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w om en���s ba sketba ll: ne ws a nd note s Double and three steals. Ostarello, who followed her streak with a foul-plagued day in a loss at Iowa, said she got a lot of positive feedback via social media and otherwise following the streak. ���It���s been a lot of support, congratulations and ���Beast mode,��� all that kind of stuff,��� the forward said. ���Not to be clich��, but it comes from practice. You do that in practice and it translates to the game and I���ll continue to do that.��� Perhaps most impressively, Ostarello is playing well despite being injured, as she deals with a sore right shoulder. Although Ostarello says she���s fine, it���s evident the shoulder is ailing. During stoppages in play, she���s been hanging her arm limply to her side and grimacing when it���s bumped. Against Iowa, she didn���t allow teammates to lift Tom Campbell her off the ground by grabSam Ostarello recently strung together one of the bing that hand and didn���t lift best three-game stretches in Purdue history. the arm to give high-fives after the game. effort against Ohio State, a triple Versyp thinks time off ��� overtime Purdue win. In the game, the 6-foot-2 senior had 22 points, Purdue plays next on Thursday 19 rebounds and eight blocks in �����could do Ostarello good. ���She needs some time off to 51 minutes. She hit 10-of-12 free throws and also had three assists help her start feeling better,��� Ver- vertime Ostarello Coming Up Big BY KYLE CHARTERS KCharters@GoldandBlack.com Ostarello very has Sam together oneinlikelyhistoput of the best three-game stretches the ry of Purdue women���s basketball this month. The senior forward had 58 points, 52 rebounds, 11 blocks and six steals in Purdue���s wins over Nebraska, Ohio State and Minnesota. It harkened back to Joy Holmes, a senior All-America guard in 1990-91, who had three consecutive games that season in which she totaled 74 points and 44 rebounds. ���I think it���s conditioning, maturing and that sense of urgency that you���re a senior,��� Coach Sharon Versyp said of Ostarello. ���She���s always done an amazing job, but now she���s seeing what it does for her teammates. ������ She���s taken herself and us to another level.��� Ostarello took home Big Ten Player-of-the-Week honors for her syp said on the postgame radio away. But before the game vs. Minnesota, in which Purdue held interview after Iowa. onto its second-half lead throughBoilers Working Extra out, Ostarello was asked how the Before finally playing in a Boilers avoid OT. regulation game against Minne���We don���t have them,��� she sota Thursday, Purdue had played three straight in 2012-13 WOMEN���S BASKETBALL overtime, and won SCHEDULE all three. Date Game Time/ResultTV First, the Boiler- Nov. 4 LINDSEY WILSON (exh.) W, 89-33 ��� makers beat Illinois Nov. 10 USC UPSTATE W, 82-47 PurdueSports.com W, 66-51 ��� in Champaign, then Nov. 17 at SIU-Edwardsville Nov. 19 BOWLING GREEN W, 59-45 BTN defeated Nebraska Nov. 22 vs. Marist^ W, 71-50����� in Lincoln; the third Nov. 23 vs. Wake Forest^ W, 67-53 ��� was a triple overtime Nov. 24 vs. No. 2 Connecticut^ L, 57-91 W, 85-73 BTDN victory over Ohio Nov. 28 GEORGIA TECH* Dec. 2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 87-71 BTN State on Jan. 14. Dec. 6 at IPFW W, 69-54 ��� The streak was Dec. 9 at Tennessee-Martin W, 68-60����� a Purdue record for Dec. 16 at Oakland W, 77-46 ��� W, 78-53 BTDN consecutive over- Dec. 21 IUPUI Dec. 29 at No. 5 Notre Dame L, 47-74 ��� time games, coming Jan. 2 at Illinois W, 67-66 (OT) BTDN up one short of the Jan. 5 at No. 25 Nebraska W, 69-66 (OT) CBS Big Ten and NCAA Jan. 14 OHIO STATE W, 82-75 (3OT) BTN W, 75-67 BTDN records. In 1999, Jan. 17 MINNESOTA Jan. 20 at Iowa L, 46-62 BTN Wisconsin played Jan. 24 NORTHWESTERN 8:30 p.m. BTN four consecutive Jan. 27 at Michigan State 4 p.m. ESPN2 6:30 p.m. BTN overtime games, Jan. 31 INDIANA Feb. 4 at Penn State 7 p.m. ESPN2 winning three. Feb. 10 MICHIGAN Noon BTN In each of Pur- Feb. 14 at Wisconsin 8 p.m. BTDN due���s three straight Feb. 17 IOWA 5 p.m. ESPN2 7 p.m. BTDN games, particularly Feb. 20 at Indiana Feb. 24 at Minnesota 1 p.m. ESPN2 Nebraska and Ohio Feb. 28 MICHIGAN STATE TBA BTN/BTN.com State, the Boiler- March 3 ILLINOIS TBA BTN/BTN.com makers had chances March 7-10 Big Ten Tournament (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) to win in regulation ^ Paradise Jam (University of Virgin Islands) but saw those slip * ACC/Big Ten Challenge GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 18��� ������ 20