GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Indiana 65, Illinois 61
(AP Photo/AJ Mast)
By EMMA PAWLITZ
Associated Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Mackenzie Holmes scored 23 points, including a go-ahead layup with 37 seconds left, and No. 5 Indiana got past Illinois 65-61.
Indiana (9-0) had not trailed in the second half of any game this season before going back and forth in the closing minutes with Illinois (3-7).
Makira Cook scored 33 points to lead the Illini on 12-for-25 shooting. The guard was 3 of 4 on 3s and had five rebounds.
Sydney Parrish had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Hoosiers. Chloe Moore-McNeil scored 13 points.
Indiana led 34-32 at halftime, then needed an 11-0 run keyed by Holmes and Yarden Garzon to take a 45-44 edge into the fourth quarter.
After Holmes' basket made it 62-61, Parrish made one foul shot and Sara Scalia added two more to seal the win.
BIG PICTURE
Illinois: The Illini dropped to 7-2 despite the upset effort.
Indiana: The Hoosiers stayed unbeaten, even with the absence of star graduate guard Grace Berger. She's been out with a knee injury.
December 4, 2022
| Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Bostic | F | 35 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| B. Shoup-Hill | F | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Cook | G | 39 | 12-25 | 6-6 | 3-4 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 33 |
| A. Mckenzie | G | 35 | 3-13 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 3-11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| J. Oden | G | 15 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Peebles | 33 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| G. Bryant | 29 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| G. Lopes | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 23-61 (.377) |
9-13 (.692) |
6-16 (.375) |
11-43 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 61 | |
| Indiana | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Holmes | F | 35 | 11-21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| C. Moore-McNeil | G | 39 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| S. Parrish | G | 39 | 3-8 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 0-10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| S. Scalia | G | 38 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 0-5 | 0-6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Y. Garzon | G | 28 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| H. Sandvik | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| L. Meister | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| L. Bargesser | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 26-62 (.419) |
8-12 (.667) |
5-17 (.294) |
7-36 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 65 | |
Officials: Kevin Pethtel, Natasha Camy, Mark Berger
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