Indiana women's basketball guard Sara Scalia wins 3-point championship in Phoenix
Indiana women's basketball guard Sara Scalia won the 2024 women's 3-point championship at Global Credit Union Arena in Phoenix on Thursday night with 19 3-pointers in the final round.
Scalia, who will take part in the women's college all-star game on Saturday alongside Mackenzie Holmes, hit a combined 56 3-pointers in three rounds. She beat Missouri's Hayley Frank in the finals, 19-18, and is the second-ever IU player to win the event (Aulani Sinclair).
She lost a head-to-head battle with the men's 3-point contest champ Keisei Tominaga of Nebraska, 20-16. Tominaga tortured the Hoosiers this season going 3-0 against the men's team with 23.3 points per game and four made 3-pointers in each Cornhusker win.
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Scalia, who earned first-team All-Big Ten honors, was a no-brainer selection for the contest. She set a IU single-season record with 103 3-pointers (3.22 per game) and ranked 12th in the country with a 42.7 shooting percentage from 3-point range. She was second on the team with 16.3 points per game and scored 20 points or more in 10 games.
The Minnesota transfer didn't miss a single game during her two years in Bloomington and led the team with 33.0 minutes per game for an Indiana team that reached the Sweet 16.
Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The Bloomington Herald-Times. You can follow him on X @michaelniziolek and read all his coverage by clicking here.
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