Women’s basketball – Purdue falls to No. 3 Iowa 96-71

In what was the second sellout of Mackey Area beneath Katie Gearlds’ watch, Purdue girls’s basketball was unable to threaten a large upset to Caitlin Clark and the No. 3 Iowa Hawkeyes, falling 96-71 on Wednesday evening.

The nation’s third-best scoring offense confirmed why it has been high-powered this season, because the Boilermakers surrendered its highest scoring complete of the 12 months, besting the season-opening defeat to UCLA, which noticed the Bruins drop 92. Katie Gearlds and Purdue drop to 9-6 on the season and 2-2 early in Huge Ten play to this point. The defeat additionally snaps the Boilermakers’ 10-game successful streak inside Mackey Area relationship again to final season.

The Boilermakers will return to motion on Sunday in a make up recreation towards Maryland, after the scheduled matchup was postponed on January sixth resulting from services points in School Park.

Purdue discovered itself in an early gap after Iowa jumped out to an 8-2 lead lower than three minutes into the sport, thanks partially to a pair of Caitlin Clark three-pointers. The Boilermakers bought the lid off the basket as Abbey Ellis knocked down a triple of her personal, which kickstarted a 9-0 between herself and Madison Layden.

The cap to the run got here on a Layden jumper that supplied the Boilermakers with an 11-8 benefit on the 6:16 mark of the primary quarter.

Caitlin Clark’s sidekicks then started pitching into the efforts, as Affolter and Gabbie Marshall each knocked down threes whereas buying and selling baskets with Abbey Ellis and Jeanae Terry.

That’s when the Hawkeyes started taking management of the competition, placing collectively a 12-0 run to take a 26-15 lead. Iowa added one other level to that benefit within the remaining 30 seconds after Kylie Feuerbach knocked down a triple to finish the quarter. Clark had a pair of baskets through the stretch, which introduced her as much as 11 factors within the first six minutes of the sport, serving to the Hawkeyes shut the primary quarter on a 15-3 run.

The Boilermakers fell sufferer to one of many nation’s prime offenses firing on all cylinders within the opening body, capturing 7-11 from three-point vary to Purdue’s mark of 2-7.

Katie Gearlds rallied the troops to kick off the second quarter in Mackey Area, happening a 7-2 run to open the quarter. That success shortly dried up because the Hawkeyes bought contributions from Kate Martin and Hannah Stuelke to stiff Purdue’s surge.

Mackey Area started to return alive as soon as once more midway via the second quarter after Jeanae Terry hit her fourth jumper within the first half, adopted by a steal on the inbounds cross by Jayla Smith that resulted in a layup for the Boilermakers. The brief flurry introduced Purdue again inside seven with 4:38 to play within the first half and bought the Mackey devoted again on its toes.

That marked the final area aim within the first half for the Boilermakers, who noticed their offensive burst come to a screeching halt after they wanted it most. After the midway mark of the quarter, Madison Layden and Mila Reynolds have been the one Boilermakers to attain, each having a pair of three throws.

Iowa took benefit of the lull, closing the primary half on a 9-2 run and increasing its result in 14 heading into halftime. The Clark-led Hawkeyes went into the break capturing 61% from the sector and 9-18 from past the arc, completely outpacing the Boilermakers, who have been held to 41% capturing an 2-9 from three-point vary.

After Abbey Ellis and Caitlyn Harper bought the offensive flowing for the Boilermakers, Iowa’s Sydney Affolter knocked down a 3 and adopted it up with one other made jumper after Caitlyn Harper bought a layup to fall. The Hawkeyes proceeded to go on a 13-4 run that expanded the Purdue deficit to 67-47 with 4:27 to play within the third quarter.

The Boilermakers then surrendered one other surge from the Hawkeyes after Jayla Smith’s layup with 3:50 to go. Iowa’s Feuerbach and Goodman mixed for six factors within the latter minutes of the quarter, permitting the Hawkeyes to enter the ultimate body up 73-52.