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BLOOMINGTON — IU women's basketball forward Lilly Meister has entered the transfer portal, per multiple reports.
She was the third Hoosiers player (Lexus Bargesser and Julianna LaMendola) to announce they were leaving the program on Tuesday. The transfer portal will be open from March 24 to April 22 this year.
Meister opened the 2024-25 season as IU's starting center but was benched at midseason in place of Karoline Striplin. Her playing time decreased significantly — from 21.5 minutes per game to 12.9 per game — and she closed out the year averaging 6.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
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The junior gave the Hoosiers a lift in a 74-68 win over Utah in the opening round of the NCAA tournament with 11 points on 5-of-5 shooting to set a program record for field goal percentage.
"I think we're all so happy for the way Lilly showed up today. And she was spot on,” Moren said after the game. “When Lilly is confident, Lilly is a really good basketball player, and I think throughout the season she kind of lost that throughout."
It was the kind of confidence Meister showed at the start of the year when she dropped career-highs in points (20), rebounds (15) and free throws made (eight) on Harvard for her first career double-double. She flashed that same touch around the basket in wins over Columbia and Wisconsin — she led the Hoosiers in scoring by matching her career-high in both games — but she wasn't the same after that victory over the Badgers on Dec. 28.
Meister averaged just 5.0 points over IU's next four games on 40% shooting that culminated with her losing out a spot in the starting lineup.
“Lilly has to be better,” Moren said at the time. “She has to be better offensively. She has to be better defensively. And here, as of late, she's just been okay. And we don't need an okay Lilly, we need a really good Lilly to help us because we have to have great balance."
The former top-100 recruit was a four-time all-conference and all-area first-team selection coming out of John Marshall High School in Minnesota.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana women's basketball: Lilly Meister enters transfer portal
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She was the third Hoosiers player (Lexus Bargesser and Julianna LaMendola) to announce they were leaving the program on Tuesday. The transfer portal will be open from March 24 to April 22 this year.
Meister opened the 2024-25 season as IU's starting center but was benched at midseason in place of Karoline Striplin. Her playing time decreased significantly — from 21.5 minutes per game to 12.9 per game — and she closed out the year averaging 6.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
IU women have holes to fill. Portal pitch — commit 'if you want to play in March Madness'
The junior gave the Hoosiers a lift in a 74-68 win over Utah in the opening round of the NCAA tournament with 11 points on 5-of-5 shooting to set a program record for field goal percentage.
"I think we're all so happy for the way Lilly showed up today. And she was spot on,” Moren said after the game. “When Lilly is confident, Lilly is a really good basketball player, and I think throughout the season she kind of lost that throughout."
It was the kind of confidence Meister showed at the start of the year when she dropped career-highs in points (20), rebounds (15) and free throws made (eight) on Harvard for her first career double-double. She flashed that same touch around the basket in wins over Columbia and Wisconsin — she led the Hoosiers in scoring by matching her career-high in both games — but she wasn't the same after that victory over the Badgers on Dec. 28.
Meister averaged just 5.0 points over IU's next four games on 40% shooting that culminated with her losing out a spot in the starting lineup.
“Lilly has to be better,” Moren said at the time. “She has to be better offensively. She has to be better defensively. And here, as of late, she's just been okay. And we don't need an okay Lilly, we need a really good Lilly to help us because we have to have great balance."
The former top-100 recruit was a four-time all-conference and all-area first-team selection coming out of John Marshall High School in Minnesota.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana women's basketball: Lilly Meister enters transfer portal
Continue reading...
