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w om e n's ba sketba ll: ne ws a nd note s Double Houser tied her career high with 10 assists against the Yellow Jackets, recording her first double-double of the season. vertime Purdue Wins Three Straight The following is a look at Purdue's games from the last week-and-a-half. Poston Out Three Weeks BY KYLE CHARTERS KCharters@GoldandBlack.com Poston is getting off her Chantel week following surgery tocrutches this repair a meniscus in her knee. 2012-13 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE "It will just be gradual, a lot of nonweight bearing types of things," Coach Sharon Versyp said of Poston's rehabilitation. "She's going to be sore, that's just going to be part of it. But we've just got to make sure it doesn't swell up a lot when she does come back. But the biggest thing is to get her back for Big Ten, so we can continue our depth at the guard spot." Poston is averaging 5.8 points and two rebounds per game. The senior starting wing was injured vs. UConn over the Thanksgiving holiday, with the initial diagnosis being a deep bone bruise. But further investigation revealed the torn meniscus, a relatively minor knee injury, that required surgery on Nov. 30. Purdue hopes to have Poston back by Houser Wins Weekly Award the Dec. 29 game at Notre Dame, although Junior KK Houser was named the Big that might be optimistic. Ten Player-of-the-Week on Monday af- FLASH FORWARD Opponent: Tennessee-Martin Location: Kathleen and Tom Elam Center When: 3 p.m. ET, Sunday Notables: UT-Martin is about 30 miles from Chantel Poston's hometown of Milan, Tenn. Poston won't play, however, as she recovers from knee surgery. … The Skyhawks are the middle of a three-game road stretch for the Boilers. … UT-Martin won the Ohio Valley Conference last season and lost to Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament. … The Skyhawks have a 15-2 combined home record this season and last. … UT-Martin, which is 4-6 this year, is led by the duo of Heather Butler and Jasmine Newsome, who each play 39 minutes per game and average 20.9 points per game. Tom Campbell Chantel Poston is out 'til after Christmas after surgery on an injured knee. ter averaging 19 points, 7.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds and three steals while shooting 55.6 percent from the field, including 44.4 percent from threepoint range. The starting point guard also made all 14 of her free throws, including a season-high 10-of-10 against Georgia Tech, in wins over the Yellow Jackets and Central Michigan. Date Game Time/ResultTV/Internet Nov. 4 LINDSEY WILSON (exh.) W, 89-33 — Nov. 10 USC UPSTATE W, 82-47 PurdueSports.com Nov. 17 at SIU-Edwardsville W, 66-51 — Nov. 19 BOWLING GREEN W, 59-45 BTN Nov. 22 vs. Marist^ W, 71-50— Nov. 23 vs. Wake Forest^ W, 67-53 — Nov. 24 vs. Connecticut^ L, 57-91 Nov. 28 GEORGIA TECH* W, 85-73 BTDN Dec. 2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 87-71 BTN Dec. 6 at IPFW W, 69-54 — Dec. 9 at Tennessee-Martin 3 p.m.— Dec. 16 at Oakland 3 p.m. — Dec. 21 IUPUI Noon BTDN Dec. 29 at Notre Dame 2 p.m. — Jan. 2 at Illinois 8 p.m. BTDN Jan. 5 at Nebraska 2 p.m. CBS Jan. 14 OHIO STATE 6:30/7:30 p.m. BTN Jan. 17 MINNESOTA 7 p.m. BTDN Jan. 20 at Iowa 4 p.m. BTN Jan. 24 NORTHWESTERN 8:30 p.m. BTN Jan. 27 at Michigan State 4 p.m. ESPN2 Jan. 31 INDIANA 6:30 p.m. BTN Feb. 4 at Penn State 7 p.m. ESPN2 Feb. 10 MICHIGAN Noon BTN Feb. 14 at Wisconsin 8 p.m. BTDN Feb. 17 IOWA 5 p.m. ESPN2 Feb. 20 at Indiana 7 p.m. BTDN Feb. 24 at Minnesota 1 p.m. ESPN2 Feb. 28 MICHIGAN STATE TBA BTN/BTN.com March 3 ILLINOIS TBA BTN/BTN.com March 7-10 Big Ten Tournament (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) ^ Paradise Jam (University of Virgin Islands) * ACC/Big Ten Challenge GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 14 • 26