UIndy Athletics

INDIANAPOLIS – In a game that featured an eye-popping 62 fouls and 72 free throws attempts, the UIndy women's basketball team got the victory Friday night, besting in-region Lake Superior State, 78-62, in Nicoson Hall. The Greyhounds started fast and finished strong, holding off the visiting Lakers in between to pick up their first win in the Ross James era.
 
INS & OUTS
The Hounds started their 2026-27 Nicoson Hall debut with a flurry, scoring the game's first 15 points to grab the early lead. UIndy forced eight turnovers and seven missed field goals before the Lakers finally got on the board. Nevertheless, the visitors closed the opening period with a run of the own, pulling to within four points before the quarter break.
 
In a tight game late in the third, junior Masa Buzic drained a 3-pointer—her only field goal try on the night—to help give the Hounds a small cushion heading into the fourth quarter. UIndy went on to double up Lake State in the final period, capping a game-closing 27-11 run. The Lakers ultimately led for only 51 seconds the entire game, with their last lead coming at 49-48 in the third quarter.
 
Freshman and Boonville, Ind., product Emily Parker paced the Greyhounds with 22 points on 7-for-10 shooting from both the floor and the line while adding seven boards and four steals.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
- UIndy's 47 free throws marked its most since it hoisted 56 charity shots at Southern Indiana in January of 2011. Six players in all fouled out tonight, including four Lakers.
- Redshirt-sophomore Austeja Babraitis recorded her fist double-double as a Hound, as the 6-foot-2 Lithuanian racked up 11 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks.
- Junior Naomi Senato chipped in 12 points, nine rebounds and four assists off the bench.
- The result netted UIndy its largest home-opening win since 2012 when it defeated this same Lake Superior State program, 79-48.
 
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds stay home for a Sunday matinee when they host Kentucky Wesleyan in a 2 p.m. tip.