IU played their absolutely worst 1st period of the season at PSU, and the 2nd period wasn't much better, and you could say that IU probably missed the steadying influence of Grace Berger in this game. IU leads the B1G and is No. 5 in the NCAA in committing the fewest turnovers at 11 a game, but IU committed 9 turnovers in the 1st period alone, and were at 12 turnovers at the half. IU shot the ball better than PSU in the half, but PSU had 13 more FGAs than IU in the half because of the turnovers. Despite all of the turnovers, IU had the lead at the end of the 1st, 16-15. In the 2nd, PSU went on a 5-0 run to start it to take a 20-16 lead and maintain a small lead for the rest of the half leading IU 29-26 at the half. Garzon and Parrish had 9 turnovers between them and also picked up 2 fouls each in the half, and it's the first time this season that IU has trailed at the half. In the 3rd, PSU managed to keep a small lead until around the midway mark when IU took the lead on a 3 by Parrish to give IU a 35-34 lead. IU started adding to that lead and with a 3 by Moore-McNeil at the 2:27 mark of the 3rd, had taken a lead of 44-36, which tied the lead that IU had in the 1st. IU had at lead of 48-40 at the end of the 3rd after having the lead up to 10 a couple of times, and IU did not have a turnover in the 3rd. In the 4th, IU opened it up with a 7-0 run to lead 55-40. PSU got hot at the end of the 4th and pulled within 8 at the 2-minute mark and then pulled within 7 at 63-56 on one FT by PSU at the 1:34 mark with Garzon fouling out. IU committed four turnovers late in the game to give PSU a chance to cut into the lead. IU held PSU's Makenna Marisa, one of the top scorers in the B1G, to 12 points on 5 of 18 shooting and two points were given to her at the end of the game. Moore-McNeil had another great game overall, and along with Holmes, helped keep IU close to PSU in the first half. Holmes had another big day scoring on 8 of 12 for 18 points and 10 rebs. Parrish had 16 points with Moore-McNeil scoring 11 points. IU finished with 17 turnovers, six over their game average. IU has a 10-day break and hopefully they get Geary back during that period. Who knows when Grace will be back.
Box score for the Indiana Hoosiers vs. Penn State Lady Lions NCAAW game from December 8, 2022 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.
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