No. 5 Iowa at No. 2 Indiana | Big Ten | 2.9.23

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Graduate student guard Grace Berger and senior forward Mackenzie Holmes combined for 50 points as No. 2/3 Indiana defeated No. 5/6 Iowa, 87-78, in front of a new program record crowd at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

KEY MOMENTS
Iowa (19-5, 11-2 B1G) led by as many as six in the first quarter, but senior guard Sara Scalia connected on a 3-pointer and graduate student Grace Berger pulled the Hoosiers back within one with 4:30 to play.
Junior Sydney Parrish tied the game at 15 points with a 3-pointer. As the two teams traded buckets, the first quarter came to an end at a 19-19 tie.
Indiana (23-1, 13-1 B1G) took as many as a four-point lead in the quarter. Scalia connected from the left wing on a pass from Berger with 4:51 remaining. In a point-by-point battle between the Hoosiers and the Hawkeyes, it was Junior Chloe Moore-McNeil who kept the lead with Indiana with 2:25 left in the second quarter. Once again, the two teams battled going into the break as the score was tied up 39-39.
With 10 lead changes and two ties, Indiana was able to own the third quarter outsourcing Iowa 23-18. Berger had 12 of her 26 points in the third. IU's defense was able to hold Iowa without a field goal in the final 3:34 as it built its largest lead of the game 62-57.
The game was tied up again early in the fourth quarter, before Indiana responded on a second chance opportunity by Holmes. An electric 3-pointer from freshman Yarden Garzon had Assembly Hall on its feet, forcing a Hawkeye timeout with a 69-62 lead.
IU used the freshman's momentum to build a double-digit lead as it held on to take control of the top of the Big Ten standings.