Indiana women’s basketball made program history by moving up to No. 4 in the AP Top 25 Poll on Monday. This is the team’s first top five ranking.
The ranking comes after Indiana beat No. 13 University of Kentucky 88-67 Sunday night to move to 2-0 on the season.
The Hoosiers entered the season ranked No. 8 on the AP Preseason Poll, which was their highest ranking at the time. They finished at No. 12 at the end of the 2020-21 season, reaching as high as No. 9.
Indiana is led by graduate student Nicole Cardaño-Hillary and junior forward Mackenzie Holmes, together averaging 87 points per game. Mackenzie Holmes had a career-high scoring performance against Kentucky with 29 points.
Indiana will play Norfolk State University at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Bloomington.
