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in the second. knocks down a lot of Purdue rallied threes. from an eight-point ���I thought she did a deficit at the break fantastic job and when to pull out a 10-point she came out, KK did a win, breaking a twogreat job on (Paige).��� game losing streak. Takeaways ���I thought we colS Purdue is havlectively finally came ing major breakdowns together,��� Versyp said defensively. It strugon her postgame ragles to guard dribble dio interview. penetration, a season���They played long weakness, and a 2-3 zone and I now its posts are steps thought we shot slow in helping on the awful the first half, Tom Campbell but came out in the KK Houser scored 17 of her 20 in the second half to help Purdue rally from an weakside. Wisconsin took second and played eight-point halftime deficit at Wisconsin. advantage in the first amazing.��� half last week, taking a from the field in the first 30 minKey Player Houser was outstanding of- utes, but she scored nine straight halftime lead, before the Boilers fensively in the second half, scor- to give the Boilers a five-point shored up the issues in the second. But they were nowhere near ing 17 of her 20 points after inter- lead with 3:19 remaining. efficient against the Hawkeyes. Key Stat mission. Purdue had a season-low 10 Routinely, Iowa broke down the She hit four three-pointers in the opening few minutes of the turnovers for the game and shot Boilers, getting into the paint for second, pulling Purdue to within 50 percent in the second half, easy buckets. For Purdue to get rolling 37-36 after it had trailed 28-20 at when it outscored the Badgers again, it has to get better defen38-20. the break. The Boilers��� defense was sively. ���She just took over the S An opponent would have game,��� Versyp said. ���She was the particularly good on Wisconsin���s only one knocking down outside Morgan Paige, who scored only to be crazy to not zone the Boilfour points on 1-of-11 shooting. ermakers. Purdue has shown shots.��� ���Dee Dee���s length makes a little ability to consistently break Key Stretch Purdue trailed by four with big difference,��� Versyp said. ���They down a zone defense, instead 11 minutes left before Mingo got didn���t get a lot of transition op- settling for outside shots that it hot. The senior had struggled portunities and that���s where she isn���t hitting. To score against a zone, the Boilermakers should find a way to get the ball inside, but their small guards often have trouble seeing ��� and delivering ��� into the post. And they can���t finish on drives to the basket. Better ball movement and screening is a must. S Purdue is regressing. It���s hard to put a finger on the reason 13 20 ril 13, Ap register online why, but hard to argue this poing considering the results. With four games remaining, the Boilermakers need to rebound quickly. If they don���t, they���ll be playing on the first day of the Big Ten Tournament early next month; that would have been unthinkable only a couple weeks ago. j k n/wal 5K ru E THE C LLENG HA tm support cancer research at Purdue www.thepurduechallenge.com All proceeds beneet the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 22��� ������ 18