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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: NEWS AND NOTES Double MOSES FINDS RHYTHM SClardie@GoldandBlack.com BY STACY CLARDIE A fter shooting 40 percent on three-pointers as a freshman last season, guard Courtney Moses entered Purdue's game against Oak- land on Tuesday making only 24 percent on the season Sun. Nov. 20 UT-MARTIN (BTN.com) W, 65-39 Tues. Nov. 22 CHICAGO STATE (BTN.com) W, 76-49 Sun. Nov. 06 EDINBORO (EXH.) Sun. Nov. 13 IUPUI (BTN.com) Thurs. Nov. 17 @ Bowling Green Day Date Opponent (TV) Cancun Challenge (Cancun, Mexico) Thurs. Nov. 24 vs. Tulane Fri. Big Ten/ACC Challenge Thurs. Dec. 1 @ No. 7 Duke Big Dec. Big Ten Challenge Sun. Sat. Sun. Sun. Tues. Nov. 25 vs. Kansas State 2011-12 PURDUE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE vertime She'd missed 10 consecutive threes, stretching four games. But a shooter never stops. And Moses found a groove that helped spark the Boilermakers in a 66-47 victory. Moses made a three from both Time/Result W, 88-73 W, 75-45 W, 54-53 wings and then drilled one from the corner off an inbounds play to turn a three-point game into a double-digit lead in a matter of about 90 seconds. "It felt good," Moses said of the streak. She finished with 16 W, 61-48 W, 46-42 L, 53-64 Dec. 4 No. 4 TEXAS A&M (BTN) W, 60-51 Dec. 10 No. 3 NOTRE DAME (BTN) L, 38-66 Dec. 11 @ Central Michigan Dec. 18 @ Auburn Thurs. Dec. 22 IPFW (BTN.com) Fri. Mon. Jan. 2 @ lllinois (BTN) Thurs. Jan. 5 Thurs. Jan. 19 @ Indiana (BTN) Thurs. Jan. 12 @ Minnesota Sun. Jan. 15 Thurs. Feb. 16 PENN STATE (BTN) Sun. Thurs. Feb. 2 Sun. Sun. Thurs. Feb. 23 @ Michigan (BTN/BTN.com) 6/8 p.m. Sun. Feb. 12 @ Ohio State (ESPN2) Feb. 19 @ Michigan State Feb. 26 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 5 p.m. Big Ten Tournament Thurs.-Sun. March 1-4 Big Ten Tournament Indianapolis (BTN/ESPN2) TBA HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS All times Eastern and subject to change. GBIprint.com GoldandBlack.com NEBRASKA (BTN.com) ILLINOIS (BTN.com) Iowa points on 6-of-13 shooting, including 4 of 7 on threes. Against Auburn in the Mon. Jan. 23 MICHIGAN STATE (BTN) Jan. 28 Feb. 5 Dec. 20 OAKLAND (BTN.com) W, 66-47 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. L, 62-75 W, 62-54 Dec. 30 MINNESOTA (BTN.com) WISCONSIN (BTN) IOWA (BTN) Thurs. Jan. 26 @ Northwestern (BTN.com) 8 p.m. Sat. 7:30 p.m. 3 p.m. previous game, Moses was 0 for 2 on three-pointers, following games of 0 for 3 against Central Michigan and 0 for 4 against Notre Dame. She made 3 of 5 against Tex- as A&M but missed her last one. "We just say, 'Keep shoot- ing the basketball,' " Coach Sharon Versyp said. "We re- ally worked on telling her she needs to shoot with her whole body. A lot of times when your legs are tired, you push with your arms. So I say a lot with hips. "She looked really good. INDIANA (BTN/BTN.com) 12/2/4 p.m. As soon as she released the ball, I knew the ball was in. Those are the things we've been working on. I think that's big for Courtney. Not once has she had her head down because the ball hasn't Before she was diagnosed with the illness, Rayburn went to Central Michi- gan and dropped a season-high 25 points in 38 min- utes against the Chippewas. "You just through fight things," Rayburn said. "The cough- ing was annoying. During huddles, you have trouble paying attention. But you've just got to fight through." After the ill- Courtney Moses got hot from beyond the three-point arc against Oakland, nailing four three-pointers en route to scoring 16 points in a victory. been going in." Moses said she was taking about 100 extra jump shots a day, focusing on form. "Once you hit one shot, it builds confidence," she said. "So you hit that first one and people keep feeding you the ball, and you have to do your job for your team." HANGING TOUGH Brittany Rayburn has played with a broken bone in her back, a bro- ken ankle and a sciatic nerve issue. But she added a new triumph to the list last week: Playing with pneumonia. GOLD & BLACK ILLUSTRATED • VOLUME 22, EXPRESS 15 • 31 Tom Campbell ness was revealed and she'd missed four days of prac- tice, she was a game-time deci- sion against Au- burn. Though she didn't start, she still played 23 minutes and had 15 points, three assists and three steals. "I definitely feel a little better every day," she said before Purdue's 66-47 victory over Oakland on Tues- day. "I'm almost done with the anti- biotics, so it should be going away. The cough is really the only symp- tom I have left and that only comes when I stop running or when I change positions from laying down to sitting up, stuff like that." Purdue's "BoilerCrunch" cereal CEREAL DRIVE A SUCCESS drive ended this week, and it pro- duced 1,348 boxes of cereal for the Food Finder Backpack program in the greater Lafayette community. Fans and businesses also made financial donations totaling about $300, which will allow the organi- zation to purchase more cereal. "It was very exciting," Versyp said. "I thought it was a fantastic idea. … It's an amazing event." Some of the students benefiting from the food drive likely were in Mackey Arena against Oakland — 1,542 elementary school kids were in attendance, helping provide a unique, high-pitched atmosphere. "I wish they could come every game," Moses said. "It was amaz- ing." j