IU women's basketball coasted to a win over Purdue. Now, Indiana hopes it can play like that with three straight ranked opponents coming up.

Over Indiana women’s basketball’s 13 games since the graduate student guard returned, the Hoosiers went 7-6. When her squad fell to Washington on Jan. 27, Indiana head coach Teri Moren said Parrish would “likely” continue to wear the brace because she felt more comfortable with it.

Indiana lost at Minnesota and Michigan, two schools near them in the NCAA Tournament bubble chase. What effect did it have on the Hoosiers’ chances?

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While junior guard Shay Ciezki echoed Parrish’s sentiments about the weight of each of Indiana’s remaining games, she also emphasized taking the stretch one game at a time. With three tough games back-to-back-to-back, the mindset for the Hoosiers will be to not get too far ahead of themselves.

Indiana took down Purdue in dominant fashion yet again on Saturday in Assembly Hall, a 22-point victory that’s only added onto the recent history of blowouts in the matchup. The Hoosiers had won each of the two previous matchups in Bloomington by over 20 points,

Yarden Garzon found her scoring touch early and fueled the Hoosiers to an early lead, and they didn't look back against Purdue.