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w o m e n ��� s b a s k e t b a l l boilers fall to iowa in mackey BY KYLE CHARTERS KCharters@GoldandBlack.com Iowa 72, No. 18 Purdue 52 Feb. 17 S Mackey Arena Although Purdue had trouble scoring, too, it was on the defensive end where the Boilermakers had the most problems against the Hawkeyes. Iowa scored 36 points in the paint, including one stretch in which it had 13 consecutive field goals inside. The inside dominance helped the visitors to shoot 50 percent from the field as the Hawkeyes won in Mackey Arena for the first time since 1998, breaking a string of 12 consecutive losses. The 20-point margin marked Purdue���s biggest conference defeat since losing to Minnesota by the same in 2005. ���Our defense just was not good today,��� KK Houser said. Purdue���s offense struggled to be efficient against Iowa���s zone. The Boilers shot only 32 percent from the field and had 15 turnovers. Purdue���s guards struggled to find any rhythm, with Courtney Moses being held scoreless and missing all seven of her field goals. FLASH FORWARD Opponent: Indiana Location: Assembly Hall When: 7 p.m., Wednesday Notables: Purdue beat Indiana 59-42 on Jan. 31, its eighth straight victory against the Hoosiers. In that win, the Boilers were led by Sam Ostarello, who had 14 points and 10 rebounds. ��� Indiana has lost 10 consecutive games by an average margin of 17.9 points. ��� Forward Aulani Sinclair is averaging 15.8 points for the Hoosiers. ��� IU struggles to score, averaging only 54.8 points per game, the worst in the Big Ten. Only two teams (with Wisconsin) average less than 62.6. er guards on the interior, backing some down to score in the post or beating them off the dribble easily to get layup after layup. She also hit both of her three-pointers. ���We just didn���t do a good job following the game plan,��� Houser said, ���and we couldn���t keep Logic out of the paint; she did a good job going to the basket.��� Key Stretch Purdue trailed by only five at the break, but it couldn���t mount much of a challenge in the second, largely because it Tom Campbell gave up so many easy looks at the basket. Sam Ostarello had her ninth double-double of the season vs. Iowa, but it wasn���t enough to help the Boilers avoid After Iowa���s last four their second straight home loss. field goals of the first half came within the paint, Key Player the first nine of the second half Iowa point guard Samantha Logic scored a career-high 26 were from the post area as well. points, hitting all but three of her Only Melissa Dixon���s triple at 7:07 13 field goals, and had nine re- of the second broke the string, with the Hawkeyes up 57-46. bounds. Purdue, which had the marThe 5-foot-9 sophomore was gin down at six a couple times able to overpower Purdue���s small- previously in the second half, never again threatened. Key Stat Sam Ostarello and Drey Mingo combined for 29 points, 15 rebounds and six assists. But the Boilers got little from the perimeter. Starting guards Moses, Houser and Dee Dee Williams combined to make only four of their 26 field goals, and Purdue was just 5 of 20 from three-point range. Moses, Purdue���s leading scorer, has been struggling, totaling only two points in the last two games. ���Courtney has to get some confidence back,��� Coach Sharon Versyp said. ���She hasn���t scored for us for the last four games and she���s got to score for us. She���s our best shooter, our best scorer and she has to get out of her funk soon.��� No. 18 Purdue 58, Wisconsin 48 Feb. 14 S Kohl Center After starting slowly, scoring only 20 points in the first half, the Boilermakers got the ball rolling GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 22��� ������ 17