Four Indiana Women's Hoopers to Compete at 2023 USA Basketball 3X Nationals

Sydney Parrish, Sara Scalia, Lexus Bargesser and Lilly Meister will head to Colorado Springs in May to play in the 2023 USA Basketball 3X Nationals with an opportunity to be evaluated by USA Basketball's 3x3 selection committee.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Indiana women's basketball guards Sydney Parrish, Sara Scalia and Lexus Bargesser and forward Lilly Meister will compete in the 2023 USA Basketball 3X Nationals in Colorado Springs, Colo. from May 6-7.

The squad will play at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Training Center (OPTC). USA Basketball 2023 3X Nationals will award a women's and men's champion while the weekend will also serve as an evaluation process by the USA Basketball 3x3 selection committee to determine which players will be selected to play for various 2023 3x3 national teams.

The weekend will consist of preliminary and medal round matchups as each team will be seeded based on preliminary records before entering tournament play.

In her first season as a Hoosier, Oregon transfer guard Parrish averaged 12 points and 5.8 rebounds earning a starting spot for the majority of the season after graduate student guard Grace Berger was out for nine games with a right knee injury. 

Minnesota transfer guard Scalia averaged 9.5 points and three rebounds per contest while earning 14 starts on the season. She came in off the bench every remaining game and was considered by Indiana head coach Teri Moren to be a sixth starter.

Coming in off the bench freshman guard Lexus Bargesser played 29 games averaging 7.8 minutes and shooting 58.1 percent from the floor. Freshman forward Meister played in 31 games including one start in the first round of the NCAA Tournament versus Tennessee Tech. Meister shot 63 percent from the field and 73.9 percent from the charity stripe.

The 3X Nationals tournament is open to the public and will be live streamed Saturday and Sunday on USA Basketball’s website and YouTube.com/USABasketball.

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