INDIANAPOLIS—The UIndy women's basketball team bid farewell to 2021 with a 78-66 win against in-region Ferris State Friday afternoon in Nicoson Hall. The Greyhounds compiled a season-high field goal percentage in the New Year's Eve victory while snapping the Bulldogs' 10-game winning streak.
 
INS & OUTS
After scoring the final seven points of the first half, the Hounds carried that momentum in the third quarter as both Taylor Drury and Sadie Hill drained 3-pointers shortly after the break. The long-range shooting fueled a 24-7 run that spanned the halftime intermission, upping the Hounds' led to 11.
 
Ferris would not go away quietly, however. With a roster teeming with weapons, the Bulldogs slowly chipped away at the margin, pulling to within three on a buzzer-beating triple at the end of the third quarter.
 
But UIndy started to final quarter with a 12-2 spurt to retake control. The Hounds kept the 'Dogs at arm's length the rest of the way, leading by as many as 13 points and no fewer than eight.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
-UIndy shot a season-best 58.3 percent from the field while dishing out 21 assists for the second straight game.
-Drury led all players with 21 points, matching a career high with six 3-pointers. She also grabbed nine rebounds to come just shy of a double-double.
-Mickey Sasson also flirted with a double-double, amassing 13 points and nine assists while adding six boards and two steals.
-Ilani Williams-Harris came off the bench to shoot a perfect 6 of 6 from the field on the way to a career-high 14 points.
-Freshman Liv Becker made her first collegiate start and finished with six points and three rebounds.
-The Hounds have shot 24 for 48 (.500) from behind the arc in the previous two games combined.
-All eight Hounds that saw time scored at least four points.
 
MORE NOTES
Though today marked their first matchup since November of 2012, the Greyhounds have won five in row versus Ferris State, part of a 6-2 all-time mark ... Drury moved into fourth place in the UIndy career annals in career 3-pointers made (172).
 
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds had their upcoming home game versus McKendree canceled. They will now return to the court with road trip to Missouri S&T in Thursday, Jan. 6.