MINNEAPOLIS — With under six and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter, Mackenzie Holmes stood up from Indiana’s bench and took her warmup shirt off. She sat down in the team huddle for the first time all night, bouncing her legs and nodding as Teri Moren spoke.
No. 3-seed Indiana was trailing 52-48 to No. 6-seed Michigan, in danger of falling victim to the third upset of the day at the Big Ten Tournament. Holmes’s preparation to enter the game was rejuvenating for the Indiana fans in attendance, as they knew their team was in desperate need of some scoring and fast.