The IU women's basketball team held off a second-half run by Northwestern to win 61-55 Thursday in Assembly Hall.
Despite shooting at a modest 34.4 field goal percentage while the Wildcats (12-7, 3-5) didn't do much better at 37.9 percent, the Hoosiers (11-8, 4-4) made shots when they needed them and played tough off the boards, pulling down 16 offensive rebounds.
Senior guard Jamie Braun led IU in scoring with 18 points and collected four offensive rebounds. Junior forward Hope Elam added 15, 13 of which came in the second half. Junior guard Jori Davis posted a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds, five of which came on the offensive end.
For Northwestern, junior center Amy Jaeschke led the way with 17 points and nine rebounds and became the first women's basketball player in school history to score 1,000 career points.
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