Gorham’s Mackenzie Holmes becomes an elite player on an elite team Thrust into a bigger role, she responded by leading No. 9 Indiana in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots while earning first-team all-Big Ten honors. Share Indiana’s Mackenzie Holmes blocks a shot by Maryland’s Ashley Owusu during a game in early January. Maryland and Indiana are the top two seeds in the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament. Julio Cortez/Associated Press Sometimes it’s all a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Mackenzie Holmes was discovered by the brother of an Indiana University assistant coach while she was playing in an AAU tournament for the Maine Firecrackers. He immediately called his brother, assistant Rhet Wierzba, and told him that he needed to see Holmes.