Sara Scalia scored 25 points, All-America center Mackenzie Holmes had 24 points and 9 rebounds, and No. 14 Indiana annoyed Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark in an 86-69 win over the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes on Thursday night.
Playing for the veryfirst time consideringthat she broke the NCAA females’s profession scoring record, Clark endedup with 24 points, 10 helps and 9 rebounds however hadahardtime from the field. She was 8 of 26 general and 3 of 16 on 3-guidelines while scoring simply 4 points in the 2nd half.
Clark now has 3,593 points and is 57 away from her next turningpoint, Lynette Woodard’s significant ladies’s college scoring record, with 3 videogames left in the routine season.
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Indiana, the protecting regular-season Big Ten champ, had something to show after Monday night’s mysterious loss at Illinois, and the Hoosiers (22-4, 13-3) didn’t dissatisfy. Yarden Garzon made three 3s and endedup with 15 points.
And the Hoosiers were more than prepared for Clark, simply like last year.
Three hours before tip-off, long lines were snaking around Assembly Hall for what had currently been revealed as a sellout. Inside the arena, Indiana T-shirts were the dominant style option with a coupleof black-and-gold No. 22 jerseys sprayed around. And after Clark put up a unusual shot that missedouton whatever in the veryfirst half, the crowd reacted with chants of “Airball!”
Clark’s three 3s offered her 143, breaking the single-season Big Ten record she set last season (140), however she couldn’t outduel the country’s finest shooting group.
Credit for that goes to Indiana’s defense.
Indiana closed the veryfirst half on a 12-6 run for a 44-33 halftime lead, then shut out Iowa for almost the veryfirst 4 minutes of the 2nd half as it extended the margin to 51-33. Iowa lastly reacted with a 9-2 spurt and cut the deficit to 62-54 after 3.
But Garzon opened the 4th quarter with 2 baskets and an help to provide the Hoosiers a 69-56 lead, and the Hawkeyes neverever recuperated.
Kate Martin had 19 points for Iowa.
BIG PICTURE
Iowa: The Hawkeyes have lost 3 league videogames this season — all on the roadway. And it might expense them a shot at the Big Ten regular-season crown. No. 2 Ohio State has a two-game lead over both Iowa and Indiana.
Indiana: Coach Teri Moren’s team wasn’t about to let go of last season’s title without a battle. But the Hoosiers have just 2 videogames staying and will requirement assistance to surface veryfirst onceagain.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Iowa’s 17-week streak of being ranked in the leading 5 might be in jeopardy. Indiana might relocation up, and this win keeps the Hoosiers in the mix to host NCAA Tournament videogames.
UP NEXT
Iowa: Hosts Illinois on Sunday.
Indiana: Visits Northwestern on Monday.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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