Senior center helps IU soar over Flyers

If IU women's basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack ever considers a career in politics, she already has one supporter. Following the Hoosiers 98-71 win over the University of Dayton on Sunday, Flyer coach Jim Jabir had nothing but good things to say about Legette-Jack.\n"Coach Jack has done a great job with her team," Jabir said in a statement. "She should run for mayor. She would fix any problem Bloomington has."\nIf coaching can help build political resumes, what Legette-Jack has done so far since arriving in Bloomington should surely gain her some votes. Sunday's win pushes IU's record to 4-0.\nSenior center Sarah McKay led the way for IU, scoring a career-high 28 points coming off the bench.\n"It's definitely the first step of many steps forward for us as a team and me personally," McKay said. "I know I needed a breakout game, and this was it."\nFor the second game in a row, five Hoosiers scored in double digits, with senior Leah Enterline (17 points), sophomore Whitney Thomas (13 points), junior Nikki Smith (11 points) and senior Carrie Smith (10 points) all achieving the feat with McKay. Enterline's 17 points tied a career-high, a mark that she's reached twice in her career, including during Wednesday's game against Valparaiso.\n"I'm just trying to get back to the way that I came in here playing -- being the confrontational guard that I am," Enterline said. "Every game that's the mindset I'm going to have. I think in order for the team to have that mindset, I have to be that way."\nBut the night belonged to McKay, the 6-foot-7 Canadian center who came off the bench with 12:13 left in the first half with IU trailing 16-13. McKay presided to score the next eight points for the Hoosiers to take a 21-20 lead. By the time she was taken out, just more than nine minutes later, McKay had 15 points.\n"It was really exciting seeing Sarah McKay do what we know she can do and what we expect her to do on a consistent basis," Legette-Jack said. "Today was the first day that I think she realized what we, as a coaching staff, have already known about her."\nFor the rest of the game, every time McKay was taken out or put back in, she received a standing ovation from the 731 in attendance at Assembly Hall.\n"I love the fans; our fans are the best," McKay said. "We might not have a packed house, but it sure feels like it with the people we have coming out to our games."\nShe took the energy from the crowd and finished the game shooting 11-of-12 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line.\n"My teammates were just setting me up very well in spots that I can score from," McKay said.\nThe Hoosiers play two games over Thanksgiving break, traveling to Coral Gable, Fla., to compete in the Miami Holiday Classic. They will face Wright State University Friday night and either University of Miami or Nicholls State University on Saturday.