{"id":11906,"date":"2025-12-05T19:41:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=11906"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:41:24","slug":"iu-women-pulls-away-in-second-half-to-secure-win-over-western-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=11906","title":{"rendered":"IU Women pulls away in second half to secure win over Western Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11909\" style=\"width:298px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image.png 827w, https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-768x853.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>by Nick Jenkinson, SCINN Sports Director<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indiana Hoosiers started off slow but were able to pull away in the second half to beat the Western Michigan Broncos 71-53 Wednesday Night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana is 8-1 on the season and 5-0 at home and will open Big Ten Conference Play at Illinois on Saturday at Noon on the Big Ten Network. Western Michigan falls to 1-5 on the season. The Hoosiers lead the all-time series with the Broncos 9-4, have won five in a row, and are 6-2 against the Broncos in Bloomington. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shay Ciezki led the way with 26 points and Lenee Beaumont added 13 points. Edessa Noyan added 11 rebounds and 7 points and started for the injured Zania Socka-Nugemen who missed her second straight game due to a lower leg injury, she is categorized as &#8216;week to week&#8217;.\u00a0 Noyan was not happy with her scoring but pleased with her rebounding. \u201cMy points in the paint did not go in so I went for the boards and try and help the team anyway I can,&#8221; Noyan said after the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hoosiers finished the game 28-65 from the field for 43%, 5-20 from three-point range for 20%, and 10-14 from the free throw line for 71%. Indiana pulled down 37 rebounds, dished out 9 assists, 8 steals, 1 block, and 10 turnovers. Indiana scored 42 points in the paint and went 18 for 36 on layup attempts.\u00a0Eight of the eleven Hoosiers that played scored. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kailey Starks and D\u2019Myjah Bolds led Western Michigan with 12 points apiece.\u00a0Burlington, Indiana Native and Carroll Flora Graduate Alli Harness scored 9 points and 2 rebounds in 23 minutes off the bench. Western Michigan finished 21-56 from the field for 37%, 7-23 from three-point range for 30%, and 4-10 from the free throw line for 40%. The Broncos pulled down 32 rebounds, dished out 7 assists, 5 steals, 4 blocks, and 16 turnovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head Coach Teri Moren was not happy with her team\u2019s performance after a week-long trip to Florida, playing three games and returning home with a one-day prep for Western Michigan. The team was givenMonday off, after their 11-point loss to #10 Iowa State during the mini-tournament championship game on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is an old saying in our game which says how you practice is how you play and we did not have a good practice yesterday,&#8221; said Coach Moren after the game. Moren added, the team had a lack of focus and energy and said Wednesday\u2019s practice was not hard practice with one day prep and admitted giving the team the day off was a mistake on her part. \u201cWe are going to have to play a lot better on Saturday at Illinois because we did not play well tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indiana scored 43 seconds into the game when Lenee Beaumont hit two free throws. Western Michigan went on a 9-0 run and Indiana scored its first field goal of the game with 5:41 left in the first quarter. The Hoosiers trailed 20-15 at the end of the first quarter. \u00a0Indiana responded in the second quarter with a 13-6 run that gave the Hoosiers lead 28-26 with 3:49 left in the second quarter. Indiana closed out with a 7-5 advantage to lead 35-31 at halftime. Western Michigan would not go away as the Broncos cut to lead to one point on two occasions, 37-36 Indiana with 8:56 left in the third quarter. Indiana outscored Western Michigan 16-11 in the third quarter to lead 51-42 at halftime. Indiana pulled way in the fourth quarter outscoring the Broncos 20-11 in the fourth quarter. Indiana outscored Western Michigan 36-22 in the second half as the Broncos were scoreless for the final 2 minutes and 50 seconds of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the win, Coach Moren was frustrated with the team, sharing that she had hoped this young team would have demonstrated continued growth after returning from a productive road trip, but was left wondering if the team might feel that they know more than the coaching staff, to which she self-replied, \u201cThey certainly do not.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Next up<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indiana (8-1, 0-1) travels to take on Illinois (7-1, 0-0) on Saturday, December 6th with a noon tip-off. 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