunday would put the 2022-23 squad clear in the record books with 17 regular season Big Ten victories.
IU set a women's basketball attendance record at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, selling all 17,222 tickets. The program's first sellout was also the third-biggest crowd in Big Ten Women's Basketball history.
It is also the fourth-biggest crowd in Division One Women's Basketball this season.
The Hoosiers earned a share of the Big Ten Regular Season Championship, its first regular season conference title since 1983. They can win the conference outright with an Iowa loss at Maryland on Tuesday or a win at Iowa next Sunday.
IU finished the regular season with a perfect home record, the first time going undefeated inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall since the 2015-16 season.

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The game is growing exponentially and we're just scratching the surface!!
We created this channel to introduce women's basketball fans to a larger pool of players and programs.
Can't wait to focus on smaller schools during the conference and NCAA tournament!!

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IU women looking good this year. Hoping they take out Stanford or USC in final four this year!