BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Northern Kentucky women's basketball dropped a road contest on Thursday night to Indiana, falling to the Hoosiers by way of a 100-49 decision. With the loss, the Norse drop to 2-6 on the season, while Indiana advances to 6-3.
Stat Leaders
- Redshirt-senior forward Rebecca Lyttle led the team in scoring with 12 points and also snatched a team-best two steals.
- Freshman forward Hayley Combs recorded double-digit figures for the first time in her career, with 10 points.
- Junior guard Mikayla Terry led the team on the boards with seven rebounds and added a team-best four assists.
First Half Summary
- Indiana opened up the game with a 25-0 run before Terry scored on a putback at the 4:02 mark of the first quarter.
- The Hoosiers held a 35-5 advantage at the close of the first quarter, which are more points than an opponent has scored in a half, let alone a quarter.
- Indiana shot 68.2 percent from the field and 75.0 percent from 3-point range in the opening stanza.
- The Norse hung with the Hoosiers in the second quarter, outscored 19-17 with Lyttle pouring in nine points in the period.
- NKU had a drastic increase in production between the first quarter and the second, shooting 13.3 percent in the opening quarter before shooting 50.0 percent in the second.
- Indiana led at the half, 54-22. Entering the game, NKU was holding opponents to 55.3 points per game.
Second Half Summary
- The Hoosiers opened up the second half with another strong quarter, outscoring the Norse 30-15 shooting at a .750 clip from the field.
- Combs led the Norse in scoring in the third quarter with six points, surpassing her previous career high early on in the period.
- NKU shot 35.7 percent in both the third and fourth quarter.
- Like the first half, NKU stayed with Indiana in the latter quarter, trailing in the fourth 16-12.
Norse Notes
- NKU has not allowed 100 points in a game since Dec. 1, 2011, when the Norse picked up a 106-101 overtime win over Saint Joseph's.
- Despite the setback, NKU recorded a season-low 12 turnovers.
- The Hoosiers shot 60.6 percent for the contest, while the Norse shot 33.9 percent. It marks the first time this season that a team has shot over 60 percent from the field against NKU. Indiana was also strong from 3-point range, going 7-of-12 from beyond the arc for a .583 clip.
- The Norse were bested in every statistical category, most notably in rebounds (49-22) and points in paint (64-22).
- Indiana now leads the all-time series with the Norse, 3-2.
Up Next
- NKU hosts Murray State on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. The game will be the last of the calendar year for the Norse at home. Saturday's contest will be carried on the ESPN3 platform with streaming available on WatchESPN and the ESPN App.
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