Cardaño-Hillary, No. 5 Indiana women beat Purdue 64-57

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — 

Nicole Cardaño-Hillary scored 19 factors and Grace Berger had 17, main No. 5 Indiana over Purdue 64-57 on Sunday.

Chloe Moore-McNeil added a career-high 11 factors and 10 rebounds in 28 minutes as an alternative to the Hoosiers (16-3, 8-1 Massive Ten). It was her first profession double-double.

“Coming off the bench, generally it’s arduous to get momentum into your individual sport,” Cardaño-Hillary stated. “The truth that (Moore-McNeil) can carry vitality to everybody else is fairly unbelievable.”

The Boilermakers outscored Indiana 16-12 within the fourth quarter. Enjoying in entrance of seven,891 followers, its largest crowd of the season, the Hoosiers closed out the win on Berger’s 4 free throws within the last 23 seconds.

“The vitality that the followers carry after we do get in these lows, these followers simply carry us again up,” Cardaño-Hillary stated. “I’m simply so grateful to have that as a fan base.”

Cardaño-Hillary, who missed Indiana’s first sport towards Purdue because of well being and security protocols, had seven turnovers, together with 4 within the fourth quarter.

Jeanae Terry led Purdue (13-10, 4-8) with 14 factors. Brooke Moore scored 13 off the bench.

The Indians protection additionally compelled 18 turnovers and turned them into 23 factors. The Hoosiers common 15.6 factors off turnovers per sport.

“We problem our youngsters every single day to be higher on ball defenders,” Indiana coach Teri Moren stated. “It’s a mixture of the skilled group but in addition now we have a extremely aggressive group.”

BIG PICTURE

Purdue: The Boilermakers have now misplaced seven straight video games within the rivalry and haven’t gained at Meeting Corridor since Jan. 19, 2012.

Indiana: The Hoosiers took care of their in-state rival Purdue for the second time this season, regardless of not having main scorer Mackenzie Holmes for both sport. Indiana beat Purdue 73-68 in additional time Jan. 16.

STAT OF THE DAY

Indiana relied on its guard play with Purdue making an attempt to close down ahead Aleksa Gulbe and scored solely 22 of its 64 factors within the paint. Gulbe scored 11 factors on 4-13 capturing.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

After dropping its third sport of the season to No. 6 Michigan on Monday, Indiana completed the week with two wins at residence.

UP NEXT

Purdue: Performs Penn State at residence Wednesday earlier than heading to play Wisconsin on Sunday.

Indiana: Performs at Illinois for the primary time this season after their earlier matchup was canceled because of COVID-19 points.

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