Holmes' 28 points leads No. 4 Indiana past Minnesota 77-54
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Mackenzie Holmes 得点する／非難する／２０d 28 points with four 封鎖するs and Sydney Parrish 追加するd 23 points, eight 回復するs and five steals to help No. 4 Indiana （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Minnesota 77-54 on Wednesday night.
Sara Scalia had a happy homecoming against her former team with 10 points and four 回復するs for the Hoosiers (21-1, 11-1), who won their ninth straight game to stay in first place in the 最高の，を越す-激しい Big Ten. Grace Berger had nine 補助装置s にもかかわらず 狙撃 2 for 10.
"They´re not by any stretch of the means 負かす／撃墜する there in that locker room 権利 now high-fiving. They don´t think they played 井戸／弁護士席," Indiana coach Teri Moren said.
Mallory Heyer 得点する／非難する／２０d 16 points, Mara Braun had 13 points and Alanna Micheaux 追加するd 12 points and 11 回復するs for the Gophers (9-13, 2-9), who have lost eight of their last nine games. They're 0-7 against the 最高の，を越す seven teams in the 会議／協議会 with an 普通の／平均（する） losing 利ざや of 21 points.
Holmes, the Big Ten's second-主要な scorer behind Iowa All-American Caitlin Clark, had 10 of her team's first 12 points and went 12 for 14 from the 床に打ち倒す. The 6-foot-3 Holmes polished up her 地位，任命する moves with Micheaux unable to 混乱に陥れる／中断させる them and the Gophers usually 拒絶する／低下するing to 二塁打-team her.
"She´s 確信して in herself. She´s 確信して in her チーム仲間s," Moren said.
Parrish swished 3-pointers from the wing on three of Indiana's first five second-４半期/4分の1 所有／入手s. Berger's pullup jumper off the break with 1:57 left before halftime gave the Hoosiers a 41-15 lead, their largest of the game.
The Hoosiers, who this week matched the program's best-ever 最高位の in the Associated Pre ss 投票, have won by an 普通の／平均（する） of 14 points on their 現在の streak. The closest game was a 68-61 勝利，勝つ at now-No. 8 Maryland, which visits No. 6 Iowa on Thursday night for 支配（する）／統制する of second place.
The Gophers, who 苦しむd a season-worst 77-41 loss at home on Sunday afternoon to now-No. 18 Michigan, 負傷させる up with another lopsided loss to a 会議／協議会 力／強力にする. But Braun gave them a 誘発する with a 3-pointer late in the second ４半期/4分の1 that spurred a halftime-橋（渡しをする）ing 11-0 run.
The Gophers got within 52-40 late in the third ４半期/4分の1 on another 深い ball by Braun before the Hoosiers began to pull away again. Coach Lindsay Whalen was 上昇傾向 about her team's level of competitiveness, but she was miffed by the season-high 29 turnovers.
"You just 結局最後にはーなる having to 打ち勝つ too much," Whalen said.
SCALIA RETURNS
Scalia, one of two Minnesota natives playing for the Hoosiers along with Lilly Meister, was the 主要な scorer for the Gophers last season and Whalen´s first 新採用する after she was 雇うd in 2018.
Scalia transferred with the simple goal of more 勝利，勝つs in the stacked Big Ten, hesitant to spend her final two years of 適格（性） with such a young team. She's more of a complementary player now, coming off the （法廷の）裁判 for the last eight games since Berger returned from a 膝 傷害, but the Hoosiers need her outside 狙撃 touch.
Moren recently implored her to keep 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing まっただ中に a 重要な 低迷, with Scalia 狙撃 just 26% from the field (24 for 91) and 19% from 3-point 範囲 (8 for 42) in Big Ten games.
"I liked the 侵略 she played with. I th ought she played within herself," Holmes said. "We know Sara´s a 広大な／多数の／重要な player, and we´re 極端に happy to have her in an Indiana uniform. She means a lot to the whole program, and we have her 支援する in every way, 形態／調整 or form."
BIG PICTURE
Indiana: The six 正規の／正選手 season games remaining for the Hoosiers are all against teams in the 最高の，を越す half of the Big Ten, 含むing two matchups against Iowa. Their 孤独な loss was on Dec. 29 at Michigan 明言する／公表する, when Holmes had a career-high 32 points.
Minnesota: Braun and Heyer are two of the seven freshmen on the roster, a 先触れ（する）d class that Whalen and her staff have been banking on to 加速する this long 再構築する. The Gophers not only need to take better care of the ball, but they've got a long way to go with their 狙撃 too.
UP NEXT
Indiana: Visits Purdue on Sunday afternoon.
Minnesota: Visits Illinois on Sunday afternoon.
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