INDIANAPOLIS – Liv Becker of the University of Indianapolis women's basketball team notched her career high in scoring on Saturday afternoon to help lift the Greyhounds to a convincing 73-50 win over McKendree during "Pack The House" at Nicoson Hall. With the win, the Hounds improve to 10-8 overall (6-4 GLVC) while the Bearcats fall to 7-10 (4-6 GLVC).
 
Entering the contest today, Becker's previous career high was 16 points, which she notched this season on Jan. 7 against second-ranked Drury. Today, she produced 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting from the field (56.3 percent) to go along with eight rebounds and two steals, two assists and a pair of blocks.
 
Elana Wells and Sadie Hill also hit double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively. In total, nine different UIndy players had two or more points in the scorebook.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Hounds opened the game firing away from behind the arc and proceeded to drill eight shots from deep in the first 20 minutes. McKendree on the other hand struggled mightily from 3-point land and went an ice-cold 0-for-7 in return. Despite the Bearcats having a better first half field goal percentage on eight fewer shots taken, UIndy took a comfortable 36-23 lead into the intermission. Notably, Becker led the Hounds in scoring with 12 points on a solid 5-of-8 mark from the field.
 
Despite being outscored in the third quarter, it was all Greyhounds in the final 20 minutes of action as their lead never slipped below eight points in that span of play. Notably – and similar to the Maryville game on Monday – the Hounds rolled out another big fourth quarter this afternoon and out-paced the Bearcats by 14.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-McKendree went just 1-of-12 from behind the arc in the contest.
-UIndy won the rebounding battle by 11 this afternoon.
-The Hounds had just nine turnovers through the 40 minutes of action, which is the second time this season the team has kept the number of giveaways under double-digits.
-The Greyhounds had five blocks as a team with Caroline Jakaitis having three, which matches her UIndy career high.
 
UP NEXT
UIndy is set to hit the road on Thursday, Jan. 26 for a GLVC battle against Illinois Springfield. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. ET.