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w om e n���s ba sketba ll: ne ws a nd note s Double vertime Kix Continues Battle BY KYLE CHARTERS KCharters@GoldandBlack.com the years, and it leads them to think she���ll beat the cancer. erry Kix is battling cancer. ���They all said ���She���s The Boilermakers��� director of bas- the feistiest, most comketball operations is undergoing chemo- petitive person we���ve therapy to treat stomach cancer, after be- ever known,��� ��� said Coach Tom Campbell ing diagnosed shortly before Thanksgiving. Sharon Versyp, relaying Terry Kix (far left) was on the bench for Purdue���s win over IUPUI on Dec. 21, but Kix has worked as often as possible and her players��� comments. she���s missed road games as she battles stomach cancer. had her usual seat on the bench for Pur- ���They sense that from gery is an option in the coming weeks due���s win over IUPUI on Dec. 21. But she���s her. So I came across strong and she has as well. missed road games due to the effects of too. I think they���re really just playing for her.��� The Boilermakers are accustomed the treatment. Kix, who is in her seventh season at to adversity. It was two years ago that But the Boilermakers know of Kix���s in- Purdue, has stage 3 stomach cancer N1. Drey Mingo nearly lost her life in a battense desire, having seen it first-hand over After chemo, which started on Nov. 26, sur- tle with bacterial meningitis, a period in which she spent a week in the hospital battling for her life. FLASH FORWARD Kix���s battle will likely go longer, but Opponent: No. 5 Notre Dame the Boilers feel it���s one she can win. Location: Joyce Center ���Adversity is kind of like our middle When: 2 p.m. ET, Saturday name, but it���s what makes us so special Notables: The game is a sellout. ��� Purdue leads the all-time series 14-11, but and makes us a family,��� Mingo said. ���It the Irish have won six consecutive games. ��� This is the last meeting between the makes us closer because it���s not just two rivals until the 2014-15 season, at the earliest. ��� The Fighting Irish are the twoabout basketball.��� time NCAA runners-up. ��� Four players average in double-figure scoring for the Kix is buoyed for the difficult battle Irish (9-1), led by All-America guard Skylar Diggins at 15.1 points per game. ��� Notre ahead by the fact that she���s in relativeDame averages 83.2 points per game and allows only 57.7, for an average margin of ly good heath and is an athlete in her victory of 25.5. ��� This is Purdue���s last nonconference game before the start of the own right. She was a two-time field Big Ten season at Illinois on Wednesday. hockey All-American at Connecticut, T where she won a national championship as a player in 1981, then again as an assistant in 1985. In ���84, she was a finalist for college field hockey���s top honor, the Broderick Award. And she was named the Connecticut Fe2012-13 WOMEN���S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Date Game Time/ResultTV Nov. 4 LINDSEY WILSON (exh.) W, 89-33 ��� Nov. 10 USC UPSTATE W, 82-47 PurdueSports.com Nov. 17 at SIU-Edwardsville W, 66-51 ��� Nov. 19 BOWLING GREEN W, 59-45 BTN Nov. 22 vs. Marist^ W, 71-50����� Nov. 23 vs. Wake Forest^ W, 67-53 ��� Nov. 24 vs. No. 2 Connecticut^ L, 57-91 Nov. 28 GEORGIA TECH* W, 85-73 BTDN Dec. 2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 87-71 BTN Dec. 6 at IPFW W, 69-54 ��� Dec. 9 at Tennessee-Martin W, 68-60����� Dec. 16 at Oakland W, 77-46 ��� Dec. 21 IUPUI W, 78-53 BTDN Dec. 29 at No. 5 Notre Dame 2 p.m. ��� Jan. 2 at Illinois 8 p.m. BTDN Jan. 5 at Nebraska 2 p.m. CBS Jan. 14 OHIO STATE 6:30/7:30 p.m. BTN Jan. 17 MINNESOTA 7 p.m. BTDN Jan. 20 at Iowa 4 p.m. BTN Jan. 24 NORTHWESTERN 8:30 p.m. BTN Jan. 27 at Michigan State 4 p.m. ESPN2 Jan. 31 INDIANA 6:30 p.m. BTN Feb. 4 at Penn State 7 p.m. ESPN2 Feb. 10 MICHIGAN Noon BTN Feb. 14 at Wisconsin 8 p.m. BTDN Feb. 17 IOWA 5 p.m. ESPN2 Feb. 20 at Indiana 7 p.m. BTDN Feb. 24 at Minnesota 1 p.m. ESPN2 Feb. 28 MICHIGAN STATE TBA BTN/BTN.com March 3 ILLINOIS TBA BTN/BTN.com March 7-10 Big Ten Tournament (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) ^ Paradise Jam (University of Virgin Islands) * ACC/Big Ten Challenge GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 15��� ������ 32