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w om en's ba sketba ll: ne ws a nd note s Double about 25 minutes after Purdue popped up does great, that's awesome. If not, hopeon screen. "It'll be a lot of pressure, but at fully we'll live to see another day and it'll Link t purdu o the same time, it'll be fun to play in front be fine. e's 2012-1 seaso 3 of a lot of my friends who haven't n stats seen me play yet." 2012-13 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Wilson will likely pester teamSCHEDULE mates for extra tickets, and at least Date Game Time/ResultTV one says she's "got her back." Nov. 4 LINDSEY WILSON (exh.) W, 89-33 — W, 82-47 PurdueSports.com Chantel Poston, Nov. 10 USC UPSTATE W, 66-51 — after all, knows ex- Nov. 17 at SIU-Edwardsville Nov. 19 BOWLING GREEN W, 59-45 BTN actly what Wilson is Nov. 22 vs. Marist^ W, 71-50— Nov. 23 vs. Wake Forest^ W, 67-53 — experiencing. L, 57-91 As a freshman Nov. 24 vs. No. 2 Connecticut^ Nov. 28 GEORGIA TECH* W, 85-73 BTDN in 2009, Poston, a Dec. 2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 87-71 BTN at IPFW W, 69-54 — Tennessee native, Dec. 6 at Tennessee-Martin W, 68-60— was playing in Chat- Dec. 9 Dec. 16 at Oakland W, 77-46 — tanooga with the Dec. 21 IUPUI W, 78-53 BTDN L, 47-74 — Boilermakers in the Dec. 29 at No. 5 Notre Dame at Illinois W, 67-66 (OT) BTDN NCAA Tournament. Jan. 2 Jan. 5 at No. 25 Nebraska W, 69-66 (OT) CBS She responded by Jan. 14 OHIO STATE W, 82-75 (3OT) BTN W, 75-67 BTDN making 4-of-5 shots, Jan. 17 MINNESOTA L, 46-62 BTN scoring eight points, Jan. 20 at Iowa Jan. 24 NORTHWESTERN W, 77-73 BTN grabbing three re- Jan. 27 at No. 25 Michigan State W, 67-62 (OT) ESPN2 Jan. 31 INDIANA W, 59-42 BTN Tom Campbell bounds and three at No. 8 Penn State L, 61-69 ESPN2 Freshman April Wilson returns to her hometown of Louisville, where the steals in 21 minutes Feb. 4 Feb. 10 MICHIGAN L, 56-67 BTN Boilermakers will play their first-round NCAA game vs. Liberty. of the two games. Feb. 14 at Wisconsin W, 58-48 BTDN L, 52-72 ESPN2 Poston was able Feb. 17 IOWA L, 61-62 BTDN in the Oklahoma City Regional with firstto stay calm despite Feb. 20 at Indiana W, 75-63 ESPN2 and second-round games played in Louis- the bevy of family and friends in the Feb. 24 at Minnesota Feb. 28 MICHIGAN STATE L, 61-68 BTN/BTN.com ville. The Cardinals are the No. 5 seed. March 3 ILLINOIS W, 76-65 BTN/BTN.com stands. Wilson's cell phone likely was blowSo she sees it as her job to keep Big Ten Tournament (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) March 8 No. 11 Wisconsin W, 74-62 BTN ing up with congratulations and ticket Wilson the same. March 9 No. 2 Nebraska W, 77-64 BTN requests after the announcement. But she W, 62-47 ESPN2 "April and I are pretty close, and March 10 No. 4 Michigan State wasn't allowed to check until after the se- we'll probably be roommates and NCAA Tournament (Louisville) March 24 No. 13 Liberty Noon ESPN2 lection show. I'll just talk to her," Poston said. "She's March 26 Louisville/Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2 "It'll be fun and all my family and a great kid and she has her head on ^ Paradise Jam (University of Virgin Islands) All Times ET friends are there, so I'm excited," she said her shoulders, so she knows if she * ACC/Big Ten Challenge vertime Wilson Headed Home For Tourney BY KYLE CHARTERS AND STACY CLARDIE April Wilson was home LouWhenbillboard advertisinglastinweek, isville over spring break she saw a first- and second-round NCAA games held at the KFC Yum! Center. Since, Purdue's freshman point guard had been holding out hope she'd play in her first NCAA Tournament in front of family and friends. Wilson got her wish Monday night. The Boilermakers drew the No. 4 seed Big Ten Standings Team 1. Penn State 2.Nebraska 3. Michigan State PURDUE 5.Michigan Illinois 7.Iowa 8.Minnesota Ohio State 10.Northwestern 11.Wisconsin 12.Indiana (Through March 18) Big Ten/Pct. 14-2/.875 12-4/.750 10-6/.625 10-6/.625 9-7/.562 9-7/.562 8-8/.500 7-9/.438 7-9/.438 5-11/.312 3-13/.188 2-14/.125 Overall/Pct 25-5/.833 23-8/.742 24-8/.750 24-8/.750 21-10/.677 16-13/.552 20-12/.625 18-13/.581 18-13/.581 13-17/.433 11-19/.387 11-19/.367 GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 26 • 21