GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 25, EXPRESS 16 • 18
April Wilson 25
G • 5-7 • Jr.
Although she's been
pretty steady for much of
the season — Purdue is
on pace to set a program
low in turnovers — the
last week was rough,
with Wilson committing
nine turnovers against
only three assists. More
than that, her shot's been
off, hitting only two of her last 12 field goal
attempts. Wilson's not been a deadly outside
shooter, and probably won't be, but gener-
ally she's an excellent spot-up shooter, good
from about 15 feet and in. More often, she
needs to find a way to get into that range.
Ashley Morrissette 1
G • 5-9 • So.
Morrissette's been more
aggressive on offense
lately, scoring 33 points in
the last two games. Pur-
due's needed more perim-
eter scoring, and Morris-
sette is trying to give the
Boilermakers that. But the
three-point percentage
isn't high enough, prob-
ably, to force opponents to consider it a big
worry; Morrissette took 18 three-pointers
in the last two games, but hit only four (22
percent), including 1 of 9 against Iowa.
Andreona Keys 24
5-10 • G • Fr.
Keys is in the starting
lineup for now — her
first career start came vs.
Iowa — because of the
ankle injury to Bridget
Perry. Throughout the
season, Keys has shown
advanced maturity for a
freshman, making few er-
rors and wisely choosing
her places to impact offensively. But without
Perry, Purdue needs more. Against the
Hawkeyes, Keys had nine points on only five
field goal attempts, with a career-high seven
rebounds, plus a couple steals and a couple
assists in 26 minutes.
Liza Clemons 23
F • 6-2 • Sr.
Clemons has 27 blocks
this season, only one short
of her season career high
set last year. She's tried to
be more active around the
basket, looking to reject
more shots than she has
before. And staying out of
foul trouble, for the most
part, has helped. Lately,
too, Clemons has been solid on the glass,
nearly recording double-doubles in the last
two games, with nine and eight rebounds.
Whitney Bays 32
F • 6-2 • Sr. (5)
Bays has been outstand-
ing, pushing her Purdue
record for double-doubles
to seven consecutive
games. At times, she has
to try to do too much
offensively for the Boil-
ermakers, who have few
other consistent scoring
options. It's caused games
like Iowa, when Bays hit only three of her 14
field goal attempts. But 7 of 9 from the free
throw line helped her to 13 points. Hitting
double-digits in rebounding these days
seem almost a given.
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The
Starters
Hayden Hamby 10
G • 5-7 • Jr.
Hamby's having trouble
scoring, and that's what
Purdue needs her to do.
She's scored only seven
points in the last five
games, being shut out in
three. Hamby hit one of
her three three-pointers
against the Hawkeyes,
breaking a two-game
scoreless streak. Hamby's skill is in getting
to the basket, but she's found that hard to
do consistently in the Big Ten.
Bree Horrocks 22
C • 6-5 • Fr.
Purdue is playing Hor-
rocks only in certain
matchups, so she'll play
one game — eight
minutes against Mary-
land — but then not
in another, like against
Iowa. The freshman is a
little slow on rotations
and adjustments defen-
sively and doesn't look confident on the
offensive end. But she wants to improve at
both, and she's shown flashes of being able
to make a positive impact.
Bridget Perry 13
F • 6-2 • So.
Perry's out for now,
after rolling her ankle
early in the loss against
Maryland. And her
absence has affected
Purdue. She's probably
the Boilermakers' best
at going to the basket,
able to create for herself
or others. Purdue loses
that ability without her on the floor, and
it doesn't rebound as well. The timeline
for her return wasn't determined as of
Monday.
Torrie Thornton 4
F • 6-0 • Jr.
Thornton's positively
impacted games of late,
because of her ability to
do a variety of things:
rebound, defend and
score a little. She had
seven rebounds over the
two games last week, a
solid total considering
she averaged only 15
minutes an outing. Thornton's probably
a little quick to take jumpers, when her
strength is getting putbacks on offensive
boards.
The
Reserves
Deep Bench
Haley Bodnar 43*
F • 6-3 • Fr.
Justine Hall 5
5-10 • G • Fr.
Erica Moore 21^
6-2 • F • Fr.
* Out with injury
^ Suspended indefinitely
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