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Welcome back to Crimson Quarry’s 2024-25 Indiana women’s basketball player preview series. Today, we’re looking at junior guard Henna Sandvik.
The Story So Far
Sandvik, a 6-0 guard from Helsinki, Finland, is entering her third season at Indiana. She’s been consistent across limited action to start her career, averaging identical lines of 6.7 minutes per appearance in 23 games in each of the last two seasons.
Offense
Sandvik’s career-best moment was when she hit a baseline three immediately after checking in against North Carolina in 2022. That bucket was good for three of her 33 career points. She’s only attempted 40 shots (32.5 FG%) at the college level despite showcasing scoring ability with the Finnish U20 National Team.
With Finland, Sandvik was quick to act with the ball and could beat defenders to the rim. She has post moves that will be effective if she’s in a position to use them— somewhere she’s not yet been in Indiana’s four-out system.
Defense
To this point, Indiana head coach Teri Moren’s primarily used Sandvik in defensive situations. The Finn will go in for end-of-quarter situations to help shut down set plays.
Sandvik can be trusted defensively and has the length needed to guard most Big Ten guards and small/power forwards.
Outlook
We are still figuring out what the plan for Sandvik is. There is a logjam of talent in front of her but with the departure of Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana’s offense may look different.
3-point shooting could be less important this year and Henna can earn time by attacking the rim and grabbing rebounds. Two things we know she can do.