Sydney Parrish and Sara Scalia combined for 25 first-quarter points to help Indiana jump out early and rout Michigan 80-59 on Thursday night for its 11th straight win.
Indiana (12-1, 3-0 Big Ten) has won five of its last six games against Michigan (11-4, 2-1).
Indiana didn’t miss a field goal in the first quarter, shooting 13-of-13 that included six 3-pointers, and were 4-of-6 from the free-throw line while building a 36-17 advantage.
Parrish scored 14 points with three 3-pointers in the opening quarter. Scalia was 3-for-3 shooting from long range and made a pair of free throws for 11 points, and she also had five assists. Mackenzie Holmes made 4-of-4 buckets for eight points and Chloe Moore-McNeil chipped in a 3-pointer.
The Wolverines kept pace in the second quarter, but the Hoosiers opened the third on an 11-2 run for a 62-38 lead and cruised from there.
Holmes finished with 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting to lead Indiana, which shot 58% (26-of-45) overall that included nine 3s and were 19-of-29 from the line. Scalia scored 16 points and Parrish had 14, and the pair combined for 11 of the Hoosiers’ 17 assists. Moore-McNeil added nine points and a game-high six rebounds.
Laila Phelia scored 23 points to lead Michigan.
Indiana plays at Nebraska on Sunday.
Michigan hosts Minnesota on Tuesday.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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