GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Indiana 67, Butler 50
(AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
By DAVID WOODS
Associated Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Mackenzie Holmes scored 17 of her 21 points in the first half, and No. 4 Indiana completed an unbeaten nonconference schedule with a 67-50 win over Butler.
Yarden Garzon added 13 points and Sydney Parrish 10 for the Hoosiers (12-0).
Rachel McLimore scored 13 and Sydney Jaynes 11 for Butler (5-7).
The Bulldogs stayed close early, trailing 12-11 with two minutes left in the first quarter.
Indiana outscored Butler 9-0 in the opening 87 seconds of the second quarter, featuring Holmes' three-point play and successive 3-pointers by Parrish and Garzon. The run eventually became 18-3, expanding the Hoosiers' lead to 35-16.
Butler cut what had been a 19-point deficit to 41-31 midway through the third quarter, thanks to three inside baskets by James. That was as close as the Bulldogs would come.
Indiana is 8-0 at home, featuring wins by 37, 56, 35, 37, 24, 63 and 17 points. The Hoosiers' one close victory was 65-61 over Illinois in a Big Ten opener on Dec. 4.
Indiana is nearing the program record for most successive wins to open a season: 15-0 in 1972, the first year for women's basketball at the school. The Hoosiers were 14-0 in 2013-14.
BIG PICTURE
Butler: Under first-year coach Austin Parkinson, the Bulldogs have already won more games than in the previous two seasons combined (4-44). They have lost 23 in a row against Big East opponents.
Indiana: The Hoosiers went into the game ranked fourth in the NCAA in field goal percentage (.515) and third in assist/turnover ratio (1.69). They shot .444 against Butler on 24-of-54. They are awaiting the return of All-America candidate Grace Berger, who missed her sixth game because of a knee injury.
December 21, 2022
| Butler | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| S. Jaynes | F | 29 | 5-14 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| R. McLimore | G | 35 | 4-12 | 4-4 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| C. Strande | G | 28 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| T. Dowell | G | 22 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| S. Frederick | G | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| K. Wingler | 21 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| T. White | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| K. Taylor | 11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| A. Mortag | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Jeffers | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 20-55 (.364) |
5-6 (.833) |
5-20 (.250) |
5-26 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 50 | |
| Indiana | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Holmes | F | 29 | 8-12 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 1-7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Y. Garzon | G | 37 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| C. Moore-McNeil | G | 36 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 1-7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| S. Parrish | G | 33 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| S. Scalia | G | 28 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| L. Bargesser | 18 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| A. Geary | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| L. Meister | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| H. Sandvik | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Zaric | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 24-54 (.444) |
12-13 (.923) |
7-20 (.350) |
8-38 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 67 | |
Officials: Mark Resch, Kalei Enterline, Natosha Harris
Attendance: 5,898
