BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Chloe Moore-McNeil scored 21 points and Yarden Garzon put up 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Indiana knocked off No. 24 Stanford 79-66 on Sunday afternoon.
The game was the second of a home-and-home series between the schools that began in the final season of Indiana Hall of Famer and 1975 Indiana graduate Tara VanDerveer’s 38-year career at Stanford.
The Hoosiers (2-2) took the lead at the end of the first quarter when Moore-McNeil drilled a 3 to tie the game and Garzon scored at the basket to make it 24-22 and they never trailed the rest of the way.
Jzaniya Harriel hit two free throws to pull Stanford within two, 26-24 with eight minutes left in the half but Indiana responded with a 14-0 run to lead 40-26. Mary Ashley Stevenson’s jumper with :04 left in the half pulled Stanford within 11 at the break, 42-31.
Elena Bosgana’s three-point play with 8:34 left in the third quarter got the Cardinal within single digits at 43-34 and Nunu Agara’s layup two minutes later cut the deficit to eight. But Garzon hit back-to-back 3-pointers midway through the quarter and Moore-McNeil added a layup to push the Indiana lead back to 17. Henna Sandvik’s two free throws with under three minutes left made it 57-38, the Hoosier’s largest margin.
The Hoosiers shot 50% from the floor until a missed late 3-pointer. Indiana was 25 of 51 (49%), including 9 of 19 from beyond the arc, and converted 20 of 24 from the line. Moore-McNeil finished with 21 points with four steals. Shay Ciezki had 19 points on 7 of 13 shooting and Garzon had 18 points with eight rebounds and three assists.
