Barn Burner Stays With IU In 73-51 Win Over Purdue

Sunday, March 3

Bloomington, IN

12 PM

Indiana University

18-11

Purdue

17-13

Purdue

Indiana

Barn Burner Stays With IU In 73-51 Win Over Purdue

3/3/2019 3:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Four Hoosiers scored in double figures behind 18 points from redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg as they keep the Barn Burner Trophy with a win over Purdue on Senior Day at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

KEY MOMENTS

The Hoosiers jumped out to a 21-13 lead after the end of the first, behind seven of Patberg's points as they would shoot 53.3 percent to open up the game with all five starters scoring points early on.
Indiana would go on to outscore the Boilermakers, 22-9, in the second quarter as an 11-0 run closed out the frame. Yeaney's reverse layup led the Hoosiers into the break with a 43-22 lead.
It was all Indiana again in the third quarter, again holding Purdue to under 10 points and winning the quarter 19-9. Sophomore guard Jaelynn Penn scored seven of her 13 points as the lead grew to as many as 33 with 1:32 to go.
In the fourth, the Hoosiers were also able to find minutes for one final standing ovation for seniors Kym Royster and Grace Withrow at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
On the afternoon, IU shot 47.3 percent from the floor and 41.7 percent from the 3-point line in the win. They held Purdue to just 30.4 percent from the floor and to just two 3-pointers.

QUOTABLE
Indiana head coach Teri Moren
"First of all, I would just like to acknowledge our crowd this afternoon. What a special way to recognize Kym Royster and Grace Withrow, our seniors, with a tremendous crowd. The energy and excitement for the game was great. The ovation and the cheering that they did for those two ladies, I thought was very special from the beginning. Very grateful and thankful that we have Hoosier Nation that shows up. They do what they do, and that energizes us. I am really grateful for that. I thought the first half of the game was one of our best halves, where we played our best basketball. We scored and stayed out of foul trouble. I also thought we guarded really well. There in the second half, one of the keys was not putting them on the free-throw line, I thought especially in the third. With (Ae'Rinna) Harris, we put them on the free throw line too much. Overall, I am really pleased. I thought we got to play a lot of people today. On a day where Jaelynn (Penn) tweaked her ankle a little bit, we were able to save her and put her on the bench to rest a little bit. Bendu Yeaney was incredible, as far as almost getting a triple-double. Obviously, she was chasing around (Karissa) McLaughlin, handling the ball, and scoring. She had that tip-in. I thought that was probably the highlight of the game. The way she asserts herself and imposes her will when she gets a smaller guard on her. Her decision making was really good today. I thought Grace Berger came in and gave us great minutes as well. Again, this ball team seems to feed off of Ali Patberg. I will say it, and continue to say it, when Ali Patberg plays well and hits her shots, we are a different basketball team. I am not afraid to say that because if it's one thing that they can handle, it is that type of pressure. The way Ali came out and handled herself today, I thought was a special performance. I'm really happy with our group. I'm proud of the way they are sending seniors, Kym and Grace out on a really high note in terms of getting to play in The Hall. Two years for Grace and four years for Kym Royster, so really pleased how we bounced back after an awful performance at Northwestern the other day."

NOTABLE

With the win Indiana has won the last six meetings against Purdue played at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall and four of the last six in the overall series.
Indiana keeps the Barn Burner Trophy for the third straight season, the longest win streak in the series.
IU has outscored Purdue 146-102 in the last two meetings at home. The last time Indiana played Purdue at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall was in the WNIT where they score was also 73-51.
The margin of victory (22) is the most in a Big Ten regular season game for Indiana since beating Northwestern 66-38 (28 point margin of victory) on Feb. 11, 2017 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
Four players scored in double figures, led by Ali Patberg with 18. Since returning from injury on 2/21, Patberg is averaging 16.7 points per game over her last three games.
Jaelynn Penn scored 13 points as she reached double figures for her 18^th straight game.
Indiana outscored Purdue 34-18 in points in the paint and held a 21-4 advantage in bench points.
The Hoosiers connected on four of their first five shots and held Purdue to 2-of-10 shooting in the first four minutes of the game. The Hoosiers shot 53.3 percent from the field in the first quarter compared to 29.4 percent from Purdue.
Indiana ended the half with an 11-0 run and held Purdue scoreless for the final 2:36 of the second quarter. Indiana held Purdue to 3-of-14 (21.4 percent) in the second quarter.

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The full bracket for the Big Ten Tournament will be released later today. The tournament begins on Wednesday, March 6 and runs through Sunday, March 10.

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