First, water was dumped on her head and then it was confetti. The Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall floor wasn’t the cleanest after Indiana’s game on Sunday, but it didn’t matter. History had just happened on that hardwood.
Mackenzie Holmes, who was already all over Indiana’s record books, had done it. She was the program’s new all-time leading scorer, with 2,365 points. Celebrations were allowed and encouraged. The court could be cleaned up after.
Everyone knew the stakes of Sunday’s game against the Boilermakers. Of course, Indiana wanted to sweep its in-state rival and stay undefeated at home.