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Indiana women move up four spots to No. 4 in latest Associated Press

 The Indiana women’s basketball team is now the No. 4 team in the country.

The Hoosiers jumped four spots in the latest Associated Press poll released Monday. It’s the highest the Hoosiers have ever been ranked, topping the No. 8 ranking they had last week.

The move up the poll came a day after Indiana buried No. 13 Kentucky, 86-63, on Sunday at Assembly Hall.

All-American Mackenzie Holmes led the Hoosiers with a career-high 29 points and seven rebounds against the Wildcats and was named the Big Ten’s Player of the Week.

South Carolina remained No. 1 in the AP poll, followed by Connecticut and Maryland. N.C. State is No. 5.

Indiana plays next on Tuesday at home against Norfolk State, then plays at Quinnipiac on Saturday.

Patrick Beane spent three decades as a journalist at The Herald-Times in Bloomington before joining the staff at WFIU/WTIU News. He began his career at the newspaper after graduating from Indiana University in 1987 and was the sports editor from 2010-2020. His duties at the paper included writing, copy editing, page design and managing the sports department.