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Versyp said. "I think with those three having to play as many minutes their whole career, that definitely doesn't hurt us, but I think people just really feed off of them and that's how it should be." 2013-14 women's BASKETBALL SCHEDULE DateOpponent Nov. 3 CLARK (exh.) (BTND) Nov. 10 BALL STATE (BTND) Nov. 13 at IUPUI Nov. 17 at Toledo Nov. 22 BELMONT Time/Result W, 102-33 W, 63-57 W, 75-56 W, 81-79 W, 76-46 Puerto Vallarta Holiday Tournament Nov. 26 No. 6 Stanford Nov. 28 TCU L, 69-86 What's worse? Opponents are shooting 42.3 percent against Purdue, dead last in the league. "Defensively, we try to shut down certain things in certain games," she said. "I wish our field goal percentage defense was better, but we just have to continue to adjust with that throughout the year." W, 75-68 Scoring Up Big ACC/Big Ten Challenge at No. 2 Duke L, 78-99 Aside from limping along to only 49 Dec. 5 Dec. 8 IPFW W, 91-70 points in a four-point win at Green Bay Dec. 15 at Kansas W, 71-68 at Green Bay W, 49-45 on Dec. 18, the Boilermakers' scoring Dec. 18 Bays Holding Own Dec. 22 BOWLING GREEN Noon Dec. 28 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 2 p.m. has been up significantly this season. Purdue's biggest personnel quesJan. 2 at Ohio State 7 p.m. INDIANA (BTN) 7 p.m. Part of that is the NCAA's new em- Jan. 6 tions entering the season came on the Jan. 9 at Northwestern 8 p.m. phasis on limiting contact, which has Jan. 12 interior, but Whitney Bays, the former at Penn State (ESPN2) 2 p.m. Jan. 15 MICHIGAN (BTND) 7 p.m. opened up scoring not only at Purdue Jan. 19 oft-injured transfer from Maryland, has at Nebraska (BTN) 5 p.m. NORTHWESTERN (BTN) 7 p.m. but around the country. But the Boiler- Jan. 23 helped to answer those. Jan. 27 at Illinois (BTN) 7 p.m. Jan. 30 PENN STATE (BTN) 6 p.m. makers have done a good job of taking Feb. 2 The 6-foot-2 forward has come off at Michigan State (BTN) 1:30 p.m. Feb. 6 OHIO STATE (BTND) 7 p.m. advantage and showing that they have Feb. 9 the bench to average 10.1 points and at Michigan (BTN) Noon Feb. 16 IOWA (BTND) 2 p.m. multiple scoring options. a team-high tying 5.7 rebounds per Feb. 20 at Minnesota 8 p.m. WISCONSIN (BTN) 2 p.m. Purdue's 10-game average of 72.9 Feb. 23 game, doing so in only 19.4 minutes. March 2 NEBRASKA (ESPN2) 2 p.m. Big Ten Tournament* TBA points would rank 12th all-time in pro- March 6-9 Fieldhouse, Indianapolis After Bays had missed three of the * Bankers Life gram history and be the best in the last last four seasons with knee injuries, decade. Versyp has tried to ease her back into Houser and Moses, who have matched each other with the action. Bays, Liza Clemons and Camille Redmon have 148 points through 10 games, are proving to be difficult for largely carried the load inside. j opponents to cover simultaneously. And three others are averaging between 7.3 and 10.1 points per game, giving defenders even more to think about. It helped too that Purdue is shooting The Best 37.4 percent from three-point range, Purdue Sports just a shade less than the third-best Information mark all-time. And the Boilermakers On The Web hit their free throws, on a school-record pace of 78.4 percent. It's All On GoldandBlack.com Defense Only OK While the offense has been largely superb, the defense has sort of meandered along. It's close to a reverse of Versyp's trend during the first seven years of her tenure at Purdue. The Boilers' defense has been too leaky at times, allowing 67.4 points per game, only the ninth-best in the Big Ten as of mid-December. f •Real-time recruiting •Game stories, analysis and blogs •Premium message boards •Video, audio, live stream events and more •Exclusive access to premium information Part of the Rivals.com network Sign up for a 7-day free trial today! Note: GoldandBlack.com is a separate subscription than your subscription to Gold & Black Illustrated/Gold and Black EXPRESS. IllustrateD volume 24, issue 3 73