Indiana women’s basketball squares off towards Missouri University of Science and Technology at 7 p.m. Monday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
Coming off its second consecutive loss to the University of South Carolina in the NCAA Tournament to finish the 2024-25 season, Indiana begins the season unranked with a workforce that has undergone massive roster turnover.
The Hoosiers misplaced six gamers to the switch portal alongside three gamers to commencement, together with star guard Sydney Parrish. In her remaining season of eligibility, she racked up a mean of 11.6 factors and 5.5 rebounds per recreation as she earned Academic All-Big Ten and All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors.
In response to shedding key items of the workforce, 12th-year head coach Teri Moren recruited six switch portal gamers and two highschool recruits to fill out the roster and exchange what was misplaced.
Senior guard Shay Ciezki was the one returning participant who performed vital minutes for the Hoosiers in the 2024-25 season. She averaged 11.8 factors, 2.8 assists and shot 93.2% on free throws in her junior season. Despite transferring from Penn State a yr in the past, she is predicted to be a frontrunner on the court docket as she is one of two seniors on the squad.
Two freshmen, ahead Maya Makalusky and guard Neveah Caffey, will get their first probability to make an affect on the court docket. Caffey in explicit acquired reward from Moren in a press convention Sept. 30, referring to her protection and athleticism as “special” for the workforce.
After present process knee surgical procedure that induced her to miss all the 2024-25 season, redshirt sophomore guard Lenée Beaumont will obtain her first probability on the court docket because the 2023-24 season. She averaged 3 factors and 9.6 minutes per recreation in 30 matches throughout her freshman season. While recovering from surgical procedure, Beaumont turned a frontrunner of the locker room. Now, she not has to lead from the sidelines.
The Hoosiers’ first opponent of the season — Missouri S&T — is a Division II faculty from the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Miners ended the 2024-25 season with a 15-12 report after struggling a 74-69 loss to Quincy University in the primary spherical of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament.
Missouri S&T is coached by Kira Carter, who enters her sixth season with the Miners. The Miners are coming off their finest report throughout her tenure. Carter’s solely different season above .500 was the 2022-23 season, which marked the Miners’ first profitable season in a decade with a 15-14 report.
Missouri S&T is headlined by redshirt junior guard Anna Finley and junior ahead Norah Gum, who averaged 13.1 and 10.6 factors per recreation, respectively. The Miners have a balanced squad that ought to function a correct check for the Hoosiers to begin the season.
The contest at 7 p.m. Monday can be streamed on Big Ten+.