LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Indiana girls’s basketball got here and conquered the Las Vegas Invitational, incomes its second win of the weekend by defeating Memphis 79-64. 

Senior ahead Mackenzie Holmes had one other stellar night time ending with 27 factors on 10-for-13 taking pictures. She solely missed three pictures the complete weekend.

“One thing I pleasure myself in is being environment friendly and getting the ball, getting pictures which are good for me, pictures that I’ve practiced,” Holmes stated. 

Regardless of an important efficiency from Holmes and firm, the weekend was nowhere near flawless. In Friday night time’s 96-81 win over Auburn, senior guard Grace Berger went down with a proper knee damage throughout the first jiffy of the sport.

On Saturday, Berger walked across the resort utilizing crutches though Indiana head coach Teri Moren stated it wasn’t required of her to make use of them.

“She’s resulting from have an MRI tomorrow after we land,” Moren stated. “Then, we’ll know extra. All arms are on deck to get her instantly seen and work out what’s forward for Grace.”

Moren additionally stated the invitational wasn’t what was promised or marketed however needed to make it clear that it wasn’t the ground that precipitated Berger’s damage.

She added enjoying in a ball room wasn’t essentially an issue, however extra so the shortage of a fan-friendly setting with the addition of delayed begins resulting from poor medical execution for accidents.

“This was not what was described to us so far as what the venue was going to seem like, what the arrange was going to seem like,” Moren stated.

After an hour of ready round, the Hoosiers lastly tipped off versus Memphis with junior guard Sydney Parrish stepping in for Berger within the beginning lineup. 

Parrish totaled the primary 4 factors making an attempt to make fast work of the Hoosiers’ offense, however the Tigers saved firing again and secured a 21-15 first-quarter lead.

“I challenged them within the second quarter to kind of get it going right here,” Moren stated. “I haven’t got to say a complete lot as a result of it is a veteran group, they usually responded in the proper of approach.”

Indiana awakened when junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil hit a triple adopted by Holmes’ hook shot to spark a 10-0 run and earn again a lead simply two minutes into the second body.

Senior guard Sara Scalia was the primary Hoosier to crack double scoring figures as she hit one from downtown serving to the staff shoot 54.6 p.c from past the arc within the second. She would end the sport with 4 threes for her sixth sport with a number of three pointers scored.

“Sara Scalia lastly noticed a few her threes go down early after we wanted them,” Moren stated. “A mixture of various children stepping up at completely different instances.”

Indiana completed the half with a snug 45-33 lead earlier than a 15-15 scoring tie by each groups within the third interval. Nonetheless the Hoosiers pulled by way of and maintained a 12-point lead going into the fourth.

The ultimate body was highlighted by Holmes who shot an ideal 5-for-5 from the sphere to safe the win for the Hoosiers.

“She’s beginning to really feel I believe like Mack of 2021 previous to her knee damage the place she was assured,” Moren stated. “She was shifting. Her stamina, her conditioning was at an all-time excessive the place she may keep in for prolonged minutes and play. Her footwork, her arms have all the time been terrific discovering alternative ways to attain.”

Along with Holmes, three different Hoosiers scored in double figures to complete with a 50.8 discipline objective share and 36 p.c from past the arc off of 9 made triples.

Indiana additionally shared the sugar totaling 19 assists on 30 made discipline targets, 9 of which belonged to Moore-McNeil.

“We got here right here to do a job and to beat two good groups, very comparable in nature when it comes to them defensively and did what we would have liked to do,” Moren stated.

Up subsequent, the Hoosiers will head again residence to Indiana to arrange for the ACC/Huge Ten Problem versus UNC on Thursday, Dec. 1.

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