Checking in on the teams in the Big Ten:
Indiana has been dominating, in large part thanks to the brilliance of Mackenzie Holmes.
Holmes is seventh in the nation in scoring, averaging 22.3 points per game. Over IU’s last six games, she has upped that average to 26.5 points per game, leading to huge wins over ranked opponents Illinois, Michigan and then-No. 2 Ohio State. Holmes was named ESPN’s Player of the Week on Jan. 30.
She’s also the Hoosiers’ leading rebounder and shot-blocker, averaging 7.8 boards and 1.8 blocks per game.
Opponents must construct their game plan around Holmes, which opens the door for IU’s leading 3-point shooters, Yarden Garzon and Sydney Parrish.
The Hoosiers still have to play Iowa twice this season, as well as Ohio State and Michigan one more time each. The showdown between two of the NCAA’s best players, Holmes and Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, is long-awaited. IU-Iowa will be a fun Big Ten storyline to round out the conference season. The teams are on a potential collision course to meet in the B1G tournament championship game.
No. 6 Iowa Hawkeyes (18-4, 10-1 Big Ten, No. 2 seed ESPN’s Feb. 3 Bracketology)
Caitlin Clark is still being Caitlin Clark.
She’s leading the Hawkeyes on a current six-game winning streak, averaging 27.2 points per game in conference play.
Clark dropped a 28-point, 15-assist triple-double on the road against Ohio State, which was then the No. 2 team in the nation. She’s second in the country in scoring, behind only Villanova senior Maddy Siegrist. She’s also No. 2 in assists per game, averaging 7.9 dimes each time she steps out onto the floor.
Caitlin Clark dropped a 28-point, 15-assist, 10-rebound triple-double tonight
Her 8 triple-doubles are the most in Big Ten history pic.twitter.com/SUSKGjNiFT
— BasketballNews.com (@basketbllnews) January 24, 2023
Clark added a whopping 42 points, eight assists and seven rebounds against No. 8 Maryland on Thursday. That made Clark the only Division I player, in the men’s or women’s game, to have multiple 40-point games this season.
Clark is leading the train for the soaring Hawkeyes. There’s no telling where the ceiling stops for this team with Clark at the helm. She was just named to the
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