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Indiana Women’s Basketball: Mackenzie Holmes Plans to Use Extra COVID Year
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Within the Hoosiers’ Friday evening 96-81 win over Auburn on the Las Vegas Invitational, the announcers stated ahead Mackenzie Holmes was planning on staying at Indiana an additional 12 months. Holmes confirmed this in a submit sport press convention.
Though she gave a brief response, it was all of what Hoosier Nation wished to listen to.
“That is the plan proper now,” Holmes stated.
Indiana’s Mackenzie Holmes (54) scores throughout the Indiana versus Quinnipiac ladies’s basketball sport at Simon Skjodt Meeting Corridor on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022.
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The Gorham, Maine native presently leads the Hoosiers averaging 20 factors per sport whereas taking pictures 76.6 % from the sphere and 68.8 % from the charity stripe.
Within the Las Vegas Invitational this previous Friday and Saturday, Holmes was the staff’s main scorer as she solely missed three photographs throughout two video games on the weekend.
“One thing I satisfaction myself in is being environment friendly and getting the ball, getting photographs which might be good for me, photographs that I’ve practiced,” Holmes stated.
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The plan to come back again for an additional COVID 12 months, a present supplied to gamers whose season obtained minimize brief as a result of pandemic, may make up for some misplaced time.
Final season, Holmes missed eight video games after struggling a left knee damage and present process surgical procedure. Moren stated in a press convention this season she feels Holmes is now again to being one hundred pc herself.
Indiana’s Mackenzie Holmes (54) scores throughout the first half of the Indiana versus UMass Lowell ladies’s basketball sport at Simon Skjodt Meeting Corridor on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022.
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Her full restoration and upkeep got here at a very good time as Holmes’ co-leader and teammate Grace Berger went down with a proper knee damage within the Hoosiers’ win over Auburn in Las Vegas.
Berger had an MRI again in Indiana on Sunday, nevertheless it hasn’t been confirmed if she’ll want surgical procedure or day off from enjoying.
No matter occurs, Holmes stated she knew she needed to step into that management function, and the remainder of the staff stepped up too.
Indiana’s Mackenzie Holmes (54) claims it’s Indiana’s ball throughout the Indiana versus Quinnipiac ladies’s basketball sport at Simon Skjodt Meeting Corridor on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022.
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