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minutes remaining, as Illinois looked for its second straight win over a ranked opponent, after beating then-No. 6 Georgia over the weekend. But the Boilermakers scored 13 straight, including six points and an assist by Houser, to get back into the lead. It wasn���t enough to hang on in regulation, however. It was back-andforth in overtime, with five lead changes; the last came after national rankings Moses scored on USA Today Coaches AP top 25 an offensive re(Dec. 31) (Dec. 31) 1. Connecticut (31) 1. Connecticut (37) bound following 2. Baylor 2. Baylor (3) an Ostarello miss. 3. Stanford 3. Duke Key Stat 4. Duke 4. Stanford 5. Notre Dame 5. Notre Dame The teams 6. Kentucky 6. Kentucky combined for 55 7. California 7. California turnovers, includ8. Maryland 8. Maryland 9. Penn State 9. Penn State ing a season-high 10. Louisville 10. Georgia 34 for Purdue. Il11. Georgia 11. Louisville linois scored 28 12. Oklahoma State 12. Tennessee 13. Tennessee 13. Oklahoma State points off the Boil14. PURDUE 14. PURDUE er mistakes. Tom Campbell 15. South Carolina 15. North Carolina But the Boiler- Chantel Poston was back in the rotation Wednesday for 16. Oklahoma 16. UCLA 17. UCLA 17. Oklahoma makers overcame the Boilers and played 25 minutes off the bench. 18. Dayton 18. South Carolina ing Irish, falling behind 21-4 the miscues by 19. Nebraska 19. Florida State dominating on the glass, in the opening minutes. Al20. Kansas 20. Colorado 21. Florida State 21. Kansas 49-29, including 16 on though the Boilermakers 22. Texas A&M 22. Dayton once rallied to within five, the offensive end. 23. North Carolina 23. Arkansas they were dominated in too 24. Ohio State 24. Texas A&M 25. Colorado 25. Nebraska No. 5 Notre Dame many facets of the game to Other receiving votes: Other receiving votes: 74, No. 11 Purdue 47 make it a competitive, and Miami (Fla.), Iowa State, Iowa State, Syracuse, Dec. 29 ��� Purcell lost their seventh straight in Arkansas, Miami Ohio State, Vanderbilt, Pavilion West Virginia, Syracuse, (Fla.), Toledo, UTEP, the series. Vanderbilt, Kansas Michigan, Michigan Key Player State, Iowa, Texas, State, Iowa, Duquesne, SOUTH BEND ��� Taylor Manuel showed she South Florida, DePaul, UTEP, Texas Villanova Purdue was out of it could play on the big stage. West Virginia, Gonzaga early against the Fight- When she entered six minutes into the game, the Boilers were down 17. But the freshman post immediately scored on a three-point play, sparking a run that had Purdue to within 25-20 seven minutes later. Manuel scored 12, second only to Moses��� team-high 13. Key Stretch Purdue���s spurt didn���t last. Afterward Notre Dame went on a 17-6 run to regain control, and 13 20 ril 13, Ap register online it did so without the services of All-America guard Skylar Diggins, who was on the bench with foul trouble. Notre Dame led 42-26 at the break, with the lead ballooning to as many as 30 in the second half. Key Stat Purdue was dominated inside. The Irish outrebounded the Boilermakers 56-28, with 25 ofk n/wal 5K ru E THE C LLENG HA tm support cancer research at Purdue www.thepurduechallenge.com All proceeds beneet the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 16��� ������ 27