Live Blog: Follow Indiana's Game Against Iowa in Real Time
BLOOMINGTON Ind. – It's a sellout crowd for Thursday's highly-anticipated matchup between No. 14 Indiana women's basketball and No. 4 Iowa.
Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET, and the Assembly Hall crowd is decked out in white. Indiana is looking to remain in the Big Ten title race and avenge its previous loss to Iowa, 84-57 on Jan. 13 in Iowa City. The Hoosiers are coming off an 86-66 loss at Illinois on Monday, while Iowa defeated Michigan 106-89 at home on Thursday.
Welcome to our live blog, where we'll share updates, highlights and thoughts on the game live from Assembly Hall.
9:51 p.m. – Final: No. 14 Indiana 86, No. 4 Iowa 69. Scalia led IU with 25 points, followed by Holmes with 24. Clark had 24, 10 and 9 but shot 8-for-26. Assembly Hall was on fire all night. IU is 22-4, 13-3, two losses behind OSUfor the Big Ten lead.
9:47 p.m. – Moren clears the IU bench with the outcome decided. It's Sandvik, Bargesser, Lamendola, Meister and Beaumont in for the Hoosiers now.
9:46 p.m. – Scalia called for a technical foul now. She must have said something she couldn't. Martin goes 1-for-2 at the line, but Iowa still trails by 16 with 1:03 to play.
9:44 p.m. – Scalia knocks down a wide open 3-pointer from the right wing, then raises both arms in the air as Assembly Hall goes wild. Holmes slips past the Iowa defense for a layup on the following possession. Iowa's defense has not been close to as good as it needed to be to win this game. Clark heads to the bench with IU leading 83-68 with 1:18 left.
9:42 p.m. – Indiana fans beginning to chant "overrated" at Iowa. Seconds later, Stuelke hits a fastbreak layup, but Holmes responds with a layup of her on the other way. IU leads 77-66 with 2:44 to play.
9:39 p.m. – Martin drives hard and finishes a layup while being fouled by Garzon. She hits the free throw, cutting IU's lead to 73-62 with just over four minutes remaining. Iowa's going to have to string together several stops to win this one.
9:33 p.m. – Iowa gets it inside to Stuelke, who had position on Holmes and made the layup. Holmes called for a moving screen, so Iowa will have the ball after the timeout, trailing 71-58 with 5:26 left in the game.
9:28 p.m. – Garzon knocks down a 3-pointer from the left wing. Just a massive shot for IU, which now leads 69-56 with just over eight minutes left. Garzon has 15 points on a team-high 3-for-4 3-point shooting.
9:25 p.m. – IU leads Iowa 62-54 heading into Q4. It's been such a fast-paced game for nearly all 30 minutes. Iowa leads the Big Ten in 3s made this year but is just 5-20 tonight. Hawkeyes will need their best defensive quarter to win this one.
9:20 p.m. – Clark with a nice pass to O'Grady, and IU's lead is down to 59-51, the first time its been single digits since the 49-second mark of the second quarter.
9:13 p.m. – Just as Iowa started to make a comeback, Parrish knocks down back-to-back 3-pointers from the identical spot on the right wing to push IU's lead to 59-42. Parrish had a quiet first half in the scoring column, but she has seven points now in her second game back from injury.
9:10 p.m. – Moore-McNeil with strong finish on a five-foot push show, but Davis answers with a 3-pointer on the other end. Clark with another slick pass to Martin inside for a layup, then takes it coast to coast on her own. IU's lead is down to 53-42 with 5:08 left in the third.
9:05 p.m. – Garzon steals an entry pass, then advances it ahead to Scalia who found Holmes inside for a layup. Iowa's defense has been abysmal all night, and Bluder calls timeout. Assembly Hall continues to get louder and louder. IU leads 49-33 with 8:07 left in the third.
9:03 p.m. – IU fans continuing to chant "airball" at Clark to open the second half. She tried posting up Holmes, but traveled. Scalia made a strong drive to the basket and finished through a foul on Marshall, her first. After the free throw, IU leads 47-33.
8:48 p.m. – Halftime: Indiana 44, Iowa 33. Iowa is well below its pace of 92.7 ppg, but it hasn't played close to the level of defense needed to win this one. Scalia leads IU with 15, and Clark has 20.
8:45 p.m. – Clark airballs a three, and the crowd really lets her hear about it. This has been one of the best Assembly Hall environments in the last several seasons. Clark still has 20 points on 6-for-12 shooting so far, but IU leads 44-33 after a Garzon three.
8:43 p.m. – Garzon finishes a layup through contact, putting IU ahead 39-28. She'll have a free throw after the timeout. Iowa is way below its pace of 92.7 points per game, but the bigger issue so far has been on the defensive end.
8:41 p.m. – Scalia draws a foul on Davis, her second, while shooting a three. She hits all three free throws, and IU has its biggest lead of the game, 37-27, with 3:15 left in the half.
8:38 p.m. – Indiana's offense is humming. Scalia knocks down a mid-range jumper, then Parrish hits Holmes for an easy layup on a pick-and-roll. Iowa hasn't been able to stop IU's first option nearly enough so far. Hoosiers lead 34-27, and Assembly Hall is going nuts.
8:35 p.m. – Clark takes it coast to coast, then finds Stuelke with a nice wraparound pass. IU has to stop the ball in transition next time and at least make Clark change direction. That was too easy. IU leads 30-27 with 4:50 left in the second quarter.
8:29 p.m. – Garzon opens the second quarter with 3-pointer, but she's called for a foul on the other end defending a Clark drive. Clark and Garzon exchanged some words after the play. Clark goes 0-for-2 at the line, and IU leads 26-22.
8:22 p.m. – Lamendola posts up her defender to give IU the lead, but Clark drew a foul on Bargesser on the other end. The IU crowd didn't like the call. Bargesser was playing tight defense, and Clark appeared to create some space with her forearm. Tough call. Bargesser avenges the call with a jumper at the buzzer. IU leads Iowa 23-22 at the end of the first quarter.
8:20 p.m. – Iowa has started running some offense through Stuelke at the free throw line, and she hit Clark for a layup on a back cut that beat the Indiana defense. Holmes posts up Stuelke on the other end, and hits the layup to cut Iowa's lead to 20-19 with 1:25 left in the quarter.
8:17 p.m. – Iowa comes out of the timeout hot, going on a quick 7-0 run. Clark with a crisp pass to a cutting Martin on the last basket. Iowa leads 16-13.
8:11 p.m. – With Holmes on the bench, Indiana is running everything through Scalia. She just knocked down her second 3-pointer of the game, extending Indiana's lead to 13-9 with 4:47 left.
8:08 p.m. – Scalia short on her second 3-point attempt, and Clark also missed short on a step-back the next possession. Those are the leading scorers early on – Scalia with five, Clark with seven. O'Grady picked up two quick fouls, sending Parrish and Holmes to the line. They combined to go 3-for-4, giving Indiana a 10-9 lead with 5:56 left in the quarter.
8:03 p.m. – Scalia is off to a strong start, knocking down a step-back three from the left wing. She raised her arms toward the crowd to fire them up, and the crowd got even louder a few seconds later when Garzon blocked Clark's 3-point attempt. Garzon drew a foul on Clark the following possession, but she missed both free throws. After a Holmes transition layup, IU leads 7-5.
8:02 p.m. – Indiana wins the tip and we're under way. Parrish called for a moving screen foul on Indiana's first possession. Stuelke missed a contested layup on Iowa's first possession. To open the scoring, Scalia hit a pair of free throw, fouled by Davis. IU leads 2-0 early.
7:48 p.m. – Starter for Indiana: Chloe Moore-McNeil, Sara Scalia, Sydney Parrish, Yarden Garzon and Mackenzie Holmes. For Iowa, it's Molly Davis, Kate Martin, Caitlin Clark, Gabbie Marshall and Hannah Stuelke. Altogether, that's eight seniors and two sophomores. Officials tonight are Michael McConnell, Julie Krommenhoek and Natasha Camy.
7:20 p.m. – Though tipoff isn't for another 40 minutes or so, Assembly Hall is starting to fill to the brim. There's a decent amount of Iowa fans dressed in black and yellow amid the otherwise whiteout crowd. Indiana is wearing alternate uniforms tonight, as part of a collaboration between adidas and Fear of God. They're identical to the dark grey and red uniforms the men's team wore on Sunday against Northwestern.
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