PURDUE WENT UP AGAINST MINNESOTA IN A WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME

On Jan. 22, Purdue went up against Minnesota in a women’s basketball game. Going into the game Purdue had an overall record of 9-9 and was 2-5 in the Big Ten. Minnesota had an overall record of 16-2 and was 5-1 in the big Ten.

Minnesota looked to push the ball down the floor and score layups early on offense. Purdue’s Ashley Morrissette and April Wilson came up with mid-range jump shots and layups in the first half.

Minnesota’s Shae Kelley came up with 3-point shots. Her teammates did a good job of getting her the ball in spots where she felt comfortable shooting the ball.

There was a media timeout with 15:18 left in the first half. The score was Purdue 15, Minnesota 10.

Purdue’s Liza Clemons came up with mid-range jump shots and was also able to get her teammates the ball in spots where she could make shots early in the shot clock.

Minnesota’s Amanda Zahui came up with layups. She did a good job of calling for the ball in the post.

Minnesota switched between man-to-man and zone defenses. They were able to create confusion for Purdue.

Purdue was able to get to the basket and hit shots in transition.

There was a media timeout with 11:05 left in the first half. The score was Purdue 21, Minnesota 17.

Purdue was able to come up with steals and turn them into layups in transition. If Morrissette was fouled she was able to make her free throws.

Purdue did a good job of taking time off the shot clock. They passed the ball around the 3-point line as they got everyone involved in the offense.

There was a media timeout with 7:42 left in the first half. The score was Purdue 33, Minnesota 27.

Minnesota attacked the class as they looked for layups in transition.

Purdue called a timeout with 7:14 left in the first half. The score was Purdue 35, Minnesota 30.

Minnesota was able to get the ball into the hands of Carlie Wagner. Wagner came up with mid-range jump shots and layups.

Purdue’s head coach Sharon Versyp received a technical foul with 5:06 left in the first half for arguing a call.

Kelley stepped up and knocked down huge shots late in the first half.

There was a media timeout with 3:50 left in the first half. The score was Purdue 43, Minnesota 37.

Minnesota continued to attack the basket late in the first half. They struggled to shoot the ball.

At halftime the score was Purdue 50, Minnesota 39.

As the second half got underway Purdue was able to get to the ball and hit their layups and mid-range jump shots.

Minnesota continued to run the floor and look to get into an offensive shooting rhythm.

There was a media timeout with 15:37 left in the first half. The score was Purdue 56, Minnesota 43.

Purdue’s April Wilson and Amanda Cahill both stepped by knocking down mid-range jump shots in the second half.

There was a media timeout with 13:36 left in regulation. The score was Purdue 58, Minnesota 49.

Minnesota’s Stabresa McDaniel made layups in the second half.

There was a media timeout with 11:36 left in regulation. The score was Purdue 62, Minnesota 51.

Minnesota’s Amanda Zahui came up with huge layups in the second half.

There was a media timeout with 7:56 left in regulation. The score was Purdue 69, Minnesota 59.

Purdue relied on Clemons, Morrissette, Wilson and Cahill to make shots. They all came up with huge baskets throughout the game.

Minnesota came up with huge baskets throughout the second half. They got the ball into the hands of Zahui who came up layups.

There was a timeout with 2:58 left in regulation. The score was Purdue 75, Minnesota 73.

Zahui fouled out with 2:31 left in regulation.

The game came down to the wire. Minnesota’s offense came a live as they came up with huge baskets.

The game was tied at 79 at the end of regulation.

The game went into overtime. The score went back and forth throughout the overtime period.

Mikalya Baliey knocked down a huge 3-point shot to tie the game back at 86 late in the overtime period.

Minnesota called a timeout with 1:42 left in the overtime period. The score was Minnesota 88, Purdue 86.

Neither team went on a run in the overtime period.

Purdue came up with the 90-88 victory over Minnesota.

The leading scorers for Minnesota were Zahui with 26 points and Kelley with 20 points.

The leading scorers for Purdue were Bays with 25 points and Clemons and Morrissette each with 19 points.

UNI RALLY FALLS SHORT IN 61-56 LOSS TO PURDUE

The University of Northern Iowa men’s basketball team was able to cut a 14-point second-half deficit to two, but it was unable to completely close the gap in a 61-56 loss to Purdue in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday afternoon.

Jordan Eglseder led the Panthers (23-11) with 13 points, and Kwadzo Ahelegbe scored 11. Ali Farokhmanesh added 10 points, all in the second half. Lucas O’Rear came off the bench to grab seven rebounds.

E’Twaun Moore led Purdue (26-9) with 17 points, and JaJuan Johnson scored 14 for the Boilermakers. Robbie Hummel scored nine points and collected 12 rebounds for Purdue.

A three-point play from Eglseder and a three from Johnny Moran gave the Panthers a quick 6-4 lead. UNI was held scoreless for more than seven minutes, however, allowing Purdue to go on a 14-0 run and build an 18-6 advantage.

A three from Moran and a layup from Eglseder cut the Panther deficit to seven, 20-13 with 8:24 left in the half.

The Boilermakers stretched their lead back to a dozen, however, and they took a 32-20 lead into the break.

Hummel scored at 19:30 to give Purdue its largest lead of the game, 34-20. Adam Koch responded with a three-point shot to pull the Panthers within 11.

Johnson and Eglseder traded baskets, and a pair of free throws from Moore gave put Purdue in front by 13, 38-25 with 16:59 to play. Farokhmanesh hit his first three of the game to make it a 10-point game, 38-28. He connected on a three off an assist from Travis Brown to cut UNI’s deficit to seven, 38-31 with 14:18 to play.

Hummel scored on a pull-up jumper to extend the Purdue lead back to nine, but Ahelegbe knocked down a mid-range jump shot as he was fouled. The free-throw made it a two-possession game, 40-34 with 12:10 left.

Johnson and Eglseder traded baskets twice, keeping the Panther deficit at a half-dozen, 44-38 with 10:02 remaining.

The Panthers came up empty-handed on their next three possessions, and Purdue took advantage to build its lead to 48-38 with 9:13 to play.

Eglseder knocked down a pair of free throws at the eight-minute mark, and Moran grabbed a defensive rebound and found Koch ahead of the pack. Koch drove in for a one-handed dunk that cut the Purdue lead to six, 48-42 with 7:39 left.

The teams traded baskets over the next four minutes, and at 3:00 Farokhmanesh grabbed a steal that gave UNI the ball down six. The Panthers turned the ball over, however, and Moore scored to give Purdue a 54-46 lead with 2:22 on the clock.

UNI elected to send Moore to the free-throw line, and he missed the front end of a one-and-one. Moran tracked down the rebound, and Kerwin Dunham knocked down a three at 1:30 that pulled the Panthers within five, 54-49.

Hummel made one of two free throws to make it a six-point game, and Ahelegbe was fouled as she attempted a layup. The sophomore made both tries, pulling UNI within four, 55-51 with 1:07 on the clock.

Keaton Grant made one of two free throws, and Farokhmanesh collected the rebound for the Panthers. Dunham hit a three from the right baseline to cut the UNI deficit to a pair, 56-54 with 17.9 seconds remaining.

That was as close as the Panthers could get, however, as the Boilermakers finished 5-of-6 from the stripe in the closing seconds to hold off UNI.

Purdue shot 41 percent from the floor, while UNI connected on 37 percent of its shots. The Panthers made 7-of-22 (32 percent) from three-point range, with two each from Farokhmanesh, Moran and Dunham. UNI held Purdue to just 3-for-15 from behind the arc. The teams were even in rebounding, 33 each, with UNI collecting 11 offensive boards to 10 for Purdue.

MINNESOTA GOPHER WOMEN ARE HOSTING THE PURDUE BOILERMAKERS

The University of Minnesota Women’s basketball is hosting the Purdue Boilermakers. Both of these teams started out playing very aggressively. They were really going after each other on both ends of the court.

Purdue passed the ball around on the offensive end and they really let the clock wind down before they looked to shoot.

Both teams were matching baskets in the middle of the first half. Neither team was able to go on a run in the first half of the first half of the game.

The Gophers used a tough full court press to try to get Purdue out of their game plan. Purdue was able to keep fighting in the first half. Neither team was going to give up their chance in this one here.

Purdue looked to push the ball up the court after they got the rebound they really tried to get the ball out of the basket and got into their offensive set off of the break. Minnesota was able to figure out what Prude was going to run and they did a good job of stopping them from making shots in the first half. If a player was open for Purdue she would usually shoot it. FahKara Malone was like Purdue’s leader on the court. She would shout out plays and use hand singles to single where she wanted her players to go on the court.

At half time the score was Minnesota 24 and Purdue 27.

In the first half Minnesota shot 47.8% from the field and Purdue shot 41.4 % from the field. Purdue was led in scoring by Jodi Howell with 8 points. The Gophers were lead in scoring in the first half by Emily Fox and Brittney McCoy with 7 points each.

There were a lot of fouls called on both sides of the ball early in the second half that had both teams frustrated at times. They kept playing hard and through the calls.

Purdue was able to kind of get a lead in the early goings of the second half. They had a 35-30 lead with 13:45 left to go in the second half.

Lakisha Freeman had a few nice moves in the second half to help propel the Boilermakers. She had a couple of nice spin moves.

It was a good battle the whole game both teams fought hard but the Gophers were not able to overcome the pesky Purdue Boilermakers. Both teams fought extremely hard the whole game.

The final of the game was Purdue 55 and Minnesota 40.

The leading scorers for Purdue were Lakisha Freeman and Fahkara Malone who each had 12 points. Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton had 11 points for the Boliermakers.

In a hard fought effort the Gophers were lead in scoring by Ashley Ellis-Milan and Brittney McCoy each had 10 points and Emily Fox had 9 points.

Purdue shot 42.6% from the field and the Gophers shot 32.7% from the field.