Hoosiers Can’t Hold On Late, Fall To Purdue

Sunday, January 20

West Lafayette, IN

2 P.M. ET

Indiana University

Purdue

Indiana

Purdue

1/20/2019 5:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A last second attempt to tie the game went thwarted as Indiana fell to Purdue, 56-53, on Sunday afternoon at Mackey Arena.

KEY MOMENTS

Indiana (15-4, 4-3 B1G) got out to a 5-2 lead with sophomore guard Jaelynn Penn scoring all five through the media timeout. After a pair of ties, freshman forward Aleksa Gulbe knocked down a triple to regain the lead with 1:44 to play. But the two teams would end the first 10 minutes of play tied, 14-14.
IU held its largest lead in the game, a seven-point advantage as Berger grabbed a defensive rebound and took it all the way to the rack with 6:20 to play.
The Boilermakers (14-6, 5-2 B1G) would come within as few as one but Yeaney with a pair at the line and senior forward Kym Royster drained a baseline jumper to end the first half putting IU up 32-27.
Out of the half, Purdue started things off with an 8-0 run and go up by 3, 35-32, with 7:51 remaining. Yeaney would answer with her only 3-pointer of the day to tie it at 35-all. The Hoosiers, however, would find themselves back in a hole back down four with just over three minutes remaining in the third quarter.
A Penn floater and 3-pointer from sophomore guard Keyanna Warthen pushed the Hoosiers back within one, 44-43, to end the third. In the fourth, back-to-back buckets from Yeaney and Penn gave IU the 47-46 edge.
Holding a 49-47 lead with 4:51 to play, Indiana would put Purdue into the bonus for the remainder of the game. Two leads would be exchanged as the Hoosiers also got into the bonus with Yeaney hitting a pair with 2:15 to play, putting IU ahead 53-51. But one in the bonus and a drive by Karissa McLaughlin with 26 seconds remaining was the difference as the Boilers added two more at the line to close the game.

NOTABLE

Sophomore guard Bendu Yeaney led Indiana with 15 points
Sophomore guard Jaelynn Penn also added double figures for IU, scoring 13 points
Redshirt junior forward Brenna Wise and senior forward Kym Royster led on the glass with seven rebounds each. Wise also added nine points.
Sophomore guard Keyanna Warthen came off the bench for a season-high five points.
The game featured seven lead changes and 11 ties.
Indiana shot just 38.2 percent on the afternoon and were outrebounded, 32-30.

UP NEXT
Indiana is home for the next two starting on Thursday against Michigan. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.

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