Thursday, Feb. 10 7:30pm ET
Purdue too much for IU at home
 
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Katie Douglas scored 19 points and Camille Cooper added 16 Thursday night as Purdue (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today, No. 15 AP) defeated Indiana 75-62 for its eighth consecutive Big Ten triumph.

Katie Douglas, Heather Cassady
Purdue's Katie Douglas couldn't outscore Indiana's Heather Cassady, but the Boilers had no trouble outscoring the Hoosiers
Heather Cassady led the Hoosiers (9-13 overall, 4-7 Big Ten) with 22 points.

The Boilermakers (17-5, 9-3) opened a 14-2 lead and weren't seriously challenged thereafter.

Cooper scored the first four points in the early run and Michelle Duhart also scored four. Duhart's second basket with 13:50 left in the first half gave Purdue a 12-point lead and Indiana got no closer than nine after that.

The Hoosiers trailed 14-5 on Cassady's 3-pointer with 12:51 remaining in the first half. Purdue then scored the next six points to lead 20-5 and finished the first half with a 9-0 run to lead 40-18 at halftime.

Cooper's two free throws with 2:27 remaining ignited the streak and Douglas scored the final seven.

The Boilermakers also turned 12 first-half turnovers into 15 points and had a 17-0 advantage in second-chance points.

Indiana hit only 5-of-24 shots in the first half (21 percent).

The Boilermakers stretched the lead to 72-41 with 6:03 to go. Indiana then responded with a 21-3 run in the remaining time.

Purdue held a 47-25 advantage in rebounds, with Duhart tying her season high with 13.

 


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