Box Score



PURDUE (68)

                          fg    ft    rb
                   min   m-a   m-a   o-t   a  pf   tp
L Wisdom-Hylton     36  5-14   3-4   1-5   4   2   13
E Lawless           26  8-11   0-0   0-3   2   4   17
E Heikes            35   3-5   3-6   4-9   2   5    9
K Gearlds           37  6-13   4-6   1-3   6   1   17
B Pollack           17   0-0   0-0   0-1   2   1    0
A Mays               3   0-2   0-0   0-0   0   1    0
N Bogdanova          3   0-0   0-0   0-0   0   2    0
C Duncan             4   0-2   0-0   0-0   0   0    0
S Webb              26   3-6   0-2   2-2   3   3    6
A Traore            13   3-5   0-0   2-3   1   0    6

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TOTALS             200 28-58 10-18 10-26  20  19   68
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Percentages: FG-.483, FT-.556. 3-Point Goals:
2-6, .333 (L Wisdom-Hylton 0-1, E Lawless
1-1, K Gearlds 1-2, A Mays 0-1, S Webb 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 4. Blocked Shots: 5 (L
Wisdom-Hylton 3, E Heikes, B Pollack).
Turnovers: 11 (E Heikes 3, S Webb 2, K
Gearlds 2, L Wisdom-Hylton 2, A Traore, B
Pollack). Steals: 11 (S Webb 3, E Heikes 2, E
Lawless 2, K Gearlds 2, L Wisdom-Hylton 2).

NORTHWESTERN (65)

                          fg    ft    rb
                   min   m-a   m-a   o-t   a  pf   tp
I Okonkwo           29   0-5   3-4   1-6   3   4    3
M Miller            19   2-3   0-0   0-3   1   1    4
S Kwasinski         34  6-13   1-1   2-5   4   2   13
S Mccomb            40   2-6   1-2   3-4   4   0    6
S Stutz             29   4-9   2-3   0-3   2   3   10
M Culver             2   1-2   0-0   0-0   0   0    2
A Glasauer          26   3-6   2-2   1-4   4   4    9
S Morrison          21   6-8   6-7   0-2   1   2   18

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TOTALS             200 24-52 15-19  7-27  19  16   65
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Percentages: FG-.462, FT-.789. 3-Point Goals:
2-9, .222 (I Okonkwo 0-1, S Mccomb 1-4, S
Stutz 0-2, M Culver 0-1, A Glasauer 1-1).
Team Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots: 5 (S
Kwasinski 5). Turnovers: 16 (S Stutz 6, S
Kwasinski 2, S Mccomb 2, S Morrison 2, M
Culver, I Okonkwo, A Glasauer, M Miller).
Steals: 6 (A Glasauer 2, M Miller 2, M
Culver, I Okonkwo).


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PURDUE               29  39   -  68
NORTHWESTERN         29  36   -  65
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Technical fouls: None. A: 1,480. Officials: Bob
Trammell, Sue Kennedy, Tina Napier

Game Story

EVANSTON, Illinois (Ticker) -- Even with its recent struggles,
24th-ranked Purdue still played well enough to defeat
Northwestern again.

Erin Lawless and Katie Gearlds each scored 17 points as the
Boilermakers held on for a 68-65 victory over the Wildcats in a
Big Ten Conference game.

Purdue (12-8, 5-4 Big Ten), which had lost four of its last five
games, shot 50 percent (15-of-30) in the second half en route
to a 14th consecutive victory over Northwestern.

Wildcats guard Melissa Culver had a chance to tie the game at
the buzzer, but her 3-pointer only found the front of the rim.

Gearlds was 6-of-13 from the floor with six assists and Lawless
hit 8-of-11 for the Boilermakers, who snapped a four-game road
losing streak.

Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton added 13 points and three blocked shots
and Emily Heikes chipped in nine and nine rebounds as Purdue
dominated inside, outscoring Northwestern in the paint, 40-30.

Senior Suzanne Morrison, who was playing in her first game since
suffering a knee injury on December 14, scored 18 points off
the bench for the Wildcats.

Sarah Kwasinski added 13 points and five blocks and Sara Stutz
chipped in 10 points for Northwestern, which has lost four of
its last five games.